Chapter 114 He Needs Her
Instead of laughing, Jane said, "It's my own business."
Edward said, "You are such a good student."
"But I'm not doing what a good student would do," Jane said.
Edward said, "A straight A student who bullies small traders on the street and a study slacke who spends 200 dollars to buy a carload of lemons, which is the better one? Does being a teacher mean being bullied by others and still unable to resist? Is that what Forward Education asks for their tutors? "
Jane was somewhat familiar with the first half of his sentence. After thinking about it, she realized that this was what she had just said to Justin and Henry not long ago. Then Justin told it to Edward.
"Not lemons, but citrus," Jane corrected him softly.
Edward paused and said, "Is that the point?"
Jane said, "Lemons are quite expensive, which costs five or six dollars to buy one. But in that year, 250 grams of citrus only cost 60 cents. More than 5 kilograms, 250 grams of citrus only cost 50 cents. So, a whole carload of citrus only cost two hundred dollars. "
Listening to her detailed explanation, Edward asked keenly, "Do you remember it so clearly because this is your own story?"
Jane didn't deny it and said, "You found me."
Edward asked suspiciously, "Then are you a straight A student a study lacker?"
Jane laughed for a while and said, "If I say I'm a straight A student, I need to admit that I used to be undisciplined and domineering. But if I want to say that I am kind, I need to expose the truth of being a study lacker. "
Edward said, "If what happened tonight hadn't happened, I'd rather believe you were a study lacker. But now I'm really not sure."
After taking a breath, Jane said cheerfully, "Hey, since I've been exposed, there's no need for me to keep secrets. Let me formally introduce myself to you that I am the study lacker who buys citrus. "
Edward was not surprised by her words. He smiled and said, "A study lacker who was good at fight. It sounds like you had a better time than you are now."
He teased her in a playful tone. Jane smiled and said nothing.
Edward took the initiative to ask, "That's what made you want to study hard?"
Pursing her lips, Jane said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Suddenly one day I found that I was not the best at fighting, nor was I the worst at studying. It's boring that you can't do anything the best."
Edward kept laughing. The more he listened, the more he thought Jane was interesting. When he first saw her, he thought she was a 'top student' with excellent academic performance and outstanding appearance. But one day he suddenly discovered that these were her perfect disguise. It turned out that she was completely different from what he thought.
But this difference did not arouse his disgust at all, but made him feel novel and interested.
"Even if you're not disappointed with me now, at least you must be complaining about me in your heart." Jane said in the passenger seat. Because she had no hope for the future now, her way of speaking was also more relaxed than usual.
Edward said, "Not only did I not disappoint with you, but I saw hope in you."
Jane turned her head slightly and looked at him blankly.
Edward said, "Since you can change yourself from a study lacker to a straight A student, then you can definitely change others. I think Justin and Henry have a very promising future now. "
Jane didn't expect Edward to think so. But while she was happy, she was also even more disappointed. She said, "I spent so much time trying to persuade them not to be impulsive. But now I have done something like this. I'm afraid my words will no longer be credible to them. "
Edward said, "This is different. You don't think you're impulsive and your behavior is a thoughtful choice. I told Justin to think before doing things. If you feel like you have to do it, just do it. It may not be right to do so, but it is certainly not entirely wrong. You can teach him restraint, but you can't tell him cowardice. Being out of temper and being spineless are two different things. "
Jane certainly understood what he was talking about. Otherwise she wouldn't be desperate to see Beth. Work and future were indeed important, but the bottom line was more important. People who had no bottom line were doomed to achieve nothing.
It was just that she had seen a lot of people like this over the years and everyone seemed to respect these superficial etiquette more. It seemed that becoming apathetic was the first condition for success. And the more ruthless, the closer to success.
Jane hated this in her heart. But in fact she is slowly becoming such a person. For things that didn't touch her bottom line, she could always keep calm and maybe even give a smile. As it turned out, she succeeded. In terms of her current job and income, she could be regarded as a "successful person" for many people.
She always told others what to do. It had been a long time since no one had told her what to do.
Jane bowed her head, with her heartstrings being touched.
Thinking she was still worried about her work, Edward said calmly, "Don't be afraid. Even if Forward Education fires you, Deerfield School is happy to hire you. And they will treat you better. Neither Justin nor Henry wanted to go to school. They will be happier to go to school if you go to Deerfield School as a teacher. "
Jane thought she was hard to get along with, but she was actually very soft. Especially if the other was sincere, she would be easily moved. She said, "Thank you Mr. Smith. I've caused you a lot of trouble. I'll take care of the work myself..."
"I'm just giving an opinion. In the end it's up to you to decide. You think it's troublesome for me, but I don't think it's troublesome. What's more, I have something to do with Beth's trouble with you. I don't like to implicate others. "
What he meant was very clear. Jane nodded and said, "I see. I will take your opinion and kindness into consideration."
Edward kept his eyes straight ahead. After turning right at the intersection, he slowly stopped. Jane looked up at this time to realize that they were not in Rhine Garden but in the hospital.
Edward turned off the flame and unbuckled his seat belt. Jane asked, "Are you uncomfortable?"
Edward said, "We're here for your hand."
He had already opened the car door while he was talking. Jane could only get out of the car later. Then she said, "I'm fine. Just buy some medicine and put it on."
Edward said, "Let the doctor see it. Do you know if the person who scratched you had rabies?"
Jane thought she was not afraid because she was vaccinated against rabies. In fact, not only the rabies vaccine, she had received many kinds of vaccines.
They walked into the hospital. It was past eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and the hospital lobby was silent. Because she had been here before, Jane was familiar with the past to register. Then they came to the night emergency room.
The door was closed. Jane reached out and knocked on the door. No one inside responded to her. Edward raised his hand and knocked hard on the door three times. Then, a male voice came from the room, "Come in."
When the door opened, the doctor inside was sitting on a chair wearing glasses. He was probably resting before.
They found out that this was the doctor who gave Jane and Justin a diagnosis last time, and was scolded by Edward for having a bad attitude.
The doctor also looked up to see them. He was a little embarrassed but still asked politely, "What's wrong with you?"
Jane raised her white right hand with a few scratches. The doctor said, "How did you get them?"
Jane was embarrassed to say it was because of a fight. "Someone scratched it accidentally," she said.
The doctor thought it was a woman scratching it. A man who was too handsome was enjoyed playing the field. And he had a bad temper. But women preferred bad men...