Cheng Su soon met the girl named Liang Dan, and how to describe her? A bit proud, but with a straightforward gaze, and she was quite graceful and pretty, too.
What Cheng Su liked about her were her thoughts, very independent and confident. As for why she hadn’t gone to college, Liang Dan was somewhat embarrassed.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go, but that she had taken the exams three times in a row and hadn’t passed.
Cheng Su was stunned for a moment, then watched her do the calculations; indeed, she was quite quick and accurate. Upon careful inquiry, the girl stuttered out that she was in the humanities, especially in English, which she couldn’t pass.
"Are you also re-studying?" Liang Dan looked at Cheng Su with a scrutinizing gaze.
Long before her arrival, she had heard about Cheng Su from her cousin. She could tell from her cousin’s tone that he admired Cheng Su, saying she was a woman of great determination. Since she rarely heard her cousin praise anyone, she naturally regarded Cheng Su with scrutiny and curiosity.
She further heard that Cheng Su had bought a shop from their family, the one where someone had died, and that had piqued her curiosity even more.
Cheng Su smiled and said, "I don’t even know if I can pass!"
Liang Dan opened her mouth to speak, hesitated, and in the end did not voice her thoughts out loud.
Cheng Su acted as if she didn’t notice and simply talked about working at Joy Soon Loy Restaurant. It definitely didn’t have the sense of superiority that working at the supply and marketing cooperative did, and she’d have to face a multitude of people, a variety of situations, and would likely be busier.
Moreover, she had to be there for both the lunch and dinner rushes, with the lunch shift being from eleven to two, and the dinner service time, which had shifted from five to nine-thirty, meaning her working hours ranged from seven and a half to eight hours. Considering the possibility of overtime, there were only two days off per month.
Liang Dan had no objections to this.
Before leaving, Liang Dan couldn’t help but ask Cheng Su about re-studying and how her English was, whether it was good or not.
Cheng Su raised her eyebrows, pursed her lips with a smile, and suddenly uttered a phrase in English so fluently it made Liang Dan’s eyes widen in surprise.
"You can speak so well? Can you teach me?" Liang Dan was very excited.
It seemed the child hadn’t given up on college aspirations after all!
Cheng Su said, "I can correct you, but as for teaching, I’m still learning myself, so I dare not claim that role. You should memorize more vocabulary, a hundred words a day, and you will definitely be able to learn. As for speaking, just practice speaking more."
Liang Dan bit her lip, "Can I still ask you when I don’t understand something?"
Cheng Su nodded with a smile, "Of course that’s natural, as long as I have the time and availability to reply to you."
Liang Dan was overjoyed upon hearing this, "So I’ll start working tomorrow?" Having someone who could speak English around, she wanted to start work immediately and learn alongside.
"That would be best."
"This cousin of mine is very persistent about university, having taken the exams three times and still not giving up. I hope you don’t find it laughable," Luh Kai said with a shake of his head and a laugh.
Liang Dan pouted, "Cousin, you’ve been to university yourself, how can you understand the painful feelings of someone who’s just one step away from it?" Cheng Su thought to herself, it seems these days, attending university is almost like ascending to heaven.
"I think her persistence is good; only those with goals will continually strive for higher achievements," Cheng Su said with a smile. "It’s this kind of drive that continually inspires progress. In olden times, some scholars would keep taking exams until old age before they became Successful Candidates."
As long as one’s steps don’t stop moving forward, there will be progress.
Upon hearing this, Liang Dan frowned, "I don’t want to be those miserable scholars; I hope to pass sooner rather than later."
Cheng Su and Luh Kai exchanged smiles.
After sending Luh Kai and the others off, Cheng Su then realized it was already the seventeenth; why hadn’t Elder Sister and the others come yet?