That year coincided with the college entrance examination.
You Tong is full of enthusiasm and hopes that she can be admitted to the highest university in Taiwan. Although the competition is fierce, her grades since childhood have been good, and her grades in the three years of high school have been outstanding. She is very confident in herself.
At the age of eighteen, young and full of endless fantasies about the future.
For her, the admission notice from National Taiwan University is not only an affirmation of herself, but also a special honor. She wants her mother to be proud of herself.
At that time, Zhao Wanhua had been married to the Li family for several years. The distance between mother and daughter was so far that it was heart-stopping, and You Tong hoped to take this opportunity to please her mother.
You Tong vaguely knew that Li Jiaqi, the daughter of the Li family, was also going to be admitted to National Taiwan University, which added pressure to her. Although she couldn't compete with Li Jiaqi, she didn't want to lose to anyone, so she got up early and stayed late, studying as hard as she could.
, but she didn’t know that sometimes, some things cannot be achieved through hard work alone.
In Taiwan, there are three ways to enter university. The first is to be selected. You Tong naturally knows that she does not have this background, so she chooses the second one and uses her academic ability test scores to apply. Generally speaking, those with good scores will be admitted in the university.
Students with good school performance can usually be admitted at this stage. You Tong is very confident, but there are only a small number of places, and popular departments may not necessarily apply.
You Tong was a little undecided, so he called Li's house on a weekend evening to discuss it with his mother, but he didn't expect that the person who answered the phone was Li Jiaqi.
Li Jiaqi proudly told her that he had been admitted to the Accounting Department of National Taiwan University through recommendation. The boasting in his words was self-evident, but more importantly, he was ridiculing and contemptuous of You Tong.
"You Tong, let me tell you, don't overestimate your capabilities. I have already encouraged several of my good friends to apply for the accounting department. They are all young ladies from wealthy families. Their applications will definitely be approved. There are only so many places.
There are only a few, and it’s not your turn!”
You Tong hung up the phone angrily, but reality was reality. When she turned around, the teacher at the school told her that her application had failed.
She had no choice but to choose the last option and take the designated subject exam in July.
In the hot summer, You Tong still studied day and night and lost ten kilograms, but she felt that hard work always paid off, and she finally passed the exam with the first score in the city.
But I didn't expect that the trouble had just begun.
That day, You Tong took the admission notice and went to Li's house for the first time, but he didn't even get through the door.
Li Jiaqi rushed out angrily and slapped her without saying a word, "You Tong, did you do this on purpose?! Do you know that your first place in the city caused a sensation in the entire National Taiwan University, and the accounting department was twenty years old?"
You haven't had such a high score in many years. You are famous and proud. Now everyone thinks that you are the real one, while people like me who rely on recommendation to enter the school are just a facade!"
When Li Jiaqi thought about being laughed at, she wanted to strangle You Tong to relieve her hatred. But You Tong was completely stunned by the slap. Is it wrong for her to even try hard?!
"You Tong, I order you to drop out of school! Otherwise, I will never be able to hold my head high in school! You drop out of school, do you hear me?!"
"I don't want it!" You Tong gritted his teeth and said, with a slight trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.
Li Jiaqi was startled at first by her resistance, but then sneered, "You don't want it?! When you used our Li family's money to pay tuition these years, why didn't you say no? What qualifications do you have to say no to me now?
?!What qualifications do you have to steal my halo?!"
You Tong trembled suddenly, as if struck by lightning.
She has never thought about the issue of tuition fees. Like other classmates, her mother helps her deal with these problems every time school starts, but... her mother's money belongs to the Li family.
Under the age of eighteen, she didn't have an ID card yet, but she had already learned about life. For the first time in her life, You Tong realized that the power of money can really crush someone to death.
She didn't cry when Li Jiaqi beat her, but at this moment she couldn't help it, tears burst into her eyes, and the admission notice in her hand slowly fell to the ground.
It turned out that everything she worked hard for was in vain in the end. She used the Li family's money to get into college, so she was destined to owe it.
Another person walked out of the door of the Li family, the gentle and elegant Li Yuanhang. When he came over, Li Jiaqi was tearing up her admission notice like crazy, and the pieces of paper fell all over the floor like snowflakes.
"Good day?!" Li Yuanhang couldn't help but exclaimed.
Li Jiaqi turned around, with tears streaming down his face, "Brother, if you still think of me as your sister, just stay out of your own business! Otherwise, I'll jump off the building to show you!"
After yelling, she ran away crying.
Li Yuanhang had always loved Li Jiaqi very much, and faced this situation, he had no choice but to defend his sister. He was silent for a moment, took out his checkbook from his pocket, tore off a piece and handed it to You Tong.
"This... is a little compensation for you." His voice was very soft and indifferent, but it was so hurtful.
You Tong subconsciously raised her head and met Li Yuanhang's clear but cold eyes. His eyes were calm and calm, but they made her feel more uncomfortable than death.
She looked at his hand holding the check. The fingers were slender, well-jointed, and clean. There was not even a scratch on the nails. Every detail showed the nobility and elegance of the upper class.
Sure enough, people in wealthy families are different.
She is different from them.
No, it's because they are different from her. They always think that having money is great.
She swore that from now on she would never spend a penny from the Li family! She would never have anything to do with the Li family!
There would always be expressions of crying, laughter, or hysterics, but she had none of them. She just refused his "kindness" and said lightly, "Thank you, Master Li, but I don't need it."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Behind him, the ground was covered with scraps of paper, broken like snow and condensing into frost.
The ending of that day was that she left silently, the translucent water blurred the pupils under the eyelashes, a firework dispersed, and a cold snowflake.
The end of that year was that she gave up schooling, and her dream turned into a misty fragrance in the distance.