#1011 This City (1)

At the hot spring manor in the mountains and forests more than 30 kilometers north of Rivni, three girls of Ekaterina Noskova entered the manor by car, and Marta Beknatz greeted them immediately. After getting off the bus, they had a lively chat, and the girls also gave a gift brought back from the United States to the actual housekeeper of the manor. They have no shortage of emotional intelligence to get along with people, and then they talked and laughed together. Go through the corridor in the manor to the main villa.

"After only being away for a month, it feels like Rivni is suddenly entering autumn," Evgenia Korkoshko surveyed the still greenery, but compared with Los Angeles or New York, 8 in northern Ukraine At the end of the month, people have already felt an obvious coolness, but the girl said these words with a bit of show off, after all, it is different from the caged sparrows in the manor. I have been to many places, and I seem to feel something when I say, and then ask: "Marta, it's so quiet here, aren't they all there?"

Marta was ignorant of Eve's thoughts just now, and said, "Today is Sunday, there is no class schedule, these two days are free to move around."

Although it is not possible to run out as often as the three Ekaterinas before, the girls in the manor actually do not have too strict restrictions on their daily life, especially on weekends, it is no problem to go out or go home. It's just that after the incident with Bansikova last time, the girls will be accompanied by female guards whether they go out or go home.

Said to have entered the villa.

The three girls have their own room here, and they don't plan to leave in the next few days. After all, they are here to 'eat melons'. As for the high school courses that have just been arranged these days, let the teacher come here tomorrow.

There were really not many girls in the villa.

After some inquiries, the three mothers and daughters of Bansikova, who are more concerned, went to Rivni city yesterday and will not come back in the evening. Then, Marta said again that Anna Belkoska, the best student among the girls here, went to visit Teacher Maria Rozin with some other girls after breakfast today, which immediately attracted the attention of the three girls.

This is what I ate.

After asking for details, the three girls also left the hot spring manor again and rushed to the hot spring resort a few kilometers away. The two female teachers involved in the gossip these days have all been arranged in the hotel area of ​​the hot spring resort. There are many single-family villas dedicated to foreign tourists, and they are close to the hot spring manor.

Hmm... that's no longer a reason to be closer.

Although the small disturbance was easily suppressed, after the incident, the Hot Spring Manor made adjustments quickly, all married female teachers were removed, and all the courses were replaced by unmarried ones. After all, although some of Simon's preferences for women are true, he doesn't want to make too many things for nothing. Not to mention some other female teachers who lost their jobs because of this, the two involved, except for Ulyana Meretskova, who had been eaten, had seen Maria Rozin's work after knowing what happened here. The information, an intellectual woman who is very in line with Simon's aesthetics, also arranged it casually.

Actually not too demanding.

However, since the woman complied with Simon's arrangement, it could be regarded as a kind of acquiescence and acceptance. As for whether there was pressure from the high-level Westeros system on Rivney's side behind the matter, Simon didn't care too much.

Arriving at the hot spring resort, the girls did not enter the lively leisure and entertainment area, but went directly to the hotel area, and soon found a villa in the corner of the resort.

It was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Anna Belkoska, who arrived early, and other five girls were preparing lunch with the very good-looking female teacher with glasses. Maria Rozin, although surprised, thanked the arrival of three unfamiliar girls. , and invited them to stay for lunch.

So it stayed.

Then, this female teacher, who was soft and easy-going although there was obviously some melancholy between her brows, soon gave the three girls a sense of intimacy like a spring breeze. She was originally watching the fun, but she quickly expressed her heart I felt sympathy and felt that Teacher Maria's husband was really an asshole.

As for... um, the root cause of this matter, the girls won't go into depth.

Simon certainly couldn't be wrong.

Later, she also met Ms. Luo Jin's four children, three boys and one girl.

The eldest daughter, Annette Rozin, is 21 years old. According to her introduction, she is a junior at the National University of Science and Technology. She has the same intellectual and gentle temperament as her mother. During the chat, she learned that the other party was working in Kyiv for a summer job, apparently because of the family It was an accident that I rushed back to Rivney. The other three boys were hairy boys about their age. Although they behaved very decently when greeting them, they were sent out by Ms. Luo Jin, who took the initiative to avoid suspicion, during lunch, and they did not come to the table together.

At the end of the lively lunch, Anna and the girls took the initiative to leave, and the three girls who had a good impression of Teacher Maria after just a few hours of getting along also left together.

Sending off the girls who came to see him, Maria Rozin took her daughter back to the living room of the villa. The extra guard and guard were already taking the initiative to clean up the mess after lunch. They were about to help, but they were pulled by her daughter. After a pause, they went upstairs together.

The mother and daughter came to a living room with a terrace on the second floor, sat down on the sofa, and felt that their mother naturally reached out and smoothed her hair. Annette Rozin, who returned from Kyiv yesterday afternoon, hesitated and finally He asked, "Mom, what's going on with you and dad?"

Maria Rozin froze for a while, fell into silence, and her eyes turned red. How can you explain this?

At the beginning, it had nothing to do with her at all, maybe... that big girl from the United States

The character knows her information, but she hasn't even seen his face, how could it happen?

It's just that, because of some rumors, the husband doesn't think so.

She explained.

However, her husband, who once held an important position in the Antonov Design Bureau, followed her to Rivny after being dismissed. As a high-end teaching talent recruited by the Westeros system for the Rivne West School, Maria Rozin enjoys a salary of $500 a month, and his husband can only find one at a power plant on Rivney's side. The position of an ordinary engineer, which is still because she helps to connect, is equivalent to less than $40 per month.

One can imagine the impact on a man's self-esteem when the encounter is reversed.

This time it finally broke out.

Although she explained seriously that she hadn't even seen Simon Westeros at all, her husband didn't believe it at all.

It was not too stiff at first, after all, it was a relationship of twenty years.

However, the compromise proposed by her husband made her quit her current job, but it was difficult for her to agree.

It's not that I'm reluctant to do this job, but that, except for the daughter who has already gone to college, the other three boys in the family are all studying at the Rifni West City School.

Maria, who is a teacher, can better understand the strength of Rivnis West City School. It can be said that it is the best school of its kind in Ukraine at this stage.

Moreover, because of her relationship, the three children are not only completely free to study at the Rifni West City School, but even enjoy some subsidies such as meals. The school's scholarships are also very generous. The three boys who have inherited the good genes of their husband and wife In the past year, I have successfully won the scholarship with excellent results.

All of this actually means a bright future for the children.

In Ukraine now, such a future, many people are desperate to get it. And if she resigns, Maria, who is also well aware of the threshold of the Rivnes West City school, can imagine some kind of outcome. As a mother, she cannot give up her three children in order to maintain her husband's poor self-esteem due to some obviously false rumors.

Even when her husband offered to let her resign, she was extremely disappointed.

The husband must also understand what might happen when she quits, but he only thinks about himself and completely ignores the children.

A few days ago, when she insisted on giving lessons to the girls, her husband, who couldn't bear it after all, came to the door, looking hysterical and breaking the tank. She even discussed the terms with the housekeeper of the hot spring manor on the spot, and she completely gave up on her husband. The last trace of anticipation gave him a few slaps on the spot.

Then, first of all, she was informed that she did not need to teach the girls any more, and she soon learned that the other married female teachers in the manor had also been stopped from working, as if they had all been replaced by unmarried women. She felt guilty for this, because she knew how difficult it was to find such a job in the current state of turmoil in the country.

Although, it seems that these faculty members who have been hired seem to be fine even if they don’t work, but no one takes it for granted. People with a little brain understand that there is a reward for hard work. Do things, maybe, when you wake up one morning, there will be no work.

And then, right now.

She was placed in this villa that was much more luxurious than the residential area in the west of Rivni City, and two attendants were also arranged. It's not a little girl, how can she not understand what this means, just think about her own children, can she resist?

And all of these, when the daughter asked at this time, there was no way to explain.

Can only be silent.

Annette Rozin felt the red-eyed mother's strong and repressed emotions, and the sensible girl from childhood suddenly stopped asking more questions, just hugged her mother gently: "Mom, I won't ask, actually, I know it must be Dad's fault, he has been in the past two years, anyway, as long as we are okay."

Maria Rozin, who had been suppressed these days, heard her daughter's consolation and couldn't hold back any longer, and her tears finally fell.

However, in the end, I didn't cry. After all, I was sitting with my mother, so I quickly eased my emotions again, turned around and touched the corner of my eyes, and remembered one more thing, Maria took her daughter's hand and said, "Anne, didn't you Did you say you want to study abroad, are you sure where you want to go?"

Annette Rozin didn't expect her mother to mention this suddenly, and shook her head in despair: "Mom, I don't plan to study abroad. When I graduate next year, I plan to start working. After all, after all... If you can't apply to the best school , it makes no difference whether or not to study abroad. Moreover, even if you apply, you may not get the full scholarship, and we can’t afford it.”

Maria knows this, of course. Her daughter's grades have been very good since she was a child, but studying abroad, money and grades, can be said to be indispensable.

Thinking about the consumption level overseas, her monthly salary of $500 seems to be a lot in Ukraine, but she can't afford it overseas. And my daughter is a proud personality. She is used to doing her best in everything. It may be possible to get an offer from a top overseas institution, but if you want to attach a full scholarship, it may not be so easy.

And if you go to a lower school, even if you get a scholarship, you might as well not go.

Thinking like this, Maria firmly said: "You must go to study abroad, Annie, all you have to do is choose a school, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College in the UK, or Harvard, Massachusetts, Stanford in the United States, baby, Tell your mother after you have picked it, and the rest of the mother will handle it."

When Annette Rozin heard her mother's words, she subconsciously glanced at the villa beside her, paused, then shook her head: "Mom, I'm not going."

Maria noticed her daughter's eyes and knew that she probably understood something.

Yu, I didn't say anything more for the time being. Anyway, my daughter is only a senior after the summer vacation, and she has to graduate at least next year if she wants to go abroad for graduate school. There is still time. It's a big deal, just help her arrange it in private.

Since, that man... would never be stingy with her request.

The voices of the three sons came from downstairs. Worrying that they would be found again, Maria hurriedly reorganized her appearance, and went downstairs with her daughter after a while.

With the majesty of a mother, he warned the three sons not to talk about the girls at noon outside, and sent them to do their homework.

Annette took her mother's hand and walked down the corridor of the hotel area with a good view. After a while, she realized that a girl in uniform was behind her, looking at her mother suspiciously. Maria's face was inexplicably red, and she still didn't explain much. , I can't say that there are a lot of foreign guests here who came to Ukraine to have fun, and her appearance and temperament... She is also attractive. Since she was entangled once, the female guard will do her duty whenever she goes out these days. follow closely.

The mother and daughter were walking and chatting, passing by a crossroad, when suddenly a woman wearing a long black dress with a graceful temperament and a particularly conspicuous chest turned from the side, wearing a pair of brown eyes, as if strangers were not allowed to enter.

Moreover, behind the woman was also a woman who was dressed similarly to the guard behind Maria, and there were still two of them. Compared with the women's leisurelyness, the two girls in uniform were also carrying several large plastic bags, which contained various daily necessities. The situation was apparently just coming from a nearby supermarket.

Encountering each other, the two sides subconsciously stopped.

Annette looked at the two maids behind the woman, and at the female guard behind their mother and daughter, with a slightly weird look, and noticed the guilty conscience and embarrassment in her mother's expression.

It was just a stalemate for a moment. The woman on the other side slowed down first, took off her glasses, and said with a smile: "Mary, you, um, is this your daughter?"

"Yeah," the other party said, and Maria could only talk to her, but she forgot to help introduce her daughter, and instead said quietly, "You, are you going back?"

"Well, I just went to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities," the woman said, hesitated a little, and said, "Why don't you come over to eat with me in the evening?"