Shen Shaojuai: I'm sorry I love you too much

On the second day after settling down in Philadelphia, Ye Xingyi hadn't adjusted the time difference before he was picked up by Lin Qiumo to sign up for the art competition.

In order to resist the biological clock, she poured herself two full cups of black coffee, which was so bitter that her face wrinkled into a ball.

Lin Qiumo felt distressed looking at it, but there was nothing he could do, time was running out, so he had to work hard for Ye Xingyi, and after the two-month competition was over, he could take a good rest.

Ye Xingyi knew it well, so he didn't complain from the beginning to the end.After drinking two cups of black coffee, I feel much more energetic.

When he got there, Ye Xingyi found out that it was the office of the state government.

Lin Qiumo explained: "This competition is jointly held by the state government. The state government intends to use this competition to promote Philadelphia as a capital of art, suitable for tourism, and to generate income."

Ye Xingyi nodded to express his understanding. He also understood that it was no wonder that Lin Qiumo had been recommending her to participate in this competition.
Led by Lin Qiumo, they soon arrived at the registration place for this contest.

There were a lot of people queuing up, and Ye Xingyi saw a few familiar faces, either she really knew them, or when she was in Philadelphia, she often visited art exhibitions for a while, and got to know a lot of people in the industry.

It's just a nodding acquaintance, plus the occasion is not an occasion for chatting.

They just saw it, nodded, exchanged a friendly smile, and didn't have a deep chat.

She and Lin Qiumo consciously stood at the end of the long line.

The two chatted one after another.

After a while, I saw a curly-haired woman in forest style coming out of the office.

She stood at the door and looked around for a while, then her eyes stopped on Ye Xingyi's side.

Ye Xingyi didn't know her, but he saw her smiling and walking towards him.

She was in a daze when she saw her approaching, and said in a very strong Hong Kong accent, "At the end of Qiu, I just heard someone inside saying that I saw you coming. I still don't believe it, no It's true, are you going to participate this year?"

It turned out that he wasn't smiling at himself, it was someone Lin Senior Brother knew!

Ye Xingyi glanced at Lin Qiumo, saw him explain with a distant smile, "Thank you for your concern, I won't participate this time, I'm sending my junior sister here."

"Junior Sister?" She then looked at Ye Xingyi, and after looking Ye Xingyi up and down with her dripping eyeballs, there was a bit of hostility in her eyes.

Lin Qiumo nodded and introduced: "Xing Yi, this is Ms. Chen Feilin, a famous up-and-coming artist from Baodao and Taiwan, and one of the judges this time."

Ye Xingyi smiled at Chen Feilin, stretched out his hand politely, and introduced himself, "Hi, my name is Ye Xingyi, nice to meet you."

"Ye Xingyi?" Chen Feilin frowned, she had never heard of this name before.

She didn't even look at Ye Xingyi's hand, and said directly to Lin Qiumo: "Since you won't participate in the end of autumn, it's boring to stand here and wait, why don't I show you around? Representative, I have a lot of inside information, okay?"

She blinked at Lin Qiumo, obviously with impure intentions, what she really wanted to do was to be alone with Lin Qiumo.

Ye Xing withdrew his neglected arm, feeling sorry for Lin Qiumo who knew such a friend somehow.

Give him a look and let him experience it for himself.

Lin Qiumo smiled wryly at her.

He was also very helpless. Normally, he would have avoided Chen Feilin, but now that she was one of the judges, he couldn't offend her.

This woman is used to people wearing small shoes.

Whether he wanted it or not, he was still dragged away by that Chen Feilin.

Ye Xingyi continued to line up alone, and it took about 10 minutes before he was in line.

She knocked on the door and signaled before entering. There were three middle-aged men in strict dress sitting in a row in the office, looking at the materials on the table in front of them.

It happened to be a white man, a yellow man, and a black man, and they were all men. They should all be government employees, with serious faces.

Because this is an international competition, the arrangement of the staff in this way also echoes Philadelphia's style.

After hearing someone coming in, the three of them looked over in unison.

Ye Xingyi saw the unfriendliness in their eyes, and wondered where their unfriendliness came from?
"Can you speak English?" The man with the same skin color as Ye Xingyi should be a second-generation Chinese.

Ye Xingyi nodded, handed over the English materials he had prepared, and replied, "Yes, I will."

After the man glanced at Ye Xingyi, he didn't nod or shake his head.I buried my head in reading her profile, which made Ye Xingyi very uneasy, as if he had done something wrong.

After a while, the man finally raised his head.

"Can you guarantee that what is written here is true?"

Ye Xingyi immediately felt uncomfortable. It wasn't that she was sensitive, but that she had just observed the whole process of the two reporters who were in front of the queue to sign up for the competition.

From the beginning to the end, I didn't hear them ask this sentence.

Ye Xingyi felt that he was being targeted, why was he being targeted?She still doesn't know why.

"Do you have any dissatisfaction with me?" Ye Xingyi's expression was very serious.

The man glanced at him again and explained: "Miss Ye, don't get me wrong, I'm not dissatisfied with Miss Ye, I just think you are young and a woman, so..."

"So what?" Ye Xingyi interrupted immediately and asked, "So you have to doubt my ability? This is the first time I've seen the state government engage in such blatant sex discrimination."

When the man heard Ye Xingyi's sexist words, his face panicked.

He glanced hurriedly at the others.

Fortunately, he and Ye Xingyi just talked in Chinese, and the others didn't know what they said.

Sex discrimination is a serious charge in Philadelphia.

Ye Xingyi could go to court to sue him, and every sue would be accurate.

In order to cling to his job, the man immediately said with a smile: "Miss Ye, don't misunderstand, the main reason is that we have precedents before, please understand our work of document review."

What he said was high-sounding, God knows if there is any precedent before.

Ye Xingyi pursed his lips and asked gruffly, "Then how do you want me to prove that the information I filled in is true?"

The man practiced Tai Chi and said, "What? We will investigate and verify later."

Because of his previous attitude, Ye Xingyi paid attention to him, and immediately said, "How long will it take?"

"About half a month or so, you also know how efficient Philadelphia is." He explained with a smile.

He was clearly bullying Ye Xingyi as a foreigner who didn't understand anything!He wanted to use small tricks to eliminate this girl who had been against him in the primary election.

It's a pity that he didn't expect Ye Xingyi to stay in Philadelphia for five years.

Ye Xingyi sneered, and said directly in fluent English. The translation is, "After half a month, the registration will be closed. I don't know what your intention is, sir, why the other applicants didn't verify the information. It happened to me. I don’t accept it, I want to find the congressman in charge of this competition, and ask whether it discriminates me as a woman or discriminates me as an Asian.”

After a series of fluent English, everyone looked here.

The face of the man who made things difficult for Ye Xingyi turned pale with anger.

He glared at Ye Xingyi fiercely, and tried to explain to the other people.

Ye Xingyi waited quietly, but he had already made a decision in his heart.She meets the registration requirements for this competition. If she is eliminated from the competition, she will really ask the state legislator for clarification.

A few people gathered around and chatted quietly.

After a while, the blond one should be the leader among them.

He looked at the information in his hand, then at Ye Xingyi, translated it into Chinese and asked Ye Xingyi, "Miss Ye, we didn't mean to discriminate against you. There is really a precedent. Let's do it! As long as you can prove it on the spot If you don't have your own ability, then you will pass the primary election directly. Look, can you?"

Obviously, they don't want to make things worse.

This time it was an international event, and the state government had a bad impression of it if it made a big fuss.

He said so, if Ye Xingyi makes trouble again, it will be his own fault.

She bit her lip and temporarily suppressed her anger.

They are deliberately making things difficult for themselves. She is good at oil painting and ink painting. This is not a studio, and there are no tools. What can she use to prove her ability?
what happened to the woman?
What about Asians?
Ye Xingyi took a deep breath. Even if she didn't have any drawing tools, she still had to prove her ability and impress them.

The glazed eyeballs swept around, and only asked them for a piece of white paper and a pencil that are often found in the office.

After getting the tools, she stroked a bit, and then concentrated on drawing.

She chose the character sketch that tested the most basic skills, and the people who sketched were the three examiners who interviewed her.

With a high degree of concentration, fine sweat quickly accumulated on her forehead.

Some people painted on the spot, and they were all in the same company. Those who were in line couldn't help but move to Ye Xingyi's side to watch her paint in turn.

After almost everyone glanced at it, they couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

It made those judges look at me and I look at you, which was very stressful.

When Ye Xingyi finished drawing, they looked at themselves with vivid expressions on the white paper, and they were completely convinced this time.

"Congratulations, Miss Ye. You passed the primary election."

Ye Xingyi was not happy at all after hearing this.

So what if she proved herself capable?Being treated differently is still a fact.

When Lin Qiumo finally escaped from Chen Feilin, seeing Ye Xingyi who had finished the interview looked very bad, and immediately asked, "What's wrong? Xingyi, haven't you passed yet?"

The primary election was just a formality, Ye Xingyi's ability was not enough to even pass the primary election.

"pass."

Lin Qiumo was even more puzzled, and Ye Xingyi explained how he had been treated unfairly.

"It's too much! Go to them and apologize to you." After hearing this, Lin Qiumo's face turned black, and he pulled Ye Xingyi to go back.

But Ye Xingyi shook his head at him and said, "Forget it, it's not interesting, I will prove myself with my strength and slap them in the face."