{"id":1970,"date":"2020-06-21T08:26:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2022-07-09T11:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T09:29:12","slug":"spare-tire-is-gone-chapter-8-1-i-am-gu-xun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2020\/06\/21\/spare-tire-is-gone-chapter-8-1-i-am-gu-xun\/","title":{"rendered":"Spare Tire is Gone &#8211; Chapter 8.1 &#8211; &#8220;I am Gu Xun.&#8221; (R)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specialty.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the process of the physical examination, Qi Cong was thinking about this problem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Yin attached great importance to the cultivation of children&#8217;s interests and hobbies. There were many things Qi Cong has learned, including calligraphy, piano, drums, roller skating, taekwondo, sports dance, painting, origami, paper cutting, pottery, basketball, football, table tennis\u2026. However, he only dabbled in most of these hobbies, and when he realised that he didn&#8217;t enjoy something, he quit it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Yin was very open-minded in this aspect, so she never forced Qi Cong to learn anything. She only required him to \u2018make a choice after trying.\u2019 When making a choice, he should think carefully, and not go back on his own decision. That being said, if he did choose something, he should stick with it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Cong followed his mother\u2019s requirement, and among other things, he chose calligraphy, piano and taekwondo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, Qi Yin asked him very seriously why he chose these things, and he answered very seriously: Calligraphy was because he liked it, piano because he wanted to play it for his mother after learning it and taekwondo to exercise and protect his mother in the future.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet it seems that in these past three years, his three hobbies, which he has practiced for many years, have been abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Cong gathered his thoughts and stretched his shoulder muscles. He found that his muscles were very stiff and he had obviously been neglecting exercise for a very long time. He moved his fingers this time, and when he opened them, he felt a sense of resistance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With such a hand it may be impossible to press the keys coherently and accurately.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He conveniently picked up a test result sheet from the ground that had been thrown out. He folded the paper skillfully into a thousand-paper crane, and continued to think.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He needed to pick up the piano again as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, if he only relied on his amateur piano skills, it would be impossible to impress Zhao Zhenxun. Nowadays there were too many children who were good at playing piano and he only practiced in his spare time. After going to university he became addicted to his major and hadn&#8217;t touched a piano for a long time. So, to those hard-working trainees, he would be no competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking of his major in University, Qi Cong\u2019s origami quickly reverted back to a normal sheet of paper.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He started to fold the thousand-paper crane again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main competition was mainly about singing and dancing. In regards to dance, he only learned some sports dancing in junior high school, but he didn&#8217;t learn much and he has already forgotten it. As for singing, except for a chorus that he participated in for a music class, he almost never sang in public. He also didn\u2019t know what his singing level was, and whether he could sing or not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bottom line was: even if he was lucky enough to be sent to the draft, he&#8217;ll probably be eliminated in the first round.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the crane was fully formed, Qi Cong stopped, looked down at it and slowly unfolded it. Then he began to fold a rose.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He needed to be prepared in advance to not be selected to participate in the program or his possible failure even if he made it in the draft.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once again, he thought of his major in University &#8211; Drama, Film, and Television Literature. In popular terms, it was the major to become a screenwriter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriting is a career related to entertainment circles, which can be easily ignored. It was hard to get ahead, and required contacts and qualifications.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was choosing a major back then, Qi Cong was a rich second generation. He was a winner in life, who had his parents&#8217; support and encouragement, and didn&#8217;t need to consider practical problems. He could choose a career based on his hobbies. When he was younger, Qi Cong was fond of watching movies and reading books, and felt that the process of creating a story was very wonderful. So among many literature related majors, he chose the Major of Screenwriting. It wasn\u2019t pure research but it could make money in society, you had to be rich in creativity and there were infinite possibilities. It was seemingly both close to his dreams and realistic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Cong also considered the possibility of the Qi Family&#8217;s decline. He thought that even if the Qi Family\u2019s businesses went under, he would be able to rely on his major to still provide his parents with a good life. After entering the Major of Screenwriting, he quickly discovered his naivety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screenwriting was not a career that guaranteed you would find a job right after you earned your degree, or that you would be able to freely create the stories you want to create if you did get a job. This was a career with many restrictions and traps. It could consume your enthusiasm and energy, and it was difficult to make a living or have a stable income right away.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If only he had known, he would have\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Qi Cong! Who is Qi Cong? Come and get your results. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Cong snapped back to reality, but he didn\u2019t control his strength well. Half of the paper rose was torn by him. He answered the nurse\u2019s call first and then looked down into the palm of his hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because it had been folded twice before, the surface of the paper rose was full of creases, plus there was a piece that was torn. It appeared very old and dirty, and didn\u2019t look good at all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was kind of like Qi Cong\u2019s life now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qi Cong paused, gently touched the tip of the rose petals, put it into his backpack, and went to the doctor\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>Edited by : Antiope1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Proofreader:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=25191841\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-338 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/become_a_patron_button.png?resize=217%2C51\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/51;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/lajnaa\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kofi3-3.png?resize=185%2C47\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is kofi3-3.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/47;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialty. 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