Chapter 940 I am the White Moonlight (Part 3)
"Student Gu, congratulations! Your work won first place in this art competition!"
Gu Qingcheng was in a trance when she heard a sentence of English ringing in her ears.
She instantly switched identities, raised the corners of her lips, and revealed a gentle and reserved smile: "Thank you!"
"So what if you're first? You still can't get a degree, right?"
There is never a shortage of troublemakers in this world who want to throw cold water on others.
It was clearly a joyous banquet, but there were always one or two discordant voices.
However, although this person was jealous, he did not dare to really find fault blatantly.
His muttering was very soft, and Gu Qingcheng, who was more than ten steps away, should not have been able to hear it.
Unfortunately, Gu Qingcheng is not the original owner. Her sixth sense is sharp. Not to mention being more than ten steps away, she can even hear the whispers from dozens of steps away clearly.
“Can’t get a degree certificate?”
Why? Isn't he the first?
And from the memories received by Gu Qingcheng, the original owner, Gu Wanqing, had A+ in all grades during her study abroad.
An outstanding student among the best.
"I guess it's just because she's a woman!"
In this era, even in this ugly country known as the "democratic", there is still very serious gender discrimination.
Gu Qingcheng did not open the God's perspective, nor did she unlock all the scripts, but she could still infer the reasons through the part of the script she got and the integrated memories of the original owner.
Sad and angry, but helpless.
Because given Gu Wanqing's current situation, she is not yet able to change the world.
so--
"No! I will not give in!"
Gu Qingcheng tightly gripped the wine glass, continued to smile and greet others on the surface, but made a decision in her heart.
"Wanqing, are you tired? Do you want to go back?"
Just as Gu Qingcheng was thinking, a gentle voice came closer.
Without looking back, just by listening to the voice, Gu Qingcheng knew the identity of the person who came - Wei Jingxi, the fiancé of the original owner Gu Wanqing.
The Gu family and the Wei family are old friends. Gu Wanqing's father and Wei Jingxi's father were both among the first batch of overseas students to study in Chou.
They are classmates and old friends, but they have different interests and specialties.
Gu's father was a typical literati. When he studied abroad, he also studied philosophy. After returning to China, he became one of the best writers in the country.
Wei's father was a science and engineering man who studied physics and other majors abroad. After returning to China, he became the founder of the physics major in China.
The friendship of the first generation continued to Gu Wanqing's generation.
Gu Wanqing and Wei Jingxi were childhood sweethearts and grew up together.
As adults, they went abroad to study together.
Gu Wanqing chose to study architecture, while Wei Jingxi followed in his father's footsteps and plunged headfirst into the field of physics.
The two people have different majors and their interests and hobbies seem to be very different.
Gu Wanqing pursues art, but Wei Jingxi is more like a typical science and engineering guy.
However, the relationship between the two is very good and is not affected by these differences.
The two families even made an agreement that they would officially get married once the two graduated and returned home.
Now in their fourth year of college, the two are about to complete their studies.
Wei Jingxi had excellent grades and obtained his bachelor's degree ahead of schedule.
However, due to some reasons, Gu Wanqing might not be able to graduate even if she won first place in the competition.
"fine!"
Gu Qingcheng "forced" a smile.
Although Wei Jingxi is a science man, he is not blind.
The main reason is that he really loves his fiancée, so he sees and remembers her every move and smile.
"…Let's go home!"
Wei Jingxi came to Gu Qingcheng, put his arm around her, and spoke softly.
"good!"
Gu Qingcheng nodded, and together with Wei Jingxi, said goodbye to the classmates and friends around them.
After leaving the banquet hall and no one was around, Wei Jingxi asked quietly, "What happened? I see you don't seem happy!"
It was a happy thing that my fiancée's work won an award.
But why does Wanqing still have this expression?
"Did someone give you a hard time?"
When Wei Jingxi said this, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Although they are in a foreign country, neither of them is an ordinary citizen.
The fathers of both parties are well-known figures in the country, and they also have many classmates and good friends in the United States.
They will not take the initiative to provoke a fight, but if they are bullied, there will be people to help and support them.
"It's not a problem, because they are telling the truth."
Gu Qingcheng still had a lonely look on her face. She lowered her head, seeming to be still hesitating.
"The truth? What truth?"
Wei Jingxi doesn't believe in the truth, because many times, the so-called truth is what hurts people the most.
"Jingxi, I want to transfer to another department!"
Gu Qingcheng suddenly raised her head and did not answer Wei Jingxi's question, but instead said something nonsensical.
"Transfer to another department?"
Wei Jingxi's brows were almost twisted into a knot.
It's already her senior year and she will graduate in one year, but Wanqing wants to change her major.
This, this——
"Which major do you want to switch to?"
Although Wei Jingxi did not agree, he understood Wanqing.
Although his fiancée looks gentle and soft, she is actually strong at heart.
She doesn't make up her mind easily, but once she makes a choice, she will stick to it.
Besides, Wanqing is not a person who likes to act recklessly.
She is smart, she is sensible, and she knows what she wants.
Changing majors rashly may seem absurd, but it should not be done rashly.
She must have her own reasons.
“Department of Finance!”
Gu Qingcheng uttered these three words.
Wei Jingxi: ...
Transfer from the Department of Architecture to the Department of Finance?
This is like asking a physicist to write articles.
The span is too big.
"Can I ask why?"
Wei Jingxi did not say things like "You are crazy" or "Stop messing around", but asked the reason more gently.
"Just now, someone said that no matter how good I am, I can't get a degree certificate!"
Gu Qingcheng did not hide it, but directly used this sentence as an excuse.
"Although these words are full of jealousy and hatred, they do make some sense."
Gu Qingcheng raised her head, her beautiful eyes gleaming with stubbornness, "I know it's ridiculous to change departments now, but I won't give in!"
"Besides, since we know there will be no result, why bother to force it!"
"Instead of wasting time here and adding to the jokes, it's better to change your major."
"The Finance Department is great! Maybe I can try my hand at Wall Street in the future."
Gu Qingcheng became more and more passionate as she spoke.
There was a burning light in her clear eyes.
Wei Jingxi, who originally felt very uncomfortable, swallowed back all the words of comfort that were about to come out of his mouth when he saw his fiancée like this.
"Okay! I support you!"
Changing majors in senior year is indeed a bit of a fuss.
But Wanqing is happy!
If Wanqing was happy, he would be happy too.
Besides, there is nothing wrong with studying finance, although talking about money in a scholarly family like theirs seems a bit vulgar.
But, in this life, who can really live without caring about worldly matters?
Wei Jingxi is a science and engineering man, but he is not really only good at doing experiments and research.
Not to mention anything else, just doing research requires a lot of money.
Fortunately in Ugly Country, he was a student and had a very good mentor.
All expenses required for the experiment will be paid by the school or the tutor.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But now, Wei Jingxi has graduated and started to think about returning to China, as physics in the country is still in its infancy.
Both talent and equipment are in short supply.
As the president of a university and the founder of the School of Physics, my father often had a headache over a certain material.
Not to mention that it is not available in China, even if it can be bought, the cost is very high.
Wei Jingxi originally wanted to bring some things back, but he was short of money.
If he just wanted to study and live, he would not be short of money.
But, if I buy everything I need... Well, excuse me! Goodbye!
"Jingxi, thank you! I knew you would support me!"
"Mr. Wei, don't worry. I'm going to the Department of Finance. I will study hard and make a name for myself on Wall Street in the future. Then your lab won't have to worry about lack of money!"
Gu Qingcheng received the support of her "fiancé", and the faint depression lingering around her was swept away.
She even made a big promise with a bit of smugness.
Wei Jingxi: ...
Although he didn't think his fiancée could really make it big on Wall Street, as a man who loved her deeply, he could only actively agree with her.
I will never pour cold water on anyone.
He even nodded very lovingly, "Okay! I'll wait!"
"so--"
Gu Qingcheng was very satisfied with Wei Jingxi's answer. She deliberately acted like a spoiled child, stretched out her thumb and little finger, and made a gesture of making a phone call.
“So, I’ll call the elders!”
"Just say it's what I meant. If they want to scold me, they can scold me!"
Wei Jingxi made the promise with a smile.
"Jingxi, you are so nice! Fortunately, you——"
Gu Qingcheng coquettishly took Wei Jingxi's arm, stood on tiptoes, and kissed him on the cheek.
The lips are as beautiful as petals, pink and moist, and feel wonderful when they touch the cheeks.
At least, Wei Jingxi was distracted for a moment.
Besides the damn good feeling, it was also because my fiancée had never been so intimate with me before.
The two were an engaged couple in name only, and in the Republic of China, which still attached great importance to promises, this was a clear path forward.
Even if there is an intimate behavior, or even living in the same room, it is not considered too excessive.
However, the Gu family is a famous family with poetry and literature passed down from generation to generation, and Gu's father is a typical traditional scholar-official.
Although he studied abroad, accepted Western ideas, and even adhered to monogamy, which is very rare, he is still traditional and conservative at heart.
In fact, although monogamy is advocated nowadays, it is not a new trend in the new era.
The Celestial Empire has been a monogamous society since ancient times.
At most, taking a concubine was legal before the Republic of China, but in the Republic of China, the legal status of concubines was abolished.
Many representatives of new ideas wore suits and spoke English, but still kept concubines, secretaries or students.
But Gu's father didn't have that. He only had his wife and one woman.
Even though this wife was only in her thirties and had given birth to a daughter, Gu's father did not take a concubine.
According to him, "Children are destined to be born by fate. I am probably destined to be childless, so why force it?"
There is only one daughter, who is also the bloodline of the Gu family.
Gu Qingcheng received the original owner's memory, and somewhat agreed with Gu's father's statement -
For several generations in a row, the Gu family had not had many offspring.
Since the original owner’s great-grandfather, the family has been passed down from generation to generation.
By the time of Gu's father's generation, he had been married for twenty years and was approaching middle age before he had a daughter like Gu Wanqing.
Therefore, the lack of offspring might actually be the fault of the Gu family rather than Gu's mother.
"Wanqing?"
It's quite realistic.
I guess Father Gu has really seen through it and figured it out. Unlike some men, who clearly have problems with their own genes, they still insist on putting the blame on women and try desperately without giving up.
Father Gu simply accepted his fate.
A daughter is only a daughter, and a daughter is also the bloodline of the Gu family.
"Father Gu is a somewhat contradictory person!"
On the one hand, he has traditional scholar-official ideas, and he believes in the superiority of men over women, and men working outside the home while women work inside the home.
For example, he did not really dote on his only daughter, Gu Wanqing.
Take the matter of going abroad for example. If Gu Wanqing had not been engaged to Wei Jingxi and had not been accompanied by Wei Jingxi, he would not have agreed.
In Gu's father's inherent perception, women should be elegant, dignified, gentle and virtuous.
You can't say you never go out of the house, but you can't show up in public alone either.
It’s different if you have a fiancé, even if you’re a married woman.
It is not against the rules for a married woman to go abroad and study with her husband! And this time, Gu Qingcheng suddenly wanted to change her major.
If she told Father Gu herself, he would definitely reprimand her harshly and try to stop her.
But if Wei Jingxi came forward and made it clear that "this is my idea", Gu's father would not have objected too much.
"Perhaps, in Father Gu's subconscious mind, he has already passed the 'custody' to Wei Jingxi!"
"As the new guardian, Wei Jingxi has the right to make decisions for Gu Wanqing!"
Gu Qingcheng said silently to Huoshui.
This is also the characteristic of this era. It seems that we have entered a new era, but in fact it is still so conservative.
Most people of this era are as contradictory as Gu's father.
They knew the corruption of the old system and yearned for the advancement and science of the Western world, but they could not help but follow the old system.
In fact, according to Gu Qingcheng, it is not just in China, but in the whole world, there are still various constraints.
“It’s very difficult to break all this!”
Gu Qingcheng sighed silently.
But, no matter how difficult it is, we have to do it.
Moreover, because it is difficult, it is great! Of course, Gu's father's conservative thinking is not so thorough.
He also has another side that has the courage to break the secular world - he will not go to great lengths or use any means necessary to compete for his son.
He only had one daughter, who "accepted her fate" and raised her carefully. In this respect alone, Father Gu was even more "progressive" than some men a hundred years later! The original owner did not experience the ideological explosion of later generations. Restricted by the times, she did not think too much.
At least towards Gu's father, the original owner had only admiration and respect.
She cared a lot about Gu's father's decision, so when Gu Qingcheng came here and made a decision that was bound to make her father angry, she definitely couldn't do it herself.
Otherwise, once Gu's father got angry, Gu Qingcheng would not be able to face it head-on.
The character will collapse!
"If I take the blame for you, I'm a good person? What if I don't agree?"
Seeing that his fiancée was finally no longer gloomy, Wei Jingxi's mood also turned from gloomy to bright.
He even teased his fiancée, which was a rare occurrence.
"Do you dare to disagree?" Gu Qingcheng also cooperated, deliberately puffing up his cheeks like a kitten with its fur standing on end.
Wei Jingxi's eyes became more doting.
Just as the engaged couple was flirting, a blind man barged in and said, "Wanqing! The party isn't over yet, why are you leaving?"
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(End of this chapter)
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