Chapter 170 Providing the Bait



"That's right..."

Jiang Sheng spoke frankly to Xu Jianian about his concerns, without holding back: "The problem is that this poem is a celebration of friendship..."

After explaining all her reasons and thoughts to Xu Jianian, Xu Jianian nodded in sudden realization and understood.

"Oh, I see. I was wondering why."

Knowing the reason, Xu Jianian scratched his head in distress: "If this poem can't be used, what should we do?"

"I had already made plans with my friends for this class reunion, and Teacher Zhou was also invited. The play was about to start, but suddenly there was no script. The play just couldn't continue!"

Seeing Xu Jianian's troubled expression, Jiang Sheng recalled all the poems he had heard in his previous life, and finally one came to mind.

Moreover, this poem is one of the best examples of Misty Poetry; it is a rhyming poem describing the anticipation of love.

If you were to take it out, I believe Zhou Changgui would definitely be tempted.

If she's interested, she'll definitely try to win over her second sister.

After all, it would be such a waste not to show such a wonderful poem to my second sister and make her fall in love with it.

According to Zhou Changgui's thoughts and ideas, since this poem was submitted by Xu Jianian's friend and had no connection with Zhao Xuehui at all.

All we need to do is show the poem to Zhao Xuehui, and everything will be done discreetly. No one will know that the poem was written by Xu Jianian's friend.

Not only could he gain a good reputation, but he could also make Zhao Xuehui look at him with even higher regard.

Why not do something that offers the best of both worlds?

Seeing Xu Jianian's somewhat worried expression, Jiang Sheng suddenly appeared at that moment, interrupting Xu Jianian's thoughts.

"Don't worry, I already have a solution."

No sooner had Jiang Sheng finished speaking confidently than Xu Jianian quickly looked up at him, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Have you thought of a good idea?"

"That's right."

Jiang Sheng nodded, and before he could finish speaking, Xu Jianian had already guessed his plan.

"I guess you're planning to write a poem yourself and have my friend give it to Teacher Zhou in his name, right?"

As clever as Xu Jianian was, her guess was indeed correct.

As Jiang Sheng nodded, Xu Jianian hurriedly took out paper and pen from his bag and placed them directly on the table in front of Jiang Sheng.

"Then hurry up and write it. Although I can't write poetry, the poem you wrote last time was really good. I'd like to see it again!"

Xu Jianian looked on with anticipation, while Jiang Sheng, seemingly oblivious, took the paper and pen and began to write.

As Jiang Sheng began writing, Xu Jianian quickly joined in, reading along word by word.

You said you are a flower drifting in the world.

"I wandered wearily, so desperate that I wanted to pluck you from the sky."

"You're using lies—the lies of shifting blame and rhyming verses—to hinder my progress..."

Xu Jianian read on, word by word, and the more he read, the more amazed he became in his eyes.

She truly hadn't expected that Jiang Sheng's poems would be so excellent!

Her words expressed her longing for love, which perfectly reflected her yearning for this kind of budding romance at her age!

Until Jiang Sheng finished writing all the verses, Xu Jianian also recited the poem to the very end.

"...the falsehood that encouraged me to be my own audience for so many years."

"I'll use the method of moving to another city to ignore my longing for you."

Jiang Sheng stopped writing, and Xu Jianian also stopped talking.

She looked at the freshly written poem with amazement and couldn't help but give Jiang Sheng a thumbs up.

"It's so well written!"

Xu Jianian said sincerely, "I really didn't expect that your talent for writing poetry would be so amazing!"

Faced with Xu Jianian's exaggerated praise, Jiang Sheng simply smiled calmly.

"It was just a normal performance."

After a pause, Jiang Sheng pointed to the last sentence and said very bluntly, "However, to be fair, I haven't finished writing this poem. It's only half-finished."

"ah?"

Xu Jianian was somewhat surprised and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then how come you only wrote it as a half-finished product? If you could write a complete piece, it would definitely be more perfect!"

Jiang Sheng smiled faintly: "It's better to write a half-finished product. Only in this way will it be easier for me to expose Teacher Zhou's lie later."

Just like his previous article, "Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossoms," he will be very proud of himself then, but he will also fall hard afterward.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at scheming!"

Xu Jianian searched his mind for a while, but couldn't think of a way to describe Jiang Sheng.

After she finished speaking, Jiang Sheng added a sentence in his mind.

He's cunning and ruthless; he deliberately wants to drag Zhou Changgui into the mire until he can't get up anymore!

"Give this poem to your friend and have him give it to Teacher Zhou in his own name. I think Teacher Zhou will definitely be tempted, after all, I think he will think this poem is good."

This is not Jiang Sheng boasting; after all, this rhyming piece had already caused a great sensation in his previous life.

He also believed that if Zhou Changgui wasn't stupid, he would definitely use this poem to test his second sister's favor.

Jiang Sheng sneered inwardly, and at that moment Xu Jianian reached out and took the paper that Jiang Sheng handed over.

"Then it's settled. I'll take this poem with me. You should hurry back and have dinner with your friends. I also need to leave quickly so as not to arouse Teacher Zhou's suspicion if I stay away for too long."

After Xu Jianian finished speaking, she glanced at Jiang Sheng in front of her with a smile. Unlike usual, this time her eyes finally showed a hint of appreciation and admiration.

"Jiang Sheng, I didn't expect you to be such a good poet. If Teacher Zhou really says that your previous poem was utter rubbish, I certainly won't agree!"

Jiang Sheng was somewhat surprised as soon as Xu Jianian finished speaking.

After all, even her second sister, who was so knowledgeable about poetry, thought Zhou Changgui's comments on her poem were quite professional.

Xu Jianian, however, spared no praise or appreciation, a difference that left Jiang Sheng deeply moved.

It seems that Zhou Changgui had already established a strong impression of perseverance in front of his second sister, which is why the second sister and Xu Jianian had different opinions about the poem.

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