Chapter 344: Gaining Fame During Life and After Death
Pushing their bicycles, Cheng Xuyuan and Fang Yuqing talked as they walked.
Although the night sky was still cold, it was not as dry and cold as before! There were not many pedestrians on the road, which made Fang Yuqing, who was holding Cheng Xuyuan's arm and leaning against him contentedly, quietly move closer.
"Xuyuan!" Fang Yuqing whispered, "Are you sure you can solve this problem?"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "I didn't want to bother with this matter."
"Whoever dares to scold me, I will scold him back."
"But Lao Li and my uncle have come to me time and again. In order not to embarrass them, I think it's better to solve it."
"Don't worry, this shouldn't be difficult."
Seeing Cheng Xuyuan's confident expression, Fang Yuqing felt more at ease.
However, when she thought of her uncle Meng Dezhi's frown some time ago, she couldn't help but ask, "Then how are you going to solve this problem?"
Cheng Xuyuan said: "Didn't I tell you that I have already prepared two articles."
"Ask Zhang Dening to send two articles over for me."
Fang Yuqing hesitated for a moment and stammered, "It's just that I think you are taking this for granted based on just two articles!"
Under the dim street lights, I looked at Fang Yuqing who suddenly lowered her head.
Cheng Xuyuan's heart moved, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed Fang Yuqing lightly on the cheek.
Fang Yuqing did not object to her boyfriend's intimate behavior, but just hugged Cheng Xuyuan's arm a little tighter.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Some things may seem troublesome, but as long as we find the right entry point, I think they can be easily solved."
"Before, I heard a joke about four crosstalk performers swearing at each other. Who do you think will win?"
Fang Yuqing had listened to crosstalk before, so she knew it was all about laughter, anger and scolding, and the verbal skills were quite impressive.
They cursed at each other and it was hard to tell who was winning or losing.
"This is a bit confusing!" Fang Yuqing said, "Who do you think will win?"
Cheng Xuyuan said: "The standard answer is that the one who lives the longest will win, because he lives the longest, so he will become a crosstalk master."
"His opponent can no longer speak, so in the end, whatever he says goes."
Fang Yuqing pondered over Cheng Xuyuan's words, and slowly her eyes lit up.
"Are you preparing to..."
"Yes, didn't Zhang Dening say that I am a future leader in the literary world? Then I might as well write two reviews of the works of my predecessors."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "For the same work, one article praises it, and the other criticizes it."
Listening to Cheng Xuyuan's plan, Fang Yuqing couldn't help laughing.
She already understood Cheng Xuyuan's plan and felt that Cheng Xuyuan's method seemed a bit shameless.
But, on second thought, it seems that we cannot play by common sense when dealing with rogue people.
"I knew you had a way."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "I was forced to do this. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to him."
"To be honest, I don't even want to attend this award ceremony!"
While the two of them were chatting and laughing, they had already arrived at a crossroads. Cheng Xuyuan looked at Fang Yuqing with concern and asked, "Yuqing, are you going to school today, or are you going back to Shijingshan?"
Fang Yuqing hesitated for a moment and said, "I'd better go back to school. I have classes tomorrow morning."
When Cheng Xuyuan saw Fang Yuqing's slightly evasive look, he felt something inexplicably moving in his heart.
He felt an urge to go to the Overseas Chinese Apartment with Fang Yuqing.
But he quickly suppressed this impulse. It's not that he didn't dare, but this kind of thing can't be forced, it's best to let it happen naturally.
He shook Fang Yuqing's hand and said, "Then I'll take you to school first, and then go back."
Fang Yuqing did not object to Cheng Xuyuan's decision. Although they were in the same school, she also hoped to stay with Cheng Xuyuan for a while longer.
After sending Fang Yuqing back to the dormitory, Cheng Xuyuan rode his bike back to the Overseas Chinese Apartment. It was not yet ten o'clock, and after boiling a pot of water for himself, Cheng Xuyuan began to write.
The articles were all ready-made! After all, there were many reviews of famous works in later generations. He only needed to select two representative ones and copy them out.
In Cheng Xuyuan's opinion, the most difficult thing about writing is not having no ideas, but sitting there for an hour and not being able to write anything.
Instead, write down what is in your mind, stroke by stroke.
If I had a computer and some writing software, it would be perfect.
It took Cheng Xuyuan an hour and a half to write two articles of more than 4,000 words, and that was before Cheng Xuyuan wrote fast enough.
After finishing writing the two review articles, Cheng Xuyuan went to wash up and go to bed. After all, there was a task waiting for him to complete early tomorrow morning! Because he had classes after 10 a.m., Cheng Xuyuan, who had finished writing "Zhu Xian" and "Things about the Ming Dynasty", did not arrive at the campus until 9:30 the next day.
Just as he was packing up to get ready for class, he saw Chen Jianxun and Liu Zhenyun walking towards him side by side.
"Xuyuan, you have been missing these past two days. What have you been busy with?" Chen Jianxun asked with a smile when he saw Cheng Xuyuan.
Hearing this question, Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Jianxun, just say what you want to say, don't lay any groundwork."
"There's no need for this between us."
"I've been at school these days, and you didn't even look for me, okay?"
"I heard from classmates that you are currently writing in seclusion, preparing to compete for the next short story award."
Chen Jianxun couldn't help but blush when he heard Cheng Xuyuan's frank words.
He and Cheng Xuyuan were chatting, and they really wanted to find him for something.
But I didn't expect Xiao Cheng to be so straightforward.
It's a bit unethical! Chen Jianxun smiled helplessly and said, "What kind of retreat? I just want to think about something."
“But it’s not going as planned!”
Chen Jianxun has written a lot of things, and recently, he has often published some short articles, but none of them have been nominated for awards.
This made him a little depressed, so he decided to shut himself in and write something.
But after the retreat, I realized that some things cannot be suppressed by retreating.
Now he seems a little more depressed.
Cheng Xuyuan didn't argue with Chen Jianxun too much, but smiled and comforted him: "Take your time, don't rush."
"You make it sound easy, but I've noticed that you never take your time when writing."
Chen Jianxun said: "Being a classmate with you is really stressful!"
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and changed the subject: "You two didn't come to me to accuse me of writing too fast, did you?"
"If you have something to say, please speak quickly. I have to go to class soon!"
Chen Jianxun and Liu Zhenyun glanced at each other quickly, and finally Chen Jianxun said, "Xuyuan, Zhenyun and I went to a discussion meeting of the Literary Association yesterday."
"After the meeting, several senior comrades in charge pulled me and Zhenyun aside and insisted that we talk to you."
"I advise you not to fight for a moment."
"Because it won't cause any loss to others, but it will give you a reputation of being arrogant."
Having said this, Chen Jianxun calmed down.
He looked at Cheng Xuyuan and said, "Xuyuan, although I am a little angry about this matter, I think what they said makes sense."
"You are now at the stage of rising sun and shining brightly. Why bother with someone who is about to quit over such a trivial matter?"
Liu Zhenyun brewed his emotions for a while, and then he said: "Xuyuan, people say that beautiful jade does not compete with tiles, and a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It's not worth it!"
"I think so too."
Cheng Xuyuan looked at the two friends who were trying to persuade him, smiled and said, "I understand."
"Do you have anything else to do?"
Originally, Chen Jianxun thought that after he said these words, he would hear Cheng Xuyuan's fierce opposition.
Then the two of them will try to persuade the other person earnestly, but no matter whether they can persuade him or not, both of them will be exhausted.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Xuyuan actually said this.
Do you have anything else to do? Then, are you going to listen to us or not? After looking at each other again, Liu Zhenyun finally said, "Xuyuan, we have nothing else to do. We just want to ask you, what are you going to do?"
"You all said that I, a beautiful jade with a bright future, cannot touch tiles."
"Of course I will listen to your good advice!" Cheng Xuyuan joked with a smile.
Hearing Cheng Xuyuan's words, Chen Jianxun immediately said happily: "Xuyuan, that's great."
"I'm telling you, we'll go with you when you receive the award."
"Also, I've made preparations. After you receive the award, you can put these two cotton balls in your ears."
"That way, no matter how noisy and nonsense others are talking, you can pretend not to hear them."
Looking at the two cotton balls handed to him, Cheng Xuyuan was both moved and speechless.
He finally smiled and said, "Okay, thank you."
"But I don't have any use for cotton balls."
"I have already thought of a solution, so you can go ahead and hand it over with confidence."
As he spoke, Cheng Xuyuan walked towards the history department classroom.
Watching Cheng Xuyuan leave, Chen Jianxun hesitated for a moment and said to Liu Zhenyun, "Xuyuan said he has a way to solve it. What do you think he will do?"
"Xuyuan is a very peaceful person, and he also likes to joke with everyone."
"But I think he is still quite reliable and rarely makes outrageous remarks."
Liu Zhenyun withdrew his gaze from Cheng Xuyuan and said, "This situation is better than we expected."
"We have tried our best. We will go back and report the results of our discussion with Xu Yuan to our superiors."
"As for receiving the award, we'll just follow along."
Chen Jianxun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "This is the only way now."
Just as the two were discussing, two bicycles came towards the south gate of Yenching University.
While pedaling his bicycle, Zhang Dening said to Shen Yumo, "Yumo, you can't push this matter off."
"If you find that the article written by Cheng Xuyuan cannot be used, you must speak up boldly."
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