"But if you really think about it, that's not right. You haven't taught me anything from the design to the sewing of a suit. There's a misunderstanding here."
"Ah? Why didn't you explain it clearly at that time?" Shen Junru couldn't help but blame.
Huang Wanzhen took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, "Who knows, you two might run into each other?! Maybe that heroic rescue was designed specifically for you? Just to make you willingly serve him."
"But I don't know how to design a suit. I'm okay at sewing." Shen Junru's face showed anxiety. She grabbed Huang Wanzhen's hand and said, "Why don't you teach me?"
Huang Wanzhen was stunned when she saw that she was clearly in love. "You, you're focusing on the wrong thing, aren't you?"
"Shouldn't you be concerned that he might be lying to you? Wake up, he's trying to deceive you."
Huang Wanzhen yelled the last sentence, and she almost wanted to shake Shen Junru's head.
"But, but he did save me. Wanzhen, you don't know, when I was a volunteer, I served an old lady in the hospital. She fell in love with me and wanted me to marry her son." Shen Junru shook Huang Wanzhen's hand and continued, "But his son is almost 30 years old and doesn't even have a decent job. How could I... Don't you think so?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Huang Wanzhen nodded hurriedly, "You are the daughter of the Shen family. What is the status of that man? Why would he marry you if he said so?"
Shen Junru frowned, her face filled with helplessness. "Since ancient times, women have always suffered in matters between men and women. Even if his family is just a merchant, if he shamelessly approaches me, others will only criticize me if they find out."
"If my grandmother knew about this, she'd probably make me get my ass ripped off. Punishment is the worst of it. My reputation would be ruined, and they'd give me up and marry me off to someone else. Then, I'd be left with nothing to show for it."
Huang Wanzhen looked at the hesitant Shen Junru and was furious. "Stupid! You have so many brothers, they can't all be old-fashioned. Ask them for help and ask them to find some people to beat that guy up. If one beat doesn't work, beat him twice until he dares not harass you."
"The higher your quality, the less you know how to resist, and the more he will bully you. Once he knows that you are not so morally upright and can abandon the rules and take up arms, he will be afraid."
Shen Junru said with a bitter face, "I'm afraid. I'm afraid that my brothers will find out and look down on me. My sisters all stay at home quietly, but I'm the only one who insists on going out and showing my face. The little money I earn can't even buy a piece of clothing. It's too embarrassing."
A feeling of powerlessness spread from Huang Wanzhen's heart. She wondered if she was wrong and shouldn't have encouraged Shen Junru to leave the backyard. A delicate bud like her should stay in the greenhouse. The cold wind outside would not allow her to thrive, but would hurt her instead.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Shen, I shouldn't have encouraged you to be a volunteer and find a job. I regret it now, but fortunately, it's not too late." Having said that, Huang Wanzhen turned her head away with difficulty, not looking at Shen Junru, "If you feel scared, just quit your job and come back."
"Everything I said about Zhu Tingzhou is true. I'm sorry that he knows about you because of me. You must be more careful."
Shen Junru clenched her fists and placed them on her chest, tears welling up in her eyelashes. She looked so pitiful, "But this is the first time I've fallen in love with someone. He's handsome, tall, gentle, thoughtful, talented, and so good to me. I don't want to..."
Huang Wanzhen immediately shouted out the anti-fraud slogan from her previous life, "If a man is handsome, rich, and treats you very well, you should be wary of scams."
"He's so rich and handsome, and surrounded by so many girls, how could he only be nice to you? Love at first sight is the most unreliable thing."
Shen Junru frowned and asked doubtfully, "You can't just generalize all men. My brothers are very good. They have good looks, decent jobs, and they treat their sisters-in-law well."
Huang Wanzhen patiently guided them, "Family members think their own family members are good, but if you put yourself in your sisters-in-law's shoes, it might not be the same."
"You have so many brothers, but don't you have any concubines?"
Shen Junru said as a matter of course, "What's the big deal? My dad used to have concubines, and now he only has my mom by his side."
"Oh! If you think so, what else can I say? Come on, I won't say anymore. Please help me figure out what this classical Chinese passage means." Huang Wanzhen said this, but her trembling hands revealed her true emotions.
It's never the truth that convinces people, but the wall. Shen Junru has such a good family background, even if Zhu Tingzhou fails to exploit her and wants to take revenge on her, he will think twice. Shen Junru herself is not afraid of being deceived, so Huang Wanzhen feels that she should not be anxious about her. She should focus on herself and improve herself.
Busy days always pass quickly. Early in the morning of August 16, Huang Wanzhen walked out of the Zheng family's gate carrying her handbag as usual.
I stopped a rickshaw and headed straight to Beiman Girls' High School on Dengshikou Street in Dongcheng District.
When they arrived, Huang Wanzhen paid the fare and turned around to look at this famous school. There were several two- or three-story Western-style buildings, covering a considerable area.
It was not even eight o'clock yet, but many carriages and cars had already stopped at the gate. Young girls with bright clothes and elegant manners got out of the cars and entered the school one after another accompanied by their families.
This school can be described as a concentration camp for young ladies from wealthy families. No matter if they are rich or powerful, as long as they want their daughters to go to school, they all want to send them to study here.
If a daughter is born into Beiman Girls' School, not only will her daughter's value in marriage double, but she can even add some glory to the family.
Huang Wanzhen was the only one who came to take the exam by herself in a rickshaw. Without hesitation, she walked straight through the gate, lined up to show her exam certificate, and was handed a number plate by a foreign woman. She followed the number on it to find the exam room and walked in.
English and arithmetic were easy for Huang Wanzhen. As for Chinese, after such a long period of targeted study, Huang Wanzhen was also full of confidence. She even took out the four treasures of the study when she was writing at the end.
Yes, although her calligraphy after practicing for so long could only be considered neat, Huang Wanzhen felt that even if she couldn't get extra points, she wouldn't be deducted points because of the handwriting problem.
She wrote the characters neither hurriedly nor slowly, trying her best to write each stroke neatly.
In August in Beijing, the sun was scorching the earth. In the office of Beiman Girls' High School, there was a buzzing sound. A strange creature made of iron with three wings was spinning rapidly, and the test papers were rustling because of it.
"Oh! This article is so well written. Easy to understand, logically rigorous, insightful, and with a distinct style. But..."
Gao Caixue, a Chinese literature professor at Yenching University who was hired at a high price to mark the exam papers, stopped mid-sentence.
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