Chapter 28: The 028 Choir and the Reviewers Part 5
Yunyan had grown up considerably by now. Beneath her fringe-like hair, which barely reached her ears, lay a delicate, oval face, dignified and simple. Her features were subtle, not overly prominent, yet when taken together, they possessed a unique charm, the quintessential Jiangnan waterside beauty. She wasn't the most beautiful, but because she had long harbored a certain air of self-admiration, her temperament seemed quite remarkable, akin to a lotus flower emerging from pure water.
In terms of facial features, Zhenzhen is more impressive than Yunyan: a pair of large, almond-shaped eyes, yet not dull, a high nose bridge, and full, rosy lips. Each of these features is beautiful individually, but taken together, they have a rebellious and eccentric quality.
While sipping a latte at the Bluebird Café, Xie Miya concluded, "White people don't like Yunyan's style because it's too bland, like plain porridge and side dishes. But these returned overseas Chinese believe that Chinese literature is sacred and profound. A girl with a little knowledge, coupled with her classically elegant and harmless appearance, is like a fairy."
"You are the only fairy in my opinion."
As Miya was talking, she pinched Chu Wang's face and sighed, "You, how come you don't look like your sister at all?"
Chu Wang thought for a moment and said, "She looks like her father, and I probably look more like my mother. But I'm still young, so who knows what I'll look like in the future?"
After finishing her coffee, she returned to the Qiao Residence. As she entered, Xue Zhenzhen was sitting on the sofa sorting through mail with Mrs. Qiao. She hung her coat in the hallway. Zhenzhen looked up at her, interrogating her like a criminal: "What were you doing at the cinema?"
"Watch Chaplin."
"You're back so late?"
"I went to Naton Road with Miya for coffee."
Xue Zhenzhen sneered disdainfully, and Mrs. Lin hit her and said, "Why are you being so sarcastic?" Then she looked up at Chu Wang and said, "Chu Wang and the Xie family girl get along well. The girl is a strong-minded person. I hope she doesn't get hurt."
Chu Wang sighed and went upstairs to change his clothes.
When she changed her clothes and came down, Mrs. Qiao went to the kitchen to ask the cook to change the soup, and Yunyan also came back. Lin Chuwang stood on the stairs, but saw Xue Zhenzhen's dark eyes following Yunyan on the sofa. He couldn't help but feel amused, half leaning on the railing and staring at her without saying a word.
Yun Yan was naturally pleased with herself, but on the surface she remained calm and asked softly, "Another letter?"
Zhenzhen said calmly, "Don't worry, there's no letter from Chu Wang's fiancé."
Yun Yan's face froze: "What do you mean by that?"
"Don't you understand what I mean? You're always looking at the pot while eating from the bowl. Miss Lin is used to it."
"Xue Zhenzhen?!"
"She never cares about her own fiancé, but she scrambles to read letters from other people's fiancés and even replies with a lick of shame. But what's the result? They don't even read the letters and return them to the Qiao Mansion from afar." Zhenzhen said happily while eating an apple.
"Uncle Si and my father are old friends, and Brother Yan Sang and I are childhood sweethearts. What's wrong with greeting each other?"
"Before, who was crying and angrily saying, 'If it weren't for you, Brother Yan Sang would be mine!'" Zhenzhen chuckled twice: "Now that Young Master Ye has come along, they've suddenly become 'brother and sister'?"
Yun Yan's face turned pale and blue: "Others just want to join the society and learn to write a few poems, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
Zhenzhen felt as if she had heard some ridiculous joke: "Haha! Writing poetry? You can't even write well, and you're thinking about writing poetry! I'm even going to write a book."
Yun Yan's mind raced, and he immediately smiled: "How do you know Ye Wenyu so well? That's why he joined the choir and followed others to the movies."
These words hit Zhenzhen right in the sore spot. She turned her face away without saying anything, and Yunyan took off his clothes with a smug look on his face, and walked in slowly. After two steps, he saw Lin Chuwang standing on the steps, looking at him from above, with an inexplicable smile on his face.
"What are you laughing at?" Yun Yan was startled by her for some reason and his face froze.
"Why are you feeling guilty?" Chu Wangyou asked back.
"Third sister, you didn't come downstairs to eat, but stood in the corridor and eavesdropped. Naturally, I was scared by you." Yun Yan said calmly.
"Oh." Chu Wang bowed and patted the soles of his slippers, just looking at Yun Yan at the bottom of the stairs. "My second sister's poetry club is really amazing. She even wrote poems that were accepted by the University of Hong Kong. I wonder how she did it? I'd like to learn from her."
Yun Yan felt extremely guilty, but he smiled instead: "How come now that I let Ye Wenyu talk to me in the theater, Third Sister and Zhenzhen Sister suddenly became so concerned about me?"
Chu Wang looked into her eyes and said innocently, "Because Second Sister thinks we are all secretly admiring your suitor. She even joins in the choir and movies. Eh? When we were in the choir, where was Second Sister? What was she doing?"
Xue Zhenzhen, who was sitting on the sofa over there, was greatly encouraged and looked at Chu Wang with new eyes. She couldn't help but laugh: "It's still that Pei Zhenni from her poetry club. Every few days, she asks her brother at Hong Kong University to stuff poetry from the poetry club into Ye Wenyu's drawer."
Yun Yan's face changed, and he said angrily: "It was Pei Zhenni who did it herself. I don't like that Singaporean!"
Zhenzhen spread her hands: "Who just said that he just wanted to learn how to write poetry and wasn't pursuing you?"
Chu Wang smiled and applauded Xue Zhenzhen on the stairs.
Yun Yan glanced at Xue Zhenzhen, then at Lin Chuwang, and suddenly called out, "Aunt——"
Chu Wang stuck out his tongue at Xue Zhenzhen and ran upstairs before being caught by Mrs. Qiao.
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However, when Ye Wenyu really started pursuing Yun Yan, the girls were not so happy. He didn't know where he got the patience from, but every morning before the girls came to class, they would always see all kinds of flowers, chocolates and breakfast on Yun Yan's desk.
Yun Yan, who had been favored by men, naturally gained the respect of women. Yun Yan, who had always prided herself on being noble and uncorrupted, became even more superior in her speech and behavior after being pursued by Ye Wenyu. The girls were naturally angry, and one of them ridiculed her during class: "How can you accept the pursuit of others when you have a fiancé?"
Yun Yan smiled faintly: "I don't like my fiancé very much."
Another person, having heard that Zheng Yimin was studying in Japan, became even more excited: "Ye Wenyu is an overseas Chinese, while Zheng Yimin is studying in Japan. Weighing the two, Miss Lin will naturally choose the better one."
At that time, studying abroad in Europe and the United States cost fifty yuan for a third-class boat ticket alone, and annual tuition was even more expensive. However, studying in Japan cost less than ten yuan, and tuition and living expenses were even lower than in China. Therefore, those who went to Europe and the United States were either exceptionally talented students or came from wealthy families, while those who went to Japan were often from well-off families with a little more money. Consequently, European and American students, not to mention overseas Chinese, often looked down on Japanese students.
Yun Yan glanced at the man indifferently and said, "I don't like Ye Wenyu either."
The man laughed and said, "Then why do you accept other people's pursuit?"
Yunyan replied, "I did not accept his pursuit. His pursuit of me was his business. I only considered him a friend."
Because of this conversation, Yun Yan aroused public outrage, but also gained more jealous respect.
February brought another ten-day Spring Festival holiday. During the holiday, Lin Zitong and Lin Yu took a break from their busy schedules to spend two days in Hong Kong. After two years of flourishing in the political arena, Lin Yu had become increasingly polished and polished—perhaps due to his age. Lin Zitong, on the other hand, had become increasingly arrogant and reserved. During those two days, he had only commented on the academic performance of Lin Chuwang and Yunyan: While the three girls' grades were above average, not exceptional, achieving such a high level at such a young age was a real achievement.
When talking about Yunyan's grades, he just sighed and said: The second girl has made great progress in English, which is worthy of encouragement.
He later mentioned that he would move the Shaoxing school to Shanghai and merge it with Si Ying's university in Shanghai. He would soon buy a house in the International Settlement, adjacent to Si's home, and would bring the two girls back to Shanghai after they graduated from high school. This was the happiest news Yunyan had heard this year.
Chu Wang had a feeling the three of them had something private to discuss, so he'd called it quits early during the New Year's Eve dinner, leaving them some privacy. Lin Yu, however, for once, managed to keep her company for a while longer, asking, "Your Uncle Si heard from Yan Sang's letter from Germany that you've been privately learning a lot of German and French, and you've reached a pretty good level."
Yun Yan immediately looked up in surprise and looked at her in disbelief.
Chu Wang groaned and said, "I learned a few sentences and casually showed off to Yan Sang. He then took it seriously and praised me profusely."
Lin Yu nodded in appreciation: "There's nothing wrong with learning more when you're young."
Taking advantage of the opportunity, she quickly slipped back to her room, feeling extremely relieved and happy: Fortunately, there is no poetry competition with the theme of "Spring" this year.
However, she also realized that perhaps her father had seen something in the Prime Minister's resignation and was planning to shift his focus from politics to education. This probably meant that her eldest aunt would no longer worry about her two sisters. She had more to worry about: after all, the concubine had been more successful and had given Master Qiao a boy. Even if he didn't look like a pure Chinese, he was still a son who could inherit his father's business.
On the Wednesday after the incident, they returned to school. Early in the morning, Ye Wenyu was waiting downstairs with a large bouquet of flowers. Every girl who passed by him snickered as they passed. Chu Wang, who usually arrived on time for class, couldn't help but say something tauntingly, "Does Professor Xu know you're so idle? Ask him to give you more homework."
Ye Wenyu stopped her excitedly, "You...you are that so-and-so's sister!"
Lin Chuwang glanced at him and said, "I am. I'm going to be late. If you have something to say, please speak quickly."
He suddenly handed Lin Chuwang a bunch of yellow lilies, frightening Lin Chuwang so much that he took three steps back, "I won't help you deliver flowers!"
Ye Wenyu smiled and said, "This isn't something I want to give to you. It's something my uncle wants to give to you. He wants you to pass it on to your sister, Lin Zhi. How many sisters do you have in your family?"
Lin Chuwang raised his eyebrows, "Why send flowers to... to her?"
Ye Wenyu said: "It's probably about a new year, a new beginning, and hoping for a speedy recovery and to go out more often!"
“…” What the hell is going on?
At this time, Ye Wenyu took out a box of chocolates from his back and stuffed it into Lin Chuwang's pocket before running away. He said as he ran, "This box is for your sister Yunyan. Remember to pass it on to her for me. Thank you, sister Chuwang!"
Chu Wang suppressed the urge to curse and walked towards the classroom with the two things in his hands. The more he walked, the angrier he became: What the hell is going on! Is the word "Eros" written on my face?
She walked into the classroom in a rather high-profile manner under everyone's gaze. She placed the chocolate on Yunyan's desk and turned around to place the bouquet of yellow lilies by the window. Yunyan sat on her left, looked at her fiercely, and said, "I don't want his chocolate."
"It doesn't matter whether you want it or not, or whether you throw it away. I'm just responsible for bringing it to you."
Although he was choked, Yun Yan did not actually throw the chocolate away. Instead, his eyes drifted towards the bouquet of flowers on the windowsill next to her.
Chu Wang glanced at her and said, "This is not yours."
Yun Yan asked in return: "Whose could it be?"
"It's for my aunt!" Lin Chuwang said unhappily, "You want to drink this kind of vinegar too?"
The author has something to say: Yun Yan looked at Xue Zhenzhen yesterday because she thought Xue Zhenzhen was a strong rival, and she didn't even take Lin Chuwang seriously. Because of this, she felt that the marriage with the Si family was unfair.
Also: Lin Chuwang had his own logical reasoning in mind, and he didn't get angry simply because he didn't want to argue with her. Why did Lin Chuwang suddenly join the battle with Zhenzhen... I won't explain in detail!! Everyone has their own understanding, and too much explanation would be too depressing... I'm really afraid of being criticized
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I should be home today.
I booked a flight a few months ago, but the airline went bankrupt midway through. What kind of character is that?
A lot of flights have been stopped. I hope I can get home smoothly. Don’t be stranded. Don’t be stranded. Don’t be stranded.
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My phone is full of messages, I don’t have time to reply, I’ll read the comments slowly when I get home, group chat
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