"They're all the same, equally ridiculous. Why bother competing to see who wins?"
Isn’t this how it is described in the original book?
Chen Wei is portrayed as stupid and vulgar. Once she travels to ancient times, she seems to have lost her mind and knows nothing. This makes Qin Shuyu stand out as someone who understands etiquette, is considerate to men, and is a lady from a noble family.
This shouldn't be the case. This shouldn't be something worth publicizing.
Why do women have to compete for men?
Why can't we work together and make some changes?
Even if, just a little.
Qin Shuyu slowly frowned, his eyes revealing impatience: "I don't understand what you are talking about, Chen Wei, I advise you not to tarnish the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion anymore, there are some things you shouldn't even think about fighting for!"
"Fight?"
Chen Wei raised his eyebrows in amusement.
That high-spirited face, with its cold and disgusted expression, struck Qin Shuyu's heart: "I framed Xie Yuchuan for killing my child just to compete with you?"
"Why should I fight for a man?"
"Ms. Qin."
"Have you ever seen the eternal snow on the Western Hills reflected in the window? Have you ever seen the sea, calm and windless, as clear as a mirror? Have you ever seen a waterfall that looks like the Milky Way falling from the sky?"
Every time Chen Wei asked a question, Qin Shuyu's expression would freeze a little.
Flying snow.
The sea.
Fall.
mountains.
river.
Qin Shuyu had never seen it before.
When Shen Wei said these words, his eyes were bright and shining, which was different from his previous angry and powerless look.
That was an emotion that Qin Shuyu would never understand.
She was asking her, "Have you ever seen the sunrise over the mountains? Have you ever seen the mountains and rivers flourish and the country be at peace? Have you ever seen equality between men and women, monogamy, and all women in the country be able to join the military, business, politics, and education?"
"Have you ever seen parents love their daughter to their core, giving everything they have just to make her happy and worry-free, allowing her to not find a good partner, not get married, and not have children?"
"You don't, and no one here does."
"But I do."
"That's my pride. It's so good, it should be my pride. Do you know where it is? That's my home, the home I long to return to!"
Chen Wei said the last part and held his chest with a sour feeling.
She could feel her heart beating.
That is desire,
is the goal,
It's a dream.
She can do anything to achieve this result.
She looked at Qin Shuyu standing there in a daze. His face, which had always been dignified and calm, and which he could remain unhurried no matter what happened, had a crack on it, as if something had broken out of the ground.
Gender equality?
Monogamous?
Can all women join the military, do business, work in politics, and study?
The prosperous times...
How could there be such a place in this world? It sounded so absurd and ridiculous, yet so...why did her heart start beating uncontrollably?
At the moment when Qin Shuyu looked up in a trance.
Chen Wei glanced at her sideways and blurted out the answer that Qin Shuyu had been unable to figure out for a while: "Do you know why Xie Yuchuan fell in love with me at first sight and couldn't choose between me and me?"
"It's not because I, Shen Wei, am so special."
"Every woman in my hometown is as special and unique as I am."
"Why is it special? Because here, here, here."
Chen Wei pointed to her head, eyes, and legs and told Qin Shuyu that it was because she had seen so many beautiful things. When she was in college, her parents took her across thousands of miles of China and let her read thousands of books.
Because of these perceptions,
She has her own thoughts and doesn't want to live a life of meekness.
Because of these perceptions,
That's why Xie Yuchuan fell in love with her and made exceptions for her in every way.
If Qin Shuyu had her experience and Aunt Zhao had walked her path, Xie Yuchuan would also fall in love at first sight. But if they became her, they would no longer give up their freedom for Xie Yuchuan.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
Aunt Zhao, who was standing outside the door, had her pupils widened, as if she had heard the most incredible thing in her life.
She clutched the maid tightly with both hands, her breathing became rapid, and goose bumps appeared all over her body.
"I have never heard of such a place in this world." Qin Shuyu pursed her lips and stared at Chen Wei with suspicion yet emotion.
Chen Wei said, "The world is so vast. Where else have you been besides this house?"
"You don't believe it, you doubt it, because you've never seen it. If you had seen it, you would know that I really don't want to compete with you for a man, nor do I want to sit on the throne of the Marquis's mansion."
"I really just want to go home."
"Everything I do these days is just to be closer to home, even a little bit."
Qin Shuyu was speechless.
yes.
Apart from this square house, where else has she been?
She denied the prosperous world described by Chen Wei, because it was something she would never be able to experience, so she dared not imagine it, nor could she convince herself that there was a place where women could be so free.
And her previous contempt and ridicule towards Chen Wei, all that contempt and sense of superiority, was a joke!
Monogamy..........
If there really is such a rule, she and Xie Yuchuan are childhood sweethearts, so they must be monogamous, right?
No wonder Chen Wei came here and shouted something about being together for life.
It's not Shen Wei's wishful thinking or dreaming.
Rather,
This is the most normal thing in Shen Wei's hometown.
Chen Wei has always been unwilling to stay in the mansion to embroider and play the piano, unwilling to learn the rules of serving a man, and even more unwilling to recite the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. She disregards her reputation, disregards ridicule, and disregards her face and goes into business herself.
It's not because she's willing to lower herself.
Rather, this is normal.
"I understand..." Qin Shuyu stood up and looked at Chen Wei with complicated and horrified eyes.
At this moment, when Shen Wei looked at him with calm and sincere eyes, Qin Shuyu let go of all the prejudices and dissatisfactions he had towards Chen Wei and was unwilling to care about them anymore.
Qin Shuyu suddenly understood why Xie Yuchuan chose Chen Wei instead of her.
She had already reached the door of the room.
But in the end.
Qin Shuyu paused and turned to look at Chen Wei: "Although I still don't believe there is such a place in this world, it is too far away from me and unreal."
"But I wish I had."
"This way, Yun'er won't be slandered for committing suicide by falling into the water."
"Where you are...if a woman falls into the water and is seen naked by a man, will she end up like Yun'er?"
The two were four or five meters apart.
Chen Wei raised his eyes.
His eyes were as bright as stars, and he gave her a friendly smile for the first time: "No."
"There, women can bare their arms and ankles and walk openly on the streets. They can choose their own husbands and divorce or remarry at any time. That is their freedom."
free........
very nice.
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