1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 332 It’s winter vacation

Chapter 332 It’s winter vacation
"Chi chi chi..."

In the early morning, the clear sound of birds singing outside the window woke up Cheng Kaiyan who was sleeping soundly in the bedroom.

He lay on the bed, opened his eyes and blinked. His blurry vision gradually became clear. The dim light from the window shone through his pupils, and the familiar layout and the closed piano appeared before his eyes.

"It's the next day."

He slept very comfortably. It was night one second and day the next.

What happened yesterday flashed through my mind: the transcript, the announcement, the honorary professor, the emotions in the eyes of others...

Today he is an honorary professor of Beijing Normal University.

In the near future, my academic qualifications will be further improved and I will become a graduate student.

He was still the student of that cold, aloof, and extremely beautiful aunt, the only student.

Thinking of her, Cheng Kaiyan felt inexplicably strange in her heart.

I always feel that my respect for my aunt is mixed with something else.

But I can’t put it into words and I can’t explain it clearly.

He didn't know when this change started.

But...it's enough to keep the status quo.

Thinking of this, Cheng Kaiyan couldn't help but recall the conversation between herself and her aunt yesterday morning.

"After all, honorary professor is just an empty title. It's still hard to stand up to my aunt, an associate professor. When can I make her convinced and willing to be under me?"

Cheng Kaiyan thought secretly in his heart, but soon laughed.

"I didn't expect that I still have this kind of obsession?"

He shook his head to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, propped himself up with his arms, sat up from the bed, and began to get dressed.

The Chinese Department arranged a paper discussion meeting today.

As the author of the paper, Cheng Kaiyan had to attend the event, which would also help dispel the potential dissatisfaction of some teachers and professors.

"I didn't get this honorary professorship by chance!"

Cheng Kaiyan changed her clothes and stood in front of the full-length mirror, looking at her graceful figure in the mirror. Her deep brown eyes were full of confidence and calmness.

After tidying up his appearance, he walked to the desk, sorted out the manuscript of "My Neighbor Totoro" that he had written yesterday and stuffed it into an envelope.

He also picked up the manuscript letter from the postman next to it, stacked the two together and stuffed them into his briefcase.

I'll send them together on my way to work.

……

When I came to the eaves, the sky was still gloomy.

The weather in BJ has not been very good during this period, with temperatures as low as minus seven or eight degrees Celsius.

"Hey, our great professor is up?"

At the kitchen door, Xu Yuxiu came out with an iron kettle for boiling water in her hand, and joked with a smile.

Cheng Kaiyan smiled awkwardly, "Haha, Mom, don't call me professor given our relationship. I'll call you Mom and you can just call me son."

"Ah."

Xu Yuxiu nodded in satisfaction, but she wasn't just joking.

But this was really unexpected.

After all, she herself only has a bachelor's degree, but in the blink of an eye, her children have become professors.

I feel happy and proud, but also a little complicated.

As a mother, she was surpassed by her child.

"Eat, I cooked dumplings for you."

Xu Yuxiu hooked her finger and said softly.

……

Breakfast was the dumplings I made yesterday, with cabbage and pork filling.

Because Cheng Kaiyan doesn't eat fatty meat, Xu Yuxiu specially bought all lean meat.

The pork seller found it strange that there are still people who don't eat fatty meat these days.

Cheng Kaiyan dipped a dumpling in chili sauce and stuffed it into her mouth. The cabbage after frost tasted slightly sweet, and combined with the local pork of that year, it tasted particularly fresh and fragrant.

Xu Yuxiu rested her chin on her hand and watched him eat happily, feeling very satisfied.

Cheng Kaiyan: "It smells so good. Mom, please help me pack a few in the lunch box later."

Hearing this, Xu Yuxiu nodded and asked, "What's the matter? Are you planning to eat lunch?"

"That's not the case. I've been admitted to graduate school, so I have to show my respect to my teacher. Otherwise, what if he makes things difficult for me in the future?"

Cheng Kaiyan shook his head and joked.

"Who would dare to make things difficult for you? Besides, didn't Ah Ting say before..."

Xu Yuxiu frowned slightly, but she quickly realized what was happening and said unhappily, "You're trying to please your aunt in a roundabout way. Go ahead and pretend!"

"alright."

……

After dinner, Cheng Kaiyan put the lunch box containing dumplings in the inner pocket of his military coat to keep it warm, and then rode his bicycle out.

When passing by the post office, he stuffed the two manuscripts into the mailbox with a plop.

Then, in a flash, he arrived at the office of Beijing Normal University.

As soon as she entered the house, Cheng Kaiyan asked, "Aunt, have you eaten?"

"not yet."

The woman behind the desk responded without even looking up, concentrating on reading the paper materials in her hands.

"I just happened to bring you some dumplings."

Cheng Kaiyan walked to the desk, took out the lunch box, opened the lid and put it on the table.

The white dumpling skin appears translucent under the light, and with a touch of red oil on the surface, it looks particularly tempting.

The rising hot air carries with it a fragrance.

"Thank you."

The beautiful woman raised her narrow, dark phoenix eyes and looked at him quietly. Her gaze was still indifferent, but if one looked closely, one could feel the soft flow of water surging under the ice.

She lowered her head and opened the drawer.

Inside was an aluminum lunch box and a pair of iron chopsticks.

He only took a pair of chopsticks, then stood up and walked out with his lunch box, waving his hand: "Xiao Yan, help me get the paper, let's get on the sofa."

"oh oh."

Cheng Kaiyan took a look and found that the paper on the table was actually his graduation thesis.

This is not surprising, as he and Jiang Ting will be the main speakers at today's discussion meeting.

Turned around and walked to the sofa.

The beautiful woman sitting on the sofa was dressed simply and plainly. Because the heating was on, she had taken off her heavy woolen coat.

She was only wearing a white knitted turtleneck sweater, and her breasts looked particularly plump and round under the sweater.

The lower body is wearing the same loose women's trousers that never change. Today the color has changed slightly to dark brown.

The combination of white sweater and dark brown trousers makes her skin look even whiter than snow.

Two plump and straight legs were crossed together. Because the sofa was relatively low, the legs looked extremely slender when tilted.

The black women's leather shoes on her feet were gently raised in a subtle arc, reflecting a glossy luster under the light.

The beautiful woman was holding the lunch box at this time. The skin on her fair palms that touched the lunch box was extremely sensitive and had already turned red.

She leaned over to look at me, patted the spot beside Yue's hip, and said, "Come and sit down. I have something to discuss with you."

"Ah."

Cheng Kaiyan readily followed suit and sat down next to her, thinking that she had finally found her chance.

So he smiled and asked, "If there is anything you don't understand, I will explain it to you."

Jiang Ting chewed slowly, then glanced at him and said calmly, "You think I don't understand?"

"of course not……"

Cheng Kaiyan was silent. This woman was still so strong.

However, the way she eats is still so dignified and elegant, which is pleasing to the eye.

Jiang Ting interrupted him by waving her hand holding the chopsticks. "Okay, I've read your paper carefully these past two days and found a few points that can be explored in depth. I plan to write a few papers later. Can you help me..."

"We also found some other problems. Do you want to hear about them?"

"Well, please go ahead."

Cheng Kaiyan looked serious. His aunt's academic ability was actually far beyond his own.

It's not surprising to find errors and new directions.

“Your paper is just a simple discussion, but it involves the entire theoretical framework. To some extent, I can’t find many omissions.

If I have to point out the problem, it is that you, Xiaoyan, lack experience in writing papers.

However, after some research, I have discovered a very important issue that I must remind you of:
In your paper, you mentioned that children's literature is constructed and manipulated by adults, which is indeed very groundbreaking and subversive.

But the problem is that we must not unilaterally ignore the potential influence and subjective initiative of children themselves, otherwise..."

When talking about work, Jiang Ting returned to her cold and emotionless state. While eating dumplings, Jiang Ting talked a lot.

From the flaws of this paper to how to adjust the theoretical framework, Jiang Ting told Cheng Kaiyan everything.

After listening to Jiang Ting's opinions and detailed explanation in silence, Cheng Kaiyan was surprised.

The one-sided emphasis on adult dominance over children's literature is indeed an important flaw of this theory.

Originally, this view was not questioned until the new century several decades later by Western scholars.

I didn't expect my aunt...

"Um……"

After Cheng Kaiyan pondered for a moment, he nodded with a very serious look and said, "Teacher, you are right. I have learned your lesson. Next, we will improve together..."

"It's good that you understand. As your teacher, it is my job to help you find out what you are lacking and fill in the gaps."

Jiang Ting was extremely satisfied seeing his serious tone and address.

Jiang Ting had been pondering over the flaws of this paper since the day of the academic exchange meeting, and only sorted them out in detail two days ago.

She originally thought that Cheng Kaiyan might look down on or disdain her opinions. After all, he was only twenty-one years old and had achieved such great success at such a young age, so it was inevitable that he would be a little arrogant.

What's more, he was admitted to graduate school yesterday and became an honorary professor.

But she didn't expect Cheng Kaiyan to be so humble and willing to accept advice and reflect on her mistakes.

This attitude and character really made Jiang Ting happy.

"This is the student I chose, this is the man I chose?"

Unconsciously, a smile quietly blossomed on the pretty face of this icy beauty.

She picked up a dumpling and handed it to Cheng Kaiyan's mouth, saying softly, "Ah - open your mouth."

Cheng Kaiyan was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously opened his mouth to catch it.

Naturally, the chopsticks touched his lips.

But the aunt who was concentrating on feeding the baby seemed to think there was nothing wrong with it.

Such an intimate act of feeding food is actually nothing considering the long time the two have been together.

After all, the two had already been honest with each other.

But when the beautiful woman was feeding him, only he was reflected in her dark and cold eyes, and her light was as gentle as water.

It actually gave Cheng Kaiyan the illusion that her heart was burning, making her heart palpitate.

"Another one?"

Jiang Ting's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"I've eaten this morning, you can eat by yourself and eat your fill."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head and declined politely.

The former nodded without any reluctance, and lowered his head to pick up the dumplings and start eating.

The jade neck covered by the turtleneck sweater was tinged with blush, and the chest was already numb...

The two of them ate and chatted, and before they knew it, it was nine o'clock.

There was a knock on the door and Director Fang walked in. "Professor Jiang, Professor Xiao Cheng is here for a meeting on the top floor."

This time it is semi-open, with teachers from both the Chinese Department and other majors.

However, the school was holding final exams these two days, so not many people came.

The three came to the conference room.

"Good morning, Professor Jiang and Professor Cheng."

Old acquaintance Han Zhaoqi smiled and waved, greeting him.

"Good morning, Professor Cheng!"

Following this person's lead, some teachers also waved and greeted them.

"Good morning."

Cheng Kaiyan and Jiang Ting responded one by one. In the eyes of others, this aunt and niece were a prominent family with two professors.

With such an amazing background, who dares not to accept it? !
Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, everyone still greeted each other enthusiastically.

The children's literature research discussion meeting officially began in the morning.

Director Fang went on stage and spoke for a while, talking about how Cheng Kaiyan's paper was far more avant-garde than the mainstream international views, as well as its future influence.

Director Fang held up the microphone and said, "If all teachers and professors have spare time or are interested, they can actually develop theoretical research on children's literature. First, this is an emerging research field internationally. Second, our school has academic frontier researchers like Professor Cheng Kaiyan..."

Professor Lu Zongta, Mr. Qi Gong, and Teacher Han Zhaoqi all agreed in the audience.

Many people were also excited and secretly said, "After the New Year, I must ask Professor Cheng for advice!"

……

Jiang Ting then took the stage again, mainly to answer everyone's questions about the application of interdisciplinary knowledge in this psychological projection theory, as well as some of the questions everyone had.

When Cheng Kaiyan came on stage, he did not talk about this simple graduation thesis, but based on the entire theoretical framework, he elaborated on the overall planning of the entire theory and the direction of future extension.

At the end, Cheng Kaiyan smiled and said to the lecturers and professors in the audience:

“Regarding this academic research paper, The Impossibility of Children’s Literature, I have reached a collaborative research agreement with Professor Ansel Stephens of the University of Pennsylvania.

If nothing unexpected happens, this groundbreaking academic research paper will be published in the top American children's literature journal in May or June next year. You can take a look at it then..."

When this shocking news came out, everyone's emotions were instantly in turmoil and everyone was extremely shocked.

"Xiao Cheng actually reached a cooperation with Professor Ansel?!"

someone exclaimed.

"Why call me Xiao Cheng? Call me Professor Cheng. You don't know any rules!"

An old professor scolded in a deep voice.

"As expected, Professor Xiao Cheng wanted to publish the paper abroad. I had guessed this before, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

"It is quite rare for a paper to be published abroad. Even some academic giants from Peking University and Tsinghua University may not be able to publish abroad, let alone a top journal!"

"Professor Cheng is indeed a pioneer in the study of children's literature in China!"

Many teachers were amazed. If they were to say what happened yesterday, everyone was still very unconvinced.

But now that the news came out, everyone immediately came to their senses.

Considering Cheng Kaiyan's research ability, she is well-deserving of the title of honorary professor.

The only constraints on him are his age and education level.

"I'm afraid that a real professor is within his reach!"

Mr. Qi Gong couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the handsome young man walking off the stage.

"Yes."

Many people nodded silently.

……

The meeting ended at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Cheng Kaiyan noticed that many people's attitudes had changed, but he didn't take it to heart. He turned around and went to the cafeteria to eat with his aunt.

In a blink of an eye, it was number 12.

Schools in Beijing have started their winter vacations one after another, and students are packing their bags and boarding trains to go home for the New Year.

Beijing Dance Academy, practice room.

"Okay, everyone can pack up today and go off for winter break. Everyone should be careful on the train back home and take care of your belongings and personal safety..."

The dance teacher told the students a lot of things to pay attention to, and finally clapped his hands and announced the dismissal.

"Sister Xiaoli, see you next semester!"

Two Shanghai girls, Qin Yin and a girl with pigtails, who Liu Xiaoli had met before at the exam, came over, hugged her arms and said goodbye reluctantly.

"Goodbye, see you next semester!"

Liu Xiaoli wiped the sweat from her forehead and said goodbye to the two of them.

She has great abilities and personality, and other girls came over to say goodbye during the period.

Half an hour later.

Liu Xiaoli took her things out of her locker and walked towards the school gate with her bag.

A young man on a bicycle was waiting for her eagerly.

Seeing her come out, he immediately waved his hand high up: "Xiao Li! Here!"

"Here we come! Comrade Xiao Cheng!"

The girl made a trumpet shape with her hands and shouted loudly.

Then he picked up his bag and trotted towards Cheng Kaiyan with great joy.

Light footsteps, a strong body, and a bouncing ponytail...

The whole person is like a dancing elf in the jungle.