1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 421 Such a young professor?
"Seriously... We're students from the same school, yet they called me a brainless girl with big breasts..."

Uesugi Ayana was unaware of her friend's infatuation. She was only focused on the figure in the back row of the classroom who looked very poor, but whose height made him stand out. She was full of resentment and muttering about how Cheng Kaiyan had scolded her last night.

But this guy is good-looking, and she was in the wrong first, so even though she was scolded a few times, she couldn't get angry.

He muttered a few words.

Uesugi Ayana then remembered Zhao Ruixue, and turned to look at her, finding Zhao Ruixue staring blankly at the figure at the back of the classroom.

I was just about to tease her a bit when I noticed she was staring at me for so long this time; she's never usually this enthusiastic about watching the drama unfold.

But upon closer inspection, one could see that the fair and delicate skin around her eyes had taken on a pinkish hue, as if a layer of rouge had been applied, and her longing, crescent-shaped eyes were now brimming with moisture at the corners.

Ayana Uesugi was first startled, then worried.

What happened?
Why did Ruixue, who is usually aloof and indifferent, have such a big emotional fluctuation? Could it be that someone bullied her just now?

The innocent girl quickly waved her hand in front of Zhao Ruixue's face and hurriedly called out, "Ruixue, Ruixue! What's wrong?"

"Huh?... It's nothing, I just turned my head and twisted my neck, and it hurts a little."

Zhao Ruixue came to her senses and calmly explained that it seemed Cai Nai was still thinking about Cheng Kaiyan scolding her last night.

"I knew it! It must hurt terribly. Let me massage it for you."

Uesugi Ayana breathed a sigh of relief. Ruixue had been working late into the night for the past six months, and her neck and shoulders were often uncomfortable, but she never expected that she would be in so much pain after turning her head to look at her for a while.

She actually cried from the pain?

The girl felt sorry for her friend's impatience and quickly raised her hand to gently knead Zhao Ruixue's fair and delicate neck, which was as white as jade and as slender as a jade vase.

The fingertips touched the silky smooth skin, and the back of the hand would occasionally lift Zhao Ruixue's loose black hair. The beauty in the movement and stillness made the men and women sitting next to her a little stunned, marveling that even her neck was so beautiful and charming, let alone the other parts of her body.

"How about it?"

"The pressure is just right, it feels very comfortable."

"I'm asking about that guy. I saw him last night."

"It looks great. Ayana-chan, you have good taste. Since you two are destined to meet, let's go and get to know each other later."

Zhao Ruixue nodded and answered softly, a hint of mischief flashing in her eyes as she spoke.

"Yeah."

Ayana Uesugi nodded repeatedly; it was indeed quite a coincidence.

"Hehe, then you should ask him out later."

Zhao Ruixue smiled gently, having gradually calmed down.

In any case, since he came, he must have come specifically to see me, and we'll have time to catch up after class.

"But why does he seem a little confused?"

While enjoying Uesugi Ayana's massage, Zhao Ruixue turned her body to look at the podium.

At this point, Professor Torigoe Shin thought that Sun Shiyun and Cheng Kaiyan had not heard the question clearly, so he repeated the question again.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I'm not very good at this topic, but I believe it should be created for the healthy growth of children..."

Sun Shiyun understood the question, but he had come in a hurry and with so many classmates watching, he was momentarily embarrassed and couldn't answer anything, only able to say some polite but meaningless things.

Cheng Kaiyan clearly couldn't understand Japanese and had no idea what the two were talking about. She assumed they were talking about being late and, while Sun Shiyun was answering a question, she looked around in the crowd, searching for something.

Because there were so many people at the scene, all he could see were heads. He couldn't figure it out, and his looking around attracted the attention of many students who wanted to see him make a fool of himself.

Of course, some girls, seeing his outstanding appearance and relaxed demeanor, excitedly discussed him with their companions and friends.

Zhao Ruixue took everything in, her expression calm, her thoughts unreadable.

She knew that if she suddenly waved to Cheng Kaiyan, the classroom would be even more lively than it was now, so she just looked at him gently.

In this situation, he was only focused on finding his own figure, completely ignoring the gazes and pressure from the numerous students and Professor Torigoe Shin...

Should we praise him for now having only himself in his eyes and heart?
Or should we praise him for being thick-skinned and oblivious, not even understanding the current situation?
Zhao Ruixue's fair face flushed slightly. Under the table where no one could see, her calves, wrapped in a white floral skirt, swayed back and forth happily with her small feet in white canvas shoes.

Zhao Ruixue was not actually worried about Professor Torigoe Shin's question, because Cheng Kaiyan was one of the leading experts in children's literature theory research in China.

"That guy is so handsome!"

"What's going on? Who is this boy looking for?"

"No matter what he's looking for, he's disrupting class and disrespecting the teacher. This kind of student should be expelled!"

"Look, the professor seems a little angry!"

……

"What would you answer? You don't know anything. Go back to your seat and listen carefully. Don't be late next time. What's your name?"

“Sun Shiyun…”

Sun Shiyun forced himself to speak, but he heard Professor Torigoe Shin's disappointed and impatient gaze and words. With so many people in the classroom, he felt embarrassed and awkward, and his face darkened considerably.

"Excuse me, could you come closer and answer this question?"

However, he soon heard the professor ask Cheng Kaiyan to answer.

Turning to look at Cheng Kaiyan, who was still standing there looking around for someone, Sun Shiyun's negative emotions dissipated somewhat, and he began to have the thought of watching her make a fool of herself.

How could Cheng Kaiyan answer when they couldn't even speak the language? He probably didn't even understand the question or the situation.

Sun Shiyun naturally wouldn't offer to help by answering questions or translating, much less tell the professor that he wasn't a student at the school.

In short, Ruixue is in the classroom right now, and she must have seen Cheng Kaiyan. The fact that she hasn't stepped forward shows that she is intentionally distancing herself from Cheng Kaiyan and distancing herself from her.

A moment later, Cheng Kaiyan would show a blank and helpless expression, unable to answer, making a fool of herself in embarrassment...

"Ha ha……"

Thinking of this, Sun Shiyun felt even more pleased.

The classroom was noisy at this moment.

Professor Torigoe Shin felt somewhat annoyed by the incessant chatter and Sun Shiyun's clearly clueless answers.

He turned his gaze and expectations to the poor young man who was looking around, and began to speak.

But soon his originally gentle expression slowly turned serious and angry.

After hearing his question, the young man simply looked over in confusion, his expression indifferent as if he didn't care at all.

This time, however, he spoke up, but Professor Torigoe heard two sentences: one in Chinese and one in English: "I'm sorry to bother you, Professor. I don't understand Japanese very well. Please communicate in Chinese or English."

"..."

Professor Torigoe Shin does not speak Chinese, but he is fluent in English.

Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softening. It turned out his Japanese wasn't very good. He then spoke in broken English in a deep voice:
"Please answer my question, student: Do you think contemporary children's literature is 'for children' or 'forced upon children'?"

"I see, please allow me a moment to think..."

Cheng Kaiyan apologized a few times and walked forward. When she reached the podium, she climbed the steps and had almost figured out the key to the problem: "Professor, I happen to have some research on your question, and perhaps I can answer it for you."

"Oh, some research? Tell me about it?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Torigoe carefully examined the young man before him. Seeing that he stood upright with a calm demeanor, dressed simply but cleanly and neatly, and his expression seemed genuine, he believed him to some extent.

However, he dismissed the word "research" as mere exaggeration and a joke by young people.

Many students below the stage looked up at the two of them, and Sun Shiyun also looked at Cheng Kaiyan, waiting for his answer.

Zhao Ruixue, sitting in the audience, also looked expectantly at the figure in front of the classroom, wondering how he would answer.

This question is not so easy to answer. "For children" means created for children, and "for children" means that it is accepted by children.

Is there a clear, objective boundary for judgment?
The issue touches upon the essence of children's literature.

Therefore, many students couldn't answer the professor's initial questions for a while.

"This issue needs to be viewed dialectically."

Children's literature is a literary category constructed based on the premise that children are the readers.

However, this intended readership is diverse and ever-changing, and adult authors cannot accurately grasp the child readership.

The actual reception of a work is complex, and does a work's reception by children automatically equate to children's literature? That would be a gross oversimplification.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Cheng Kaiyan turned to face them and began to explain.

"That's right. Making hasty definitions or giving hasty answers are not correct answers. Children's literature is dynamic in this way."

Professor Torigoe Shin felt much better upon hearing the word "dialectics," and nodded and clapped in satisfaction.

"I see." Most of the students in the audience nodded in agreement, suddenly understanding.

Others shared Cheng Kaiyan's viewpoint, displaying expressions of confidence and appreciation.

Only Sun Shiyun, standing to the side, had a somewhat stiff expression.

But Cheng Kaiyan didn't stop. He knew that Zhao Ruixue was definitely watching him from below the stage, and being praised by Professor Toriko Shin was nothing to be proud of.

After all, he himself is a leading theorist in the field of children's literature.

After a moment of contemplation, Cheng Kaiyan said, "Children's literature is a genre that intersects with many fields. Its essence is a dynamic and dynamic concept, situated at the intersection of four areas: adult intentions, children's needs, socio-cultural expectations, and literary and artistic expression."

"It is precisely because of its complexity that children's literature is of even greater research value..."

"However dynamic or complex the situation may be, there is always one main factor among many that determines the essence of children's literature in the current society."

"oh oh--"

Professor Torigoe Shin finally showed surprise. He realized the precision of Cheng Kaiyan's choice of words and the implied meaning in her words, and asked with great interest, "What do you think it is?"

Seeing this, the students in the audience who were familiar with Professor Torigoe Shin immediately realized that the professor was interested, and they all focused their attention on waiting for Cheng Kaiyan's answer.

Cheng Kaiyan didn't rush to answer, but chuckled softly, stepped forward and stood on the podium, her gentle and calm gaze sweeping over everyone in the classroom.

Professor Sun Shiyun, and a sea of ​​students...

The round-faced, big-breasted, innocent and cute Japanese girl I saw last night by the window on the right.

And beside him was a woman with a cool and aloof demeanor, dressed in plain clothes, her expression gentle and full of tender feelings, who was resting her chin on her hand.

The two exchanged a smile, and Cheng Kaiyan said slowly, "Children's literature does not actually exist. In essence, it is nothing more than a projection of adults' minds. All children's literature is just ghostwritten. This is the inherent structural difference of children's literature, a difference that cannot be changed."

Upon hearing this, the classroom fell into an eerie silence.

Such a viewpoint is unheard of in the Japanese literary world and internationally.

The undergraduate students in the audience were surprised or fell into deep thought upon hearing these words, and many of them even took notes on Cheng Kaiyan's words.

"Your...your point of view is truly thought-provoking...May I ask if you have a more detailed interpretation?"

After a long while, Professor Torigoe Shin took a deep breath and looked at Cheng Kaiyan with a curious expression, asking her a question.

Such groundbreaking findings, which almost overturn current research in children's literature, could not possibly have come from elsewhere; otherwise, they would have already caused a sensation in the international academic community.

It's probably the result of this young man's own research.

"More details?"

Cheng Kaiyan thought for a moment and said, "I have submitted my research in this area to the American academic journal of children's literature, Children's Literature. It should be published in the next month or two. You can check it out yourself when it is published."

By the way, I am not a student of your esteemed institution, but rather from Beijing Normal University in China.

"Are you a scholar from Beijing Normal University?"

Professor Torigoe Shin suddenly realized that he had heard of Beijing Normal University, and that many of the Chinese students in the Faculty of Arts came from this Chinese university. He quickly extended his hand to shake hands and said, "I am Torigoe Shin, a professor at Waseda University and a scholar of children's literature. Please give me your guidance."

"I am Cheng Kaiyan, an honorary professor at Beijing Normal University. Please give me your guidance."

Cheng Kaiyan reached out and shook hands, thought for a moment, and then introduced herself.

"professor?"

When Torigoe Shin heard this outrageous answer, he momentarily forgot to use English and exclaimed in surprise.

But no matter how he looked at the young man, he was only in his early twenties. How could he be a professor?

After his initial surprise, Professor Torigoe accepted it. After all, such amazing research results were enough to make this young man a sensation in the academic world, and a mere professor was nothing special.

"Oh, he's Chinese. But is he really a professor? He looks like he's only in his twenties!"

"Such a young professor. The youngest professor at Waseda University is at least forty years old, right?"

At this moment, many students in the classroom heard the two introducing themselves, and immediately erupted in a commotion, discussing the matter in shock.

"So you're already a professor?"

Zhao Ruixue's beautiful eyes sparkled with excitement.

"What? He's a professor? That's impossible!"

Ayana Uesugi, standing to the side, was completely stunned.

However, at this moment, Sun Shiyun's incredulous shout drew everyone's attention: "Professor, don't be deceived by him. I know him. He's just a lowly teaching assistant."

After saying that, Sun Shiyun looked at Cheng Kaiyan with a cold smile.

When he left China six months ago, he remembered that Cheng Kaiyan was clearly just a small teaching assistant. How could he have suddenly become a professor?
If he becomes a professor, wouldn't that mean he's stepping on my head again? How could Cheng Kaiyan possibly compare to me?
"This……"

"I knew it! There's no way a professor could be that young. He doesn't even look as good as us. He's so young, he probably hasn't even graduated from university yet."

"Exactly! It's most likely fake."

Everyone was talking about it.

"As far as I know, he only has a high school diploma. How could he possibly become a professor?"

Sun Shaoyun continued to expose him.

"Chinese people really love to swindle and deceive, they've even gone abroad to do it, thinking nobody knows them overseas, huh?"

"The viewpoint I just expressed must have been heard from elsewhere."

With things having come to this point, people became even less credulous. What had initially been a sense of admiration and respect for the young man on stage now turned into skepticism and ridicule.

"Mr. Cheng Kaiyan?"

Bird Yuexin's expression remained unchanged as he looked at Cheng Kaiyan in a deep voice.

"You can't talk about ice with a summer insect..."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head. Sun Shiyun was indeed a treacherous person. Seeing everyone's doubts, Cheng Kaiyan disdained to prove herself, but since Sun Shiyun was eager to be proven wrong, Cheng Kaiyan would grant him his wish.

Under the gaze of countless people, Cheng Kaiyan reached into the inner pocket of her Zhongshan suit, and a blue ID card appeared in mid-air. She opened it.

"A professor's certificate! He really is a professor!"

Sun Shiyun glanced at it and his face immediately turned pale. It was actually true?
With red eyes, he hurriedly snatched the ID card, opened it, and saw a photo, name, the official seal of Beijing Normal University, and the principal's signature...

"How could this be! How could this be..."

Sun Shiyun murmured, his face pale, his eyes glazed over.

Although he is only a professor, Cheng Kaiyan is undoubtedly much stronger and more outstanding than him now.

His proud nature immediately brought to mind the doubts he had just raised.

Recalling the smugness and pride she felt when she met Cheng Kaiyan, as well as her contempt and disdain for him... her face turned ashen, and she could barely breathe.

The professor took the certificate and examined it carefully. Seeing Sun Shiyun's expression, he knew it was genuine.

"Professor Cheng Kaiyan, please take this. Would it be possible to have a chat sometime?"

The professor handed over his credentials and greeted him.

"There will be a chance."

Cheng Kaiyan put it back and smiled, "I'd better not disturb your class any longer, I'm really sorry."

"No problem, Professor Cheng, if you're interested, feel free to sit down and listen."

Professor Torigoe Shin extended the invitation.

"That's annoying."

"Please."

The students, having witnessed all of this, knew that the professor's story was true and began to express their feelings.

Cheng Kaiyan stepped down from the stage, but didn't even glance at Sun Shiyun as she passed by.

"you!!"

Upon seeing this, Sun Shiyun's eyes turned red, and he clenched his fists in anger.

"Take care of yourself..."

Cheng Kaiyan shook her head and walked straight towards Zhao Ruixue and her companion's seats.

This scene made many students widen their eyes in shock, even more so than when they learned that Cheng Kaiyan had become a professor at such a young age!
"What is the relationship between this professor and Zhao Ruixue?"

(End of this chapter)