Shanghai's socialites have always been famous for their elegance, talent, dexterity and beauty.
In such an environment of socialite aesthetics, Qin Shu could grow up to be straightforward and free-spirited. It is conceivable that his family education must be different from others. Just like Director Qin, knowing that his daughter was in Beijing, Director Qin secretly dealt with Zhao Cheng, but did not associate with his daughter. He said that he would sever ties, and Director Qin not only stopped associating with Qin Shu, but also did not allow his wife and son to come to Beijing. Of course, his wife secretly subsidizing his daughter is another matter. Anyway, on the surface, Director Qin did not recognize his daughter at all.
Qin Shu didn't keep in touch with her father. She called her mother to discuss the transfer to Peking University and asked her mother's opinion. Mrs. Qin always wanted her daughter to return to Shanghai. "Of course, studying is good, and it's the same to go back to Shanghai." Mrs. Qin still wanted to persuade her daughter to come back.
"I won't go back to Shanghai to study. If I go back to Shanghai, I'll have to face my father's sour face every day. Tell him to wait. He is just a master's degree holder from Columbia University. I must get a doctorate degree in the future to surpass him." Qin Shu has always been an idealistic child. She said, "Mom, ask Dad to help me transfer to Aurora University. I have inquired about Peking University. They need my transcript from Aurora University so that I can transfer here."
"What major are you going to study at Peking University? Are you going to study French?"
"I have always been good at French, so I have no problem communicating. I want to study at the Business School since I am doing business now. I want to get a double degree in French and Business School."
Mrs. Qin asked worriedly, "Who did you ask to transfer you to another school?"
"Professor Chu from Peking University. He's the director of the literature department. I asked him about it."
"Director Zheng of the Peking Education Department is an old classmate of your father. Would you like me to ask your father to say hello to Director Zheng?"
"No need. I've already found out everything. If you can avoid disturbing Uncle Zheng, then don't disturb him. Otherwise, if Uncle Zheng shows up, it will seem like we are bullying others. The professors at the university are very arrogant. If there is anything difficult, I will go to Uncle Zheng again."
"That's fine."
The mother and daughter talked on the phone for a while, and Mrs. Qin felt a little relieved before hanging up. Thinking that her daughter was going to study in Beijing, Mrs. Qin discussed this matter with her husband in the evening. Director Qin had a stern face and didn't say anything, so Mrs. Qin urged him, "Say something."
"Just go ahead and study. I'll go get her transcript and file from Aurora University tomorrow." Director Qin certainly wouldn't object to Qin Shu continuing to study at university. He also said, "How come your daughter suddenly came to her senses and got back on the right track?" Ever since Qin Shu ran away from home, our daughter has become your daughter. Mrs. Qin was annoyed when she heard this and said, "When did my daughter not get on the right track? Ah Shu is also a career person in Beijing! She can make money by herself! Ah Shu said, you are just a master's degree, she wants to get a doctorate to suppress you!"
Director Qin almost choked his wife with these words, and muttered, "It's good at one time and bad at another. Tell her that this is the only time she can transfer to another school. If she drops out again, don't even think about me helping her with the transfer procedures." He muttered to his daughter, "If she hadn't been so stupid back then, she would have graduated from college by now."
"Who doesn't have a stupid moment in life? The child is young, he can't make mistakes!" After choking her husband, Mrs. Qin said to her husband, "I met Ah Shu's friends Mrs. Wei and Miss Wei before. When I heard them talk, I felt that the Wei family was very honest. When I met Mrs. Wen in Nanjing that time, she also knew Mrs. Wei and she liked her very much when she talked about Mrs. Wei. I heard that Mrs. Wei is very ambitious. Now she has taught herself English and Japanese, and is also learning middle school courses. She plans to go to university in the future. Ah Shu made good friends in Beijing. When you have good friends, you always think about making progress when you are together."
"That's true." Director Qin adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and smiled reservedly on his square face. "It's never a bad thing to study more, especially in today's world where education is beginning to open up to women. I'd like to have another female doctor in my family."
Mrs. Qin glanced at her husband, looking down upon his pretentiousness, and said sarcastically, "Even if Ah Shu is a female doctor, it has nothing to do with you, Director Qin. She is my daughter, not yours."
Director Qin finally heard the good news about his daughter. He didn't care about his wife's choking behavior and just laughed nonchalantly.
Because Qin Shu was going to study, Mrs. Qin was busy sending some private money to her daughter. Studying requires making friends and paying for tuition, neither of which can be missed. Director Qin was very efficient. The next day, he sent Qin Shu's file and transcript to Beijing by airmail. Qin Shu quickly completed the admission procedures and could study with the sophomores for the second half of next year. As long as she passed the promotion exam, she could go directly to university.
Qin Shu went to Mr. Wen to file a complaint after she had finished the matter. She bought Yuhuatai's green sauce meat and fresh roses from the flower shop as gifts and went to the Wen Mansion. Although Mrs. Wen had a mediocre relationship with Wen Yaying, she had a good relationship with Wen Yaying's mother's family. Qin Shu was not a relative of Mr. Wen. Her family was originally a relative of Wen Yaying's mother, Mrs. Xiantian. Qin Shu's father and Mrs. Xiantian were cousins, but looking at the current situation, just looking at the relationship between Qin Shu and Mrs. Wen, you can see how capable Mrs. Wen is. Mrs. Wen saw that Qin Shu also brought a gift and smiled, "I was just about to ask someone to send you something, and you came first."
"The last time I met you, Aunt Wen, was in the summer. It's winter now. I knew you were coming, and I've been looking forward to it." Qin Shu put the green sauce meat on the table and handed the flowers wrapped in flower paper to Madam Wen. Madam Wen looked at the bouquet of half-bloomed white roses, sniffed them gently, and praised with a smile, "These flowers are so beautiful."
"In all of Beijing, this store has the most beautiful roses." Qin Shu was naturally happy to see that Mrs. Wen liked it. Mrs. Wen handed it to Aman and asked her to take the blue-and-white porcelain vase to keep it. Qin Shu also said that the green sauce meat was for Mr. Wen, and Mrs. Wen smiled, "Your uncle likes it the most."
"My father is the same. They were used to eating marinated meat and bacon when they were young. In fact, fresh meat is very common now, but they are still used to eating all kinds of cured meat and ham." Qin Shu smiled and said, "I have something to ask my uncle today, so of course I have to cater to his preferences."
"You called and specifically asked if your uncle was there, so I guessed you had something to do. He's in the study and he's in a good mood. Go talk to him."
Qin Shu thanked Madam Wen for her reminder in his heart and smiled, "Then I'll go first."
"Go ahead." Mrs. Wen patted her arm and motioned her to go upstairs. "I asked you to bring biscuits and tea up to you."
Qin Shu was not polite when she complained. She was like that. Why should she be polite when she complained? Seeing that Mr. Wen was in a good mood, she told him about it. Qin Shu pouted and said to Mr. Wen, "If I tell Aunt Wen, she will be embarrassed. Uncle, tell me, what kind of thing is Yaying doing! I brought my second sister-in-law and Ah Yin. We don't have much money now, but we donated 40 yuan. She actually asked reporters to attack my second sister-in-law and Ah Yin in the newspaper, saying that they are stingy. If it weren't for the fact that our two families are relatives, I would have to fight with her. I brought my second sister-in-law and Ah Yin. She is looking for someone to attack my friends like this. She is just not giving me face, don't you think?"
Mr. Wen was helpless, "I know, I know. You little girls have a lot of things to do."
"Of course it's a lot. Although what we do is not a big thing, it is also a good thing for progress." Qin Shu talked about his career. Mr. Wen said, "I heard from your aunt Wen that your mother often talked to her about you. This time she asked her to bring you a lot of things. You should go back to Shanghai to visit when you are free."
"I wanted to go back, but you don't know my dad. He never said anything nice on the phone. I won't go back and be scolded by him. I transferred my student status to Peking University. I will be a sophomore next year. When I get a doctorate, I will amaze my dad! From now on, my dad and I will call each other by academic qualifications. I will call him Master Qin and he will call me Doctor Qin." Qin Shu's words made Mr. Wen feel depressed at first. It was because Qin Shu was so motivated that he couldn't help but think of Wen Yaying's dropping out of school, which made Mr. Wen lose face in front of his friends. Seeing Qin Shu's determination to study for a doctorate, he envied Director Qin. Although Qin Shu also had a fainting spell, the girl immediately got back on track once she understood it, and she was so funny. Mr. Wen couldn't help laughing, "Your father has always been solemn, but you are so eccentric." Mr. Wen was open-minded, so he asked Qin Shu about her major in Peking University.
Qin Shu said truthfully, "I studied French at Aurora University before, but I felt that studying was not very useful. Later, I looked for a job in Beijing, and I became a middle school teacher thanks to the two years I studied at Aurora University. In fact, I have no problem communicating in French now, but I only studied half of it before, and I want to continue to study in depth. In addition, I have been doing business with others in the past two years, so I want to go to business school. Although most of the bosses doing business now are not from business schools, I just want to see what the difference is between academic business and actual business. For example, the two college students from the Department of Chemistry of Peking University who were hired by the R&D center of my second sister-in-law's cosmetics factory were not used to the local climate at first, but later they adapted and became more down-to-earth, and the things they made were no worse than the recipes handed down from their ancestors by the old brands."
"In recent years, I have often thought that studying and being a human being are actually the same thing. I used to study in school all the time, and it was very easy to be deceived. Now that I have been out for a few years and have gotten in touch with the world, everything is fine. College can lay a foundation for us and learn knowledge, and entering the society is a process of applying knowledge. When we can apply the knowledge we have learned, the advantages of education can be reflected." Qin Shu expressed his understanding of education.
Mr. Wen praised, "Well said."
Qin Shu smiled and said, "Actually, this is also my personal experience in the past few years. But I haven't found my ideal yet. In the past, I just wanted to become successful and return home in glory so that my father would be shocked. Now I don't think about this anymore. The ideal should be a more down-to-earth goal. Alas, I haven't thought about it yet. I just want to study first. The friends I know are all studying hard and have ideals. If I don't work hard, I will be left behind."
Qin Shu was chattering away, and regardless of whether others asked or not, she just kept talking a lot to Mr. Wen. It seemed that Mr. Wen was in a good mood and invited her to have dinner with him.
Qin Shu was secretly proud of himself. Oh, my complaint has made Uncle Wen like me so much. It was really successful.
Thinking of Wen Yaying, Qin Shu felt quite proud. Even if Uncle Wen held a higher position than her father, she would work much harder than Wen Yaying. Wen Yaying was a dropout, so she would continue to study. Ms. Chen relied on men, but she would rely on herself. Miss Han relied on her family's power, so she could not completely get rid of her family's help, but she would have her own career, even if it was just in its infancy!
Thanks to Wen Yaying, Ms. Chen, and Ms. Han. If it weren't for the three of you, Qin Shu really wouldn't know what the right path was. With these three hypocritical and pretentious guys as a comparison, as long as Qin Shu did the opposite of them, even if she hadn't figured out what her ideal was, she would have already jumped and danced on the right path in life.
The author has something to say: ps: Second update, I originally wanted to put Qin Shu's storyline in the main storyline, but after careful consideration, I decided to write it head-on~~~~Good afternoon everyone~~