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Beijing.

Liu family.

Liu Zhengguo witnessed this scene.

His hand holding the teapot trembled, and the teapot fell to the ground and shattered.

……

Watching the live stream.

Liu Zhengguo's eyes were filled with shock, regret, reminiscence, and guilt.

Yes.

once Upon a time.

Just like Liang Shanbo, Liu Zhengguo clumsily loves a rural woman.

He believed that as long as there was love, one could disregard class, status, and background.

Therefore, Liu Zhengguo was eager for his parents to propose marriage on his behalf.

But reality slapped him hard in the face!

The parents disagreed, and the grandparents were furious!

Liu Zhengguo was once placed in solitary confinement.

Liu Zhengguo did put up a resistance.

He went on a hunger strike! He cut his wrists and even tried to escape by jumping out of a window.

But all this resistance seemed so childish in the eyes of her parents.

In an effort to persuade their son to compromise, Liu Zhengguo's parents personally visited Zhang Guihua's home.

They prepared a generous dowry for Zhang Guihua and helped her find a good family in the local area.

Zhang Guihua's family was so grateful that they married her off without any hesitation.

Zhang Guihua disagreed.

But nobody cared.

Faced with absolute control and an insurmountable class divide, Liu Zhengguo and Zhang Guihua were utterly powerless to resist.

……

How similar were Liu Zhengguo and Zhang Guihua at that time to the characters Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai?

Jiang Ye's words about "Zhu Mu" were like a wake-up call, revealing the essence of the matter.

Why couldn't Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai be together?

Why can't Liu Zhengguo and Zhang Guihua get together?

Because the two are not from the same social class.

Who caused these people's tragedies?

Not anyone.

It was caused by the times.

Liu Zhengguo is now the "perpetrator" who controls his granddaughter.

But decades ago, he, like Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, was a victim.

Just like what "Zhu Mu" said.

It's just that you were born in this outdated and corrupt era, where everyone is so hypocritical!

……

Thinking about it.

Liu Zhengguo's expression changed.

Could it be...?

For the sake of her granddaughter, she stopped her from seeing Jiang Ye.

Is this also a sign of being pedantic?

But I was clearly thinking about my granddaughter's future.

I did it for her own good!

It's also for the good of the entire Liu family.

Liu Zhengguo remained silent.

He wondered if he had really done something wrong.

……

Let's get back to the scene.

Everyone present was utterly shocked by what they saw!

Especially Lu Xiaoyu.

She opened her mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time.

seriously.

After reading the first half of the novel, Lu Xiaoyu genuinely thought it was just a "sweet" romance story.

Lu Xiaoyu was still thinking.

Articles like this.

How could I possibly submit it for the Da Xia Literature Prize?

There's no such thing as a gold medal winner in the Da Xia Literature Prize; it's a romance novel.

……

However, when Lu Xiaoyu saw the conversation between "Zhu's Mother" and Liang Shanbo...

When they saw that Liang Shanbo was rejected because he came from a poor family.

Lu Xiaoyu then understood the deeper meaning behind Jiang Ye's novel.

Jiang Ye's writing is not simply a romance novel.

Jiang Ye's content is even more thought-provoking.

Also.

If Jiang Ye is just writing a sweet romance novel, why use the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties as the background?

A beautiful story takes place during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

This in itself is a tragedy.

……

Inside the live stream room.

Netizens saw the dialogue between "Zhu's Mother" and Liang Shanbo.

For a moment, netizens were also stunned.

Wow... Jiang Ye's delivery of lines and his writing style are absolutely amazing!

[Yes, I just thought it was impossible. How could someone like Jiang Ye only write about love?]

[My goodness, I'm getting goosebumps! Every word of Zhu Mu's words is precious! But Liang Shanbo has no way to refute them!]

【Seriously? Is this where the torture is about to begin?】

Hmm...probably not. I think this is just a temporary setback, and the male and female leads will eventually get together!

……

at the same time.

the other side.

Magic City.

Inside the airport.

A blond, blue-eyed foreigner was sitting in the waiting area, staring blankly at the live stream of Jiang Ye's "novel".

This foreigner's name is Smith, and he is a playwright and director at the Royal Theatre in the UK.

I came to Daxia on a business trip a while ago.

Smith himself is a huge fan of Xia.

He is very interested in Han culture.

Aside from work, he spends almost half the year at Daxia.

Smith has lived in Great Xia for more than a decade and has seen almost all of Great Xia's famous mountains, rivers, and cultural landscapes.

For this reason, Smith even taught himself Chinese.

……

Because I am interested in Han culture.

Therefore, when Jiang Ye wrote his first poem, "Looking at the Waterfall at Mount Lu," Smith had already taken notice of him.

Although Smith's Chinese proficiency was not yet sufficient for him to grasp the essence of the poem.

However, it will let Smith know that this is a masterpiece.

So Smith began to keep an eye on Jiang Ye, to learn about Jiang Ye's activities and current situation.

Smith was deeply worried upon learning that Jiang Ye remained unconscious.

……

Nowadays.

It was the day Smith returned to England.

He was bored at the airport and happened to see Jiang Ye broadcasting live.

So Smith went into the live stream to kill some time.

But I didn't expect that.

After entering the live stream room.

Smith discovered that Jiang Ye's work this time was not poetry.

Instead, it's a short story.

Smith's interest immediately grew even stronger.

……

To know.

Smith is both a screenwriter and a director.

He loves Chinese culture very much and hopes to promote it internationally.

However, if the ancient poems of the Great Xia Dynasty are translated into English, they will completely lose their original flavor.

What kind of meter, what kind of parallelism, what kind of artistic conception?

It vanished without a trace.

Therefore, even if Smith wanted to promote Chinese culture, he didn't have a good starting point.

Until Smith saw Jiang Ye's "The Butterfly Lovers".

……

In his novel, Jiang Ye describes the etiquette, clothing, and systems of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It's a pretty good recreation of the historical context of that time.

At the same time, Jiang Ye's novel is infectious, dramatic, and resonates with tragedy.

more importantly.

This novel is not simply a romance.

Rather, there is a deeper logic behind it.

Smith became more and more engrossed in watching.

He stroked his chin, his eyes fixed on the live stream screen.

……

Everyone continued reading the diary.

However, the atmosphere at the scene was not as cheerful as before.

This is what was written in the diary.

"After hearing what Zhu's mother said, Liang Shanbo pointed at her and remained speechless for a long time. Zhu's mother didn't say anything more and turned to leave."

"Liang Shanbo was heartbroken. Only now did he remember what the master had told him."

"The Han people claim to have thousands of years of culture and always try to influence barbarians and foreign tribes. Now that the barbarians have occupied the north, the Han people are forced to cross the Yangtze River to escape. Those who crossed the river first hold high-ranking positions and marginalize those who crossed later. The gentry need to win each other over, so marriages are based on matching social status, with the rich marrying the poor, and the poor marrying the rich."

"Liang Shanbo was in despair."

"He once believed that as long as there is love, nothing is a problem."

"But now he understands that powerful families cultivate relationships and form alliances through marriage, with the rich marrying into the rich and the poor marrying into the poor!"

"All of this has remained unchanged from ancient times to the present."