Chapter 1574: Chapter 640: Bound for Life, Honored Guests from All Directions
Chapter 1574: Chapter 640: Bound for Life, Honored Guests from All Directions
“Qianqian, open the door, I’m Zhou Can!”
Zhou Can is calling at the door.
“Dr. Zhou, if you want to enter this door and win the beauty, you must answer a question.”
It’s the voice of Qiu Jie.
Don’t be fooled by Qiu Jie’s physical issues that require her to use a cane; she’s quite the intellectual.
I’ve heard Li Lao talk about things when they were dating.
She was the president of the school’s literary society, a famous scholarly woman whose poems and essays Li Lao greatly admired.
Li Lao himself is a very talented person, so obviously his choice of wife could not be mediocre.
Many times, Li Lao has privately admitted that his talent is far inferior to his wife’s.
Now that Qiu Jie is posing the question, Zhou Can suddenly feels overwhelmed.
“Sister-in-law, you know I’m just an undergraduate student studying clinical medicine, you can’t pose a question that’s too difficult!”
Zhou Can quickly pleads with her.
“Not difficult at all, even civil service exams have a section on logical reasoning! The purpose of this question is simply to see your heart for our Qianqian!”
After Qiu Jie finishes, Jiang Wei’s voice follows.
“Leader, are you ready? I’m going to start reading the question!”
“Go ahead!”
At this point, even if it means going through several hurdles, he has to face it!
Today, he definitely has to pass the test and marry the beauty.
“Wood originates from earth; why is it confined by earth?”
What does that mean?
I thought it would be about what Zhou Can likes about Su Qianqian or whether he can cherish her for a lifetime, but it turns out to be a strange question.
Literary young women are indeed hard to deal with.
Their imaginative thoughts often like to deeply analyze humanity and philosophy through words.
“Uh… let me think! This is really a bit tough.”
Zhou Can furrows his brows in deep thought.
They definitely don’t want a superficial interpretation but want to use this question to test Zhou Can’s sincerity toward Su Qianqian.
Just how much does he love her.
“Li Lao, you are not allowed to help him answer, or it won’t count. It must be Dr. Zhou’s genuine thoughts.”
Qiu Jie warns Li Lao from inside.
“I wouldn’t know how to answer in the first place! Can’t you just ask a simpler question so Ah Can can marry Qianqian sooner?”
Li Lao pleads for Zhou Can.
“This question is not hard at all, it just examines whether Dr. Zhou’s love for Qianqian is sincere or something else!” After Qiu Jie finishes, she again addresses Zhou Can, “Dr. Zhou, truly, no one is trying to make things difficult for you. We just want to see how deep your love for Qianqian is.”
Her words provide some hints.
A rough idea of the answer’s direction.
Like guessing a riddle—a hint is given whether it’s to be a thing or a place.
“Thank you, sister-in-law, let me think more!”
Zhou Can understands the hints and resumes pondering.
Wood typically symbolizes men, for instance calling emotionally obtuse men “wooden.”
Earth represents women.
In most literary works, the earth is often referred to as mother.
However, from the question posed by Qiu Jie, it seems it might be the opposite.
She usually likes to read those pure English foreign literature works, especially the classics, which she deeply admires.
In Western mythology, wood is referred to as spirits, often used to symbolize kind-hearted and beautiful girls.
Though there are male spirits, they are seldom used to represent males.
Without a doubt, Su Qianqian perfectly fits the image of a female elite.
With a beauty that could captivate a nation, along with a pure and kind heart, she resembles an earthly fairy.
Having determined that wood refers to Su Qianqian, then naturally earth represents men.
After sorting out the sequence, Zhou Can silently sighs, thankful that Qiu Jie isn’t his wife.
Otherwise, he’d be guessing riddles and playing literary games daily, fearing he’d turn bald before forty.
Wood comes from earth but is constrained by it.
What does she mean to express with this?
Is she trying to say Su Qianqian fell in love with me and is unable to extricate herself and leave me?
“When drawn by appearance, love fades as beauty diminishes. When drawn by profit, bonds weaken as gains dwindle. When drawn by virtue, love stretches to eternity. When drawn by heart, love endures infinitely. From meeting to knowing, from knowing to loving, and from loving to understanding, we have traversed thousands of days and nights. The moments we’ve shared are enough to verify our mutual feelings. I think, if ever she felt troubled by wood being born of earth and confined by it, I would dig that earth out and roam the world with that tree.”
Zhou Can provides his answer.
If one day she finds the nurturing earth becoming a prison, Zhou Can would be willing to harm himself just to grant her freedom.
At some point, the entire suite turned exceptionally silent.
Everyone feels the intense love filling the air.
And the atmosphere of love.
It’s different when cultured people marry.
No sprawling arrays of drinks creating a commotion, no violent demolition of doors and windows style of bride kidnapping; instead, there is this literary style of sweet confession.
“Qianqian, what I want to tell you is, marriage is not the cage of love, but the hall of mutual guardianship and connection, a coronation, an elevation, a testimony and baptism of our love. Let this love become sacred and solemn.”
Zhou Can loudly addresses the room again.
The room door opens from the inside.
Su Qianqian, her face streaked with tears, runs into Zhou Can’s embrace.
At this moment, she only wishes to entrust her body, soul, and everything to this man.
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