1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 116 A great writer emerged from the Chinese Department!
In the conference room, everyone was shocked by this sentence.

Yes!

Being able to write a novel like Fang Cao, isn’t teaching assistant Cheng Kaiyan a great writer?

The thought of the great writer quickly occupied everyone's mind, and there was some silence for a while.

"Teacher Xiao Cheng is really low-key. If I hadn't heard you admit it yourself, I wouldn't have believed that you wrote the "Fragrant Grass" that caused such a sensation!"

At this time, Han Zhaoqi touched his bald head and said to Cheng Kaiyan with emotion.

"Yes! Who would have thought that there was a great writer 'lurking' in our Chinese department."

"That's right, this is too low-key."

Then several teachers who stopped in the conference room expressed their shock one after another.

The novel "Fragrant Grass" has caused quite a stir in this month.

They are all teachers in the Chinese Department. Even if they have not read the novel, they have more or less heard of it.

"Xiao Fang, this song was also written by Xiao Cheng, right? It's really nice, but it's a pity that I can't sing it."

A female teacher asked Cheng Kaiyan curiously, and hummed a few lines of the lyrics after she finished speaking.

It's not just a novel, it even has a song called "Xiao Fang". In comparison, "Xiao Fang" is much more famous than "Fang Cao".

Songs are carried out on radio, broadcasts, and tapes, while novels are carried out on words, so they are not on the same level of universality.

What's more, "Xiao Fang" was recommended by China National Radio, and many people in small towns and countryside have heard it.

"Yes, your sharp eyes discovered it."

Cheng Kaiyan admitted it openly. He did not intend to conceal it deliberately and then pretend to be embarrassed.

"Haha, Xiao Cheng, you are so interesting. You wrote this song. Why don't you teach me how to sing it?"

The two female teachers who were tickling Cheng Kaiyan behind her just now were so amused that they were shaking with laughter.

When Jiang Ting heard this, she subconsciously pursed her soft lips, and her beautiful eyebrows were slightly frowned without her knowing it.

"Alright, alright, everyone stop crowding around Comrade Xiao Cheng and go back to work."

Director Fang was a serious old man in his sixties. He couldn't stand this kind of frivolous atmosphere, so he quickly dispersed everyone in a deep voice upon seeing this.

"I understand, Director Fang."

Upon seeing this, several female teachers in the conference room immediately wilted like eggplants hit by frost.

However, when they thought that they had only stayed a few steps longer and unexpectedly heard this great news, the gossipy spirits in their hearts suddenly burned up, and they left the meeting room with excited steps, eager to share this news immediately with their teachers and friends in the office.

After a few people left, the conference room fell silent.

Only Cheng Kaiyan, Jiang Ting and Director Fang were left.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Cheng, it seems that you can't keep a low profile anymore. I'm afraid it won't be long before this news gets out."

Director Fang said with a slightly apologetic tone that he could tell from the reactions of several teachers that the young man in front of him was very low-key and had never talked about this matter with anyone from before the New Year until now.

Now that they found out about it by accident, although it’s not a bad thing, it’s inevitable that people will talk about it.

"It's okay. It's a matter of time. Besides, I never wanted to hide it. Otherwise, I wouldn't use my own name as a pen name."

Cheng Kaiyan didn't care. No matter how loud the discussion was, it would not be surprising after a month or two.

"That's right. Then you should work hard and continue to improve. Don't be carried away by the outside world."

Director Fang nodded with satisfaction. Old men like him like to see young and capable people the most, like Jiang Ting.

Now that Cheng Kaiyan has emerged, he is very happy. This also proves that the Chinese department under his leadership is full of talented people!
"Don't worry, my aunt is here."

Cheng Kaiyan turned her head to look at her aunt beside her and said with a smile.

"Ah."

Jiang Ting nodded slightly and said "hmm", very coldly.

"Then I feel relieved. Go ahead."

"Director Fang, wait a minute. I have something to ask you... Is our college still accepting students for the correspondence course this semester?" Cheng Kaiyan stopped Director Fang who was leaving.

"Correspondence courses? They don't accept students in the spring semester. You have to wait until the second half of the year."

Director Fang turned around and explained.

"That's it."

Cheng Kaiyan frowned. They had to wait until the second half of the year to recruit students. This was a miscalculation.

"Your academic qualifications seem to be a bit low. If you are not in a hurry, it would be good to take a correspondence course and get a college degree. If you are in a hurry, there is really not much you can do."

Director Fang said with some embarrassment that Cheng Kaiyan was a teaching assistant in the Chinese Department and it was easy for her to take a correspondence course.

If it was at the beginning of the school year last year, Director Fang would have been able to stuff him right in.

But now, people have taken classes for half a year, and it is still difficult to put it into practice, let alone put it into practice.

After hearing this, Jiang Ting finally understood why Cheng Kaiyan said that she had been studying during this period.

So you want to make progress, that’s good!

"If it really doesn't work, then take the college entrance examination. It would be best if you could get into Peking University."

Jiang Ting recommended that in her opinion it would be better to take the college entrance examination than to wait until the second half of the year.

If I get admitted to Peking University, I can be a perfect companion to Jia Jia!

By then, when both of them are in the same school, the chances will be much greater!

"Peking University? Auntie, you think too highly of me!"

Cheng Kaiyan looked at Jiang Ting speechlessly. Doesn’t he want to go to Peking University?

It’s him who failed the exam!

Don’t think that just because it’s the 1980s, you can ignore Peking University. You will not be able to get in anyway.

"You have to have self-confidence. If you don't pass this year, you can try again next year. There are cases like this in our department. Even Lin Xiaohong has worked hard to improve herself. Do you want to play around for half a year to go to a junior college? Kaiyan, if you pass Peking University, I will go there with you and teach you. How about giving you a surprise then?"

Jiang Ting encouraged him quickly. At this moment, she had even thought of and made all the subsequent arrangements.

Cheng Kaiyan was admitted to Peking University first, and then he would switch to Peking University. It would be a good opportunity for him to teach his niece and Cheng Kaiyan, and then match the two of them up. Maybe they would become a couple right under his nose!

"Um?!!!"

When Director Fang heard this, his eyes widened.

If he had been admitted to Peking University, wouldn't these two have run away?
A top student who returned from studying abroad at the world-renowned Humboldt University of Berlin in East Germany, and a young writer of some fame.

If these two people run away, Beijing Normal University will suffer a huge loss!
Director Fang's old face turned red with anxiety. He was racking his brains to think of a solution, but he couldn't think of one for a while and could only worry.

Fortunately, Cheng Kaiyan was not interested in this and quickly said, "Let's talk about it later. There is no rush. Let's go back first."

"Okay, Director Fang, we'll go back first."

Jiang Ting had no choice but to nod, followed Cheng Kaiyan's footsteps and turned to leave.

…………

The offices of the professors in the Chinese Department are now as busy as a vegetable market.

As soon as a female teacher entered the office, she couldn't hide the gossipy look on her face and shouted at the top of her voice: "Hey! Have you heard about it? Something big happened in our department!"

"What's going on? Shufen, tell me quickly, could it be that so-and-so is having an affair outside and his wife found out?"

"It's not that one, it's even more exciting than that one!"

"Didn't we have a temporary teaching assistant in December before the New Year? That Cheng Kaiyan who was promoted today, I suddenly discovered today that he is actually a great writer! Have you read the newly published "Fragrant Grass" recently? It was written by him!" "Oh my god! He wrote it? Impossible?"

"It's true! Director Fang said it himself, and we who walked slowly happened to hear it."

The office was silent as everyone silently digested this big news.

It’s not that they have never seen great writers, but the contrast is too great.

Who would have thought that this young man, who had only been working for less than three months and was unknown in the office, would make a 360-degree turn after the winter vacation and become a well-known writer.

It’s really incredible!
When Xiao Cheng first joined the company, he attracted the attention of some teachers because he was an assistant brought in by Professor Jiang Ting through a backdoor, and because of his outstanding appearance. However, as time went by, everyone's attention basically faded.

Apart from attending classes every day, Cheng Kaiyan basically stays in the office and library. In the eyes of all the teachers in the Chinese Department, she is very low-key and inconspicuous.

It was only before the New Year that the school held a poetry competition, which allowed him to display his talent in front of teachers and students. Only then did everyone realize that Cheng Kaiyan was not simply a person with connections. No wonder Professor Jiang Ting chose him to be her teaching assistant.

"Oh my god! My eldest sister said that this child was so good-looking, he must not be an ordinary person. I didn't expect that he would be a pen holder. Tsk tsk tsk tsk!"

The older sister who was knitting a sweater was amazed. She was the older sister who was going to introduce a date to Cheng Kaiyan when she reported that day.

The news that a great writer had emerged from the Chinese Department spread like wildfire.

In just one day, almost all the teachers in the department knew about it, and even some teachers from other departments knew the news.

……

Two days later in the morning, school finally officially started classes.

Cheng Kaiyan rode her bike to work as usual. Although classes had started, she had no classes for the entire week.

Because the course "Foreign Literature Appreciation" taught by my aunt is an elective course, it will not start until students have chosen their courses this week.

The earliest I can go is next week.

So that morning, Cheng Kaiyan went straight to the library with her bag on her back. It was a period of time when school had just started and the library was so quiet. It was so comfortable to study and write in the library.

A square appears in front of you with a statue in the middle. Walk up the stairs and you can see the whole picture of the library.

It consists of two slender buildings, which are the main buildings of the library.

It was built in 1959, with a total area of ​​9300 square meters. The front is a reading building, and the back is an eight-story library building.

There are 6 reading rooms with 1300 seats, 19 research rooms, 8 floors of book stacks, and a total collection of 120 million books.

It experienced some setbacks and was closed for a while until it reopened in 1973.

The current library is relatively small. In 1989, the Education Committee, Mr. Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong and Beijing Normal University raised funds to build a new library building.

Walk into the library with brisk steps.

At eight o'clock in the library, there were still many college students holding books or writing test papers.

He came to the fifth floor where he often sat, chose a seat near the bathroom, put down his backpack and sat down. Not far away was a fat young man.

Cheng Kaiyan took a quick glance and then sat down to write the manuscript attentively.

"Shashasha~"

The sound of the pencil being chewed on paper was like snowing, just like what Fujii Itsuki heard when he was buried under the snow.

I don’t know if it was an hour or two.

Cheng Kaiyan was shaking his hands, and he sensitively discovered something while shaking his neck.

……

On the bookshelf near the window on the fifth floor of the library.

A chubby-faced girl with big braids and so much white flesh on her cheeks that it seemed like the flesh was almost overflowing was standing on tiptoe to get the book on the top of the bookshelf, but after trying for a while, only her fingers could reach it.

"Why is it placed at the very top? I'm not tall enough. If Cheng Kaiyan, who is 1.8 meters tall, is here, he can definitely get it down with one hand... Let's push the folding ladder over here. But this thing is really heavy. I don't know what the library staff thought of using a pure wooden ladder. They didn't even bother to get an iron one."

Ji Qinglan scratched her chubby little face in a bit of distress. She was not tall enough to reach the book on the top of the bookshelf.

Now I had no choice but to look for the ladder that I didn’t know where it had been pushed to by other students.

Just leave.

Ji Qinglan searched for a while, and when she approached the bathroom, she saw two girls hiding behind the bookshelf opposite. They were holding a book in their hands, sticking their heads out, looking somewhere, and saying something strange.

"Hongmei, is this him you are talking about?"

"Yes, that's Cheng Kaiyan. Our teacher Jiang recommended him to us in class yesterday, saying that the Chinese department has produced a great writer, and Fang Cao was written by him. He asked us to buy a copy and read it."

"Then let's go and ask him for an autograph. We are so lucky to meet him in the library."

"Yes! The most important thing is the way he writes and reads. So charming!"

……

"Hey? Cheng Kaiyan? What do you mean?"

Ji Qinglan followed their line of sight with her bright eyes and, as expected, she spotted Cheng Kaiyan sitting in the first row.

It really is!
Now that’s good, no need to look for a ladder!
Ji Qinglan laughed, and curiously approached the two girls who were about to ask for autographs, and patted them gently on the shoulders.

"Hello classmates, what are you talking about?"

Ji Qinglan said in a low voice, because keeping quiet in the library was something everyone had to abide by.

But Ji Qinglan's sudden action obviously frightened the two female classmates.

"ah!"

Two screams rang out in the library, and Ji Qinglan quickly covered the two girls' mouths.

"I'm sorry, I scared you. I'm a student of Chinese Department, my name is Ji Qinglan."

When the two girls saw that it was a girl, they immediately slumped against the bookshelf and breathed a sigh of relief.

"it's okay no problem."

"What were you talking about just now? Cheng Kaiyan or something?"

Ji Qinglan's big, bright eyes can easily make people let down their guard.

"Hey~ Aren't you from the Chinese department? You don't even know this. Your Chinese department assistant Cheng Kaiyan is now a famous writer, and the recently popular "Xiao Fang" and "Fang Cao" were written by him."

"You girls in the Chinese department are so lucky to have such a great writer as your teaching assistant. Most importantly, he's so pretty. It would be great if he could date me! By the way, when will your foreign literature appreciation class start this semester? We all want to audit it then!"

One of them, a long-haired girl named Hongmei, held her heavy heart and asked with a crazy look on her face.

Great writer? Fangcao? Xiaofang?
Ji Qinglan widened her eyes. She knew that Cheng Kaiyan was talented in writing. After all, she had read the book "Submarine at Night".

But when did Cheng Kaiyan become a great writer? She can also write songs!

A series of big news almost made Ji Qinglan's brain crash after she had stayed in a small rural town with no information for more than a month.

Why did so many things happen to Cheng Kaiyan in just one month of not seeing him?

hateful!

"No! I have to tell Ruixue and the others!"

Ji Qinglan didn't bother to get the book at this time and ran downstairs.

At this moment, she only wanted to tell her sisters this big news immediately.

In a flash, Ji Qinglan ran back to the dormitory building, opened the door out of breath, and shouted:

"Cheng...Cheng Kaiyan has become a great writer! Everyone outside knows about it!"

(End of this chapter)