I am a literary giant in Russia

Chapter 54 Recommendation (ask for monthly ticket!)
Normally, in so-called high-society banquets, it is often an indispensable part for male nobles to pay their attention to a certain noble lady. If the noble lady's family is more powerful and wealthy, there will be even more people paying attention to her.

There is no way. Even these days, there are too many people who don’t want to work hard.

Cough
Mikhail didn't want to work hard either, but it was important for a person to know himself. With his current status, it was extremely difficult for him to marry a noble lady. In this era, unless some impoverished nobles were really short of money, they would marry a commoner with a large dowry. Otherwise, it was basically impossible.

Generally speaking, nobles who marry commoners like this will most likely be looked down upon in their circle, and their weddings are often held in a low-key manner.

Only as the times progress, with more and more nobles falling into poverty and merchants becoming richer, will this phenomenon gradually become common.

But now, it is still popular among the nobles to digest things internally. In this case, Mikhail is too lazy to join in the fun. It would be even worse if he gets himself into trouble.

Of course, there is another more important reason, which is that Mikhail does not have much emotional experience, commonly known as Xiao Chunan. He would not be willing to show his affection even if asked to. It seems silly to circle around others like a fly.
Finally, Mikhail was somewhat concerned about the identity of the general's daughter. Serving as a lady-in-waiting in the palace meant that she was, to some extent, close to the center of power in Russia.

Although in Russia, a country with a traditional autocratic system, the influence of female officials was not as strong as in France and Britain, but as the saying goes, a third-rank official is in front of the prime minister, they could always communicate with the Russian court.

What if we really get in touch and she recommends my novel to people in the palace?
Therefore, when Mikhail turned around and saw that pretty face full of curiosity, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Of course, this was not because Mikhail was attracted to her or something.
But turning around and running away was not a good idea, as it would be too rude, so Mikhail could only stand at attention and then smiled at the girl who was about the same age as his sister.

Since they had greeted each other when they first came in, the two did not exchange any more pleasantries. After greeting each other again, under the gaze of some people, the girl named Nadya looked at Mikhail and took the initiative to say:

"Mr. Mikhail Romanovich, that was a truly wonderful poem you just read. Could I ask who you wrote it for? She will surely be deeply moved by it."

“There’s no specific target.”

Mikhail's mind raced, but apart from his mother, sister, and Panayev's wife, he couldn't think of a single woman's name to use as a cover-up. He could only reply, "It was just a sudden thought and some other emotions that came to me, so I wrote them down."

"Is this so"

The girl's eyes seemed to light up, and then she started talking to Mikhail about other things.

Although she looked quiet, when she really started talking, Mikhail felt that this girl was just like a chirping bird, saying whatever she thought. Compared with Mikhail's somewhat monotonous daily life, this girl's daily life was much richer.

For example, learning various languages, music and dance, learning etiquette and reading European classic literature, and then talking about the various things that happened and encountered in afternoon tea, salons and theaters.

It is worth mentioning that her French is even more fluent than her Russian. Fortunately, Mikhail’s level in this area is also acceptable, so there is no difficulty in communicating.

Although Mikhail has no intention of falling in love with the girl for the time being, it is quite interesting to listen to these things that he basically cannot access in his daily life. It will also help Mikhail to further understand this era and accumulate certain things for the future.

So, the man and the woman chattered about trivial matters for a long time. The girl probably didn't have many opportunities to talk about these things with others on weekdays. As she talked more and more happily, she suddenly realized and asked:
"Why don't you talk about yourself? I believe a lot of things must have happened to you." Poets and writers are often a group of people with extremely excessive self-awareness, and those noble young masters who come to pay their attention to the girl seem to be paying their attention to her, but in fact, their words and deeds are always about themselves. This is the first time she has met someone who doesn't like to talk about himself.

"I prefer to listen to what others are saying rather than talking about them." Mikhail smiled and replied after hearing the girl's question.

"Only I know my own affairs. If I tell others about many things that I consider very precious, especially to the wrong people, it will devalue those precious feelings. So why not keep my own affairs to myself?
And if everyone is talking about themselves, who will listen to others?"

"You make sense." The girl couldn't help but reply, "Can I ask you another question?"

"Ask ahead." Mikhail nodded, feeling that he had gotten into the state.

"You seemed to be looking over here the whole time. Is there something special here? It's so captivating that you're unwilling to talk to those distinguished gentlemen and ladies. Look, there are so many people surrounding them. Are you timid? I don't seem to see anything like that in you."

Mikhail: “.”

You observe very carefully, but you can't guess that I'm looking at these snacks?

It seems you don't know enough about the poor, ahem.
For the sake of his own dignity, Mikhail of course chose to skip this question and directly answered the girl's next words.

"Those gentlemen and ladies deserve respect from many, but what does that have to do with me? Borrowed honor is not honor at all."

Mikhail shook his head and said, "But I'm not very good at socializing. Maybe I'll talk to those gentlemen more next time I have the chance."

No, it seems you still can't. After observing Mikhail's expression for a while, before the girl could say anything else, the voice calling them to come over for dinner came, so the girl could only say:

"Hey, you see, we've talked about so much, but I forgot to tell you about your novel. I just saw it by chance. Although my family has always avoided letting me read Russian literary magazines, I still heard your name from many people.

I've read all your novels and they've deeply touched me. I hope I can talk to you about them again someday. I've been thinking about recommending them to people I know, and I think they'll be very touched too.

"No, please don't do that." Mikhail twitched his lips. "I still have a lot of shortcomings."

In short, I just beg for all kinds of things, hoping to go further (fly rubs hands)

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(End of this chapter)