Chapter 54 You Only Know the Surface

  When facing those who want to harm him or hurt the people around him, Chu Zifeng will not hesitate at all, killing those who should be killed and disabling those who should be disabled. But in a situation like this, Chu Zifeng naturally became that high school top scorer, behaving extremely politely, with the helpless expression on his face disappearing and replaced by a radiant smile, saying: "Auntie hello, my name is Chu Zifeng, I am Jing Xue's...I mean, Little Jing's friend."

  Chu Zifeng's adaptability was truly unexpected by Xiao Jing, who had thought that Chu Zifeng would ask a lot of questions when faced with this situation, but didn't expect that Chu Zifeng's acting skills were not inferior to his painting skills!

  Xiao Jing's heart calmed down, and today she had Chu Zi Feng come over just to make Shen Gongzi know his limits and back off. Since Chu Zi Feng was so cooperative, what did Xiao Jing have to worry about?

  Xu Feng's face turned increasingly ugly, and she fiercely said to Xiao Jing: "Xiao Jing, you're also too unruly. Letting Shen Gongzi wait for so long is one thing, but now you've even brought a shady character here. Are you really trying to infuriate me to death?"

  Xiao Jing said, "Mom, what are you talking about? Zi Feng is my friend, not some kind of bad person. Besides, I already told you that we went to the art exhibition together this morning and were in the area, so I invited him to come along."

  "You..."

  Xu Feng had not finished speaking, when Shen Gongzi said: "Auntie Xu, don't worry about it. Since he is a friend of Miss Xiao's, I also welcome him warmly. Miss Xiao, this gentleman, let's sit down and talk first."

  Young Master Shen looks very gentlemanly, which is also unexpected by Xiao Jing. However, Chu Zi Feng wouldn't care about how Young Master Shen behaves, since he's already here, he might as well help Xiao Jing finish this play, after all, she's his student!

  "Shen Gongzi, I'm really sorry, Xiao Jing is such an ignorant child, she's made a fool of herself in front of you!"

  "Auntie Xu said those words, our Shen family has been friends with your Xu family for many years, you don't have to be so polite."

  Shen Gongzi said this, anyone can hear that it's just a polite remark, indeed very polite, the kind of thing people say in social situations, especially those from wealthy families like them.

  "Since Mr. Shen doesn't mind, then you can sit down."

  Xu Feng was very unwilling to see Chu Zi Feng, this "neither fish nor fowl" person appear, she really feared that he would ruin the blind date. Although her Xu family had a good relationship with Shanghai's Shen family, it wasn't as close as Shen Gongzi claimed! Xu Feng arranged this blind date also thinking of forming an alliance with Shanghai's Shen family through marriage, not for money, since neither the Xu nor Xiao families lacked money. It was just that in Xu Feng's opinion, her daughter would have to marry a man who could help all members of their household, not just bring wealth.

  After Chu Zi Feng and Xiao Jing sat down, Shen Gongzi asked: "Miss Xiao, what would you like to eat?"

  Xiao Jingke wouldn't be stupid enough to order for herself, otherwise, bringing Chu Zifeng over today would be a waste!

  "Zi Feng, what would you like to eat? I'll have whatever you're having."

  Sweat!

  Chu Zi Feng is so sweaty, I said to Xiao Mei Mei, sorry to bother you, haven't learned acting before, but have watched plays, how can you be so direct? What you're doing is a bit too fake.

  To play his role well, Chu Zifeng coughed lightly and said, "You're a girl, eat less spicy food, it's better to have something light."

  After finishing speaking, Chu Zifeng casually ordered a few dishes and handed them over to the waiter.

  Xu Fengqiang suppressed his indignation and said: "Shen Gongzi, our Xiaojing is still studying at Yanjing University, but she will graduate this year."

  "Miss Xiao is now a big name, although still a student, but has been favored by the three most famous masters of our country's painting world. This point, I believe, can't be found in our younger generation."

  As for this matter, Xu Feng was also very happy, but unfortunately, Xiao Jing refused the three of them at that time, otherwise, his own daughter would have already been a master-level figure before she even graduated from school.

  "This girl is just too arrogant, at that time she actually refused the three of them, including Old Guo, and it ended up with rumors spreading outside. However, I heard that although Young Master Shen works at Qinglian Entertainment Company, he is also proficient in all aspects of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and is known as a genius in Shanghai. If Young Master Shen can make things work out with our family's Xiaojing, then it would be a great story."

  "Mom, don't talk nonsense, aren't you ashamed?"

  Shen Gongzi smiled and said, "Auntie Xu, I wouldn't dare compare myself to Miss Xiao. Those titles were just randomly given by people from Shanghai. What's this about being a genius or not? I don't dare claim that for myself."

  Xiao Jing laughed softly and said: "You're quite bold to call yourself a genius in front of a real one!"

  Shen Gongzi said, "Miss Xiao, actually I'm not what you think I am. All these years, I've been focusing on helping my family with business and haven't thought much about other things. But if Miss Xiao likes painting, we can still exchange ideas."

  "Communication? Shen Gongzi, since you knew the news from last time, you must have also seen my painting in the news. I'd like to ask, Shen Gongzi, do you think you can paint out the atmosphere in that painting of mine?"

  "Uh, this..."

  "Xiao Jing, how can you talk like that? Shen Gongzi is being polite. If we really compare, you're not even a match for Shen Gongzi."

  "Auntie Xu, you can't say that. I've indeed seen Miss Xiao's painting in the newspaper. If you want me to paint a picture with such a mood, I don't dare say it can be done in a short time. However, give me a year and I'm confident I won't have any problems."

  "One year? Shen Gongzi, didn't you know that I only studied with my master for a month at the time, and that Buddha statue was made in just three or four hours?"

  When Xiao Jing said this, Shen Gongzi's face turned very ugly!

  "Miss Xiao, you're not joking with me, are you? Studying for a month and practicing 3-4 hours can produce such astonishing works?"

  "What did I cheat you out of?"

  "Miss Xiao, can you introduce me to your master? I'd also like to learn from him."

  "No way, my master has a weird temper and might be chatting with some beauty right now!"

  Pfft...

  The Chu son was really unable to hold back, and a mouthful of tea was sprayed out!

  I'm telling you, Miss, isn't this me accompanying this beautiful woman just to deal with your mother?!

  "Hey, you little rascal, aren't you being too unruly? You're splashing tea everywhere, are you doing it on purpose?"

  "Auntie, I'm really sorry, it's just that I've had a bit of a cold these past few days, so..."

  "You..."

  "Auntie Xu, it's alright, let's just eat and chat."

  Eating and chatting is fine, but could you guys eat a bit faster and chat a bit faster? I still need to hurry back to sleep!

  Chu Zi Feng took a glance at Xiao Jing, and the meaning in his eyes was already very clear.

  Xiao Jing didn't want to stay here any longer and said, "Shen Gongzi, just now my mom said you're proficient in all of the arts, so I'd like to ask you a question?"

  "Miss Xiao, please ask, as long as it's within my ability, I will definitely answer."

  Xiao Jing thought to herself, in order not to waste time, one question would be enough to settle this Shen Gongzi, and the answer to this question, she didn't need to know, because by her side was a real genius.

  "I would like to ask Young Master Shen, what is music? What are chess pieces? What is a book? What is a painting?"

  "A question actually has four questions, which made Shen Gongzi stunned for a moment. He said: 'Qin is sound, chess is quiet, books are learning, and painting is work.' I don't know if my answer satisfies Miss Xiao?"

  The zither can produce sound, playing chess calms the mind, reading books increases knowledge, and painting relies on foundation. In fact, Shen Gongzi's answer is correct for others, and not many people will pursue the deeper meaning behind it.

  Ke Xiao Jing is just like picking bones from eggs, even if it's right, she has to say it's wrong.

  "That doesn't seem right."

  "What's wrong? Does Miss Xiao have a different opinion?"

  Xu Feng was completely unable to keep up with the conversation at this time. As for these things, she was completely clueless and couldn't even help Shen Gongzi out of the predicament!

  "Xiao Jing, stop while you're ahead, don't go too far." Xue Feng said softly for Shen Gongzi's sake, without explicitly stopping her daughter from looking for trouble.

  Xiao Jing said with disdain: "Actually, I'm not very clear about this issue either."

  Since even the person who came up with the problem wasn't clear about it, Xu Feng also felt at ease.

  Ke Xiao Jing turned to Chu Zi Feng beside her and said: "Zi Feng, what do you think?"

  At this time, Chu Zi Feng really wanted to light a cigarette, lift his legs up and learn from those rascals, but unfortunately these were things that Chu Zi Feng could not do.

  "Is it Lord Shen?"

  "Just call me Shen Lang."

  "I'd like to ask, what is contained in the sound emitted by the qin? When two people sit quietly opposite each other, what do they think about in their hearts? Is it more important to learn knowledge from books or to put it into practice? In a painting, is the direction of the brushstrokes more important or the meaning they convey?"

  Got it! Xiao Jing just wanted to hear Chu Zifeng's answer, but unexpectedly, Chu Zifeng gave Shen Gongzi four more questions!

  Shen Gongzi was speechless for a moment, his expression becoming extremely ugly. If he had to admit that he lost to Xiao Jing today, he wouldn't say another word. But Chu Zifeng's relationship with Xiao Jing was clearly not simple, and it seemed like Xiao Jing had brought him here to show off. If Shen Gongzi were to lose to him, where would his own face be?

  However, Shen Gongzi was unable to make sense of Chu Zifeng's four questions and could only suppress the anger in his heart, saying: "Please enlighten me?"

  "I dare not accept your compliment. The reason I say this is that you, Shen Gongzi, have only seen the surface of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but haven't grasped their true essence. To speak bluntly, although you claim to be proficient in all these arts, in fact, you only understand a little bit of their superficial aspects."

  Chu Zi Feng's words thoroughly enraged Xu Feng, who stood up and said: "You little brat, what do you think you are, daring to spout nonsense here? Get out!"

  "Mom, how can you treat my friend like this."

  "Xiao Jing, let me tell you, if you dare to mess with me today, don't come home afterwards."

  "Mom..."

  Shen Gongzi wouldn't be stupid, if Xiao Jing and her mother turned against him today, it would also be because of his own uselessness that caused it. In such a situation, Shen Gongzi naturally had to stop them, also to save face for himself.

  "Auntie Xu, don't get angry yet. I also want to hear this friend's views on music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Let me see if what I've learned all these years is just superficial."

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