Chapter 15 Freedom
"They're all the same, equally ridiculous, why bother to compare who wins and who loses?"
Isn’t this how it is described in the original book?
Shen Wei is written as stupid and vulgar. Once he travels to ancient times, he seems to have lost his mind and knows nothing. This makes Qin Shuyu stand out as being so well-behaved, considerate to men, and a lady from a noble family.
This shouldn't be happening. This shouldn't be something worth publicizing.
Why do women have to compete for men?
Why can't we work together and make a difference?
Even if, just a little.
Qin Shuyu slowly frowned, his eyes revealing impatience: "I don't understand what you are talking about, Shen Wei, I advise you not to tarnish the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion anymore, there are some things you shouldn't even think about fighting for!"
"Fight?"
Shen Wei raised his eyebrows in amusement.
That high-spirited face, with a cold and disgusted expression, struck Qin Shuyu's heart: "I framed Xie Yuchuan for killing my child just to compete with you?"
"Why should I fight for a man?"
"Miss Qin."
"Have you ever seen the eternal snow on the Western Hills reflected in the window? Have you ever seen the sea as calm as a mirror? Have you ever seen a waterfall that looks like the Milky Way falling from the sky?"
With every question Shen Wei asked, Qin Shuyu's expression would freeze a little.
Flying snow.
The sea.
waterfall.
High mountains.
river.
Qin Shuyu had never seen it before.
When Shen Wei said these words, his eyes were bright and shining, which was completely different from the previous gloomy and powerless look.
That was an emotion that Qin Shuyu would never understand.
She was asking her: "Have you seen the sunrise over the mountains, have you seen the mountains and rivers flourish, the country be peaceful and the people be safe, have you seen equality between men and women, monogamy, and have all the women in the country be able to join the army, do business, be in politics, and study?"
"Have you ever seen parents love their daughter to the core, giving everything they have just to make their daughter happy and worry-free, allowing their daughter to not meet a good man, not get married, and not have children?"
"You don't, and no one here has either."
"But I do."
"That is my pride. It is so good, it should be my pride. Do you know where it is? That is my home, the home I long to return to!"
Shen Wei said this at the end, pressing his chest with a sour feeling.
She could feel her heart beating.
That is desire.
is the goal,
It's a dream.
She can do anything to achieve this result.
She looked at Qin Shuyu standing there in a daze. His face, which was always dignified and calm, and which he could remain unhurried no matter what happened, now had a crack, as if something had broken out of the ground.
Gender equality?
Monogamous?
Can all women join the military, do business, engage in politics, and study?
The mountains and rivers are flourishing........
How could there be such a place in the world? It sounded so absurd and ridiculous, but so...why did her heart beat uncontrollably?
At the moment when Qin Shuyu looked up in a trance.
Shen Wei glanced at her sideways and said to her the answer that Qin Shuyu had been unable to figure out during this period of time: "Do you know why Xie Yuchuan fell in love with me at first sight and couldn't choose between me and me?"
"It's not because I, Shen Wei, am so special."
"Every woman in my hometown is as special and unique as I am."
"Why is it special? Because here, here, here."
Shen Wei pointed to her head, eyes, and legs and told Qin Shuyu that it was because she had seen so many beautiful things. When she was in college, her parents took her across thousands of miles of China and let her read thousands of books.
Because of these perceptions,
She has her own thoughts and doesn't want to live her life in a submissive manner.
Because of these perceptions,
That's why Xie Yuchuan fell in love with her and made exceptions for her in every way.
If Qin Shuyu had her experience and Aunt Zhao had walked her path, Xie Yuchuan would also fall in love at first sight. But if they became her, they would no longer give up their freedom for Xie Yuchuan.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
Aunt Zhao, who was standing outside the door, had her pupils widened, as if she had heard the most incredible thing in her life.
She clutched the maid tightly with both hands, her breathing became rapid, and goose bumps appeared all over her body.
"I've never heard of such a place in the world." Qin Shuyu pursed her lips and stared at Shen Wei with suspicion yet emotion.
Shen Wei said: "The world is so big, where else have you been except this house?"
"You don't believe it, you doubt it, because you have never seen it. If you have seen it, you will know that I really don't want to compete with you for a man, nor do I want to sit on the position of the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion."
"I really just want to go home."
"Everything I do these days is just to be closer to home, even a little bit."
Qin Shuyu was speechless.
Yes.
Apart from this square house, where else has she been?
She denied the prosperous world described by Shen Wei, simply because she would never be able to experience it, so she dared not imagine it, nor could she convince herself that there was a place where women could be so free.
And her previous contempt and ridicule for Shen Wei, all that contempt and sense of superiority, was a joke!
Monogamy..........
If there really is such a rule, she and Xie Yuchuan have been childhood sweethearts, so they must be monogamous, right?
No wonder Shen Wei came here and shouted something like "A couple for life".
It's not Shen Wei's fantasy or dream.
Instead,
This is the most normal thing in Shen Wei's hometown.
Shen Wei has always been unwilling to stay in the mansion to embroider and play the piano, unwilling to learn the rules of serving a man, and even more unwilling to recite the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. She disregards her reputation, the ridicule, and her face and goes into business herself.
It's not because she is willing to lower herself.
Rather, this is normal.
"I understand..." Qin Shuyu stood up and looked at Shen Wei with complicated and horrified eyes.
At this moment, when Shen Wei looked at her with calm and sincere eyes, Qin Shuyu let go of all the prejudices and dissatisfaction she had towards Shen Wei and was unwilling to care about them anymore.
Qin Shuyu suddenly understood why Xie Yuchuan chose Shen Wei instead of her.
She had already reached the door of the room.
But finally.
Qin Shuyu still paused and turned to look at Shen Wei: "Although I still don't believe there is such a place in the world, it is too far away from me and not real."
"But I wish I had."
"This way, Yun'er won't be slandered for committing suicide because of falling into the water."
"Where you are...a woman who fell into the water and was seen naked by a man, would she end up like Yun'er?"
The two were four or five meters apart.
Shen Wei raised his eyes.
His eyes were as bright as stars, and he gave her a friendly smile for the first time: "No."
"There, women can show their arms and ankles and walk openly on the street. They can choose their own husbands and divorce or remarry at any time. That is their freedom."
free........
very nice.