Everyone in the dormitory was startled by her, Wen Jianning's hand shook, and the pen drew a long ink mark on the manuscript paper.

She said angrily: "Zhong Hui, don't shout if you're fine." ”

The others were also frightened, but they still smiled: "In the past, there were amazing cases, and now we have Zhong Hui to shoot and scold." Tell us what kind of article is it that makes you angry like this. ”

Zhong Hui handed the "Today's Review" in his hand to them and circulated: "I can't say it, you can see it for yourself!"

The last newspaper reached Wen Jianning's hand, she took it and glanced at it a few times, and soon understood the reason why Zhong Hui was angry. It turned out that this Professor Tang was a professor in the Department of History and Social Sciences next door, specializing in population.

In this article, he claimed that after a lot of research and comparison, he came to a conclusion that for the sake of the demographic literacy of the next generation, women should return to the family more often and consider going out to study and work after the age of 40.

This Professor Tang may have his own scientific basis in it, and he said it as tactfully as possible, but this does not hide the bias of his conclusions, and it is no wonder that everyone is so angry.

She was still looking down, and the rest of the dorm room was already discussing.

By the time Wen Jianning finished reading, everyone had already rolled up their sleeves and was ready to go out to find the professor's theory.

She hurriedly stopped everyone: "Let's go to Professor Tang to debate in private, let's not talk about whether we can win the debate for the time being, everyone went like this, it is really ungraceful, and some people should say that we are messing around." In my opinion, since this Professor Tang can talk eloquently in the newspaper, we can also write an article to counter him. ”

When everyone heard this, they also thought it was more appropriate.

Everyone briefly discussed for a while, and sat down at their desks to write.

Perhaps because of the excitement of the crowd, everyone wrote quickly this time, almost in one go. After writing, everyone simply commented on their articles, followed by the next poster, and the whole process took less than three hours to complete.

While they were still sticking to the wall, a few female students who were passing by stopped to look. After they finished posting, they stood in the distance and waited for a while, only to see that there were more and more people in front of the poster, and some people were discussing with the people around them while watching.

Wen Jianning had a hunch that maybe this time was the opportunity for "Wildfire" to spread.

Just as she had expected, the wildfire was blown by the spring breeze and ignited.

As time passed, Professor Tang's article in Today's Review finally spread and caused an uproar among the female students at the United Nations University. Since the May Fourth Movement, women have also been racing to embark on the road of individual liberation, and in various fields, they have finally gotten rid of the shackles of the traditional three obedience and four virtues.

All the posters were gearing up and preparing to do a big job, but Wen Jianning's wildfire happened to seize the opportunity, and the article was written extremely sharply, which was widely circulated among the classmates for a while. Over the past few days, "Wildfire" has actually amassed some loyal readers, but it is the first time that it has such a big impact.

Everyone in the dormitory was inspired and ready to take the opportunity to do a great job. Wen Jianning was also about to make persistent efforts, when suddenly a classmate came to tell them that Professor Wen was looking for her to go with Zhong Hui.

Professor Wen is their teacher, who taught them Mandarin in the first grade, and now teaches them various styles of literature in the second grade. In the past two years, whether in study or writing, they have given Wen Jianning and them a lot of help.

When the two arrived at the office, Mr. Wen invited them to sit down and asked, "I heard from Professor Li from the Discipline Office that the poster called 'Wildfire' was run by the two of you." Who among you is the main writer?"

Zhong Hui grabbed the white and said, "It's me." ”

Wen Jianning glared at her: "We are all the main writers. ”

Mr. Wen saw that the two of them were thinking differently, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, it's a good thing that you are assertive and willing to think, our school has never had a teacher who doesn't let students speak out, and I have no friendship with Professor Tang, so I can't be embarrassed for him as my own student." I'm just calling you here to ask, I'm going to put this article on your poster in Today's Review, I wonder if you'd like to?"

The two looked at each other and said in surprise: "Of course I do." ”

Although Today's Review is open to the public, it usually consists of only the great works of professors. Very few articles written by students can be published, not to mention that Mr. Wen, as the editor-in-chief, personally asked.

Three days later, the article written by Wen Jianning was indeed printed in lead.

However, they did not dare to relax, thinking that this was a big victory, because Professor Tang posted another article explaining their doubts. They also continued to work hard to gather information and write articles to refute Professor Tang's views. After a few back-and-forth pen battles, in a new article published in the Today's Review, Professor Tang finally suggested that the two sides might as well have a free debate in the university, where everyone could express their opinions.

As soon as the news came out, the students rushed to tell each other.

Only Wen Jianning and Zhong Hui could hardly be happy.

In that article, Professor Tang specifically named the two of them, and praised them for their sharp words and good writing, hoping to explain their views to them in person. In other words, he gave them a war letter.

This is not the first time that a professor has had a public debate with students, but in the past few times, most of the students took the initiative to ask for help, and even if they lost the debate, not only would they not say anything, but they would praise their courage. But their situation is different this time, the two of them are going to represent other classmates on stage, once they lose, they will only be disgraced, and maybe they will be complained.

And judging from the back-and-forth debates in the newspapers, no matter whether some of Professor Tang's own views are tenable or not, he is an extremely difficult opponent with strict logic and clear organization. When the poster was published, everyone helped to make suggestions and fill in the gaps, but with a professor who was good at debating in public, the two of them still had some lack of confidence.

But no matter how unconfident they are, they have to fight.

Wen Jianning even took up the pen and wrote a letter of return to the war that was neither humble nor arrogant.

The public debate is scheduled for a week later, when Professor Tang will personally respond to the students' doubts.

After hearing the news, many enthusiastic female students came from other dormitories, some to hand over materials, some to teach debating skills, and some to help provide ideas, no matter what they came for, in short, the dormitory was always crowded.

When Wen Jianning was preparing anxiously, Ruan Wenyun came to tell her that Feng Yi was looking for her.

She had no choice but to put down her books and go out to meet people, because of the debate, she had asked for leave from the Lu family in advance, and Feng Yi should not be unaware. There must be something important when I came to her at this juncture.

The place where Feng Yi asked her to meet was still by the Green Lake, it was nearly May, and the two sides of the river were already shady with willows. Wen Jianning walked all the way out of the school, and there was a lot of green everywhere. At first, she was still in a hurry, thinking in her heart which book she would turn to when she went back, but when she walked by the lake, she unconsciously relaxed a lot.

When she walked to the Huxin Pavilion where she had agreed to meet, she saw Feng Yi standing on the railing and feeding the fish. Many koi fish were released in the lake, and the koi were not very tasty, so they escaped the poisonous hands of the anglers on the lake and thrived in the lake.

Seeing her coming, he beckoned to her, and generously divided half of the fish food.

Wen Jianning followed his example and threw a large amount of fish food into the water, attracting the fish in the water to devour each other. The two of them threw away all the fish food in their hands, and then sat down in the pavilion to chat.

Feng Yi pushed over a few books, and Wen Jianning saw that they were several books in foreign languages on women's rights, both in English and French. These days, she has also made up some knowledge about the modern women's movement, knowing that the West is far ahead of the Chinese people in these aspects, and the relevant writings and materials are also richer, and these books sent by Feng Yi happen to be something she has never seen.

She was about to say thanks, but Feng Yi asked, "How many days have you not slept well?"

These days, she has been looking through books and looking for information all day long, and now she has a faint blue, and her whole face is very haggard.

Hearing him say this, Wen Jianning touched his cheek, a little embarrassed. She originally wanted to explain a few words, but when the words came to her lips, she still lowered her head: "Actually...... I'm not a good person to debate, and we're likely to lose. ”

She was halfway through her sentence, but she refused to say anything more.

Despite her efforts to make her tone look less dejected, she felt that she was too useless when she spoke.

Feng Yi smiled: "Then I haven't seen a female classmate who is better at debating than you." ”

Wen Jianning was puzzled at first, but quickly realized that he was laughing at her quarrel with the aunt of the Lu family. She couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to pretend to be angry and said: "Don't think that if I treat you as a good friend, you can make fun of me, this time it's not a quarrel, it's different." ”

Feng Yi asked her very seriously, "What's the difference?"

Of course, there are many differences, her opponent is stronger, and she has to maintain her demeanor in public......

None of this mattered, and the most important thing was that she didn't dare to lose this time. At the beginning, she and Mrs. Lu did it against each other because she had nothing to ask for from the Lu family, and even if she let it go, the consequence would only be to leave on the spot. But this time, she and Zhong Hui had heavy expectations on their shoulders, and they didn't want to lose the disappointed eyes that came back to them.

Feng Yi asked again: "If Professor Tang wins, will it prove that his point of view is correct?"

Wen Jianning flatly denied: "Of course not." ”

"If someone else is on the field, will you definitely be able to defeat Professor Tang?"

Wen Jianning was a little uncertain and said, "Not necessarily, but the chances of winning may be greater than ours." ”

If it weren't for Professor Tang's name calling her and Zhong Hui, there would have been many other students who were more adept at debating who would have been willing to take the stage.

"If you're not sure, why did you fight in the first place?"

"Because that's too embarrassing......" she blurted out without thinking, before bowing her head after a moment in admitted, "no, it's because we wanted to win so much." ”

Feng Yi asked again: "Then, why do you want to win so much?"

Seeing him chasing after him like this, looking like he wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end, Wen Jianning's heart was even more irritable, she didn't know what to think, she suddenly stood up, and said angrily: "If you have something to say, you don't have to beat around the bush like this! There is nothing to ask about! I still have a lot of books to read there, and the outline for the debate has not been written, and I haven't even slept in the past few days! You said you wanted to see me, and I still put everything down when you had something important, but you ...... it."

But here he was asking these inconsequential things, even if he knew that he was trying to enlighten her......

Wen Jianning thought of this, and then his reason gradually returned, and he subconsciously stopped more and more hurtful words later.

The pavilion finally fell silent again.

Wen Jianning stood stiffly in place, not daring to look at Feng Yi's reaction, nor daring to speak again, so he could only force himself to turn his gaze to the water outside the railing. In the afternoon sun, the entire green lake is in a quiet atmosphere. The breeze blows, the weeping willows blow the water, and the surface of the lake wrinkles slightly. There are not many tourists who come to the Lake Center Pavilion, and no one comes to disturb them.

She pricked up her ears and waited for a while without waiting for Feng Yi to speak or leave, so she couldn't help but sneak a glance at Feng Yi's face. He didn't seem to be angry, still looking deeply at her with that peaceful gaze.

Wen Jianning's words that were originally stuck in his throat suddenly came into play, and he said in one breath: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you for these useless things." Although I don't have a good personality, I don't usually do this. The next time I'm in a bad mood, just ignore me, I'll think about it slowly. You—Don't be mad at me......"

(End of chapter)