26. The Calculation of the Heart
Since descending the mountain, Gao Ran has been away from the academy for almost ten days.
Now, she had got the spice she wanted, the curry, and at least, she wouldn't have to eat it for a while!
Thinking about it, now, she also won the "Poetry Kui" with Zen as she wished and got the bonus;
Thinking about it, now, she not only unexpectedly got acquainted with the legendary "Heavenly Pavilion Master" - Qiu Yueze, but also negotiated two business deals with him......
Seeing that she had gone down the mountain this time, she had not only reaped the benefits she could reap this time, but she had almost reaped all the benefits! Moreover, she had laid a very good foundation for her future development -- not only did she have useful contacts like Qiu Yueze, but she also laid a very promising economic foundation for herself.
You must know that if you want to make your material life better and better, the most inseparable thing in human society is useful contacts, as well as a relatively stable and promising economic foundation!
And these two things, Gao Ran now has them all!
"Well, I think it's almost time to go back to the academy!"
It was only then that Gao Ran remembered that he seemed to have been down the mountain for a long time......
Thinking about it, it's been more than ten days, and it's almost time for Zhao Yi's old man to come back, right?!
Thinking about it, in addition to medical skills, she also has to grind him and let him teach her light skills!
Thinking like this, Gao Ran felt that she really should go back!
However, when she thought of going back to the academy, she couldn't help but think of the main reason why she secretly went down the mountain this time......
In order to avoid a lot of dreams at night, Gao Ran had an idea, and she thought that maybe it could really make her go once and for all, and she didn't have to worry about being entangled by Yun Zhen in the future - using Qiu Yueze!
She began to think that she must get a personal token from Qiu Yueze from him before she went back.
She knows that the men of this world will never give others their own personal tokens!
Because, if the men here will give others their own personal tokens, there will only be two situations:
One is to prove that the other party is a person with whom he has a close relationship;
The other is to prove that the other party is the one with whom he is engaged - if the man is unmarried, the woman who has his personal token must be his fiancée, and if the man is married, the woman must be his wife.
Because of the existence of the second case, men here generally do not lightly give their personal tokens to women, no matter how close their relationship is......
Therefore, for a long time, if it is to prove the close relationship between each other, the man will generally only give it to the man.
However, this time, Gao Ran just valued the rather sensitive "second situation", and it was precisely in order to provoke a bunch of gossip and gossip for herself that she came up with the idea of Qiu Yueze's personal token.
She knew that if she wanted to drive away Yun Zhen's "fly", she had to make him jealous of the "man" behind her...... Looking at the world, I'm afraid only Qiu Yueze can do this!
What's more, he is indeed unmarried!
Not only is he unmarried, he doesn't even have a marriage contract!
Moreover, with the wealth and power he now has, his marriage can be completely decided by himself! Whether he marries or not is up to him!
That's how free he is......
To be honest, whenever Gao Ran thought of the freedom he had now, she really envied him in her heart!
For this reason, she resented in her heart, "Why can't I marry independently?!"
Although she was very indignant about this, she still understood......
Why?
Not why!
If you want to blame, you can only blame her for coming to the wrong world......
In this world where there are more men and fewer women, as an already scarce "woman", she is destined to have some "fates" that she cannot get rid of......
Even if one day in the future, she can really have the same wealth and power as Qiu Yueze, she still can't get rid of the fate of "marrying a husband"!
It is absolutely impossible for her to be like Qiu Yueze, who can decide whether she wants to get married or not, and the reason is simply because, like other women in this world, she is a scarce "fertility tool" for human beings in this world!
Gao Ran is not complaining about the fact that she is a woman.
On the contrary, she likes to be a woman!
She doesn't have any barriers to her gender identity!
She just has a grudge in her heart, but she has nowhere to vent!
She can understand that many of the social rules that have been clearly laid down here are just to make the entire human group better survive!
She understands that every life in this world, like her original world, is abiding by the natural law of "survival of the fittest" - but the human beings here abide by the "natural law" of this world......
Because she understands, because she understands, she just wants to blame, and there is no one to blame!
No one can blame her!
If she wants to blame, she can only blame herself for coming to the wrong world......
Or, blame herself for not bringing the values of her previous life that are more in line with her original world to the current world that is completely different from her previous life......
She admitted that a large part of the reason why she was jealous of Qiu Yueze was influenced by her original values......
Her inherent concept of "marital autonomy and monogamy" makes it impossible for her not to be jealous of a person like Qiu Yueze who has strong financial resources and power, just because he is a "man", he is "natural" given the "luck" that he can marry independently by this society!
Although, he can have such "luck", it does have a lot to do with the strong financial resources and power he has now......
But, more importantly, it is because he is not a "scarce" existence in the human society of this world!
On the contrary, the absence of a formidable "competitor" like him would allow men who were inferior to him in every way to have a chance of having their own offspring because of his withdrawal......
And, for these various stakes in the open and the covert...... Gao Ran naturally knew it in his heart......
Therefore, even if she was jealous, even if she wanted to complain, she was not blinded by these negative feelings of her own, and she lost her more rational judgment lightly - she knew very well that since she had no choice but to come to this world, she must put herself in a correct "position" and must have enough self-knowledge!
She can see and clearly see that Qiu Yueze's "freedom" that can be married independently now makes her jealous of him, but it also happens to give her the most suitable "help" that may really help her!
She thought about it, it was precisely because Qiu Yueze was able to marry independently, so she didn't have to worry about it at all, the gossip she would provoke to him in the future that damaged his reputation might ruin his beautiful marriage - not to mention, he was not the kind of mediocre person who would care about the world's eyes at all, and even if he cared, wouldn't he have no marriage partner now?!
"Big deal, when he gets engaged to someone in the future, I will personally explain it to his fiancée, and then promise not to use him again!"
Although Gao Ran comforted her conscience like this, she didn't feel the slightest guilt in her heart, and her idea of using Qiu Yueze not only did not waver in the slightest, but became more determined!
She had really made up her mind - she was going to make the most of her "partner"!
The reason she gave herself was very simple and straightforward - "Looking at the world, there is no one in the world who is more suitable than Qiu Yueze!"
In Gao Ran's view, this is a typical "power to suppress power"!
And the most suitable person who can meet the needs of her plan, except for Qiu Yueze, there is no other choice!
If she doesn't use Qiu Yueze, who else can she use?!
Even if Yun Zhen really becomes the crown prince in the future, I am afraid that when the time comes, he will have to be afraid of Qiu Yueze's power, and he will not dare to really openly choose her as the crown princess so blatantly.
Don't think that she doesn't know why the candidates for the "crown princess" have to be selected among those who meet the status and are still underage......
Isn't it just that I want to take advantage of the fact that the other party is still perfect, so I will set the family affairs early, and then tell the world - "She is my woman, a woman who belongs to me alone!"
Let the whole world dare not covet the future "crown princess"!
Moreover, the "crown princess" herself naturally did not dare to mess around casually -- because, from the moment she was designated as the "crown princess," she was already a member of the royal family! If she really did anything to damage the royal reputation, then her entire family would be implicated because of her!
Therefore, once she is elected as the "crown princess", all that woman can do is to quietly wait for herself to become an adult, and then choose a recent auspicious day of the zodiac and marry into the palace in style......
Then she would have to spend the rest of her life in the palace - and, after the crown prince ascended the throne, she would have to share a husband with two other women......
"Bah, you want to be beautiful!"
Whenever he thought of Yun Zhen's entanglement with him, Gao Ran couldn't help but spit on him fiercely in his heart.
"Hmph, as long as I can convince Qiu Yueze to cooperate with me in the future, as long as I am more clever in the future, I am always on guard against the tricks you may make...... When I am an adult and marrying a husband...... At that time, I will be able to truly and completely get rid of your shadow! Hmph! I don't believe that you will be a dignified prince and a future emperor, and you will still be rare for a woman who is no longer perfect?!"
Regarding the rumors that "Yun Zhen may become the prince in the future", Gao Ran has always adhered to the view that he would rather believe it than believe it!
After all, it was a "one-in-five" chance that it would ruin her life's happiness and cut off her life's freedom!
Can she not be on guard?!
Therefore, when Gao Ran came to this world and had a preliminary understanding of this world, when she began to plan the future she wanted, she set the assumption that "Yun Zhen will become the prince" as valid!
It is precisely because she has set such a "hypothetical premise" for herself, so she has to plan carefully, what to do to completely cut off all the possibilities between her and Yun Zhen?!
Anyway, she would never believe that any of the people of the royal family would be truly above board?!
No matter how "open" he is on the surface, behind the scenes, there will definitely be some unsightly dark side - otherwise, how can he survive well in that palace?!
Therefore, even if Gao Ran's plan can really go smoothly, even if Yun Zhen does not dare to continue to entangle her because of Qiu Yueze's power......
But, who knows if he will secretly use some shady tricks?!
It's better to believe what you have than not to believe what you don't have!
With such a mentality, while Gao Ran started to fight Qiu Yueze's idea, she also secretly kept an eye on herself-after the war, she not only had to guard against Yun Zhen on the bright side, but she also had to be careful against Yun Zhen's secret moves!
"Oh!
Before he really started to implement his plan, he just thought about it a little in his head, and Gao Ran was already starting to feel a little headache.
She couldn't help but sigh, "It's really not easy to live!"
And in what she said, there was a subtext that she didn't say -- "It's not easy to live! And it's even more difficult to live according to your own heart! But it's worth it!"