Gu Pinting couldn’t hold back, despite knowing she might squeak like a mouse, and rushed over saying, "These two characters definitely weren’t written by that country bumpkin!"
The two plain words, Fu Ru, she had seen Xi Rubao write them personally.
How could the later two words, East Sea, come from the same hand?
Everyone was looking at her with strange expressions.
Mr. Gu frowned even more: "Pingting, I’m really disappointed in you. You keep mentioning country people, but your ancestors were country people for eight generations. I, as your grandfather, also used to plant rice in Qingcheng’s countryside. Who are you looking down on?"
Gu Pinting choked, cold sweat dripping: "Grandpa, that’s not what I meant, I..."
Zuzi smirked: "You just look down on our Bao Bao, who can write characters made by Cang Jie, seal scripts created by Fu Xi?"
Gu Pinting was bewildered. She was known as a top student among the elite in the capital, just like Nangong Meng, achieving perfect scores in all subjects. Yet, what was this ancient seal script that Zuzi just mentioned? She had never heard of it!
Luckily, Gu Shiyin quickly pulled her aside and explained in a low voice: "Among the ancient characters created by Cang Jie, most are symbols and totems, but some characters oddly resemble modern line drawings. Nobody knows why. These two characters, East Sea, are almost identical to those on the murals excavated from the Fu Xi Palace, even Master Chen Qiulan has been trying to imitate that style. Unexpectedly, Xi Rubao could write those two East Sea characters so similarly..."
Gu Pinting grew more confused as she listened.
She only knew regular script, cursive script, and running script, like the calligraphy she gave her grandfather. Isn’t that master’s cursive script high-class?!
Why is there yet another unknown ancient seal script!
Director Ma Xiaogang was quite fascinated by Xi Rubao’s calligraphy. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but glance at Gu Pinting: "Did you just say you wanted to audition for Nuwa? How can you act if you’re not even familiar with Fu Xi’s self-made script? Fu Xi created the ancient seal script to write love letters to Nuwa, without this historical knowledge, you can’t capture the essence of the female lead! Acting isn’t just about having a pretty face; you need culture and charisma!"
Cough cough, Xiao Ma, you’re overthinking it. Actually, it was just that Cang Jie’s characters were too ugly, and she couldn’t bear it, so she had her brother modify a few common ones. What’s this love letter nonsense? That’s non-existent.
Ma Xiaogang’s serious scolding resonated deeply with the elders present: "Exactly, there are too many plastic surgeries these days, a pretty face is easy to come by, but the knowledge in one’s head can’t be accumulated overnight..."
Gu Pinting: "...!" She was so embarrassed she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
The persona of the beautiful top student collapsed right then and there.
No one cared how uncomfortable she felt at the moment, everyone surrounded Xi Rubao, hoping he could also write the second half, "Longevity as Nanshan," to pair them up.
Xi Rubao put down the brush, giggling: "My high school class was called East Sea Class, so I love writing the two words East Sea. Those scholars in the Nanshan Class next door are too pretentious. I don’t like writing Nanshan!" Get full chapters from novel※fire.net
He winked at Zuzi: Sis, you only taught me the two words East Sea last night, I haven’t learned the rest, wah wah wah.
Everyone: "..." Such an odd reason.
Gu Shiyin saw the exchange of glances between Zuzi and Xi Rubao, being as perceptive as she was, she instantly guessed a bit, and gently teased, "Bao Bao, do you not like writing it, or... can’t you write it?"
Xi Rubao puffed his cheeks: "..." This person is so annoying, always hitting the mark!
Zuzi smirked, speaking in a leisurely, half-joking tone—