"What nonsense!"
"Are you upset and muddle-headed?"
Chen Qingzhu gave her husband a speechless glare, then pointed at the TV screen: "Keep listening, let’s see what Qiushan says."
"Utter nonsense!"
"Talking gibberish!"
Lin Moxuan used his baseball bat as a cane, glaring at the TV screen. By now, Shen Qiushan’s interview was nearing its end. With a confident expression, he spoke to the camera: The old steed in the stable still aims for a thousand miles; the hero, in his twilight years, still retains his bold spirit!
Prime Minister Cao was 53 years old when he wrote "The Tortoise’s Longevity," and he still had such ambitions.
And I’m only 38!
Is it too much to ask to get into Sanjiang University?
The interview with Shen Qiushan ended there, followed by Zhou Ruolin’s concluding remarks.
Lin Moxuan angrily said, "Quoting Cao Cao’s poetry, who does he think he is to compare himself to Cao Cao!"
"You shouldn’t always view Qiushan through tinted glasses; I think this part of his speech was pretty good and right on point."
After all these years, Chen Qingzhu’s opinion of her son-in-law, Shen Qiushan, has changed somewhat.
Firstly, he raised two kids well. Although their academic performance is average, both kids have a good sense of values, are optimistic, cheerful, and quite sensible.
Secondly, Shen Qiushan hasn’t remarried all these years, which, for a man, is quite an achievement.
Some men who lost their wives remarried within months.
As the saying goes, with a stepmother comes a stepfather.
By not remarrying, Shen Qiushan has, to a great extent, protected the two kids.
Whether there’s a woman outside is actually not important by comparison.
A young man who became a widower at 20; expecting him to remain celibate is a bit too harsh.
Another thing is that Shen Qiushan hasn’t cut off the children’s contact with their family, nor did he instill any negative ideas about their maternal grandparents when they were young.
On the whole, this son-in-law is quite decent and responsible.
It’s just that he hasn’t made any significant achievements in all these years.
But isn’t that how most ordinary people are?
Living a mundane and ordinary life.
After all, only a very few truly stand out.
"Who can’t brag!"
"And he’s good at that; otherwise, how did he manage to win over Chuxue!"
"And, it’s one thing to talk about going to college, but Sanjiang University?"
"Where does he get his confidence?"
"Isn’t this just asking for criticism!"
"I wouldn’t be surprised if Momo ends up getting implicated because of all this talk."
"Wang Guangqing is such a cunning old fox; he managed to push Momo to the forefront of this!"
"Really think I’m about to retire and can’t deal with him anymore, huh!"
"Call Momo and tell her to come back quickly!"
Lin Moxuan fired off a rapid string of complaints, but Chen Qingzhu remained unfazed: "If you want to call, do it yourself, there’s just one more dish to prepare before dinner."
With that, Chen Qingzhu went to the kitchen to continue her work.
As expected.
After the segment from "News Front" aired, it immediately sparked a heated discussion.
The Sanjiang Life Channel is a local station, with coverage only extending to Sanjiang City and some surrounding districts and counties.
However, the "News Front" Kuaishou account is aimed at a national audience. After the program aired, the interview was made into several short videos and uploaded to the Kuaishou account.
"News Front," as a local news program, has only about 210,000 followers, so its influence isn’t very large.
But the content of these videos was quite explosive, and with Lin Xiamo, an exceptionally beautiful principal featured, the video’s popularity began to soar.
Videos of Shen Qiushan and Lin Xiamo being interviewed quickly surpassed 500,000 views.
Don’t underestimate the 500,000 views; this is already the level of a moderately popular video.
The "News Front" Kuaishou account posts many news clips each day; those with low view counts are only in the thousands, and anything over 100,000 is considered good.
However, videos featuring Shen Qiushan and Lin Xiamo rapidly exceeding 500,000 views indicate that the video has surpassed the initial traffic pool and been pushed into a larger audience pool.
If the video’s data performs well, its exposure will continue to increase, reaching more people.
By now, there are over 4,000 comments under the video, with more than half mocking and ridiculing Shen Qiushan, and a fair share marveling at Lin Xiamo’s divine face!
"38 and going to college? What a joke!"
"Sanjiang University? Have they eaten garlic, what arrogance!"
"@SanjiangUniversity someone is looking down on you!"
"You guys really can’t see the finer details, focusing on that Old Deng despite Principal Lin being present!"
"Exactly, exactly, Principal Lin is Reasonable Yan! Everything Principal Lin says is right!!"
"Old Deng, if you manage to get into Sanjiang University, I’ll do a headstand and eat shit!"
"What would a headstand and eating shit prove? If Old Deng really gets into Sanjiang University, I’ll eat shit every day for a year!"
"I want to see you both eat shit, so I’m backing Old Shen! @SanjiangUniversity, please, give him a special admission!"
"For those who don’t know, Sanjiang University has long been ranked in the top ten nationwide, even top five! Sometimes it even reaches third place!"
"..."
As the video’s popularity continues to rise, numerous news media outlets have begun to relay the story, allowing even more netizens to see the news.