[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-17":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Path to Success",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2145447,3567,"Chapter 17","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-17",17,"\u003Cp>Su Xinghui had to say, \"Maybe. This time I started working in the mountains. Maybe the scenery there is different from here, which broadened my horizons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin nodded and looked at the line of words for a while, \"You write a piece of calligraphy for me with a brush. I’ll find some inspiration. Your words are also very enlightening to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui was shocked, \"Teacher, how dare I write for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin frowned, \"What’s there to dare? There is no order in learning, and the capable are teachers. Your calligraphy is good because it is good. In my opinion, if you practice for a few more years, you will become a master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin’s evaluation was already extremely high. Seeing Professor Qin’s insistence, Su Xinghui could only follow Professor Qin to his study in fear. Professor Qin took out a piece of rice paper and spread it on the large desk where he usually wrote and painted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Professor Qin was going to grind ink, Su Xinghui quickly took the ink box from Professor Qin’s hand, took out the ink, and ground it on Professor Qin’s inkstone. After grinding it well, he put the ink back into the ink box, picked up Professor Qin’s large purple-hair brush, and began to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for a long time, Su Xinghui dipped the brush in thick ink and wrote the eight large regular script characters \"High mountains are to be looked up to, and great deeds are to be followed\" on the rice paper. He wrote these eight characters in one go. After writing, he looked at them for a while and nodded with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, he wrote a few lines of small characters on the side with small regular script, \"Written as a gift to my mentor Professor Qin Jie, student Su Xinghui respectfully writes, on the day of Renzi in the month of Dingwei in the year of Renshen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing writing, Su Xinghui washed the brush and hung it up, then respectfully handed the calligraphy with the dry ink to Professor Qin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin had been looking at the calligraphy carefully and was a bit fascinated. Su Xinghui handed the calligraphy to him, and he took it and said, \"Xinghui, I am ashamed to accept these words!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"Teacher, if you can't accept these words, then few people can.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin looked at the calligraphy again, nodded after a long time, \"Your calligraphy has indeed made great progress. These words have the strength of Yan and the bones of Liu, enough for me to ponder for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said he was ashamed. Professor Qin said again, \"You don't have a good seal yet, right? I have some good stones here. I will give you one today. You can carve a seal yourself. In the future, when you become a calligrapher, others will ask you for calligraphy, and you can't not stamp it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Professor Qin casually took out a stone from a cabinet. Su Xinghui was shocked when he saw it. This stone was irregular and long, two inches square in cross-section, about three inches high, golden in color, and transparent throughout, just like a piece of solidified honey, looking extremely moist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Su Xinghui wasn't mistaken, this should be a Tianhuang frozen stone from Shoushan stone, and it should be a top-grade Tianhuang frozen stone. Twenty years later, such a top-grade Tianhuang frozen stone could sell for 100,000 to 200,000 yuan per gram. How much would such a large piece sell for twenty years later?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui asked, \"Is this Tianhuang frozen stone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin looked at the stone indifferently and said, \"It should be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui quickly shook his head, \"Then this is too precious, I can't accept it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin glared, \"You were quite free and easy before, why are you like this this time? No matter how precious it is, it’s just carved into a seal. What can’t you accept? I have plenty of such stones in my cabinet.\" ===== CHAPTER 32 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui couldn't help but sweat. How could this Shoushan stone, which others regarded as a treasure, be like Chinese cabbage here at Professor Qin’s?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was also easy to understand. Professor Qin was a master of Sinology and had deep attainments in calligraphy, seal cutting, and Chinese painting, and he was also very good at collecting. It was normal for him to collect these stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Professor Qin’s sincerity, Su Xinghui had to accept the Tianhuang frozen stone and put it into his backpack carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin nodded happily. Seeing that it was getting late, Su Xinghui said goodbye to Professor Qin. Professor Qin said, \"Stay for lunch here. Your aunt is cooking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"No, I have an appointment with Lu Xiaoya at noon to eat at her house. Her mother is the manager of the handicraft store and can help us sell bamboo handicrafts in the township.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Qin nodded, \"Okay, then go do your business, and come again when you have time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui agreed, greeted his aunt, and left the Qin family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the back door of Jiangcheng University and walking a little over a kilometer, he arrived at the Provincial Party Committee dormitory. Su Xinghui bought some fruit at the fruit shop outside the door and found her house according to the address provided by Lu Xiaoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ringing the doorbell, Lu Xiaoya opened the door. Seeing Su Xinghui, she happily let him in, let him sit on the sofa, and said to him, \"Su Xinghui, sit for a while. My parents haven't finished work yet. I have two more dishes to stir-fry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui was a bit surprised, \"You can cook?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya said proudly, \"Of course. My parents have to go to work and are busy. My grandmother is in poor health and can only rest. Now that I’m on vacation at home, if I don't cook, who will? Even the vegetables were bought by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Lu Xiaoya was talking, she poured Su Xinghui a glass of cold boiled water and went into the kitchen. Su Xinghui originally planned to go into the kitchen to help her, but then he thought that his relationship with Lu Xiaoya hadn't reached that point, so he sat on the sofa and looked at the living room of the Lu family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Lu Zhenghong was a department-level cadre, his family also lived in a very ordinary dormitory. This house had three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom, but the area was not large. The area of this living room was about twenty square meters, and the total area would not exceed one hundred square meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furnishings in the living room were also very simple. There was a refrigerator, a twenty-one-inch color TV, and a set of sofas. The sofa was made of artificial leather. There was a curio shelf with some handicrafts on it, which was in line with the identity of Lu Xiaoya’s mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui sat on the sofa facing the door. On the wall opposite him hung a piece of calligraphy, \"Indifference to fame and wealth to clarify one’s ambition, tranquility to reach far.\" The signature below was Qu Ziqing, a name Su Xinghui had heard of, a famous calligrapher in the province.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This calligraphy was running script, written very elegantly and beautifully, with a feeling of being detached from the world. And the content of this calligraphy was also very thought-provoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhenghong was a scholar-type cadre. In addition to his profound knowledge, he had also worked at the grassroots level for many years and had work ability and experience. When one of his old leaders was still serving in Hudong Province, he was once regarded as a promising new star in the officialdom. However, after the old leader was transferred, he was put into the cold palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhenghong had been a teacher. After entering the officialdom, he served as a town mayor, deputy county magistrate, county magistrate, county party secretary, deputy mayor, municipal organization minister, municipal deputy party secretary, mayor, and other positions, which could be described as one step at a time. However, after the old leader left, he was transferred to the Provincial Party History Office. This gap was really too big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they were all department-level cadres, could the director of the Party History Office compare with the mayor? Generally, this gap was because of mistakes, but Lu Zhenghong was not because of mistakes, but because the leader who appreciated him left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this could be considered Lu Zhenghong’s political immaturity, only knowing how to bury his head in pulling the cart and not knowing how to look up at the road. Except for that old leader, when he was demoted, no leader was willing to speak for him. In this case, no matter how outstanding your political achievements were, it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Chinese characteristic of \"saying you are okay, you are okay, even if you are not okay, you are okay; saying you are not okay, you are not okay, even if you are okay, you are not okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lu Zhenghong had been in the Party History Office for nearly three years. Su Xinghui noticed that the time of the calligraphy on the wall was two years ago. This calligraphy should well reflect Lu Zhenghong’s mentality, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a place, without this kind of indifferent and tranquil mentality, it was really impossible to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This three-year experience of sitting on the cold bench could be considered a good tempering for Lu Zhenghong. After all, he was not yet fifty years old and was still young. In fact, after the new Provincial Party Secretary arrived, he promoted him, and he also seized this opportunity to let himself climb to the peak of the political arena with more sophisticated political means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Su Xinghui couldn't help but feel a little emotional. In fact, Lu Zhenghong’s official career path was also a good reference for Su Xinghui. The personalities of the two were somewhat similar. Lu Zhenghong’s luck was that he met the leaders who appreciated him twice, but Su Xinghui did not. ===== CHAPTER 33 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1711,"2026-06-16T16:59:29.695Z","2026-06-16T17:54:29.625Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","28500ac1c656b60414207903c4c9b6fca9785d54985f406b611b09eac0c68cda","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-18","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-16",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]