Chen Mo hesitated for a moment before looking to Wu Zeqing and saying, "President Wu, if I had offended you in any way, I apologize, but this folk song poem of mine really does not have any ulterior motives at all. I just wanted to show my teacher and let him assess the fruits of my learnings." He was still unwilling to admit his mistake.
Everyone frowned.
Old Master Wei eyes turned cold as well.
Chen Mo was also a victim of his own pride. He had already gone so far, so all he could do was to just continue standing there and admitting that he was not in the wrong. He did not know that Wu Zeqing had already presented Master Zhou's calligraphy piece to his teacher. All he wanted to do now was to get back at them for his teacher. He did not care about the consequences anymore. What's done was done. The folk song poem had already been written and nothing could be done about it.
Su Na said angrily, "He can't tell chalk from cheese! To think you still are so adamant when President Wu did not take it to heart?!"
Father Su reprimanded her a little, "Sit down. Why are you getting so agitated for?"
Su Na said, "He has already denigrated women! Am I not allowed to say anything!"
A female calligrapher snorted, "What day and age are we currently in and yet there's still such discrimination?! Old Master Wei, today is the anniversary of our Calligraphy Association and also your birthday. We came here to congratulate you, not to get angered like this. It's already a new era of society and yet there are still such people with such old fashioned mindsets still around? If I didn't see this for myself, I wouldn't have believed it. What's the matter with us women?"
"Right!"
"In what way are we good for nothing?"
"The person who wrote such a folk song poem can't possibly have good character!"
"Still adamant? Don't know how to repent? He dares to do it, but doesn't dare to admit his mistakes!"
"Master Wei. We respect you a lot, but this disciple of yours is...really not much!"
A group of female family members and female calligraphers were still grumbling about Chen Mo. President Wu did not get offended by him because of her status, but for them, they did not have any reasons to hold back. They were all women and they would have already let him off easy if they spat on him. Chen Mo's calligraphy writing was really infuriating!
Teacher Wang said to his wife, "Old Qu, why are you causing a commotion."
The woman frowned, "What's the matter? Can't I speak my mind?!