Around him, people’s blood boiled with excitement!
“Where’s Zhang Ye?”
“That’s the one!”
“It’s really him!”
“I was just saying that he looked familiar!”
“Why is Zhang Ye here at our school?”
“Ah, that’s the one that Mengmeng introduced. He is her brother?”
“How could that be? Mengmeng’s brother is actually the famous Zhang Ye? Oh right, right! I think Mengmeng did mention that her brother is a big star! I thought she was joking! I was still wondering why her brother was wearing those shades in such a dark place!”
“Aiyo! I really like ‘Zhang Ye’s Talk Show’!”
“Me too, me too, but my mum doesn’t allow me to watch. She said it would affect my studies. Hmmph. I’ve always secretly watched it under my blanket. It’s really too funny!”
“I’ve finally seen a star!”
“I must get a signature later!”
Mengmeng’s classmates were all chattering away together by now. Of course, there were many other students who did not know who Zhang Ye was. So they asked around.
Teacher Leng and a few other form teachers, along with Brother Yang and the other parents, nearly vomited blood. Although they managed to guess who that person was, when he took off his shades and revealed that familiar face to them, they still looked like they were surprised! No one would have expected that Zhang Ye would attend their school’s New Year party! No one expected that Cao Mengmeng’s brother would be Zhang Ye — He was the idol of Teacher Leng and the person that Brother Yang had just criticized as someone who did not know how to write love poems!
When Teacher Leng saw her idol, who was also a guardian of her student, she became very excited. The other parents were also very happy to see a celebrity here.
Only one person was left a little embarrassed!
The person, who was most affected by Zhang Ye’s revelation, was Brother Yang!
Just a while ago, Brother Yang had been commenting on Zhang Ye’s works. According to him as a professional editor of a publishing house, he had questioned Zhang Ye’s ability in writing love poems. Although he had not commented on it loudly, the person he was talking about was sitting right beside him. Only a deaf man would not hear it! In his conclusion, Brother Yang had surmised that Zhang Ye’s love poem writing skills were not good enough. Yet just a short while later, Zhang Ye had spontaneously composed this “To The Oak” to rescue his sister’s recital performance. This was truly bashing this Old Comrade Yang’s face! His face had turned green at this moment!
Brother Yang had an expression that oscillated between crying and laughing as he looked at Zhang Ye, “Teacher Zhang, so it is not that you don’t know how to compose a love poem? You can even do it from the female’s point of view?”
Zhang Ye waved it off, “Mengmeng made it sound better than it was. I was just blindly composing. Blindly composing.”
Teacher Leng interrupted, “How could that be blindly composing? “To The Oak” and “Flying bird and fish” are really too close to compare. They’re really works of classic! The delicate tenacity and perseverance described in the poem, even though I’m a woman, I wouldn’t be able to write that. Your talent….I really don’t know how to put it!”
Brother Yang quickly added, “I apologize, Teacher Zhang. I said too much earlier. I even blindly commented that your composing level was too low. Hai, please don’t judge me with that only!”
Zhang Ye laughed, “It’s fine. I heard what you said earlier. You weren’t wrong. I’m really not well versed in love poems and do not have much works to show for that.”
Brother Yang sighed, “To me now, it’s not that you aren’t well versed in love poems. It’s just that you do not wish to compose any. If you really wanted to, how could a love poem hold you back at all? Didn’t this “To The Oak’ just prove that? In the world of poetry, amongst the poets, you’re definitely a master!”