Xu Lin casually snapped a photo for Ms. Ren.

"Is it tasty?" Shang Wanjun asked.

"I think it tastes good, it's the kind of flavor I like."

Zongzi are made all over the country, and they come in all sorts of flavors, but Xu Lin only likes the green bean, peanut, and pork filling. Beef can be substituted for the pork, and it still tastes pretty similar. As for the other fillings, Xu Lin just can't handle them.

"If it's good, eat more." Shang Wanjun nodded.

She had just gotten up not long ago and was still wearing her home pajamas, the common type of girls' sleepwear, nothing special.

Afterward, the two finished eating.

Xu Lin checked the time, "Teacher, when are we heading out?"

"I'll change my clothes first."

"Ok."

While Shang Wanjun went to the bathroom to change, Xu Lin opened his phone to reply to his mom's messages.

Ms. Ren: "?"

"It's been a long time since I've had the zongzi you make, could you mail me some?"

"I'll buy some glutinous rice tonight and make them!"

It's rare for her son to want to eat her zongzi, so Ms. Ren got excited and thought she'd buy glutinous rice after work in the afternoon.

"I want all lean pork!"

"Sure, all lean pork."

Ms. Ren added, "I'll make a few more, and you can take them to Yanyan."

Ms. Ren: "By the way, Yanyan wants some too!"

"I'll take them to her then!"

"Xu Lin, I now consider Yanyan my goddaughter, take good care of her, don't bully her, or I'll really come to Jiangdu to teach you a lesson!"

Rong Xiyi's appearance perfectly fulfilled Ms. Ren's dream of having a daughter.

Especially since Rong Xiyi is both obedient and beautiful, Ms. Ren is very fond of her.

"Got it, let's stop chatting now."

Becoming a goddaughter was quite peculiar for Xu Lin.

Because his relationship with Rong Xiyi is already quite ambiguous.

Squeak.

Just then, Shang Wanjun came out.

Though she wasn't wearing Hanfu, just everyday clothes — a long sleeve and gray jeans with somewhat loose pant legs.

When Shang Wanjun came out, she put on a pair of sneakers.

Daily wear.

"Over there, should be able to change into Hanfu, right?"

Shang Wanjun didn't want to wear Hanfu at school here, to avoid being seen by others.

"Shouldn't be a big issue, I saw there's a special Hanfu event, and there might even be someone there to style you in Hanfu."

Shang Wanjun nodded, packing her Hanfu into a garment bag.

Shang Wanjun hadn't worn Hanfu before and really wanted to try it, trying it on in the dorm didn't count.

"Xu Lin, thanks for going with me!"

After getting in the car, Shang Wanjun said from behind Xu Lin.

"I'm also looking forward to seeing Hanfu beauties."

Xu Lin said while driving with a smile.

"What about your girlfriend?"

"There's a bike race in the city, she's volunteering today."

"Oh."

After a moment of silence, Shang Wanjun asked again, "Recently, how's 'Speculations on Lie' going for you?"

"Finished it."

"Xu Lin, what do you think?"

"Hmm... I was pondering Yang Zhu's philosophy, one of his ideas was 'would not pull a single hair for the benefit of the world', right?"

"Yes."

Shang Wanjun said, "What do you think of this philosophy? He advocated not pulling a single hair nor taking a single thread, these two are one and the same. If you only look at the former, you'd think Yang Zhu is selfish; if you only look at the latter, you'd think Yang Zhu is altruistic."

Not pulling a single hair means not taking anything from oneself to benefit others or the collective, which directly opposes the traditional spirit of collectivism.

On the other hand, Yang Zhu also said 'not taking a single thread,' meaning he wouldn't touch any of others' benefits, keeping to mutual respect and non-interference in society.

Xu Lin said, "This philosophy is pretty extreme, useful only for oneself, and meaningless when expanded. Additionally, in terms of human nature, when people see something good, many will reach out to take it, even to seize it; this is human and animal nature. Thus, Yang Zhu's philosophy can't be popularized and remains theoretical, which might be why he isn't as famous as Zhuang."

In contrast, Zhuang is far more positive than Yang Zhu.

This positivity isn't the current mainstream kind but rather more easily accepted ideas.

Shang Wanjun: "What about his other three ideas? Valuing oneself and life, acting for oneself without regard to others, valuing life over material things, I'd like to hear your thoughts."

Xu Lin continued to chat with her.

As they chatted, Xu Lin and they arrived at their destination.

The traditional culture corner was held in another district of Jiangdu, and the activity was quite large with many people present.

Xu Lin saw plenty of promotion on the short video platforms.

Upon arrival, Xu Lin also saw several ancient style female influencers.

Anyone who watches a lot of short videos knows that there are influencers of all types on the platforms, ancient style female influencers are one of the niches, and many influencers in this niche have millions of followers.

They looked quite pretty in the short videos.

As for in reality, Xu Lin thought they were alright.

He's very picky when it comes to beauties now — appearance, height, figure, and finally, they must have charisma.

Yet most female influencers, even most attractive women online, reveal their flaws when it comes to real life.

For example, the few female influencers Xu Lin is seeing now have makeup that's too thick, uncertain if they look good at all with it off.

Xu Lin asked around and indeed found a place for Hanfu styling.

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