The Film Emperor's Secretly Married Wife Ch. 64

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Yu Jingxing's movie "Beyond the Wild" was in its promo period. He was originally scheduled to return to Haicheng in early October, but after discussing with the school, they decided to move it up to early September so he could give a lecture—just in time for the end of the school start season, which made it more meaningful.

But that also meant his schedule was super tight—he wouldn't get back to Haicheng until the day of the lecture.

Qi Zhen looked up a lecture Yu Jingxing gave back in his twenties at B University. Back then, he hadn't collected all three of China's top awards yet, but he'd already been nominated internationally and won some, right when he was blowing up.

The video was pretty old, so obviously not HD like now. The lecture wasn't long, but the energy was intense.

Facing the sharp questions from B University students, the young man gave one impressive answer after another. Polished, poised, not a word out of place.

Qi Zhen actually thought he looked kind of hot. Honestly, Yu Jingxing in his twenties looked more like his teenage self—not as cold and sharp, but you could still see the confidence and edge in every move he made.

Not that he didn't have it now—but the current Yu Jingxing kept things more under wraps, harder to read, always composed with a quiet kind of force.

Qi Zhen started wondering—what topic would he pick this time?

The lecture was in just two days, and Shao Kang managed to get three tickets. Even though they weren't front row, they were directly facing the stage, so no one had any complaints. On the day of the event, they went straight in after getting their tickets checked.

There were tons of people—crowded and noisy. The air buzzed with conversation, and even outside the auditorium there was a big crowd of students. Some of them were even scalping tickets they'd managed to snag.

S University's auditorium could only seat just over 6,000 people, but that wasn't even close to meeting the demand.

Qi Zhen could feel the scale of the event—it was massive. She couldn't help the sour feeling in her chest, like she'd eaten a pound of lemons.

She sighed dramatically. "This might be the peak of our lives at S University."

Li Yuanyuan rolled her eyes. "You're clout-chasing again, sister? I seriously don't get it—why are you stans for those traffic-idol boys always clout-chasing Yu Jingxing? What's he got to do with you guys?"

Qi Zhen pouted. "I'm not! I'm complimenting him."

Li Yuanyuan was beyond done with her—who spoiled her into being like this?

Yu Jingxing was Feng Tanzhi's boss, and way more famous. And yet people still had the nerve to compare him and Feng Tanzhi like they were on the same level?

It's like telling the sun, "Hey, you and my desk lamp are about equally bright." The sun would just smile and tell you to get lost—it wouldn't say, "Aw, baby, you're so sweet!"

But it was all hypothetical anyway. Someone at Yu Jingxing's level had no reason or interest to care.

S University's auditorium was massive, with an elevation drop of dozens of meters from back to front. The students' seats were arranged in a semi-circle from high to low, and the stage even had a setup for a band. Since Yu Jingxing was giving a lecture, S University's Western orchestra had also been invited.

Most of the seats in the auditorium were filled. What surprised her was that there were actually a lot of guys—it wasn't like Feng Tanzhi's concerts where the audience was mostly girls.

She wore a red plaid dress, white socks with ruffled edges, and deep brown leather shoes. Her hair was styled into low, soft pigtails.

Even though there were so many people, she had a feeling Yu Jingxing might still notice her.

Yu Jingxing really liked when she dressed like this. Every time he saw her, he'd scoop her into his lap and kiss her, resting his forehead against hers and calling her Zhenbao in a low, husky voice.

After a while, the lights dimmed.

She could almost see dust dancing under the sharp white spotlight. The whole auditorium fell silent.

Steady, unhurried footsteps approached from afar. The man wore a perfectly tailored suit and walked with ease. The cheers and applause built up into a roar.

Yu Jingxing had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, his short hair clean and sharp. Underneath, he wore a crisp, expensive white shirt. A Parker pen peeked from the top pocket of his suit jacket. He looked calm, polished, and gentlemanly.

It was a familiar figure—but the aura was totally different from the man she knew in their private life. He seemed distant and untouchable.

When the lights focused on him, the entire auditorium went completely still for a moment, then burst into thunderous cheers and applause, loud enough to shake the walls.

Qi Zhen noticed everyone around her had stood up to clap. Li Yuanyuan was blushing from excitement, her breathing even a little uneven.

Once the host asked everyone to sit, Yu Jingxing adjusted his mic, and his deep, magnetic voice came through.

He made a small gesture for silence, and the crowd quieted almost instantly.

Yu Jingxing smiled and asked the crowd a question: "Before I begin the lecture, I have a simple question. What do you think 'ordinary' means?"

People around them raised their hands. Yu Jingxing scanned the room and smiled. "The young lady in red in the middle-back row."

Li Yuanyuan was over the moon—this was way too lucky!

She was sitting in a sea of people and still got noticed!

Li Yuanyuan wiped the sweat off her palms and stood up. She stammered a little, "I—I think being ordinary means being okay with living a normal life. As long as you're chasing the life you want, no one's really ordinary."

Yu Jingxing stood under the lights, calm and sharp all at once. "I think everyone has their own definition of what ordinary means. To me, the definition of 'ordinary' should be my entire life."

Someone shouted from the audience, "You're not ordinary at all!"

Then came waves of screaming and cheers.

Yu Jingxing's voice was calm, relayed through the mic as he spoke, "Ordinary is this world, this universe, everything aside from the origin itself. In John Steinbeck's long novel, there's a vague mention of the word 'force.' Everything in the world is created by the weaving of forces, endless and ever-changing, and to dust we return."

"The ones with the most power are also a product of this weaving of forces. They generate force, but can't control it. From then on, no one is truly ordinary. We are too small to control the result of those forces—just like any institution or organization of power. So in essence, everyone is born ordinary, and thus, equal."

Qi Zhen: "......"

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