save the bachelors

Chapter 4252 [Like a Man]

In the afternoon, after dinner, Xiang Nan, Tommy and Fabrizio sat on the third-class deck to bask in the sun.

"Jack, what's going on between you and that rich girl? Why did she come to the third class cabin to see you?" Fabrizio asked curiously, "Is she really in love with you?"

"Yeah, tell me, what happened?" Tommy asked curiously.

In the morning, Rose came to the third-class cabin's activity room to find Xiang Nan, which caused a sensation in the entire third-class cabin.

"Don't think too much. She almost fell off the deck while taking a walk last night, and I accidentally pulled her up. So she came to the third-class cabin to find me to express her gratitude," Xiang Nan explained.

"I see." Fabrizio nodded.

"You are so lucky. How could I never come across such an opportunity?" Tommy also laughed.

At this moment, a female voice said, "Good afternoon, Jack~"

The three of them were startled and looked up together, only to see Rose standing in front of them again.

"Good afternoon, Rose~" Xiang Nan stood up and said with a smile.

"Can we talk alone?" Rose asked.

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded and left with Rose.

"Wow~" Fabrizio and Tommy looked at each other, unable to hide their surprise in their eyes.

  If Rose came to see Xiang Nan in the morning just to thank him, then why did she come to see him again in the afternoon?

"We might just witness a miracle~" Tommy said with a smile.

"Incredible. If he can really seduce that rich girl, he will be the only god in my heart!" Fabrizio said enviously.

He had spent a lot of effort to pursue the Norwegian girl Helder, but she still hadn't agreed to a date with him alone. But Xiang Nan easily got the noble lady to ask him out.

  It’s really amazing!

……

Xiang Nan and Rose were chatting on the boat, discussing art and painting together.

Rose studied literature and appreciation in college, and she has a very high appreciation for paintings.

She can appreciate Monet's Impressionism, Picasso's Cubism, and the Dadaism that is just beginning to emerge.

Xiang Nan was also a talented man who was well-versed in both Chinese and Western culture and had a broad understanding of ancient and modern times. He also had in-depth research on art and painting, so the two of them had a very good conversation.

Rose felt like she had met a soulmate.

Because not everyone knows how to appreciate art, especially avant-garde art such as Impressionism and Cubism.

Like Carl Hockley, he had no interest in art at all. When he looked at a painting, he only looked at its artist and its price.

"You know, Jack, my dream is to escape from it all and become an artist... live in an attic, poor but free!" Rose revealed her heart to Xiang Nan.

"Then you have to think about it carefully." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "Not to mention the lack of hot water, let alone caviar, black truffles and foie gras."

"I just hate caviar," Rose said immediately, "I hate people controlling my life and my dreams." "I can see that." Xiang Nan nodded.

"Everyone wants me to be an elegant and delicate little woman, but I'm not. I'm strong, like a horse." Rose continued, "I should do something instead of sitting there like a decoration. Look at my hands, they should be a pair of working hands..."

Just then, a crew member came over with a tray, "Miss, what would you like to have, coffee or tea?"

"No, none of them!" Rose refused angrily.

She didn't like being waited on, and if she wanted tea or coffee she would get it and make it herself.

"There's something inside me, Jack, that's like dynamite. I can feel it," Rose said. "I should be an artist or a sculptor, or a dancer like Isadora Duncan, full of wildness and rebellion. Or an actress...you know?"

"I understand." Xiang Nan nodded.

"Do you really understand?" Rose looked at Xiang Nan and said.

"I really understand. You want to get rid of your dependence on money and live an independent life with your own hands." Xiang Nan nodded, "This is a great ideal. To be honest, girls like you are rare in this era. Many people are used to relying on others to live."

"You're right." Rose nodded. "Why can't I work and live like a man? Why am I only fit to be someone else's decoration?"

The reason why Carl Hockley married her was because of her status as a noble daughter, in order to raise his status in the upper class.

In essence, it is no different from buying a piece of precious jewelry, a set of expensive cosmetics, or a purebred horse. There is no emotion between them, only interests and exploitation.

"You can work and live like a man." Xiang Nan nodded, "Like a man, ride a horse with your legs apart, instead of using a female side saddle..."

At that time in Europe, women were only allowed to wear skirts and not pants, so in order to avoid exposing themselves, female riders had to choose to ride sideways.

Later, as the feminist movement continued to rise, women began to wear trousers and were able to ride horses with their legs crossed like men. However, to this day, British aristocratic women still choose to ride sideways on important occasions.

"You mean one leg on each side? That's too unladylike." Rose was stunned and said with a smile.

"No, as long as you want to ride a horse and gallop around instead of being led by someone for a stroll." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.

"You're right." Rose nodded. "Can you teach me to ride a horse like a man? Even if it's just talk."

"Of course." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "We can ride horses from New York and head west along the gold rush. There are vast tracts of wilderness along the way, with wolves, deer, bears, mountain lions, rattlesnakes... We are not afraid of danger, just like cowboys."

Rose was very moved when she heard him say that.

"Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles..." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "In fact, the world's beautiful scenery is not limited to the United States. There are also Caribbean islands, Brazilian rainforests, Mayan ruins in Peru, the Forbidden City, Five Sacred Mountains and Qinghai-Tibet Mountains in China, Darjeeling in India, the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the pyramids in Egypt, and the savannah in Africa..."

As he spoke, he waved his hands, and a series of magnificent, majestic and beautiful pictures appeared in front of Rose (this kind of display spell was demonstrated by Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts 3").

And because he used a Muggle-shielding charm, no one else could see them.

"It's so beautiful, it's hard to describe. Oh my god." Rose watched the scenes and couldn't help but tremble with shock.

At the beginning of the 20th century, movies had just been invented, and television was not invented until more than ten years later, so most people had little knowledge of foreign lands, even the nobility.

Therefore, Rose saw many scenes for the first time. “I really want to go there and see it.”