I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad? Chapter 243: How Beautiful the New Font Is

"The characters are too complicated. I can’t read them."

"Oh, right. You haven’t learned to read or write yet, have you? Don’t worry, I’ll copy it for you after I’m done," Qian Zhuye said with a cheerful laugh.

"So loyal! I like that."

Sang Zhi paused his brush and looked up. "I’ll teach you."

"Teach ? I’d rather you just copy it for ."

"If others do the work for you, when will you ever learn to recognize these? You must understand that you should learn for your own benefit. One studies for oneself, not for others," Sang Zhi said.

"Don’t start lecturing like a tutor at your age. I understand the principles, and I know the characters. It’s just that *these* characters aren’t the ones I know." Ye Qianning had a photographic mory and was fluent in ten languages; when it ca to knowledge, no one could surpass her.

The only thing was, she’d never encountered traditional characters before.

Sang Zhi frowned, completely baffled. "The ones you know?"

"Here, look. This character for ’study’ is so complicated. It should be written like this." As she spoke, Ye Qianning picked up a brush and wrote a much simpler version of the character on the xuan paper.

Sang Zhi’s little face darkened. "Cutting corners."

"Why do you sound just like Old Man Gu?" Ye Qianning was speechless.

"You know, he really does," Qian Zhuye said with a laugh.

"It’s not that they’re similar; they *are* the sa character. What you’re seeing is the traditional form, while what I know is the simplified form."

Sang Zhi frowned.

Qian Fanji asked curiously, "What’s a simplified form?"

"The simplified form is the evolved version. It’s easier for students to recognize and learn, and it’s not as troubleso to write," Ye Qianning explained.

Qian Fanji seed to only half-understand. "Do all these characters have a simplified form?"

"Yes. Recite the first few lines of the *Standards for a Good Pupil* for , and I’ll write them down." Ye Qianning decided to show off a little.

Qian Fanji grew even more curious and began reciting the *Standards for a Good Pupil*.

Ye Qianning’s brush moved quickly, keeping pace perfectly. In a flash, she had written more than a dozen lines.

At first, Sang Zhi thought she was just ssing around. But he was surprised to see her writing with incredible speed. Each character, though simplified, clearly corresponded to the ones in the book; it didn’t look like sothing she was making up on the spot.

Even if she were just improvising, she would have needed to look at the original characters to copy them. But she wasn’t looking at the book at all, writing fluidly in one smooth motion.

’He’d been dismissive before, but now he was genuinely curious.’

"See? You can basically understand it, right?" Ye Qianning put down her brush and pushed the xuan paper toward them.

Qian Zhuye examined it closely, his eyes wide with surprise. "They really are similar! If all the characters were like this, wouldn’t it be so much easier for us to copy them?"

"If you copy it like that, I’m afraid no one will be able to recognize it," Sang Zhi said.

"For a six-year-old, this is already excellent writing," Qian Zhuye chid in supportively. Of course, he genuinely thought it was well-written.

"If your foundation in learning is unstable, you will never amount to anything great." Sang Zhi remained unconvinced. "If you use characters like these, no one will recognize them. You should just stick to the proper way."

"Tis have to change. People might not recognize it now, but it’ll be common in the future. How about I teach you guys?" Ye Qianning decided it was ti to brainwash them a little.

"Okay, okay!" Qian Zhuye was more than happy to agree.

"The script passed down from ancient tis is the way it is for a reason. Your version is just a lazy shortcut, full of mistakes."

"How is it full of mistakes? Look at it! Isn’t it better-looking than the other ones?"

Sang Zhi’s little face was stern.

"If you don’t want to learn, I don’t want to teach you anyway. In the future, when I have the power, I’ll change all the characters to their simplified forms. I’ll teach it to everyone and make things convenient for them all."

Although Qian Zhuye didn’t know many characters himself, he felt a surge of excitent listening to her declaration.

"Count in!"

Sang Zhi: "..."

"Alright. Seeing as you’re so enthusiastic, you’ll be my number one trainee." For once, Ye Qianning felt a spark of interest.