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Some were infuriated by Huang Rong.

Some were put off by the scene where Little Dragon Maiden dissuades.

Some gave up because of Yang Guo's arm amputation.

So they didn't understand:

Why so many people had finished "The Return of the Condor Heroes," and even subtly praised the book.

"Hehe."

Professor Wang laughed, "Finally, there are some who get it. Yet, there are many fools in this world who need teaching, so today's class will be about Chu Kuang's 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'!"

Pfft!

The students below couldn't help but cry and laugh:

"You're kidding, right?"

"This book is mind-blowing?"

"We have to dedicate a whole lecture to this book?"

"Do you truly think there's nothing problematic about 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'?"

"You must have maxed out your resistance to toxicity to actually finish this book, right?"

"Because our resistance isn't high enough, we are the fools now?"

The room burst into tumult.

Professor Wang tapped on the desk, "Could those who haven't finished the book tell me what you think is inappropriate?"

"Huang Rong!"

"Yang Guo!"

"Little Dragon Maiden!"

Most people called out "Little Dragon Maiden."

Professor Wang shrugged, "Then let's go in the order of the book's events, starting with Huang Rong—"

He paused.

Suddenly, Professor Wang turned to a sneaky-looking student, "Make sure to get me on camera this time!"

Alright.

It turned out this student was the one who had filmed during Professor Wang's lecture on "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" last time, and he was at it again today!

"Okay!"

The student gave an awkward smile, coughed, and then brazenly raised his smartphone.

Ignoring this student.

Professor Wang looked at his class, "You think the character design for Huang Rong collapsed, right?"

The crowd below nodded furiously.

But Professor Wang shook his head, clearly annoyed, "It seems like you've all wasted your time watching 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' to think I'd have to bring this to class for analysis!"

"But Huang Rong's character has collapsed indeed!"

"That's right!"

"Huang Rong in 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' was so much better!"

"Huang Rong in 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' seems like a completely different person!"

"The old rascal forced a character collapse just to advance the plot!"

"Once he found a new favorite, he forgot about the old love, just because Huang Rong is no longer the female lead, he stopped caring!"

The students were unconvinced.

Professor Wang sighed:

"This is exactly why I say you've all watched 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' in vain. When has Huang Rong's character ever collapsed?"

"Class, as people reach middle age they cannot help but brew goji berries in their thermoses."

Amidst the sighs, Professor Wang took a sip of his warm goji berry tea, sparking laughter.

This was, after all, a classroom.

Not the protest scene outside.

Extremist readers were, in the end, a minority.

Now everyone was curious about how Professor Wang planned to redeem Huang Rong in 'The Return of the Condor Heroes.'

Yes.

Redeem.

Everyone felt that Professor Wang was about to whitewash Huang Rong!

Indeed.

Professor Wang commenced, "When Huang Rong first appeared in 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes,' she was sixteen, naive, childish, capable of disguising herself as a man to run away from home, and could wreak havoc without care for proprieties. Back then, when she made mistakes, the whole world would forgive her, including you young readers. But what about later?"

Professor Wang shook his head:

"Latterly, her Jing had one foot in the establishment, and she herself became the leader of an organization like the Beggars' Guild. Were you still expecting her to ride great eagles and roam the martial world with Guo Jing with no restraints whatsoever?"

She was middle-aged.

After reaching middle age, one starts a family and one's life inadvertently becomes stained with the mundane, living diligently.

This was the helplessness of Huang Rong.

Take the plot of the Great Heroes' Assembly, for example, and let's see how Huang Rong spent that day.

That day, she got up and first discussed the marriage of Yang Guo and Guo Fu with Guo Jing, then passed on stick-fighting techniques to Lu Youjiao. Alas, Lu Youjiao was quite dull, and despite Huang Rong teaching for nearly two hours, he still hadn't learned it, which was truly exhausting for both body and mind.

Subsequently, Huang Rong took Yang Guo aside for a heart-to-heart talk to soothe his wounded heart.

Half the day passed, and the Great Heroes' Assembly hadn't even officially started yet, but she was already feeling unwell from tiredness.

Because at that time, she was pregnant with her second child, who was the unborn Little Guo Xiang!

When the Great Heroes' Assembly began.

While everyone was busy negotiating a leader to resist foreign enemies, Huodu led Golden Wheel Imperial Adviser and a group of experts to cause trouble.

Lu Youjiao lost to them, and the Dog Beating Staff was stolen. Huang Rong, the pregnant woman, had no choice but to step forward and retrieve the staff.

After such tribulations, Huodu and his cohorts were finally driven off, but Huang Rong still didn't get a chance to rest as she had to deal with the teacher-student romance between Yang Guo and Little Dragon Maiden...

Tired, wasn't she?

Of course, she was.

Professionally, she had to manage the affairs of the Beggars' Guild and be vigilant against foreign invasions;

At home, she had to raise children, balance the relationships among family members, and help her husband achieve his dreams.

This is the hardship of a middle-aged woman.

You say Huang Rong is no longer lovable; she may not be lovable, but she is indeed more respectable!"

Below.

Students who had seen this part of the story were lost in thought.

Those who hadn't were silently contemplating.

Finally, someone couldn't help but question, "These are not justifications for her attitude toward Yang Guo, right?"

"Have you forgotten Huang Rong was from ancient times?"

Professor Wang replied directly, "Yang Guo and Little Dragon Maiden had a teacher-student relation. The ancients said that having a teacher for one day equates to a father for life. Teacher-student romance, in today's terms, is like someone openly declaring they want to marry their mother. Wouldn't they be drowned in saliva by the public? As an elder, would you still allow the younger generation to continue this way?"