There are not many customers in this tea ordering restaurant, two people ordered coffee and milk tea respectively, and some small snacks.
When something came up, their conversation was temporarily interrupted. Rosa took a sip of cold milk tea and said, "Speaking of milk tea, there are also delicious ones from Taiwan."
Murong Shi also took a sip of coffee and asked, "Are you going back?"
"Yeah." Rosa put the cup down and clicked her chin on the packaging bag she had put aside, "I was too busy to study it well. Although it looked rough, I was still loved by this one by one. The story keeps attracting, and I stayed up late to read it these days."
Murong Shi smiled and said, "I will thank you on her behalf."
"But it's too early to say thank you."
Murong Shi was puzzled.
Rosa crossed her legs and said sternly: "Taiwan can indeed publish these kinds of books, but generally speaking, Lily's novels have a small audience and are relatively difficult to publish."
Murong Shi listened quietly.
"Because the audience is small, when we select such works, we not only have to consider the necessary conditions such as story and writing, but also refer to the author's reputation. Of course, I'm not saying that your girlfriend is not famous, I have seen it online. The relevant data of her articles, from the point of view of the number of clicks and collections, she is still relatively good among similar authors."
"She also often teases herself for being a little transparent." The other party was still too euphemistic, and Murong Shi was straightforward, "You mean hers is not suitable for publication?"
"No no no." Rosa hurriedly shook her head, "Your girlfriend writes very well, there is no doubt about that."
"Her writing is delicate, and her sweet love story is in line with the market. If it is my personal preference, I would very much like to cooperate with such an author. But I want to make it clear to you that our editor-in-chief prefers that A novel with a strong story, such as that written by Ansai."
Speaking of Anji, Murong Shi couldn't help but think of the chance encounter on the plane.
She and Rosa met on the way back from Taiwan. In the third row of seats, Linda sat by the window, Murong Shi sat in the middle, and Rosa sat outside. After the plane flew smoothly, the tired Linda quickly fell asleep. Murong Shi took out the magazine in the back pocket of the front seat and flipped through it.
I don't know if it was because of her bad luck or because the airline service was not in place. The magazines in front of her were all in traditional Chinese, which made her dizzy. She put the magazine back and was about to close her eyes to rest her mind. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the passenger next to her holding a thick book and reading it with relish.
Probably aware of her snooping, Rosa gave her a slight smile and said, "It's going to take more than three hours to fly, isn't it boring?"
Murong Shi didn't expect Rosa to strike up a conversation with her, so she smiled back and said, "It's boring."
Rosa complained to her in a low voice: "These magazines on the plane are boring, so I bring my own books every time."
Murong Shi noticed the book in her hand, looked at her face, and said, "I hear your accent should be from the mainland, right? Your book is in traditional Chinese, isn't it uncomfortable to read?"
Rosa flipped the pages of the book: "What do you mean? I work as an editor in a publishing house in Taiwan. I read these words every day, and I'm used to it."
While she was flipping through it inadvertently, Murong Shi noticed the words on the cover, and when she saw the words "Author An Ji", she thought she was dazzled: "An Ji?"
"This is an author from the mainland and is very famous in the circle. The novels she writes are very good, but the subject matter is a bit special."
Murong Shi smiled and said lightly, "I know this author."
As if she suddenly found a bosom friend, Rosa's eyes lit up: "Have you read the novel she wrote?"
"I've seen it a little bit." Murong Shi twitched the corners of his mouth, "I know this author in real life, and we've eaten together a few times."
Rosa's eyes widened and she tried her best to control the volume: "What a coincidence?!"
This was also unexpected to Murong Shi.
It was so boring. In order to pass the time, Murong Shi listened to Rosa gushing about a lot of Anzai novels. Rosa also took the opportunity to ask her about Ansai's situation, such as how people look in real life and what their temperament is.
After thinking about it for a while, Murong Shi returned two words conclusively: "It's okay."
That happened a week ago.
Piaoyuan's thoughts were withdrawn, and Murong Shi looked at Rosa opposite without blinking: "Please speak."
Rosa looked embarrassed and said, "I'm not the editor-in-chief after all, so I can't give you a definite answer, you know what I mean?"
Murong Shi pondered for a while and said, "Then how likely do you think my girlfriend's novel will be published?"
"I'm only fifty percent sure now, because I really like your girlfriend's work and this kind of warm story. After I go back, I hope I can fight with the editor-in-chief."
In this way, it is still unknown whether it will be published.
Murong Shi knew little about publishing, so after adding Rosa's WeChat on the plane, she pestered Rosa to ask this and that whenever she was free. Rosa is also good-natured and patient, and told her a lot of knowledge in every detail.
Although Xu Chuanchuan always said that she only wanted to earn some pocket money when writing articles, and did not want to pursue fame and fortune, Murong Shi saw the envy on her face every time she mentioned the sacrifice.
"Anji's novel is going to be sold in film and television again. I heard that many companies are rushing to buy it. It's amazing."
"Did you know? Anji Xinwen released the copywriting, and before a chapter was published, the publishing house asked her to sign a contract. Hey, the treatment of the gods is really different."
There are countless words like that.
During the six months of being together, Murong Shi had already figured out her character thoroughly. Xu Chuanchuan didn't want to, but she felt that she was not capable enough and didn't dare to hope.
This time, I met Rosa on the plane. After hearing Rosa's story about the publication of Anji's novel, Murong Shi immediately started to help Xu Chuanchuan's novel to be published.
Although Xu Chuanchuan is not as famous as Anji, she thinks Xu Chuanchuan's writing is not bad at all. Why can others publish it, but Xu Chuanchuan can't
This is why she has been in frequent contact with Rosa these days. She really wants to surprise Xu Chuanchuan, but she also knows that publishing is very difficult, so before everything is clear, she does not want Xu Chuanchuan Know. To prevent accidents, she changed the password of her mobile phone.
It's just that she forgot that Xu Chuanchuan was a sensitive person who likes brain supplementation.
Seeing that Rosa was going back to Taiwan, today Murong Shi regarded her as seeing her off, and before leaving, she gave her a set of beauty equipment and said, "Whether this happens or not, tell me first, otherwise I will still look for you. of."
Rosa was at a loss: "Can't you still find me?"
Murong Shi said frankly: "I promised to surprise her. If you really can't pay, I plan to pay for it myself."
"You want to pay for yourself?"
"Well, I want to fulfill her dream."
Rosa was stunned, looked at the expensive beauty device, looked at her again, and said with envy, "You are so kind to your girlfriend."
Murong Shi smiled without saying a word.
After saying goodbye to Rosa, Murong Shi returned to the car.
Linda had been playing with her phone in the car for half an hour, and when she heard the door open and saw Murong Shi get in, she had doubts in her heart, but she didn't ask any further questions.
That restaurant had good desserts, so Murong Shi packed two and took them away, and gave one of them to Linda. She drives herself so that Linda can eat easily.
Linda pointed to the other copy and asked knowingly, "Who is this for?"
"Who else is there?" Murong Shi hooked her lips and smiled. Before starting the car, she took out her mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to Xu Chuanchuan, "Go to my office in ten minutes and bring you something delicious."
After returning to the company, Linda went to work on other things. Murong Shi pushed open the door of the office and found that it was quiet inside.
The curtains were not drawn, the air conditioner was not turned on, the lights were not turned on, and there was not even a shadow of a person. She couldn't help but wonder: Did Xu Chuanchuan not see her news
Murong Shi put the car keys and the packaged desserts on the desk. When she took out her mobile phone and was about to call Xu Chuanchuan, a figure came out from under the desk.
"Surprise!"
"..." Murong Shi was taken aback by her, and she almost lost her phone.
This was the first time Xu Chuanchuan saw Murong Shi panic like this, he laughed and said, "Is it fun?"
"It's not fun." Murong Shi rolled her eyes at her and pushed the packing box in front of her.
Xu Chuanchuan opened it and found that there were two Portuguese tarts, two durian pastries, and two doughnuts. The sweet and creamy flavor penetrated into her nostrils, and she took a deep breath.
Seeing her greedy expression, Murong Shi also laughed and said, "Eat it while it's hot."
"I can't finish that much." Xu Chuanchuan walked up to her, "You eat with me."
"I have already eaten."
Xu Chuanchuan didn't care, she picked up an egg tart and fed it to her mouth: "Quick, quick, I only have five minutes."
Murong Shi dodged his mouth and joked, "What's the hurry, are you cheating?"
"If you have an affair, is five minutes enough?"
Murong Shi wanted to laugh, but she deliberately kept her face straight, shook her head solemnly, and said, "At least two hours."
Xu Chuanchuan's face became hot, and he began to urge again: "Really, I can't leave for too long. Come, come, I will feed you."
Murong Shi raised her eyebrows, wrapped a hand around her waist, and said, "The door is locked, feed it with your mouth."
"That's even slower!" Xu Chuanchuan stomped his feet and stuffed the Portuguese tarts in while she opened her mouth, and her mouth was not idle.
The two were eating when the phone suddenly rang. When he found out that his phone was ringing, Xu Chuanchuan was so excited that he almost choked on the donut.
Thinking it was the boss or other colleagues looking for her, she picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was An Ji's name, she hurriedly pressed the answer: "Are you here?"
Anji: "Just got off the plane. Are you there yet?"
"Me? I..." Xu Chuanchuan faltered and looked at Murong Shi, "It's here! Come out quickly, there is a big surprise waiting for you."
"What's the big surprise?"
"You'll know when you come out. Don't talk about it, see you later, bye!"
Xu Chuanchuan hung up the phone without waiting for a response, took a bite of the matcha doughnut, and said, "I lied to her like this, I don't know if she will be angry."
Murong Shi didn't care: "She should be grateful to you."
Airport.
Hearing that Xu Chuanchuan prepared a surprise for her, An Ji followed the crowd and kept thinking about what the surprise was.
It was getting cold, so she brought a lot of clothes and a laptop inside, and dragged a heavy suitcase to the exit. She didn't find Xu Chuanchuan, but found Fang Qin, who was tall and thin in the crowd.
Anji thought he was hallucinating.
Fang Qin walked straight towards her with a smile and asked softly, "Are you tired?"
An Ji blinked, trying to find Xu Chuanchuan's figure in the crowd, but he still couldn't find it, and his eyes returned to the face of the person in front of him: "Why are you?"
Fang Qin stared at her face for a moment, and asked instead, "You don't want me?"
"..." An Ji licked his wind-dried lips, his eyes wandering, and he gritted his teeth secretly.
Is this what Xu Chuanchuan called a surprise? ?
Fang Qin took a step forward while she was stunned and said, "Let's go."
Before Anji could react, the suitcase was dragged by her.
"I'll do it myself." An Ji reached out to grab it, but accidentally touched Fang Qin's hand. She felt a sudden shock and retracted her hand embarrassedly.
Fang Qin didn't seem to care, pointed to the outside, and said, "The white car is my car."
"… thanks."
"You're welcome."
It had only been half a month since the last time they met. After they came back, they kept in touch with each other on and off, but they didn't talk very deeply. After getting into the car, Fang Qin said with emotion, "I didn't expect us to meet so soon."
An Ji looked at the interior of the car and said casually, "I didn't expect it either."
Fang Qin looked at her calmly: "Are you here to play with Chuan Chuan?"
"That's it." An Ji said a little guilty.
"I thought… "
"Why?"
"It's nothing." Fang Qin smiled lightly, motioning her to fasten her seat belt and start the car, "I'll take you to eat first."
"I'm not hungry." An Ji said hurriedly, "I ate on the plane."
"That… "
"Take me directly to the hotel." An Ji intercepted her words.
Fang Qin lowered his eyes and whispered a good word.
After that, the two seemed to be strangers and ignored each other. The car was very quiet, so quiet that Anji was restless. She had nothing to say: "Can you listen to the song?"
"Yes." Fang Qin helped her turn on the music.
The volume was moderate, and the textured music echoed in the car, and Anji's tense nerves finally relaxed.
"How many days are you going to play?" Fang Qin broke the silence.
An Ji thought about it and said, "I don't know, let's take a look first."
"If you're bored, you can play with me too."
An Ji didn't answer. After watching the scenery passing by outside for a while, he felt bored and straightened his head: "By the way, you have something left in my house."
Fang Qin was taken aback: "What?"
"It's that blue suspender nightdress that was hanging on the balcony when you left."
Fang Qin recalled it for a while, then laughed dumbly, and said, "No wonder I couldn't find it, it turned out that I forgot to take it back."
She kept looking at the road ahead so that An Ji could look at her unscrupulously. Unexpectedly, Fang Qin suddenly raised his eyes and looked into the rearview mirror, and their eyes collided.
An Ji quickly turned his eyes away, cleared his throat, and said, "I... brought it here for you this time, and I'll return it to you when I get to the hotel."
"Actually, it doesn't really matter."
"why?"
Fang Qin glanced at the rearview mirror again, looked at An Ji's drooping eyebrows, and said half-truly, "I can keep it for you as a souvenir."
Anji opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. She held the phone in one hand and the seat belt tightly in the other, pretending to be calm: "No, I have a lot of pajamas at home."
There is still a long way to go from the airport to the city. The two of them were chatting with each other, but the content of the conversation was relatively ordinary. In order to get closer to her, Fang Qin asked her about the cake shop and asked her about it. The three cats and one dog at home even asked the part-time worker aunt.
Basically, what she asked, Ansai answered mechanically. Both of them have ghosts in their hearts, they can't let go, the atmosphere is very dry, and they want to drink water when they are so dry.
When approaching the city, the road became crowded, Fang Qin asked Anji, who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down, "There is a place like home near my work, do you want to go to his house?"
An Ji looked up at her and said, "Whatever."
Fang Qin's hand on the steering wheel loosened and tightened, looking at the traffic lights that were constantly changing in front of him, and said, "If you don't want to stay in a hotel, you can also go to my house."
An Ji was slightly surprised: "Why did you go to your house?"
"No, it's the apartment I rented outside to be exact." Fang Qin paused, "Last time I stayed at your house for two days, and I ate and drank yours for free. If you come to S city, I should also entertain you. "
There was nothing wrong with this, but An Ji hesitated when she thought about how inconvenient and awkward it was for two people to be in the same room at that time.
The main purpose of coming here this time is to hide from the oranges. An Ji is not sure when she will go back. She brought a laptop here just to code words. But last time Fang Qin was at her house, she was anxious for the past two days. The words were not written, too much delay.
After careful consideration, An Ji said, "Don't bother you, I think it's better for me to stay in a hotel."
Fang Qin looked at her directly: "Are you afraid of me?"
"..." An Ji laughed dryly, "Everyone is a woman, and you have a better temper than me, why should I be afraid of you?"
Fang Qin hesitated, but finally said nothing.
After taking her to the hotel and settling down, Fang Qin was about to leave. Before leaving, he said, "I'm sorry, I only took half a day off, and I have to go back to work."
"Then go get busy." An Ji wanted her to leave early.
But when Fang Qin really left, An Ji felt that he was bored alone and had nothing to do, so he might as well go to sleep.
At six o'clock, Xu Chuanchuan called to contact her: "I and Murong are going to pick you up now, and then we will go to dinner together."
An Ji just woke up, stumbled, and got up to wash and change clothes.
The place to eat was chosen by Murong Shi, the three of them met, and Fang Qin arrived in a hurry not long after.
With other people there, seeing Fang Qin again, An Ji would not be so at a loss. While going to the bathroom, she pulled Xu Chuanchuan to an unoccupied corner: "Why did you ask her to pick me up?"
Seeing the annoyed look, Xu Chuanchuan smiled and said, "Don't pretend to be a small sacrifice, we all know it."
"what do you know?"
Xu Chuanchuan shoved her and said, "Fang Qin told Murong that the typhoon flight was canceled, so you brought her home, didn't you?"
"… "
"You two, did something exciting happen?" Xu Chuanchuan lowered his voice.
"… No."
"Really not?" Xu Chuanchuan winked.
"No!" An Ji blushed when she said, "Xiao Tang'er, why have you become so rude now?"
"Cut, you are more serious than I am."
"… "
Someone passed by, the conversation between the two was forced to stop, and they returned to their seats hand in hand.
"Have you ordered?" Xu Chuanchuan asked.
Murong Shi stared at the hands they were shaking, frowned, and said, "Why did you go so long?"
Seeing the warning gaze, Xu Chuanchuan let go of An Ji's hand, took a seat beside her, and said, "There are too many people."
Murong Shi put the menu in front of her: "Fang Qin and I ordered one, and you can order the rest."
Xu Chuanchuan flipped through the menu and asked the person on the opposite side: "Little sacrifice, what do you want to eat?"
"Whatever, please help me."
"OK."
"Little chick?" Fang Qin was struck by this unfamiliar and strange name, and his eyes swept to An Ji's lower body intentionally or unintentionally.
An Ji's expression froze, and she glared at her: "What's your expression like?"
"I just thought it was weird how a woman could have such a nickname."
Anji: "..."
Xu Chuanchuan smiled and hurriedly explained: "Fang Qin, you are so dirty, it's a small sacrifice, not a small..." She replaced the last two words with her mouth shape and closed the menu, "Because her pen name is An Ji, So that's what it's called."
"Cough cough—" An Ji coughed dryly, blinking desperately at her.
Xu Chuanchuan realized later that he had missed his mouth, rolled his eyes, and said, "I'm sorry, Xiaoji, I didn't mean it."
"… "
"But..." Xu Chuanchuan changed the conversation, "Fang Qin has known about this for a long time, and I told her."
An Ji was surprised by this, she looked at Fang Qin suddenly: "When did you know?"
Fang Qin was slightly embarrassed and said, "After our second meeting."
"… "
Xu Chuanchuan interrupted them, looked at An Ji and said, "It's all my fault. I really want to match you up. I'm afraid you have nothing in common, so I told Fang Qin."
Writing novels is not a shameful thing, Anji doesn't blame her, but it feels a little sudden.
Fang Qin carefully observed her face, saw that she was not angry, and said, "I have read all your novels."
It was a bit embarrassing to talk about this in person, An Ji didn't know how to follow up, and smiled stiffly at her.
Fang Qin continued: "I also left you a lot of long comments, you should have noticed it too."
An Ji receives a lot of comments every day, many of which are long comments, but I didn't expect Fang Qin to be in the middle. She was surprised: "Which one is you?"
"My readers' nickname is 'Water Heart'."
Ansai: "..." I don't remember it at all.
The same author, Xu Chuanchuan can understand the embarrassment of An Ji now, and it can be seen that An Ji is reluctant to talk about her works, she interrupted: "This business is good, there are many people."
Anji glanced at her gratefully.
They ate for a long time and chatted a lot. When they walked out of the restaurant, Fang Qin took the initiative to say to An Ji, "I'll drop by, I'll take you off."
Anji did not refuse.
The more Xu Chuanchuan looked at them, the more they were a good match, and said with a smile, "Then we'll go first, and Xiaoji will come to play with you tomorrow."
Anji nodded absentmindedly.
The journey from the restaurant to the hotel was very short, and Fang Qin took her to the door of the hotel.
"Thank you." An Ji unfastened his seat belt and was about to open the door to get out of the car, but his wrist was buckled.
Seeing her surprised eyes, Fang Qin quickly let go, pursed his lips and smiled, "I like the novel you wrote."
Anji moved his wrists unnaturally and replied politely, "Thank you."
"But that's not what I want to say." Fang Qin looked straight into her eyes and said, "You, I like it a little too."
"… "