That evening, they took the form of an "in-depth" exchange to celebrate the upcoming publication of Xu Chuanchuan's novel.
The room was fully heated, but the air was very dry. Murong Shi wanted to drag Xu Chuanchuan to take a bath, but Xu Chuanchuan didn't want to move. He lay on top of her like a koala, hugged her waist tightly, humming : "Don't wash, I'm so tired."
Murong Shi was accustomed to taking a shower before and after. Being held by her, she couldn't move. She smiled helplessly: "I've become more and more lazy after being with you for a long time."
Xu Chuanchuan's frizzy head rubbed against her chest and neck, and said with a smile, "It's not that the family doesn't enter the house."
Murong Shi was angry and funny, put her aside, and took the tissue on the bedside table to help the two of them carefully clean the bottom.
After cleaning up, the two of them covered the quilt and chatted while reminiscing.
"Rosa greeted me in advance before contacting you." Murong Shi helped her with her messy hair, and said slowly, "I did tell her, if the publishing house refuses, I will I'll help you out at your own expense."
"At your own expense?" Xu Chuanchuan looked at her in astonishment, "Then this time..."
"I'm surprised too." Murong Shi interrupted her with a smile, "This matter has nothing to do with me, it should be that the publishing house saw your talent."
"I don't have any talent." Xu Chuanchuan's mouth is modest, but his heart is quite beautiful, and the corners of his mouth rise unconsciously, "Rosa told me that because it was the first time I published, and my reputation was average, the first print volume was very small. Do not make money."
"Then are you happy?"
Xu Chuanchuan nodded hurriedly and said, "I don't care how much money I have, as long as I can publish it, I will be satisfied."
Now that online novels are popular, the status of online writers is gradually being valued. As a novel creator, who doesn't want to publish what he has worked so hard to write? This is an affirmation of individual ability.
Xu Chuanchuan also has vanity. Every time she hears the news of the publication of An Ji's novel, she is envious. This time it was finally her turn, and she was so excited that her whole body was overwhelmed.
Later, after further conversation, Rosa clearly told her that Murong Shi was her recommender, but the real reason for the publisher to take a fancy to it was because of the popularity of the two turmoils in the book "After Being Broken by Readers". One was being hacked on a hot recommendation, and the other was a recent plagiarism incident that caused a lot of uproar.
The two turmoils brought Xu Chuanchuan a lot of negative scores and bad reviews, but they were accompanied by super-popular attention. At present, this novel is only half-written, and the collection has exceeded 50,000. If this trend continues, it is not impossible that it will exceed 100,000 by the end.
The collection of 100,000 can only be achieved by a great god like Ansai in Lily's novels. It is a pity not to publish such beautiful data.
Xu Chuanchuan knew that the novels he wrote did not have a strong storytelling, but Rosa liked her interesting and sweet love stories very much, saying that after reading it, it was very healing.
Such works are very popular in physical romance, but because lily novels are too small, it is generally difficult to publish works that are not great gods.
In addition, Rosa is very optimistic about her other completed novels, praising her stable writing style and consistent themes, suitable for fans. If one sells well, the others will not be bad either.
Xu Chuanchuan did not dare to think about the issue of sales. She felt happy that as long as it could be published.
She has never been greedy, and she can be beautiful for a few days with a little sweetness. An Ji teased her for this, saying, "You have to take a long-term view. Maybe one day you will become a best-selling author."
Best-selling author? What a fascinating title. Xu Chuanchuan closed his eyes for five minutes, then opened his eyes and woke up from a dream.
Xu Chuanchuan: "I heard from Murong, you've moved to live with Fang Qin now?"
Anji: "It's only temporary, I'll be going back in a few days."
Xu Chuanchuan: "So fast? When are you leaving?"
When will he leave, An Ji has no idea. But she knew she didn't belong here after all.
An Ji didn't think about how to answer, and suddenly heard a movement from the door, she hurriedly put away her phone.
Fang Qin pushed open the door and entered, seeing the dark room in the room, he moved for a while and became light-footed.
"It's okay, I'm awake." An Ji reminded her in the dark.
Hearing this voice, Fang Qin's exhaustion all morning disappeared, he pulled out the key, turned on the light, and looked at the woman who was leaning lazily on the bedside table: "Why don't you turn on the light?"
Anji said half-truthfully, "Save your electricity bills for you."
Fang Qin smiled, came over with a packing box, and said, "Have you washed up? Come down and eat something, I'll bring you some food."
The past few days after An Ji moved in, Fang Qin went to work as usual, but ran back every noon every day, saying that he was coming back to rest, but in fact he just wanted to take a look at An Ji.
Except for the part-time worker aunt, An Ji has never been served like this before. Looking at Fang Qin's busy back, folding the quilt and picking up the trash, she felt very embarrassed, cleared her throat, and said, "I wanted to do this when I woke up, but I didn't expect to oversleep."
Fang Qin looked at her face, glanced over her red lips due to dehydration and her red bloodshot eyes, and said, "I saw that you didn't sleep well last night, so I turned off your alarm clock."
"…no wonder I didn't hear the alarm go off."
After cleaning up, Fang Qin went to wash his hands and came out to eat with her.
The food was nutritious fast food outside. Fang Qin was afraid that she would get bored, so what he brought to her was different every day. In winter, the food gets cold quickly. Fortunately, Fang Qin lives not far from the company, so the package is still steaming hot.
Fang Qin handed her a radish and beef brisket soup.
An Ji frowned when he saw a few red dates lying inside. In the blink of an eye, there were a pair of chopsticks in front of him, Fang Qin put the red dates in another soup into her bowl, and looked at her with a smile: "Eat more."
An Ji frowned for a while, and decided to confess to her: "I hate eating red dates."
Fang Qin was stunned for a while, and said, "I see that your face is pale, so I want you to eat more."
Speaking of this, An Ji couldn't help but appreciate it, blocking the chopsticks that she held out, and said, "Since it's for my own good, then I'll give you a face to eat."
"Don't try too hard."
In order to show that he was not reluctant, An Ji ate a red date, which was so sweet that it melted in the mouth. It's not the taste she likes, but it's not as difficult to accept as she imagined.
"See what I'm doing, you eat too."
Fang Qin lowered his eyes, smiled lightly, and said, "Okay."
The two ate silently.
An Ji was already hungry, and she couldn't keep her face down to eat too fast. She could always feel Fang Qin's scorching eyes falling on her, as if he was going to take her for dinner.
An Ji stopped, lifted his eyelids, and said angrily, "Is it so beautiful?"
Fang Qin did not hide his emotions, looked at her attentively and tenderly, and said, "In the past, you always avoided me on purpose, but now you finally live together, I always feel like I can't see enough."
There was no straightforward compliment, and there were numb love words, but An Ji was seen by her, her cheeks were hot, she took a sip of soup to cover it up, and said, "I always feel that it's not good for you to be so troublesome every day."
"I don't find it troublesome." Fang Qin took a piece of fresh fish maw and put it into her bowl while she was not paying attention. "I feel very happy every minute and every second with you."
Facing the sudden confession, An Ji's heart skipped a beat, pretending to be calm on the surface, he laughed dryly, and deliberately misinterpreted her meaning: "Stay together every minute and every second, you don't have to go to work."
"I did think so."
"Thinking about what?"
"You are always hot and cold to me, near and far, every time I open my eyes and can't see you around, I wonder if you sneaked away without saying hello."
"..." An Ji almost bit his tongue, and calmed down, "How can I be so immoral."
Fang Qin pulled out a bitter smile and said, "It's not wicked, I'm afraid you're too sober."
Anji was speechless.
Fang Qin quietly stretched out a hand and covered hers, his eyes hooked on her eyes, and he said earnestly and carefully: "Tang Xin, promise me, even if you want to leave, you will tell me in advance, so that I can Be mentally prepared. Okay?"
If Fang Qin hadn't come back in time today, An Ji would have wondered if she had seen the content of her chat with Xu Chuanchuan.
Anji's parents are not here, and there are three cats and a dog at home waiting for her to go back to feed. She just came here to temporarily "refuge", and she will go back one day.
But when Fang Qin looked at her with such gentle eyes and said those words to her in such a gentle tone, she seemed to hear something hit the hard part of her heart, and with a bang, it cracked open. A sip.
The heartbeat suddenly accelerated, An Ji stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, and said lightly, "It's too cold, I'm too lazy to go out now."
Fang Qin reacted slowly to what she wanted to express, and with a smile on her face, she picked up the chopsticks again and said, "Eat more."
After lunch, Fang Qin had to drive back to the company without stopping.
After she left, An Ji wandered around the room boredly, feeding the fishes, not knowing what to do for a while, changed his pajamas, grabbed his wallet and phone and went out.
There are many shops near the apartment, and Anji walked aimlessly to the place where they watched a movie before. Thinking of the scene that day, she couldn't help laughing.
When she went out, she wore too little, her nose froze when the cold wind blew, and she stepped into the mall quickly.
Going to the mall alone is the most boring, and An Ji came out after staying in it for less than half an hour. Although the visit was short, it was very rewarding. She spent more than 2,000 yuan, bought an oven and some miscellaneous things, and stood at the tuyere waiting for a taxi.
Fang Qin got off work at five o'clock, called her after punching in the card, and asked her what she wanted to eat in the evening.
Anji thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you usually like to eat cake?"
Fang Qin didn't know why, so he answered honestly, "It's okay. Do you want to eat?"
"I... I'm full. These are a waste, why don't you come back and get rid of them?"
"what?"
After half an hour.
Fang Qin drove back to the rental house and smelled a sweet smell as soon as he opened the door. The smell wafted from the direction of the small kitchen. She didn't even have time to take off her coat. When she got closer, she was stunned.
"What are you doing?"
The single room has limited space, the small kitchen is small, and the cooking table is always clean because no one is using it. At this moment, it is full of messy things.
The egg shell fell to the ground, and An Ji bent over to pick it up.
"I was bored by myself and wanted to try making some cakes and cookies, but I didn't expect the technique to fail. The first test failed." An Ji threw the egg shell into the trash can and picked up a plate of strangely colored things, "Hey, I'll have dinner. Just eat this. Although it looks bad, it tastes good. Would you like to try it?"
Fang Qin hardly hesitated and said, "Okay."
"Then take it out to eat." An Ji handed her the plate.
Fang Qin's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, opened his palm to look at it, and said, "I didn't wash my hands."
"Then go wash first."
Fang Qin didn't move, and said, "I'm too hungry. I want to eat now. Feed me."
How long does it take to wash your hands
"..." An Ji knew she did it on purpose, but couldn't stand her soft and coquettish tone, took off her gloves, grabbed the cake with clean hands and fed it to her mouth.
After two mouthfuls, An Ji gave her the plate and said unnaturally, "Eat yourselves slowly, I'm still busy."
Fang Qin leaned against the door to look at her: "What else are you doing?"
Anji continued to study a recipe for making cakes that was given when he bought an oven, and said without looking up, "I don't want to make cakes, I want to make some biscuits for readers."
"Why did you suddenly think of sending this?" Fang Qin didn't quite understand.
An Ji shrugged and said, "Anyway, if you are idle, you are idle, so you should pass the time."
Fang Qin took a few steps inside, looked at the profile of his serious work, and asked, "Do you think it's boring here?"
The sudden approach forced An Ji to look up at her, think about it, and say, "It's not because of boredom. When I was in Shanghai, I promised to give them some biscuits that I made myself, but I didn't have time to make them."
Fang Qin stretched his brows, smiled, and joked: "I'm also your reader, and I'm still a fanatic."
After learning that An Ji wrote a novel, Fang Qin downloaded the Jinjiang APP under the guidance of Murong Shi, read An Ji's novel every day, and wrote a long review for her, but An Ji was indifferent. Later, Fang Qin touched Anji's Weibo, and found the physical book purchase website through the pinned Weibo, and bought all the dozens of novels published by Anji in one go. novel.
When An Ji first moved in, he saw the bookshelf, and he was shocked and moved at the same time.
She said generously: "When I'm done, I'll give you one too."
Fang Qin put the half eaten cake and the plate on the cooking table, looked at her, and said bluntly, "I don't want cookies, I just want you."
"... Then I'll have to wait until I'm done."
Fang Qin and An Ji's "cohabitation" life seems to be very fulfilling. Xu Chuanchuan was afraid of disturbing them, so he reduced his contact with An Ji.
At the end of January, Linda and her husband's wedding was held in a five-star hotel in S City, and Xu Chuanchuan and Murong Shi were invited to attend.
It was Xu Chuanchuan who Murong Shi and Linda cheated on as a bridesmaid in order to trick her into trying on a wedding dress. No need to be a bridesmaid, Xu Chuanchuan was also very happy and sat down with Murong Shi to watch the ceremony.
At the same table are other colleagues in the company. They don't know the relationship between Xu Chuanchuan and Murong Shi. They only treat Xu Chuanchuan as if they are still single, and they don't dare to joke about Murong Shi.
Someone asked, "Xiao Xu, when will you and your boyfriend get married?"
There's no such thing as a boyfriend, it's just a lie to cover the mouths of other people in the company. Xu Chuanchuan said without changing his face, "I can't be in a hurry."
Chen Lina said: "It's really hard to get married. Xiao Xu is only twenty-six years old, so it's okay."
The most gossipy Xu Xiaomei said, "Why have you never seen your boyfriend come to the company to find you?"
"He... He was transferred to Shanghai by their company to work."
"Isn't that a long-distance relationship?" Xu Xiaomei said hurriedly, "a long-distance relationship is very risky, Xiao Xu, you have to watch him closely, otherwise, if you are hooked up by other women, you will go away..."
When Xu Xiaomei said that, Xu Chuanchuan's hand under the table was tightly clenched by Murong Shi. Because she was holding it too tightly, Xu Chuanchuan was hurt by the two rings, but she didn't feel any discomfort. She said happily, "Thank you, I will definitely not let her run away."
The climax of the wedding was when the bride and groom embraced and kissed each other enthusiastically after taking the oath. The guests stood up and applauded and congratulated, and Xu Chuanchuan also stood up. She and Murong Shi were reluctant to let go of the ring-wearing hand, so they each freed up a hand to give a high five.
Everyone's attention is on the bride and groom on the stage, and the two of them don't have to worry about being seen.
As soon as Murong Shi tilted her head, she saw Xu Chuanchuan was moved to tears, sighed in her heart, and whispered to her, "We will be as happy as them."
As the end of the year approached, Xu Chuanchuan became nervous. Rosa urged her to write manuscripts every day, and she did not dare to slack off for a moment. But the code word is a joy for her, she is just afraid of facing Dad Xu again when she goes back.
After so long, Xu's father's attitude towards them still did not change. Xu Chuanchuan knew that no matter what he said, he would not listen, so he simply refused to persuade him. The father and daughter kept fighting coldly.
Anji was going back for the New Year. Before leaving S City, they had a meal together.
"Will you come again in the future?" Xu Chuanchuan asked her secretly when she walked out of the restaurant.
Anji answered very easily: "I won't come if I have nothing to do."
"What about Fang Qin? Are you willing?"
Anji stopped talking.
Fang Qin personally drove Anji to the airport.
I don't know if it's because the parting is too sad. After a 40-minute drive, the two have their own thoughts and hardly communicate.
When saying goodbye at the airport, Fang Qin's calmness on the surface collapsed. She dragged the security guard who was in the queue ready to go through the security check and pulled it into the bathroom.
When we parted, he was out of breath, afraid of being heard, Fang Qin leaned into her ear and whispered, "I'll find you when I'm free."
"Why are you looking for me?" An Ji smiled half-smiling.
Fang Qin bit her ear warningly and said, "Don't forget, you already promised to be my girlfriend that night, and you are not allowed to have sex with anyone in the future."
The author has something to say: My work doesn't seem to move, who are you going to poke it
It's about to end, you won't be able to see me if you don't poke, are you sure you want a one-night stand? (although this is exciting)