Jiang Baige stroked the small words on the book, and after a while, she said, "I have always wanted to be the kind of person who writes the people I thank on the title page, but I didn't expect that someone else would write it in the acknowledgments first."

Jingchai understood as soon as he heard it.

But Jiang Baige's tone was not bitter or jealous, but a sigh. So she also asked: "Who do you want to thank then?"

Jiang Baige had never thought about this matter, because such a good thing had never happened in her previous life.

However, now that Jingchai mentioned this, she really should think about it.

Because she felt that in this life she would be able to publish a book in which she could write an acknowledgment on the cover.

Jingchai added: "I have read your official account. It is well written and updated every week, which is amazing - it turns out that only people who write online articles can do that."

"You watched it too?"

Jiang Baige was a little surprised because she and Jingchai did not add each other as WeChat friends, and they had always communicated through phone calls and text messages.

"Yeah, I saw it from Shi Xin's circle of friends."

Jingchai's expression was a little complicated. It seemed that she knew about the breakup between Jiang Baige and Shi Xin, but Jiang Baige didn't know how Shi Xin would express this.

As for herself...she felt she was too lazy to explain anything.

"In fact, I think Shi Xin admires you very much." Jingchai continued, "But he can't accept himself who admires you. He must be thinking, it's impossible, how can a woman be better than me, and surpass me in the field I am good at..."

Jiang Baige burst into laughter, almost crying. After a while, she came to her senses: "Does Shi Xin know that you evaluate him like this..."

"Does he know what the connection is? I guess he hates me in his heart."

Jingchai blinked. They all knew that Shi Xin's relationship with Chen Dongguo was much closer than his relationship with Jingchai.

Chen Dongguo is more than just a mentor to Shi Xin. If this scandal had not been exposed, Shi Xin might have obtained the adaptation rights of Chen Dongguo's works, which would have been a great help to his career.

They had already reached this consensus and formed a solid alliance of interests.

All of this was ruined by Jingchai.

But Shi Xin would not blame Chen Dongguo for his evil deeds. He would even excuse him and find excuses for his innocence from his frustration in his youth and his wife's infidelity in marriage.

Men always have this tacit understanding of unity, but women are scattered in families where they are imprisoned by men.

So he only resented Jingchai, because she could have remained silent and endured, as women have been doing for thousands of years.

But Jingchai didn't have that. She would rather lose a thousand dollars than not pull Chen Dongguo down from the altar that he didn't deserve.

Perhaps in Shi Xin's eyes, he is the real victim.

Jiang Baige sighed, and Jingchai patted her shoulder, as if knowing what she was helpless about.

"When you decided to write about women, you should have had that realization... What we are doing is a difficult task of filling seas and moving mountains."

Jiang Baige raised her head and looked into Jingchai's eyes.

She almost forgot what kind of trauma Jingchai had experienced. But Jingchai never mentioned this matter from beginning to end, and only mentioned it briefly to the "psychologist", as if it was just a common and insignificant thing like a mosquito bite in summer.

This is certainly not a trivial matter, nor is it insignificant.

But it is really like mosquito bites in summer, everywhere.

Thinking of this, Jiang Baige became even more depressed.

She lowered her head and looked at her toes under the table. She felt that the toes of her shoes were a little tight, and her toes were wrapped in socks and shoes, clamoring to break through something and breathe.

So she had to turn her attention back to Jingchai's new book.

She noticed a line of small words on the cover of the book.

"Have you exported the copyright of this book?" Jiang Baige asked with some surprise.

Copyright export means selling books to overseas copyright companies for publication and distribution overseas.

Jingchai shook her head: "I just have some intentions, but I'm just a new writer and haven't won any awards yet. This book is not a bestseller, and the copyright company is not stupid and will not sign it easily."

“But it’s all printed on the cover of the book.”

"Just some small tricks." Jingchai laughed. "However, a Spanish publisher invited me to participate in the book fair in early April. I may talk to several copyright agencies at that time. In addition to this book, the short and medium-length stories I published in recent years may also be published as a collection this year."

Book Fair...Spain...

Jiang Baige chewed on these words, thinking back to the conversation she had with Lin Xingran two days ago, but she did not show it.

"I will come out of his shadow...right, White Dove?"

Before they parted, Jingchai suddenly grabbed Jiang Baige's hand. Her fingers were cold, but her palms were covered with a layer of sweat.

Jiang Baige held her hand and said, "You did a great job, Senior Sister Jing. If I were you, I don't think I could do even one ten-thousandth as well as you did."

"No, don't make such an analogy." Jingchai shook his head violently, "I hope I am the last and only one who needs to go through all this."

Jiang Baige hugged Jingchai, who was half a head taller than her.

"Let's take it slow, Senior. You have Xiaoxi, me, and most importantly, your novel. Although I don't want to admit it, sometimes we are trying to live for something else."

"I will Survive?"

"You will." Jiang Baige said firmly, "I also want to see my name appear in your title page again and again."

Jingchai smiled, then showed a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Little White Dove, are you a little too greedy?"

Jiang Baige stuck out her tongue.

She watched Jingchai's back as he left. That back was completely different from before, firm and full of strength.

"She's gone far away."

A deep voice sounded beside her. Jiang Baige turned her head and the first thing that caught her eye was the front end of a denim cap that was pulled down very low, almost poking her forehead.

She shook her head helplessly in her heart.

"Do you have to do this in school, too, big star?"

"Stop laughing at me." Lu Tian raised his head, looked around like a thief, and signaled Jiang Baige to follow him with his eyes.

But when he walked outside the crowd, he found that Jiang Baige was not around.

Jiang Baige stood there, looking at him with a smile. When she noticed that he was looking at her, she mouthed: "If you ask me to catch up, I will catch up. Wouldn't that make me lose face?"

Lu Tian called angrily, "I finally came back and came to see you, and you treat me like this?"

"I can't stand that." Jiang Baige still had a playful smile on her face. "You are a public figure now. If I get involved with you, I will be exposed. I think it's best for us to draw a clear line from now on."

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