After Being Bent by Reader

There were not many customers in this tea-ordering restaurant, and the two ordered coffee and milk tea, as well as some snacks.

The delivery of the food temporarily interrupted their conversation. Rosa took a sip of the ice-cold milk tea and said, "When it comes to milk tea, there are also delicious ones from Taiwan."

Murong Shi also took a sip of coffee and asked, "Are you going back?"

"That's right." Rosa put down the cup, and tapped her chin on the packaging bag she put aside, "I was too short on time to study it properly. Although it was very rough, I was still impressed by all the loving people." The story attracts me, and I have stayed up all night to read it these days."

Murong Shi smiled and said, "I'll say thank you on her behalf."

"But it's a little early to say thank you."

Murong Shi was puzzled.

Rosa crossed her legs and said sternly: "Taiwan can indeed publish such books, but generally speaking, Lily's novels have a small audience, and publishing is relatively difficult."

Murong Shi listened quietly.

"Because the audience is small, when we select such works, we should not only consider the necessary conditions such as story and writing, but also refer to the author's reputation. Of course, I am not saying that your girlfriend is not famous, I read it online According to the relevant data of her articles, in terms of the number of hits and bookmarks, she is still relatively good among similar authors."

"She also often teases herself as a little transparent." The other party's words were still too tactful, and Murong Shi was straightforward, "You mean hers are not suitable for publication?"

"No, no, no." Rosa shook her head hastily, "Your girlfriend wrote very well, there is no doubt about that."

"Her writing is exquisite, and her sweet love stories are in line with the market. If I follow my personal preferences, I hope 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 An Ji."

When mentioning the funeral ceremony, Murong Shi couldn't help but think of the chance encounter on the plane.

She and Rosa met on the way back from Taiwan.There are three rows of seats, Linda sits by the window, Murong Shi sits in the middle, and Rosa sits outside.After the plane flew smoothly, the tired Linda fell asleep quickly. Murong Shi took out the magazines in the back pocket of the front seat and flipped through them.

I don't know if it's her bad luck or the airline's poor service. The magazines in front of her are all in traditional Chinese, which makes her dizzy.She put the magazine back and was about to close her eyes to rest her mind. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the passenger next to her holding a thick book and reading it with gusto.

Probably aware of her snooping, Rosa smiled at her and said, "It takes 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 at her and said, "It's boring."

Rosa lowered her voice and complained to her: "These magazines on the plane are very boring, so I bring my own books every time."

Murong Shi noticed the book in her hand, looked at her face, and said, "Your accent should be from the mainland, right? Your book is all in traditional characters, isn't it uncomfortable to read?"

Rosa flipped the pages of the book: "What are you talking about? I work as an editor in a publishing house in Taiwan, and I read these words every day, and I have long been used to it."

When she inadvertently flipped through the pages, Murong Shi noticed the text on the cover, and when she saw the words "author An Ji", she thought she was dazzled: "An Ji?"

"This is a mainland author who is very well-known in the circle. Her novels are very good-looking, but the subject matter is a bit special."

Murong Shi smiled and said casually: "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 her mouth, "I know this author in real life, and we've had dinner together a few times."

Rosa's eyes widened and she tried her best to control the volume: "What a coincidence?!"

This was beyond Murong Shi's expectation.

It was too boring, in order to pass the time, Murong Shi listened to Rosa talking about a lot of An Ji's novels.Rosa also took the opportunity to ask her about An Ji's situation, such as how he looks like in reality and how his temper is.

After thinking for a while, Murong Shi replied in two words: "It's okay."

That happened a week ago.

Piao Yuan retracted her thoughts, and Murong Shi looked at Rosa on the opposite side without blinking: "Please tell me."

Rosa showed embarrassment and said, "I'm not the editor-in-chief after all, so I can't give you a definite answer. Do you understand what I mean?"

Murong Shi pondered for a while and said, "Then what do you think is the possibility of my girlfriend's novel being published?"

"I'm only 50.00% 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 for it with the editor-in-chief."

From this point of view, whether it can be published is still unknown.

Murong Shi knew little about publishing, so after adding Rosa's WeChat on the plane, she pestered Rosa to ask questions whenever she was free.Rosa is also good-tempered and patient, and told her a lot of knowledge in detail.

Although Xu Chuanchuan always said that she only wanted to earn some pocket money by writing articles, and didn't want to pursue fame and fortune, but every time she mentioned Anji, Murong Shi could see the envy on her face.

"Anji's novel is going to be sold in film and television again. I heard that many companies are scrambling to get it. It's amazing."

"Did you know? Anji Xinwen just released the copy, and the publishing house signed her to sign a contract before even publishing a chapter. Hey, the treatment of the great god is really different."

There are countless words like this.

In the past six months of getting along, Murong Shi has already figured out her personality thoroughly. It's not that Xu Chuanchuan doesn't want to, it's just that she feels that she is not capable enough and dare not expect extravagant expectations.

This time I ran into Rosa on the plane, and after hearing what Rosa said about the publication of An Ji's novel, Murong Shi immediately thought of helping Xu Chuanchuan's novel to be published.

Although Xu Chuanchuan is not as famous as Anji, she thinks that Xu Chuanchuan's writing is not bad at all. Why can Xu Chuanchuan not be published by others?

This is why she has been in frequent contact with Rosa these days. She really wanted to give Xu Chuanchuan a surprise, but she also knew that it was very difficult to publish, so she didn't want Xu Chuanchuan Know.To prevent accidents, she changed the phone password.

It's just that she forgot that Xu Chuanchuan is a sensitive person who likes to make up his mind. She didn't cover it up well, which caused Xu Chuanchuan to become suspicious and almost fell out with her.

Seeing that Rosa is going back to Taiwan, today Murong Shi regarded it as seeing her off. Before leaving, she gave her a beauty instrument and said, "Whether it works or not, please tell me first. If not, I will still find you." of."

Rosa was at a loss: "If it doesn't work, come find me?"

Murong Shi said frankly: "I promised to surprise her, if you really can't afford it, I plan to fund it myself."

"You want to pay yourself?"

"Well, I want to fulfill her dream."

Rosa was stunned when she heard that, she looked at the expensive beauty equipment, then at her, and said enviously, "You are so kind to your girlfriend."

Murong Shi smiled without saying a word.

Saying goodbye to Rosa, Murong Shi returned to the car.

Linda had been playing with her mobile phone in the car for half an hour, when she heard the door opening and saw Murong Shi coming in, although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't ask any further questions.

The desserts in that restaurant were good, Murong Shi packed two and took away, and gave one of them to Linda.She drives by herself so that it is convenient for Linda to eat.

Linda pointed to another copy and asked knowingly, "Who is this for?"

"Who else?" Murong Shi curled her lips into a smile, and before starting the car, she took out her mobile phone and sent Xu Chuanchuan a WeChat message, "Come to my office in 10 minutes, and I'll bring you delicious food."

After returning to the company, Linda was busy with 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 no one in sight. She couldn't help wondering: Didn't Xu Chuanchuan see her news?

Murong Shi put the car keys and the packaged dessert on the desk, and when she took out her mobile phone to call Xu Chuanchuan, a figure emerged from under the desk.

"Surprise!"

"..." Murong Shi was so taken aback by her that she almost lost her grip on the phone.

It was the first time Xu Chuanchuan saw Murong Shi panic like this, he laughed and said, "Isn't 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 two Portuguese tarts, two durian crisps and two donuts. The sweet and creamy smell entered her nostrils, and she took a deep breath.

Seeing her greedy face, Murong Shi was also happy and said, "Eat it while it's hot."

"I can't finish eating so much." Xu Chuanchuan walked up to her, "You eat with me."

"I have already eaten."

Xu Chuanchuan didn't care, picked up an egg tart and fed it to her mouth: "Quick, quick, I only have 5 minutes."

Murong Shi evaded her mouth, jokingly said: "What's the hurry, are you cheating?"

"For cheating, is 5 minutes enough?"

Murong Shi wanted to laugh, but deliberately kept a straight face, 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, let me feed you."

Murong Shi raised her eyebrows, put one hand around her waist, and said, "The door is locked, feed it with your mouth."

"It's even slower that way!" Xu Chuanchuan stomped her feet, and stuffed the Portuguese tart in when she opened her mouth, and her mouth was not idle.

The two of them were eating when their cell phone rang suddenly. When they found out that it was their own cell phone ringing, Xu Chuanchuan was so excited that he almost choked on the donut.

Thinking that the boss or other colleagues were looking for her, she picked up the phone and saw An Ji's name on the caller ID. She hurriedly pressed the answer button: "Are you there?"

An Ji: "Just got off the plane. Are you there?"

"Me? I..." Xu Chuanchuan faltered, and exchanged glances with Murong Shi, "It's here! Come out quickly, there is a big surprise waiting for you."

"What 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 donut, and said, "I don't know if she will be angry if I lied to her like this."

Murong Shi didn't take it seriously: "She should be grateful to you."

airport.

Hearing that Xu Chuanchuan had prepared a surprise for her, An Ji followed the crowd and kept thinking about what the surprise was.

It was getting cold, and she brought a lot of clothes for a change of clothes, including a laptop, and dragged the heavy suitcase to the exit. She didn't find Xu Chuanchuan, but she found the tall and thin Fang Qin in the crowd.

An Ji thought he was hallucinating.

Fang Qin walked straight towards her with a smile, and asked softly, "Are you tired?"

An Ji blinked, and tried to find Xu Chuanchuan in the crowd, but he still couldn't find it, and turned his gaze back to the face in front of him: "Why is it you?"

Fang Qin stared at her face for a moment, and asked without answering, "You don't want it to be me?"

"..." An Ji licked his lips that were dried by the wind, his eyes wandered, and he gritted his teeth secretly.

This is Xu Chuanchuan's so-called surprise? ? ?

Fang Qin stepped forward while she was in a daze, and said, "Let's go."

Before An Ji could react, she dragged the suitcase over.

"I'll do it myself." An Ji stretched out her hand to snatch it, but accidentally touched Fang Qin's hand. Her heart skipped a beat, and she withdrew her hand embarrassingly.

Fang Qin didn't seem to care, pointed outside and said, "The white one is my car."

"……thanks."

"You're welcome."

It's only been half a month since we last met, and they kept in touch with each other intermittently after they came back, but they didn't talk very deeply.After getting into the car, Fang Qin said with emotion: "I didn't expect that we would meet so soon."

An Ji looked at the interior decoration of the car and said casually, "I didn't expect that either."

Fang Qin looked at her calmly: "Are you here specifically to find Chuan Chuan to play with?"

"That's right." An Ji said with some guilt.

"I thought……"

"Why?"

"It's nothing." Fang Qin smiled lightly, motioned her to put on her seat belt, and started 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 cut her off.

Fang Qin lowered his eyes and whispered a good word.

After that, the two ignored each other as if they were strangers.The car was very quiet, so quiet that An Ji was restless, she had nothing to say: "Can you listen to music?"

"Yes." Fang Qin helped her turn on the music.

The volume was moderate, and the textured music echoed in the car, and An Ji's tense nerves finally got some relaxation.

"How long do you want to play?" Fang Qin broke the silence.

An Ji thought for a while and said, "I don't know, let's take a look first."

"If you're bored, you can also play with me."

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 left something at my house."

Fang Qin was taken aback: "What?"

"It's that blue suspender nightdress that was still hanging on the balcony when you left."

Fang Qin recalled it for a while, laughed dumbfounded, and said, "No wonder I couldn't find it, so I forgot to take it back."

She kept looking at the road ahead so that An Ji could look at her unscrupulously, but Fang Qin suddenly raised his eyes to look in the rearview mirror, and their eyes collided.

An Ji quickly shifted his gaze, cleared his throat, and said, "I... 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 matter."

"why?"

Fang Qin glanced at the rearview mirror again, looked at An Ji's drooping eyebrows, and half-truthfully said, "I can keep it as a souvenir for you."

An Ji opened his mouth, but no sound came out.She held the phone in one hand and the seat belt tightly in the other, pretending to be calm: "No need, I have a lot of pajamas at home."

There is still a long way from the airport to the city, and the two of them chatted one after another, but the content of the conversation was more ordinary. In order to get closer to her, Fang Qin asked her about the situation of the cake shop and asked her The three cats and one dog at home even asked about the part-time aunt.

Basically, whatever she asked, An Ji would answer mechanically.Both of them have ghosts in their hearts, and they can't let go. The atmosphere is very dry, so dry that An Ji wants to drink water.

When approaching the urban area, the roads became congested. Fang Qin asked An Ji who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down: "There is a Rujia near my work, do you want to go to his house?"

An Ji looked up at her and said, "Whatever."

Fang Qin loosened and tightened his hand on the steering wheel, looked at the constantly changing traffic lights ahead, and said, "If you don't want to stay in a hotel, you can go to my house."

An Ji was slightly surprised: "Why did you go to your house?"

"No, to be precise, it's the apartment I rented outside." Fang Qin paused, "I stayed at your house for two days last time, and I ate and drank for free. You come to S city, so I should entertain you. "

There was nothing wrong with these words, but when An Ji thought about how inconvenient and awkward it was for the two of them to be in the same room at that time, she hesitated.

The main purpose of coming this time is to hide from Xiangcheng. An Ji is not sure when she will go back. She brought a laptop here just to code words. I didn't write the words, it was too late.

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 directly at her: "Are you afraid of me?"

"..." An Ji laughed twice, "Everyone is a woman, and you have a better temper than me, why should I be afraid of you?"

Fang Qin hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing.

After sending her to the hotel and getting settled, Fang Qin was about to leave. Before leaving, he said, "Sorry, I only took half a day off and I have to go back to work."

"Then go get busy." An Ji wished she would leave sooner.

But when Fang Qin really left, An Ji felt that being alone was boring and had nothing to do, so he might as well sleep.

At six o'clock, Xu Chuanchuan called her: "Murong and I will pick you up now, and then we will go have dinner together."

An Ji just woke up, he answered in a daze, got up, washed and changed his clothes.

The place to eat was chosen by Murong Shi, the three of them met, and Fang Qin hurried over after a while.

With other people around, seeing Fang Qin again, An Ji would not be so at a loss.While going to the bathroom, she pulled Xu Chuanchuan to an empty corner: "Why did you ask her to pick me up?"

Seeing the annoyed look, Xu Chuan Chuan laughed mischievously, and said, "Don't pretend to be a small sacrifice, we all know about it."

"what do you know?"

Xu Chuan shoved her, and said, "Fang Qin told Murong that the flight was canceled due to the typhoon, so you took her home to live in, right?"

"..."

"You two, did something passionate happen?" Xu Chuanchuan lowered his voice.

"……No."

"Really not?" Xu Chuanchuan winked.

"No!" An Ji blushed when she said that, "Xiao Tanger, why are you so dishonest now?"

"Tch, you're much more dishonest than me."

"..."

Someone passed by, and 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 their intertwined hands, frowned, and said, "Why have you been here for so long?"

Seeing that warning gaze, Xu Chuanchuan let go of An Ji's hand, sat down 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 order the rest."

Xu Chuanchuan flipped through the menu and asked the person opposite: "Xiao Jiji, what do you want to eat?"

"Whatever, you can help me."

"Okay."

"Little dick?" Fang Qin was taken aback by this strange and strange address, and his eyes glanced at An Ji's lower body intentionally or unintentionally.

An Ji's expression froze, and he glared at her: "What expression do you have?"

"I just find it strange how a woman can have such a nickname."

An Ji: "..."

Xu Chuanchuan smiled "puchi" and hurriedly explained: "Fang Qin, you are so filthy, it's Xiaojiji, not Xiao..." She replaced the last two words with her mouth, and closed the menu, "Because her pen name is Anji , so that’s how it’s called.”

"Ahem——" An Ji coughed a few times, and blinked at her desperately.

Xu Chuanchuan realized later that he had slipped his tongue, rolled his eyes, and said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Jiji, I didn't mean it."

"..."

"But..." Xu Chuanchuan changed the subject, "Fang Qin already knew about this, 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 we met for the second time."

"..."

Xu Chuanchuan interrupted them, looked at An Ji and said, "It's all my fault. I really wanted to match you up. I was afraid that you would have nothing in common, so I told Fang Qin."

Writing a novel is not something shameful. An Ji doesn't blame her, but feels a little sudden.

Fang Qin carefully observed her expression, saw that she was not angry, and said, "I have finished reading all your novels."

It was a bit embarrassing to talk about this face to face, An Ji didn't know how to answer, and smiled stiffly at her.

Fang Qin continued: "I also left you a lot of long comments, you should have noticed."

An Ji receives many comments every day, many of which are long, but she didn't expect Fang Qin to be among them. She was surprised: "Which one is you?"

"My reader's nickname is 'Shui Xin'."

An Ji: "..." I have no impression at all.

As the author, Xu Chuanchuan can understand An Ji's embarrassment now. It can be seen that An Ji is unwilling to talk about her work. She interrupted: "This business is good, and 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 see you off."

Anji didn't refuse.

The more Xu Chuanchuan saw that the two of them were more compatible, he said with a smile: "Then let's go first, Xiao Jiji will come to play with you tomorrow."

Anji nodded absently.

From the restaurant to the hotel, the distance was very short, Fang Qin sent her to the hotel entrance.

"Thank you." An Ji unbuckled his seat belt and was about to open the door to get out of the car when someone grabbed his wrist.

Meeting her surprised gaze, Fang Qin quickly let go, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I like the novel you wrote very much."

An Ji moved his wrist unnaturally, and politely replied: "Thank you."

"But that's not what I want to talk about." Fang Qin looked directly into her eyes and paused every word, "I like you a little too."

"..."