Happy Life [Rebirth]

Seeing editor Chen Lanli's phone call, I stood up and prepared to answer the call in the corridor. Gu Tingsheng was lying on the table, and he followed me out of the library.

"Go home?" Gu Tingsheng followed behind me. His voice is not as hoarse as it was in April, and now his voice is more nasal because of a cold, and it doesn't sound like a duck quacking anymore.

"Let's go eat ice cream." Gu Tingsheng continued, "Don't stay in the library."

I dialed the number, put the phone to my ear, and went to see Gu Tingsheng, thinking that he didn't want to stay in the library any longer, so I called him back: "Then let's eat ice cream in the afternoon, and call Wanwan to wake up later."

"Just the two of us." Gu Tingsheng frowned, but before I could react, Gu Tingsheng muttered, "Just the two of us, it's too noisy, those people."

I haven't realized it yet, Gu Tingsheng, they mean Zhang Yueyang and Chen Binfen?Because Xiang Linlin was very quiet from the beginning to the end, and kept writing the Chinese excerpt notes of their class.

But when I looked at Gu Tingsheng's face, I didn't dare to underestimate my elder brother's rebellion. With his current personality, maybe as long as there is someone sitting next to him, even if he doesn't speak, he can tell that this person is sitting next to me. I find it very noisy.

And he said this because he really thought so, he really thought that "those people are annoying".I sometimes think that Gu Tingsheng should continue to see a psychiatrist. His disgust and xenophobia towards "people" is beyond my imagination. It is because of his character that he does not want to communicate with others, and this appearance that seems to be bored by everyone. , that makes me feel that the eldest brother in this life hates this world.

But no, after getting along for so long, I realized that what Gu Tingsheng hates is not the world, but the people that exist in this world.

Occasionally, when I look at Gu Tingsheng indifferently and boredly at the people passing by him, I will involuntarily have a weird thought, I even feel that Gu Tingsheng hates "myself".

He doesn't like anyone, he only has some kindness and patience with me.

"Yang Lu?"

Editor Chen Langli's voice sounded, and she spoke, and I said "um", and she continued quickly: "I'm in the urban area now, you're on summer vacation, is it convenient to come out, we Make an appointment, you are in Jincheng, I think it is more convenient to have an interview, is your adult by your side?"

When Chen Langli asked, there were many things that made people confused, but she spoke very quickly. After asking, I wanted to pick out a few of them and ask what happened, but thinking about it, it was indeed not as clear as a face-to-face meeting.

After confirming a tea restaurant that we all knew, and explaining to the half-asleep Wanwan, Gu Tingsheng and I took the subway to the tea restaurant in the city.

When we arrived at the place, we pushed open the door, and felt a burst of cool air. After a glance, we went straight to the seat by the window. There were already two people sitting in the seat for four, one was editor Chen Langli, and the other was someone he didn't know.

I greeted editor Chen Lanli, her eyes fell on Gu Tingsheng, and I told her: "This is my brother."

Gu Tingsheng glanced at Chen Lanli, Chen Lanli nodded, she said with a smile, "Your brother is handsome, but you'd better bring an adult over - your brother is too young."

"My brother doesn't worry about me being alone." I also smiled.

The girl on the opposite side looked at the age of seventeen or eighteen, her shoulder-length hair was loose, she was wearing a plain dress, and she had a good face. Something seemed to fall on Gu Tingsheng.

I sat next to the girl, and Gu Tingsheng sat next to editor Chen Lanli. The girl turned her head to look at Gu Tingsheng, which made me go to see Gu Tingsheng too, wondering whether Gu Tingsheng's clothes were worn backwards or there was something on his face.

But when I saw Gu Tingsheng now, with a height of more than 1.7 meters, most of his childish face had faded away, and a sharp line had appeared, and then I looked at his straight nose bridge and handsome almost sharp browbones.I thought again, why don't I understand, such a big brother, as long as he is a girl, he can't help but look at his face.

The age of Gu Tingsheng like this is also a bit vague. If you tell someone that he is 15 years old, they will not be surprised, but if you look at him and say that he is 17 years old, it will not surprise anyone.

I turned my head and met the eyes of the girl who was looking at Gu Tingsheng. The girl blinked, a little embarrassed, but soon she smiled slightly: "Hello, I am Chen Shuang, and my pen name is Qingchengxue."

I didn't realize what Qingchengxue was, so I smiled reflexively and told her: "Hi, I'm Yang Lu."

"Where's your brother?" Chen Shuang asked again, this time she looked at Gu Tingsheng openly, "Brother Yang Lu, what's your name? Which high school are you from?"

Gu Tingsheng didn't respond to Chen Shuang at all. He stared at the menu without even giving Chen Shuang a look.

That kind of schadenfreude and undeserved happiness came out of my heart again, and I knew it was wrong, it was wrong for Gu Tingsheng to treat others like this, even for Gu Tingsheng, his behavior like this was very problematic.

But I still can't help but be happy, I can only tell myself that the eldest brother is still young, it's good that he is like this, because puppy love is wrong.Otherwise, so many girls have a good impression of the elder brother. If the elder brother's attitude is ambiguous, it will harm himself and delay other girls.

Chen Shuang was already a little embarrassed, she raised her voice, and when she was embarrassed, she either kept silent or expressed anger: "You, I'm asking you something!"

"My brother is in the third grade of Jincheng No. [-] Middle School, and he just turned fifteen this year." I called back to Chen Shuang, "Sister Chen Shuang, are you a sophomore in high school?"

I guess Chen Shuang, a sophomore in high school, has already realized that Qingchengxue is the pseudonym used by Chen Shuang to publish articles in magazines. I think senior high school students will not be so free, and have time to write novels.

Chen Shuang shook her head. She really heard Gu Tingsheng's age, so she didn't go to see Gu Tingsheng anymore. She answered me in a subtle tone: "I'm in my third year at the beginning of school. Your brother... doesn't look like a junior high school student."

"He's tall, but his face is still tender when you look closely." I smiled and turned to look at editor Chen Langli.

Gu Tingsheng called the waiter, he ordered two cups of lemon black tea, editor Chen Langli said: "Is there anything else you want to eat, you order, I'll treat you." Editor Chen Langli blinked: "After all, it can be reimbursed, I still drink it You guys, if you didn't come to the tea restaurant with the author, you wouldn't have reimbursed me, our editor-in-chief is really stingy."

Although Chen Langli said so, I saw that Chen Shuang only ordered one drink. Gu Tingsheng asked me if I wanted anything else.

"Didn't our magazine prepare a National Good Novel Contest in May, Chen Shuang, Yang Lu, you two should have seen it while reading the magazine, right?"

Chen Shuang replied: "I see, the audition is until September."

I also nodded. I was a little impressed, but not very impressed. I always only read novels to judge what style and type of articles the magazine needs.

Chen Lanli looked at me and Chen Shuang at this time: "I think you two will also participate in this call for papers. After all, there are not many high-quality manuscripts. There are regular submission channels for serious and experienced writers. In addition, our magazine It is new and not well-known enough, so it is better to invite some experienced magazine writers to participate in this event."

When Chen Lanli edited this, Chen Shuang hesitated after listening to it: "Is there any fee for the manuscript submitted for the audition?"

I listened to what editor Chen Langli said, and my heart stopped. I don’t know anything about novels, publishing, and essay competitions, but I am also an adult who has experienced some troubles in my previous life. Although I don’t understand what is in the essay competition There are twists and turns, but I think Chen Langli's words just now are a bit ambiguous.

Does she mean that as long as Chen Shuang and I participate, both of us will be able to enter the finals, and even the ranking range for the two of us has been fixed from the beginning? , I think, in this so-called audition, how many places are actually selected, and how many are determined by default from the beginning?

Chen Shuang was still asking: "Editor Chen, I really wanted to participate in this competition at the time. The first prize in the final was very attractive, but in your essay solicitation, you wrote about new developers, and you required real names to participate. You will cooperate with the promotion later. When I think about how many novels I have published, it is not suitable for newcomers.”

Chen Langli smiled: "Xiao Chen, you misunderstood the word newcomer. Newcomer does not refer to an author who has never published any novels, just like you and Yang Lu, have you two been writing novels for a year? Isn't it just writing novels?" Newcomer?"

Chen Shuang was taken aback, and Chen Lanli looked at me again: "I came to meet you two because both of you are my authors, and I am also very optimistic about your writing style. You are already an adult, Chen Shuang. We really I am going to ask you to provide photos, including personal information such as age and real name, because for this competition, we are preparing to create a signboard for our magazine, and we have also specially selected the two of you who are relatively the same age as the audience of the magazine. I am very optimistic about you two."

Chen Shuang just hesitated, and she nodded: "I will participate in this competition."

I was really surprised, and lowered my eyelids: "Sister Chen Shuang, you are in your third year of high school, aren't you preparing for the college entrance examination?"

"I'm going to study abroad, and the basic application has been passed." Chen Shuang smiled. The girl's face was full of self-confidence. cost of self-confidence.

I replied to editor Chen Langli: "I will not participate in this competition, editor Chen, thank you for your kindness."

When Chen Lanli raised her eyes, she still had a smile on her face: "Yang Lu, don't refuse so quickly, you should think about it again. In fact, I'll tell you the truth, the one I most hope to be able to participate in this competition is you."

I saw Chen Lanli say this, and Gu Tingsheng also went to see Chen Lanli. Gu Tingsheng, who hadn’t spoken all this time, suddenly suppressed his voice, his voice was cold and hard, with obvious dissatisfaction: “Are you trying to use Xiaolu’s age as a gimmick to give yourself a magazine? benefit?"

There was a moment of silence on the table, the smile on Chen Lanli's face faded, Chen Shuang picked up the tea and drank it silently, I was taken aback, not surprised that Gu Tingsheng was so shameless and spoke so straightforwardly.

I was very surprised, I thought that all the tendons in Gu Tingsheng's brain were straight and not bent, but after Gu Tingsheng said something about Chen Lanli again, he realized almost immediately that the magazine wanted to use personal information such as real age. intention.

The so-called publishing of personal information in the later period is just another way to create an "idol", which is very advanced.

Chen Lanli looked at Gu Tingsheng. Her tone was neither angry nor angry. She just told Gu Tingsheng calmly: "This is a win-win situation. For Yang Lu, he is old enough to attract more attention. Because of his age, he is willing to publish his books, and many people are willing to buy his books because of his age. For Yang Lu, with such a reputation, he wants to go to a higher school, a good school or even a university. Easier than normal kids."

Gu Tingsheng looked at Chen Lanli, and he told Chen Lanli silently but firmly: "Xiao Lu's grades are very good, very good."

"He doesn't need these, and he can go to the best school." Gu Tingsheng repeated, "He doesn't need it, he is already the best."

The author has something to say: Chen Shuang put the cup on the table, she looked at Gu Tingsheng in surprise, and then at me.I looked at my elder brother, suddenly, suddenly I reached out and wiped my eyes, there were no tears, just a sore nose, I didn't know that Gu Tingsheng looked at me like this.

It turned out that to him, I was excellent. I thought I was just a taciturn child. Apart from good grades, I didn't have any advantages worthy of praise. Even being too introverted and silent was already criticized by others.

But it turns out that I only have this one advantage, to Gu Tingsheng, it is already the best.