Chapter 88: Eternal Fortune [Additional chapter for the leader Shiye Shiyo]

While waiting for the teacher to read the magazine, Gu Lu took a short break to observe. Unlike his old classmate in junior high school, the desk in Teacher Gao's office was tidy, without messy papers or a vase of roses.

Perhaps the only special thing is that the things placed on the right hand side are basically poetry collections, such as "Chu Ci", "Complete Works of Li He", "Collection of Ci by Xin Qiji", etc.

Unlike Gu Lu who was looking around, Teacher Gao was watching very carefully.

In the past, "Years and Mysteries" would publish two to three foreign translated works of famous authors depending on their length, but now this space has been vacated.

Moreover, the editorial department was very "honest" and included Gu Lu's opening message thanking Zhang Yudong at the beginning of the work.

Teacher Gao had never read mystery books before and was worried that there would be a reading threshold, but she soon found that her worries were unnecessary.

"Mr. Holmes" is a great read. Even though Mr. Gao has some resistance to mystery themes, he can still read it.

Through this novel, we can have a general understanding of both the Sherlock Holmes of the past and the old man of today.

The writing is also extremely delicate. Mr. Gao pays great attention to the use of modifiers, which are used at a very high level in this article.

[I must confess, however, that my interest in Mr. Keller's problem was not due to his long and boring description, but was entirely due to two personal reasons, which were unrelated but equally personal: first, my curiosity about the infamous glass harmonica - I have always wanted to hear its sound with my own ears...]
"That's all?" Teacher Gao came back to his senses, remembering that it was obviously a magazine series, and praised, "It really leaves suspense. Is Mrs. Keller cheating or is her husband suspicious? It serves as a suspense hook and makes me eager to read the rest. It's a pity that I have to wait another month. I wouldn't have read it if I had known."

Teacher Gao's words made Gu Lu's DNA move. Although he was a failed writer in his previous life, he was trained in the fragmentation class at Qidian, so he often fragmented his works.

At that time, readers would leave a very kind message: "Death to the dog who cut off the chapter!" Teacher Gao's words just now can be summed up in these five words.

"Years and Reasoning" divides the whole book into six issues, each issue is about 2.6 words, and "Duanzhanggou" is also the magazine publisher, not me, Gu, Gu Lu thought to himself.

"You can write such wonderful works at the age of a freshman," Teacher Gao said, changing the subject. "No wonder you don't join the literature club. With your current level, there's no point in joining."

Hey, that's not what I meant. Gu Lu was about to speak, but he heard Teacher Gao say, "I couldn't finish reading the books that others gave me after reading them several times."

"It's just right. I'll give it to you now." Teacher Gao said, and took out a book called "Five Orange Pips" from the shared cabinet in the office next door. It was a collection of short stories by Sherlock Holmes.

There are still many dusty books in the cabinet.

Gu Lu’s brain froze for a second. The teacher meant for him to express his gratitude in his work as well?
"How can I accept a gift given to the teacher by someone else..." Gu Lu was interrupted by the teacher before he could finish his refusal.

"Books are just collectibles if they are placed in a cabinet. They are only books when they are given to people who read them." Teacher Gao said, "You like reasoning and you also write about Sherlock Holmes. It's a good gift for you. You will definitely read it more often and it won't be covered in dust. If you have inspiration, write more good stories. Of course, this is without delaying your study progress."

Gu Lu was still confused when he left the office with "Five Orange Pips". He was not sure whether the teacher really gave it to him as he said. Or did he want to leave his name in the book to express his gratitude?

"It seems like both are possible. Teacher Gao likes poetry and is a bit of a literary youth. Suddenly giving away books is something a literary youth would do. But who wouldn't want to leave their name behind?"

People are complicated, and Gu Lu couldn't judge for a moment.

There was another thing that also surprised Gu Lu, because when he received "Five Orange Cores", the synthesis sequence made a beep.

It's not that there are more works of Liu Cixin to read, but that there is one more. The lines column and the item column are full again. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is really a treasure book.

"Although I am in the A-po base camp, I will always be a Fumen person!" Gu Lu expressed his attitude in his heart.

Gu Lu decided to go home after school and buy all the Sherlock Holmes books except "The Sign of Four" and "The Five Orange Pips", hoping to get something unexpected.

Looking back at the three labels of the brain——

[Works adapted into TV series many times] [The best story in Japan in 2005] [Literary Prodigy] "Such a big cigarette butt that can't be put out? The best story in Japan in 2005, is it really that outrageous?"

Without a doubt, this was one of the most exaggerated labels Gu Lu had ever seen.

How good a story has to be to be the best in a year, not to mention being adapted into TV series many times?

Gu Lu felt that even if it was triggered by Sherlock Holmes, judging from the label, it had nothing to do with reasoning.

The label was too vague, and Gu Lu couldn't identify the work like he did with Liu Cixin's science fiction short story collection, and couldn't even remember the approximate scope.

……

"Don't do homework." Gu Lu said to Director Hu.

"We at No. 8 Middle School took into consideration that student Gu Lu is under pressure to create works. We also want to encourage students to create and innovate, so after discussion between school leaders and grade directors, student Gu Lu can temporarily stop doing homework," said Director Hu.

It's very official, it's okay, as long as you keep your word.

Gu Lu's selection process was very simple. Not attending morning self-study meant that he could arrive in the classroom at 8 o'clock. To be more precise, he could sleep until 7:20, which was an hour longer than usual.

However, the daily homework cannot be completed in one hour. The teachers of subjects such as Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, and chemistry have already begun to show their "claws". Even a skilled veteran like Gu Lu will take more than three hours.

Think about what time does evening self-study usually end? So every day students have to work hard to complete their homework, which is why there are special club activity days, otherwise there is no time to participate in club activities.

"Still, Gu Lu, you don't read early in the morning or attend evening self-study. Come on, student." Director Hu said with a smile.

"No problem. See you next time, Director Hu." Gu Lu left the office and headed towards the classroom.

President Wan Bai also left the office and walked towards Class 10 of Grade .

Instructor Wu Du can’t wait until next Wednesday to see the results and wants to know the results this Friday.

Wan Bai was standing at the door of the classroom. The appearance of an unfamiliar senior student was still very conspicuous.

"Boss, why are you here again?"

"President Wan is here. Is there anything the club needs?"

They both spoke at the same time, the first sentence was said by Li Guyuan and the second sentence was said by Qi Caiwei.

"On behalf of Teacher Wu and the Shuren Literary Society, I'm here to ask if Gu Lu from your class will join the literature society?" Wan Bai went straight to the point.

"I asked, he won't join." Li Guyuan said, "Che Gu - Gu Lu likes basketball more."

"..." Wan Bai looked at him with a look of "are you kidding me?" This genius writer loves basketball more? This is complete nonsense.

"Can you help me make some connections? I want to talk to Gu Lu." Wan Bai said to Li Guyuan and Qi Caiwei.

Why must Gu Lu join? The future president is here! Li Guyuan roared in his heart, but he also realized that there was something wrong with this matter. He was not stupid.

"I'll go ask." Qi Caiwei said.

(End of this chapter)

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