Chapter 178: Extremely Complicated Feelings

""get"?"

Seeing that Wang Zixu didn't respond, Chen Qingluo repeated the word again with a questioning look.

Her eyes searched his face lavishly, looking for the answer like turning the pages of a book.

"There's nothing strange about Wang Zixu appearing on 'Gain'. Why are you making such a fuss?" Ning Chunyan said to Xiao Mengyin.

Xiao Mengyin said: "I'm not making a fuss, I'm just congratulating you."

Ning Chunyan said: "Don't set your sights on him! He is the editor of our New Appreciation magazine."

"Who is targeting him? Why are you so nervous?"

"Am I nervous? I just can't stand some people who used to slander me, but now that I've been featured in Get, they're eager to get close to me."

Ning Chunyan and Xiao Mengyin were on the verge of a showdown.

When Shi Shuqiu was in high spirits, she often used this younger brother to show off in front of Ning Chunyan.

Now is the time to avenge our humiliation.

Chen Qingluo was completely out of the feud between the two. She keenly captured the information she needed:

"You knew he was on Get?"

Ning Chunyan felt a little guilty for a moment, and said something else: "For this work, he really endured a lot of pain that ordinary people can hardly imagine."

Chen Qingluo turned her gaze to Wang Zixu again: "You already knew it, why didn't you tell me?"

Facing her aggressive gaze, Wang Zixu felt overwhelmed. He pretended to be defeated and dodged all the way. In the end, he was forced to make eye contact with her.

Chen Qingluo looked at him intently, and the two stared at each other for a long time.

"I, I wanted to tell you yesterday, a surprise."

Chen Qingluo stared at him intently: "What do you mean by surprise?"

The sweat on Wang Zixu's forehead was more than the rain that Master Tang had been soaked in. He was at a loss for words, and in the end it was the kind-hearted Ning Chunyan who helped him out:
"We originally wanted to be on Gain, and we would tell you once everything was finalized so that we could celebrate together. But we didn't expect that Xiao Mengyin would ruin everything."

Chen Qingluo turned aside and said nothing.

Wang Zixu knew that it would be more troublesome for her not to speak than to do so.

She didn't say anything, which meant that our Miss Luo did not accept this explanation.

Shi Shuqiu came up to him and said hypocritically, "Brother Wang's work has been published in Get? Congratulations."

Prince Xu was upset and not very enthusiastic. He just said, "Thank you."

"What kind of work is it? Are you preparing to participate in a competition?" Shi Shuqiu smiled fakely.

"If you're interested, you can buy a copy of Obtain and take a look." Wang Zixu glanced at his watch. "Aren't you going to prepare for the seminar?"

Shi Shuqiu spread his hands and said, "Alas, what do I need to prepare? I didn't even think I would be criticized, but they insisted on criticizing me. Logically, I don't think I should be there. Why does it need the author to be present when others comment on my work?"

Shi Shuqiu's words express the author's state of mind of being indifferent to fame and fortune, indifferent to honor and disgrace, and free and easy, which indirectly highlights the charm of his works.

However, the few people present had no interest in doing reading comprehension.

Xiao Mengyin said, "It's almost time to go. Xiaoshi, why don't you go and coordinate? Friends in the media are very interested in you."

Shi Shuqiu came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Yes. Thank you, Sister Mengmeng, for reminding me, but I still have something to tell you."

"I'll go directly to the venue."

"No, let's talk alone." Xiao Mengyin was annoyed. She didn't want to talk to him, but she couldn't persuade him, so she could only nod and let him go. Ning Chunyan took Wang Zixu into his team like a trophy.

……

After walking a little further, Shi Shuqiu asked anxiously, "Wang Zixu appeared on Obtain? What's going on?"

Xiao Mengyin said: "It means literally."

"How did his article suddenly appear in Get? Wasn't his article rejected by... two magazines in a row?"

“It was rejected, and then it was accepted.”

Xiao Mengyin bit her lip gently. She remembered that earlier at the restaurant at the end of the world, she asserted that Wang Zixu's manuscripts had been rejected twice, which meant that he had no talent and that it was wishful thinking for him to be published in "Get".

Who would have known that the person whom she considered to have no talent, the person whom she believed had not even a 0.001 percent chance, would actually succeed beyond her cognition and eloquently prove her ability.

Shi Shuqiu was in a very confused mood.

He looked cynical on the outside, but in his heart he admired Xiao Mengyin very much. He had seen the interaction between Xiao Mengyin and Wang Zixu just now, and he felt very jealous.

In addition, when he heard that Wang Zixu had been featured in "Get", he appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was suddenly shaken.

After he caught his breath, he changed his mind and felt that things might not be that bad.

Maybe Wang Zixu just published a small article. Or maybe he was just lucky and found an opportunity when there was a shortage of manuscripts.

He told himself not to panic, because by the time today's seminar was over, he would have reached the pinnacle of his life.

The uncles and aunts in the literary world all came to show their support, ready to throw the flowers of praise to him; the pens of friends in the media are ready to crown him with the crown of praise.

But he could see clearly that Xiao Mengyin was distracted, and he felt inexplicably panicked.

"Sister Mengmeng, what's wrong with you? Didn't you tell me that I was determined to win the first prize of Fei Shi this time? He just appeared in "Get", why are you so shaken?"

Xiao Mengyin glanced at him, was silent for a while, and asked:
“Did you appear in Get?”

Shi Shuqiu paused for a moment, then immediately said, "I published in Modern, which is not inferior to Dedao."

“But you weren’t in Get.”

"Sister Mengmeng, I don't understand why you emphasize Obtain so much," Shi Shuqiu said anxiously. "Even if he was published in Obtain, I was published in Modern Times, so it's a tie. I still have to hold a seminar today. I'm younger than him, and I have more resources and connections than him. In any case, the advantage is mine."

“But you weren’t in Get.”

"..."

Xiao Mengyin sighed, shook her head and said to him, "Forget it. I'm in a bad mood today. Don't talk to me. Talking to me will only ruin your mood. Prepare for your seminar well. Let me be alone for a while."

"Sister Mengmeng!" Shi Shuqiu shouted at her. He felt like a person trying desperately to grab sand. The tighter he held, the more he couldn't stop the sand from flowing through his fingers. "Last time you said that if I took Fei Shi, you would go on a date with me. Does that still count?"

Xiao Mengyin looked back at him, nodded hastily, and then walked towards the auditorium alone.

Shi Shuqiu felt a little relieved, but he also felt a sense of crisis. When he could no longer see Xiao Mengyin's back, he made a phone call.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, where are you?"

"Have you seen Han Fei? Help me find Han Fei."

"Forget it, I'll go find her myself. Oh, and buy me a copy of Obtain."

"Don't know where to buy it? Damn it, can't you find it? Are you from the literature department? Forget it, if you can't buy it, just meet up with me."

(End of this chapter)

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