Chapter 343 Gu Lu Zhang Returns

Chapter 343 Gu Lu Zhang Returns

Chapter 343 Gu Lu Returns
Xie He Hospital.

Gu Lu's pace changed from urgent to slow. When he put his hand on the door handle of the ward, he needed to take a deep breath to muster up a lot of courage. From the time his sister's fingers moved more than a month ago to now when she was fully awake, he had been worried.

It happened that the attending physician came, so he went in with the doctor.

Gu Jiayu was scared and panicked when she woke up in the hospital.

"Brother...brother?" Gu Jiayu saw a familiar figure, but he had changed from what she remembered. He was taller and had grown up, but she could still recognize him as her brother at a glance.

The presence of familiar people in an unfamiliar environment made the heroine feel a lot more at ease.

"Jia Jia, how do you feel?" Gu Lu asked.

"I don't have much strength." Gu Jiayu spoke haltingly, as if the sound was coming out of her throat with great effort.

"Doctor Liang, what is this?" Gu Lu asked immediately.

"Generally, awakening from a persistent vegetative state is accompanied by some minor problems, such as cognitive impairment and language disorders." Dr. Liang responded, "Jiayu is in good condition. We checked and found no physical dysfunction. This is the best case scenario."

Dr. Liang's words are not really a comfort, because many vegetative patients can only recover a certain degree of self-care ability even if they wake up.

But the heroine loves to talk so much.

Gu Lu immediately asked, "So can it be cured?"

"No problem at all. As long as Jiayu undergoes rehabilitation treatment for a period of time, she will be able to recover like a normal person," said Dr. Liang.

"Thank you, Dr. Liang. Sorry for the trouble." Gu Lu thanked him.

"No, no, my child grew up reading Teacher Gu's books." Dr. Liang was also happy for the brother and sister, so he made a little joke.

He then left the ward to give the two of them a chance to be alone, but before leaving he reminded them that Gu Jiayu had just woken up and needed more rest.

I understand, you definitely need to rest.

The ward suddenly became quiet. Gu Lu felt the cool breeze outside the window was a bit strong, and his eyes felt a little uncomfortable.

"Brother - I will pay attention to the road next time I walk." Gu Jiayu spoke slowly. She still remembered that her brother reminded her of this when she went to Li Guyuan's house last time.

Gu Lu had been tense at first, but after hearing what his sister said, his defense broke down instantly.

"It's a pity that I don't have a cell phone. If I had one, I would take a picture of your current appearance and use it to extort pocket money later." Gu Jiayu wanted to make her brother laugh.

Gu Lu exhaled heavily, "I will pay for your pocket money from now on. Good days are ahead."

"Hehe, I slept for a long time. Brother, how have you been these years?" Gu Jiayu was half lying down, the hospital bed was raised, and he didn't feel that tired.

"I went to Peking University and I'm doing okay." Gu Lu pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Brother, do you know how Shurou is doing?"

"It seems that he passed the entrance exam to a major university and did not leave the Foggy City."

"What about Brother Li Guyuan?"

"He was admitted to Tsinghua University."

"Oh! Brother Li Guyuan's dream has come true. He has always wanted to go to Tsinghua University."

and many more.

After asking a lot of questions, the heroine actually wanted to ask her mother because she missed her mother, but she also thought about her brother and mother's bad relationship. Especially since she had an accident again, it would definitely be worse, so she kept it in her heart.

After talking for about twenty minutes, Gu Jiayu felt a little tired.

"Have a good rest, I'll notify them later." The "they" that Gu Lu was referring to were naturally Gu's father and Gu's mother.

Seeing his sister's hesitant expression, Gu Lu understood what was going on. "Dad is still the same, drinking every day. As for Mom, her life hasn't changed much either, and she has a good relationship with that uncle."

When Gu Jiayu heard the news about Gu's father, she frowned. But when she heard the news about Gu's mother, her brows relaxed.

After reminding her again to have a good rest, Gu Lu stood up and lowered the bed to a lying position. He didn't want his sister to be too tired, so he didn't rush and had to take it slowly.

"Brother, can you bring me a cell phone? I'm bored in the hospital alone." Gu Jiayu said finally.

"I'll ask the doctor. If I can use a cell phone, I'll get one." Gu Lu looked at his sister who was already a little confused and responded in a low voice.

His eyes were closed, as if he had fallen asleep, and I didn't know if he heard anything or not.

Gu Lu closed the door gently and left the hospital. His steps were much lighter. Gu Lu even felt that he had taken off the invisible weight-bearing clothes he was wearing.

First ask Dr. Liang what you need to pay attention to during rehabilitation treatment.

The rehabilitation department of Union Hospital is quite good.

Then tell Father and Mother Gu the news that his sister has woken up. In fact, Gu Lu has not had much communication with his original parents in the past few years.

……

Wang Guowei jumped into Taiping Lake, Lao She jumped into Kunming Lake, and Ding Zeliang jumped into Weiming Lake.

At present, Gu Lu is at the bank of Weiming Lake, of course not to jump into the lake, but to wait for someone.

"Junior, I heard that Jia Jia woke up. Is that true?" Zhou Lin asked hurriedly before he even stood still.

Zhou Lin also got admitted to Peking University, and was one year older than Gu Lu, so he was nicknamed "junior".

She was a celebrity at Peking University, the president of Peking University Model United Nations, and the youth secretary general of China Model United Nations. Gu Lu really saw with his own eyes how the girl with extraordinary strength fulfilled her boasts step by step.

"Yeah, I'm awake." Gu Lu nodded, his eyes and eyebrows raised.

"That's great. I was saying that Jiajia is so good, God will definitely bless her." Zhou Lin was very happy. "Jiajia is really promising."

She was happy for Gu Jiayu and also for Gu Lu.

"When can I visit? Be sure to tell me and I'll go and see," said Zhou Lin.

"Can Jiajia still go to college? I think she should be able to." Zhou Lin touched his chin. "If you need tutoring, just tell me directly."

"Thank you." Gu Lu looked at his reflection in the lake.

"What are you thanking me for? What is our relationship? Besides, I also treat Jia Jia as my sister." Zhou Lin waved her hand.

"Thank you for these years." Gu Lu said.

During the three years of college, Zhou Lin often called him and ran around to help him sign up for activities. Gu Lu knew very well that Zhou Lin was counseling him, and she was really like a little sun, which really made Gu Lu feel much better.

"Why are you suddenly getting emotional?" Zhou Lin said, "Besides, what's the point of just thanking me verbally? In this case, you have to treat me to many more meals."

"No problem, just tell me what you want to eat." Gu Lu turned his gaze to her.

"You can't just go to the cafeteria and fool me this time."

"Absolutely not."

During the three years, Gu Lu didn't make many friends in college, so the two of them had dinner together quite often.

Because Zhou Lin often appears on Peking University's Weiming BBS (school forum), she is more easily recognized by classmates than Gu Lu.

"My goddess has a boyfriend." "It's so funny, you just found out that Zhou Lin and Gu Lu are a couple?" "Are they together? It doesn't look like it, and they didn't hold hands or anything."...

If you are beautiful when you are young, it is very unlikely that you will grow up to be crooked. Zhou Lin became even more beautiful when she grew up, especially her long black hair, which was the standard long black straight hair.

The two of them finally chose a seafood restaurant for dinner. Gu Lu was really treating them to a big meal this time.

Gu's mother came to Sijiu City the next day after receiving the news.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried. Gu Lu sat in the corridor like an outsider.

In the following time, when Gu Lu had no classes, he would go to the hospital to accompany Gu Jiayu.

A week after Gu Jiayu woke up, the attending doctor evaluated that she could use electronic products, but she had to control the time. She could also be visited, and Zhou Lin and Li Guyuan came.

The heroine gradually got used to living in the hospital and her personality returned to normal.

"Which university did Sister Qi Caiwei get into?" Gu Jiayu asked.

"She went abroad to study and didn't come back often." Gu Lu was peeling an apple for her.

"So brother, did you choose Sister Zhou Lin in the end?" Gu Jiayu suddenly said.

"What do you mean by choosing Zhou Lin?" Gu Lu pretended to knock his head.

"Of course, Sister Caiwei and Sister Zhoulin definitely like you. I knew it in high school." Gu Jiayu dodged with a smile.

Gu Lu could sense Qi Caiwei's feelings. When she boarded the plane a few years ago, Gu Lu saw her off. He couldn't respond at that time because CC was only seventeen years old. But since CC went to the bear country, the contact has not been so frequent.

"Brother, can you agree to one of my requests?" Gu Jiayu suddenly asked this while chewing an apple.

"You said, you can have whatever you want." Gu Lu came back to his senses.

"This guy is so annoying! Brother, you should write a book and defeat him!" Gu Jiayu pointed at a message on the tablet.

[Katsuta Uchimaru: "Genius, of course I am a genius. Just like a few years ago when I defeated Hua Tiancai... What was Hua Tiancai's name? I forgot it, it's not important. If I can defeat the most genius, am I not a more powerful genius?"]
This news came from a repost from a self-media outlet. Shengduo Neiwan often talked about defeating Gu Lu.

In the past, few self-media bloggers would repost the video, but recently the Bilibili video was excavated and became a hot topic. Therefore, the self-media had the motivation to repost Katsudano Maru's speech in the "Direct Talk" in April.

"Okay, I will try my best." Gu Lu agreed.

Over the past four or five years, even though Gu Lu studied hard and did not try anything new, he still wrote seven novels, four short story collections and three novels, including To Live.

So why haven’t I published any more? Maybe I blame myself.

I blame myself for buying the house in Bauhinia Garden, blame myself for writing the article "That Tree", and blame myself for making the street narrower due to construction work. I blame...

When people are emotional, they tend to go to extremes. They either try to blame others for their mistakes or think that all the mistakes are theirs. Obviously, Gu Lu is the latter.

Gu Jiayu was very happy to hear this, and she patted her brother softly, signaling him to cheer up. When she got her phone, she found that her brother had not written a book for several years. The thoughtful Gu Jiayu instantly figured out the key, and then thought for a long time before coming up with this "solution".

After leaving the hospital and returning home, he bought a house in Sijiu City. However, when he bought the house a few years ago, the housing prices in Sijiu City were not so outrageous.

Of course, the development of the copyright surrounding "The Little Prince" has made him rich, especially through co-branding, with many domestic clothing brands co-branding "The Little Prince".

"What is the sales volume of Xiao Ri Zi?" Gu Lu checked.

Katsutauchi Maru has published 6 books so far in his writing career, with "Shooting a Bullet at the Sun" being the best-selling work, reaching an astonishing 2017 million copies. The specific data has not been announced, but in , two years after its release, it was announced that sales exceeded million copies. The other five works combined have less than million copies.

Looking at himself again, among the five books published by Gu Lu in Neon, "The Prince at That Time", "Flowers for Algernon", "The Wandering Earth", "Mr. Holmes" and "Hyouka", the best-selling one is "Algernon", with cumulative sales of more than 1.7 million copies so far.

By the way, Mr. Holmes and Bingguo are the efforts of agent Yao Xiaoju over the past few years. Even if Gu Lu has no new works, he has managed the old works very well.

"Is this book written beyond expectations?" Gu Lu wondered why the difference was so big. After some research...Okay, Gu Lu knew the reason.

"The book I have on hand..."

Gu Lu found the more suitable ones, "From the New World", "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" and "The Devotion of Suspect X".

I have to thank Zhou Lin for the cat that was triggered by the new world. He once helped me raise a cat for a while. As for the striped pajamas, it was the striped pajamas that King Guru really bought. Needless to say, the last one was originally planned to be published many years ago.

"The boy in the striped pajamas seems to have swept all the awards except the Nobel Prize in Literature, which is amazing." It's amazing, so Gu Lu ruled it out. Because this time he was not aiming for the award.

The remaining two parts made Gu Lu hesitate.

"From the New World" was a work he loved very much in his previous life, even though he had only watched the anime and not read the book.

This book is anti-utopia, and the ending is very shocking. How shocking is it? As a reader, you put yourself in the shoes of the protagonists, but in fact you are just a mouse...

"The sales in the New World should not be good." With the intention of boosting sales, Gu Lu still chose the suspect. After all, this book had a sales miracle on Earth, so the next one should be in the New World.

I haven't typed for a long time, so my speed must have slowed down. Gu Lu fumbled with the keyboard for a long time before he started working.

[At 7:35 am, Ishigami left the apartment as usual. Although it was already March, the wind was still quite cold. He buried his chin in his scarf and walked out. Before walking onto the street, he glanced at the bicycle parking lot. There were a few bicycles there...]
Gu Lu remembered the mystery short story he wrote in Neon a few years ago, and he could make a slight connection with it.

Oh yes, I have to tell Yao Xiaoju before plagiarizing.

"Hey Brother Yao, I may have a new book this month, and I want to release it in Neon."

"New book?!" Yao Xiaoju stood up and paced back and forth in the room excitedly.

He was originally a calm person, but this incident made Yao Xiaoju lose his composure.

"Really? Brother Gu! You are finally planning to write a new book!" Yao Xiaoju asked, "What's the subject matter?"

"Mystery-themed." Gu Lu replied.

"Neighbor's mystery themes do have a market, no problem." Yao Xiaoju said excitedly, "I'll contact the publisher and ask when it will be published? Do we need to sell the Japanese and Chinese versions simultaneously?"

“The book should be ready by mid-June,” said Gu Lu.

"I will arrange it, and I will definitely get the best price for royalties," said Yao Xiaoju.

"I definitely trust Brother Yao in this regard. He is professional."

"Then go to bed early."

The two men finished their conversation and hung up the phone. For Yao Xiaoju, this was the best news he had received in recent years.

"Yes! That's great. With Gu Lu's talent, as long as he gets used to it, he will be able to return to his peak soon."

Yao Xiaoju thought that even though the book market and readers' tastes had changed, he still believed in Gu Lu.

The first one is to get used to it, the second one is to keep you stable, and the third one is to return to the peak.

……

"Bang bang——" There was a crisp knock on the door.

"President, this is Inoguchi Nisamaru." Editor-in-chief Aso introduced that introducing emerging writers discovered by the publishing house to the president is also a kind of optimism.

Zhukou immediately introduced himself by his real name, after all, Ersanmaru knew it was a pen name as soon as he heard it.

"The book is well written and keeps the style," said Sato.

Very respectfully, Zhukou quickly said that he would continue to work hard to create better works.

Just one meeting was enough. Asou Yoshi was very sensible and took the person away before the president became impatient.

Only after walking out of the publishing house's small building did Zhukou breathe a sigh of relief.

"I feel that the president has a very artistic temperament..." Zhukou was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"Who told you to talk about the president casually?" Editor-in-Chief Aso scolded.

"No discussion. I definitely have no problem with the president." Zhukou apologized quickly.

As the bow was so standard, Aso didn't pursue the issue any further, "President Sato didn't do this before."

"Huh?" Zhukou Ersanwan waited for the follow-up.

"President Sato wasn't so decadent before, but now he's a bit self-indulgent," said editor-in-chief Aso, "because of something that happened."

"What's the matter?" Zhukou Ersanwan thought to himself, you don't let me talk about the president, but you are talking happily on your own.

"President Sato believes that he has harmed China's talented people," said Aso.

"Who is the Chinese genius?"

"Gu Lu, have you heard of this name?" Aso asked.

"Of course, I have read The Prince of That Time and Flowers for Algernon," Zhukoujisanmaru said immediately. He didn't say the last sentence because he didn't like reading these two books. They didn't poke him.

"The president believes that if he had not facilitated the publication of the science fiction short story collection "The Wandering Earth", Gu Lu would not have stopped writing..." said Aso.

“Although the sales of The Wandering Earth lag far behind Shooting a Bullet at the Sun, a collection of short stories can never be compared to a long story!” said Zhukou Jisanmaru, “Did Mr. Gu Lu really stop writing because of this incident?”

"Not necessarily, but the president thinks so," Aso replied.

As soon as he finished speaking, Aso's phone rang. His expression changed from calm at first to shocked later.

"Okay, okay, President, I'll be right back!" Editor-in-Chief Aso hung up the phone.

Zhukou was about to ask what was going on when he heard the editor-in-chief say.

"Gu Lu is coming back!"

"What?" Zhukou Ersanwan didn't quite understand.

"The president said that Mr. Gu Lu is going to write a new book, so let's go shopping in Tokyo today." Aso said, as an editor, he would definitely take the teacher shopping from Sapporo to Tokyo. But now there are more important things to do, so after giving instructions, he ran back in two steps.

Only two or three pig mouth pills were left there.

The office of Bai Tongshe became busy, and the promotion of "Gu Lu's return work" also had to be carried out.

President Sato was very happy that the genius had regained his spirits, but he found that he didn't seem to be completely happy, and even felt a little lost?

There are no secrets in the publishing industry, so the news of Gu Lu's return quickly spread throughout Neon.

(End of this chapter)