Chapter 383 Mysterious Smile

Chapter 383 Mysterious Smile

Chapter 383 Mysterious Smile

As night falls, so do the neon lights and light pollution.

The doubts did not last long until around seven in the evening, when Gu Lu and Li Guyuan sent the female warrior back to the hospital. The latter suddenly suggested finding a food stall to eat something.

Just eat a little... As a person from Fog City, Gu Lu really felt that there was nothing good to eat at night in the city. Except for eating skewers.

But the fog is different. If you go out at one or two in the middle of the night, you can still eat hot pot, grilled fish, old duck soup, seafood, lamb skewers, Jianghu dishes, etc. Sincerely, it soothes your stomach.

Let me say one more outrageous thing. Under such conditions, if you can't lose weight in the fog, isn't that normal? !

After eating for about forty minutes, Li Guyuan finally spoke, "By the way, I have something to ask you."

Very good, Gu Lu knew from this tone that it meant that everything they talked about in the previous forty minutes was wrong.

He asked, "Gulu, how is the writing industry going now?"

"The magazine industry is rather sluggish, but the remaining ones have relatively stable sales." Gu Lu ate corn kernels one by one and spoke in detail, "Generally speaking, the prospects are good, and there are more submission channels on the Internet now."

After eating a bunch of pig hearts, Li Guyuan seemed to have increased his determination and said, "If I pick up writing novels now, can I still keep up?"

Hmm? Okay. Gu Lu was more concerned about another thing. "You have been reading these years. Although you don't write much, it's definitely okay to recover. But I'm more curious about another thing. Why did you suddenly change your mind? I remember I advised you for a long time before."

Could it be possible that the heroine could accomplish it in just a few words?

There's something going on here! Gu Lu looked Li Guyuan up and down.

Perhaps sensing his friend's scrutiny, Li Guyuan explained the reason, "There are two reasons."

"There's no one reason that's more important than the other. They should be on the same level. The first reason is that I find people are very strange. No matter how much I try to persuade someone I know, it doesn't seem to work. But strangers, or people I'm not that familiar with, their advice is very useful."

"My second sister asked me today, 'Brother Tangyuan, you used to write novels very well, why did you suddenly stop writing?'" Li Guyuan said, "I didn't know how to respond."

Nodding, Gu Lu understood this feeling, perhaps thinking, "People close to me, such as my parents and good brothers, know what kind of person I am anyway." Encouragement has no effect at all, but I will want to fight for myself in front of people I am not so familiar with.

"My second sister told me that in her mind, I am very good at writing and I am very good at summarizing methods and techniques. I can be considered as half a brother to my second sister." Li Guyuan bit the beef and his voice was relatively heavy. Eating beef can help build muscle. He suddenly stood up and said, "I also want to maintain the image of being very good in front of my sister."

Gu Jiayu is the second child in the Gu family, so she is called the second sister.

"What's the second reason?" Gu Lu asked, "You were sitting down, and then suddenly stood up. Does that make you look taller?"

There is no doubt that among the former F4 group of No. Middle School, Zeng Jie, Lü Ping, Ma Xuanyou, and Li Guyuan, Tang Yuan is the tallest. Let's put it this way, even if they were in the north, they would still be tall.

"Ahem, I also feel that standing up is more solemn." Li Guyuan coughed twice and sat down. However, the atmosphere was broken, and Li Guyuan lowered his head and took two bites of starch sausage to create a new atmosphere.

"Second sister is really amazing. I've seen her videos before. Many patients need a lot of time to accept reality after they wake up." Li Guyuan said, "I can't put myself in their shoes, but if it were me, I would definitely not be able to accept it so quickly."

The heroine's psychological endurance is indeed very strong, which is related to the misfortunes her family encountered when she was a child and a series of subsequent experiences.

"Since younger sisters are so talented, I feel like I'm such a loser," Li Guyuan said. "For these two reasons, I want to pick up writing again."

"Okay, I wish you success!"

Bang! The sound of wine glasses colliding with each other.

The Chinese side has two pitcher cups, while the British side has high-heeled glasses.

"Mr. Kane, you are the one who understands Cthulhu the best. If you raise your hand, we will support you as the new king of Cthulhu." Corbyn said enthusiastically.

There are seven or eight writers who write about Cthulhu in the club, although most of them are not specialized in this theme (most of them write suspense and horror), but they have at least published three or four Cthulhu short stories in newspapers and magazines, so the threshold is quite high.

Once someone takes the lead, the other writers will quickly join in. You take the yellow robe, I take the crown, and then the deal is done, right?
Unfortunately, the flattery hit the dog's leg, not the horse's leg.

"Shut up!" Kane slammed the table and stood up. His eyes were like an owl at night, staring at people, making people very uncomfortable.

Kane paid most of the club's expenses and was the most famous person present. His reputation must be top-notch. Everyone at the scene was silent.

"Have you seen Mr. Gu Lu's works?" Kane asked first.

"Of course" "I must have read the works that opened up Cthulhu" "The atmosphere is very good" "The Deep Ones, Dagon, the Ancient Ones, and the Great Old Ones, all these settings are derived from them, I can't write without reading them." "Of course, Mr. Kane's Cthulhu mythology system is also very important." And so on. "Then I definitely didn't understand it." Kane's eyes flashed with disappointment, "There is only one King of Cthulhu, and that must be Mr. Gu Lu. If you look closely at his works, it seems that he can summon ancient gods."

That's right. A few years ago, Kane started almost at the same time as Professor Gu Xuechen and conducted in-depth research on all of Gu Lu's works. No one in the UK knows Gu Lu better than him. It is precisely because he knows so much that he does not think he can become the King of Cthulhu. These stupid writers in front of them are just like the stupid farmers in the Cthulhu story who know nothing. They have no idea how talented Gu Lu is.

Suddenly, Kane and the series of protagonists in Cthulhu's works seemed to have a very strange resonance.

Then Kane began to recite the spell to summon Cthulhu in the short story: "IA! IA! Cthulhu Fhtagn!"

Because the voice was very low, it sounded as if it came from the Adam's apple. In addition, Kane had a blank expression on his face. The club was originally brightly lit, and the writers who were gathering at this moment were also a little scared.

Under the light, one can see more clearly the madness in Kane's eyes.

No buddy, are you serious?
We are just writing novels, not doing XIE religion.

Silence is golden, and silence is as uncomfortable and depressing as swallowing gold.

Corbin was the first to speak up and break the silence. "Mr. Kane is very fond of works such as the Necronomicon, At the Mountains of Madness, and Innsmouth Asylum."

"I like it very much." Kane said, returning to normal, "Let's continue discussing today's topic."

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The theme of tonight is "Make Cthulhu Greater". To put it more bluntly, Kane wants to promote the influence of Cthulhu to America.

"Gentlemen, please speak your mind. American audiences on the Internet are also very interested in Cthulhu themes," said Kane.

No one said anything. Because there may be readers in America, but it is difficult to publish a book in America, and currently only Kane is famous enough to publish a book in America.

"I have a rather vicious plan. I wonder if Mr. Kane would like to hear it." Corbyn's eyes rolled, and a lot of evil thoughts surged in his mind.

"Will your evil intentions harm Mr. Gu Lu?" Kane asked immediately. He was concerned about the other party. He knew too well what would happen if he attacked Gu Lu.

"No, no, no, there's definitely no harm," Corbin said immediately. "Sir, I'm a perfectly normal person, I think."

The phrase "Innsmouth face" even entered the Oxford English Dictionary.

In this case, Kane showed an expression of listening attentively...

Corbin talked about his plan, and when everyone finished listening, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the other side of China, someone also showed a similar smile.

"Isn't it a bit unethical for us to do this?" Vice Principal Ruan said this, but the smile on his face was brighter than anyone else's.

"Old Ruan, what you said is wrong. We are just making reasonable use of the rules." Principal Gong and Ruan looked at each other, and their smiles gradually turned into Lao Liu's smile, which was the mysterious smile.

"Yes, let me think about it. Guru will graduate from university in early July next year, and he will join one class this year and another class next year." Vice Principal Ruan said, "It makes sense, right?"

Hiss——You are a bit cruel. Principal Gong only wants to win the first term, but you want to win the first term. Isn't it unfair to other schools... Well done!
"We still have to take care of Mr. Lu's own arrangements. He has to follow Professor Lu and create, so it's quite busy," said Principal Gong.

"That's true, but only by teaching students in accordance with their aptitude can we better develop their talents," said Vice Principal Ruan.

In fact, apart from coming to the school to conduct research with Professor Lu, Gu Lu can go to other courses whenever he wants. The door of convenience is already wide enough.

The school leaders discussed the "International Culture Festival and International Customs and Culture Exhibition" held by Zhejiang University's School of Foreign Languages. It has been held since 2017 and this year is the third edition.

This year, we invited more than 30 schools from 18 countries (France, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, Japan, etc.) to participate in cultural exchanges.

At the cultural exhibition, students from various countries and schools created songs, dances, dramas, and literary works in a colorful way! For example, the dance "Kalinka on the shore of Lake Baikal" by St. Petersburg State University, the song "Je ne veux rien que toi" by Sorbonne University, the song and dance "Passionate Brazil" by the University of Campinas, Brazil, and the calligraphy dance by Zhejiang University, China, all won applause.

As we all know, there will be no accurate ranking for this kind of cultural exhibition. The purpose of the exhibition is to create an international cultural and educational exchange platform and freely display cultural diversity. Ranking does not fit the purpose.

But there are soft rankings, such as the personal gifts given by the tour leader during cultural exchanges between two countries. And whether the cultural exhibition of Zhejiang University of Foreign Studies is good or not can be seen from how many schools burst into dolphin-like applause after the performance.

Principal Gong and Vice Principal Ruan did what they said and told Gu Lu about it.

It must be a good thing that Chinese students outperformed 18 countries!

(End of this chapter)