The successful publication of "Flowers on the Sea" swept away the haze that Wen Jianning had had since this time.

Even when she returned to the Mid-Levels villa at night, her steps were much lighter.

What's even more surprising is that Mr. Qi's letter was sent upstairs by the maid just after the front foot arrived home.

Because he already knew the result, Wen Jianning calmly opened the envelope.

Sure enough, Mr. Qi told her in the letter that "Flowers on the Sea" had been published in that well-known magazine in China, and the response from readers was enthusiastic. In addition to clipping some letters from readers, Mr. Qi also attached some comments cut out of newspapers.

The reviews were both good and bad, and there were even some fiercely worded criticisms that rendered this one useless.

Wen Jianning took these newspaper clippings seriously and pasted them one by one in his notebook, leaving them to read from time to time in the future.

In addition to these, Mr. Qi also told her that a bookseller had contacted her and wanted to publish it as a single book after the serialization of "Flowers on the Sea" was completed, and discussed with her about royalties.

In his letter, Mr. Qi said that the royalties in these years have always been very high, and the royalties given by the book company to well-known writers usually start at 10 percent, and even reach 30 percent. Although Wen Jianning made a name for himself in the mainland this time because of "Flowers on the Sea", he is still only a rookie in the literary world in China, but the bookseller is still sincere and gives a royalty of 7%. Wen Jianning didn't know much about these things, and she was in Hong Kong, and it was inconvenient to communicate back and forth with Shanghai, so she simply wrote to Mr. Qi in the letter and entrusted Mr. Qi with carte blanche to help deal with it.

However, before she could be happy, there was a sudden knock on the door.

The maid came to inform her, saying that the wives were going to take them out for socializing, and asked Wen Jianning to change her clothes early so that she could go out.

After closing the door, Wen Jianning slowly slid down with his back against the door panel, and sat on the cold floor in a trance.

As long as a person lowers his head once, his waist will bend more and more.

The last time she admitted her mistake and compromised, it was just the beginning.

Since then, at the banquet downstairs in the past few days, Wen Jingshu can no longer tolerate her hiding upstairs to read, first going downstairs to dance with the guests, and then going out to socialize with others, and then going on like this, I don't know what will be waiting for her later. Wen Jianning told himself in his heart that he would only have one year to endure it a little longer. When her studies in Hong Kong were over, she tried to escape from the Wen family's villa, flew to the mainland, and never came back. She barely mustered up her spirits to change her clothes and went to the banquet with Wen Jingshu and them.

However, today she was not the only one who was not interested, and when she came back, she lost her temper for some reason, locked Lu Jiajun outside the villa, and did not let the servants let him in.

Wen Jianning overheard a few words before he understood what was going on.

Seeing that Wan Ben has been the leader in the Hong Kong social scene in recent years, she has always been the most showy among the young ladies. But recently, after a Miss Zhao from Guangdong came here, she was faintly suppressed. Today, when I saw Lu Jiajun at the banquet, I took the initiative to talk to the surnamed Zhao, so I was naturally angry. At the banquet, she didn't have a good attack on the spot, and when she came back, she shook her face all the way, and refused to listen to Lu Jiajun's explanation.

Wen Jianning naturally didn't care about her affairs, turned around and went upstairs.

Only Jianxiu remained in the living room and persuaded hard: "On an occasion like today, you can't help but lose face." At that time, you were just angry, and now that you are back, you still make a joke like this. If you do this again, when you really lose your popularity, you will know that you will regret it at that time. Seeing Wanwan's eyebrows raised: "He dares!" Although she did not show any timidity on her face, her momentum gradually faded.

Seeing the embroidery's words, it happened to faintly poke at her heart.

She had already planned to make a marriage contract with Lu Jiajun, but this did not mean that she wanted to get married early, just to block the Wen family's mouth in advance with a stable marriage, and to prevent Lu Jiajun, a nerd, from running away. But the people of the Lu family always had an ambiguous attitude, neither nodding nor saying uncertainly, and repeatedly dragged it. Lu Jiajun is also a gutsless person, although he also wants to get engaged to Jianwan as soon as possible, but he doesn't dare to disobey his mother's wishes. She had such a seizure today, and it was not all because of the surname Zhao and the engagement.

If Lu Jiajun wasn't on her side, wouldn't she be-Jianwan didn't dare to think about it anymore. Jianxiu next to her saw that her attitude was relaxed, and persuaded in time: "Okay, since you have figured it out, go out and talk to him quickly." It's not that we want to see Miss Wan bow her head, it's just to find a staircase for that nerd. Seeing that Wan coughed lightly, Shi Shiran went out to find Lu Jiajun to reconcile.

After she went out, Jianxiu went upstairs and knocked on the door next door, and smiled at Wen Jianning: "Jianning, if you are free this weekend, accompany me to the mountains to sketch." ”

Wen Jianning was a little surprised.

Because of Jianwan, the two of them rarely go out alone. But since it is rare to take the initiative to invite Jianxiu, she naturally has no reason to refuse.

Wen Jianning readily agreed. Early on the weekend morning, as soon as she and Jianxiu went out, they saw the well-dressed Yan Tingchen leaning in front of the black car under the steps outside the villa, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Wen Jianning was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses. After all, the two of them went up the mountain, and if something happened, there was no reliable person to take care of it, and it was understandable to see that Yan Tingchen was called Xiu, so she didn't think much about it.

The three of them drove together to the outskirts and walked up the mountain.

The early summer weather was already a little hot, but as soon as I walked into the forest, the air suddenly became quiet and cool.

I was really happy to see embroidery today, and I kept laughing all the way. Seeing that she was happy, Wen Jianning was gradually infected, and her expression was not as tense as usual, which made the other two secretly relieved.

When he arrived at the place, Wen Jianning felt that this area was a little familiar.

This seems to be the hillside where they had come to the club that year.

Seeing that Xiu set up an easel under a big tree, he took Wen Jianning and them to the hillside with a smile: "You just stand here and be a model for me, and I will paint you over there." After she finished speaking, she winked at Yan Tingchen, motioned for him to seize the opportunity, turned around and ran away, leaving the other two in place.

Wen Jianning's original smile gradually solidified on his face. She had already seen that Jianxiu called her out today just to leave a chance for her to be alone with Yan Tingchen.

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Yan Tingchen knew that it was not good, and hurriedly explained: "Jianning, don't be so nervous first, we don't mean anything else, we just have something I want to say to you alone." ”

Wen Jianning sneered: "So what do you mean, you let Jianxiu find an excuse to trick me here, what do you want to do?" Fang Cai was still full of joy along the way, thinking that it was rare to be able to go out to play with Jianxiu today, but she didn't expect that it was these two people who joined forces to trick her and keep her in the dark and play around.

Thinking that Jianxiu had teamed up with outsiders to deceive her, Wen Jianning couldn't help but be furious. But seeing that the embroiderer was not in front of her, her anger was naturally all directed at Yan Tingchen, the culprit.

Yan Tingchen turned his head and said softly: "Jianning, do you remember here, you once saved a chick back then, and after climbing to a tree, you fell down, and then I carried you down the mountain." ”

Wen Jianning didn't make a sound, just looked at him coldly, turned around and left.

Yan Tingchen subconsciously reached out to stop her, but was dodged by Wen Jianning. He said behind him: "Jianning, I know you want to reject me, but you might as well listen to what I say before making a decision." Wen Jianning's footsteps paused, and sure enough, he stopped.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief and finish his words in one breath, Wen Jianning spoke first.

"If my previous refusal was not clear enough, then you might as well talk about it today," she didn't even bother to turn her head to look at him, "Please Mr. Yan don't have to waste time with me, I have never had you in my future plans." ”

After she finished speaking, she left without looking back, Yan Tingchen originally wanted to stop her, but he didn't even catch the corner of her clothes, so he could only hang his hand weakly and stand in place with a bitter smile.

He didn't expect this to be the result, and before he could finish speaking, everything was completely over.

Jianxiu, who was in the distance, found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly ran over to stop in front of Wen Jianning. But when she stopped someone, she found herself at a loss when she faced Wen Jianning's expressionless face, and she didn't know how to explain it to her.

Wen Jianning glanced at her coldly: "You really listen to him." ”

After that, she shook off Jianxiu's hand for the first time and went down the mountain alone.

After everyone walked away, Yan Tingchen walked down to Jianxiu's side and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I'm just afraid that I will trouble you this time." ”

Seeing that Xiu's heart was very chaotic, he could only smile reluctantly: "It's right that I apologize to you, and I came up with the idea." I originally just wanted you to have a chance to be alone, but I didn't expect Jianning's reaction to be so big. ”

Both of them were annoyed in their hearts, and they didn't have the heart to speak for a while.

I don't know how long it took, but Yan Tingchen said first: "I've been wondering if my first encounter with Jianning was too bad to make her prejudice against me so deep." ”

His words were bitter, and he could hear that Xiu's heart was also sad. But at this moment, she could only suppress her emotions and said: "Let's go and see Ning quickly, she will be angry and go down the mountain alone, I am really worried about her." ”

The two went down the mountain along the way they came, and soon saw Wen Jianning's figure.

But they didn't come up, for fear of angering her again, so they followed from a distance.

Wen Jianning walked all the way without looking back, and they followed all the way. She got on the tram, and they followed her far behind until she was back at the halfway point to the villa, where she stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked at her room.

Such a scene is not unfamiliar to Jianxiu.

In the past three years, she has seen such a scene many times, every time she sees Ning enter the villa, the person next to her will sit in the car, or lean on the side of the car and look up at the second floor, with a gentle and focused expression.

Jianxiu has never seen this person care about others like this, and it is precisely because of this that she will make her own opinions. However, seeing Ning and Ning is still too extreme.

Seeing that Xiu was calm, he opened the car door, said goodbye to Yan Tingchen and entered the villa.

She went upstairs and wandered alone in the corridor for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to knock on Wen Jianning's door.

"Tuk-tuk-"

Wen Jianning's cold voice came from inside: "Come in." ”

Seeing Xiu push the door in, Wen Jianning, who was originally sitting at the desk, turned around at the same time, clasped his hands on his shoulders, and looked at her coldly.

In fact, she had already heard the sound of pacing in the corridor, but she had endured it without making a sound, she was waiting, waiting for Jianxiu to take the initiative to knock on the door, waiting for Jianxiu to take the initiative to give her a reasonable explanation for today's events.

Neither of them spoke, and the room was silent.

In the end, Jianxiu couldn't bear the embarrassing silence, and took the lead in speaking: "Jianning, I can explain today's events." ”

Wen Jianning didn't say anything and looked at her quietly.

Jianxiu said in a low voice: "You have always been the smartest, and you must have seen things at home clearly." ”

The Wen family sent these girls to Hong Kong because they wanted them to marry for the sake of the family when they grew up, but Wen Jingshu also had their own plans. My aunt has put so much effort into them over the years, and she will definitely not let them go easily. Rather than being arranged by the Wen family or her aunt to be someone random when they are older in the future, it is better for them to make their own plans in advance and pick a young talent like Jianwan, and both parties will be happy.

Seeing that Xiu said a lot in one breath, but Wen Jianning still didn't have a reaction, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to say to himself: "I thought that instead of suffering outside in the future, it would be better for me to help you palm your eyes and choose a person who agrees with you." It's me who is not good today, I just want you to be alone with him, and I don't think about your thoughts. But Jianning, you really should think about it, Tingchen is indeed a little sincere to you. The Yan family is also a well-known family in Hong Kong, and we know him well, where to find such a suitable person. ”

The meaning of her words was that she still wanted to agree for Yan Tingchen.

However, Wen Jianning was unmoved.

Her voice was calmer than she expected, but the words she said were prickly, and every word had to prick people with blood: "You keep saying that it is for my good, but in fact it is still for yourself." You like Yan Tingchen, you think he is good, so you stuff him to me, but you don't think about what I think at all. ”

Suddenly she was said to be thinking about the hot face, and took a deep breath: "I admit that I did have a good impression of Yan Tingchen back then, but since I knew his heart for you, I have already let go." There are so many young talents in Hong Kong, and I am not reduced to grabbing men with my sister. ”

Speaking of this, her eyes finally turned red: "I didn't expect you, you to think of me like this, in your eyes I am such a person, is it more important to see an outsider than your own sister?"

Wen Jianning looked at her and shook her head hesitantly: "I don't know, I'm not you, I don't know which is more important in your heart." But the moment you decide to trick me into going to the mountains, you've already made a choice. ”

Seeing Xiu sang's face flushed, he defended: "I'm not, I don't, I'm for your good, I'll give him to you, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, but you still have to doubt us!"

As soon as the words came out, she herself only felt panicked.

She obviously didn't think like that, why would she say such a thing.

Wen Jianning was angered by her: "Yes, you guys, you finally told the truth, you and him are in the same group." Since Miss Jianxiu likes it so much, why do you want to let it go to me! You said that you would not regard outsiders as more important than sisters, but in fact, you had already made a choice! Just like you did to Jianwan, you said that you were afraid that she would be angry, so you didn't dare to ignore me face to face. But you have never considered my feelings, among the two people of me and Wen Jianwan, you choose her, not me!"

She simply vented all her dissatisfaction over the years to Jianxiu, and after finishing speaking, she felt full of joy.

Seeing Xiu's eyes full of tears, he could no longer bear this suspicion that bordered on humiliation, and he defended himself without words: "I don't, I don't!"

But Wen Jianning didn't want to pay attention to her anymore, and turned around to look down and read a book alone.

In the end, Jianxiu ran out of the room crying alone.

After she went out, Wen Jianning let go of the book.

In fact, she didn't read a word, and her heart was a mess.

After a short period of pleasure, she faintly felt regret, but she couldn't pull her face to chase after Xiu, just lying on the desk alone, her forehead against her arm, and her eyes seemed to have hot and moist liquid gushing out uncontrollably.

Wen Jianning thought, why did she and Jianxiu do this.

(End of chapter)