Chapter 034: Refusal
Lu Yang's gaze suddenly inadvertently caught a glimpse of a few books and a pink teacup on the computer desk.
At the bottom of those books are his own two sample books, and on the top of the two sample books, are Cao Xue's, and so are the pink teacups.
They were all brought back by Lu Yang last night.
Seeing these things, Lu Yang's heart suddenly moved, and he reached out and took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket to check if there were any text messages or calls from Cao Xue.
He had brought back her book and teacup, and she should have asked him for it.
……
As soon as the mobile phone screen lit up, Lu Yang saw that there was indeed a new message, opened the inbox, and Lu Yang saw that the new message was indeed sent by Cao Xue.
Click on the new message, and the content of the new message is displayed:
"Lu Yang, when you go to self-study tonight, remember to bring my things over and return them to me. ”
As Lu Yang expected just now, this news was indeed Cao Xue who asked him to return the books and teacups to her.
Lu Yang smiled slightly, and casually put the phone back in his trouser pocket.
Lu Yang thought of Cao Xue, and couldn't help but think of the fact that when they were separated last night, he tricked her into looking in other directions, and then suddenly kissed her secretly.
Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Yang's mouth turned up slightly.
The sweetness of love probably lies in the process, when Lu Yang was still reminiscing, there was a didi QQ message prompt sound from the laptop speaker.
Lu Yang's QQ has been set to automatically log in, and every time the computer is turned on, it will be automatically logged in.
"Who's messaging me at this time?"
Lu Yang was puzzled in his heart, and manipulated the mouse to click on the new message.
As a result, Lu Yang found that the new news was sent by Brother Tian, the editor in charge.
The content of the message made the smile on Lu Yang's face disappear all at once.
"Hello Wen Chou! The manuscript you sent yesterday, after getting off work last night, I have read it, I personally think the quality is good, but, unfortunately, I put your request for signing a contract in advance with the editor-in-chief, the editor-in-chief's opinion is: my personal appreciation, can not be the basis for signing a contract, whether a work can be signed, need readers to decide, so, I can only regret to tell you, you can only continue to update on the website for the time being, and after the popularity has risen, it is possible to sign a contract, I hope this news did not hit you, continue to work hard! Looking forward to the day when I sign with you. ”
Actually refused......
Lu Yang was silent.
The editor in charge said that he personally thinks the quality of this book is good, and I don't know if it is polite comfort, but Lu Yang still has confidence in this "Doomsday Wasteland" in his heart.
It's just that if he wants to sign a contract with the website in advance, it's not that he has confidence.
If the editor doesn't agree, he can't sign up in advance.
It seems that in 03, the starting point editor signed a new book, and he was really cautious, and it seems that he can only run naked for the time being, and he can't get the recommendation of the website.
Lu Yang's good mood just now inevitably became a little depressed.
It doesn't work to go through the back door, and then you can only honestly update it every day, waiting to accumulate popularity little by little.
Although Lu Yang was a little depressed in his heart, he did not lose confidence because of this.
What is the quality of this "Doomsday Wasteland", he has been writing novels for so many years, and he knows very well in his heart.
Lu Yang absolutely didn't believe that this book couldn't even meet the standard for signing a contract.
That afternoon, Lu Yang didn't go anywhere, and sat quietly in his study all afternoon, cigarette in his mouth, his hands kept tapping on the keyboard, and lines of text jumped into the blank document.
By the evening, three chapters had been written in one afternoon, totaling more than 9,000 words.
Today's task has been exceeded.
But when he went to school tonight to study with Cao Xue at night, Lu Yang planned to write a manuscript.
Lu Yang is a more and more courageous character.
The starting point refused to sign his work in advance this time, although it did not hurt his confidence, but it aroused his fighting spirit.
The more others disbelieve in the quality of his work, the more he has to prove his book to others through his own efforts.
After dinner in the evening, Lu Yang brought manuscript paper, pencils, and Cao Xue's things to classroom 103 of the No. 3 teaching building.
Cao Xue, as usual, was already reading quietly here.
Lu Yang slowed down, came to Cao Xue's side, and when he sat down, he put Cao Xue's books and teacups next to her arms.
Cao Xue sensed his arrival, turned her head to look at him, perhaps remembering that Lu Yang had secretly kissed her last night, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and her eyes looking at Lu Yang were a little different from before.
Lu Yang smiled faintly at her, and his mood was not very good because of the refusal of the editor at the starting point.
Such a faint smile was different from the impression he left on Cao Xue before.
made Cao Xue feel a little strange.
"What's wrong with you, you don't seem to be in a good mood?" Cao Xue asked with some confusion.
Lu Yang shook his head slightly, and said, "It's nothing, you can read the book!" I'll go out for a cigarette and come back to write the manuscript later." ”
After speaking, Lu Yang nodded to Cao Xue, put down the manuscript paper and pencil and went out, seeing that Cao Xue was stunned, Lu Yang was so abnormal, Cao Xue was even more sure that Lu Yang was not in a good mood today.
However, she didn't know Lu Yang very well, and she wasn't Lu Yang's girlfriend yet, so after being stunned there for a while, she withdrew her gaze and continued to read her book.
It's just that Lu Yang's abnormal expression and behavior today aroused the curiosity in her heart, and when she read the book again, she couldn't even devote herself to it anymore.
Lu Yang went out and lit a cigarette, put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at the dark night outside the corridor with half-squinted eyes, and flashed the rejection of today's starting point in his mind, and then Lu Yang forcibly put this thought behind him, smoked quietly, and began to think in his heart about the content of the two chapters of manuscript to be written tonight.
When the two cigarettes were almost finished, I already had a detailed content in my mind.
After throwing the cigarette butt at his feet and crushing it with his toes, Lu Yang went back to the classroom and returned to Cao Xue's side, Cao Xue felt it, but did not immediately turn his face to look at him, but paid attention to Lu Yang with the corner of his eye.
After Cao Xue saw Lu Yang come back this time, she picked up the pencil on the table, groaned slightly, and began to write on the snow-white manuscript paper.
It's the same ghostly text as last time, and the tip of the pen falls on the manuscript paper, and if you don't finish a paragraph in one go, the nib of the pen doesn't leave the manuscript paper at all.
The words were still so simplified that they were illegible.
But this time, Cao Xue no longer dared to suspect that Lu Yang was scribbling like last time.
The two sample books that Lu Yang brought over yesterday have already proved to her that the manuscripts he wrote are of high quality, otherwise how could there be a Taiwanese publishing house willing to pay for the publication of his works?
This night, Lu Yang has been writing almost all the time.
When he wrote about devotion, he completely forgot that Cao Xue was next to him for a while, and he also forgot that this was still the school's self-study classroom, so he habitually took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth.
A cigarette was lit every ten minutes, Cao Xue looked at him from the corner of her eye, seeing that he was completely forgetful, she couldn't bear to wake him up, but when the smoke of the cigarette drifted to the end of her nose and was smelled by her, her brows subconsciously wrinkled because of discomfort, but although she didn't like the smell of smoke, she saw Lu Yang so engaged, and she still endured it and didn't disturb Lu Yang.
In this way, Lu Yang kept writing until half past eleven in the middle of the night, when he was woken up by Cao Xue's mobile phone alarm before finally exiting that state of concentration.
It was only at this time that Lu Yang noticed that he still had half a cigarette in his mouth, and the smoke was wafting in a curling manner.
In one night, Lu Yang wrote two and a half chapters.
Seeing that Cao Xue was already packing up her things, Lu Yang was slightly stunned, only to realize that it was not good to snub her so much tonight, and at that moment Lu Yang showed a smile on his face and said to Cao Xue: "I'm hungry again, will you accompany me to eat rice noodles again?"
As he spoke, Lu Yang had already snatched the books and teacups in Cao Xue's hands.
This made Cao Xue feel the urge to roll her eyes, thinking to herself, why is this person like this?
However, thinking that Lu Yang had been concentrating on writing the manuscript all night today, the look of devotion seemed to be still in front of her eyes, such a Lu Yang made Cao Xue feel that she couldn't bear to refuse.
At the moment, after a slight hesitation, Cao Xue nodded and agreed.
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