The story of salty soup and sweet soup, in fact, has a sequel.

There is a colleague in Zhuang Yan's company, he is a local, but he happened to go to college in Zhuang Yan's hometown. When he learned where Zhuang Yan's hometown was, he complained to Zhuang Yan, saying that the food they eat is salty, not delicious at all, and they have to vomit every day when they eat.

"Even the tofu brain is salty. The colleague exaggerated.

Zhuang Yan could only shrug his shoulders and say that he was unlucky and chose the wrong school.

In Zhuang Yan's heart, he has always felt that he can eat whatever he wants, don't force himself, and don't force others.

Reading books is the same, if you like it, if you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it, there is no need to force anything, or even say something unbearable. There's no need to think "what I don't like is bad."

The protagonist of The Man Who Stole Shadows is not a perfect, majestic person, in addition to his ability to communicate with shadows, he is also just an ordinary person, and he has a complex and even somewhat selfish human nature.

The story of this book is unreal, but the people in it are real, and they all have the most ordinary human nature.

In the face of love, family affection, and friendship, they all have their own thoughts and different pursuits. And Mark Levi uses his delicate language to outline these stories, portrays these love, friendship and family affection in detail, and dissolves all the power with tenderness, making people feel touching and warm.

Zhuang Yan sat on the bed for a while, and then remembered that he still had something to do today, so he got up and washed.

He had a plane ticket at half past twelve o'clock at noon, and it was almost eight o'clock now, and after he washed up, he went downstairs to have a meal, and then came back to pack up and get ready to go to the airport.

In fact, there is nothing to pack, just a few sets of changes of clothes, and a backpack will solve the problem.

At half past nine, Zhuang Yan got into a taxi to the airport.

If you have a choice, Zhuang Yan would prefer to take the high-speed rail, the speed of the high-speed rail in this world is a little faster than the previous world, because there has been no accident, so the speed of many shifts can reach more than 400 kilometers per hour.

The high-speed train from Jinling to Yanjing only takes more than three hours to arrive.

The plane also takes two hours to arrive, plus the check-in, security check and the time to get off the plane, it takes about four or five hours, which is a little slower than the high-speed rail.

However, it is the Spring Festival time, and the tickets for the high-speed rail are not so easy to buy, and the only tickets that can be bought are plane tickets.

On the plane at half past twelve, Zhuang Yan walked out of the arrival hall when it was close to three o'clock, and Wang Lijian's assistant Wang Yuanshan was already waiting for him outside.

Wang Yuanshan held a sign and didn't dare to write "Zhuang Yan", so he wrote "Mr. Jinling Zhuang", which was discussed by Wang Lijian and Zhuang Yan in advance.

However, Zhuang Yan didn't expect that it would be Wang Yuanshan who would pick up the plane, and when he walked in front of Wang Yuanshan, Wang Yuanshan also recognized that the person wearing a mask in front of him was Zhuang Yan.

"Teacher Zhuang, long time no see. ”

Zhuang Yan smiled: "It didn't take long, why did you come to pick up the airport and not go home for the New Year?"

"My home is in Yanjing, just go home tomorrow for the New Year, Mr. Wang didn't have a holiday, how dare we take a holiday first. ”

Wang Yuanshan said as he was about to pick up the backpack behind Zhuang Yan, but was pushed away by Zhuang Yan, "I'll just carry it myself, you Mr. Wang have been busy recently? I thought he was going to come and pick me up." ”

"Mr. Wang was supposed to come to pick you up, but there was a temporary meeting today, so he called me over. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, Wang Lijian is the editor-in-chief of the literary and art website, it is normal to be busy, and he asked again: "Then where are we going now?"

"Mr. Wang said let me take you to the hotel first, and then we will go to the company together. ”

"Alright, lead the way. ”

Wang Lijian did have a meeting, and it was not a small meeting, Zhuang Yan and Wang Yuanshan went to the hotel to put down their luggage and then arrived at the literary and art company, Wang Lijian was still in a meeting.

Zhuang Yan could only wait for him while drinking tea in Wang Lijian's office, Wang Lijian's office had not changed, it was still the same as before, but Zhuang Yan noticed that there was a row of books on the shelves near the desk.

From "Alive" to "The Old Man and the Sea", and even "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" is also available, and the adult and children's books of "The Little Prince" are also among them.

After waiting in the office for a while, Wang Lijian did not wait, but waited for Yu Hai.

Yu Hai should have known that Zhuang Yan was coming, so as soon as he came in, he said with a smile: "I had something in my hands just now, otherwise I would have picked you up." ”

They are all acquaintances, and they are not as polite as they first met, Zhuang Yan also smiled: "Where do you want to pick it up, I can come by myself, you are all at the end of the year, why are you still so busy?"

"It's not that we're busy, but it's not like you've just published two books, so we're busy. Lao Wang, they had a temporary meeting, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come out for a while and a half, and as soon as I put down the things in my hand, I thought that you should have arrived, and I was afraid that you would be alone, so I would come over to accompany you. ”

Yu Hai is still like that, and he is too heroic to speak.

"I just walked all the way up, and I saw that there are still a lot of people in your company, can't these people be working overtime, don't they go home for the New Year?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"It's considered overtime, but after today, there will be fewer people in the company, most of them have one day of work today, and after work today, they should go home. Yu Hai said.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said: "You leaders, you don't know how to sympathize with your subordinates at all, it's almost the New Year, and you still ask people to work overtime, this employee is afraid that he will have complaints." ”

Yu Hai also smiled: "This is overtime pay, there are three times the salary for overtime these days, and there are five times the salary for overtime, and a few days of work is enough for a month, they are happy in their hearts, what can they complain about." ”

"The rotten means of capitalism. Zhuang Yan joked.

He also has nothing to say, and the overtime of other company's employees has nothing to do with him. Besides, in his own company, the overtime situation is even more serious than that of the literary and art circles.

The two chatted for a while, and Wang Lijian also ended the meeting and returned to the office.

Seeing Zhuang Yan and Yu Hai there, Wang Lijian smiled and said, "Ziyan, you are here, are you going to pick you up from Yuanshan?" I have been in a meeting just now, and I haven't asked him about the specific situation. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, "Well, he picked me up, I've already been to the hotel, and I've put down my luggage, I don't listen to your orders, come and wait for you." ”

Wang Lijian waved his hand, "Ziyan, don't bury me, but I'm really a little embarrassed, the temporary meeting delayed the time, so you waited a lot of time." ”

"I didn't have to wait long, Brother Yu chatted with me. ”

"I'm much relieved to have Lao Yu with you. While speaking, Wang Lijian put the document in his hand back on his desk, and then turned back to Zhuang Yan and said, "Yuan Shan called just now and said that the hotel has been booked, and we will go over in a while." ”