After sending Dong Yuqi home, it was already noon, Ye Chen returned to his home, and immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed a phone number.

"Hey, is it Aunt Wang?"

"It's Xiaochen, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're finally willing to call Aunt Wang?" on the other end of the phone, Wang Jing said teasingly.

Ye Chen was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but thinking of the upcoming publication of "The Da Vinci Code", Ye Chen still said cheekily:

I've been preparing for the National Youth Literary Creation Contest for the past few days, otherwise I would have called Aunt Wang early in the morning. No, I just finished the exam this morning, and I called Aunt Wang as soon as I got home. ”

"Xiaochen is so powerful? These two days are the semi-finals in the province, and those who can participate are the top ten in the preliminary round in the city, tell Aunt Wang, what are you writing in the preliminary round, and our magazine will also have a report on this, and you will be on it when the time comes." Wang Jing was a little surprised, and then curious.

When Ye Chen heard this, he was a little happy in his heart, although it was only the first in the preliminary competition in the city, and the gold content was not very high, but it was also a good choice to be published in the magazine of Chaoyang Magazine, so it could also leave an impression on readers and accumulate some fame, and what Ye Chen lacked most at this stage was fame!

What's more, the value of the article "Necklace" is far above this bit of fame, but based on the fact that Ye Chen is only an unknown author at this stage, this has to be overused, Ye Chen even felt a little guilty when he decided to write this article in the examination room, and used the famous article of the three kings of short stories in his previous life in a preliminary competition.

Fortunately, "Necklace" lived up to expectations and won the first place, otherwise Ye Chen would really die of shame!

"Then Xiaochen will thank Aunt Wang, the name of the article I wrote is "Necklace", which is a short story. Ye Chen thanked.

"You, you are really bold, you actually broke into the top ten with a short story in this kind of competition, Aunt Wang also has to admire your courage, okay, Aunt Wang wrote it down, and Aunt Wang will also take a look at it when she has time. Wang Jing said with a smile.

"Aunt Wang, you underestimated me this time, my "Necklace" won the first place in the preliminary competition in the city, I believe it will not disappoint you. Ye Chen said lightly.

"First, it's worthy of our great talent, okay, then Aunt Wang will wait and see what kind of shocking novel our great talent has written this time. Wang Jing was very surprised, and some expectations, and then seemed to remember something, when Wang Jing chatted with Ye Chen two days ago, she knew that although Ye Chen was a genius in liberal arts, he was not very good in science, and now it is mid-April, the college entrance examination is imminent, and this semi-final will add points to the college entrance examination.

Wang Jing has a good impression of Ye Chen, and hopes that Ye Chen can be admitted to a good university.

"Xiao Chen, you said that you just participated in the provincial semi-finals today, how did you do in the exam?"

Hearing the concern in Wang Jing's words, Ye Chen also felt a trace of warmth in his heart.

"Don't worry, Aunt Wang, if nothing else, you have to leave me an extra empty seat in the magazine. ”

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and chuckled: "Then dare to be kind, then Aunt Wang is waiting for your good news, okay, the gossip ends here, Aunt Wang knows that if you are fine, she will not call Aunt Wang, say, what's the matter?"

After Ye Chen heard Wang Jing finish speaking, he was also a little embarrassed in his heart, there was really something to call Wang Jing this time, but Ye Chen still said cheekily:

"Hehe, Aunt Wang is really like a god, I called this time to ask, how is the serialization of my book "The Dedication of Suspect X"?"

Wang Jing on the other end of the phone heard Ye Chen finish speaking, and the corners of her mouth also flashed a smile, and she said, "Well, this is not easy to say." ”

After hearing this, Ye Chen was suddenly shocked, "It's hard to say? What does it mean to say it? Could it be that the reader's response is unsatisfactory?"

Ye Chen was a little incredulous, you must know that this is one of the masterpieces of Keigo Higashino, the king of mystery novels in the island country in his previous life, could it be that the mystery novels that shined in literature in his previous life are not cold in this world at all?

If this is the case, then "The Da Vinci Code" will also end miserably after its publication, and it will become a laughing stock?

Ye Chen thought of a lot in an instant, and even cold sweat broke out, "Aunt Wang, what does it mean to be hard to say? Is it that readers don't like it?" Ye Chenqiang said with a smile.

Wang Jing also heard Ye Chen's weak heart, thinking of Ye Chen, who had always been full of confidence in front of him, at this time, he was so frightened that he even stammered when he spoke, Wang Jing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This is Wang Jing's overestimation of Ye Chen, that's right, Ye Chen has always been full of confidence since he came to this world, but the reason is that this self-confidence is not Ye Chen's confidence in himself, but from the system, from the literary classics in his mind.

After all, Ye Chen was not a great big man in his previous life, and he was still a little far from the realm where Mount Tai collapsed before and did not change color, and the reason why Ye Chen was scared was not because he was worried that "The Dedication of Suspect X" would not be accepted by readers, what really worried Ye Chen was that the classics in his mind that he thought he could conquer the literary world did not seem to be accepted by readers in this world, and that was the real disaster.

Fortunately, this kind of "worry" has not become a reality at present, it is just Ye Chen's brain supplement, and Wang Jing did not continue to scare Ye Chen, and explained:

"Okay, Aunt Wang won't scare you, judging from the magazine sales of "Suspect X" in the past few days, the response is very good, and you will be clear on the forum of our magazine. ”

When Ye Chen heard this, the big stone in his heart was relieved, and he was speechless about the playfulness of a sudden little girl like Wang Jing, and said in his heart, "Women are really vengeful creatures, no matter how old or young they are, you have to be careful when dealing with them in the future." ”

Then Ye Chen briefly chatted with Wang Jing for a few words, and then hung up the phone, Ye Chen came to his room, turned on the computer, and logged in to the forum of Chaoyang Magazine.

The sharp-eyed Ye Chen saw the posts related to "Suspect X Dedication" at a glance, judging from the number of replies, there should be a lot of people who pay attention to this post, Ye Chen opened it and looked at it, and the content of one of the posts attracted Ye Chen's attention.

"In recent days, I saw an article in a magazine titled "The Devotion of Suspect X" The novel,It seems that the author is still a senior student in Qingshui High School,My son is also a student of Qingshui High School,So I also opened it and looked at it,To be honest,At first, I almost couldn't read it.,Because the writing of this book at the beginning is really not good.,To be honest, the writing of the whole book is not very good.,But thinking of a high school student writing it.,I still can't bear to read it.,Now I'm glad I made this choice.,Everyone in this post must be reading this book.,I also know that the most attractive thing about this book is the logical reasoning in the book.,Rigorous logic,Rational analysis,Step by step close to the truth of the facts. ,As if the reader himself became the police in the book,All the evidence is described in the book,At least so far,But I don't know if there will be any hidden clues behind,From my personal wishes,I still hope the author doesn't do this,Originally, I just wanted to read the book quietly,Wait until you finish reading it and then post to talk about your feelings,But after reading the serials in the magazine today,I really can't stand this torment.,Now I'll list some of the clues I saw from the book.,And some inferences.,I hope you guys will solve the case with me.,Thank you. ！”

Then, some clues are listed, such as the people described at the beginning, the poster thinks that the case may be related to these people, and the reply below the post is also very interesting.

"The landlord is mighty, I was recommended by a colleague to read this book the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect to fall into the pit and climb out of it, I read it several times, I still can't think of what method the stone god used to play the police around, I think it may be that the author hid the real clues behind. ”

"I don't think so, the author has already explained a lot before, although I can't find any connection to this case at all, but I don't think the author should explain any decisive clues in the back, even if there is, it should be a clue that is slowly revealed as the police solve the case, not the kind of key evidence that is suddenly deliberately concealed.

"I don't think Ishigami knew the policeman, and then the two of them disposed of the body together, otherwise it would seem that the policeman was too stupid. ”

"I really feel like my head is about to explode, why should the corpse stay? Disfigured and burn fingerprints, why bother to burn all the corpses, it's not much better?"

"I have the same question as what I said upstairs, Ishigami has time to dispose of the corpse, but why do you have to keep the corpse, is there a strong man to analyze the reason?"

It can be seen that the reader who posted should be the person who has read the book carefully, although due to the reasons that have not yet been completed, there are not many clues listed, but some details that others have not noticed have also been noticed, such as those at the beginning of the book, many readers may think that this is just to reflect the strong reasoning ability of the stone god, although I don't know if the poster really analyzed it or just said it casually, but this case is really related to the people at the beginning.

The reply below the post is also interesting, reminding Ye Chen that when he first read this novel, he racked his brains to solve the case, and he behaved exactly the same as the current readers at that time.

When I think of how I was confused by a book, should I give them a hint?

Of course, spoilers are impossible, the charm of mystery novels lies in the process of reasoning, but the most painful thing is also the process of reasoning, and mystery novels are, to some extent, the battle of wits between the author and the reader.

The author tries his best not to let the reader think of a way to solve the case while telling the reader the clues, and the reader racks his brains to solve the case from the clues given by the author.

So, don't prompt it!

As for the market prospect of "The Devotion of Suspect X", Ye Chen just wanted to say:

"I'm relieved to see readers scolding me!"

The next thing is waiting for the recommendation on "Covering the Sky" in the afternoon.