Chapter 43: New Works
Jing Min's matter has been pressed in her heart for several days, and finally Liuying has found an excuse to meet her. The planning of the advertising department approached the design department and wanted Liu Ying to give Jing Min's project a touching name, and Liu Ying immediately realized that this was a great opportunity, so she told the planning that the name could be taken by Jing Min, first, Jing Min is a writer, and this kind of thing must be better than her as a science and engineering student, and second, Jing Min's name is also a deterrent. The planner agreed very much, but it didn't seem appropriate for their advertising department to contact Jing Min, so Liuying enthusiastically took over the matter.
Liuying said to Jing Min on the phone in advance that she would go to her house, and it would be nothing big to stay in the company anyway, so she simply asked Li Le to sign a fake note for going out and left.
Jing Min was busy in the kitchen with an apron, which made Liu Ying shocked again, she felt that Jing Min should be the kind of person who doesn't touch the spring water with her fingers, because her kind of person who is full of aura and three feet off the ground doesn't look like a person who can go down to the kitchen.
"You're here. Jing Min greeted her happily as soon as she saw Liuying, and then said to Liu Jin, who was beating beside her, "Make her a glass of lemonade." ā
Liu Ying didn't refuse, took the lemonade handed to her by Liu Jin and said "thank you" and put it on the bar counter in the open kitchen, Chong Jingmin asked, "Teacher Jing, is there anything you need my help with?"
"No, no, I'll just make some soup. Jing Min said and took off the apron on his body and walked to Liuying, "After that day, I went back to my hometown to deal with some things, I just returned yesterday, I will call you if you don't call me today, I want to invite you to come to the house for a meal, no, I just started to prepare." ā
Liuying's heart warmed, she thought she was just a hurried passer-by in Jing Min's life, but she didn't expect her to keep herself in mind. Probably people are really social animals and can't stand loneliness, whether it's Jing Min or her.
"Come and sit. Liuying, who was still in a daze, was pulled into the living room by Jing Min, and then Jing Min got up and went to the kitchen to bring out the fruit platter, "I don't know what fruits you like to eat, so I bought several things." ā
"Thank you, Mr. Jing, you are so polite. ā
Jing Min sat down and said to Liu Ying, "Don't always call me as a teacher, since we are so close to each other, you can just call me Auntie, calling the teacher always feels very distant." ā
"I..." was a little embarrassed for a while, she really respected Jing Min, and as her reader, she felt that this title was particularly important.
"When have you been so forward-looking, haven't you always been straightforward?"
"Alright then, Aunt Jing. Liuying called Jing Min obediently.
Jing Min smiled with satisfaction, "Didn't you say you had something to do with me?"
"Oh, yes, that's right, our company recently wanted to do some publicity to increase our business volume, so we plan to promote your project as the main advertisement, the planning of the advertising department came to me and said that I wanted to give this project a name that can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but I don't have too many such naming cells, so I want to say that it is better for you to name it, after all, it is born because of you. ā
"Then let's call it a firefly. ā
"Huh?" Hotaru looked surprised and hurriedly said, "Are you kidding?"
"I'm not kidding, I think your name is very nice, who gave you this name?" Jing Min asked casually.
Liuying was a little flustered, Jing Min's question touched the bottom of her heart, and she was reluctant to reveal her background to anyone. When Wei Xiaoqian told her that whenever her mother danced with a group of aunts of the same age and gossiped about other people's sons, she hated her teeth so much, and then she asked about Liuying's mother, Liuying almost ran away in a hurry. She didn't want people to look at her with pity, which would make her feel very uncomfortable. When she told Xia Midou back then, she mustered up her courage, trembling for fear that she would become a pitiful person in her eyes, but fortunately, Xia Midou's character was always very aggressive.
"I didn't ask. Avoiding Jing Min's inquiring gaze, she shifted the topic to the name of the project, "You don't have to worry, we have time to think about it, how special it is to you is obvious to all of us, and we probably can't ruin its meaning to you because of a name." ā
Jing Min didn't bother arguing with Liuying about the name too much, she nodded in agreement, "Actually, I also have something I want to know from you. ā
"What's the matter?" asked Liuhotaru sincerely.
"I've been working on a new work recently, I want to interpret a special group of people from a new perspective, I hope you can share your views with me, I want to think about the plasticity of this work from the perspective of a reader, you know, you are the closest to me and a reader who has read all my works, so I thought of you immediately, are you willing to help me with this?"
Oh, by the way, she also consulted Lu Yu about this matter, it turned out that she really wanted to write a new work, and at first she thought it was related to Gu Xianming's last wish, it seems that she thinks too much, Liu Ying thought. She nodded, "Of course you do, thank you for believing in me, and it's a real honor to be able to discuss her new work with my own beloved author." You say your new work is about a special group of people?"
"Well, the protagonist of this work is an autistic person, also called autism. ā
"Autism... Patient... Autism. Liuying muttered in a low voice, but her heart was "thump", she looked up at Jing Min, Jing Min had a casual look, she couldn't read something else from her expression, was it a coincidence?
"I got to know this special group of people in general because they have difficulties in the use of language and the ability to express themselves, and they are unable to establish normal interpersonal relationships with others. But I consulted a psychologist about this, and he told me that these people are human beings just like us, and that all behaviors are normal human behaviors. We should not see the rational and adaptive behavior of such people as a symptom of pathology, but as a coping strategy they use to adapt to this information-overloaded and frightening world and try to communicate with others. Therefore, I want to construct a world of these special groups of people in my work, and present their way of seeing the world to the world, so that the world can reduce their misunderstanding of them. What do you think?"
"I... Iā" Hotaru stammered, she didn't know what she was supposed to say, she felt that the topic was more weighty than mentioning her background.
"Do you think this is a good subject too?" Jing Min asked again.
Liu Hotaru could only nod, "I believe this will be a good work." ā
"And what do you think about this special group of people?"
"They probably should...... It should be expected to be recognized. Fireflies' eyes wandered.
"What kind of recognition, like?"
Liu Hotaru felt that her heart was like a runaway pendulum at the moment, and she wanted to reach out to fix the pendulum, but she couldn't.
"I'm sorry Aunt Jing, I don't know too much, so I may not be able to help you. ā
Ryuhotaru was grateful that Kyungmin hadn't forced her to continue the conversation, and she naturally skipped the question. Liuying suddenly remembered Lu Yu, and Lu Yu told her that Jing Min asked him the question at that time was why triangles are rarely seen in buildings since triangles are the most stable structures. But Jing Min's new work doesn't seem to have anything to do with this.
"Aunt Jing, are you interested in the triangles in the building?" asked Liuying suddenly.
"I haven't understood, what's wrong?"
"No, I thought you were interested in architecture. ā
Jing Min waved his hand, "In fact, my understanding of architecture is still at the surface stage, and if I want to understand it, I only know a little more about it this time." ā
Liu Ying thought for a while and asked, "Is the courtyard house Mr. Gu's last wish?"
"It's not a last wish, it's something I wanted to do before I was alive but I didn't have time to do it yet. ā
"Then, does Mr. Gu have any last wishes?" Liu Ying didn't know what Li Songyuan called a side knock at all, so she asked so directly. Jing Min's expression changed suddenly, obviously she didn't expect Liu Ying to ask such a question, all of this made Liu Ying also see it, and she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, because Li Songyuan's entrustment was really too embarrassing.
"Why do you suddenly ask like that?" Jing Min restrained his expression, "You know Li Songyuan? Yes, you are of the same age, and it is not strange that you know each other." ā
Liu Ying was a little ashamed, after all, she was told by Jing Min in person, "I'm sorry, Aunt Jing, Li Songyuan is my college alumnus, and he and his father really had nothing to do before they found me, I hope you don't blame us." ā
From beginning to end, Jing Min didn't mention Gu Xianming's last wish, she only said lightly that this matter had been completed, and Liuying didn't want to ask more about what it was, anyway, it had already been completed, and when the time came, she would tell Li Songyuan that it was done, so that their father and son could rest assured.
Liuying left after eating at Jing Min's place, she tried her best to shirk it, but she still couldn't stop Jing Min's enthusiasm, so she had to stay and eat a meal that was not very comfortable.
"Jing Min didn't ask you about triangles last time, right?" Liuying asked bluntly as soon as she saw Lu Yu, who came to pick her up, she was almost sure that it was Lu Yu who lied, "So what is the problem, why are you lying to me?"
"Why are you still so sensitive? Lu Yu sighed, "I didn't want to hide it from you, I wanted to tell you several times, but she told her to keep it a secret." ā
"Is it about Mr. Gu's last wish?"
"Yes. ā
"Well, since she kept you a secret, then I can't make you an untrustworthy person. ā
Liuying thought, why did Jing Min tell Lu Yu about Gu Xianming's last wish? She didn't even want to tell her friends for decades and just told Lu Yu alone, what was the matter?