Back at home, Xu An forgot the hunger in his belly, put aside the sadness in his mind, returned to the bedroom, sorted out all the manuscripts and materials about "A Song of Ice and Fire" on the desk, took out a new stack of manuscript paper, and began to write. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

“TheLovelyBones”

A family, just like the bones of a person's body, even if a piece is broken or missing, the skeleton will eventually be complete, and everyone regrets the missing part in their memories, but after experiencing disaster and grief, it will eventually heal.

Throughout North America, hundreds of thousands or more people die every year, homicides, shootings, diseases or traffic accidents, and countless families lose their loved ones.

However, Xu An is not ready to find a publishing house to publish this book in the near future, after all, the case has not been solved yet, the murderer in the book is Susie's neighbor, and the murderer in reality does not know where to brew the next homage.

He writes very quickly, this book is different from "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Lovely Bones" is set in modern society, it is a novel written based on a serial murder case, there is no problem with background setting, and "A Song of Ice and Fire" has a complex, strange and huge world, country, race, family, etc., its setting set is longer than the average novel, and Xu An has only read the original novel, all the settings need to be scrutinized and even re-conceived by themselves, and it is very slow and headache to write.

And "Lovely Bones" does not have this problem at all.

At dinner, Xu An had already written more than a dozen pages of manuscripts, in fact, if he used a computer to type, the speed would be faster, but Xu An was really not used to it, he had always maintained the habit of writing with a pen.

Catherine left work early in the afternoon and came home to prepare a sumptuous table of British dishes, lamb braised with potatoes, bacon, fried fish, oxtail bisque and beetroot salad, and apple pudding for dessert.

Xu An grew up eating British food and Chinese food, Catherine and Xu Tianrui can cook, and the level is very high, if Xu Tianrui has time, the family must eat Chinese food, mainly Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine, if Catherine is free, she will prepare British food, but she is generally evaluated by her husband as "cutting corners" and "lack of sincerity".

In fact, British cuisine is like that, mainly roasted and boiled, most dishes don't even put seasonings, and when eating, they will be seasoned according to personal preferences, saying that it respects everyone's taste, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of cutting corners.

Xu An's stomach has long been adjusted, and it is no problem to eat anything!

"Ann, did you get anything out of going to Ms. Natasha's house in the afternoon?" Catherine found that her son's mood was wrong since she got off work, but she didn't bother when she saw Xu An writing, and couldn't help but ask when it was time to eat.

"Nothing," Xu An made a helpless expression, "I only saw a drunk after I arrived, and I didn't ask for any useful news, I think I'd better go back after a while, maybe Lady Natasha will come back by herself in a few days?" ”

"I hope so," Catherine said to her husband and son, who had a night of soup, "I can understand her feelings, she just chose the wrong path, and the murderer is to blame!" ”

Xu An nodded, he couldn't understand Ms. Natasha's heart, and when he thought of Susie's mother in "Lovely Bones", he was relieved.

"What a strange thing is in a woman's heart!" Xu Tianrui expressed a different opinion, "At this time, if you don't look for the murderer and don't get through the difficulties with your husband, you will run away from home, it's unreasonable!" ”

Catherine gave her husband a gentle look and did not refute.

Xu An also stopped talking about this topic, and he himself felt that Ms. Natasha was unreasonable, "By the way, Dad, Mom, I'm going to move out tomorrow." ”

When Xu An was working at the New York Times, for the convenience of work, he just rented a bachelor apartment near 110th Street in Manhattan some time ago, after all, Manhattan is still a little far away from Queens, and a lot of time is wasted on going back and forth every day.

"But you're no longer at the New York Times, Ann!" Catherine put down her fork, clearly not wanting her son to move away.

"Mom, I've been paying a whole year's rent!" Speaking of this, Xu An is still a little distressed, the rent in Manhattan is really high, a single apartment with a remote location of only more than 40 square meters, the annual rent is 15,000 US dollars, and this is because the apartment is located on the sixth floor of an old-fashioned apartment building, without an elevator!

In the past, it was good to work at the New York Times, where the high wages were enough to pay the rent for an apartment, but now that he is unemployed, he will have to continue to work for a livelihood in the future, and it is a headache to think about it.

15,000 is already most of Xu An's savings, he originally wanted to use it to buy a car, but later chose to rent a house, because that can save a lot of time to do other things, such as writing books, for Xu An's age, a deposit of about 20,000 is very rare, this is actually thanks to the half of his Chinese blood, every Spring Festival, he can always get a lot of New Year's money from the elders on his father's side, and Catherine will mostly give him some gifts during Christmas and New Year.

In contrast, now Xu An feels that it is more affordable to press the New Year's money.

"You can sublet the house, honey!" Catherine looked at her son expectantly and suggested.

"Mom, I'm 21 years old!" Xu An emphasized.

"But......" Catherine still did not give up, she frowned and thought for a while, ready to continue to persuade her son, "but your money is used to pay the rent, what will you do in the future?" ”

"Hey, I'm a graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism, I have a master's degree, and I can play the piano, I can write, and I can do Chinese kung fu, are you worried that someone as good as me will starve to death?" Xu An deliberately exaggeratedly said, in fact, he didn't know what he would live on if he moved out.

But he knew that it was impossible for him to have the most advantageous and capitalized media industry, and that no regular newspaper or television station would accept him without proving his innocence.

Columbia University's journalism department and the New York Times are all well-known places, which are his capital and also his constraints.

"That's right, you can also go to the restaurant and wash the dishes, just like you did during the summer vacation in high school." Xu Tianrui said unhurriedly, "You can also go to deliver takeaways!" ”

"Honey!" Catherine yelled at her husband in disgruntle.

Xu Tianrui shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, and said, "Of course, he can also come to my company to work, and I can give him a salary that is at least higher than that of a restaurant employee." ”

"Don't even think about it!" Xu An shouted indignantly, "I'm not interested in costume design at all, Dad, give up these ridiculous plans!" ”

Xu Tianrui's clothing company is not large, but it is the work of his life, influenced by traditional Chinese concepts, he very much hopes that his son can inherit his career, but unfortunately the father and son have never been unified on this issue, Xu An never thought of being a clothing designer or a tailor.

“OK！ I'm very ambitious, and I hope I won't see my son in the back kitchen of a restaurant in two months, but I don't think I'll be surprised! Xu Tianrui sneered.

"Never!"