Chapter Twenty-Seven: Gray Feathers Folds Their Wings
An Xiaofei's incident made Mo Ming physically and mentally exhausted, and it troubled him all afternoon, and at this time, even going to the school magazine activity room, which he was usually most afraid of, became a way to relax.
The activity room is full of people today, and everyone is really enthusiastic.
"Yo! Xiaoming, you're here today?"
Seeing Mo Ming push open the door of the activity room, Jiang Wentai greeted him exaggeratedly, he never thought that Mo Ming's life from classroom to home would be embellished by club activities.
"Oh."
Mo Ming put his schoolbag on the chair, then sat down in the original position, and deliberately slammed Jiang Wentai's waist with his elbow, and glanced at him.
"Classmate Mo Ming, let's try the dim sum, I made it myself."
Qiu Yanzi took out a plate of good-looking bean paste rolls and handed it to Mo Ming.
"Oh, thank you."
Mo Ming picked up a piece and put it in his mouth very casually, his pupils suddenly dilated, he couldn't speak, and his taste buds felt greatly satisfied.
"How? Xiaoming, it's delicious, isn't it?"
"Well, that's good."
"This is Hinako's own handiwork."
Mo Ming looked at Qiu Yanzi with some surprise, it turned out that the so-called home-made means that he did it himself, there was really a set.
"Mo Ming, don't stare at me like this, even I will be shy."
Qiu Yanzi's cheeks flushed, and Mo Ming also realized that he had been staring at it for too long, so he quickly looked away.
"Okay, let's get down to business."
Qiu Hinako's expression suddenly changed, and she looked a little tricky.
"It's a serious problem."
"Mo Ming, I don't know if you can settle it?"
"Junior ...... It's up to you......
The other three also began to focus their eyes on Mo Ming.
Mo Ming looked embarrassed, and felt a little apprehensive in his heart, "It turns out that you are counting on me for everything later......
"It's ...... What's wrong?"
Qiu Yanzi handed the thirty-second issue of "Gray Feather" to Mo Ming.
"Mo Ming, let's take a good look at this issue of the school magazine."
Mo Ming took "Gray Feather" a little nervously, and was a little skeptical of the content in the magazine.
"Did everyone else watch?"
"Well, let's go through it together just now, classmate Mo Ming, let's finish reading it first, and then we'll unify our opinions."
"Okay."
When Mo Ming set his eyes on "Gray Feather", he was attracted by its cover, and the thirty-second issue of "Gray Feather" by the school magazine of Qingchuan High School ended. On the cover of the light blue school magazine, there are several huge black letters, which are intended to announce the demise of "Gray Feather".
Mo Ming somehow, an inexplicable panic. After he opened the magazine, he confirmed this panic, and after flipping through it one by one, his face was not very good-looking, and finally more than ten minutes passed, and after he finished a cursory browsing, he quietly closed the book, and the four of them also stared at him, expecting his reaction.
"It's over."
The four of them retracted their gaze at the same time very tacitly.
"Mo Ming, you're right, this magazine is a failure from any point of view, not only is it not like a literary work like "Gray Feather", but even the running account is a little too blunt."
"The point is that these ledgers have no substance at all, or maybe I can't see any content."
Jiang Wentai expressed his opinion, a cruel evaluation, but very fair.
"That's ......."
Mo Ming lowered his head and flipped through "Gray Feather" again.
"Mo Ming, what do you think it is?"
Chen Yingjie couldn't wait, she also used her free time to read the previous issue of "Gray Feather", I have to say that she likes this kind of school magazine with novel ideas, but this issue is not the "Gray Feather" she saw before.
"Maybe it's too late......
Mo Ming replied to her carelessly, in fact, it was not intentionally perfunctory, but just because "How can I know about this kind of thing?" This reason.
"Mo Ming, I don't think it's due to the haste of time."
Qiu Yanzi stood up with some excitement and approached Mo Ming.
"Uh...... Why ......"
"This is the last issue of the school magazine, so we have to make it perfect, but this quality of the school magazine is not good."
"Perfect, ......"
Mo Ming was thinking about Qiu Yanzi's words, since it is the last time, it should end perfectly without regrets, this is normal thinking, right?
"Also, I don't think Senior Sister Qiu Linglong will not be able to catch up with the schedule, and even if she can't catch up with the schedule, it will be no problem to postpone the publication time, there is no need to hand in this inferior unfinished product at all, this is really not the style of Senior Sister."
"Senior sister style, ah......"
"Also, Mo Ming, don't you think it's a little strange? Is there a need for "Gray Feather" to end? If the school magazine is still there, it can be handed over to the next session to be published, and if you really want to finish it at that time, it should be decided after the discussion of the department, I always feel that ...... I always feel that it is too hasty."
"It's over......
Mo Ming accepted everyone's questions one by one, and just repeated everyone's words in response, what should I do? Or what did the seniors want to do? Mo Ming was a little confused.
"By the way, the members of the previous term are still there, how about you ask her?"
After Mo Ming escaped everyone's gaze, he looked at Senior Sister Yang Huhu. Everyone suddenly reacted, "She's a senior sister?"
"Sister Tiger Tiger, did my cousin say anything?"
Yang Huhu was also a little at a loss, and responded to them hesitantly.
"I...... I only came back to the school magazine this semester, and I don't know much about it at that time."
The senior sister answered honestly that she didn't have much time to participate in the editing of the school magazine.
"So, do you have any other opinions?"
Qiu Xiaozi began to concentrate the wisdom of the people.
"Minister, I would like to ask, did you have many readers of the last edition of Gray Feather?"
Jiang Wentai raised his hand and asked a necessary question, if there are readers, the school magazine will undoubtedly dig its own grave by doing so.
"Actually, there are a lot of readers, I have learned from the teacher, the last school magazine is for public sale, and each issue is limited to 300 copies of the print, basically the supply exceeds the demand, and many students circulate to each other."
"That's right...... No wonder the activity room is so luxurious, not only the school allocates funds for activities, but also the money from the sale of books...... Oh, sorry, it was a mistake."
The reason why Jiang Wentai sighed is that the last session was really strong, every school has a school magazine, but the publication of each issue, excluding the editors, if there are three readers, it is considered a success. What is the concept of 300 copies sold? Unbelievable.
"It's okay, does Jiang Wentai have any other considerations?"
"Actually, there's a very serious question, I don't know...... Can you say?"
Jiang Wentai has some scruples, but everyone knows that this matter is related to the evaluation of the senior sister, and this senior sister is the cousin of the current minister Qiu Yanzi, so some words naturally can't be let go.
"Jiang Wentai, let me talk about this."
The minister was caring.
"Everyone who has read this magazine knows that all the articles on "Gray Feather" are created by members of the school magazine, so there are many signatures on the works in each issue, but in the thirty-second issue, the authors on it are all Qiu Linglong."
All of them are one person, that is, one person has completed the school magazine? Did something happen to the school magazine that caused the rebellion and the departure of relatives? Or is the senior sister insisting on folding the wings of the "Gray Feather" she created single-handedly? There are too many possibilities, and Mo Ming has not spoken, just because he can't know exactly what happened.
"Hinata, did Senior Sister finish "Gray Feather" by her own will?"
"Maybe, after all, this was edited by my cousin alone."
Qiu Yanzi's tone was hesitant, what kind of person should her usual cousin be? Or do you know very little about her? Qiu Hina is very conflicted.
"And why are you doing that?"
"I don't know, Mo Ming, do you know why?"
Qiu Yanzi finally set his sights on Mo Ming. Mo Ming doesn't want to answer, speculating on other people's inner things, he has never wanted to do it, why do you want to force me to reason? Is this kind of thing something that can be deduced? Or because of my words, are you going to deny the "Gray Feather" period of the school magazine? Mo Ming was a little angry.
"If you want to know what's going on, just ask me."
This sentence stunned Qiu Yanzi, the light in his eyes dimmed, and Mo Ming's tone was a little unfriendly.
"Hey, Mo Ming, can't you talk properly?"
Chen Yingjie reproached Mo Ming a little, but Mo Ming didn't respond to her, lowering her head and being a little irritable.
"Okay, Xiao Yingying, let's discuss the matter in front of us, for example, next Friday will be October 15th."
I have to say that Jiang Wentai has a lot of accomplishments in changing the topic.
"yes...... On the fifteenth, I think it's the publication date......
Senior Sister Yang Huhu hurriedly accosted. Although Chen Yingjie still wanted to continue to say something to Mo Ming, she looked at the atmosphere a little strange, so she gave up.
"Then let's report on our work, starting with me."
Jiang Wentai took the brunt of the meeting.
"Now there are three ways to solicit papers, one is the submission box of the school magazine, the second is the submission recommended by the teacher, and the third is the online mailbox submission, all three of which have basically been established, just waiting for our submission requirements."
Jiang Wentai is a person who can't be picky about doing things, and doing everything to the best is a sentence he often says.
"That's me."
Chen Yingjie took out her bear notebook, which was her accounting bear.
"Well, as for the activity funds, I have already applied for a part of it with the school, plus the remaining funds from the previous one, you don't have to worry about the manuscript fee and printing fee, my report is finished."
Chen Yingjie closed the little bear, and it was relieved by Senior Sister Yang Huhu.
"Four-panel comics...... I've already drawn it, so I'm not going to show it to you yet. All that's left is serialization...... Serialized comics."
Finally returned to the original point, how to solve the last issue of "Gray Feather"? It's a very serious question. The atmosphere became solemn.
The only one who can break this condensed atmosphere is the minister.
"That...... Well done everybody, what about me...... I've forgiven Mo Ming."
Hinako muttered quietly.
Mo Ming felt very inexplicable, thank you for your forgiveness? What the hell is it...... Even if it's a quarrel, it's a problem between the two sides, right? What does it mean to forgive me without permission?
"Uh...... I've done something wrong and am I going to be forgiven?"
Mo Ming's face was sluggish.
"You murder me......"
Qiu Yanzi was very aggrieved.
"I'm just, I'm just telling the truth......
"Okay, don't talk about it, Mo Ming."
Chen Yingjie obviously wanted to stop Mo Ming, this guy was really puzzled.
Mo Ming didn't want to speak anymore, he didn't belong to the kind of person who likes to argue with others, and there was no need for him today.
After Qiu Yanzi sorted out his mood, he began to play the role of a minister.
"Now the problem is about the previous serialization, my personal suggestion is to redo the thirty-two episodes, because it was not released, so just assume that issue does not exist, right? What do you think?"
That thirty-two issue should not be issued in any sense, as a junior of the school magazine, it should be a mess for the seniors.
"No objections."
"I agree with Hinata."
"...... Okay."
Everyone agreed, but there seemed to be one voice missing.
"Mo Ming? What do you think?"
Qiu Hinako has regained her previous clear eyes, what an optimistic guy.
"Uh...... You can ...... if you think you can."
"What do you think? As a member of the school magazine, Mo Ming should not want to evade his responsibilities!"
"Okay...... Agreed."
Now it's really unanimously passed. Qiu Hinako was a little excited, because she was going to announce something unexpected.
"Listen, everyone, next Friday, that is, on October 15th, the thirty-second issue of "Gray Feather" will officially end!"
"Huh? Hinata, do you mean it really? Didn't you just say that the last issue doesn't count?"
"What the minister means is to let the last "Gray Feather" end, and then ......
"And then we have our own magazine!"
Suddenly, the scene became enthusiastic, and Qiu Hinako looked excited, as if he was inspiring everyone, "Everyone here is the founder of the times!"
"No objection!"
"Yes! Agreed!"
"The junior is doing well."
「…… Okay."
Everyone's reaction made Qiu Hina very satisfied.
"It doesn't seem to be too early now, about the link between the upper and lower generations, let's continue to discuss tomorrow, I hope everyone can use their wisdom and disband!"
The meeting was a complete success, but it was said that it was disbanded, and in the small town, except for Yang Huhu, everyone went home in the same direction. So after the minister said handsomely and dismissed, everyone walked together for another ten minutes until they were at the crossroads of their respective countries.
"Goodbye, everybody."
Qiu Yanzi waved goodbye to everyone, and then the other three walked in the direction of the old street.
"Xiao Ying, you go first, I'll go to the bookstore with Xiao Ming."
After walking a short distance, Jiang Wentai suddenly proposed to go to the bookstore.
"Huh? Are you going to read a book? I'll go too."
"It's not...... When we pretend to read a book, we actually want to play a few video games."
"Play video games! Come on, we've been comparing each other for a long time, and I'm going to beat you up today."
"Actually, I just passed by a video game store, and my ultimate goal was to go to the movies."
"Huh? Two boys watching a movie? Come with me, it's not so weird, the recently released ......."
"Yingjie, go back."
Jiang Wentai smiled, but his tone was tough, he just didn't like Chen Yingjie, he had no brains.
"Huh?"
"Let's go."
Jiang Wentai pushed Chen Yingjie's back and drove her home.
"Alright...... I'll just go."
Chen Yingjie didn't understand much, but she reluctantly went home. After she left, Jiang Wentai walked up to Mo Ming's side, looking embarrassed.
"This guy doesn't know how to read the atmosphere at all."
"Well...... Isn't that cute?"
Mo Ming felt that it didn't matter.
"Isn't it cute? Then please take her! Please!"
Jiang Wentai clasped his hands together, lowered his head, and spoke sincerely.
"I don't want to meddle in your business."
Mo Ming waved his hand, looking uninterested.
"Go home, take a long detour."
Mo Ming walked in the opposite direction to Chen Yingjie, the homes of the three were in the old street, Chen Yingjie and Jiang Wentai were neighbors, and Mo Ming's home was not far from them.
"Okay, you must have something to say to me, right? Xiao Ming."
Jiang Wentai grinned.
"That's interesting, didn't you deliberately divert her?"
"Well, let's just assume that I have something to say to you."
Jiang Wentai smiled maliciously again, and Mo Ming was a little unnatural.
"Long-winded."
"Xiao Ming, do you think everyone asks you everything?"
"I want to ...... too You know."
"Because only you can do it."
Jiang Wentai's grinning tone finally calmed down, Mo Ming knew that what this guy said with a smile might be mixed with half of the water, but as long as he said it calmly, it must be heartfelt words.
"You're overestimating me."
"A little jealous, everyone is dependent on you?"
Jiang Wentai looked at Mo Ming's eyes, very serious.
"No kidding......
Mo Ming never thought that he would be relied on by others or anything, he was too tired, he couldn't bear this kind of pressure.
"Isn't it?"
"It's because the minister coerced me that I did those troublesome things, can I be blamed for that?"
Mo Ming was not a rhetorical question, but a question, he really wanted to know if it was his fault.
"Whether you're willing or not, you've made everyone think you're reliable, and you'll have to take on the rest of the story, whatever it looks like."
Jiang Wentai finally smiled heartily.
Laughing and saying such things, should I believe it? Mo Ming didn't dare to look at this guy.
"Probably......
Mo Ming lowered his head, not knowing what to do to be the correct solution, or did this correct solution really exist?
"Your life has indeed changed. Do you like the change?"
Hit the nail on the head.
"I...... I don't know."
Mo Ming ran away again, what he was afraid of was not to do it, but whether he would not be able to live up to those people's expectations, and he couldn't bear this kind of heavy responsibility.
"It seems that I can understand Senior Sister Qiu's state of mind a little."
"Haha, huh?"
Jiang Wentai saw the frustrated Mo Ming, and became a little proud, finally someone was able to restrain him.
"Also, Xiao Ming, do you really think that Qiu Yanzi didn't think to go over and ask Senior Sister Qiu Linglong?"
Mo Ming was stunned, and muttered in his heart, "Of course I know this, how can this gentle guy go back and poke other people's sore spots?"