Chapter Thirty-Eight: Who Will Continue the Ending?
After the meeting of the school magazine, Chen Yingjie and Jiang Wentai did not go home because they had other departments, so Mo Ming rarely went home with Qiu Yanzi.
The two walked on the asphalt side of New Street, and the time they spent on the same road was actually only a short ten minutes, but these ten minutes were walked by Qiu Yanzi as if they were thirty minutes.
"The minister's house is far away, so it doesn't matter......
Mo Ming was a little uncomfortable, this kind of thing going home with girls didn't exist after kindergarten, and there was a reason at that time, taking the school bus back together is also considered to be going home together, right?
"Well, it doesn't matter, after accompanying Mo Ming on this journey, I will also speed up my pace."
Qiu Yanzi smiled at Mo Ming not too much, which made Mo Ming a little nervous, and he really didn't know how to deal with girls.
"Uh...... Well, Minister, where do you live?"
Regarding the topic of privacy, Mo Ming usually doesn't talk about it, isn't this like a friend? Mo Ming blurted out just now, to be honest, he regretted it a little, he didn't know Qiu Yanzi for a long time, and he didn't have too much contact, just a colleague in the department, talking like this, a little too eager, isn't it?
But Qiu Yanzi didn't mind at all, in fact, most people wouldn't mind, but Mo Ming was a little cautious.
"My house, in Quanshui Village, not very far."
Named after a well that flows from a steady stream of clear springs, the village is as quiet and natural as the rest of Qingshui County.
"Well, why did you move to this place? Or is my hometown here?"
"Parents and mothers, and then hometown...... I don't have this kind of enviable thing, I have zero memories in Qingshui County."
Mo Ming began to interpret the meaning of Qiu Yanzi's words, and always felt that something was wrong, aren't Qiu Yanzi and Qiu Linglong cousins? So the father of the two should be brothers, Qiu Linglong is indeed a local, so their grandfather should also be a local, why is that? Mo Ming couldn't figure it out.
Watching Mo Ming think hard, Qiu Yanzi suddenly became interested, what could make Mo Ming curious? Qiu Hinako was curious about this.
"Mo Ming, what are you thinking?"
"The impact of European integration."
Mo Ming blurted out seriously, in fact, he wanted to avoid a certain topic, but he was still very curious in his heart, what was going on without his hometown?
"Well, let me guess what you're thinking?"
Qiu Yanzi felt more and more interested, so deliberately avoiding this question, Mo Ming must be thinking about something he hadn't figured out yet.
"Guess what, then."
Mo Ming didn't think that his mind would be broken, after all, not everyone was Yan Xi's kind of person who was good at speculation.
"Okay, let me reason."
Qiu Yanzi stopped, closed his eyes, and bit his lip, making Mo Ming feel a sense of immediacy, and complained in his heart, who are you learning, who are you learning.
After a while, Qiu Yanzi opened her eyes, a little confident, no, did you really guess something? Minister's classmates.
"Mo Ming's thinking began after asking me why I moved to this place, and it was after my answer. So take the intersection of two sentences, that's hometown, right? Is Mo Ming wondering why I don't have a hometown?"
"Uh...... Exactly."
was debunked, and it was really helpless.
"Then think about what is going on."
"Ugh...... I don't know."
Mo Ming played very perfunctorily, unwilling to pick up the stubble, he still felt troublesome in his heart, in case there was any hidden secret.
"Don't be like this, Mo Ming, I want to know what you're thinking!"
Approached Mo Ming with a complaining face, standing on tiptoe, Mo Ming gratefully avoided her eyes, but he was still a step slower, ah, when will I be able to learn to be obedient, classmate Mo Ming.
"Okay...... Let me guess."
"Well, you can imagine freely, I won't mind."
After Qiu Yanzi succeeded, he stood opposite Mo Ming with a smile, waiting for Mo Ming's whimsy.
Mo Mingyou's fingers twisted the bangs in front of his forehead, about half a minute, as if he had an answer, his face eased.
"What? Did you think of it?"
Qiu Yanzi was surprised that Mo Ming thought quickly, but there was a little drumming in his heart, if he didn't say this, it would be impossible for ordinary people to know, right? Then Mo Ming thought about it for a while and could come to a conclusion, isn't it a little fast, is it wrong?
"This...... It might be a bit of a privacy, but I'd better leave it alone."
Mo Ming took a step back very interestingly, he thought of it, but with his social common sense, this kind of thing is generally not easy to say, and if he says it wrong, even if he is as generous as a minister, he will care.
"Mo Ming's words, I don't think it's okay."
Qiu Yanzi gave Mo Ming encouragement, this guy really still wants to test himself, Mo Ming has this feeling, and the minister wants Mo Ming to reason about everything.
"Okay...... Then I'll guess a little."
Mo Ming sorted out his thoughts, and Qiu Yanzi also nodded, looking expectant.
"Well, if you don't have a hometown, it means that people from your grandfather's generation don't live here...... In this case, the minister's grandfather may not be the same as Qiu Linglong's grandfather's predecessor, no, no...... You can't say that, it's a person...... ...... again."
How to express it, Mo Ming was a little entangled, if only he had the same eloquence as Wentai.
"Yes, my dad passed on to my grandfather's younger brother, so my hometown is not here."
Qiu Yanzi knew what Mo Ming was hesitating about, and then finished the rest of the words for him.
"Well...... That's what it means......
"Well, grandpa's younger brother had no children, so he passed his father to his second grandfather, and the living conditions at that time were very poor, and it was difficult for the family to raise many children, so this practice was very common. Moreover, the second grandfather went to the capital very early, and after making some achievements, he also settled in the capital, so I naturally have no hometown, and the connection with Qingshui County is very vague."
When Qiu Yanzi said these words, she was a little sad, in fact, she liked this kind of rural life very much, and she was very interested in what Mo Ming and they experienced when they were children. Qiu Hinako felt scared.
"It's not an enviable thing."
This is just a matter of position, it doesn't mean whose childhood is more interesting, for Mo Ming, isn't it a house everywhere?
"Haha, yes."
Qiu Yanzi smiled reluctantly, Mo Ming saw it in his eyes, such a smile should have some deep meaning.
The two walked forward for a distance, Qiu Yanzi suddenly remembered something, stopped, and Mo Ming also stopped.
"Classmate Mo Ming, today, didn't we say in the end, please ask the senior sister in the second year of high school to continue to write the ending?"
Qiu Yanzi suddenly mentioned this, in fact, Mo Ming also had some thoughts of his own, but because there were many people and this was the work of a group, he didn't mention it, and now it seems that he wants to talk about it.
Then Mo Ming nodded, "Hmm", let the minister say his opinion first.
"I think this is a bit inappropriate now, I didn't say it for the completion of the school magazine at that time, but Mo Ming, I think it's necessary to tell you."
Qiu Yanzi behaved very contradictory, this contradiction can be reflected by inadvertently pulling the corners of her clothes, I have to say, this action is unusually suitable for her, it is very strange to let Mo Ming do it, Mo Ming thinks so.
"Please."
"Didn't you say that in mystery novels, asking readers to continue to write the ending is to admit that the author lost, but now, it is actually the reader who continues to write the ending."
"Well, the ending was thought of by the current school magazine, which can only indicate that the position has changed."
"Although it is possible to change a certain nature by cunning on the grounds that it is also published by the school magazine, it ...... But I also think it's better to let the original author write it."
Qiu Yanzi held back for a long time and finally said her opinion, she really endured it for a long time, it was more difficult for her to suppress her mood than to ascend to the sky, right? Minister, thank you for your hard work.
"What do you think? Mo Ming?"
"Well, I don't actually have this burden, but...... However, it is better to avoid such tiring things as writing and explaining."
Mo Ming smiled, making Qiu Yanzi completely unaware of the meaning of his words.
"Mo Ming, you mean?"
Mo Ming turned around slightly and looked into the distance at a certain angle.
"The author of a mystery novel will never irresponsibly throw the ending to someone else."
Mo Ming's sudden words sounded philosophical, which made Qiu Yanzi even more confused.
"Mo Ming, please make it clear."
"A writer puts a lot of thought into conceiving a work, especially a mystery novel. I dug a lot of pits in the early stage, that is, the ambush pen, this time is the most difficult, and it is also the most difficult to write, and if you write it later, the whole thing will be smooth, and this pleasant feeling is no less than the hearty feeling of the reader after reading a mystery novel. In other words, this is a very happy thing, and this feeling of bitterness and happiness will not be given up easily, not to mention that there is only the last chapter left."
After Mo Ming finished speaking, Qiu Yanzi somewhat understood this emotion, but still had doubts.
"However, although my cousin may not be willing to give up this feeling psychologically, she left the ending behind, which ...... How can this be explained?"
"I can only say that I gave up "Gray Feather", I think my predecessors would rather let "Office Murder" have no ending, rather than let others write this ending for her. Writers treat their works like their own daughters, and they will not give them to others easily."
"Then you mean that my cousin has already written the ending, but only for herself, and doesn't plan to publish it, right?"
"Uh-huh."
Qiu Yanzi understood what Mo Ming said, and with her understanding of her cousin, she would do this kind of thing.
"The question now is how to get the seniors to hand over the ending."
The difficulty that Mo Ming thought was here, and after Qiu Yanzi thought about it for a while, some of the depressed mood finally dissipated.
"How about we do this, tell her the end of our reasoning, and then tell her that we want to end up like this, but it does get published by someone else?"
Qiu Yanzi laughed evilly, Mo Ming felt that this guy was really black-bellied.
"The subtext is, the best ending, but isn't it from you?"