Chapter 156

She is now wholeheartedly pursuing the path that Jiang Ning has planned for her, to be admitted to a normal university, take a job as a civil servant, and become a national teacher in the future!

She had a secret thought in her mind. She wanted to go to the capital to find Jiang Ning. She was like a moth lost in the dark, and when she saw the light, she couldn't help but want to get closer.

Only when she got closer to the light source and saw the sparkling flame did she feel that she had a direction and was walking in the right direction.

She was afraid that once she left the light, she would be pulled into the endless and hopeless mud, with no chance of climbing out.

The severe crackdown lasted for nearly two years, and Jiang Song, who had just entered society, behaved himself for a while after arriving in Sichuan Province. He could no longer fight and kill in society, and he had a lot of energy with nowhere to vent it, so he went to play basketball at a nearby university.

He was the right age and full of youth. He wore basketball uniforms and shoes every day and played basketball with a basketball. The security guard at the school gate thought he was a college student of their school. He quickly became familiar with the security guard and was very frank about the fact that he was not a student of this university. He just liked playing basketball.

He was 1.9 meters tall and had excellent athletic ability. He quickly became famous in the nearby university. He was warm and cheerful, and he would treat these poor students to meals and drinks when he had money. As time went by, these teachers and students who liked playing basketball all liked to invite him to play basketball with them. Over time, he made his second girlfriend in this school, who was also a very beautiful and simple female college student who was full of beautiful aspirations for love.

Jiang Song is very sincere when making friends. He is really good to his friends, so he makes friends with people sincerely. When he interacts with girls, it is difficult for most people to resist his enthusiasm. He is like a passionate big wolfdog, pouncing on his girlfriends and being warm and generous. Few girls can resist falling for him under such enthusiasm, and the same goes for his girlfriend, as well as her good friends.

He first met his girlfriend when they were playing basketball on the basketball court. After confirming their relationship, his girlfriend brought her best friend to meet Jiang Song. At first, her best friend was afraid that her friend would be cheated by people in society, so she came to help her out. However, Jiang Song's communication skills were so strong, and he was so generous in his work and life. He was not only good to his girlfriend, but also to his girlfriend's good friends, including his girlfriend's roommates. He took care of them all with enthusiasm.

While Jiang Song likes his girlfriend, he also sincerely feels that his girlfriend's good friend is also a very good girl, very gentle and considerate. Both girls are very good.

He treats every girl who shows kindness to him equally.

With the publicity campaign of "Congratulations to Ning Meng for getting admitted to Peking University" which lasted for half a month, the physical book of "The King's Guards" was also fully stocked in major bookstores across the country. Her newly signed 20,000 copies of the classic edition of "The King's Guards" and 20,000 copies of the complete collector's edition of "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" were also released at the same time.

"White Snake's Immortality" has only been completed for three months, and its popularity in the market continues to rise. Previously, there were 5,000 complete signed copies of "The Great Song Dynasty", but when it comes to "White Snake's Immortality", there is not even a single signed copy.

Therefore, the signed collector's edition of "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" was sold out as soon as it was released. Many readers called and wrote to the publishing house, strongly requesting "Ningmeng" to hold a book signing event.

Many readers are trying to figure out whether Ning Meng is a man or a woman.

The real person has to show up for the book signing event, right?

The magazine also wants to hold a book signing event for Ning Meng, especially at this time, which is the best opportunity to officially promote her. After signing events in several major cities across the country, it will increase sales for the publishing house.

But Ning Meng can't make time for it.

She was previously locked up in the training team to participate in the competition, and the publishing house knew about it. Otherwise, why would "Jin Yi Wei" be serialized for several issues? They have already applied for the illustrator, cover, and book number for "Jin Yi Wei", but they haven't signed the publishing contract with Jiang Ning yet? Did you wait until she finished the IMO competition before coming over to sign the publishing contract with her?

Although she has finished the competition and become a student of Peking University, the publishing house doesn't know whether Ning Meng does not have to participate in military training this year. And now that she is in college, she may have more time to write, but it is still not easy for Ning Meng, who is still in school, to sign books across the country, unless it is during the winter or summer vacations.

Many readers who bought the collector's edition of "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" showed off their signed books online. Readers who supported the idea that "Ning Meng is a boy" took pictures of Ning Meng's signature with majestic and powerful strokes to prove that "Ning Meng" is a boy and that girls cannot write such vigorous and powerful handwriting.

At that moment, many female netizens were dissatisfied and posted the handwritten words online.

Many girls of this era grew up learning calligraphy and practicing pen writing. For many students at this time, a pen is a very precious stationery. Basically everyone who owns a pen has been sucking ink and practicing pen writing carefully since childhood.

Many girls write in majestic and grand style with fountain pen. They post their handwritings online to prove that signatures cannot be used as proof that "Ningmeng" is a boy.

Some netizens also dug out Jiang Ning's previous signature in "The Song Dynasty". Some people compared the signature in "The Song Dynasty" with the signature in "White Snake" and found some differences.

When signing "The Great Song Dynasty", because there were only 5,000 signatures for the book, and it was also Jiang Ning's first signature after her rebirth, her handwriting was neat and dignified, not sloppy, just like every time she signed a document in her previous life.

But the number of signatures for "White Snake" was more than 20,000. At the beginning, she could still maintain a proper signing attitude, but towards the end, she became numb and her handwriting became more and more sloppy, and it was already like flying dragons and phoenixes.

Some netizens have concluded that the two handwritings are not from the same person.

So there must be a team behind 'Ningmeng'.

Some netizens who can recognize handwriting said that although the latter is a bit sloppy, the writing habits and structure show that it was written by the same person.

But such messages were quickly drowned out by the huge number of messages from netizens.

In short, the commotion on the Internet successfully made several books such as "Wuxia", "Jinyiwei", "White Snake Cultivation" and "Song Dynasty" popular again, and sales rose again.

The magazine and publishing house were grinning from ear to ear as they had made a fortune once again.

As the author of these books, Jiang Ning naturally also brought in huge profits.

The campaign "Searching for Ning Meng" was eventually shelved due to the start of the new semester at all major universities, and "Ning Meng" never showed up. Although many freshmen were still asking around at school about who "Ning Meng" was because of the "Searching for Ning Meng" activity, no one admitted that they were Ning Meng. They all came to this top university to study, and the enthusiasm for "Searching for Ning Meng" quickly died down, and they all immersed themselves in a new university life.

In this publicity plan, there are big winners everywhere, including publishing houses, magazines, experts who took advantage of Ningmeng's popularity, reporters who initiated the "Searching for Ningmeng" event, and Ningmeng herself.

After getting the money, Jiang Ning invested some money to buy several stocks that later increased more than a hundred times. She also told Song Peifeng that she was going to buy a house and asked him if he wanted to join her.

Song Peifeng once again discovered that Jiang Ning was a very proactive person.

For a big thing like buying a house, most people would discuss it with their family, but she made the decision and executed it immediately. To her, buying a house is as easy as buying cabbage. She can make the decision on her own without discussing it with anyone.

Song Peifeng also followed her and bought a small condom.

It's right opposite the house she bought.

The New Year's money he had received since he was a child, as well as various scholarships, added up to a lot. He couldn't afford a big house, so he chose the small one on the same floor as Jiang Ning and paid the down payment.

Song Peifeng's loan was a bit more troublesome because he had no stable job or income, and he couldn't get a proof of income. However, the salesperson who sold the house said that he would find a way, but the bank's procedures might take longer, so Song Peifeng had to wait.

On Jiang Ning's side, the procedures for the two houses were completed very quickly.

Tsinghua University and Peking University are both located between the North Fourth Ring Road and the North Fifth Ring Road. Compared with later generations, the housing prices outside the Third Ring Road at that time were almost as cheap as cabbage. There is also a policy of giving household registration with house purchase. Now it is 1997, and next year will be the year when the policy of allocating housing to units will be abolished. Because there are various good school districts near Tsinghua University and Peking University, the housing prices are a bit more expensive, but within a 20-minute drive from here, you can buy a house at will.

The house that Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng bought is near the Fourth Ring Road, about 20 to 30 minutes' drive from Peking University. She bought a large flat, while Song Peifeng had to buy a smaller one due to limited funds.

He discovered that she was really a very independent girl with her own rich and powerful inner world, but sometimes, he could also feel her inner desire for a prosperous world.

Before, Wucheng was close to Shanghai, so it was convenient for her to buy a house in Shanghai. She thought about living in Shanghai in the future. After all, Shanghai is an international metropolis with an open and free folk customs. Jiang Ning likes living in such an environment very much.

She did not consider the capital city at that time. Firstly, the capital city was too far away from her and out of reach. Secondly, she felt that the environment in the capital city was not very suitable for living.

But after buying a house in Beijing, her first reaction was that Beijing was pretty good and far enough from home. If she took the civil service exam in Beijing in the future and joined the Beijing system, would she have even more reason not to go back?

By the way, she can also take her grandfather over and take him to see the National Day, raise the national flag, visit the Forbidden City, and see the Great Wall.

As for climbing the Great Wall, she couldn't climb it. She really couldn't climb it unless she carried her grandfather on her back the whole time.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile happily when she thought of her taking her grandfather to visit these holy places that the old country people had always longed for, and how Grandpa Jiang walked around with a smile on his face, and then returned to the village, sat under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, or on the high platform of the small shop at the entrance of the village, and boasted to the old people with a smile on his face.

That was something she had wanted to do countless times in her previous life, but the regret of wanting to take care of her parents was too late, and every time she thought about it, it was like a piercing pain in her heart.

Thinking of her grandfather, she couldn't help but call Grandpa Jiang again. She was afraid that everything now was just her dream, all illusion, and she needed to confirm that her grandfather really existed.

Grandpa Jiang's heart feels as warm as if it were soaked in warm water because of his granddaughter's coquettishness and attachment. For a person with a dedicated personality like Grandpa Jiang, the thing he fears most is that he will grow old and no longer be needed.

His granddaughter's attachment to and need for him made him feel as if he were full of life.

Like Jiang Ning in his previous life, he had been alone in the mountains and forests for many years. What he looked forward to most every day was the playful laughter of the cowherds who went up the mountain to herd cattle every few days and the laughter of the old cowherds who boasted loudly.

Nowadays, people come to the store to buy clothes every day, and there are countless young people coming and going at the school gate every day, making it very lively. The little grandson comes to the store every day to help him sell clothes, brings him lunch at noon every day, eats with him, and concentrates on selling clothes to make money.

They no longer feel confused or helpless about their future lives.

He just sat at the door of the store and watched the lively and noisy scene, and couldn't stop smiling.

When Jiang Ning called Grandpa Jiang, Song Peifeng was standing not far away.

He didn't intentionally listen to what she was saying to the person on the other end of the phone. He just watched the fragility and brokenness that occasionally revealed between her eyebrows. After the call was connected, the little daughter acted coquettishly with the person on the other end of the phone, and occasionally showed an arrogant look on her face, which made Grandpa Jiang on the other end of the phone laugh. She probably didn't even realize how gentle the look between her eyebrows was.

It seemed as if all the tenderness in the world was gathered in her eyes.

How could he not fall for her after seeing her like this?

Even after hanging up the phone, she turned around and looked up, her eyes still rippling with water, as pure as a mountain stream.

He watched her slowly approach him with a cute smile.

After He Qiaosheng came to the Beijing Conservatory of Music, he originally wanted to come to Beijing University to find Jiang Ning, but then he thought that Jiang Ning might not want to make friends with him, and he also knew how popular "Ning Meng" was now.

In terms of career, Ning Meng is now a popular best-selling author. In terms of academics, she is an IMO gold medalist and was admitted to Peking University in advance.

Although He Qiaosheng gained some fame in the singing competition held in the provincial capital last year and his songs became somewhat popular, this little fame was forgotten as he spent a whole year preparing for the college entrance examination. So when facing Jiang Ning, he, who had never known what inferiority was, felt uneasy and inferior around Jiang Ning.

This feeling of wanting to find her but being hesitant was expressed bit by bit on his guitar and turned into a song.

He thought that he would wait until he was successful and stood at the same level as her, and then he would walk in front of her and say to her, "Hey, do you remember me?"

Thinking of the scene of their reunion at that time, He Qiaosheng couldn't help but reveal an expectant smile on his face. He played the tune over and over again, revised the lyrics he wrote, and perfected the creation of the song.

Their music school holds a welcome party after military training, and new students can participate after registering if there are any programs.

He Qiaosheng also held his guitar and went up to sing a song of his own which is currently very popular in the market.

Someone also posted a photo of him wearing a white T-shirt and singing with a guitar online.

The desire to find Jiang Ning but the hesitation to do so made him look a bit melancholy. In addition, he changed his image and now looked fresh and clean. Even though he got a few degrees darker due to military training, youth is the best beauty agent.

He Qiaosheng was not popular on the Internet, but he was noticed by a spontaneously organized band in their school. After learning that he could play the piano, the erhu, and the guitar and write his own songs, and that he had several songs that were currently the favorite songs of singers in major bars, they invited him to join the band and he became the lead singer of the campus band.

Jiang Ning had long forgotten about the boy she had lied to, and had no idea that there was a boy who had waited for her at the school gate and looked for her. She also had no idea that he had followed her into the Beijing school and had wanted to come and look for her.

From the first sentence she said to the boy, she never thought about having any contact with him again, and naturally she never took this little passer-by in her life to heart.

Nowadays, apart from continuing to write "Jinyiwei Commander", she also attends various courses at Jingcheng University every day.

Yes, she didn't just audit courses in her major, she would attend all the classes as long as she had time.

She attends classes not just to learn, but with a strong purpose, which is to broaden her knowledge and find material for works she might write in the future.

The efficiency of actively studying in class and passively studying in class is completely different. She attends every class very seriously, reviews and prepares very seriously when she goes back, and completes her homework very seriously.

Her serious attitude made the teachers and professors who had not noticed her at first notice her at the back of the classroom, where she was always quiet and low-key and listened to the lectures attentively.

I didn't notice her once, twice, three, four, or even seven or eight times. But after a long time, it was really hard not to notice this student, because this girl's appearance and temperament were so outstanding. Moreover, now her height has grown to 1.68 meters, which is not considered short among girls. Even if she sits at the back, teachers and professors can still see her clearly.

Then the teachers discovered that this student's name seemed to have never been called out during the roll call.

"The girl in black in the third row from the back, yes, that's you. Please answer this question."

Jiang Ning didn't realize at first that he was calling her. When her eyes met the professor's, the professor nodded at her confidently: "Yes, it's you!"

After Jiang Ning answered, he asked her what her name was.

Then the teachers realized that this girl who never missed a class and did her homework very seriously in class was not a student of their major at all. She was only an auditor at the school and would have to wait until next year to officially enroll.

What’s funny is that even though these teachers and professors already knew that Jiang Ning was not a student in their major, they still liked to call on her to answer questions during class.

After a while, the students in that major discovered that this student was even more hardworking in his studies than the students in their major.

By December, the TV drama copyright of "The Commander of the Imperial Guards" that we had previously purchased was finally approved, and "The Commander of the Imperial Guards" finally entered the script writing and casting stage.

Currently, the serialized content of "Jin Yi Wei" in "Wuxia" is still in the court and the martial arts world. The childhood of the heroine and the crown prince is not written for a long time, and the first volume ends quickly. The time has come to the teenage stage of the heroine and the crown prince. The emperor is old and weak, and in the court, the prince begins to supervise the country. The struggle between the princes is not fierce, and there are even several princes who are die-hard fans of the prince. They support him and set up the National Protectorate to deal with the chaos in the martial arts world.

The princes did not fight with each other, but within the Prince's Mansion, the emperor's grandchildren fought fiercely.

Especially since the Crown Princess had been in poor health, many powers in the Crown Prince's Mansion were actually controlled by the two concubines. Both concubines had children and had long been eyeing the position of Crown Prince.

But on the surface, the Crown Prince still looks like a gentle, weak and good brother. Privately, because his father is worried about the current forces in the underworld, he asked his companion, the heroine who disguised herself as a man, to set up an organization in the underworld early on. It is not called the Jinyiwei yet, but the Jinyi Envoy. It is solely under the jurisdiction of the Crown Prince and only takes orders from the Crown Prince. It is led by the heroine who is the Crown Prince's companion, and even the Crown Prince does not know about it.

The Crown Prince who serves as regent is busy with state affairs every day. How can he have the energy to manage a small organization under his son?

Male readers may be dissatisfied with the setting that the heroine is a woman disguised as a man, or they may suspect that the author is a woman and that is why she has the heroine's perspective. But for the screenwriter and director, this setting is great.

If the heroine doesn't dress up as a man, how can we write the relationship between the heroine and the crown prince? Without a love line, what would the audience watch?

The screenwriter not only completed the emotional line between the heroine and the crown prince, but also gave her a warm and tolerant senior brother, a loyal subordinate with a tragic and ruthless fate who was saved by the heroine, a chivalrous knight who became a brother to the heroine when the heroine entered the world of martial arts, and several other emotional lines.

Of course, the main love story is between the heroine and the crown prince.

The screenwriters really know what the audience likes to watch!

During the script writing stage, the director also came to Jiang Ning and asked for her opinion on the script.

He had already inquired about the film and television script of "The Legend of White Snake", and Ning Meng herself gave a lot of useful suggestions. It is said that the main plot of "The Legend of White Snake" was determined by Ning Meng herself and the director.

Jiang Ning was stunned when she saw that they had added so many emotional lines for the heroine.

In the original work, she only wanted to enrich the personalities of these characters, and made their backgrounds and personalities more full, without any ambiguous feelings in them.

In such a feudal background, she knew what would happen to the heroine once her identity was exposed. How could she allow the biggest secret in her to be leaked?

Let alone the warm and tolerant senior brother and the cold and ruthless loyal subordinates. Even if it was the Crown Prince, unless she was mentally retarded, there would be something between her and the Crown Prince.

Is the heroine mentally retarded? The heroine is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the heiress to the Duke's Mansion, how could she have these love lines?

She told this to the director and screenwriter, but they thought: "You can write the book like this, but you can't shoot the TV series like this."

However, as it was clearly stated in the original contract, Jiang Ning had certain rights in the adaptation of the script.

Therefore, under Jiang Ning's insistence, the final outcome of the heroine was not to enter the harem, but to remain the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who sat firmly in the court and held great power.

After the script of the TV series "The King's Guards" was finalized, "The Legend of White Snake", which had been filmed for more than half a year, was finally released during the winter vacation this year.