Chapter 183 Life is really tiring
Gu Jianguo and Wang Yueju took Gu Sanjing outside. The three of them found a quiet place. Gu Jianguo said to Gu Sanjing seriously, "Next time you encounter something like this, you must tell your family. This time, those students are easy to deal with, so you can beat them up. What if you encounter someone who is difficult to deal with next time?"
Gu Sanjing lowered her head and muttered softly, "I cleaned it myself because I knew they were bad at cooking."
How can I tell parents about everything?
Wang Yueju heard her mumbling and said coldly, "As a girl, you can't just pick fights with others. Look how dangerous it is. You beat them. What if you can't beat them? Their injuries will be on you."
Gu Sanjing responded in a low voice: "I understand."
"Also, where did you get the idea of putting chili powder on people's faces?" Wang Yueju wanted to ask just now. To be honest, this chili powder is really effective, otherwise Sanjing would be the one who is injured now.
"I thought of it myself." Gu Sanjing said.
It was impossible for her to give Xiao Si away. Besides, her elder and second sisters had also used him and had fought with him, but they just hadn't been discovered.
Wang Yueju didn't quite believe her words, but she didn't dwell on it. She said, "This thing is quite useful. I'll carry it with me from now on. But don't use it casually. Only use it when you're being bullied."
Gu Sanjing nodded quickly, "I will definitely carry it with me."
Wang Yueju patted her head and said, "Go back and ask your elder sister, second sister, and Xiao Si to take some of this stuff with them for self-defense."
Gu Sanjing: They already brought it.
After explaining everything that needed to be said, the couple sent Gu Sanjing back to the classroom, said hello to the teacher, and went home. The school's decision on the students would not be released for a while.
During dinner that night, Wang Yueju told Gu Siqing and the other three about this. Gu Siqing also said, "It's important to have some fighting experience."
"What experience?" Wang Yueju asked, "Have you ever been in a fight?"
"No, how could I fight? Right, sister?" Gu Siqing hurriedly looked for help to cover up.
Gu Yimin hummed, and Gu Erhui changed the subject, "This chili powder is quite useful. We should carry some with us from now on."
Wang Yueju had been meaning to say this, so she said, "I'll buy some more tomorrow, and you three can take them with you."
The three sisters nodded in agreement.
The next day, the sports school announced the results of its decision on those students: they were suspended from all competitions for one year and were given a serious warning.
This punishment is quite severe. If athletes want to stand out, they have to participate in competitions and win places. If they are disqualified from participating in the competition now, they will have to wait until next year for the next competition.
Who knows what might happen in a year? Those students really suffered.
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Kyoto, Youth Newspaper
The newspaper had a cafeteria, and the staff generally ate there, including Xia Yuan. Today, she prepared her meal and sat down with a few colleagues. As they ate, they chatted. Xia Yuan's status was not ordinary, so naturally, she had people who flattered her.
"Editor-in-Chief Xia, is your youngest daughter about to publish another book?" a colleague asked.
Xia Yuan smiled and said, "She's preparing. In fact, students should still focus on their studies. I don't want her to focus her energy on other things, but the child likes this and has some talent, so I can only let her go."
"Editor-in-Chief Xia, I envy you to death. Not only are you an excellent individual, but your husband is a university teacher and your daughter is so talented. Your life is really perfect." said another colleague.
Xia Yuan smiled, accepting her words. She enjoyed the feeling of being envied the most.
At this time, another colleague said: "Have you heard? Nian Dou Bao, who published a novel in our newspaper before, has a new work called "Whose Youth Is Not Reckless". I read it."
"Ahem!" Before the colleague could finish her words, Xia Yuan, who was drinking soup, choked and started coughing violently. She had been anxious about this "sticky rice dumpling" recently, but she didn't expect that she would have a new work.
"Editor Xia, are you okay?" a colleague asked.
"Nothing, just a little choking. Where did you publish Nian Dou Bao's new book?" Xia Yuan asked after she finished coughing. She had already contacted all the newspapers and magazines in Kyoto, and she wanted to know who would dare to accept her manuscript?
"She submitted her book to China Youth Literature this time. Why didn't she submit it to our newspaper? Her book was serialized in our newspaper last time and it did quite well!" The colleague looked puzzled.
What Xia Yuan did was known only to the leaders of the major newspapers and magazines in Kyoto. The general public was unaware of it. Not only this colleague was puzzled, but other colleagues were also puzzled.
Another colleague said, "That's right, because of her novel, our newspaper's sales increased a lot, and we even received extra bonuses. Why didn't she invest in our newspaper again?"
"I'm really envious. 'Sticky Bean Curd' earned over 60,000 yuan in royalties alone. Over 60,000 yuan! I can never earn that much in my entire life."
"I'm very envious too. Editor-in-Chief Xia, please get royalties from your daughter's books in the future. Don't ask for manuscript fees. It's too much of a loss."
"That's right, it's such a loss."
Amidst the chatter among her colleagues, Xia Yuan picked up her lunch box and stood up, smiling gracefully. "You guys continue eating. I'm done, so I'm leaving now."
She took her lunch box and left, and several colleagues gathered together to talk.
"Did you think Editor Xia's expression just now was not good?"
"A little bit. But it's understandable that she's upset. Her daughter's book is about a similar subject to 'Sticky Bean Dumplings,' but the other writer received over 60,000 yuan in royalties, while I heard she only received over 3,000 yuan."
"Would she care about this with her background?"
"Who doesn't care about money? Doesn't it matter if you're born high and noble, you don't have to spend money?"
Xia Yuan didn't know about her colleagues' discussion. She took her lunch box back to the office and angrily threw all the books on the table to the ground.
She thought that "Nian Dou Bao" would publish a new book, and she also thought that she would submit her work to newspapers or magazines outside Kyoto, but she did not expect that her new book would be published so soon, and she did not expect that her new book would be published in "Hua Guo Youth Literature".
The magazine "China Youth Literature" is much better than the "China Youth Daily" where she works, in terms of history, quality, circulation, and status among national newspapers and magazines.
This made her unwilling and intolerable. However, "Huaguo Youth Literature" was in Haishi, and she couldn't reach there. No matter how unwilling she was, she had to hold it in.
Actually, she had no grudge against Gu Siqing, she just felt that she was blocking her daughter's path. Life was incredibly tiring for someone who was so competitive and yet so incompetent.
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