On the gravel road leading to the gate of the villa, two figures walked side by side.

There were long pavilions along the way to provide shade, so Shi Jin didn't hold an umbrella and just used a black umbrella as a walking stick.

The tip of the black umbrella poked into the hard gravel road, making a series of muffled sounds.

Shi Jin walked forward on the fallen leaves with steady steps.

Yu Ci tilted his head and looked at him, his eyes thoughtful.

The gaze from the side of his face was so scorching that Shi Jin couldn't ignore it, so he could only purse his lips and ask, "What's wrong?"

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows: "Nothing, just admiring it."

Shi Jin was a little confused: "Hmm?"

"Forget it if you don't understand." Yu Ci chuckled and said lazily, "Going home?"

Shi Jin was slightly stunned, then nodded: "Yes."

Yu Ci curled his lips and shook the car keys in his hand: "I drove here, come with me?"

Shi Jin looked at him, a little surprised: "You're going back too?"

"Of course." Yu Ci raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "That's my home. Where else can I go if I don't go back?"

"Yu Ci!"

A clear and powerful female voice exploded in my ears, startling the birds perched above my head.

Shi Jin paused slightly, stopped where he was, and tilted his head to look behind him.

Yu Ci sighed and stopped as well.

Zhong Sisi trotted over to the two of them. Seeing Shi Jin, she greeted him in a friendly manner: "Teacher Shi."

Shi Jin nodded at her.

Zhong Sisi turned her gaze to Yu Ci. She was a little out of breath after running all the way. She took a few seconds to speak, "Are you going home? Take me with you."

Yu Ci glanced at her: "Where's your own car?"

Zhong Sisi wiped her sweat, feeling a little embarrassed, and drew a circle on the ground with her toes in a panic: "Well, I went racing last night and my mom found out, and the car was confiscated."

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows, his eyes half smiling: "I'm not going home, you go by yourself -" Take a taxi.

The rest of the words were drowned out by the roar of the sports car.

He narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look at the door.

Outside the gate of the villa, a red sports car was driving with its top open. On the passenger seat, a bunch of beautifully wrapped roses were lying quietly on the seat.

In the driver's seat, Wei Chan pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, picked up the rose on the passenger seat, got out of the car and walked towards the door.

"Wow..." Zhong Sisi exclaimed exaggeratedly, staring at Wei Chan who was walking towards them: "Sports car, roses, gold-rimmed glasses. Isn't this the standard male protagonist in a romance novel?"

Yu Ci glanced at her and said, "Is he here to see you?"

"Ah?" Zhong Sisi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, no, I don't know this kind of handsome guy."

"This handsome guy's eyes have never left Shi Jin since he got off the car. It's obvious that he's here to look for Shi Jin."

Zhong Sisi smacked her lips and said, "He's holding a rose. Maybe he's Teacher Shi's boyfriend."

"laugh."

Yu Ci sneered, and when Wei Chan walked in front of Shi Jin, he took a step forward, blocking the two of them with his tall body, and asked knowingly: "Excuse me, who are you?"

Wei Chan pushed up his glasses, stretched out his right hand, and introduced himself calmly: "Hello, Wei Chan."

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows slightly and stretched out his hand to shake his: "Yu Ci."

Two pairs of big hands were clasped together, and the veins on the backs of the bony hands bulged.

Zhong Sisi clenched her fists and watched the show with excitement.

My goodness, is that spark in his eyes serious?

Fight! Fight!

In the silent eye contact, Wei Chan was the first to look away.

Yu Ci raised the corners of his lips and let go.

Wei Chan turned his gaze towards Shi Jin and handed over the rose in his hand: "Congratulations on finishing the recording."

Shi Jin looked at the roses in front of him, frowned slightly, and did not take the flowers: "Thank you."

"Don't you like roses?" Wei Chan looked at Shi Jin's expression and suddenly smiled. He stuffed the rose into Shi Jin's arms and said, "I'll buy something else next time. This time, just give me a favor and take it first."

The rich scent of roses filled his face, and his naturally keen sense of smell played a huge role at this moment. Shi Jin felt like he had fallen into a rose garden.

He couldn't help but frowned, and his nose was itchy due to the stimulation of the fragrance.

A big hand promptly pulled the rose away from her arms: "If you don't like it, just reject it directly."

Yu Ci casually threw the rose into the arms of Zhong Sisi, who was watching the show, and looked at Shi Jin: "Are you feeling better?"

A light and fresh fragrance replaced the strong rose scent, rescuing Shi Jin's brain which was feeling a little uncomfortable from the smoke.

He drooped his eyelids and responded in a low voice.

Zhong Sisi held the rose that had inexplicably fallen from the sky and looked at the original owner of the rose with some embarrassment, "This..."

Wei Chan pushed his glasses up and put on a standard smile: "In that case, this rose will be given to this lady."

Zhong Sisi:......

Although she likes roses, why does it feel so strange for her to collect this flower?

This place looks like a hell of a place, why don't she just run away first?

Thinking of this, Zhong Sisi spoke cautiously: "Well, how about you guys chat first, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do, I'll leave first?"

As expected, no one responded.

Zhong Sisi shrugged her shoulders and ran away with the rose that she had unexpectedly received in her arms.

The angle of the sunlight overhead tilted as time went by, and the eaves of the corridor could no longer completely block the sunlight.

Shi Jin held up a black umbrella to block the sunlight from shining on his face.

After doing all this, he looked at Wei Chan, his tone was light and his eyes were indifferent: "Editor-in-Chief Wei, what is the matter with you this time?"

"Of course." Wei Chan glanced at Yu Ci on the side, and the curve of his mouth deepened: "Why don't I take you home and we can talk in the car?"

Shi Jin frowned: "No..."

Wei Chan added promptly: "It's about work."

After two seconds of silence, Shi Jin looked at Yu Ci: "You..."

Yu Ci put the key back into his pocket and looked at Wei Chan, a smile on his handsome face: "Editor-in-Chief Wei, you don't mind taking one more person with you, right?"

Wei Chan: ...

So in the end, Shi Jin and Yu Ci got into Wei Chan's car together.

——The co-pilot on Yu Ci’s seat.

Wei Chan drove in silence for a long time, and only spoke when he stopped at a traffic light: "I read your final draft. There are no problems in the beginning, but the ending needs to be revised."

Shi Jin raised his eyes to look at him.

Wei Chan pushed his glasses up, his expression focused: "Recently, the review standards for publications have been updated. Shi Yi should have sent it to you before, but you may not have read it while you were recording the show. You can take a look at it when you get back."

"To put it simply, the current review standards state that the ending of a police-and-criminal-themed work must conform to the core socialist values, which means it must be a positive ending."

The green light came on, Wei Chan stepped on the accelerator, and glanced at Shi Jin in the back seat through the rearview mirror: "The main idea must be that justice triumphs over evil. Your previous foreshadowing is fine, but the ending needs to be revised."

Shi Jin frowned slightly and said nothing: "Okay."

"One more thing."

The red sports car had already driven to the outside of the bar street. Wei Chan stopped at the roadside and said, "This year's author conference has been moved up a bit. The specific time has not been announced yet, but it should be in the next few months. You should prepare in advance."

The authors' conference is held every three years, and the top five authors under each editor are required to attend.

The last time the event was held, Shi Jin had not signed up with Xinmei, so he did not attend, but this time he could not avoid it.

So Shi Jin nodded: "Is the location still City B?"

"Yes, the publishing house will reimburse the air tickets and accommodation. I'll tell you the details when I get the notification."

"good."

This is the end of our conversation.

Before getting off the car, Wei Chan looked at Shi Jin and said, "Add WeChat?"

Shi Jin paused in opening the door.

Wei Chan opened his phone: "I heard from Shi Yi that in addition to your work WeChat, you also have a personal WeChat, so——"

He shook his phone, and a flash of white light flashed across his gold-rimmed glasses: "Let me scan you."

Shi Jin looked at him silently for two seconds, and finally opened the QR code.

"drop--"

Scan the QR code to pass.

Wei Chan sent the friend request quickly and then looked at Shi Jin.

Shi Jin pursed her lips and clicked on the friend request list.

He rarely looked at the application list, so there were a lot of small red dots on the list at this moment.

Shi Jin looked at the red dot at the top and pressed the pass button with his fingertips: "OK."

Wei Chan then let him out of the car with satisfaction.

The red sports car roared off the street.

Yu Ci, who got off the car earlier than him, put his hands in his pockets and leaned lazily against the wall. Hearing the noise, he raised his head and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you done talking?"

When he got off the car, the two men were still talking about the writers' conference in the car. He found it boring and got off the car first.

Shi Jin nodded: "Well, we're done."

"Okay, let's go back then."

Yu Ci stretched and walked downstairs slowly: "Shall we just eat something downstairs or go upstairs and order takeout?"

Shi Jin checked the time on his cell phone and thought of Xiao Hei at home.

Although we have an automatic feeder and automatic litter box at home, it is still safer to go back early.

When turning off the phone, Shi Jin's fingertips accidentally touched the green icon, and the page switched to the WeChat interface.

Shi Jin looked at the two messages at the top of the WeChat interface and was stunned for a moment.

[I have approved your friend verification request, now we can start chatting. ]

Two identical messages lay at the top of the conversation column, silently demonstrating their presence.

Shi Jin pursed her lips.

Maybe I accidentally clicked on the one below when I was browsing through my friends just now.

Shi Jin put away his phone and looked at Yu Ci: "Let's go back and order takeout. Xiao Hei is at home."

"OK."

This late lunch ended up being a takeaway.

The soft and tender seafood porridge is fragrant, the porridge is smooth, the shrimps and crabs are fresh and sweet, and the green chopped green onions are dotted on it. The white and green contrast well, and it is delicious and colorful.

“Buzz——”

Yu Ci glanced at his phone and answered the call.

Zhong Ling's sweet voice came from the other side of the microphone: "Ah Ci, are you coming home for dinner tonight?"

Yu Ci put down the spoon and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What?"

"It's like this." Zhong Ling smiled and glanced at Zhong Sisi who was sitting next to her: "I heard from your cousin that you seem to have someone you like, right?"

Zhong Sisi made a bitter face, bowed with her hands, and begged silently: "Aunt, please let me go."

Zhong Ling ignored her pleas and said to the microphone in a very good mood: "When will you bring someone back to meet mom? We can have a meal together."

Yu Ci subconsciously glanced at Shi Jin who was drinking porridge quietly: "Mom, don't listen to Zhong Sisi's nonsense."

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If I say that Editor-in-Chief Wei is the assist for Shi Zai and Ci Ge in their love life, would you believe it? Hahaha