Moving is always a hassle.

But it wasn’t too bad for Shi Jin.

He didn't need to take much with him, and only filled two suitcases including his clothes.

The only troublesome thing is the dozen or so boxes of books.

But he found a moving company in advance, which only required one trip, so he started moving at nine in the morning and finished at eleven.

Shi Jin sent the people from the moving company away and began to unpack the boxes containing the books.

The owner of the house doesn't seem to be here today. It seems that what I said when I rented the house, "the owner's whereabouts are unknown", was not an exaggeration.

The sunlight shines in through the study window, filling the entire room.

Shi Jin pursed her lips, walked forward and drew the curtains, and the room instantly fell into darkness.

He turned on the light in the room and looked around the study carefully.

The study is not big, but it has all the basic amenities, including a desk and bookshelves.

Well...it seems that the owner of the house rarely comes to the first floor, and the dust on the bookshelf has obviously been there for some time.

Shi Jin has always been very patient when it comes to things related to books.

He found a towel to wipe the bookshelf clean, and then sorted the books one by one and put them on the shelf.

It is not an easy task to classify and organize more than a dozen boxes of books, but Shi Jin is very serious about it.

Until the phone on the table vibrated.

Shi Jin put the last book in his hand into the bookshelf and took the phone.

"Ancestor, have you finished moving?"

A familiar voice came from the microphone. Shi Jin lowered his eyes and continued to take books out of the box: "Just finished moving, and I'm packing up now."

Shi Yi was typing away on the keyboard with one hand and holding the phone with the other: "Did you read the WeChat message I sent you about the book signing event?"

"Not yet, I'm looking now."

"I guessed it." Shi Yi stopped typing and took a sip of water. "The book you published before did very well, so the publisher wanted to hold a book signing event for you, which could also help increase your popularity."

Shi Jin frowned slightly.

Shi Yi seemed to be able to see his expression, and interrupted Shi Jin before he could speak: "Don't rush to refuse, this book signing will not do you any harm."

"Didn't I tell you before that your writing lacks popularity? What you lack is the experience of getting close to people. You said you stay at home all day and never go out to interact with life. How can you write works that are close to life?"

Shi Jin pursed his lips. He wanted to refute, but he couldn't find the right words for a while.

Shi Yi was still talking to himself: "Think about what I said, am I right? Right! So you'd better not refuse this book signing event. Who knows, after you accept this book signing event, you might suddenly get inspired and write like a god?"

Shi Yi is very experienced in fooling Shi Jin.

As Shi Jin's elementary school classmate and current editor-in-chief, he knows Shi Jin's character very well.

Although he looks cold and aloof, he is actually surprisingly slow in responding to things other than writing books.

As long as you speak fast enough and firm enough, you can successfully fool him away.

Therefore, after talking nonsense for a long time, Shi Yi made the final decision: "Okay, I'll agree to the book signing event for you. I'll let you know the time and place later."

As expected, there was silence on the other end of the phone for two seconds, and then Shi Jin's low voice came: "Okay."

"Oh, right." Shi Yi suddenly remembered something: "Do you still remember when I was the class monitor in elementary school?"

Shi Jin was silent.

Shi Yi obviously had no intention of waiting for his answer. He continued, "I saw a promising new author some time ago. I was planning to recruit him, so I thought of looking him up. Then, I checked."

His voice suddenly became excited: "Hey, isn't this a coincidence? He is actually our elementary school classmate!"

Shi Jin unpacked the cartons and folded them carefully, planning to take the garbage downstairs. Hearing this, he didn't even raise his head, but just responded, "And then?"

Shi Yi chuckled: "So I plan to use my status as class monitor to organize a class reunion and hook up with this new guy at the class reunion."

Shi Jin was silent for two seconds, but ultimately did not say anything to break his fantasy.

Not many people are willing to attend an ordinary class reunion, let alone a reunion of elementary school classmates.

Forget it, if he is willing to organize it, let him try.

After all, it has nothing to do with him.

This thought only stayed in his mind for a short moment. The next second, this thought was cruelly broken by Shi Yi's voice: "You have to be there at that time. It is said that the newcomer is your fan. I have to use your name to hook up with him."

Shi Jin:......

After finishing this story, Shi Yi continued to talk about a lot of other things.

So after the call was hung up, Shi Jin completely turned off his phone, which was already low on battery.

Just as I was about to find a charger to charge my phone, the lights in the room suddenly went out.

Shi Jin checked the conditions in several rooms and concluded that there was a power outage.

He stood there for two seconds holding the dead phone, then finally took out his ID card and went downstairs.

He remembered that there should be an Internet cafe on the bar street downstairs.

——

"Brother Ci, can you please read something else? Isn't it a little inappropriate for you to sit here with a comic book in your hand?"

Xu Qian stared straight at the comic book in Yu Ci's hand, his expression difficult to describe.

Yu Ci slowly turned the page, his eyes never leaving the book: "What's wrong?"

His tone sounded nonchalant: "In the time I've been sitting here at the door, the number of customers in this Internet cafe has increased several times. Tell me what's wrong with it."

"You said it's inappropriate... Not really, but..."

Xu Qian looked up along Yu Ci's flip-flops, passed by the colorful shorts with large flowers, ignored the white old man's vest, and fixed his eyes on the colorful comic book: "... What I'm saying is, Brother Ci, when can you change your preference for girls' comics?"

Yu Ci didn't even raise his head and turned the page: "If you can't change it, just give up."

Xu Qian held his chin and sighed deeply, wondering: "What's so good about this thing?"

These words finally made Yu Ci raise his head.

He picked up the comic and shook it in front of Xu Qian, his eyebrows slightly raised: "How can it not be good? This one in my hand has all kinds of beautiful women and handsome men, and even a scene where a woman disguises herself as a man. Do those mystery novels you like have such plots?"

Speaking of this, Xu Qian became unhappy.

He pulled out a book from the drawer at the front desk with a click, and slapped it in front of Yu Ci: "I won't say much else, just this one, Brother Ci, take it and read it. If you don't like it, come to me, and I'll give you my head as a stool to sit on!"

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and looked over: "Hmm - "Silence"? "

This name sounds pretty stupid.

Yu Ci lost interest and slumped back in his chair. "This name doesn't sound interesting. I won't read it."

Xu Qian was furious at being given such an evaluation of his beloved book. He grabbed the book on the table and stuffed it into Yu Ci's arms in the blink of an eye.

Yu Ci:......

He stared at Xu Qian silently without saying a word.

Xu Qian felt guilty for a moment, but soon, the thought of protecting his beloved books overcame his timidity, so he straightened his chest and glared back, his tone inconsistent with his expression: "Just take a look, Brother Ci, please."

Yu Ci's mouth twitched: "You stepped on my foot."

"Oh, Brother Ci, I'm sorry!" Xu Qian jumped away: "I didn't see your feet, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Yu Ci angrily retracted his innocently affected foot and said, "Just shut up."

Xu Qian looked back at him innocently.

Just as the two of them stared at each other——

"Hello, could you please give me a single room?"