After two days of frequent contact, Chu Li had roughly figured out Zhechuan Juju's routine - that is, there was no routine.
——As an editor in the publishing industry I knew before said, not every author in the world treats his or her work as a child. If so, it was only once. Some authors can achieve a pure stepfather-stepson relationship with their manuscripts the moment they submit their manuscripts after serialization...
As long as the editor does not tear the "stepson" apart and reassemble him so that people will say "the father must be ugly if he makes this child so ugly" and affect his reputation, the stepfather seems to be able to turn a blind eye to any other actions -
………………The above behaviors are representative figures, as steady as a river at dawn.
Chu Li, the adoptive mother, could only huddle in a corner holding the "Luo River Divine Book" and shivering. Late at night, she would fondly stroke the thick printed manuscript and comfort and encourage her: Don't be afraid, child, you can sell it well.
…
The third day of proofreading the "Luo River Divine Book".
Wednesday.
When Chu Li woke up in the morning and looked in the mirror, she was horrified to find a white hair on her temple. She firmly believed that proofreading for Zhuo Chuan made her look ten years older... Because of this white hair, Chu Li almost set foot on the road of turning from a pink to a black.
Almost.
Because she didn’t have time to take this brave step, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the black umbrella leaning against the corner before leaving for work… Chu Li paused, and suddenly remembered that Saturday, when she was afraid that Lao Miao would poach her, so she rushed to the editorial department in a hurry and intercepted Zhu Chuan and his "Luohe Divine Book" halfway—
Also intercepted by her was the black umbrella in Zhuchuan's hand that day when the rain was pouring down.
Thinking of this, Chu Li curled the corners of his lips unconsciously.
...I almost forgot the white hair on my temple.
Glancing outside and remembering the continuous rainy weather in recent days, Chu Li picked up the black umbrella and brought it to the office together with his own transparent small umbrella... When he arrived at the office, he hid the black umbrella under the table to avoid Lao Miao's eyes. Chu Li did not have time to think carefully about what he was feeling guilty about, and just started working.
In the morning, I was immersed in proofreading "Luohe Divine Book", and from time to time I opened QQ to check my friend list; at noon, during the lunch break, I checked the time. It was half past twelve. Chu Li opened QQ with chopsticks in his mouth and clicked on the avatar of the God of Plague that finally lit up.
[The navy hired by the monkey: Mr. Chuan. 】
【Zhuchuan:? 】
[The monkey’s hired soldier: Are you home this afternoon? I’ll go to your house after get off work and return the umbrella you lent me last time. ]
Chu Li thought that this was a normal conversation, and the other party only needed to answer "yes" to end the conversation. However, she obviously underestimated Zhuchuan's creativity. After five minutes of silence, Zhuchuan replied -
【Chechuan: What umbrella? Did I lend you an umbrella? Why should I lend you an umbrella?】
[The navy hired by the monkey: …]
[The Monkey’s hired navy: So you didn’t put down the umbrella in the stairwell on Saturday to lend it to me, but simply because you felt the umbrella was heavy in your hand, or because you wanted to go on a whim like a young boy running wildly in the rain?]
【Zhuchuan: Speak properly. 】
[The monkey’s hired navy: I don’t. ]
【Zhuchuan: You are going to heaven. 】
[Zhu Chuan: Do you dare to say "no" to me? ]
[The navy hired by the monkey: orz... I'm sorry, I was wrong. 】
【Zhuchuan: OK, I know which umbrella it is. I didn’t lend it to you. I lent it to Lao Miao. Why did you take it away?】
Zhuochuan asked seriously.
At first I was quite speechless.
[The water army hired by Monkey: "Black Question Mark Face Emoji Pack" You lent it to Lao Miao? ? ? ……………………Do you two have the kind of relationship that is worth you getting wet in the rain and leaving an umbrella for him? ]
[Zhuo Chuan: Is our relationship that worthy of me getting wet in the rain and holding an umbrella for you?]
[The monkey's hired navy: That's different.]
【Chu Chuan: What’s the difference?】
[The monkey’s hired navy: I am a little girl. In the heavy rain, my fragile body makes people want to sacrifice themselves to borrow an umbrella. Isn’t it normal?]
After Chu Li sent out the first line of words, Zhuochuan remained silent for another five minutes. After five minutes, he ended the conversation with the concise and powerful words "Haha".
Since he didn’t strongly object to Chu Li sending him an umbrella after get off work, Chu Li took it as his tacit consent (……), closed the chat box and continued to eat, while proofreading his “White-Cloaked General Killing Demons” for him. There is a signature feature in Chu Chuan’s works, that is, every male protagonist must wear white clothes. As a result, every time his readers see the first chapter of his works, they may say something like “Oh my god, the master has opened a new pit, I’m so happy”, or “I feel relieved when I saw the four words ‘white-cloaked boy’, I suspect I have obsessive-compulsive disorder”…
The afternoon passed quickly during the proofreading. When Chu Li got off work, she had only completed 75% of the proofreading work because she and Zhu Chuan had a fierce argument at this point.
This incident originated when Chu Li was proofreading 75% of the article. He laughed out loud three times because of the amazing ideas in this chapter. When he encountered a strange look from Lao Miao next door for the fourth time, Chu Li picked up the phone, calmly dialed the number of a person with the note "Actor Teacher" in the address book, and asked him to delete the entire chapter.
Yes, that's right.
After laughing so hard, she pulled out her dick mercilessly and called Zhuchuan directly to ask for the entire chapter to be deleted——
So Chuan got furious.
This is the first time that the stepfather of "Luohe Divine Book" has truly committed corpse-stealing. Zhuo Chuan directly refutes Chu Li's revision opinions. Originally, his sudden concern was very touching, but the process...
It's very embarrassing.
Chu Li: Teacher, you spent a whole chapter of 3,000 words to describe how the eighth divine beast gave birth to a baby and how everyone around him celebrated the birth without any hesitation! God, how come the baby looks like the fourth divine beast after it was born! Aren’t they enemies?!
Chu Chuan: They love and kill each other.
Chu Li: But the fourth beast is a male! The eighth beast is also a male!
Chu Chuan: Selling gay porn is very popular nowadays, I want to try it.
First etiquette: try your fart.
Chu Chuan:?
Chu Li: orz, I’m sorry.
Chu Li: Please allow me to delete this part, the whole chapter.
Chu Chuan: I don’t.
Zhaochuan: This affects the integrity of my article.
Chu Li: I don’t want to hear your nonsense.
Chu Chuan:?
Chu Li: orz, I’m sorry.
Chu Li: Teacher Zhuchuan, I kneel down and kowtow to you, bang bang bang, you realize the seriousness of the matter, right? Yuanyue Publishing House, please note that it is the entire Yuanyue Publishing House, not the editorial department of "Moonlight". The editor-in-chief, Mr. Xia, who is in charge of the final review of various publications, is a 55-year-old senior editor who was rehired by Gaoxin. He is male, I am very sure he is straight, and he even published your father's book - so, can you please be kind and let go of the teacher's values and eyes, okay?
Chu Chuan: ...
above.
Just to argue about such a meaningless issue, the two of them argued on the phone from 4pm to 5:30pm. During this time, the entire editorial office was filled with the sound of Chu Li making phone calls. She received countless looks of either schadenfreude or sympathy from her colleagues.
Finally, Li Ren couldn't bear it anymore and brought up Mr. Xia, the editor-in-chief of Yuanyue Society, who no one could afford to offend, including Zhuchuan, and finally succeeded in making Zhuchuan shut his mouth.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Li took a red pen and drew a huge, super angry red cross on the entire chapter where the style of painting suddenly changed, with boys having children and even beasts giving birth to children!
Then I looked up and saw that it was 5:30 in the afternoon and time to get off work.
Chu Li: "..."
Looking at the quarter of the manuscript that was still to be printed and the editor-in-chief Yu Yao who was sitting in his seat and smiling at him, Chu Li realized that it seemed inevitable for him to work overtime at home today.
Before going home, I have to go to Zhuchuan Juju's house to return the umbrella to him.
………………Maybe consider giving him a beating while you’re at it.