Ergou can't talk, and it's his actor master who's making noises about being hungry.
Chu Li looked around in Zhu Chuan's house, but she only found the rice left over from the last time she cooked porridge for Zhu Chuan. It was so pitiful that it couldn't even completely cover the bottom of the rice bucket... Chu Li lifted the rice bucket and shook it, then tilted her head and poked her head out from the edge of the bucket to look at the man standing at the kitchen door, watching her rummaging through the cabinets: "Teacher, since you knew you were hungry and knew you needed to buy some vegetables, why didn't you buy some rice when you went to buy vegetables?"
At this time, the man was watching with great interest the petite girl holding up a rice bucket that was half the height of a person.
This reminded him of King Kong clinging to a skyscraper and taking pictures of airplanes.
"Because..." Being asked out of the blue, Zhuchuan paused for a moment and didn't react. After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of how to answer this question, so he said with a paralyzed face, "I didn't buy it, so why? Article 15 of the [30 Tenant Rules] says that you are not allowed to question the landlord casually."
"I'm not questioning you personally, I'm just questioning your intelligence."
"Article 3 of the Tenant's Rules says that you are not allowed to argue with the landlord. Banana man, you forget everything after reading it like someone with Alzheimer's disease. It's hard for me not to kick you out." Zhu Chuan said with emotion and seriousness, "Pay attention, it doesn't mean you don't have to memorize the books after graduating from high school."
Chuli: “…”
For 4.2 million.
Chu Li put down the rice bucket in his hand, walked quickly to Zhu Chuan's side, and without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve and pulled him out - Zhu Chuan was stunned for a moment, looking down at his sweatshirt that was pulled out of shape, and his tall body also leaned forward slightly, and looked at the person who looked up at him...
He asked calmly, "What?"
"Go to the nearby supermarket to buy rice. Chinese people must eat a variety of grains to avoid starvation. If you only give me beef and carrots, I can't even make dog food." Chu Li looked around, "Do you have a vegetable basket?"
Without thinking, Zhu Chuan asked directly: "What?"
Chu Li: "Food - forget it, I'd be surprised if you have it."
Zhuo Chuan kept bending over: "You know I don't have it but you still ask, who are you trying to mock? What do you need? I don't know what to buy, I can get an elephant from Thailand by air freight if you pay me on Taobao..."
Zhuochuan: "Also, let me go."
Chu Li let go of the man's sleeve. The man straightened up slowly, his brown eyes rolling in his eye sockets... He watched the little girl run away from him in silence, took out her cell phone and wallet from the pile of rags she brought with her and stuffed them into her pockets; then she ran to the entrance, threw off her slippers, jumped into her own shoes, put them on, and then stood up on the toes of her shoes and slapped them -
The series of actions were done neatly and smoothly.
I opened the door, and the weekend sunshine poured in from outside. Half of the girl's body was bathed in the light, and her hair was messy and lively, and she looked furry...
She held the door handle with one hand, turned around and looked at the man standing behind her in surprise: "What are you looking at? Aren't you hungry? Hurry up, teacher."
Zhuchuan: “…”
Zhuochuan squeezed his head and looked at the big dog who had turned over and sat up on the sofa, now with his ears erect and his eyes shining brightly, looking at the entrance... As if the big dog felt the gaze of its owner, it yelped, turned its head, and looked at its owner with its almond-shaped eyes——
Both were silent.
Ergou, you also feel that home has suddenly become a little noisy and lively, right?
The man stuffed his hands into his sweater pockets and cast his eyes towards the doorway where the little girl was holding onto the door and looking at him eagerly: "She's here, why are you rushing her? Little girls nowadays have no patience at all... No wonder the traditional Chinese virtue of helping an old lady cross the street has not been preserved. You think the old lady walks too slowly, right?"
Chu Li: "..."
Who is the old lady, are you?
The look of mumbling to each other when things don't go well is quite similar.
…
The supermarket is not far away and can be reached on foot.
Chu Li and Zhu Chuan walked out of the door one after the other, and continued to keep a distance between them. Chu Li walked in front, looking down at her phone, while Zhu Chuan walked behind: "Look at the road when you walk, why are you playing with your phone?"
The tone was exactly the same as when Chu Li's father taught her. Chu Li was used to it and continued to type on her phone without even looking up: "Teacher, I'll create a group for you and Niangniang. Please control yourself a little and pay attention to your attitude... Don't let yourself go too much."
"Adding another group..." Zhuchuan continued to look impatient, "It's the weekend, why can't you stop working? Yuanyue Society doesn't pay you overtime, and your tireless work is annoying--"
The man who was walking in front and looking down at his phone suddenly stopped, and the man's voice also stopped abruptly - Chu Li turned his head expressionlessly and looked at Zhu Chuan, his dark eyes were as calm as water...
The man choked and suddenly realized that he had said something too much... He was worried, but at this moment, the little girl in front of him, who was a head shorter than him, showed a look of disdain: "Who am I working for?"
Zhuchuan: “…”
For me?
...Okay, it's for me, so you're right.
Rolling his eyes, the man stretched out his hand to pull the face that was staring at him, which was particularly annoying, to the front, and said in a deep voice: "Look ahead, there will be no one to rescue you if you fall into the sewer."
Chu Li turned his head back and looked at him stubbornly: "Teacher, why are you so reluctant to join a group? Do you think that Lady Zhu will be like Ming Jiu, coming up to her and confessing her feelings first, and then trying hard to get close to her..."
"It's good that you know. Small talk is tiring."
"I don't think Queen Xu will bother you to greet her. After all, she has millions of fans on Weibo. Her personal influence is not much less than yours. She should be more reserved, right?"
Zhuochuan: "Then which type do you hope she is?"
Chu Li thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know."
She really doesn't know.
She only knew that it was quite embarrassing to see the artist and Zhu Chuan trying so hard to get close to each other while she, as the editor-in-chief, was left out - she even felt a little resistant... In fact, she had asked Ah Xiang if she could not form a group, but Ah Xiang thought that it would be very troublesome to pass messages between the two sides, and there might be information deviations during the transmission, which would increase everyone's workload...
Because of the last sentence, Chu Li was convinced by A Xiang and reluctantly agreed to create another group - just like she had said before, she could not let her personal preferences affect her work efficiency.
Zhuchuan took out his cell phone and accepted the group invitation. After entering and taking a look, he found that Empress Yu had not joined yet. However, the previously taciturn artist was... Upon seeing Zhuchuan join, Ah Xiang sent a "～" as a greeting, and then returned to his stagnant state and remained silent as usual.
"..." Zhu Chuan asked, "From editors to artists, are there any normal people left in the Moonlight editorial department?"
Chu Li: "Don't say that. Ah Xiang is a very nice person."
Zhuochuan: "I can't feel it, just like I can't even feel her existence."
Chu Li: "..."
During the conversation, the two of them walked into a supermarket. Chu Li took a small cart and took out a portion of what she needed to buy, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. She also stuffed rice, yogurt, milk, cereal, fruit, and everything she could see into the cart until the entire cart was full. She also knew that the prices in supermarkets near such high-end communities were not cheap, but she knew even more clearly that the rent she saved would be enough for her to buy three carts of food at the same rate as she did now.
Chu Li was pushing the cart in front and shopping happily. Zhu Chuan was watching her shopping with his hands stuffed in his sweatshirt pockets behind her. He felt quite comfortable watching her.
He seemed to understand a little bit why the male protagonists in TV dramas were so willing to buy this and that for the female protagonists. Seeing the banana man holding two large boxes of cereal and looking left and right to compare them, he also moved over and looked down: even though he didn't eat cereal at all.
The cereal boxes in Chu Li's hands were written in Japanese and Korean respectively. Seeing her studying them seriously, Chu Chuan was quite surprised: "You also know Japanese and Korean?"
Chu Li: “I don’t understand.”
Chu Chuan: "...Then what are you looking at so seriously?"
Chu Li: "The two boxes of cereal are the same price, so I will carefully consider which one is heavier and make the best deal."
“…”
Zhuo Chuan expressionlessly grabbed both boxes and stuffed them into the shopping cart. He ignored Chu Li’s cries of “Ah, alas” and ruthlessly squeezed her out of the way. He pushed the cart with one hand and walked quickly towards the frozen food section. The man was tall and walked fast. Chu Li changed from following him quickly to jogging. In the end, she could only reach out and grab the hem of his clothes...
Perhaps it was because the tall, long-legged man pushing the cart and the short-legged duo running behind him were too eye-catching. As Chu Li chased after the man, he accidentally saw a few passers-by looking at them and sneering at them in a friendly manner...
She blushed and let go of the hem of the man's clothes: "Slow down, shopping in the supermarket is not a war, you are not hungry, why are you still walking so fast?"
Zhuochuan pushed the cart forward without looking back: "I am walking at a normal speed. At your walking speed, do I have to saw off the part below the knee to match your speed?"
“…”
Chu Li waved her fist behind him, helplessly following him quickly... Arriving at the fresh frozen food store, she took a look at the frozen chicken breasts and was about to buy some to dry for Er Gou as a snack, when she suddenly felt the phone in her pocket vibrate. Chu Li took out her phone and took a look. It turned out that Queen Xu had finally logged into QQ and agreed to her invitation to create a group -
【Po繭：(＾＿＾)Good morning everyone! 】
[Breaking the Cocoon: Good morning, Mr. Chuan. I am very happy to have this opportunity to cooperate with you. Let us work together to make your new book a success! ]
[Po筭: I heard that the time is quite tight this time. If it wasn’t for your book, I definitely wouldn’t have accepted it hahahaha. Who made me your fan too? So we have to act quickly. If it’s convenient for you, please send me the character settings, some of the character actions, and the key descriptions of the expressions in “Luohe Divine Book”. I will hurry up and make the first draft, and try to finalize the draft within a week o(*////___////*)q]
[Po繭: Oh, by the way, I have posted practice drawings and fan art of various different styles on my Weibo. If there is a style you particularly like, please tell me in advance, and then I can lean towards that style... If there is no style, I will just do whatever I want! ]
The Queen typed very quickly, and soon she had finished a long speech -
The enthusiasm is impeccable.
Unlike Mingjiu, who was relatively passive and seemed to have no idea what a commercial draft required, she arranged and proactively asked for a series of things such as the time for the line draft, preferred style, specific character settings, and writing style. She was indeed well-informed and reassuring as a professional commercial draft illustrator should be.
And Chu Chuan...
Chu Li saw the man in front, pushing a packed shopping cart with one hand, typing on his phone with one hand. After typing for a long time, five words popped up in the group message -
[Zhuchuan: OK, thank you for your hard work]
Not even one extra punctuation mark.
After typing, he turned around and gave Chu Li a slightly mocking look, as if to say: You're different from Mingchu as promised, you're a big shot after all, so you should be more reserved, right?
Zhuchuan was very cold, but Queen Zhu didn't seem to care. When she saw Zhuchuan responded, she jumped up immediately and seemed to be extremely happy.
[Po繭: I have liked your writing for a long time! You know, when I was still a nobody and had just started to draw fan art, there was an imitator with a similar writing style to yours who wrote short stories for my pictures. The imitation was quite obvious. Aren’t all your works about male protagonists in white clothes? He also knew how to imitate...]
[Po繭: Of course my writing style is far from yours, hahahaha. Sometimes the plot is also quite shocking. I couldn’t finish reading it halfway through.]
[Po繭: At that time, everyone in my fan forum called him Little Tsukawa, and I always asked the moderator to add him to the featured posts because of this, to support newcomers... At that time, people always said: "Po繭, Po繭, when can you give the real Tsukawa a book cover!"
[Breaking the Cocoon: I never thought this day would actually come!!!]
[Po繭: Eh——I told this story just to express this point. I don’t mean anything else. You won’t be unhappy after hearing this, right? Although he always imitates you, maybe you find this kind of person annoying? But I think you don’t need to worry about this kind of person who can’t catch up with you even if he works hard for eight lifetimes! Hmm!]
The clattering sound of the supermarket cart moving forward came to an abrupt halt.
The two people in front and behind, who were looking down at their phones, stopped at the same time...
Zhuchuan looked down at the words popping up on the screen of his mobile phone, his face expressionless;
Chu Li stared at the screen of his mobile phone, his blood boiling instantly, his face full of bitterness and hatred, as if he couldn't believe his dog eyes——
...What the hell?
My friend, are you brave enough to say it again, who do you regard as your backup? Who?!
Whose writing style is much worse than that of Cheol Chuan, and whose plot is sometimes even ridiculous. Even if he works hard for eight lifetimes, he can never catch up with Cheol Chuan?
And, you were the one who asked the moderator to select someone as a featured post? Huh? Speak nicely. The moderator said that I select someone as a featured post because I am happy to do so. What does it have to do with you?!
During the time that I was your fan, you probably said no more than ten sentences to me, and those were replies consisting of "um, ah, oh"!
I know you like to walk your fans around like a dog, but there should be a limit to how much you do. Mr. L has written more than a dozen articles for you, and you kept saying "it's well written" and "I like it so much", but now Mr. L has become your foothold to curry favor with Zhuo Chuan? !
You think you are acting in a Qiong Yao drama! ! ! !
I feel sorry for Mr. L!
Chu Liqi's head hurt, and she quickly took a screenshot of the group chat record. She was about to turn around and complain to Mr. L and other friends, and stage a collective turn from a fan to a hater. At this moment, she suddenly heard the man walking in front of her say "hmm" in confusion...
Chu Li suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhu Chuan, who raised his phone, looking a little confused. "She sent me a private message, asking if I was in G City, and if I was free tonight or tomorrow night, so that we could have a meal together and discuss the cover."
Eat? What to eat? Eat arsenic or eat bone ashes?
Chu Li: "..."
Chu Li: "When I, the editor-in-chief, and the artist are not here, how can you, an artist and an author, discuss this in vain?"
Chuli: "Eat what you want, go what you want!"
Chu Li: "You might as well stay at home and write some articles if you have this free time! Have you submitted the short story for the September issue?!"
Chu Li: "You invited me home just to cook for you, but you eat out every day, and you let me live in a 4.2 million square meter apartment for free?! Are you doing charity???!"
Zhuchuan: “…”
Zhu Chuan looked puzzled, and looked up and down at the little girl whose eyes were red with anger: "What's wrong? What are you so excited about?"
Chu Li snorted, took three steps forward, and suddenly pushed aside the man standing next to the cart. He pushed the cart towards the cashier, typing quickly on his phone while pushing the cart, as if he was talking to someone...
The man looked at her furious back, totally confused as to what was going on. He looked down at what the goddess had said on his phone, and after a long while, he seemed to understand something… With a thought in his mind, he switched to the Q interface to log in to his secondary account. Sure enough, he saw a dozen unread messages from a familiar monkey avatar——
[The Monkey’s hired navy: “Screenshot”]
[The Monkey’s hired navy: “Screenshot”]
[The water army hired by Monkey: Zhuchuan asked Queen Zhu to draw the cover of his new book. As the editor-in-chief, I pulled a group together. As a result, Queen Zhu made such remarks when we disagreed... It made my eyes swell! ]
[The water army hired by the monkey: I wanted to add you to the essence at the beginning, but it was me who added it! It has nothing to do with her! Look at the drama you are acting in front of Zhuchuan, why are you pretending to be a good person and acting against Zhuchuan? ! ]
[The water army hired by Monkey: I want to change the group name to: Oscar Awards Live! ]
[The Monkey’s hired army: Please welcome the best actor and actress to make their debut! ]
[The trolls hired by Monkey: No, you can’t make such an analogy. I feel that such an analogy is unfair to the actor Chu Chuan. The actor is only mean to the editor and the publisher, but I have never seen him being mean to his own fans... At least he still has a bottom line of professional ethics! ]
[The Monkey's hired naval forces: Also, I have never considered you as a backup for Chu Chuan. In my opinion, what you wrote is on par with his, at least 50-50!]
[The water army hired by Monkey: ……………No, saying 50-50 seems a bit unfair. After all, Chu Chuan is the real one and you are a copycat—60-40! There is always a 60-40 split!!!]
[The Monkey’s hired navy: Oh, I’m so pissed! 】
The man's slender fingertips moved across the screen of his mobile phone without making a sound. His brown eyes changed from being confused at first to understanding and then to full of smiles. When he saw the statement "The original and the copycat are at least 60% and 40% respectively", he finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
He looked up at the little girl standing in front of the cashier not far away with her brows furrowed and her head lowered to take out her wallet. At this moment, the only thought in Zhuchuan's mind was: such a small girl, who was not even as tall as him when she jumped up, with short arms and legs, but it seemed that there was a small universe in her heart that could explode at any time...
Blind justice.
Blind man filled with anger.
A blind man sees injustice and shouts out.
The man walked to the cashier with his long legs spread out. The moment Chu Li handed her card to the cashier, he stretched out his long arm from behind her and took her card away. Chu Li and the cashier were both confused and looked at the handsome man with eyes of "what are you doing, brother?" The latter took out another card from his back pocket and said: "Use this."
Chu Li: "No, I..."
Zhuochuan: "Shut up."
Chu Li watched anxiously as Zhao Chuan handed in his card, paid, entered his password, and packed a bunch of messy things into bags... She took two large bags off the cash register: "Even so, I personally strongly disagree with you meeting with the Queen alone! As an editor-in-chief, I think spending too much time on unnecessary communication with the author will hinder the commercial nature of the manuscript, thereby affecting the progress of the work. You know how fast the progress of "Luohe Divine Book" is now. If the progress is affected, it will definitely be death-"
As Chu Li finished her words, the heavy bag of rice in her hand was taken away from behind her, and a cold and even voice echoed behind her:
"Xianglin's Wife, have you nagging me enough?"
“…”
Chu Li bit her lower lip and puffed up her face, revealing a determined and stubborn expression.
"I won't go, I won't go, I won't go - I'll just stay at home and finish my manuscript while eating the meal you cooked, which is worth 4.2 million dollars," the man said helplessly, "Is that ok?"
“…”
"No." The man glanced at her and said, "Put away your pufferfish face. You look like Zhu Bajie. You are so ugly."
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