"Hello, Du Chen. Since your story "The Naughty Kids in Class 2, Grade 3" published in our journal has been well-received by readers, we have decided to publish it in a collection. If you are interested, please come to our publishing house with your guardian to discuss publishing matters..."
Du Chen couldn't control his inner joy when he read the contents of the letter.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
At this time, Du Bin, who had just finished school, saw that something was wrong with Du Chen, so he asked with concern.
"Brother, look, my book is going to be published!"
Du Chen excitedly handed the drink to Du Bin.
Ding Miaomiao, who was standing by, was hit again. She snatched the letter from Du Bin's hand and read the contents sentence by sentence.
"Amazing! Chenchen! How did you do that?!"
Ding Miaomiao looked even more excited than Du Chen, and said to Du Chen in an incomparable way.
"Haha, Sister Miaomiao, I didn't expect that! I just wanted to make some pocket money at first, and before I knew it, it became like this..."
At this time, Du Bin also took the letter and read it from beginning to end.
"Chenchen, then you have to go to Dragon City?"
"Yeah, but I think I'll wait until summer vacation. Summer vacation is only a little over a month away anyway."
"Yeah, summer vacation is coming soon. You're already in third grade when school starts, time flies."
Du Bin sighed.
"Chenchen, if you really publish a book, please give me a copy!"
Ding Miaomiao said happily.
"Okay, Sister Miaomiao."
Du Chen was also very happy.
"Brother, I remember you were good at drawing, right?"
Du Chen suddenly remembered something, so he asked Du Bin.
"It's okay, but many of my classmates say that my drawings are pretty good."
Du Bin said it was modesty, but in fact he was showing off. Ding Miaomiao stared at Du Bin with wide eyes, obviously she had never seen Du Bin paint before.
Du Chen picked up the paper and pen and handed them to Du Bin.
"Brother, just draw something for me to see."
"What are you going to do?"
Du Bin asked this question, but his hands honestly took the paper and pen and started drawing.
"You draw first, I'll see how you draw."
Du Chen kept it a secret and didn't tell the reason.
Everyone watched as the image of a little boy slowly emerged from Du Bin's hands. Ding Miaomiao was astonished, and Du Chen nodded secretly. He remembered correctly that his brother Du Bin was indeed very talented in painting.
"I didn't expect that, Du Bin, you draw really well! Who did you learn to paint from? Why haven't I seen you paint before?"
Ding Miaomiao looked at the drawing paper in her hand. Although it was drawn right under her eyes, she still found it hard to believe.
"Brother, can you draw that cute feeling..."
Du Chen described the feeling he wanted, but seeing Du Bin's face full of question marks, he obviously didn't understand what he meant.
Du Chen had no choice but to take paper and pen to demonstrate to Du Bin. Although his drawing was ugly enough, he still worked hard to draw, hoping to give Du Bin some inspiration.
"Hahaha, Du Chen, what is this you drew? It's so ugly!"
Du Chen was concentrating on painting, but Liu Yi next to him burst into laughter. It was obvious that Du Chen's painting was a bit ugly, and Liu Yi, who usually didn't dare to provoke him, couldn't help but laugh at him.
"Is it funny? Are you drifting off or am I unable to lift the knife anymore?"
Du Chen's cold words made Liu Yi's laughter stop abruptly.
Du Chen knew his drawing was rubbish, but Liu Yi's disrespectful mockery made him a little embarrassed. So he could only sullenly utter what would later become a popular phrase.
Seeing that several people wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, Du Chen gave up on his half-finished painting and directly took the unfinished product to explain to Du Bin.
"Brother, look, I was wondering if you could draw like this, and here..."
Du Chen pointed at his unfinished product and told Du Bin about his ideas.
"Oh. I see. I'll draw another one for you now!"
Du Bin was indeed talented in painting. After Du Chen's brief explanation, he understood Du Chen's ideas.
This time, Du Bin painted even faster, finishing the picture in just a few strokes. He was still a little boy, but his painting style was completely different from the previous one.
People in later generations knew at first glance that this was a Q-version style of painting, but people today have never seen this style of painting, so they were amazed when they looked at Du Bin's paintings.
"Ah, this is so cute! I can't even describe how I feel!"
Ding Miaomiao looked at the Q-version little boy with shining eyes and liked him very much.
"Isn't it cute?"
Du Chen interrupted at the right time.
"Yes, yes. Although I don't know what 萌萌达 means, it feels just like what you said."
Ding Miaomiao nodded frantically in agreement with Du Chen.
"Sister Miaomiao, isn't it time for you to go home?"
Du Chen glanced at the quartz clock on the wall and saw it was already 12:20. School had been over for half an hour. If he didn't get home for dinner soon, he was going to get beaten up by his parents.
"Ah! I'm leaving first!"
Ding Miaomiao screamed as soon as she saw the quartz clock on the wall, and then ran out of the store. Liu Yi, who was standing beside her, also ran out of the store behind Ding Miaomiao.
"Du Bin, I just heard Miao Miao scream. Did you bully her?"
Du Chen's mother, who was in the inner room, heard Ding Miaomiao's scream and immediately came out to question Du Bin.
"No, Mom, it was Sister Miaomiao who forgot the time and got scared. So she hurried home."
Du Chen hurriedly explained to his mother.
"Oh, Du Bin, you can't bully Miaomiao!"
"Okay, come and eat!"
Du Chen's mother warned Du Bin and then called the two brothers over for dinner. Comrade Du had been busy with the repair shop he contracted, so he didn't go home for lunch every day.
At the dinner table, Du Chen handed the letter from the magazine to his mother.
"Mom, let me show you!"
Du Chen's mother took the letter and read it, and felt a little dizzy.
"Chenchen, is this true? You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Du Chen's mother's voice was trembling with excitement.
"Mom, it's not that serious. Relax, relax!"
Du Chen looked at his mother's excited expression and was really afraid that she would faint from joy, so he hurried to comfort her.
"Sister, sister, what's wrong with you!"
Ren Suping was also shocked.
"It's okay! I'm fine! Little sister, look, look!"
Du Chen's mother took a deep breath and then handed the letter to Ren Suping.
After reading the letter, Ren Suping stared at Du Chen with wide eyes in disbelief, thinking it was too unreal.
"Chenchen, Mom will buy the tickets this afternoon. We'll go to Longcheng on Saturday!"
Du Chen's mother made a decision immediately in excitement.
"Mom, wait, don't worry, summer vacation is coming soon! Let's go to Longcheng during the summer vacation, and then go to Beijing, and have some fun while we're there..."
"No! What if I delay publishing the book?"
Before Du Chen could finish speaking, his mother interrupted him forcefully.
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