That afternoon, Wang Peng drove back to his neighborhood and saw a man and a woman standing under a willow tree through his car window.
He recognized Wang Cheng at a glance, and Wang Cheng also recognized his car, immediately turning his back to the Santana.
"What's he doing here?" Wang Peng shook his head and drove his car to the bottom of his building.
He got out of the car and stared at Wang Cheng's back for half a minute with a frown before locking the car door and going upstairs.
"You're back." Duan Cuilu put down the TV remote and asked, "Xiaopeng, what's for dinner?"
"Make whatever you want, I'll eat whatever you make," Wang Peng said with a smile, emphasizing that he wasn't picky about food.
"Mom, I want to eat spicy and sour cabbage," Li Mingzhu said.
"Okay, okay." Duan Cuilu said with a doting look, and got up to go to the kitchen to cook.
The TV was playing cartoons, featuring Shuke and Beta, with Shuke flying a plane and Beta driving a tank, depicting a battle between mice.
Wang Peng sat down to watch cartoons with his girlfriend when the doorbell rang.
“It must be Dad coming back, brother.” Li Mingzhu lay half-reclined on the sofa, completely abandoning any ladylike demeanor.
Wang Peng walked to the door and looked out through the peephole. He immediately frowned. It turned out to be Huang Yueling, a clerk at Huihuang Store.
“Mingzhu, Huang Yueling is here,” he said, turning around.
Li Mingzhu was taken aback, immediately turned off the TV, and turned to go back to her bedroom to change her clothes.
The doorbell rang again. Wang Peng opened the door and smiled at the person on the other end.
"Hello, are you Wang Peng, the owner of Brothers Tobacco and Liquor Store?" Huang Yueling suddenly remembered that she had seen Wang Peng at Huihuang Supermarket yesterday.
"I am Wang Peng, what is your name?" Wang Peng pretended not to know her.
"My name is Huang Yueling. We met yesterday, right?" Huang Yueling asked, puzzled.
At that moment, she saw Li Mingzhu walk out of the bedroom and immediately realized that they had met yesterday.
"Ms. Huang, please come in." Seeing her bend down to take off her shoes, Wang Peng said, "If you don't know how to change your shoes, please come in."
Huang Yueling sat on the sofa, looking slightly restrained, and accepted the tea from Li Mingzhu with both hands.
Wang Peng sat down opposite her. "Ms. Huang, may I ask what's the matter?"
"I... I want to verify this." Huang Yueling took out a comic magazine from her bag and quickly flipped to page twenty-five.
"Sister Mingzhu, are you the author of One Piece?" she asked softly.
Li Mingzhu was surprised, but then she understood. Many of her classmates in the art class knew that she was the author.
Huang Yueling said, "Sister Mingzhu, I really like Luffy. Ever since One Piece started serialization, I've bought every issue of the manga world."
"Thank you for your support," Li Mingzhu said with a smile, implicitly acknowledging that she was the author.
Fans came to visit the author?
If Huang Yueling wasn't a Brilliant employee, and if Wang Cheng hadn't been seen downstairs, Wang Peng would have believed it.
He smiled slightly and said softly, "Ms. Huang, please state your purpose."
"Huh?" Huang Yueling was taken aback.
Wang Peng had a half-smile, his pupils unfathomable, as if he could see through everything.
Huang Yueling immediately tensed up and dared not meet his gaze. "My mother is Liang Xiaorong. She wrote the preface for One Piece."
She hurriedly took out the manuscript paper from her bag and handed it to Wang Peng with both hands.
"Your mother is the famous writer Liang Xiaorong? The Liang Xiaorong who wrote 1961?" Li Mingzhu was shocked.
"Yes." Huang Yueling nodded gently.
"Excuse me for a moment." Li Mingzhu got up and went to the study, then came out with a book.
In 1961, Wang Peng read a book similar to a blood-soaked romance novel in his spare time.
“This is my mother’s masterpiece.” Huang Yueling pointed to the author’s name, a hint of pride flashing in her eyes.
"So you're the daughter of writer Liang, my apologies." Li Mingzhu shook hands with her, feeling very excited.
Wang Peng read Liang Xiaorong's preface to One Piece, which had her autograph at the end.
The internet is still in its infancy, and the medium for publications is the book.
Whether a work can be published or sold depends on having a preface written by a well-known author as one of the keys to getting it published.
With Liang Xiaorong's preface, Li Mingzhu would have the leverage to negotiate publication with the Beijing Comics Publishing House.
Li Mingzhu said, "Sister Yueyue, thank you. I'll visit Master Liang another day."
Wang Peng said, "This preface is very important to us. Thank you. But what can I do for you?"
Huang Yueling stood up and bowed solemnly to Wang Peng, "Boss Wang, Huang Hao has been kind to me. I apologize to you and beg you to forgive his crimes."
As expected, it was to plead for Huang Hao.
Li Mingzhu's expression immediately changed, and she said in a deep voice, "Ms. Huang, please take the preface away. I don't want it. Please thank Writer Liang for me."
She does not want to forgive arsonist Huang Hao.
"Sister Mingzhu, please forgive me." Huang Yueling bowed to Li Mingzhu again, her attitude very sincere.
"Please sit down first, let me think about it," Wang Peng said.
"Thank you, boss." Huang Yueling quickly sat down and looked at Wang Peng earnestly.
“Brother, don’t worry about my comics,” Li Mingzhu said with a smile. “As long as I have a lot of readers, publishers will come to me to discuss publishing sooner or later.”
Wang Peng waved his hand and began to consider the ins and outs of the matter.
At this moment, it can be confirmed that Huang Yueling is Huang Ran's illegitimate daughter.
He was certain it was Wang Cheng's idea; Wang Cheng wanted to curry favor with Huang Ran and probably already knew about Huang Ran's relationship with Huang Yueling.
Given Wang Cheng's nature, he will likely pursue Huang Yueling; he won't miss the opportunity to climb the social ladder by associating with a wealthy man.
If he catches up with Huang Yueling, he will try every means to seize Huang Ran's family property.
Wang Peng thought to himself, "Wang Cheng has the ability to cause trouble for Huang Ran, and I've already fallen out with Huang Ran. Of course, I hope Huang Ran is embroiled in trouble, which will reduce his energy to scheme against me. Alright, let's start planning."
Thinking of this, Wang Peng said, "Ms. Huang, a letter of understanding without monetary compensation can reduce the sentence by a maximum of 20%, which is two years off from ten years. A letter of understanding with compensation can reduce the sentence by four years from ten years. The amount of money I want for the letter of understanding is 10,000 yuan."
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