Chapter 143 He grew up to look like the man in his book
As a girl who attracted much attention, Li Yufei borrowed the latest copy of "Yenching Literature and Art" when she got out of school in the morning.
She didn't have time to eat lunch. She only ate two pieces of peach cakes prepared by Shen Yunliang for her to satisfy her hunger, then lay quietly on the bed in the dormitory and started reading.
"Yufei, something bad has happened!"
Just when Li Yufei was fascinated by what was happening, Zhang Manling came over quickly and said.
Li Yufei is very close to this classmate who is much older than her.
But at this moment, she was still reluctant to put down the book in her hand, and just asked softly: "Sister Manling, what's wrong? What happened?"
Zhang Manling said: "There is a report about "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" in the newspaper published today."
"It also mentions the author Xu Lingyun."
"He said that he met Xu Lingyun when he was holding a seminar on "The Pursuit of Happiness" a few days ago."
"It is said that Xu Lingyun is the new student of our school this year."
"Now many students have come to our Chinese Department, insisting on catching Xu Lingyun and asking him why he wanted to marry Liu Huifang to Wang Husheng!"
Hearing this, Li Yufei couldn't help but put down the "Yenching Literature and Art" in her hand.
Li Yufei has complicated feelings towards Cheng Xuyuan.
She admired this talented author. No, no, it seemed like more than just admiration, she even admired him a little.
Later, when he gave her a poem, her heart was beating like a deer, she was so happy!
However, when she met him again, he told her seriously that he was just drunk and gave her a poem written for someone else, which made her embarrassed, lost, and even a little depressed.
When she found out that they were already classmates at Yenching University, she felt uneasy and depressed, but one thing was beyond doubt, that is, she still had infinite good expectations for him.
She was looking forward to the day when she could get closer to him...
"You mean those students came to the Chinese Department to find Xu Lingyun?" Li Yufei was a little surprised.
Zhang Manling said: "Yes."
"Everyone suspects that Xu Lingyun is in our Chinese department."
"After all, when it comes to talented people, our Chinese department still has the most!"
Li Yufei chuckled and said, "But the problem is, they can't find Xu Lingyun in our Chinese Department even if they dig deep!"
Zhang Manling was stunned, and suddenly asked seriously: "Don't tell me, you know who Xu Lingyun is?"
Li Yufei nodded and said, "Well, I've met him a few times, so I naturally know who he is."
Zhang Manling immediately became interested: "Who is he?"
Li Yufei hesitated for a moment and said, "I think this matter is still..."
While the two were talking, someone said, "Classmates, I heard Xu Lingyun is about to be caught. Let's go and take a look!"
"Let's go together!"
…
Hearing this, Li Yufei also jumped off the bed.
Although she knew in her heart that looking for Xu Lingyun in the Chinese Department was completely counterproductive, she was still a little curious about how the situation would develop next.
"Sister Manling, let's go take a look too."
Soon, Li Yufei and Zhang Manling arrived outside the Chinese Department's classroom building. Before they walked in, they saw a boy surrounded by a dozen people.
The boy with glasses waved his hands excitedly and tried his best to explain: "Classmates, I beg you not to misunderstand me, I am really not Xu Lingyun!"
"Although I like to publish some articles, "The Pursuit of Happyness" was not written by me!"
"If you don't believe me, just go and read the articles I wrote. They were all published under my real name!"
"You need to become famous as early as possible. At this time, I will not use a pen name no matter what."
After listening to this desperate defense, someone immediately asked: "Since you are not Xu Lingyun, then tell me, who in your class is most likely to be Xu Lingyun?"
"After all, Xu Lingyun is our freshman this year."
The man with glasses didn't want to answer this question, but facing the classmates who were staring at him eagerly, he hesitated and said, "According to what is written above, Xu Lingyun was born in the countryside. I think Liu Zhenyun from our class is more like him."
“His family is also from the countryside.”
After hearing this, someone immediately said, "It's impossible that Liu Zhenyun is the one who wrote things under his own name."
"If not him, then who else could it be?"
"I have no idea."
"Do you think Xu Lingyun is a girl?"
"It's not impossible!"
Listening to these messy discussions, Li Yufei couldn't help laughing.
She took Zhang Manling's hand and said, "Sister Manling, let's go back."
"I don't think they will be able to find Xu Lingyun for a while."
Zhang Manling asked: "Tell me quickly, who is Xu Lingyun?"
"I've told you, I can only tell you about this matter if the other party agrees." Li Yufei hesitated for a moment and refused firmly.
Looking at the hesitant Li Yufei, Zhang Manling turned her eyes and suddenly asked, "Is it Cheng Xuyuan from the History Department?"
Hearing this, Li Yufei was stunned.
She asked in surprise: "How...how did you know?"
Seeing that her guess was confirmed, Zhang Manling was also surprised and asked, "Is it really him?"
At first glance, what the two people said seemed to be irrelevant.
But in fact, the meaning is very consistent.
After hearing Zhang Manling's question, Li Yufei realized that she had been tricked into giving the answer by her good friend. She could only nod and admit, "It was him."
"Why is he studying history? Shouldn't he be learning Chinese?"
"No wonder you went looking for him as soon as school started!"
Li Yufei said seriously: "Manling, I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense if you have nothing to do!"
"If he knew that this matter was leaked from me, I'm afraid he would be angry."
Zhang Manling glanced at the worried Li Yufei and saw the young girl's rosy face, which was very touching. She couldn't help but said, "Yufei, if he sees you like this, he will not only blame you, but will probably feel heartbroken!"
"Come on, let's go find him. I also want to ask him why Liu Huifang married Wang Husheng."
“College students are amazing!”
Li Yufei laughed and said, "When you say that, you'd better think about who you are!"
"By the way, let's not go looking for him."
"Maybe he's upset now!"
Zhang Manling said: "Why are you upset? If other people could write a work like this, they would be so happy!"
"Let's go!"
Dragged by Zhang Manling, Li Yufei came to the dormitory located at the southwest gate.
At this time, there were many students coming in and out of the dormitory gate, and some of them were talking about looking for Xu Lingyun as they walked.
"Have you found out who Xu Lingyun is?"
"Not yet, but it will be soon. The boys from the Chinese department have already asked more than half of the questions."
"I think Xu Lingyun can't escape!"
"This is also the case with Xu Lingyun. Everyone has found the Chinese Department, so why hasn't he stepped forward? Does he think that everything will be fine if he hides?"
"Maybe he's afraid of getting beaten."
"After all, this guy married a good woman like Liu Huifang to Wang Husheng!"
…
Listening to these discussions, Zhang Manling whispered, "Do you think he is afraid of being beaten?"
Li Yufei said a little worriedly: "Let's be careful and don't reveal his identity."
"Otherwise, don't go looking for him."
Zhang Manling patted Li Yufei on the shoulder and said, "What are you afraid of? Just be careful."
"I haven't heard of it before. The work was so good that the author was beaten!"
"Let's go find him."
The two girls came to the boys' dormitory building, which was very eye-catching.
Not to mention, Li Yufei is extremely beautiful.
"Classmate, who are you looking for? I can call him for you!" As soon as the two of them went upstairs, they were met by several boys who greeted them enthusiastically.
Li Yufei said nothing, while Zhang Manling simply waved her hand and said, "We'll find our classmates and go up by ourselves."
Soon, the two arrived at Cheng Xuyuan's dormitory. After knocking on the door, it was Xu Simou who opened it.
Seeing Li Yufei and Zhang Manling, he was stunned for a moment and then said, "Excuse me, are you looking for..."
"Let's look for Xu...Cheng Xuyuan!" Zhang Manling said as she looked into the dormitory.
The dormitory is less than ten square meters. Although it is a bit simple, it is very clean.
Several boys were lying or sitting on the bed, reading books.
When they heard that they were looking for Cheng Xuyuan, everyone turned their eyes to the young man on the upper bunk on the left.
The young man was lying on the bed reading a book. When he heard Zhang Manling's words, he had to put the book down and said, "Li Yufei, what do you want from me?"
At this time, Zhang Manling was also looking at the man who got down from the bunk bed. She saw that he had a tall and straight figure, handsome features, and a calmness in his every move.
She has seen "The Pursuit of Happyness".
She also had fantasies about Xu Lingyun.
And now, she felt that the man in front of her was exactly the same as the Xu Lingyun she had sketched.
He grew up exactly like the person he wrote.
No, he wrote it in his own image.
When Li Yufei saw Cheng Xuyuan, her face suddenly turned red for some reason, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.
Faced with her good friend's embarrassment, Zhang Manling could only say, "We...we came here to ask you two questions."
"Should we find a place to talk?"
Facing the gazes from Guo Yuangui and others, Cheng Xuyuan could only helplessly say, "Let's go, let's talk outside."
No one spoke as we walked down the stairs.
Li Yufei, who is usually lively, did not say a word during this time.
"Li Yufei, tell me what's going on." Cheng Xuyuan asked calmly after arriving at an open space in front of the building.
"Cheng Xuyuan, I came here just to ask you a question. Why did you insist on having Liu Huifang marry Wang Husheng in Desire?"
Zhang Manling asked, "Don't you know that if you write like this, readers will have a problem with you?"
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Zhang Manling with a serious face, and he was really helpless.
He really wanted to tell Zhang Manling that this was just a novel and who told you to take it seriously?
But she looked so serious that it seemed wrong to say that! "Cheng... Cheng Xuyuan, you are Xu Lingyun. Sister Manling guessed it herself." Li Yufei explained in a low voice at this time.
Zhang Manling said: "Yes, I guessed it."
"Yu Fei didn't tell me at first, but I guessed it."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "It's not important."
“I didn’t intend to keep it secret.”
"As for your question, I can actually answer it from two aspects."
Zhang Manling curled her lips and thought, you are not going to hide it yet. The boys in our Chinese department are being interrogated like prisoners. Why don’t you stand up?
But she was more concerned about Cheng Xuyuan's answer.
"Which two aspects?"
"One is that I am the author, I can write whatever I want." Cheng Xuyuan waved his hand and said, "Another point is that love is about same-sex repulsion and opposite-sex attraction!"
I was halfway through writing last night when I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Sorry, everyone. This is the third update from yesterday.
(End of this chapter)
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