Chapter 518 Going further and further on the road of being a scumbag
The spring night comes neither too early nor too late!
When Li Yufei arrived at the Changzheng Hotel on time, the sun was setting.
Inside the Changzheng Hotel, there were already quite a few students enjoying a bite to eat, and the fragrant aroma kept pouring into Li Yufei's nose.
Li Yufei felt very enjoyable facing this fragrance.
She walked quickly into the restaurant and looked around.
With just one glance, she saw Cheng Xuyuan.
Cheng Xuyuan was leisurely playing with a small iron plate for ordering food, but that was not the point. The point was that Li Yufei saw that next to Cheng Xuyuan was Liu Zhenyun.
Liu Zhenyun was talking to Cheng Xuyuan with great excitement. When he saw Li Yufei, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Yufei, here."
Li Yufei suddenly felt a surge of anger rushing to her heart. She quickly walked to Cheng Xuyuan's table and said in a deep voice, "Didn't we agree that this meal would be just for the two of us?"
Cheng Xuyuan pulled out a chair and motioned Li Yufei to sit down, smiling and saying, "Yes, I only invited you to dinner this time."
"Zhenyun came out on his own to satisfy his cravings, and we met here."
"Is it Zhenyun?"
Before Liu Zhenyun could answer, Cheng Xuyuan pointed around and said, "Look here, every table is full."
"Zhenyun and I are sitting together, isn't that normal?"
Li Yufei glanced around the hotel and found that the Changzheng Hotel, which was usually only half occupied by guests, was now fully occupied.
There were people eating at almost every table.
Although she was surprised by this situation, she could do nothing about it.
After all, the Changzheng Hotel is not hers, and they have so many guests. Can she really chase them away?
But there aren’t many people at the Changzheng Hotel on weekdays, why are there so many people at this time?
She felt that it was a bit too abnormal, but she couldn't tell what the problem was.
Finally, she sat down with a hint of discomfort, and then asked in a somewhat stiff voice: "What are we having for dinner today?"
"I ordered a plate of fried liver and a plate of braised beef in soy sauce, and I'll have two bowls of noodles in soy sauce later."
Cheng Xuyuan smiled faintly and said, "If you want to eat anything, just tell me."
"Xuyuan, I'll have three bowls of noodles with soybean paste." Liu Zhenyun said with a smile.
Cheng Xuyuan glanced at Liu Zhenyun and said, "Then three bowls of noodles with soybean paste."
Looking at Liu Zhenyun, who had a smug look on his face, Li Yufei snorted and said, "That's it."
"Yufei, how was your exchange this time?"
"I heard that the students in the East China Sea are all very arrogant. Have they given us any problems?"
Liu Zhenyun seemed to feel that he had offended Li Yufei, so he made small talk.
Although Li Yufei was very annoyed with Liu Zhenyun, the light bulb, but now that things had come to this, it was impossible for her to drive Liu Zhenyun away.
Moreover, the two of them are classmates, so it would be equally bad to ignore them.
So after a slight hesitation, she said calmly: "That's it."
“Everyone seems quite humble.”
Liu Zhenyun chuckled and said, "If they are not modest next time, we will let Xuyuan go over there."
"At that time, just sitting there and not saying anything will make them so depressed that they can't speak."
Just then, the food arrived!
The beef is braised beef in soy sauce, cut into thin slices, which looks very appetizing, and the aroma of the fried noodles with soy sauce makes people's mouths water even more.
Liu Zhenyun was not polite at all. He started to eat the beef and noodles with one chopstick at a time.
Cheng Xuyuan ate very casually, while Li Yufei ate even slower.
When Liu Zhenyun finished a large bowl of noodles with soybean paste, the other two had only eaten half of it.
Just as Liu Zhenyun was happily picking up the bowl with chopsticks to drink the soup, Li Yufei suddenly asked, "Zhenyun, have you forgotten something?"
"No?" Liu Zhenyun thought for a moment and said affirmatively.
Li Yufei glared and said, "You must have forgotten something, like you forgot to take your book, or you forgot to put away the quilt you left out to dry."
"Or else..."
Listening to what Li Yufei said one by one, Liu Zhenyun immediately understood.
He glanced at Cheng Xuyuan twice, and finally slapped his head and said, "Oh, I forgot one thing."
"Our poetry club is going to gather tonight to discuss the latest issue of the poetry magazine. I still need to prepare the venue for the event."
"Xuyuan, I'm leaving first."
As he spoke, he patted Cheng Xuyuan on the shoulder, as if to say, I have done my best now, and the next thing is up to you.
Just when Cheng Xuyuan was about to speak, Liu Zhenyun left quickly.
At the dinner table for three people, only Cheng Xuyuan and Li Yufei were left sitting opposite each other.
Li Yufei picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks and said, "Did you deliberately invite Liu Zhenyun here?"
Cheng Xuyuan did not deny it and said, "It's a bit too lonely for the two of us to eat alone."
Is it a quiet thing? You are lying with open eyes.
But Li Yufei finally said: "Cheng Xuyuan, no matter how careful your plan is, I don't think you can hide it."
"After all, with a child that old, do you think Fang Yuqing won't be able to hear any movement after a long time?"
"Even if I don't tell you, Fang Yuqing will find out from other sources."
Cheng Xuyuan did not refute Li Yufei's words.
He said calmly: "Yufei, even if we have to talk about it, I think it should be between Fang Yuqing and me."
"Also, I hope that we can become friends in the future."
Li Yufei snorted and said, "Who wants to be friends with you?"
“Let’s go!”
As she spoke, Li Yufei put down the chopsticks in her hand and left quickly.
Cheng Xuyuan watched Li Yufei leave, then looked around twice, a smile flashed in his eyes.
Although he knew very well that it was impossible to keep the affair between him and Shen Yumo secret forever.
However, this time the difficulty of eating has finally passed.
Li Yufei thought that Cheng Xuyuan only invited Liu Zhenyun. She didn't know that in order to attract so many customers to the Changzheng Hotel, Cheng Xuyuan specially found a few acquaintances and asked them to come to the Changzheng Hotel for dinner at this time.
It is precisely because of Cheng Xuyuan’s efforts that it is difficult to get a table at the Changzheng Hotel.
From now on, when I talk about having dinner with Li Yufei, it will naturally be a coincidence.
Other people who saw it naturally would not think that Cheng Xuyuan and Li Yufei sat together because they deliberately invited her to dinner.
After returning to school, Cheng Xuyuan went to the library where Fang Yuqing usually went.
In the library, Fang Yuqing was reading. In front of her, there was a pile of thick books. Fang Yuqing was concentrating very hard, exuding a kind of beauty of concentration.
Many people couldn't help but look at Fang Yuqing while studying.
Although they know in their hearts that peeking like this is wrong and it is useless, some people still can't help but take a secret peek.
"What did you have for dinner?" Cheng Xuyuan came to Fang Yuqing and asked softly.
Fang Yuqing said: "I drank a bowl of millet porridge and ate a portion of fried rice."
"The fried rice in the cafeteria is delicious this time."
"By the way, what delicious food did Liu Zhenyun invite you to eat at the Changzheng Canteen?"
Cheng Xuyuan picked up a book and said, "Among the food in the Changzheng canteen, only the braised beef is good, the rest are just average."
"But this afternoon, I don't know what happened in the Changzheng Canteen. There were so many people there."
"I met Li Yufei when I was having dinner with Liu Zhenyun, and we even shared a table."
When talking about sharing a table for dinner, Cheng Xuyuan acted very casual.
But when he was talking about this, he was actually paying attention to Fang Yuqing's reaction.
Fang Yuqing smiled and said, "Li Yufei has a strong personality. When you meet her, just don't go against her."
"In fact, Yufei is also a very nice girl."
Cheng Xuyuan nodded and said, "It doesn't matter whether she is a good girl or not, but if I meet her, I will definitely stay away from her."
As he spoke, Cheng Xuyuan took Fang Yuqing's hand and said, "Studying should be combined with work and rest. You have been studying for quite a while. Let's go out for a walk."
"It's both a rest and a workout."
Although Fang Yuqing wanted to finish reading the book in her hand, Cheng Xuyuan had already spoken. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go for a walk."
Looking at Fang Yuqing returning the book, Cheng Xuyuan couldn't help but think of what he had done today.
He suddenly felt that he seemed to be going further and further down the path of being a scumbag.
This is not what I want, but he is still entangled with me.
You can't do this anymore in the future?
Just when Cheng Xuyuan was quietly enjoying his school life, the arrival of an uninvited guest broke his tranquility.
"Teacher Li, why are you here?" Cheng Xuyuan asked with a smile as he looked at Sister Li standing in front of him.
Sister Li is the editor of Harvest. Although she is not the chief editor, her status is different. Moreover, when Cheng Xuyuan was in Donghai, the reason why he gave the cultural journey to Harvest was also because Sister Li asked him to write an article.
"Xuyuan, I came here this time to bring you some things."
As she spoke, Sister Li smiled and said, "There are so many things. I left them at the gate."
Cheng Xuyuan wanted to just leave it there, but seeing that Sister Li had come all the way here, Cheng Xuyuan hurriedly said, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister. I'll get it back from the gate later."
Sister Li said, "Xuyuan, these are letters from some readers."
“It was mostly a discussion of cultural tours.”
"Originally, we could open these letters for you, but recently we don't dare to open them."
"Because in the process of dismantling it, we found a lot of money given to you by readers."
"So you should open these letters yourself."
Cheng Xuyuan was also a little surprised to hear that there was money in the letter.
After all, he had just heard that there was money in the letter.
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Sister Li who had a serious face and said, "Thank you, Sister. I will open the letter when I get back."
"See how much money is in there."
Sister Li smiled and said, "Xuyuan, I have something else to discuss with you."
"Sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me." Although Cheng Xuyuan didn't know what Sister Li was going to talk about, he still looked calm.
Sister Li said: "Culture Journey is very popular now, but many readers have written to say that it is too slow to write. We have discussed it and hope to publish two articles at a time starting from the next issue."
"I heard that you have already finished serializing it in Hong Kong."
Cheng Xuyuan did not hide it and said, "Sister Li, Cultural Journey was created for Jinwanbao. They are a newspaper, so it is faster."
"If you publish two articles at a time, I have no objection."
Sister Li said, "Then it's settled."
"By the way, now that you have finished writing about your cultural journey, isn't it time to publish a book?"
"In Hong Kong, we are already negotiating with Ming Pao's publishing house. On our side, we haven't confirmed the publication of the book yet." Cheng Xuyuan said frankly.
Sister Li said, "If you trust us, then leave the publishing of the book to us. We will never let you suffer any loss."
Nowadays, the maximum payment for publishing a book is seven dollars per thousand words, which is far less than the payment for printing volume in Hong Kong.
So Cheng Xuyuan didn't care too much about this.
He smiled and said, "Sister Li, we worked very well together before, so I naturally trust you."
"I'll leave the publishing to you."
Sister Li didn't expect that her trip this time would be so smooth.
She coughed and said, "Xuyuan is really straightforward. It's settled then."
"Don't worry, I will never let you suffer any loss."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. My father really likes your cultural tour."
"He said that when the book is published, he plans to write a preface."
At this point, Sister Li said, "Wait until my dad writes it out, and I'll let you take a look at it first. If there's anything inappropriate, we can adjust it."
Although Sister Li said it very easily, Cheng Xuyuan's mouth opened wider involuntarily.
After all, this is Ba Lao!
Although Xuyuan was full of confidence in this cultural journey, he still had not thought about asking Ba Lao to write it for him.
Now, he doesn't have to worry about this matter, because Sister Li has taken care of it.
Cheng Xuyuan said: "I am flattered that Mr. Ba can give me some prefaces."
"Sister Li, next time I go to Donghai, I will definitely thank him."
"Of course, thank you for your help."
Sister Li looked at Cheng Xuyuan who looked serious and said calmly, "Xuyuan, my father wrote the preface for your book because he likes your book."
"You don't need to feel any pressure on this matter."
After hearing what Sister Li said, Cheng Xuyuan slowly calmed down, but he still expressed his gratitude to Sister Li and Ba Lao.
Originally, Cheng Xuyuan wanted to invite Sister Li to have a meal at Yenching University, but Sister Li said that he had other things to do in Yenching this time.
It’s about work, I’ve already made an appointment with someone.
Under such circumstances, Cheng Xuyuan couldn't be forced to stay and could only wave goodbye to Sister Li.
Cultural Journey has always been presented to readers in the form of a single article. Now that it has been compiled into a book, I wonder if it can be as popular as it will be in the future and be sought after by countless people.
(End of this chapter)
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