Chapter 226: No Ambiguity

Yuan Xiao was a little angry, "But we had already agreed at that time, why are you telling me it's not suitable now? Or you can tell me what's not suitable and I'll modify it?"

Editor Wang sighed and said helplessly: "It's not this problem, we can't publish your stuff."

"Why?"

Seeing that she was stubborn, Editor Wang simply said directly: "You have offended someone, that person is our old customer here, and the sales volume is still very good. We can't lose the big for the small!"

Yuan Xiao was angry and laughed: "Then how do you know that mine is small and his is big?"

"You are still publishing it, they have been publishing for many years and have a certain reader base. Do you still need to compete? Okay, if you have the time to argue with me, you might as well find other publishing houses."

Yuan Xiao was furious and left with her drawings.

But for a while, she really couldn't find a suitable publishing house.

The cultural industry is only just recovering now, and many publishing houses have closed down.

This one is already considered a relatively well-run and well-qualified publishing house in Beijing.

Yuan Xiao went back to school with his sketches.

After school, he met the sunny boy again.

Yuan Xiao thought for a long time before he remembered that his name was Zhu Chaoyang.

"Yuan Xiao, we have a basketball game in two days, do you want to watch?"

Yuan Xiao looked up at him. Why is this guy playing basketball every day?

"Xixi, do you want to watch?"

Yuan Laixi was startled when he suddenly heard his name, "I won't go."

Yuan Xiao looked at him apologetically: "I'm sorry, I won't go."

Zhu Chaoyang said, a little disappointed.

Looking down at the drawings on the table, "You can also draw? They are so beautiful!"

"No, I asked someone to draw this and I plan to publish it."

Zhu Chaoyang's eyes lit up, "Publish? My uncle used to run a publishing house. He wants to go back to his old business recently. Have you found a publishing house?"

Yuan Xiao suddenly felt that Zhu Chaoyang was a bit magical. He had everything he needed.

"Where is your uncle's publishing house? I'll go take a look tomorrow!"

Zhu Chaoyang was excited and wrote down the address on a piece of paper.

Yuan Xiao put the note away, "Where is your basketball game held? I will go to cheer for you. To thank you, I invite you to attend my wedding!"

Zhu Chaoyang was stunned, "Wedding...wedding?"

Yuan Xiao smiled and nodded, "I'm getting married, you can come to my wedding then!"

Zhu Chaoyang was as sad as a deceased parent, "Do you already have a partner?"

"Yes, our wedding will be in August!"

Zhu Chaoyang almost burst into tears and felt like his heart was broken into pieces.

"No, no need, I won't play basketball!"

Yuan Laixi looked at his leaving back with sympathy, "Xiaoxiao, you are too cruel."

Yuan Xiao spread her hands, "I have always felt that being ambiguous with others is the most cruel."

She likes to be decisive. Since there is no way to be with him, then there is no way to give him hope.

Put yourself in his shoes. If Gu Lanting knew that this girl had evil intentions towards him, but he still wanted to be friends with her, Yuan Xiao would definitely be very angry.

...

The next day, Yuan Xiao went to find someone according to the address on the note.

The further she walked into the alley, the more she felt that this was not a publishing house.

No. 41, Douyong Lane, this is it.

She looked for a long time and found that the five words "Weiye Publishing House" were indeed posted on the door, but it was not very conspicuous.

Yuan Xiao was a little strange. Isn't this too fitting?

She raised her hand and knocked on the door, "Is anyone there?"

After waiting outside for a long time, someone finally came out and opened the door.

"Girl, what's up?"

The man was in his forties, with a square face, thin and dark.

"Uncle, is this the publishing house? I'm Zhu Chaoyang's classmate."

The man suddenly realized, "So you're Xiaoyang's classmate. My name is Zhu Fugui, Xiaoyang's third uncle. The guy told me yesterday that you were coming over. Come in, let's talk inside."

Yuan Xiao didn't want to go in at this moment, but since he was already here, it would be impolite to leave now, so he had to bite the bullet and follow in.

"Uncle, are you the only one in your publishing house?"

Zhu Fugui said frankly, "We are just starting out, and we don't have money to hire people. Once I publish your book, I will have money, and I can move to a bigger place and hire some people."

Yuan Xiao laughed twice, "You are so honest, what if my album doesn't sell well?"

Zhu Fugui shrugged, looking indifferent, "Whether it sells well or not, you have to pay me, and I won't suffer a loss."

Yuan Xiao: I don't think we can continue this conversation.

Zhu Fugui poured her a glass of water and took a look at the album.

"Oh, the painting is pretty good. Did you draw it?"

Yuan Xiao shook his head. "No, I bought it."

Zhu Fugui took out an abacus and started counting. "There are four picture albums. How many copies of each will you publish first?"

Before Yuan Xiao could say anything, he continued, "I have never seen these on the market. They should not be famous. You should print a hundred copies of each first, and then print more after they are sold out. But there is no chance that you will get more copies of this one."

Yuan Xiao covered his chest and said, "You don't have to be so hurt."

"Okay, then print a hundred copies first. How long will it take to finish?"

Zhu Fugui stopped, "A hundred copies is not a lot. It should be done in three days. You can come to my place to pick it up then."

"Can you deliver it to your door? I'll pay for the shipping."

Zhu Fugui nodded, "Okay!"

Yuan Xiao left his address and a deposit before leaving.

Walking out of the alley, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that nothing would go wrong again.

Yuan Xiao didn't ride a bicycle out, so she could only walk back slowly.

There seemed to be few people living around here, and she didn't meet anyone along the way.

"Miss Yuan Xiao."

Yuan Xiao stopped abruptly when she heard someone calling her name from behind.

She turned around slowly, and she didn't know the man.

"Our master wants to see you." He smiled.

Yuan Xiao pinched her fingers and did not move. She asked calmly, "Who is your master?"

"You know him."

Yuan Xiao took a step back. "I don't know him."

He took a step forward. "You have been investigating our master before. How can you say you don't know him?"

Yuan Xiao narrowed her eyes slightly and opened her red lips slightly. "Fu Yuanping?"

The man smiled slightly. "Please come."

Yuan Xiao chuckled. "If you ask me to go, I will go. That would be so embarrassing. You want to kidnap me in broad daylight?"

"No, we are all law-abiding people. We just want to invite you to be our guest. We will send you back after we are done."

Seeing his posture, Yuan Xiao disagreed. It seemed that he was not going to let her go.

Yuan Xiao did not want to waste time here, so she followed him.

This was the first time Yuan Xiao saw Fu Yuanping face to face.

She looks very ordinary, and even gives people the feeling of an honest person.

But it is such an "honest person" who caused the Chu family to be destroyed.

"Yuan Xiao? First time seeing you, you turned out to be such a pretty girl."

Yuan Xiao stood in front of the car and did not intend to go up.

She said coldly: "If you have something to say, just say it."

"I heard that you and Gu Lanting are going to get married, congratulations."