Only you are so different

Chapter 2 All encounters are reunions after a long absence

When Lin Mei received a new transfer order from the editorial department, she was a little depressed.

If we use the literary style popular in the publishing industry to describe it, it is that the cold winter in life comes so harshly, it suddenly falls on the last sunflower in late autumn, destroying that brilliant hope.

Not for anything else, just because the annual general meeting was held today, and the company assigned her to be responsible for the coming year alone, or to serve, is a great god.

How big is God?Let's put it this way, even in Xingwen Books, which has a large number of hands and is one of the largest in the industry, this master is a well-deserved first brother. Even last year, the code he contributed alone accounted for more than half of the company's total code.

This is only the commercial value of this man, and what is even more powerful is his literary status—yes, as a best-selling author, this man also miraculously possesses a high literary status.

The writer, who is said to be in his 20s in real age, has swept five literary awards in four countries since the publication of his first book.

Intuitively it doesn't look like much.However, the heavyweight literary awards are not as flooding as film and television awards, and they are always a bit aloof and aloof. Although many international literary awards are not officially stipulated, they will default to avoid the winners of other awards.

Looking at the domestic literary world, there are many auras of writers, except for this one, they are all over 50 years old and have written a lot of books, so this one has an additional aura of "genius writer".

Ordinarily, for such a tall and popular writer, it must be a good thing to be his editor-in-charge, but as an insider of Xingwen Books, Lin Mei knew that this person was quite... not easy to serve.

Following the amiable words of the editor-in-chief Du Yuwen, "The meeting is over, everyone go to work", the publishing elites in the conference room rushed out like birds and beasts.

Lin Mei and Liu Han, the former editor-in-charge of the Great God, were retained by the editor-in-chief, and Liu Han was ready to take her to see Lafayette... No, Teacher Su Xiu.

Teacher Su Xiu, of course, is that great god. His pen name is quite inconspicuous, and he can't tell if it's his real name. He can't even see any deep meaning. The top few books in the national book sales list.

Lin Mei, who was frowning, was holding a small black leather notebook and a water glass, and walked to her small office side by side with Liu Han, who had a happy face.Liu Han smiled and patted her on the shoulder, full of encouragement and expectations for the younger generation: "Oh, there is no way, I have to go back to my hometown to get married, so I can only hand over Mr. Su Xiu to you, or I specially told the editor-in-chief Recommended, in terms of ability and patience in our editorial department, you are the one who can shoulder this responsibility."

Liu Han recommended Lin Mei to the editor-in-chief to be Su Xiu's editor in charge. Lin Mei really couldn't completely reject Liu Han's affection, because the bonuses of these editors were directly linked to the sales of the books they were in charge of.

Liu Han has been the editor in charge of Su Xiu for the past four years, and he has won the first prize in the editorial department every year, and he has to surpass the others by a large margin, which makes everyone in the editorial department jealous.

But at this moment, Lin Mei only had one sentence in mind: You have been tortured to the point of going back to your hometown to get married, why bother dragging me into the water...

However, no matter how strong the desire to complain in my heart is, my old colleague is about to leave, and even helped me, Lin Mei can only smile back: "Where, Mr. Liu, you think highly of me."

Liu Han was obviously in a good mood, "Hehe" smiled and said, "Come on."

Lin Mei's family is fairly well-off, her parents are both intellectuals, and she has little savings over the years.After she stayed in city B to work, the housing prices in city B were too high, and it was difficult for her parents to afford it. She was also sensible, never mentioned it, and kept renting a single apartment.

But in her second year of work, her parents still took the initiative to give her a car, a scooter in the early [-], and the model is also suitable for girls.Today, in order to show Lin Mei the way, Liu Han didn't drive his own car, and directed Lin Mei to drive all the way to Su Xiu's residence.

On the way, Lin Mei cautiously asked Liu Han tentatively, "I heard... Teacher Su Xiu has a bad temper?"

Liu Han is a bit chubby. He is the famous Maitreya Buddha in the editorial department. He is always smiling when he has nothing to do. He still smiles and says, "No, who said that?"

Lin Mei sorted out the rumors that she had heard before, and first picked the least serious one to ask: "I heard that Teacher Su Xiu often calls you at eleven or twelve in the middle of the night, and if you don't answer, he will immediately call Du Editor-in-Chief?"

Liu Han was still cheerful: "That's because Mr. Su Xiu is responsible for the work. He often stays up all night to catch up on manuscripts. As the editor in charge, of course he must be on call at any time."

This makes sense... Lin Mei thought about it for a while, and then asked: "I heard that Teacher Su Xiu once withdrew the manuscript the day before it was going to be printed, and ordered it not to be printed, and he had to make another revision. As a result, the launch date was delayed, and even the new book launch had to be postponed, the venue had to be rented separately, and the media that had been notified, was Editor-in-Chief Du himself to call to apologize?"

Liu Han still smiled: "It's nothing. Teacher Su Xiu suddenly discovered a bug in the plot. Although most readers can't see it after publication, Teacher Su Xiu is serious. You must know that Teacher Su Xiu is world-class. As a writer, you have high demands on yourself!"

This is true, after all, Su Xiu's book has received too much attention, and once the book is printed and released, it is difficult to withdraw it, so it is better to be cautious.

Lin Mei thought and thought, and finally asked: "I heard that one summer you went to see Teacher Su Xiu wearing a big white T-shirt and sandals, but he kicked him out, saying that you were not allowed to enter because of disheveled clothes. Go back to the editorial department and complain to Editor-in-Chief Du?"

In fact, the words Su Xiu scolded Liu Han in her ears were even richer and more elegant: disheveled clothes, smelly of sweat, low taste, suspected of being a bandit.

Liu Han, who is so good-tempered, was scolded anxiously. He went to Du Yuwen's office and yelled out the original words, which were heard by the editors outside the office and spread secretly.

This time Liu Han couldn't hold back any longer, and the smile on his face became a little more awkward: "Our editorial department really doesn't have any secrets... That time, I didn't pay attention to dress etiquette, and I had Teacher Su Xiu's supervision. Correction, when I went to accept media interviews for Teacher Su Xiu, I also knew how to dress appropriately, hehehe."

Lin Mei accepted it when she knew it was good, she pursed her lips and smiled and didn't continue the topic. While talking, the two arrived near Su Xiu's residence.

Su Xiu's residence is not close to the urban area, it is in another district in the western suburbs of City B, but he can get on the expressway shortly after leaving the editorial office, so it only takes less than half an hour to drive.

There are many high-end residential areas in this area. Liu Han directed Lin Mei to drive the car into a slightly low-key community. Compared with the surrounding luxury villas, the style of this community is obviously much more simple, and the apartment types are mostly in size. Less big, more practical townhouses.

After wandering around the forest path in the community for a while, Liu Han asked Lin Mei to park the car in a temporary parking space on the side of the road, got out of the car and led her to walk to Su Xiu's house, and rang the doorbell.

Every household here has a small entrance garden in front of the foyer, more than two meters wide, with some flowers and plants planted inside, and a low carved iron gate outside.

Su Xiu opened the iron door with the remote control device inside, but he didn't come out. He just opened the door, stood inside the door and said, "Please come in."

His upper body was still buried in the shadow of the room, and when he suddenly looked outside under the strong sunlight, Lin Mei couldn't see his face clearly, only his tall and straight figure, a little thin.

Even with such a vague glance, Lin Mei can preliminarily confirm that the rumors that "Su Xiu himself is extremely ugly, that's why he doesn't dare to show up in any public places, and he doesn't even dare to attend the award ceremony when he wins" is nonsense. talk about it.

Among other things, with such a body shape and temperament, what kind of dislocation of facial features can be called "incomparably ugly"?

No wonder a colleague from the editorial department could not help but ask Liu Han, "Is Su Xiu really ugly?", the smile on the cheerful Maitreya Buddha's face immediately became more cheerful... As one of the few who know the truth Do you have a sense of superiority?
There is no way this can be done, Su Xiu is really too mysterious, in the six years since the publication of his first work, he has not had a single photo circulated, and he has never appeared in any public place.

If it wasn’t for the fact that when he won the first international literary award that year, he accepted an audio interview and recorded a speech in both Chinese and English and played it at the awards ceremony. Many people would even doubt his gender, or Su Xiu might not be alone. It is a pseudonym shared by a creative team composed of several people.

Before actually seeing Su Xiu's face, Lin Mei took a breath quietly, followed Liu Han who had greeted Su Xiu with a smile and a happy tone, and walked into the house.

Then she saw a pair of eyes that were as dark as the night, yet seemed to be shrouded in a layer of water vapor. The young man in front of him was wearing a white shirt and a light-colored cashmere sweater. His eyelids were slightly drooping, and his facial features were so beautiful that it was almost unreal.

Lin Mei must have been stunned for a long time, until Liu Han gloated and said, "Xiao Lin, it's because Mr. Su Xiu stared blankly, right?"

She suddenly looked away from the other person's face, lowered her head and cleared her throat to hide her embarrassment: "Mr. Su Xiu, hello, I'm your new editor-in-charge Lin Mei, Shuang Mu Lin, Mei Mei Mei."

When we first met, Su Xiu didn't show the legendary bad temper. Maybe it was because of his temperament. On the contrary, he gave people a very gentle and quiet feeling. Lin Mei couldn't imagine that he could scold the good-tempered Liu Han all the way. The person who ran back to the editorial department to complain.

After being stared at by her for so long, Su Xiu didn't say anything. After listening to her self-introduction, he replied softly, "Hello, I'm Su Xiu. I will be troubled in the future."

Su Xiu's voice was slightly different from the only audio that he had passed on. In the audio, his voice was deeper, but now it is clearer.

However, his way of speaking has not changed, his diction is rigorous and elegant, his speech speed is slow, and there is an indescribable softness in the ending, which seems to be a remnant of a certain local dialect, and it is more like a personal pronunciation habit.

Lin Mei's heart moved, following Su Xiu's pace, the first thing she said after entering the living room was: "Is Teacher Su Xiu's hometown S City?"

Su Xiu paused slightly, turned his head and glanced at Lin Mei, but there was a bit of sternness in this look. Lin Mei asked herself that she was not a timid person, but was startled by the coercion in his eyes and almost took a step back.

Fortunately, Su Xiu didn't do anything else, just slightly bent the corner of his lower lip, ignored her question, and said, "Does Miss Lin drink tea or coffee?"

Of course, Lin Mei also knew that her question just now was a bit abrupt, so she didn't dare to continue to pester her, so she quickly said, "Coffee, with milk and no sugar."

Su Xiu smiled slightly, then turned around and went to the half-open bar next to the living room.

Lin Mei was still immersed in the shock of seeing Su Xiu's true face for the first time, and was amazed by his light smile.

She seemed to instantly understand Liu Han's deep feelings hidden under his cheerful smile when she heard them discussing whether Su Xiu was ugly: Ugly?You are scared to death when you see it, haha.

While she couldn't help but peek at the calm and elegant figure at the bar, she said in a low voice, "If Teacher Su Xiu's photos are leaked out, he probably won't be considered a powerful writer, and the sales will have to be doubled..."

She just said it casually, but Liu Han became serious, and said in a low voice: "I guess today you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement with Teacher Su Xiu privately like I did back then, and promise not to secretly take pictures of him, and not to reveal his secrets to others." private information."

Although I know that Su Xiu pays great attention to privacy, but signing the confidentiality agreement is a bit too serious, Lin Mei was a little surprised: "So strict?"

Liu Han nodded, putting away his usual idleness, with a serious expression on his face: "Teacher Su Xiu can discuss everything here, but this is the yellow line that cannot be crossed."

After they said these few words, Su Xiu also came back.He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his clean and thin wrist bones. He held a cup in each of his slender white hands, and handed them to Lin Mei and Liu Han respectively.

What he handed to Lin Mei was a cup of full-bodied coffee without sugar, and what he gave to Liu Han was a cup of hot cocoa with strong aroma. Liu Han took it with a smile and took a sip with a satisfied expression.

He only asked Lin Mei what drink he wanted, but didn't ask Liu Han. It seemed that they were familiar enough. He knew Liu Han's preferences, so there was no need to ask more.

Lin Mei took the coffee and thanked her. Noticing the tacit understanding between them, she felt a little envious and looked forward to it: As Su Xiu's editor, if one day he could become as familiar with Su Xiu as Liu Han, he would be so happy. .

Yes, Lin Mei is actually a fan of Su Xiu. Five years ago, she was still a college student, and Su Xiu had just published her first book, so she was not as famous as she is now.

But after she read that book, she became a die-hard fan of Su Xiu. From then on, every time Su Xiu published a book, she had to buy more than three copies. A book to preach to those around you."

"A Woman Worthy of Me" - Su Xiu's debut novel, also won him the first international reasoning literature award.Lin Mei can recite the classic opening line of the book: "I have been looking for a woman who is worthy of me. She doesn't have to be particularly beautiful, but she must be pure, sincere, and love me more than anything else in the world."

When she saw this sentence as soon as she opened the book, she almost threw the book away. It is understandable that writing a book with No.1 seems a bit narcissistic, but it is really unbearable to be so narcissistic.

But she felt sorry for the twenty or so yuan she spent on the book, so she resisted the urge to throw the book away and kept reading, but she couldn't help being fascinated.

This is a reasoning novel with condensed and artistic sense, clear logic and no procrastination. After reading all kinds of mystical new-school reasoning, few people write a book with such simple reasoning techniques. This book takes that unadorned reasoning technique to the extreme.

In "A Woman Worthy of Me", the male protagonist always speaks in an extremely narcissistic tone, but from the attitudes of other people towards him and the clues in the description, it can be seen that he is actually an ordinary man. To office workers who have a very weak sense of presence.

This man with a major deviation in self-perception has been using all kinds of harsh words to comment on people or things around him. However, when the reader realizes that he is actually just a humble wretch, all this becomes a wonderful irony .

Then readers realize that the hero's behavior of "looking for a woman worthy of me" is actually secretly stalking women.

Generally, extremely narcissistic people have extremely low self-esteem. When the hero finally finds his "ideal woman", in the long-term follow-up, the sad and cowardly hero has never mustered up the courage to confess his love to the heroine. Instead, he had all kinds of romantic anecdotes with her in his imagination.

In this episode, the interweaving of reality and fantasy is written with great skill, and the impenetrable details make readers dazzled and unable to help themselves to participate in the reasoning.

The climax and the end of the story is that the heroine is raped and murdered in the middle of a certain night. In the imagination of the hero, this night happens to be the night when his love with the heroine is perfect.

Unsurprisingly, after the police intervened in the investigation, the hero was listed as the number one suspect because of his stalking of the heroine, and bodily fluids matching the hero's DNA were also found at the crime scene.

The evidence is so strong that the hero was arrested, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. The last sentence of the book is the hero's self-report after he entered the prison: "I know that the emptiness of this world will eventually bear me, but my love will last forever."

If you think the story is over here... then you would underestimate Su Xiu. Not long after the book was published, someone published an analysis of the book on the Internet. The hero is not the criminal who raped and killed the heroine, but the real murderer is an inconspicuous "passerby" who appears in many places in the text.

This "passer-by" just discovered the hero's stalking behavior and had evil thoughts about the heroine, so he carefully designed this trap, committed a big crime himself, and made the hero a scapegoat.

As soon as this book review came out, there was an immediate public outcry. At that time, almost everyone who liked to read novels participated in it one after another, intending to strip away all the details in the book and analyze it thoroughly.

As a result, not only did this book become popular, but readers who were still interested were looking for other mystery novels to read, and it also led to a new craze for mystery novels. For a time, follow-up works sprung up in the book market-of course, there was no book that could compare with it. It is on par with "A Woman Worthy of Me", which has a very high level of creation.

With this novel, Su Xiu also became a dark horse in the publishing industry that year, and won the International Literature Award, embarking on the road to becoming a god.

Whether an author is willing or not, the impression given to readers by the first novel is deeply ingrained. For example, why is Su Xiu, who has never revealed his true face, considered an ugly person?

It's all because the male protagonist in "A Woman Worthy of Me" is so successful that everyone can't help but incorporate their impression of him into their guesses about Su Xiu himself.

Holding a cup of coffee now, looking at this living male god who almost has a halo in front of him, Lin Mei couldn't help being stunned by the beauty in front of her from time to time, and couldn't help asking him another question: "Mr. Such a person, why did he choose to portray a man like Shi Wenliang in his debut novel?"

"Shi Wenliang" is of course the tragic hero in "A Woman Worthy of Me".

Seeing her asking about the characters in her work, Su Xiu's attitude was not as cold as when she touched her privacy just now, but raised the corners of her lips and smiled: "Won't such a character setting make readers feel more involved?" ?"

Lin Mei was dazed by his smile again before she realized that she was stared at by Su Xiu, and she felt that her brain was short of oxygen, so she could only say in a daze, "So that's how it is."

Su Xiu obviously saw too many women lose their composure in front of him, so he just smiled slightly, turned to Liu Han and said, "You rest downstairs first, and I will take Miss Lin to the study for a private chat."

Liu Han is obviously very familiar with this place. While drinking hot cocoa, he has already grabbed a PSP under the coffee table and started playing. Now he waved his hands without even raising his head: "Okay, let's talk, don't worry about me."

Obviously only Su Xiu lives here alone. The first floor is the living room, kitchen and dining room, the second floor is the workshop and study, and the third floor is the bedroom.

Standing at the stairs, Su Xiu politely and gracefully motioned for Lin Mei to go upstairs first, and then he followed.

Lin Mei didn't know what Su Xiu was going to tell her, she was still not familiar with him, so she couldn't help feeling a little nervous.After they walked into the study one after another, Su Xiu closed the door casually, and with a tap of his finger, the door lock was released.

The crisp sound of the door lock hasp was clearly heard in Lin Mei's ears, causing her to turn around in surprise, but it was too late. As soon as she turned around, her wrist was tightly grasped, and then her body was crushed by a force that did not count. The rough but irresistible force pushed her back, and she involuntarily took a few steps back, and the tall floor-to-ceiling bookcase was already attached to her back.

Because Su Xiu's figure was a little thin, she didn't realize how tall he was, until now she realized that he was more than half a head taller than her, and with a difference of more than ten centimeters, his chin just blocked her forehead s position.

Controlling her arm with one hand, his eyes looked from top to bottom, the cold oppressive force poured out from those beautifully shaped black eyes, he smiled softly, a cold laugh without a smile , Like a poisonous snake slithering across her back: "I don't know why Du Yuwen sent a woman here... You are so talkative. Didn't anyone tell you so many years ago?"

In just a split second, a few words popped up in Lin Mei's brain: beast in clothes, dual personality, perverted murderer.

It was only a little bit... a little bit Lin Mei was about to kick him in the crotch with self-defense, screamed loudly and rushed downstairs to call the police.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, her brain, which was originally immersed in Su Xiu's beauty, received a stress signal and suddenly started to rotate at a high speed, allowing her to barely maintain her usual IQ.

She swallowed her saliva, forced herself to calm down, raised her head to look at him, and said cautiously: "Mr. Su Xiu, whether you agree with me as your editor or not, I have already met you...I think you You probably wouldn't like one more person to know your secret."

The coldness in Su Xiu's eyes receded little by little, and was replaced by the soft light with some indifference at first. Letting go of Lin Mei's wrist, he took a step back, regained that alienated but polite distance, and raised his hand. The corner of the lips: "Then tell me, what secret do I have?"

As soon as she regained her freedom, Lin Mei quickly turned sideways and took two steps back. No matter how beautiful the person in front of her is, her personal safety is more important.She cleared her throat, observed Su Xiu's expression, and quickly said: "First, your protection of personal privacy is far beyond what ordinary people can understand. I boldly deduce that your identity must be different from ordinary people. Second, you are indeed from City S, or at least lived in City S for a period of time. Because when I asked you this question, you obviously did not expect me to find out, and your expression at that time was surprise, not stunned , I think I read it right."

She rarely speaks at length like this, but now she is indeed in a state of tension, so she just poured it out in one breath.

Fortunately, there was no frightening expression on Su Xiu's face, instead he was a little bit dumbfounded: "You are really good."

Lin Mei hastily added another sentence: "Your oral expressions are more elegant than ordinary people. Let me guess boldly, firstly, it is caused by your isolated living environment, and secondly, you must have a good background and a good upbringing when you were young. .”

Su Xiu shook his head and laughed angrily: "You are so courageous, aren't you afraid that I am really a moody murderer?"

Lin Mei spread her hands pretending to be relaxed: "Obviously the best time for you to attack is when I was unprepared just now, but the witnesses are sitting downstairs, and we are people related to you, so it is easy for the police to find you You won't be that stupid."

She said, clearing her throat again: "What's more, when you pushed me just now, it looked rude, but in fact, you avoided the protruding light stand directly behind me that might cause harm to my body, and instead pushed me Pushed it onto a flat bookshelf...the strength I used was just right, and it didn't hurt me, so I don't think you are someone who can't control your emotions."

As she spoke, she casually pointed to the sharp-edged floor-to-ceiling metal lamp holder beside her, which was indeed located directly behind where she stood when she entered the door.

She can notice so many details in a hurry, and her observation skills are considered keen.

Su Xiu's original personality may be really gentle, so he didn't say much after hearing this, but just shook his head and smiled: "Okay, it's my unnecessary effort, Miss Lin, please sit down."

He resumed his polite posture, Lin Mei took it as a temptation and test just now, and no longer struggled, following his guidance, sat on the chair in front of his desk.

After Su Xiu turned to the desk, he picked up a contract that had been prepared earlier and handed it to Lin Mei: "Since we want to cooperate in the future, we need to trouble Miss Lin to sign this confidentiality agreement first."

Lin Mei took it over and looked it over carefully. She felt that this agreement was consulted by a lawyer, and the terms were very strict. As far as this kind of contract is concerned, it cannot be regarded as unfair. Moreover, there is no specific provision for compensation after breach of contract, so it is considered a gentleman's agreement.

Su Xiu waited for her to watch, and added: "I am in a special situation, and the confidentiality agreement is a last resort. If there is any offense, I hope Miss Lin will understand."

After reading it, Lin Mei didn't talk nonsense, turned to the last page, took a pen from the desk, signed her name handsomely, and handed it back to Su Xiu.He took it over and looked at it, but instead of signing it, he put the contract lightly on the table.

Su Xiu stood up, walked around the table, bowed gracefully to Lin Mei who was sitting, and stretched out a hand: "Then we will have a happy cooperation."

Lin Mei smiled, held his hand, and stood up with strength: "Teacher Su Xiu, we have enjoyed working together."

Su Xiu's fingers were long and slender, with clear phalanges. Such hands were considered beautiful among men, but when Lin Mei held them, he felt that the temperature between his fingers and palms was slightly lower than that of ordinary people, showing a little coldness.

Maybe it has something to do with his thin body, Lin Mei didn't think too much, and didn't let go of his hand.

This kind of courteous handshake is usually instant, and Su Xiu doesn't mind her abnormality, just waits with a smile.

Lin Mei held his hand, raised her head and smiled: "Teacher Su Xiu, you wrote in the book "Executive Li": 'Any words that despise and humiliate women should disappear in the smoke and dust. They should be punished for inferior people.' I think this sentence is very well written, and it is much higher than some male authors who can reveal chauvinism between the lines."

Su Xiu already had some bad premonition, and raised his long and straight eyebrows: "I did write this sentence."

Lin Mei chuckled, then clenched her fist and raised her elbow in a swift and precise blow aimed at his waist. She controlled the force, it should be a little painful but it won't cause any damage to the internal organs. Degree.

Sure enough, Su Xiu's eyebrows furrowed quickly, and his body stiffened for a moment, before he spoke, his voice was still a little unsteady: "Is this to punish me for what I did just now?"

Only then did Lin Mei happily let go of his hand, and smiled: "If I offend you, I hope you will forgive me."

She replied the exact words, and Su Xiu didn't say anything more, but smiled a bit reluctantly, and said sideways: "It's okay."

It took only half an hour for Lin Mei and Su Xiu to go upstairs. When they went downstairs, they saw that Liu Han had dropped the PSP and was having fun with a silver-white tabby cat.

The big cat has plump, glossy fur and a strong body. It is lying on the sofa with its head tilted, letting Liu Han scratch its belly, enjoying itself. When it heard someone going down the stairs, it barely raised its head and squinted its eyes. , Immediately lay down again and continued to enjoy.

Like most girls, Lin Mei had no resistance to furry objects, and immediately said pleasantly, "Teacher Su Xiu raised a cat?"

Su Xiu followed her downstairs, and said softly, "Last year, he ran to my yard and refused to leave. He was adopted. You can call him 'Chunshenjun'."

Lin Mei saw that the cat's coat color and appearance were good, and it was obviously a purebred silver tabby shorthair. She thought to herself that it was indeed a villa area, and even the shorthair was discarded.

She was a little curious about the cat's name: "Why is it called 'Chun Shenjun'? What's the saying?"

Su Xiu paused for a moment, then continued to answer softly: "Arrogant and domineering, partial trust and foolishness."

In history, Lord Chunshen was regarded as a resourceful and capable minister. Of course, what he said was not referring to the overall evaluation of this character, but the fact that Lord Chunshen was self-willed in the later period, refused to listen to Zhu Ying's dissuasion, and mistrusted Li Yuan, which led to his death.

As soon as he finished speaking, Chun Shenjun, who was lying on his back enjoying the human massage service, immediately raised his head halfway, his golden eyes widened, and he glared at Su Xiu with a rather stern expression.

Lin Mei laughed in surprise: "It actually understands? Is this cat already mature?"

Over there, Liu Han hurriedly touched his head to coax: "My lord, let's not listen to that rebellious minister's nonsense, my lord is so stupid, my lord is the wisest!"

The flattery was so smooth, it was so good that Chunshenjun closed his eyes again and lay down.Liu Han caressed affectionately, and said sadly: "It's nothing else, the heart of the servant will be broken at the thought of parting from the master."

Lin Mei sniggered aside, of course she could tell who was "Zhu Ying" and who was "Li Yuan" to Chun Shenjun.

Liu Han comforted Mr. Chunshen, and then raised his head to see Su Xiu who was "nothing else". Fortunately, he still cared about Su Xiu. Are you uncomfortable? Why is your face pale. "

Lin Mei groaned inwardly, and quickly turned her head to look at Su Xiu. She was not familiar with Su Xiu, and his complexion was fair. Without Liu Han's reminder, he really didn't notice that his face was paler than before.

She remembered that the elbow she had punched just now might be close to her stomach, so she apologized in embarrassment: "Mr. Su Xiu, I'm sorry...I was the one who was abrupt..."

Su Xiu was generous, smiled and said, "It's okay, it has nothing to do with you."

Seeing their appearance, Liu Han stroked his chin, but didn't say anything, and turned his face away to serve his "Master" reluctantly.

Now that Su Xiu approved Lin Mei and signed the non-disclosure agreement, they would have nothing to do if they stayed here, and they left after a while.

Before leaving, Su Xiu took out a sealed red envelope, which was obviously prepared long ago, and smiled at Liu Han and said, "I can't make it to your wedding, just a little bit of my heart."

The red envelope was thin, and according to Su Xiu's worth, it must not be just one or two banknotes, most of it was a check, and the amount would not be small.

Liu Han looked a little surprised when he took it, obviously he didn't think of it: "You're too polite."

Su Xiu just smiled: "It's nothing, I have been friends for many years, it should be."

The phrase "friends for many years" obviously made Liu Han burst into tears. He held Su Xiu's hand a little out of control: "Teacher Su Xiu... I won't come here often in the future, you must take good care of my master!"

Lin Mei resisted the urge to pull Liu Han away, and urged him to get in the car and leave in his reluctant voice.

When they returned to the editorial department, it was almost time to get off work. Liu Han would leave the post in two days, and hurriedly handed over many trivial matters to Lin Mei. The two of them forgot the time when they were busy, and worked overtime until seven in the evening. Eight O'clock.When it was late, they went out for dinner together, and then they bid farewell to each other and went home.

After driving back to her small apartment, she parked the car and went upstairs. Lin Mei used to sleep late and was single, so she still buried herself in work when she got home. She opened her laptop and sorted out the materials she got from Liu Han today.

These materials include not only the original manuscripts of Soviet revisionist works published over the years, but also many unpublished and unpublished outlines and fragments of works, and even many scraps of previous works.Leaving aside those very detailed outlines and materials, just looking at the huge number of discarded documents, Lin Mei understood why each of Su Xiu's books was of high quality and could be called a classic.

No one's success is easy to achieve. Even the "genius writer" Su Xiu, who is praised by the outside world, how many people know the hard work behind him?
Busy about Su Xiu all day long, when she went to bed exhausted, Lin Mei was still thinking about Su Xiu. When she fell asleep, the amazing scene when she first met Su Xiu today seemed to be waving in front of her eyes. glance.

Between half-dream and half-awake, the subconscious mind is most likely to play a role. A picture suddenly flashed in Lin Mei's mind, and the voice of the male anchor accompanied by the picture: "Su Xiuran, the new chairman of the Shenyue Group in this city, died of illness in Changhe Hospital a few days ago. ..."

When Lin Mei suddenly got up from the bed with sweat profusely, it was already late at night outside the window, only a little light came in from the bright street lights in the community throughout the night.

She didn't even bother to turn on the desk lamp, so she used the dim light to pounce on the low table not far away, and started the computer.It took only a short time for the computer to turn on and connect to the network, but she felt that she had already survived the long wait.

When she could finally open the search engine, she entered a keyword without hesitation: Shenyue Group.

Countless search results popped up in the engine instantly. Shenyue Group is not only a well-known enterprise in S city, but also quite famous in the whole country. The name of Su Xiuyan, the current chairman of Shenyue Group, also appeared frequently, which made her confirm her identity once again. judge.

She searched again, this time with two key words, and narrowed down the scope: Shenyue Group, Su Xiuran.

Then she saw the old news from a few years ago - "Su Daolin, chairman of Shenyue Group, died of illness less than half a year ago, and the new chairman who succeeded him also died of illness suddenly."

Many years ago, online news websites were not as developed as they are now, but there were some websites that accompanied the news with illustrations, one was a photo of Su Daolin, the former chairman of Shenyue Group, and the other was his eldest son Su Xiuran.

Lin Mei just glanced at that young face, then hurriedly closed the laptop screen, then she took a few deep breaths, and pinched her arm hard, telling her clearly that this was not It wasn't in a dream, and then she turned on the computer again with trembling fingers.

How does it feel to accidentally discover an important but not personal secret?
This was the first time in Lin Mei's life that she fell into such mysterious thoughts... She repeatedly looked at the photo belonging to "Su Xiuran", and was sure that this was the Su Xiu she had just met.

The man in the photo looks younger than the current Su Xiu, but his facial features and temperament have not changed, and even the gentle sparkle in his eyes has retained a lot.

Thinking of this, she suddenly realized why Su Xiu would choose to live in reclusive life, never show up in public, and emphasize his personal privacy so much—he would be easily recognized as "Su Xiuran", even if this person was in the official Meaning has been dead for years.

Perhaps for the current Su Xiu, such an overly impressive face is not as good as an ordinary face, so that at least he doesn't have to be so cautious.

She thought so, but she didn't call Su Xiu to confirm, and of course she didn't want to tell anyone.She stared at the computer screen for a while, then closed those web pages, and cleared her search and browsing traces.

It's just this night... It's hard for her to fall asleep peacefully.

(End of this chapter)