Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (3)
“If they make fun of you again, you can tell me in private and I’ll take care of him.” Wang Lizhi walked over, taking the initiative to give Lu Shijin a bowl. “Just don’t set an ultimatum for me like today again, okay?”
Lu Shijin didn’t bother responding to him. “Move aside, let me get the noodles.”
“I feel like you’re a bit different today.” Wang Lizhi thought that Lu Shijin was still unhappy and tried to lighten the atmosphere, “You rarely speak so much. Today, at the office, I’ve never seen you be so angry before. It was an eye-opener.”
Lu Shijin’s mind was full of ridicule, if this was an eye-opener, then Wang Lizhi would have to stay in a state of being eye-opened in the future.
“Just because I don’t want to talk doesn’t mean I can’t talk.” Lu Shijin finished putting the noodles into the bowls and glanced at Wang Lizhi, “Not getting angry doesn’t mean I have no temper. Even clay men are three tenths fire*, not to mention a living person like me.”
*ED: Meaning that even the most passive, easy-going people will get angry
Wang Lizhi awkwardly rubbed his nose and laughed dryly. He took the bowls and brought them to the dining table.
They started eating across from each other silently. When they were finished eating, Wang Lizhi suddenly said, “I probably won’t be home in time for dinner, you should leave work first.”
“Why?” Lu Shijin asked to figure out his purpose.
“There’s a banquet for authors tomorrow hosted by Platinum, I’ll be going.”
Lu Shijin set down his chopsticks and asked, “Then there’s probably going to be a lot of famous authors, right?”
“Yes, Platinum is a dominant force in this industry, countless people would come for them.”
Lu Shijin hooked up his lips. He wondered if someone with as little literary talent as Wang Lizhi would feel awkward sitting with them.
Probably not, Wang Lizhi was too shameless for that.
But since Platinum was hosting it, then as the CEO, Jin Jingyao would be attending?
Thinking of meeting his loved one, Lu Shijin subconsciously smiled.
“Why are you smiling?” Wang Lizhi frowned. He felt like Lu Shijin was very strange today.
Before, Lu Shijin would be like a piece of wood. He was very boring. Wang Lizhi had never seen Lu Shijin get angry and talk as much as today.
“I smiled? Are you blind?” Lu Shijin lifted his head without expression.
Wang Lizhi: . . .
“Since it’s a banquet for authors, can you bring me there?” Lu Shijin asked.
“You?” Wang Lizhi was shocked, “Don’t you dislike social gatherings?”
Lu Shijin said calmly, “I’m also an author. I’m curious about what a banquet with them would be and want to broaden my horizons, can I not?”
“But . . .” Wang Lizhi hesitated, not wanting to agree.
Ever since forcing Lu Shijin to be his ghostwriter, Wang Lizhi had kept a tight leash on who Lu Shijin was allowed to interact with. He would question Lu Shijin about anyone he met or talked to. Wang Lizhi was very afraid of Lu Shijin telling other people about what he was doing.
Wang Lizhi was sensible enough to know who he owed for everything, so he never directly mistreated Lu Shijin and always paid him.
So Lu Shijin seemed to have accepted his fate and didn’t tell anyone about it.
But the banquet would be very messy. Wang Lizhi needed to talk with other people and couldn’t pay attention to Lu Shijin’s actions. Although he didn’t think Lu Shijin would talk, he still didn’t trust Lu Shijin to let him interact with other people.
But before he could think of a good excuse, Lu Shijin reassured him, “Don’t worry, I don’t know anyone there, and I won’t say anything. If you’re that afraid, you can get someone to follow me.”
Having been seen through by Lu Shijin, Wang Lizhi paused. “I don’t mean that.”
Lu Shijin smiled fakely. “Then what did you mean?”
“You can go if you want.” Wang Lizhi smiled guiltily, “I’m still an author endorsed by Platinum, of course I can get another invitation.”
Having gotten an invitation, Lu Shijin didn’t want to talk to Wang Lizhi anymore. He brought his bowl to the sink and washed it, leaving Wang Lizhi staring dumbly at his own bowl.
They slept in separate rooms.
Although they were dating in name, they hadn’t done anything after that drunken night.
Actually, Lu Shijin and Wang Lizhi were both pretty good-looking. Other people would probably be jealous of their looks.
Other than using Lu Shijin, Wang Lizhi did like him a bit. Having such a handsome and easy to manipulate boyfriend was really lucky.
So Wang Lizhi had thought about actually dating Lu Shijin. That way, he could satisfy his own desires while also getting more control over Lu Shijin.
But for some reason, no matter how much Wang Lizhi tried, Lu Shijin didn’t react to him after that night.
This made Wang Lizhi furious and he tried to force Lu Shijin to do it. But no matter how hard he tried, Lu Shijin continued sleeping, as though he didn’t feel anything.
Sleeping with someone who felt no attraction towards them was a huge embarrassment regardless of their gender, so that event made Wang Lizhi completely forget about ever doing pillow talk with Lu Shijin.
Lu Shijin still needed to update Wang Lizhi’s novel before sleeping. Well, it wasn’t really Wang Lizhi’s novel. Other than the ID posting it, nothing else about it had any relation with Wang Lizhi.
“Host, do you know how to write webnovels?” 711 asked worriedly, “Do you need a card to help? I can get any famous author to help you.”
“No need.” Lu Shijin opened the word file and said confidently, “Isn’t it just a webnovel? How hard can it be? Don’t forget, I used to be a reporter, I can easily write a thousand characters.”
711 immediately praised, “So cool!”
However, reality was often different from expectations.
Lu Shijin sat in front of the computer for an hour and wrote less than 500 words.
“Fuck, a reporter like myself can’t even write some webnovel?” Lu Shijin accepted his fate and tossed his mouse away, “Convenience store, I give up. Give me a card, quick. I need to update this in time.”
“Who do you want to be the ghostwriter? A Chinese person or a foreign person? Maxim Gorky? Alexandre Dumas? Ba Jin*? Lu Xun**?”
*Ba Jin is the pen name of a famous Chinese author, Li Yaotang.
**Lu Xun is the pen name of a famous Chinese author, Zhou Shuren.
“It’s just a webnovel, I don’t need gods like them. Just anyone who can write.”
711 thought about it and randomly chose someone for Lu Shijin.
When the card began working, Lu Shijin instantly felt motivation and ideas pouring from his brain. The story passed in his mind like it was his memories.
“How do you feel?”
“Wait.” Lu Shijin held his head, “There’s something wrong, why are 18+ scenes appearing in my head?”
711 looked at the card’s information. “Oh, this author wrote porn.”
Lu Shijin: ???
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