Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (4)
Lu Shijin calmly shook off Jin Jingyao’s hand and pretended not to notice his actions. He silently stood behind Wang Lizhi.
But the warmth Jin Jingyao’s hand left on his lasted for a long time.
“Then, boss, I’ll leave first. See you later.”
Wang Lizhi and Jin Jingyao shook hands. Lu Shijin noticed that Jin Jingyao only lightly shook Wang Lizhi’s hand before letting go.
Lu Shijin lifted an eyebrow, so Jin Jingyao gripped his hand that hard on purpose?
But it was their first meeting. Why would he do that to a stranger?
Lu Shijin thought about it. What if it was because he’s Wang Lizhi’s boyfriend, so Jin Jingyao wants to get with him first, then Wang Lizhi?!
Well well well, as expected of his husband, moving so quickly!
After saying goodbye to Jin Jingyao, before they could get to the exit, Wang Lizhi suddenly said that he wanted to go to the washroom, so Lu Shijin should go to the reception to wait for him.
Lu Shijin went, and not long after, Jin Jingyao entered. Seeing Lu Shijin alone on the sofa, he walked over and asked caringly, “Why is Mr. Lu here alone? Where’s Da-Pen?”
“He went to the washroom. He’s coming back soon.” Lu Shijin smiled politely, “Thank you for your care, but it’s getting late. You should go back.”
But Jin Jingyao didn’t have any intention of leaving. Instead, he sat down beside Lu Shijin and started chatting.
“Don’t be so anxious. It’s quite boring to wait alone, I’ll keep you company. Right, does Mr. Lu also write?”
Lu Shijin didn’t know why Jin Jingyao was doing this, so he just nodded with a smile.
“May I ask for Mr. Lu’s pen name?” Jin Jingyao asked with interest, “If you don’t mind, could I read some of your works? Recently, to expand our market, Platinum has signed on a lot of new authors. Perhaps Mr. Lu would be interested?”
Lu Shijin replied apologetically, “Sorry, I’m just a nobody in the circle, you wouldn’t be able to find me. Also, I haven’t published anything in a long time, my previous works were really bad.”
“You stopped? Why?” Jin Jingyao seemed a bit disappointed.
Lu Shijin couldn’t tell the truth, so he said, “I lost motivation and inspiration, so I stopped.”
Jin Jingyao smiled in understanding, “Inspiration is crucial for authors. It determines the length of someone’s career. But it’s fine, even if you don’t have inspiration right now, you might have it after a while. My offer still stands if Mr. Lu agrees to sign with us later.”
“Thank you for your offer.” Lu Shijin met Jin Jingyao’s gaze, “If that does happen, I will consider it.”
“Okay, then I’ll be waiting. Right.” Jin Jingyao took out a card from his pocket, holding it in both hands as he gave it to Lu Shijin, “Here’s my card, if you ever change your mind, you can contact me.”
To show respect, Lu Shijin also used both hands to take it, but unexpectedly, before he could touch it, Jin Jingyao suddenly let go, causing the card to fall onto the sofa.
Lu Shijin immediately tried to pick it up, and Jin Jingyao took this as an opportunity. He also extended his hand, not to get the card, but to ‘accidentally’ touch Lu Shijin’s hand.
“Oh, sorry, I lost my grip.” Jin Jingyao just touched Lu Shijin’s hand and didn’t do anything else. He quickly took his hand back and smiled apologetically at Lu Shijin, seeming like it really wasn’t on purpose.
If Lu Shijin didn’t know that Jin Jingyao was planning something, he definitely wouldn’t have thought that such a gentlemanly person would be such a scoundrel.
“No worries.” Lu Shijin picked up the card without expression.
Jin Jingyao smiled, “Does Mr. Lu have a card? May I have one?”
Lu Shijin took out his phone and dialed the number on the card. “I don’t have a card, I’ll just call you so you have my number.”
Jin Jingyao’s phone rang, and Lu Shijin immediately hung up. They exchanged contact numbers this way.
“Although it’s our first meeting, I feel like we have a connection, almost like fate. I hope we can interact more. Other than for business, if you ever need me, just ask.” Jin Jingyao stood up and politely smiled, “I think da-Pen is coming back, then I’ll take my leave. See you later, Mr. Lu?”
“See you later.” Lu Shijin stood up to walk Jin Jingyao out.
He only picked up the card and glanced at it again after Jin Jingyao disappeared beyond the building.
It was made from high-quality paper, cream-coloured and stiff. The words were printed with gold ink.
‘Jin Jingyao’ was printed in an elaborate script, reflecting the style of the actual person.
He could even smell that the card had the faint smell of cologne, a scent full of temptation, just like Jin Jingyao.
What a refined rascal, a beast in human clothing.
After returning home, Lu Shijin took a shower and returned to his room without saying anything to Wang Lizhi to start writing the new update.
The current novel he was doing was nearing its end. The filming rights had long been sold and the website was just waiting for the novel to end to publicize it even more. The adaptation has already started filming.
The original host was simple and not scheming. Wang Lizhi first forced him to start writing with those blackmail pictures. Afterwards, he started threatening him that if he exposed their secret, the original host wouldn’t be able to deal with the backlash either.
Being a ghostwriter and lying to the readers, he wouldn’t be able to escape this unless he changed his name and surname, as well as his appearance.
The original host was forced like this by Wang Lizhi. Although he didn’t want to do it at first, he found out that ghostwriting for Wang Lizhi earned many times more than writing for himself, so he gradually accepted it.
But Lu Shijin didn’t want to keep doing it.
He didn’t have a good opportunity to expose it yet, though.
Because Wang Lizhi had the persona of a loyal and sincere person who didn’t break up with his boyfriend after getting famous.
And Lu Shijin had already been turned into a parasite who leeched off Wang Lizhi by him.
If Lu Shijin said that he was the real author, people probably wouldn’t believe him. Not only that, Wang Lizhi might turn the blame on him, saying that Lu Shijin was deliberately lying because they had an argument.
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