After dinner, it was getting late. Tang Yuewen asked to go home, and Jiang Yulou got up to see her off.
When the two arrived at the county seat, it was already dark.
The county town is not big, so Jiang Yulou and Tang Yuewen had to pay attention to the impact, so they got out of the car and pushed the cart away.
The place where Tang Yuewen lives is a bit remote, and there are not so many street lights on the road now. As the environment changes, there are gradually more idle people in society.
Occasionally she would encounter malicious glances on the road, but Jiang Yulou would block them for her.
Tang Yuewen was close to him. As long as she was by his side, she didn't have to worry about anything.
Both of them are classmates. Even if they meet acquaintances when walking together, they are not afraid of being gossiped about.
Soon they arrived downstairs at Tang Yuewen's house. After Jiang Yulou watched her enter the corridor, he left on his bicycle.
Tang Yuewen turned her head, looked at his back as he rode away, and leaned against the door, lost in thought.
In recent months, her relationship with Jiang Yulou has developed rapidly, and the two have become good friends who talk about everything.
She already had a good impression of Jiang Yulou, and since Jiang Yulou wrote the book, she has become even more uncontrollable. Beautiful women love talented people, this is true in ancient and modern times.
However, when she discovered that the gap between the two was rapidly widening, the panic in her heart almost swallowed her up.
"If I confess my love, will he accept it?" Tang Yuewen asked herself silently.
If it was a year ago, the answer might be half and half, but what about now?
She didn't have the courage to answer, let alone express her feelings to Jiang Yulou.
She was afraid that the two of them wouldn't even be friends in the end.
Although, just being friends is not the outcome she wants.
It wasn't until Jiang Yulou's back completely disappeared from sight that she returned home with worry.
The next day, Lu Yao's second day in Yangping County, he found Jian Xing without much rest.
"Editor Lu, welcome, welcome to our Shanghe Village."
After Lu Yao arrived, Jian Xing asked for leave from the school to receive the editor of "Yanhe" magazine who came from the provincial capital.
Jian Xing was surprised at first by his arrival. However, I thought that "Yanhe" might have decided to publish two of Jiang Yulou's poems, so I came here to confirm, and I could no longer hold back the excitement in my heart.
Lu Yao was quite surprised when he arrived at Shanghe Village. I didn't expect Sun Hu's students to have such a hard life, especially Jian Xing's house, which is airtight and can be lived in.
Originally, he was wondering why Jian Xing didn't go back to the provincial capital when life in Shanghe Village was so hard, until he saw Jian Xing's wife.
So, did he give up college and the opportunity to return to the provincial capital for love?
Although she didn't understand his choice, Lu Yao still respected Jian Xing's decision.
Lu Yao asked: "Teacher Jian, can you introduce me to Comrade Jiang Yulou?"
Sure enough, I asked Yulou. It seems that "Yanhe" has really decided to publish two of Yulou's poems.
Naturally, Jian Xing welcomed the decision of "Yanhe".
only……
Jian Xing said regretfully: "Editor Lu, Yulou is still in the county school right now. He has to wait until the county high school is over before he can come back."
"Oh, is Comrade Jiang a teacher at the county high school?" Lu Yao was a little surprised, and then sighed: "I didn't expect that this small county high school would hide a great poet."
Jian Xing shook his head and said with a smile: "Editor Lu, Yulou is not a teacher at the county high school."
"Not a teacher?" Lu Yao was stunned. If he wasn't a teacher, what was he?
Jian Xing said: "Yulou... he is a senior high school student."
"Student?!" Lu Yao said in surprise.
Seeing Lu Yao's shocked expression, Jian Xing was delighted. Sure enough, no one could remain calm after knowing Yu Lou's identity.
Of course, he was not much better than Lu Yao at that time.
"Even if you are used to Yu Lou's talent, you will still be shocked by his unexpected performance." Jian Xing thought to himself.
Lu Yao asked again: "Are you sure?"
If Jiang Yulou is a senior high school student, then the true ownership of the two poems received by the editorial department is somewhat suspicious.
"Of course." Jian Xing replied affirmatively.
Lu Yao frowned and said, "Teacher Jian, don't you feel puzzled that a senior high school student has written two high-level poems?"
"If it were other people of the same age, I might be confused, but Yulou is different." Jian Xing said calmly.
"oh?"
"Because Yulou also has a short story to be published..."
Jian Xing told Lu Yao in detail about Jiang Yulou's novel submission to "Contemporary" and a series of things that will be published.
"Yulou's royalties have also been received, and the school and county also know about it. He has also given lectures."
Lu Yao was stunned again, "This...is this something a senior high school student can do?"
He had also read the news about the call for submissions for the launch of "Contemporary" on the news. It was under People's Literature and had a strong brand.
He also submitted a manuscript at that time, but his manuscript was returned a month later, which meant that the submission failed.
Moreover, as far as he knew, many colleagues in the editorial department tried to submit articles, but they all failed.
There are many famous local writers in provincial capitals...
It can be seen from this that the standard of "Contemporary"'s call for submissions is very high.
But now, someone told him that a high school student from a small county town passed the first submission and received a lot of money...
The fact that he didn't lose his composure in public was already amazing.
Lu Yao sighed: "Some people used to say that I was a genius, but now it seems that I am still far from a real genius."
He didn't suspect that Jian Xing was deceiving him. This kind of thing would have consequences as soon as he asked, so there was no reason to deceive him.
At this moment, the balance in his heart tilted toward Jiang Yulou again.
After calming down, Lu Yao asked: "Teacher Jian, let me ask you something, who was present when Comrade Jiang Yulou composed the poem?"
"There are more than a dozen educated youths..." Jian Xing read out a string of names.
Although it was strange why Lu Yao asked this, Jian Xing still answered his question.
Lu Yao wrote down the names of the people and asked for their addresses.
Jian Xing became more and more confused about his behavior, "Editor Lu, what are you..."
Lu Yao said seriously: "Teacher Jian, I won't hide anything from you now that the matter has reached this stage."
He told the story exactly what happened when the editorial department received submissions from Jian Xing and Li Yao.
"Li Yao, that shameless villain!" Jian Xing yelled in anger.
He continued: "Editor Lu, you must believe me. All the educated youths who participated in this matter knew about it. You must not let Li Yao succeed, otherwise I... I will really have no face to see Yulou!"
If he hadn't been so meddlesome, he wouldn't have let Li Yao steal two good poems from Jiang Yulou.
Lu Yao consoled him: "Teacher Jian, don't worry, our editorial department won't believe one-sided words. Now that I have the list, I will go to them one by one to ask."
What else could Jian Xing do? He could only pray that the educated youth who participated in the seminar told the truth.
