The Chen family's big room.
As expected by Zheng Chiling, Chen Xibei went home and shared the matter with her biological mother Zhou Limin.
When Zhou Limin went to bed at night, she flirted with her husband Chen Guobang in a frivolous manner:
"After all, you can't get on the stage. Last time you drove Qianying away, and this time you injured Meizhu's sister. Hey, let me see, if you continue to indulge like this, something big will happen sooner or later."
Chen Guobang originally thought it was a verbal dispute between women, but he didn't expect to hit someone. For a moment, he felt that his wife was right and that he should really hit his daughter-in-law.
Beautiful is beautiful, but it's a bit too cunning.
Early the next morning, Chen Guobang called the Repulse Bay Villa.
Jiang Yao took cold medicine and spent most of her time in bed these days. After answering the phone on the bedside, she pressed the speaker phone and put it aside: "Hello, Dad?"
Hearing Jiang Yao's voice, Chen Guobang spoke sternly and got straight to the point:
"This is Xiangjiang, not your countryside. How can you hit someone if you disagree with me? I heard that your parents have been away for a long time, and they probably didn't teach you any rules at home. In this case, you can come here every weekend from now on. Stay here and learn the rules."
The hands-free amplification effect of the phone was good. Chen Yanbei, who was changing clothes in the cloakroom, listened to everything. Before Jiang Yao could answer, he quickly walked to the bed and replied in a deep voice: "I am the person." Fighting, my rules are the rules.”
"You!" Listening to his son's strong and domineering tone, Chen Guobang's blood suddenly surged.
Just as he was about to give a lecture, there were busy signals on the other end of the phone.
Chen Yanbei hung up the phone decisively.
"Next time he calls, just hang up." Chen Yanbei said to Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao was wrapped in quilt, showing a well-behaved face. Anyway, she had someone to support her, so she didn't worry about offending her father-in-law.
After resting at home for several days, Jiang Yao's cold was almost healed. The school curriculum was intense and there were various group assignments to complete. She could not delay any longer.
Chen Yanbei was also going out today, so he dropped Jiang Yao off at the school gate. Before getting off the bus, he told her in a deep voice: "I'll pick you up at five o'clock in the afternoon."
"Well, bye." Jiang Yao smiled and waved at him. Her class today ended at five o'clock in the afternoon.
After watching Jiang Yao enter the school, Chen Yanbei's car left.
Jiang Yao's textbooks and homework were placed in the school dormitory. There was a financial theory class in the afternoon. There was still half an hour before class, so she went back to the dormitory to get her textbooks.
"Yao Yao! You are finally here. Where have you been these past few days?"
"You left suddenly that day and worried us to death. Will you be okay when you go home?"
As soon as Jiang Yao stepped into the dormitory, she was surrounded by her roommates. She left Huo Zhai that day and fell ill after returning home. She had been at home for the past few days. There were no mobile phones in this era. The roommates had not seen her for several days and thought they Something happened to her.
Jiang Yao: "I'm fine. I just caught a cold while swimming that day. I've been recovering at home for several days."
The roommates were relieved to hear that she was okay.
Xu Mingxia remembered what Huo Jiyang asked her about yesterday and hesitated: "Yao Yao, um...next Monday is the physical education midterm exam, and we haven't fully learned the butterfly stroke yet. Yesterday I met Senior Huo at school, and he said he could help me if he had time on the weekend. We practice..."
Zhou Meiyi and Ma Jiaqi also looked at Jiang Yao. They had to respect Yaoyao's wishes in this matter.
Jiang Yao's experience of coaxing Chen Yanbei is still fresh in her mind, and she doesn't dare to learn from Huo Jiyang this time:
"You guys should make an appointment with the senior. I have something to do on the weekend, so I won't attend. Mingxia, I have no interest in Senior Huo, and I'm already married. My husband and I have a good relationship. In order not to cause misunderstanding, you won't do anything like this in the future. You don’t need to count me in, you can make the decision yourself.”
Jiang Yao simply talked away to prevent her roommate from setting up red lines for her again.
Hearing what she said, Xu Mingxia also understood: "Okay, I understand Yaoyao."
Zhou Meiyi and Ma Jiaqi also nodded.
Everyone packed up their books and set off to the classroom together.
As soon as she came downstairs, Jiang Yao was stopped by a familiar figure.
"Editor-in-chief Cha?" She was a little surprised. She didn't expect to meet Mingpao's editor-in-chief Cha Guoli at school.
Zha Guoli smiled and said: "I came here to discuss cooperation with the school. I just happened to see you walking towards the dormitory at the school gate. I am waiting for you here. Is it convenient for you now? I have something to talk to you about."
Jiang Yao looked at the watch on her wrist: "Is fifteen minutes enough?"
Zha Guoli: "Okay."
Seeing someone looking for Jiang Yao, although the roommates were curious, they didn't ask any more questions. Xu Mingxia took the remaining people and left first: "Yao Yao, you can talk about things first, we will wait for you in the classroom."
"good."
After the roommates left, Jiang Yao and Zha Guoli walked under a tree.
Zha Guoli took out a newspaper and said in a very sincere tone: "Ms. Jiang, Feng Meilin did not publish an apology in the newspaper, but our newspaper published an announcement that she had terminated her employment relationship, and sincerely apologized to you. Are you still willing to become an employee of our newspaper? Are you a contracted author?”
Jiang Yao didn't expect Ming Pao to do this. She took the newspaper and opened it. Sure enough, there was a newspaper statement at the bottom of the front page.
In the end, Feng Meilin was the one who got in the way of what happened before, and the newspaper company didn't know about it. Jiang Yao closed the newspaper and said, "Check the editor in chief, I agree to sign the contract."
Upon hearing her agreement, Zha Guoli immediately struck while the iron was hot and took out the contract he had prepared long ago: "Ms. Jiang, please take the time to read the contract first. If there are no problems, you can come to the newspaper office to sign the contract at any time."
Jiang Yao put away the contract and was about to say goodbye to Editor Cha and leave.
Suddenly a girl wearing black-rimmed glasses rushed out from the diagonal stab, grabbed Editor Zha's arm, and begged:
"Editor-in-Chief Cha, would you like to see if my novel is good? I have submitted it to Mingpao dozens of times, but I have been rejected every time. Please tell me, how can I get signed to Mingpao?!"
The girl's face was sallow, her figure was thin, and the dark circles under her eyes were thicker than the black frames of her glasses. It was hard to tell how long she had stayed up late to look like this, but her hands were surprisingly strong. Zha Guoli suddenly Didn't break away.
Jiang Yao was a little frightened when she saw this, but she still stepped forward and said, "Classmate, let go first. If you drag Editor Cha like this, he won't be able to help you read the manuscript."
"I won't let him go! Let him go and run away! I finally waited for this opportunity to meet!" The girl was determined. She turned around and saw the contract in Jiang Yao's hand. She was aggrieved for a moment.
"Why can you sign the contract but I can't? I have been writing novels for three years! Three whole years and dozens of first drafts of outlines, but none of them have been selected. Why can you do it?!"
The more the girl spoke, the angrier she became. Looking at Jiang Yao's face, she suddenly smiled sinisterly and said, "Isn't it because you have some shady deal with Editor Cha? You rely on your face to get your position!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Miss Jiang signed the contract based on her strength." Zha Guoli scolded the girl. He didn't dare to get involved with the eldest wife of the Chen family, otherwise, Feng Meilin would be his end.
Jiang Yao was often questioned because of her face in later generations. When she heard this, she didn't have any trouble in her heart. She looked at the backpack behind the girl. The bulging bags seemed to be filled with notebooks. It seemed that she had put a lot of effort into her creation.
She still had a good impression of people who were diligent and persistent, so she discussed with the girl: "Hey, how about you take out the manuscript and I can read it for you? If you hold on to the editor like this, he won't be able to read the manuscript for you. "
Editor-in-chief Cha also cooperated: "Ms. Jiang is the first female author of serial novels signed by our newspaper. Her opinions will be helpful to you."
The girl's original purpose was to find out why her manuscript was rejected. After a moment of hesitation, she threw off the backpack on her shoulders and said to Jiang Yao: "Read it yourself. All the novels written recently are in it."
"Okay." Jiang Yao opened the other party's backpack. The notebooks were all written with time numbers. She quickly picked out the one she had recently submitted.
The name of the novel is "Dragon Ball Romance", which tells the story of a little beggar who accidentally picked up a dragon ball after being knocked off a cliff, and then accidentally ate the dragon ball and became the young master of the dragon clan.
After reading the outline of the novel and then reading the beginning, Jiang Yao said: "Your writing style is good, and the novel is also very immersive, but -"
"But what?" the girl asked.
Jiang Yao: "It's just that your storyline is too cliche, and your readers' positioning is not clear. Judging from your subject matter and setting, you should be trying to attract male readers, but the emotional entanglements of the protagonist in your plot account for most of it, and he is obviously not a male reader. What readers want to see. They prefer to watch a counter-attack and a slap in the face, with a beautiful woman taking the initiative to embrace him, rather than a beggar falling in love with a eldest lady and not being able to love her."
Girls had never thought of what Jiang Yao said before, but when they heard it at first, they suddenly felt like enlightenment.
"Then can I pass the manuscript if I make the changes you said?"
Jiang Yao: "I can't guarantee you that the manuscript will be completed, but I see that you are obviously good at writing emotional dramas. Why do you keep writing plots about grievances and grievances that men like to watch? Why don't you open up your mind and write about the young master and the young lady? You write the love-hate entanglement between people with ease, and female readers also like to read it more."
"Check the editor." Jiang Yao took this opportunity to give the newspaper some advice, ""In fact, the newspaper could consider opening a few more columns for women's serial novels. The market for female readers is not smaller than that of male readers. If Ming Pao accumulates a group of loyal female readers, Readers, if we increase our influence among women, more clothing, home furnishing, and cosmetics businesses will place advertisements in Mingpao, and the newspaper's revenue will also increase. "
Her words touched Zha Guoli's heart: "Ms. Jiang has a thorough research on the market! We have been thinking about how to increase the sales of newspapers, so the requirements for submitted works have become higher and higher, and as a result, the sales have also dropped. There has been no improvement, so now we are having meetings to study expanding into the female market.”
"This lady," Zha Guoli turned to encourage the girl who was holding her arm, "we are going to add a women's column. Just change it as Miss Jiang said. After the changes are completed, you can try to submit again."
After getting the answer she wanted, the girl didn't hold on and finally let go.
"Okay, I will trust you again."
After the storm subsided, Jiang Yao lowered her head and glanced at her watch. get out of class was about to end.
She felt lonely in class today, so she went directly to the school gate to wait for Chen Yanbei.
"Xuemei Jiang?!" At the school gate, Huo Jiyang happened to come in with his schoolbag on his back and saw Jiang Yao standing there at a glance.
Jiang Yao nodded politely to him: "Senior Huo."
Huo Jiyang pulled on the shoulder strap of his schoolbag, "Um, Junior Jiang, last time..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a rapid and continuous sound of horns nearby. Huo Jiyang turned around and saw a Maybach parked not far from him, with the window slowly lowered.
In the car, Chen Yanbei pursed his thin lips tightly and looked at the two of them with a cold expression.
"Not yet." He said solemnly.
Huo Jiyang thought he was calling him, so he took a few steps over, only to see Jiang Yao running in front of him——
Open the door, get in the car, and fasten your seat belt, all in one go.
Huo Jiyang stared blankly at Jiang Yao and Chen Yanbei sitting in the car, his mind going blank.
Xuemei Jiang, Mr. Chen?
Him, them?
Chen Yanbei didn't give him time to react, and said calmly: "Ji Yang, call me sister-in-law."
sister in law? !
Huo Jiyang's face turned pale, his lips were slightly open, and he stared at Jiang Yao's face in shock, unable to speak.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Yao was a little embarrassed. This time, her roommate was not here. Jiang Yao explained: "Senior Huo, actually...he is my husband. Please help me keep it secret from my roommate. I'm afraid they will tell me..." I’m stressed out.”
After a while, Huo Jiyang seemed to have digested this fact and slowly uttered the word "good".
"Let's go." Chen Yanbei raised the car window and glanced at Huo Jiyang's face lightly.
Huo Jiyang only felt a chill on his back, and his mind instantly recalled the last time he was at Huo's house, when he kept saying he wanted to help Jiang Yao get a divorce.
Ruined!
He must be vindictive by Master Chen!
inside the car.
After bumping into Huo Jiyang, Chen Yanbei's expression remained cold and cold, and he did not speak to Jiang Yao in the car.
Jiang Yao crossed her arms and rubbed them a few times. The air pressure in the car was too low.
"Well, it was just a coincidence that I met Senior Huo today. I was standing there waiting for you."
Jiang Yao tentatively explained.
Chen Yanbei didn't even look at her.
Jiang Yao held the man's sleeve with her little hand and continued to coax: "Are you angry? We just said hello. Now that he knows our relationship, he will definitely not look for me again in the future."
"By the way, aren't you going to teach me how to swim? We have a physical education test next week..."
Jiang Yao looked at him with bright eyes and her tone was coquettish.
Finally, Chen Yanbei had some reaction, glanced sideways at Jiang Yao, and said in a low and slow voice, "Well, I'll teach you when I get home."
