Chu Sisi originally planned to go to a friend for a seafood dinner, and her friend also made many appointments with her.
"Why are you not free? Do you have a boyfriend?"
Chu Sisi's face felt a little hot. As she walked from the hospital entrance to the subway, several men had already secretly peeked at her.
But she seems to have not reached the season of love at all.
It's like a flower that blooms late in spring, but this flower is a little too late.
"Speak, are you dating your boyfriend? Oh my god, don't show off your affection in such a fancy way."
"There is no love to show off."
"It's rare that I don't have to work overtime. I'm exhausted."
"I'm working hard too. I'm working hard on my internship."
"It doesn't affect dinner. Seafood. I haven't eaten seafood for a long time. I feel like a fish out of water."
"I think you look like a sea urchin."
Chu Sisi deliberately teased Pan Xiaoqing, and the two rich ladies chatted for a full twenty minutes over dinner.
In the end, Chu Sisi couldn't resist Pan Xiaoqing, nor could she resist the temptation of seafood. She had indeed not had a seafood dinner for several months.
There were two girls of similar stature sitting in the Japanese-style private room, one was Chu Sisi, and the other was Chu Sisi’s good friend Pan Xiaoqing.
Pan Xiaoqing wore exquisite makeup, and her petite face looked even more delicate under her short, sparse hair.
Except for the dark circles under my eyes that even a little bit of powder can't hide.
"So haggard, you don't look like a columnist."
"Bah, what a great man, don't laugh at me, I just make money by writing articles."
"You're better than me. At least you can earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan by yourself every month."
"Of course, but you don't know that my father and grandfather said that every son inherits his father's business, and his daughter cannot evade responsibility. They asked me to go back and inherit the garment factory. Oh my God, the garment factory, how do I know how to interact with those machines? How do I know how to deal with those dirty workers?"
"They are not dirty. Don't talk so vulgarly."
"Mother Chu Sisi."
Chu Sisi picked up a crab leg and pushed it in front of Pan Xiaoqing, and said angrily, "What a holy mother."
The two girls each took a small bite of food. Chu Sisi had no appetite, and Pan Xiaoqing did not dare to eat more.
"You eat so little?" Pan Xiaoqing was a little surprised.
“Do you know what Psychogenic Gastrointestinal Distress Syndrome is?”
Pan Xiaoqing shook his head and took a sea urchin for himself, "Do you want it?"
Chu Sisi frowned, "Haven't you heard of it? You have been writing a health column recently, right?"
"You still remember me and know what I am doing. I take back what I said before. Notre Dame is not suitable for you. It is more appropriate to call you a partner of justice. The eldest lady of the law firm."
Chu Sisi was quite satisfied with this statement.
Since everyone in the family is a lawyer, they should be partners in justice.
Although she does not aspire to the judicial field, her ideals of helping the disadvantaged and adhering to justice have never changed.
Pan Xiaoqing swallowed a sea urchin and took a few sips of tea. She had eaten 80% of her seafood dinner.
"Eating like this is not nutritious, and being hungry without enough food is not conducive to creation."
"Why do you speak so strangely? Are all the doctors in the hospital so cold?"
"I care about you, but my good intentions are not rewarded."
Pan Xiaoqing ate two more pieces of sashimi under Chu Sisi's persuasion.
"You are a well-known author who writes health columns. Don't you need to consider your own health?"
"Speaking of which, health is indeed a big issue. I buy critical illness insurance at the beginning of every year just in case."
"You are mainly afraid of getting fat. Xiaoqing is not fat. He only weighs less than 100 pounds."
"No, you don't know. Nowadays, society has high requirements. Not only must you be able to write, but you must also be good-looking. Only in this way can you better ensure fan loyalty. You must know that I am not one of those novel writers after all. I can just rely on my works to speak for myself and stay at home. No one cares about a fat cat.
We columnists are different. We inevitably have to do interviews and other tasks, and our appearance must be worthy of everyone. "
"Then how do you control your weight? Just don't eat?"
"I'm not fat like you. I usually just...don't talk about this..."
The dark circles under Pan Xiaoqing's eyes reveal the hard work of an educated woman. She doesn't have to work so hard at all. Their clothing factory has long-term contracts with many first-line brands, and several of the masters are tailors personally ordered by designers.
"Why are you working so hard?"
Pan Xiaoqing took a sip of sake, as if asking Chu Sisi, or mumbling to herself.
"Because I don't want to be attached to anyone."
Chu Sisi smiled.
"No, your mother is very good to you. You shouldn't let her down. Sisi, stop being a psychotherapist. Go back and take the judicial examination. Why not be a girl who satisfies your family?"
"Xiaoqing, you used to be very supportive of me. When you said girls should be independent, weren't you the one who encouraged everyone in your articles? Why are you saying such depressing words now?"
Pan Xiaoqing waved his hand, "Last time you said you had a book for me to read, what book?"
Chu Sisi didn't expect Pan Xiaoqing to still remember.
Originally, it would be best to leave this matter to Pan Xiaoqing, but now, Chu Sisi is not sure whether Mu Chun will continue to write those books. I haven't seen anything written by him in the past two months or so, and he can't even remember that he has written these books.
"Hey, I'm talking to you. What are you thinking about? You're thinking so seriously."
"I only have some fragmentary manuscripts, which have not been written into books."
Chu Sisi was a little embarrassed.
"Anyway, it's not me who's difficult to deal with. It's the publisher, the novel or what?"
“It’s probably not a novel, but one of them is a bit like a novel.
Xiaoqing, is it considered a novel if it’s particularly bizarre? "
Pan Xiaoqing put on a professional look and retorted: "What to say? Of course it is not based on whether it is bizarre or not. Some social science books are also very bizarre, such as why the Chernobyl accident happened. That famous book, "Silent Spring" with the theme of environmental protection, and some popular science books and medical books are also very bizarre, but they are definitely not novels.
besides……"
Pan Xiaoqing pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice, "Don't you know that reality is stranger than fiction?
For example, you, the daughter of an international law firm, want to work as a doctor in a small place like a community hospital. Would you say it's bizarre? "
"What's the difference? Are you saying publishing houses are harder to deal with?"
"Actually, it's not difficult to deal with it if you spend some money. There are many ways to self-publish. It's easier to publish e-books. It's difficult for publishers to deal with knowledge because they have publishing ISBNs. The number of ISBNs increases every year. limited."
So, Chu Sisi felt that she thought of things too simply.
