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Chapter 410: Miss Wu - Writer Chen Meng

Two years seems to be enough to change a person.

Zhou Leng saw the earth-shaking changes in Zhang Shouyi.

Zhang Shouhe carefully inquired about Zhang Shouyi's recent situation and his life in the past two years.

Zhou Leng's first reaction when she heard the answer was to answer it fluently and flawlessly. She didn't know why she felt weird about it.

"Shouyi, you've become darker, thinner, and more energetic. You must have suffered a lot in the past two years."

"Fourth sister-in-law, I'm just hanging around. What else can I do? I can't make it any further. I'm going back to Beicheng to seek refuge with my fourth brother and his sister-in-law."

Zhang Shouhe disagreed and said, "You should go back to see Dad first. After you left, your mother always missed you. I heard from my sister-in-law that she cried secretly many times."

"If I go back, my father will break my legs. I will go back with my fourth brother when we have time. These few days won't make a difference. I am in such a miserable state now. If my mother sees me, she will be sad again. Let's wait a little longer. Wait until I settle down in Taipei."

After a brief greeting, Zhou Leng prepared a few side dishes and bought a pot of liquor, and the two brothers drank and chatted.

Zhou Leng silently observed the two of them, mainly watching Zhang Shouyi's performance. He always felt that the timing of his return was too clever.

Zhang Shouyi is staying in the wing room temporarily. He said he will move out once he finds a house.

The next day, Zhang Shouhe called home to report that his fourth brother was safe.

Zhou Leng was busy preparing the new address of the magazine and the typesetting and printing of the next issue, so he didn't pay much attention to Zhang Shouyi.

Zhang Shouyi goes out early and comes back late, and no one knows what he is busy with.

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Zhou Leng made an adjustment to the new location of the magazine. Previously, the magazine was located in a downtown area because Wu Fengyue would go shopping and drink coffee with friends.

Zhou Leng does not have the financial resources of his third aunt Wu Fengyue, so he has now moved the magazine to Xianhui Street, where bookstores and hostels are concentrated.

The title deed of the original magazine was in Wu Fengyue's hands, so there was no need to worry about rent even if it was closed for a period of time. However, the new magazine had to pay rent, so Zhou Leng decided to start changing the content and aesthetic guidance of the magazine.

The changes in the magazine attracted people who had a close relationship with Wu Chenmin in the previous life, the down-and-out writer Chen Meng, Wu Chenmin’s second boyfriend, an alcoholic and domestic violence man.

Today's magazines are too simple, completely devoid of the elegance and luxury of the past. They have simple wooden tables and chairs, and the staff are all dressed plainly. One can only say that their style seems to be completely different from the extravagant and decadent content of their magazines.

Chen Meng was at the reception desk, his tone was already very impatient. He angrily threw a letter on the table, as if trying to control his temper. He said:

"Are you going to sever our ties with just a letter saying you're not going to cooperate? I signed the contract with you only after your editor-in-chief Wu came to my house in person. Now you say you don't want to cooperate, so why not let your editor-in-chief tell me in person?"

The new receptionist was a young man. He said with a smile on his face, "Then please ask Writer Chen to move to the reception room."

Zhou Leng was told that someone came to negotiate the termination of the cooperation. When she saw Chen Meng sitting in the reception room with his legs crossed, exuding a bohemian temperament, she felt that she had met an enemy on a narrow road.

"Who are you, Editor-in-Chief Wu?"

"I am the editor of the magazine. I heard from the receptionist that you have opinions on the termination of cooperation. What do you think? Is there anything wrong with not cooperating after the contract expires?"

Chen Meng didn't expect the other party to speak so impolitely. He frowned and looked at the beautiful woman. The other party's eyebrows and eyes were similar to those of the former editor-in-chief, so it seemed that they should be a relative.

"Editor-in-Chief Wu came to visit me personally before I accepted the contract with the magazine. I submitted my manuscripts on time and never delayed. There must be a reason for not cooperating."

Zhou Leng sat opposite Chen Meng. She looked at him expressionlessly. He was unkempt, with a scruffy beard and a very shabby shirt on his face. She couldn't even understand why Wu Chenmin would look for him.

In her previous life, Wu Chenmin went to Taipei to make a living. She was abandoned by her love and gave away her child. These blows made her depressed. Later, she met Chen Meng, and the two never had any particularly good times together.

Everything is obviously different yet similar. In the previous life, the incident with Zhao Xinhua also happened. The magazine was directly closed down, and Chen Meng lost his stable income. No one was interested in his submissions. He became an alcoholic and committed domestic violence. Now the magazine has been saved but Zhou Leng adjusted the content. Chen Meng lost his job again, but this time, no one knows who he found to vent his anger.

Chen Meng felt uncomfortable being stared at. He sat up straight and asked with his neck stiff, "Everything has a reason. What is your reason for not cooperating? Just tell me clearly and I won't bother you."

"You need reasons, but there are too many. Our magazine is mainly for women. We don't want women to rely on men, we don't want talented men to love beautiful women, but beautiful women to choose talented men, women should be self-reliant. What are you writing about? The official's daughter falls in love with the down-and-out scholar. The official's daughter is blind. The scholar rises to prominence and marries a concubine. In the end, they all live happily together. What a cliché. Our magazine is to tell women what to do, how to dress themselves up and enrich themselves, not how to be an idiot and a resentful woman and be a stepping stone for others."

Chen Meng's face turned pale and blue after hearing what he said.

"These are just the fantasies of some down-and-out scholars. The daughter of an official is the most respectful of etiquette. She has a group of maids and nannies around her. She has learned to read and study since she was a child, and she values ​​the honor of her family the most. This down-and-out scholar is really wishful thinking, daydreaming, and shameless. Our editor has already written back to you to explain the situation, and the contract has expired, but you still come to visit me. I don't understand what you are doing. Don't you have self-awareness?"

Chen Meng felt that every word the other party said was a poke at his lungs, as if an invisible hand was tearing off his fig leaf piece by piece, until he was finally naked, with no way to hide.

"You, you, you...you are going too far and humiliating me like this."

Zhou Leng said innocently: "Did I deceive him? Did I humiliate him? I was just talking about a poor scholar. Why are you so excited?"

Chen Meng was full of anger, his ears and face were red as he gasped. He glared at Zhou Leng and roared, "What do you know? This is a literary creation, with vivid and three-dimensional characters and a fascinating plot. You can't understand my story at all, and your magazine is not worthy of publishing my story."

"Oh, we don't deserve it. Please."

Chen Meng paused, but still left angrily.

When the two of them crossed each other, Wu Chenmin's soul screamed and screamed.

The two separated in their previous life because Chen Meng met a female student and they fell in love, while Wu Chenmin was beaten and thrown on the street.

Hatred was forgotten and then aroused again, and Wu Chenmin's soul roared and cried out unwillingly.

Zhou Leng sighed slightly. This client really made her feel helpless and pity.