novelraw Chapter 621 - 620: Making a Move
Chapter 621 - 620: Making a Move
Chapter 621: Chapter 620: Making a Move
After reading the contract from start to finish, Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue immediately lowered their flags and sounded the drums.
Even without needing to take it to a lawyer for review! After they exchanged glances, Han Mingyue had already stood up, taken out her phone, and politely declined the offer from the publishing house’s editor.
Because her schedule simply didn’t allow her to sign a contract, at most by the end of this year, when she finished serializing her current novel, Han Mingyue would have to devote herself wholeheartedly to studying!
The academic pressure of Junior Year and Senior High School increased year by year, and even without classes on Sundays, there were endless problems waiting for students, so how could Han Mingyue have any spare time to do these things unrelated to her studies?!
So for the next two years, it was okay to write occasionally, but maintaining the current output speed was clearly impossible!
After expressing regret, the editor from the publishing house quickly changed the subject! And between the lines, hinted at wanting to collaborate with Han Mingyue again to publish her work currently being serialized...
"Sorry! ’Path of God’ isn’t finished yet, it’s too early to talk about publishing! As for my second novel,"
"Ah! That, it doesn’t matter if it’s not completed! We can first discuss the contract, and then,"
"No!" Han Mingyue was interrupted before she could finish, so she cut off the other party’s words in kind, "I won’t discuss publishing before it’s completed! I can’t even predict the completion date right now."
"Uh!" The editor on the other end of the line was clearly taken aback but ultimately said: "All right then! If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up first."
"Okay, goodbye!"
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"Your second book’s performance is also pretty good! It’s at least more popular than both of my books, why wouldn’t they want to sign?"
Zhen Yu, who had listened to Han Mingyue’s entire phone call, asked this question as soon as she hung up.
Han Mingyue first silently pondered for a while, then said: "I think it might be because of the comparison with the first and third books! That makes the second book seem a bit...underwhelming. After all, the first book didn’t deal with ’cultivation’ progression at all,"
She suddenly laughed as she said this because the term ’cultivation’ was something Han Mingyue had learned from Zhen Yu!
"While for the third book, inspired by you, I had designed the ’Cultivation System’ in advance! Only the second book had content about the protagonist growing stronger step by step, but as you said, the distinction between each step of getting stronger was not clear enough! So,"
"So if you ever have trouble brainstorming in your future writing, remember to ask me for advice!" Zhen Yu said with a cheerful grin.
"Hehe...okay!" Han Mingyue smiled and nodded, then looked at her watch.
Then she turned to Zhen Yu and suddenly said: "We have time, come home with me!"
It wasn’t a question, but a statement.
Zhen Yu didn’t play coy, she got up at once! She notified Li Si’er and then left the internet cafe.
As soon as she walked out of the internet cafe, she didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly: "Aren’t you not staying in the dormitory every night now? Why do you want to go home at this time?"
"I’ve been going directly to your house after evening self-study recently! Since it’s on the way now, I just want to check on it."
"Oh!" Zhen Yu suddenly understood. "You haven’t seen uncle and aunt for several days, you’re thinking about them, right?"
Han Mingyue nodded, "Yes."
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When the two arrived at Yishou Pharmacy, Mr. Han and Mrs. Han were chatting in the lobby on the first floor.
As soon as they saw the two walking in side by side, Mrs. Han immediately fell silent! Mr. Han was also stunned for a moment.
"Dad! Mom! Have you had dinner?" Han Mingyue asked with concern.
Zhen Yu also greeted them, "Uncle, Auntie!"
"Ahahaha...have a seat! Sit!! Your mom and I just finished dinner! Have you two eaten? Did you come over specially? Is there something you need?" Mrs. Han’s smile was slightly embarrassed, and even though she tried to hide it, both Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue noticed.
"No, it’s nothing! We were just out looking up some information online, so we took the opportunity to come and check in," Han Mingyue explained.
Mr. Han, who had been quiet, scrutinized his son for a moment and then suddenly stood up from his chair: "Ming Yue! Come upstairs with your dad! There’s something I want to talk to you about!"
Han Mingyue blinked in bewilderment but still followed upstairs after giving Zhen Yu a ’wait for me’ look.
As soon as father and son went upstairs, only Zhen Yu and Mrs. Han were left in the lobby.
As the host, Mrs. Han naturally couldn’t neglect the daughter-in-law in her eyes! So she promptly picked up a new topic of conversation.
The conversation went on, and Mrs. Han seemed to casually drift to Zhen Yu’s daily routine.
"Xiao Yu! I heard you went on a spring outing organized by the school last Saturday, what do you usually do on Sundays?"
"If there’s something to do, I go do it! If not, I usually stay in the dorm or go to the classroom to do problems."
"Oh? And Ming Yue? You two are always together every day, does he also spend all his Sundays with you?"
Zhen Yu nodded, "Pretty much! But recently, he’s been tutoring Jiaoyang..."
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If Mrs. Han’s conversation tactics were indirect, Mr. Han’s questioning of his son was more like a straightforward interrogation!
"Sit there!"
"Oh." Han Mingyue obediently sat opposite his father, asking with a touch of confusion, "Dad, you called me up here to,"
"You and Xiao Yu, you’re not too young yourself! Dad wants to ask you, have you ever done anything inappropriate to her in private?!"
Han Mingyue’s face turned bright red in an instant! It was both out of embarrassment and anger!
What did his father mean by asking him this?! What does ’doing something inappropriate’ mean...
Before he even had a chance to answer, his father, upon seeing his son’s expression, immediately said with some understanding, "Looking at you like this, I know you rascal haven’t been honest! Haven’t done anything excessive, have you?!"
"Dad!" Han Mingyue jumped up from the sofa with a ’whoosh’! In that moment, he really wanted to storm out!
The next second, he heard Mr. Han’s stern shout, "Sit down! You don’t even ask ’why am I asking you this’ before you want to leave! Where is your brain?!"
Flushed with mortification, Han Mingyue swallowed hard but still followed his father’s words and asked, "...Why?"
"Xiao Yu’s stepsister got into trouble! Don’t ask who I heard it from! But this is a key high school! How can such outrageous things happen! Your mom and I can’t help but worry! If you end up learning bad things from these city kids..."