RBCT Chapter 24 was submitted to *Science Fiction Vision*.
Chapter 24 was submitted to *Science Fiction Vision*.
On set, Gu Yanxi and Fei Yuxi, two girls, were whispering to each other.
What are they talking about?
"I don't know, maybe it's related to the script." Gu Yanxi had never met such a friendly girl before, and her little mouth kept touching her ear.
"You think Brother Jin Nian is handsome, right?"
"No one is as good-looking as me." You can make up whatever you want about other aspects, but Gu Yanxi is going to defend her looks.
"You're so mean, huh? Then tell me who's more handsome."
"I'm still more handsome," Gu Yanxi said coldly, arms crossed.
But you're a girl, Fei Yuxi thought, taking another look at the girl in front of her. She had to admit that the girl was indeed somewhat handsome.
Teacher Xiaofei is a bit of a looks-obsessed person. After looking at the girl for a while, she leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. Mmm, she couldn't resist the sweet smell.
"Well, this is your punishment. Admit it, Brother Jin Nian is still more handsome."
Gu Yanxi was stunned. The fire burned from her neck to her ears. She tried to cover it with her hair but found that she was a short-haired girl.
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"That's why I say the entertainment industry is completely rotten. Many young male idols can't even be good-looking."
The three boys from the middle and young schools chatted for a long time about all sorts of things.
In the end, Qin Chuan, fearing the pressure from his sister, ended the chat:
"It's getting late, I need to take my niece home."
Director Mo watched with reluctance as his two friends, despite their age difference, got into their car and left.
After a sweltering day, Langya City finally cooled down. The cicadas by the roadside fell silent, the car windows rolled down, and the wind blew onto the faces of the people inside.
The assistant drove quite steadily.
Qin Chuan sat in the passenger seat, fiddling with a Rubik's Cube. After solving one side, he couldn't solve the second side.
Since there wasn't anything important to discuss with the famous director, Luo Jinnian handed him the book she had just written, "Take Her Eyes With You."
Qin Chuan was initially resistant to the boy's notebooks, given his previous experiences—one with "The Little Prince," the other with "Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse"—this kid always liked to show him unfinished stories.
But after thinking for a while, he couldn't resist the allure of the boy's story, so he gritted his teeth and started reading. He became so engrossed that it took him a long time to snap out of his reverie.
The story was good, but Qin Chuan's first thought was that a young boy could actually write a complete story.
Although the story has a bad ending, he truly witnessed the boy's story from beginning to end.
"Are you going to submit your work to *Science Fiction Vision*?"
Director Qin Chuan knew his responsibility; he was the spokesperson for this young literary genius in front of him, and giving him the manuscript meant he would help submit it.
"I didn't expect you to write such good science fiction. Sigh, young people these days are terrifying."
Although the science fiction written by the teenager did not involve much professional knowledge, the most valuable aspect of the content was human emotions, which is even more frightening. It shows that the teenager can perfectly bypass the areas he does not know and try to write about a field he is new to.
"If everyone's writing science fiction, is there any other good place for science fiction writers in China?" Luo Jinnian's meaning was quite clear.
The two seemed to have no doubt that the manuscript could be published in "Science Fiction Vision," a top science fiction magazine in China, which amazed the assistant.
"That's right, I'll send it to you when I get back today."
Luo Jinnian nodded with a smile:
"Thank you, Uncle Chuan. Today, Uncle in sunglasses asked me to talk about filming 'Grandma,' but I declined when you talked to me about it before, so..."
"It's alright. He definitely didn't take it to heart, so you can go back and rest. You're all tired today."
The renowned director waved his hand, offering words of comfort.
Luo Jinnian was actually saying this to Qin Chuan. He meant that he had refused all authorizations, and that he was addressing the issue, not the person.
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As soon as I got home, I could smell the war in the air.
Luo Jinnian tiptoed to hide, but he didn't have his own room in the whole house, so he could only carefully hide in his sister's room.
The girl was covered by a blanket, with tear stains on her pillow, curled up like a helpless puppy.
"Little brother, you're back."
"What are they arguing about this time?"
"I don't know. We were just arguing." Chu Qingning's voice was still trembling with a hint of a sob, soft and sweet.
Just as Luo Jinnian was about to offer some words of comfort, a mint was stuffed into his mouth.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you."
The young woman was strong because of her elder sister, and looking into her almond-shaped eyes full of spring water, Luo Jinnian only felt that his sister was so cute. He bent down and cooperated:
"Yes, sister, you must protect me."
Chu Qingning stroked her younger brother's head, a smile playing on her lips.
It was pitch black outside, as thick as ink that couldn't be dissolved, and the two children were talking in soft voices.
"Do you know the name of the smiling cat I asked you to draw yesterday?"
"...Laughing Cat?"
"Yes, it is the protagonist of the story I'm going to write next, 'Laughing Cat Diary,' a cat that always laughs."
Luo Jinnian diverted the girl's attention by softly telling her the stories he loved to hear the orphanage director read to him in his past life.
However, back then, the dean would just pick up whichever book the storybook was reading and read it aloud.
Later he learned that the first volume of "Laughing Cat Diary" was called "The Nanny Dog's Conspiracy".
The story is about a purebred German Dachshund named "Old Man" who was once his owner's favorite dog. However, after his owner brought home a purebred Collie named "Handsome Boy," Handsome Boy gradually fell out of favor as he became more and more perfect.
Laughing Cat first encounters them at Green Lake Park and notices that the nanny dog "Old Man" looks at Handsome Boy with jealousy in its eyes.
The "old man" meticulously planned several murders of the handsome young man.
Thanks to Laughing Cat's clever intervention, they all escaped danger, but Handsome Boy remained completely unsuspecting of his trusted nanny dog.
In the end, the "old man" planned a car accident to kill the handsome boy and then commit suicide himself. As a result, he was run over by the wheels. Before dying, he confessed to the handsome boy, and the handsome boy tearfully chose to forgive him.
Luo Jinnian had hoped that listening to the story would cheer the girl up, but he hadn't expected that the girl's focus would be on something strange.
"Du Zhenzi's mother. Is she my brother's mother?"
Du Zhenzi is the owner of the laughing cat in the story. Du Zhenzi's mother is particularly strict with her daughter, and the whole story is very depressing whenever it involves her educating her child.
That's why my sister said that Du Zhenzi's mother was writing about middle-aged women.
Luo Jinnian laughed, and upon closer inspection, it really was true—then "Laughing Cat Diary" should be written even more, and it must be written after he becomes famous so that middle-aged women are condemned by everyone.
Did you like this story?
The girl nodded. She liked the smiling cat, the underbite, and every character in the story.
"Laughing Cat Diary is the beginning of our joint efforts. I wish us a pleasant collaboration."
The noise outside the room continued unabated.
The two children held hands tightly.
"Gurgle~"
The girl's face flushed red.
Luo Jinnian took out the rolled-up pancakes from his backpack. These were originally a snack he had prepared for himself, but now he generously brought them out for his business partner.
Chu Qingning ate her pancake, and Luo Jinnian remained silent as they gazed quietly at the stars outside the window.
"It's a shooting star!"
The girl hurriedly swallowed the pancake in her mouth, crumbs still at the corners of her lips, and closed her eyes to make a wish.
Following suit, Luo Jinnian also started making wishes:
I hope for world peace.
I hope everyone will be better off tomorrow.
I also hope that he can leave this home this year.
at the same time,
Fei Yuxi, still catching up on her homework; Qin Chuan, revising the script; the sunglasses-wearing director, munching on sunflower seeds with his assistant; Gu Yanxi, accompanying her mother to archery practice; the homeroom teacher, staying up all night grading homework; the middle-aged woman, still arguing with her stepfather…
Everyone saw the shooting star; some closed their eyes to make a wish, some quietly admired the fleeting beauty, and some simply watched without caring.
Luo Jinnian once came across a passage while reading the Book of Changes:
The greatest virtue of Heaven and Earth is life, and the beginning of life is nothing but ultimate beauty.
The world and life must have started with beauty.