Chapter 22 p2
The pre-sale for the reprint of The Fallen Jade Branch had just ended, and the publisher’s signature pages had been sent to Yan Lu’s home. There were a full seven large boxes, all piled up in the study by Yan Lu, making the natural light in the room much dimmer.
And at this moment, Yan Lu was sitting at the computer desk, signing the publisher’s signature pages while on a voice call with someone.
The person on the other end of the voice call had a soft and delicate voice, a little unfamiliar, yet somehow a little familiar.
She kept talking about something, sometimes about food, sometimes about fun, sometimes chatting about novels, and sometimes complaining about people and things that were incomprehensible.
Yan Lu listened quietly, occasionally saying “mmm” to show that she was still listening.
Jian Xin lay in the duck nest, her mood not particularly bright.
Xin Xin’s body was like a little fireball, pressed tightly against her side. Even with the air conditioning on, it made the duck feel inexplicably irritable.
This dog is already so old, can’t it sleep independently? she thought.
It clearly has such a large tent dog bed, why does it have to come and squeeze into a small convertible duck nest with a duck every day?
And Yan Lu, who is she on a voice call with now?
She needs someone to keep her company even when she’s signing autographs, is that it?
And even if she finds someone to keep her company, that young lady has been talking for so long, and she doesn’t even have a big reaction, and she doesn’t get scolded—to be so tolerant, what is their relationship?!
The little duck curled into a ball, staring with its beady eyes, unable to stop guessing in its heart.
Suddenly, a sentence came from the other end of the voice call, “Honey, how much longer do you have to sign?”
The duck couldn’t help but lift its head, unconsciously stretching its neck forward.
What honey?
Yan Lu: “I don’t know.”
“Then how many have you signed?”
“I can’t count. There are several boxes of paper, and I haven’t even finished one box yet,” Yan Lu’s voice seemed to have a faint sense of doom. “I shouldn’t have agreed to sign them all during the pre-sale period.”
“My dear author, do you really not know how popular The Fallen Jade Branch is right now?” The person on the other end of the voice call sighed, a hint of “it’s easy for you to say” in her tone. “Even if you want to spoil your readers, you can’t agree to such conditions from the publisher.”
“I’ve already agreed. What can I do?” Yan Lu said, shaking her right hand and continuing to sign.
“How pitiful. If it weren’t for me, a gentle, beautiful, and understanding little fairy who accidentally fell into the human world, to keep you company from time to time, what would you do?” the girl on the other end of the voice call said with a grin. “Quick, say, thank you, little fairy!”
Yan Lu was also amused by her and replied with a smile, “Thank you, little fairy.”
In the unnoticed duck nest, a little duck suddenly stood up straight, stood on its tiptoes, stretched its neck, and flapped its wings in annoyance.
—Are they flirting? They’re flirting, right!
These two are dating, right?!
That’s right, Yan Lu is so successful now, there must be a lot of people pursuing her. It’s very normal for her to have dated or be dating someone.
Damn it, I’ve lost!
I’ve been single since I broke up with Yan Lu, and I haven’t had a second spring at all!
For a moment, Jian Xin felt that her strange competitive spirit had suffered an irreversible blow!
Her unwillingness was unknown to anyone, but Xin Xin, who was beside her, cracked open an eye.
It seemed to see that the duck was very uneasy at the moment, so it stretched out a paw and pressed the duck’s long-stretched neck back to its chest, as if to tell this little guy—sleep well, don’t mess around!
This is intolerable!
Jian Xin, without a second word, turned around and swung a wing at Xin Xin!
Xin Xin’s eyes flew open, but before it could react, the duck had already run to Yan Lu’s feet, tilting its head up and quacking.
“Quack quack quack, quack quack quack quack quack!” Stop being lovey-dovey with your little fairy who fell into the human world for a moment!
“Quack ahh—” A dog is bullying me, are you going to do something about it!
Yan Lu looked down at Cauliflower, her gaze a little puzzled.
“Why is your duck quacking?” the little fairy on the other end asked with a laugh.
“I don’t know,” Yan Lu replied, putting down her signing pen, bending down to pick up the little duck from the floor, and placing it on her lap, gently rubbing its little head a few times. “What’s wrong again? Did Xin Xin bully you again?”
The moment her words fell, Xin Xin also came to her feet, wagging its tail, and sat down obediently under her gaze, looking as harmless as could be.
If only a duck could roll its eyes, she would have rolled them at this little dog.
“Woof~~ woo woof!”
“Quack!! Quack ahh!!!”
I don’t understand, but barking back is always the right thing to do.
“Woof woo~~ awoo?”
“Quack quack quack! Ahh ahh ahh quack quack quack!”
What are you barking at?!
When it comes to volume, I’ve never lost in my life!
“Woof woof! Woof woof woof woof woof!”
“Quack quack quack ahh ahh—quack quack quack!”
A duck’s quack is just that loud, and it has an absolute advantage over a small Corgi in terms of volume!
“Your two little ones are so noisy.”
“I’m used to it,” Yan Lu laughed.
“Quack?!”
Jian Xin was on alert, tilting her head up and quacking at the computer a couple more times.
“Quack quack quack quack quack! Quack quack quack!”
This little fairy, do you have any awareness of being a partner!
“Quack ah, quack quack quack quack ahh ahh ahh ha!”
Cauliflower and Xin Xin are Yan Lu’s family. If you really want to be with Yan Lu, you have to accept them, okay!
“Quack?!”
You’re complaining that they’re noisy?
“Quack quack quack quack—quack!!!”
I’m the first to disagree with this marriage on behalf of Cauliflower and Xin Xin!
Jian Xin wanted to continue to rant. After all, she was wearing a duck’s disguise, so no matter how crazy she acted, she wouldn’t lose face.
However, the next second, Yan Lu pinched her flat beak.
Jian Xin: “…”
Ever since the day she could turn into a duck, this was the first time Yan Lu had pinched her beak!
Was it because she was disturbing that little fairy?
New love and old love, there really is a difference in treatment.
No, what old love…
She might not be Yan Lu’s old love.
The dependence on a person when one is young and helpless, what kind of feeling should that be classified as? Who can say for sure?
At this thought, Jian Xin couldn’t help but let her head droop.
The white, chubby little duck slowly, slowly, collapsed into a deflated duck pancake.
Having controlled the duck, Yan Lu then coaxed the Corgi for a while.
A short while later, the study became quiet again.
“These two little ones are like this, fighting and making a fuss every day, but when they’re tired, they have to sleep together, like a pair of little rivals,” Yan Lu said, stroking the little duck’s feathers.
“Rivals, rivals—” said the unknown little fairy, “if they don’t sleep together, how can they be called rivals?”
Xin Xin: “Woof!”
Little Fairy: “What is Xin Xin barking about?”
Yan Lu: “It’s agreeing with you.”
Little Fairy: “Xin Xin is so cute!”
Jian Xin: “…”
The little duck gritted its teeth, its small body curling up even tighter.
What kind of life is this?
Heartbroken by dramas, heartbroken by novels, my leg injury still hasn’t healed, I’ve transmigrated into a duck, I’ve been bullied by a dog, and now I have to listen to my ex and my ex’s suspected current girlfriend’s sweet voice call…
Is this really right?
Is this supposed to be my life?
Little Fairy: “Aiya, I can’t keep you company for much longer. The plane is about to take off!”
Yan Lu: “Have a safe flight.”
Little Fairy: “My dear author, why are you so cold? I’ve been with you for a full two hours!”
Yan Lu thought for a moment and said with a laugh, “If I remember correctly, two hours ago, it was you who said you were bored waiting for the plane and asked me to chat with you for a while, right?”
Little Fairy: “…Forget it, forget it, I’m a fairy, I won’t argue with you. I have to catch a flight early tomorrow morning, so I have to get some sleep. You should rest early too—bye-bye!”
The moment her words fell, the voice call also ended.
Jian Xin tilted her head.
Catch a flight? What catch a flight?
She couldn’t help but tilt her head up and try hard to look at the computer screen.
The next second, the little duck couldn’t help but widen its beady eyes, which seemed to not get much bigger no matter how wide she opened them!
The person who had just been calling her “honey” and calling herself a little fairy was actually the popular young actress, the female lead of the hit drama The Fallen Jade Branch—Lin Xiyu!!!
No wonder her voice was a little familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she had heard it.
If it’s Lin Xiyu…
Jian Xin tried hard to remember.
Back when she was in the hospital and said she liked Lin Xiyu, Yan Lu’s words always seemed to be barbed.
Why be so barbed?
Their relationship was no longer what it used to be.
Thinking back now, Yan Lu’s passive-aggressive attitude at that time was probably related to Lin Xiyu.
So—
Yan Lu isn’t really in an underground relationship with a celebrity of this level, is she?!!
Oh my god, what is all this!!
Great Duck Spirit, did you have to tie me here at a time like this?
This is very personal, and I don’t want to know at all, okay?!
