Please sign for your missing male ticket [Liao Zhai]

10

Ignoring what the fox fairy had told me not to make a sound, I lifted the red cloth and called out Pu Songling with a loud voice.The middle-aged man who had already walked to the door turned around when he heard the sound. I looked at the reaction of the middle-aged man and realized that the middle-aged man was really Pu Songling.In other words, it is Pu Songling in the world of Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio.

I have been calling Pu Songling's name, and the eyes of the old man suddenly became less kind.I know that the old man is concerned about my rude address, but what is Pu Songling's name?

The old man minded, but Pu Songling himself was not very displeased. He walked towards me a few steps and asked, "I wonder who you are?"

—a person who walks into a book you write.

Swallowing the real answer back to my stomach, I said a side answer.

"I'm Wang Yixi, and I admire your talents and learning very much."

Pu Songling raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing the name I reported, then shook her head with a smile, as if she didn't believe what I said.He rubbed his cuffs and wanted to say something, but was stopped by the questioner.

"It's getting late, if I don't go anymore, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back."

Pu Songling stopped rubbing the cuffs, but her hands were still on the edge of the sleeves.He turned to look at the interrogator, and said: "I have a good relationship with this little friend, and I want to chat with him a little more. I have to ask Zhenmei and Mr. Niandong to take Ji Wen's medicine back."

11

All in all, I just met Pu Songling in this way.

12

When I returned to brother Tang's house with Pu Songling, it was completely dark.Pu Songling was just looking for an excuse so that he could walk away from the interrogator Gao Zhenmei, but he didn't expect that the excuse he used was just an excuse for me to forcefully pull him back.Pu Songling didn't want to say that he used me as a cover, so he had to go to brother Tang's house according to my wishes.

Brother Tang first went to the neighbor's house to borrow wine and cooked a few quick dishes, and then he managed to gather a table of wine and food.Pu Songling was very cramped at first because of the free food, so he walked around the kitchen a few times, looking like he wanted to help.

Pu Songling had his heart, but not his craftsmanship.He idling around a few times but couldn't find a place where he could help, so the expression on his face became more and more cramped.Pu Songling didn't relax until brother Tang gave Pu Songling a rag and asked Pu Songling to help wipe the table.

I glanced at the clean table in the main room, and felt that this scene was a bit familiar.

Did brother Tang also send me to wipe the clean table?At the beginning, Brother Tang was also trying to make me relax?

Brother Tang seemed to see what I was thinking. He handed me the dish and said, "It's different."

What's the difference?Brother Tang said half a sentence and left half a sentence, and the remaining half sentence made my heart itch.It's different...Brother Tang is saying that his purpose of doing that is different from what I thought?Why did brother Tang do that? Is it true that he forgot to wipe that table as he said at the time?

Suddenly, there was a beeping sound from the lamp lit by the stove.I looked at brother Tang's softer smile under the light, and suddenly I didn't want to break the casserole and ask the bottom line.Right now, I just want to ask Brother Tang a very clichéd question.

"When did you see me?"

Brother Tang casually poured some oil into the pot. The water was not completely dry when the pot was brushed earlier. As soon as the oil was put into the pot, there was a burst of sizzling sound.Brother Tang stepped back a few steps away from the iron pan splashed with oil stars, and without looking at me, he just said, "Probably before I saw you."

... The mouth is so sweet, I'm afraid it's because honey was secretly smeared, I have to check it.

13

Brother Tang didn't smear honey on his mouth, but Pu Songling's eyes were probably about to grow needles.

Pu Songling, who had finally let go a little, shrank back to his original state after seeing my intimate contact with brother Tang.I looked at Pu Songling who was sitting at the table sullenly, and felt embarrassed for him.From the judgment at the end of the article "Huang Jiulang", it can be seen that Pu Songling must be a homophobic person.Now let him sit at the same table with two gay guys, let alone eat, I guess he can't even breathe comfortably.

Pu Songling, who was panting uncomfortably in my imagination, raised his head again after a moment of silence, and said: "This journey is very difficult, you two should not indulge in it."

Pu Songling held back for a long time, and uttered a very gentle persuasive sentence.When I saw that Pu Songling had just said this sentence and didn't have anything to say, I finally let go of the tone I raised.I still remember the sentence written in the verdict such as "breaking the sleeves and dividing the peaches, it is inevitable to hide the ugliness of the nose". If Pu Songling really said that, tonight, I really don't know how it will end.

Fortunately, Pu Songling neither uttered bad words nor continued the topic of homophobia.

Homophobia aside, Pu Songling is actually a very easy-going person.Speech is moderate, behavior is polite, and from time to time, he can make a joke for people's entertainment.Pu Songling, unlike those literati who have been immersed in books and classics for a long time, is somewhat pedantic and lofty, but he is a little more approachable.

After the initial embarrassment was over, the atmosphere at the dinner became lively again.I watched Pu Songling, whose face was stained with drunkenness after drinking a few glasses of wine, circling around, bringing the topic to the things I cared about.

When Pu Songling heard me talk about "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", she squinted her eyes and waved her hands. After sighing with embarrassment, she changed the subject and her face became smug again. "It can be regarded as a proud work."

In a few words, Pu Songling went over his original intention of writing "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" and the general content of "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio".After Pu Songling said this, I also figured out who the familiar Mr. Nian Dong is—Mr. Nian Dong is none other than Gao Heng, a young Twitter expert.

Pu Songling held up the chopsticks for a long time, finally put down the chopsticks, and took another sip of the wine.Pu Songling hissed after drinking, and said in a low voice as if he was talking to himself: "Mr. Niandong said that after a while, the first draft of "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" will be brought into the palace."

It was clear that her manuscript was going to be circulated in the palace, but Pu Songling's expression was not necessarily very happy.Compared with joy, Pu Songling's face was more worried.Looking at Pu Songling's drooping eyelids, it's not hard to figure out what Pu Songling is worried about.

I don't know when "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" became popular, but I do know that most people in the world don't understand the attitude of "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" written by Pu Songling.Just from the words of Gao Zhenmei, who is quite arrogant when talking with Pu Songling during the day, one can get a glimpse of it.Pu Songling's devotion to creating "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", in the eyes of most people, is just not doing his job properly.

I don't know if Gao Heng's tweets will push "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" to popularity, so I don't know much about it.Brother Tang, who hadn't spoken a few words to Pu Songling from the beginning to the end, asked a question.

"Sir, do you write books to become famous in the world?"

Pu Songling was stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking about it for a moment, his drooping eyelids suddenly raised again.Pu Songling's eyes are much brighter. In the words of Literary Faner, "the endless pursuit of ideals burst out from the eyes".

Sweeping away the gloom before, Pu Songling knocked down the table and said: "I wrote "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" just to express my thoughts in the book, and it doesn't matter if I am famous or not." The color is no longer so obvious.Pu Songling picked up the chopsticks and held them in his hand. Looking at the posture of holding the chopsticks, he didn't seem to be holding the chopsticks, but more like holding on to a pen that had licked enough ink. It seemed that in the next moment, Pu Songling was about to swish it.

Brother Tang and I looked at each other and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, Pu Songling was able to untie the knot in his heart and pursue what he wanted with great interest.But when Pu Songling was bound by the secular world again, his pursuit, for him, brought more than just blind joy.Well, sometimes that's where the pain comes from.People, if they have no interests, their lives may be easier.

but……

I looked at Pu Songling, who felt disrespectful and unnaturally turned the chopsticks from mid-air to the nearest dish, and felt that if people have no favorites, they will not understand , the ultimate joy brought by it.

Taking a sneak peek at Brother Tang who was serving Pu Songling more wine, I felt that Brother Tang was my favorite.

Pu Songling's half-concealed attitude towards "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" was completely removed by Brother Tang's words. "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", as Pu Songling said earlier, is his proud work.

There is no need for me to bring up the topic, Pu Songling consciously talked about the specific content of "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". There are five hundred stories in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio". I think what Pu Songling means is to go through these stories one by one with Brother Tang and me.Not to mention whether Pu Songling can memorize all these stories, it is not possible for Pu Songling to finish talking about what he memorized in one night.

After Pu Songling disregarded the darkness of the night, after telling the story of a female corpse cheating corpses in the middle of the night and killing three people one after another, and then chasing the remaining survivor, I quickly stopped Pu Songling, not wanting to continue listening to Pu Songling ghost story.

I picked up chopsticks dishes for Pu Songling, and I asked in a playful manner: "Are all the strange things written by Mr. related to ghosts?"

"Not necessarily, there are also articles about anecdotes about the world." After finishing speaking, Pu Songling glanced at me, and continued: "It just so happens that the character in one of them has the same name as you, little friend."

Same name as me?

Pu Songling told me the chapter "Shemale", and I heard all the names appearing throughout the chapter, but I really didn't hear Wang Yixie from it.After Pu Songling finished speaking, he stroked his beard and explained to me: "The real name of Wang Erxi here is Wang Yixi. Wang Erxi is just his pseudonym."

Wang Erxi's real name is Wang Yixi?