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Chapter 21 Letter from the Publishing House

At around 9 o'clock that evening, Cao Sheng came to the Starry Sky Internet Cafe again.

He did not bring the manuscript this time, and he did not plan to stay overnight tonight. He just wanted to come and see if the publishing house had responded because he had submitted the manuscript to Xinchang Publishing House early this morning.

Logically speaking, when the publishing house receives his submission, although it will take a week or two to review it, they should give him a brief reply upon receiving his submission, such as telling him how long the review period is. Otherwise, he can't wait indefinitely, right?

It just so happened that he had a party with the girls in the dormitory tonight and drank a little wine, which affected his state. His mind was a little scattered and he was not suitable for writing.

So, unable to stay in the dormitory, he went to the Internet cafe.

I plan to surf the Internet for an hour.

Let's see if there is any response from the publisher.

By the way, I'll take a look at the current data and book reviews of "Living with a Flight Attendant" to kill time.

I went to the Internet cafe and turned on a computer.

After the computer started up successfully, he first logged into his email.

What made him slightly happy was that there was actually a new email in his mailbox.

When I clicked on it, I saw that it was indeed a reply from Xinchang Publishing House.

——Thank you for your manuscript! Your work has been forwarded to our review editor and will undergo three rounds of review. The review period is about one to two weeks. Please wait patiently for our review results.

Once the review results come out, we will inform you as soon as possible.

Thanks again for your contribution! I wish you good health and a lot of inspiration!
——Xinchang Publishing House Evergreen

……

After reading this short email, Cao Sheng's eyes fell on the three words "evergreen" at the end. For a moment, he was a little unsure what these three words meant?
Is it a blessing to the publishing house?

Or is it the online name of a manuscript editor at this publishing house?
He thought it should be the online name of the editor who received the manuscripts.

This email made him feel more at ease.

If he doesn't receive a reply from the other party for a long time, he won't know whether the other party is reviewing his new book, and he won't be sure whether he should wait foolishly for the review results that he doesn't know if he will get.

Now, he feels much more at ease and decides to wait patiently for the review results.

……

The next day, evening.

After dinner, Cao Sheng came back from the public bathroom next to the school cafeteria. As he walked into the dormitory with his toiletries and clothes, he saw several roommates looking at him.

All seven roommates were there, and seven pairs of eyes were looking at him.

This scene was not normal no matter how he looked at it. Cao Sheng subconsciously stopped at the door and asked with a smile: "Why are you looking at me like that? What? You can't find a girlfriend, so you want to find a boyfriend? Let me make it clear first! I'm not gay!"

He estimated that the girls' dormitory where they had their social gathering last night had clearly put an end to their thoughts.

So, he made this joke on purpose to liven up the atmosphere.

did not expect……

Guan Zhi stood up and walked over, saying with a complicated smile, "Cao Sheng! Congratulations. Xu Ling went back to the dormitory last night and told her roommates that you didn't have a girlfriend. Then He Xinglan said you were quite interesting and wanted to meet you alone. How about that? Are you happy?"

Cao Sheng was very surprised.

Because after the social gathering in the original time and space, none of the seven girls in the girls' dormitory liked anyone in their dormitory.

Why is the result different this time?
What went wrong?

I clearly didn't say anything last night, I just ate and drank the whole time.

What's the matter with He Xinglan?

At the social gathering in the original time and space, I talked to her several times, but she looked down on me. This time, I didn’t say a word to her, but she likes me instead?
She just likes the way I don't like her? Cao Sheng looked at the other six silent roommates, frowned and asked: "What's with that expression, brothers? Why aren't you talking?"

Wei Dongming snorted coldly and turned his head away.

Pang Yunhai curled his lips and said with a depressed expression, "What do you think? You didn't say a word last night, but the most beautiful He Xinglan fell in love with you. We spent money and effort, said so many nice things, and even shamelessly sent them back to the dormitory. What happened? None of them fell in love with any of us, and you still ask us why we didn't say anything? What do you want us to say?"

Song Chao suddenly smiled, "Cao Sheng! Do you like He Xinglan? She asked you to meet her alone tonight. Do you want to meet her?"

This question brought everyone's attention back to Cao Sheng's face.

Cao Sheng looked at his roommates' depressed expressions, smiled and shook his head.

"No! If I liked her, she would have sat next to me last night, and I would have taken the initiative to talk to her. How could I not say a word to her for the entire night?"

At this point, Cao Sheng looked at Guan Zhi in front of him, "Second brother! Please ask Xu Ling to convey my meaning. Just say that I have no intention of falling in love at the moment, and thank the other party for giving me a chance."

Guan Zhi was very surprised.

The other roommates were also stunned.

Guan Zhi: "No way? She's the prettiest girl in their dormitory! Don't you like her?"

Pang Yunhai: "Cao Sheng! Are you serious?"

Song Chao: "Isn't it too wasteful?"

Wei Dongming turned around and stared at Cao Sheng with suspicion.

Cao Sheng smiled, said no more, walked over to get the basin to put the clothes he had taken off after bathing, and prepared to wash the clothes.

He also thinks He Xinglan is beautiful.

If he met her at a different time or place, maybe he would be willing to try dating her. After all, he likes all beautiful women.

But this time he met her at a social gathering between the two dormitories.

For this social gathering, everyone else in their dormitory contributed money except him. Pang Yunhai and his friends who contributed money got nothing, while Cao Sheng won the favor of the prettiest girl in the dormitory. This already made his roommates very depressed. If he really dated He Xinglan, how would his roommates feel?

The key point is: his career is not yet successful, and he has little living expenses left. If the book "I Want to Become an Immortal" cannot be published in the near future, he will not have enough money for food.

In this situation, how can he have the mind to fall in love?

What kind of love is this?

Do you let the woman pay for every date?
He has no interest in such a shameless relationship.

……

After that day, his roommates always looked at Cao Sheng strangely.

Cao Sheng knew that it would take time to restore his relationship with his roommates.

He didn't do anything deliberately, just let things take their course.

After classes every day, I still go to the classroom in the adult education building to write manuscripts, and every other day I go to the Internet cafe to publish a chapter of "Living with the Flight Attendant".

The number of manuscripts of "I Want to Become an Immortal" on hand is increasing day by day.

In a blink of an eye, 9 days passed.

That night, he went to the Internet cafe again to spend the night, preparing to convert some of his saved manuscripts into electronic documents. After the computer started successfully, he habitually logged into his email box.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw a new email in his mailbox.

When he opened the email and saw that it was from Xinchang Publishing House, he became nervous.

(End of this chapter)