I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

I'm not good at romance, and you're not good at writing..."

She looked up and asked, "When did he write this?"

A hint of resentment appeared on Liu Ruyan's small face: "A few months ago."

"A few months ago?" He Shiying realized the problem. "Didn't you write 'Offside Cohabitation' a long time ago?"

Gu Yuanzhen frowned and said, "What a joke! How can someone who has written such a good book as 'Offside Cohabitation' be considered bad at writing?"

The two of them were trying to stand up for Liu Ruyan, but the more they talked, the more Liu Ruyan's mood visibly dropped.

“Compared to the teacher, I’m useless…” she frowned in frustration.

Qin Yun Chu asked in a low voice, "Your teacher... Chen Ya, what's his pen name? What books has he written?"

He Shiying and Gu Yuanzhen suddenly held their breath in tension.

How amazing must a master be to be able to train such a talented apprentice?

Liu Ruyan's eyes welled up with tears again, and after a while, her voice seemed to drift from a great distance:

"I do not know."

"what?"

This answer surprised everyone.

"How could you not know?" Qin Yunchu said. "Weren't you there when he was writing?"

Liu Ruyan's voice sounded a little aggrieved: "When I started writing, my teacher had already stopped writing for ten years."

"He stopped writing? Why did he stop writing?" He Shiying asked.

He said he had finished writing all the books he had ever written and didn't want to write anymore.

"Wait a minute," Qin Yun Chu's eyes widened, "Isn't Chen Ya only 27 years old this year? He stopped writing for 10 years, so he stopped writing at 17?"

"Pfft!" Gu Yuanzhen burst out laughing.

Most writers haven't even started writing by the age of 17, but Chen Ya had already stopped writing.

These words sounded utterly ridiculous to everyone.

Gu Yuanzhen exclaimed, "He's not lying to you, is he? He's never actually written a book."

Liu Ruyan, however, looked completely at ease: "Teacher stopped writing at 17, is there a problem with that?"

Gu Yuanzhen sat up straight: "Of course there's a problem! The golden age for writers is generally between 25 and 45, and their peak is usually around 35."

This is because it is during this period that a person's values ​​and worldview are fully matured, and it is also the period when they are most creative.

That saying is so true: how can you have a worldview if you've never even seen the world? At 17, an age when you know nothing, how could you possibly write a work that moves people?

Qin Yunchu and He Shiying also frowned.

After Gu Yuanzhen explained it this way, they began to realize that something was wrong.

Could Liu Ruyan have been deceived?

Chen Ya said that Liu Ruyan was "not good at writing," but what about himself?

I don't know his pen name, his works, or anything he's ever written; he just talks a lot.

This is clearly just bragging!

Qin Yunchu asked, "Are there any writers who were active 10 years ago and then suddenly stopped writing?"

Gu Yuanzhen said with a look of disdain, "I have never heard of a writer suddenly stopping writing at the end of their creative years."

"Aren't there any sudden retirements from writing?"

“No,” Gu Yuanzhen said. “Usually, it’s because their health deteriorates and their creative ability declines that they naturally stop producing works. I’ve never heard of someone suddenly stopping writing in their prime.”

He Shiying leaned closer to Liu Ruyan; now that she was her idol, she naturally started to worry about her.

"You haven't been scammed, have you?"

Liu Ruyan remained seated in the same position, seemingly unaffected by any of these doubts.

She opened her mouth and said slowly:

"Whenever I thought I had completely mastered writing, my teacher would give me a few pointers."

After hearing his guidance, I would feel that I still don't know anything.

He's like a towering mountain, and I'm standing at its foot; no matter how I look, I can't see the summit.

The group exchanged glances.

Liu Ruyan glanced at her phone and suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no, time's almost up!"

"what happened?"

Liu Ruyan stood up: "I need to go pick up my child from kindergarten."

"child?"

Gu Yuanzhen's pupils dilated for a moment.

"Is it your child? Are you married?" Qin Yun Chu asked.

Liu Ruyan shook her head.

"It's the teacher's child. The teacher asked me to take care of him."

Chapter 9 The Burden

Chen Ya is pregnant.

Furthermore, he asked Liu Ruyan to help take care of the child.

What kind of person is this?!

Qin Yun Chu clenched her fists in anger.

He Shiying asked Qin Yunchu with a strange expression, "Is Chen Ya married?"

Qin Yunchu said in a serious tone, "His information says he is unmarried."

"If she's unmarried, where did the child come from? Could she have been divorced?"

Qin Yun Chu remained silent.

She wouldn't be surprised if a man who could pull nine girls who liked him into the same group did anything.

Whether it's a child from an ex-wife's marriage or a child from an unplanned pregnancy, entrusting the child to Liu Ruyan, who has absolutely no connection to the child, is going too far.

Qin Yun Chu had no idea how Liu Ru Yan managed to remain so calm. If it were her, she would have flipped the table long ago.

Gu Yuanzhen said in a low voice, "This is too much of a PUA."

Qin Yunchu nodded.

Getting a girl who likes you to help raise your child is already considered the highest level of PUA.

Across the street is a kindergarten. As school is about to let out, the kindergarten gradually becomes lively, filled with the laughter of children.

Liu Ruyan walked across the street, and soon returned carrying a little girl in her arms.

The girl was exquisitely beautiful, with a round face and rosy cheeks. Although she was still young, it was already clear that she was a beauty in the making.

Nestled in Liu Ruyan's arms, her small face mirrored Liu Ruyan's, a sight to behold.

The moment Qin Yun Chu saw the child, her heart softened slightly.

No matter how bad adults are, children are always innocent.

However, this only makes Chen Ya, who is irresponsible, even more despicable.

As Liu Ruyan approached, the little girl's gaze lingered on Qin Yunchu and the others, seemingly scrutinizing these strange uncles and aunts.

Liu Ruyan held the little girl and whispered in her ear, "Yingying, what is manners?"

The little girl said loudly, "Hello, uncles and aunties."

"Hmm, so good!"

Liu Ruyan stroked the girl's head.

Although the child was not her biological child, her expression showed that she loved this child as much as she would her own.

People's impression of her was that of a snow lotus on a mountain, a flower seen through the mist, but she was exceptionally gentle when she held the girl.

It's as if the Virgin Mary suddenly descended from the divine realm to earth, becoming a mortal full of maternal love.

It was this child who dispelled the thick fog that surrounded her.

Liu Ruyan put Yingying on the ground, and the little girl staggered to Qin Yunchu's side and hugged her leg.

Qin Yun Chu was suddenly hugged, her face flushed red, and she couldn't help but cry out, "Ah..."

She usually has a very aloof personality and has never been so closely approached by a child before.

Yingying tilted her little face up, her big, watery eyes looking up, and whispered, "Auntie, hug me."

She's already an adorable, delicate doll, and this little bit of coquettishness is enough to melt your heart like ice cream.

Qin Yunchu was somewhat flattered.

Liu Ruyan frowned and said seriously, "Yingying, that's impolite!"

Qin Yun Chu quickly comforted the child, saying, "It's alright, the child is very cute, I like him very much."

As she spoke, she quickly picked Yingying up in her arms.

The child nestled obediently on her shoulder, his dark, grape-like eyes darting around as he watched the person behind her.

Qin Yun Chu, on the other hand, was a little flustered. She was afraid that she was holding her in the wrong way and that she might have hurt her.

Qin Yun Chu was slightly intoxicated by the faint fragrance emanating from the little girl.

She finally understood why her mother was so eager to have a grandson.

A chubby, soft, and adorable little girl, more irresistible than cats or dogs when held in your arms, is worth indulging in.

He Shiying took a step forward, about to speak: "Teacher Ruyan, this child..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qin Yun Chu shook her head at her.

She knew what her best friend wanted to say.

However, speaking ill of a child's father or discussing topics like PUA in front of her might tarnish her innocent heart.

Seeing that Qin Yunchu had stopped her, He Shiying could only swallow her words.

She was holding back a lot of anger, wearing a crop top that showed her belly button, and her stomach was almost sticking out!

If Chen Ya appeared on the street, she would definitely give him a flying kick.

Who does this person think they are?!

Yingying turned her little head and said to Liu Ruyan, "Let's eat together."

Liu Ruyan adopted a motherly stance, placing her hands on her hips: "No way."

"Together." Yingying looked pleadingly at him.

"No, the aunties have things to do." Liu Ruyan leaned closer and looked at her. "You like this auntie that much?"

Yingying buried her little head in Qin Yunchu's shoulder: "I miss Mommy."

Liu Ruyan was speechless.

Qin Yun Chu looked up in surprise, then turned to Liu Ru Yan and asked, "What did she say?"

Liu Ruyan stared at her for a while before saying seriously, "You look a bit like her mother."

"Me?" Qin Yun Chu's face turned slightly red.

He Shiying asked somewhat stiffly, "Where is her mother?"

Liu Ruyan's expression turned somewhat somber: "Her mother...is gone."

He Shiying asked, "Where did you go? Did you abandon the child and run away from home?"

Liu Ruyan shook her head: "No...yes, she passed away."