Chapter 36: The Counselor is a Big Mouth

"It's true! Teacher, on the website where he published the novel, there is already an announcement on the homepage, and it clearly states that one hundred thousand copies have already been pre-sold!"

Song Chao, who was sitting next to Cao Sheng, answered the counselor's question before Cao Sheng could speak.

The others chimed in all at once.

"Right! It's absolutely true!"

"Teacher! I also saw that announcement on Banyan Tree, Cao Sheng is really awesome now!"

"It's true!"

"It seems it's being published by a publisher called Huacheng."

Hearing their clamoring answers, the smile on Lu Xiangwei's face deepened. He nodded slightly, looked at Cao Sheng with a smiling gaze, and after the voices died down, Lu Xiangwei asked, "Hey! Cao Sheng, since your book is being published, can you give me a copy for my collection? If not, I can go buy one later."

Could Cao Sheng refuse?

Besides, he had always quite liked Lu Xiangwei as a counselor.

When "I Desire to Become an Immortal" was published before, he had thought about giving a sample copy to Lu Xiangwei. Now that Lu Xiangwei had taken the initiative to ask for one, he naturally had to give him this face.

He nodded immediately and said with a smile, "Teacher, even if you didn't ask, I would have given you one later. Once the publisher sends me the sample copies, I will definitely give you one right away."

Lu Xiangwei was very happy and nodded repeatedly, "Good, good! Then I'll be waiting."

"I want one too! I want one too!"

"Yeah! I want one too!"

"Cao Sheng! Can you give me one too?"

The surrounding classmates clamored one after another. Cao Sheng was both happy and helpless; he could only spread his hands, indicating that the publisher couldn't possibly give him that many sample copies, and he jokingly told everyone to buy a copy to support him when it came out.

For a moment, his area was quite lively.

The attention of the entire class was on him.

Including Wu Can, who had pursued him before.

Wu Can, sitting in the front row of the classroom, turned her head to look at Cao Sheng in the middle of the crowd. She bit her lip, her expression quite complex.

Ever since Cao Sheng embarrassed her last time, she had changed her target in a fit of anger and started dating a boy in another major who was taller and more handsome than Cao Sheng.

Originally, she felt quite vindicated, thinking: What are you acting so arrogant for, Cao Sheng? I've found someone even more handsome than you now.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that the handsome guy she had found seemed to be all show and no substance compared to Cao Sheng, and she suddenly felt it was dull and uninteresting.

She felt a bit sour inside.

She had originally thought that Cao Sheng, who was riding high today, would at least glance at her, but she discovered that Cao Sheng hadn't looked her way even once.

Not long after, Lu Xiangwei left the classroom, walking with a light step and a full smile toward the department's office building.

Judging by his expression, he seemed even happier than Cao Sheng.

Arriving at the department office building, he went straight to the door of the department head's office and knocked on the open door. The department head sitting behind the desk looked up.

Lu Xiangwei was all smiles, "Director, may I come in?"

Department Head Wu Chengping nodded slightly, not known for smiling, "Come in!"

Lu Xiangwei walked quickly to the desk, sat down, and said with some excitement, "Director! Do you know? A student in our class wrote a novel that is confirmed to be published. It is said that one hundred thousand copies have already been pre-sold! One hundred thousand copies! Don't you think that's impressive?"

Wu Chengping, who was about to lower his head to continue reviewing documents, frowned upon hearing this and looked at Lu Xiangwei in surprise, "What did you say? A student in your class wrote a novel? And it's going to be published?"

Lu Xiangwei nodded repeatedly.

Wu Chengping's frown deepened, and he raised his hand to touch his bald, shiny forehead, "And one hundred thousand copies were pre-sold?"

Lu Xiangwei nodded vigorously again.

Wu Chengping: "Is the news accurate?"

Lu Xiangwei nodded again, "Accurate! Definitely accurate! Several of that student's roommates have seen a woman come to the school to find him to sign a publishing agency contract, and several other students have seen the announcement posted on that website. The announcement clearly and plainly states that the novel written by my student has already pre-sold one hundred thousand copies. It shouldn't be fake, really! Director."

Wu Chengping's eyes became even more puzzled, "Website? Didn't you just say it was published? Why is there a website?"

Lu Xiangwei hurriedly explained the cause of the matter.

After a while, Wu Chengping finally understood.

He, who was usually not one to smile, also had a smile appear on his face. He nodded slightly and said, "Not bad! Little Lu, it's rare! The accounting class you lead can actually produce such a talented student. Later, when that student of yours really gives you a sample copy, remember to bring it over for me to see. I want to see what kind of novel he wrote, 'Living with a Flight Attendant'... Hmm, this title looks a bit suggestive. Are you sure this isn't a dirty book?"

Lu Xiangwei was a bit embarrassed.

Because he couldn't be sure, and he also felt that the title was a bit suggestive.

Actually, he had asked Cao Sheng if this book was dirty, and Cao Sheng had said very firmly that it wasn't dirty at all.

But after all, he hadn't read the book yet, so he couldn't help but feel a bit insecure at this moment.

However, at this very moment, facing the department head's inquiry, he still subconsciously nodded, "Director, don't worry, I've asked. This book only has a slightly suggestive title, and the purpose is just to attract more people to read it, but the content inside is very proper. You can rest assured about this point."

Wu Chengping nodded, "Actually, even if it's a little dirty, it's fine. It's literature! Many great writers' works are a bit dirty. I understand this, and I'm not some old antique. As long as it's not too excessive and doesn't use filth as a selling point, I can understand it, so you don't need to be so nervous."

Lu Xiangwei was a bit surprised that Director Wu would be so open-minded. His heart relaxed, and the smile on his face became much more natural.

He nodded in agreement repeatedly.

The facts of the following days proved that the mild-tempered counselor Lu Xiangwei was a big mouth.

Over the next few days, almost every teacher who came to teach Cao Sheng and the others would ask a couple of questions about Cao Sheng's novel.

For example: When the math teacher was taking attendance before class, he called Cao Sheng's name, specifically looked up at Cao Sheng with curiosity, and asked, "Are you Cao Sheng? I heard from your Teacher Lu that you wrote a novel that is going to be published? Is that true?"

After Cao Sheng gave him an affirmative answer.

This math teacher asked again: "One hundred thousand copies have already been pre-sold?"

For example: After the English teacher walked into the classroom, she went straight to Cao Sheng, raised her hand to brush her bangs, and asked with a smile, "I remember your name is Cao Sheng, right?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

She asked again: "You're the one who wrote a novel about living with a flight attendant? Your counselor said that this book of yours is confirmed to be published, and you're planning to give him a sample copy?"

Cao Sheng nodded again.

She hesitated slightly and asked with some embarrassment, "Then, when the time comes, can you give me a copy too? I also like reading novels."

Over the course of a few days, almost every teacher had asked Cao Sheng a few questions.

Among them, two teachers asked Cao Sheng for sample copies.

Cao Sheng couldn't refuse and had to agree.

He planned to go to the bookstore to buy a few copies to give away once the book was officially on the market.

The real sample copies were too few; except for the counselor, he was reluctant to give them to other teachers.

A few days later, at noon, after Cao Sheng logged into his email on the computer at the internet cafe, he saw another email sent by Wang Jing.