Chapter 40: Did They Print the Wrong Font?

Out of curiosity, Geng Yong felt like tearing the hole on the envelope a bit bigger to see what books were actually inside.

After all, the envelope was already broken with a hole.

But the integrity of being a class monitor stopped him from doing such a thing.

Yet his heart felt as if scratched by a cat, itchy and full of curiosity.

Because of this curiosity, when he delivered this registered letter to Cao Sheng's dorm and saw Cao Sheng was not there, he didn't rush to leave; instead, he found a stool to sit on and chatted with a few people in Cao Sheng's dorm. He wanted to wait for Cao Sheng to return and ask if he could take a look at what books were inside the envelope, to satisfy his curiosity.

If it really were books helpful for writing, he wanted to note down the titles and buy a couple of copies to read later.

If they were some kind of novels, he wanted to borrow one to read; he himself quite liked reading novels, and before entering university, he had already read quite a few of Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels.

It's just...

Today, Cao Sheng did not return for a long time.

Geng Yong waited left and right, but still could not wait for Cao Sheng.

And since he kept delaying his departure, people gradually found it strange.

The first person to feel it was strange was Guan Zhi; he felt the topics Geng Yong chatted about with them were becoming more and more boring, already seeming like he was making conversation just to fill the silence, yet Geng Yong still sat in their dorm, simply not leaving.

"Hey! Class monitor, I'll ask you one thing, don't get angry!"

Guan Zhi couldn't help but want to ask.

Geng Yong nodded, smiling, "What is it? Speak!"

Guan Zhi: "Um, class monitor, do you have some other matter with Cao Sheng? I'm not rushing you away; I just feel like you are specifically waiting for him to return. Do you have something to ask him?"

At this moment, Wei Dongming, Pang Yunhai, and others in the dorm also looked curiously at Geng Yong.

They also sensed Geng Yong's abnormal behavior.

Geng Yong glanced at them, then looked again at that registered letter placed on Cao Sheng's desk, and gave a self-mocking smile, "Mm, yes! I did want to wait for him to return."

"You have something? If I can help, just tell me! If I can help, I will definitely help you!"

Guan Zhi's curiosity was aroused.

Geng Yong shook his head, "It's nothing major, just a bit curious about what books are in Cao Sheng's envelope. I wanted to wait for him to return, open it, and see if I could take a look. If they are novels or books about writing, hehe, I wanted to borrow one from him to read for two days. That's all. I didn't expect him to not be back until now; I don't even know where he went."

In these days, none of them had mobile phones; if they wanted to contact someone, there was no other way.

"What books?"

Guan Zhi subconsciously looked at that registered letter on Cao Sheng's desk.

When he saw the registered letter's envelope had a thumb-sized hole, he immediately got up out of curiosity, walked over, picked up the registered letter, used his fingers to pry open the hole on the envelope, and peered inside from various angles with his eyes.

After peering for a while, he suddenly saw a few small golden characters.

When he clearly saw three of those characters, his eyes widened, and his expression became very surprised.

Geng Yong and the others were all watching Guan Zhi.

Seeing Guan Zhi's expression become so surprised, their curiosity was also stimulated.

Geng Yong: "Guan Zhi! What did you see? Why so surprised?"

Pang Yunhai: "Yeah! Second brother, what did you see?"

Wei Dongming: "Guan Zhi! Why does your expression look like you saw a beauty taking a bath? Are you an award-winning actor? You can act so well?"

"A Little Gray!"

Guan Zhi looked at Geng Yong and the others, and with a surprised expression, spoke those three words.

But this not only failed to resolve Geng Yong and the others' confusion, it instead deepened their confusion.

"What 'A Little Hui'? What exactly did you see?"

While asking, Geng Yong got up and walked over curiously.

Wei Dongming: "Yeah! Guan Zhi, speak clearly if you have something to say! Don't keep us in suspense!"

Pang Yunhai: "Exactly! I hate it most when people speak only half of what they mean."

Seeing Geng Yong walk over, Guan Zhi hurriedly handed the envelope in his hand over, still using his fingers to hold open the hole on the cover, signaling Geng Yong to lean in closer to look.

He explained hurriedly with his mouth, "A Little Gray is just A Little Gray! I saw the three characters 'A Little Gray' on the cover of this book. By the way, below these three characters, there is also a 'by' character. I remember Cao Sheng's pen name seems to be 'Zhongyuan A Little Gray', right? Is that correct? I didn't misremember, did I? C-could this be Cao Sheng's sample copy?"

Upon hearing this, Pang Yunhai, Wei Dongming, Zhai Jun, and others all froze.

Immediately, they all reacted.

Pang Yunhai suddenly stood up, strode over, "Really or fake? Wasn't his book not yet published? How did the book get mailed over already? Let me see! Let me see quickly!"

Zhai Jun scrambled up from the bed, hastily slipped on the slippers by the bedside, and ran over.

"Let me see! Could it really be true? I haven't even seen what a sample copy looks like!"

Wei Dongming hesitated for a moment, then also walked over this way.

And at this time, Geng Yong, who had been squinting to look inside the envelope hole, also changed his expression, "'By A Little Gray'? It really is 'By A Little Gray'. It seems this really is Cao Sheng's sample copy... However, these are Traditional Chinese characters, right? Why were they printed in Traditional Chinese characters?"

Before his words finished, Pang Yunhai stuck his head over, squinting to look inside the hole.

One after another.

In a short while, Pang Yunhai, Zhai Jun, Wei Dongming, and others had all taken turns looking inside the hole.

Everyone's reaction after looking was different.

Pang Yunhai frowned, "It really is A Little Gray? It really is Traditional Chinese characters! What era is this? Why still use Traditional Chinese characters?"

Zhai Jun looked puzzled, "It really is Traditional Chinese characters? I recognize the capital 'Yi', is the one after it the Traditional character for 'Dian'? Hmm, seems like it is."

Wei Dongming raised an eyebrow, smiling, "Could it be that all the characters inside this book are Traditional Chinese? If they are all Traditional Chinese, who can understand them? Did the publishing house make a mistake with the font? Isn't that a joke!"

A few minutes later, Cao Sheng returned.

His hair was obviously shorter; the reason he returned so late today was because his hair had grown long recently, and he had just gone for a haircut.

It was just going for a haircut.

Why is everyone looking at me so surprised?

Cao Sheng, who had just walked into the dormitory, saw everyone staring at him in surprise and immediately felt confused. He instinctively raised his right hand to touch his hair. "What's wrong? Is my hairstyle shaved so ugly? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Pang Yunhai's eyes were complex. "Your book seems to have arrived, but it looks like the publishing house printed the wrong font."

Guan Zhi: "Yes! Your pen name was printed in Traditional Chinese. I don't know if the main text inside the book was also printed in Traditional Chinese."

Geng Yong: "Cao Sheng, you should open it quickly! If there are mistakes inside too, I think you should report it to the publishing house immediately. Otherwise, how can a book full of Traditional Chinese characters be sold? Don't you think so?"

Zhai Jun: "Third Brother! You should open it quickly! The publishing houses nowadays are too careless. They actually printed it in Traditional Chinese. Isn't that ridiculous?"

Wei Dongming: "Hehe, Cao Sheng, is the publishing house you found this time a legitimate one? So unreliable?"