Chapter 41: I Wish to Become an Immortal

Cao Sheng looked at Pang Yunhai, Geng Yong, and the others in surprise. Only after they finished speaking over one another did Cao Sheng frown and ask, "How do you know my sample copies were printed in traditional characters? Did you... open them to look?"

Of course, he was not surprised that his sample copies were printed in traditional characters.

Because his "I Wish to Become an Immortal" was indeed published in traditional characters in Baodao.

Yet Pang Yunhai and the others all assumed he had only written "Living with a Flight Attendant," which was about to be published in the mainland, and works published in the mainland were certainly printed in simplified characters.

Cao Sheng's expression turned unpleasant.

He thought Pang Yunhai and the others had opened his registered mail; otherwise, how could they have seen that the sample copies inside the envelope were printed in traditional characters?

But he was also a bit puzzled.

He couldn't figure out that if they had seen his sample copies, why couldn't they tell they were traditional characters published in Baodao?

Also, the four characters for "I Wish to Become an Immortal"—had they not seen those either?

Carrying these questions, Cao Sheng walked quickly toward his desk with a dark face, wanting to immediately check if his registered mail had been opened by anyone.

"No! Cao Sheng, don't misunderstand! We didn't open your registered mail. You weren't back, so how could we open your mail without permission? Right? It's just that when I helped you pick up this registered mail today, I discovered a hole in the envelope, and just now Guan Zhi saw the characters 'Zhongyuan Yidian Hui' through that hole..."

The class monitor Geng Yong hurriedly explained.

Before Geng Yong's voice had even faded, Cao Sheng had already seen a thick piece of registered mail sitting on his desk.

Just as Geng Yong said, one corner of the registered mail's envelope did indeed have a hole in it.

Seeing that the envelope had not been completely opened, Cao Sheng felt relieved, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Is that so! Then it seems I misunderstood you all. Sorry, everyone!"

As Cao Sheng turned to apologize to everyone, his mind was already thinking about how to cover this up; he didn't want to publicly reveal that he had published another work in Baodao just yet.

"Living with a Flight Attendant," which hadn't even been truly published yet, had already brought him quite a lot of trouble after everyone found out; if he let everyone know today that he also had a novel published in traditional characters in Baodao, wouldn't that be the end of it?

Not to mention anything else, the few people right in front of him would definitely start clamoring immediately, forcing him to treat them to a meal.

Once the whole class knew the news tomorrow, other students, counselors, and instructors would probably ask him this and that. With final exams coming up, he didn't want to become famous again; he just wanted a few quiet days now to properly prepare for his final exams.

Striving not to fail a single subject.

It was just that...

Before he could think of how to cover this up, the counselor Lu Xiangwei suddenly walked into their dormitory, smiling, and asked as soon as he entered, "What are you all chatting about? So lively? Oh, Geng Yong is here too? What are you doing in Cao Sheng's dormitory?"

Lu Xiangwei's sudden appearance drew everyone's attention.

Cao Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly picked up the registered mail on the table and hid it behind his back.

He couldn't let A-Wei see it.

A-Wei was the nickname their classmates had privately given Lu Xiangwei.

Geng Yong smiled, pointed at Cao Sheng, and said, "Oh, I came to deliver a piece of registered mail to Cao Sheng. We were just chatting about how Cao Sheng's sample copies seemed to have arrived, but the characters on the sample copies are traditional, so maybe the publisher printed the wrong font."

Having said this, Geng Yong paused, because he discovered that the registered mail that had been on Cao Sheng's desk just a moment ago was gone.

"Oh? The sample copies arrived? Traditional characters?"

Lu Xiangwei's eyes lit up. He looked at Cao Sheng and walked over with a somewhat surprised expression, saying as he walked, "How could the publisher make such a mistake? By the way, where are the sample copies? Cao Sheng! I remember you said before that when your sample copies arrived, you would give me one, right? Hurry up and take them out for me to see! Where are the sample copies?"

Pang Yunhai chuckled, "Cao Sheng! Hurry up and open them for the teacher to see!"

Guan Zhi: "Right! Right! It's just the right time for us to get a look too."

Geng Yong: "Hehe, I also want to see what the sample copies look like."

Cao Sheng: "..."

At this moment, Cao Sheng couldn't think of any way to cover it up at all.

But he still wanted to struggle a bit, so he squeezed out a smile and asked Lu Xiangwei, "Eh? Teacher, why did you come at this time? A rare guest!"

Lu Xiangwei was looking left and right, searching for the sample copies.

Hearing this, he said casually, "Oh, your English teacher needs to move dorms and needs a few people to help out. She was too embarrassed to come and call people herself, so she asked me to come over and help call a few boys to go help. Since your dormitory is on the first floor, it's most convenient to come here, so I came to your dormitory to call people. By the way, where are the sample copies? Let me see!"

Cao Sheng: "..."

Changing the subject hadn't worked at all.

Zhai Jun suddenly pointed behind Cao Sheng's back, "It's in his hands! Cao Sheng, why are you hiding the letter behind your butt?"

Cao Sheng looked at Zhai Jun, feeling quite speechless.

Lu Xiangwei and the others all looked behind Cao Sheng's back.

At this point, Cao Sheng had absolutely no tricks left.

He could only smile helplessly, take out the registered mail, tear open the seal in front of everyone, and dump all 5 sample copies inside onto the desk.

Lu Xiangwei, Geng Yong, Pang Yunhai, and the others, every single one of them, curiously crowded around and reached out to grab the sample copies on the table.

Their subsequent reactions were almost all within Cao Sheng's expectations.

Their expressions became increasingly surprised.

"I Wish to Become an Immortal? Isn't it 'Living with a Flight Attendant'? How did it change to such a strange name?"

"Traditional characters? Are they really all traditional characters inside? Why are they all arranged vertically too?"

"Zhongyuan Yidian Hui, the pen name is correct, but the book title is wrong, right?"

"Cao Sheng! What is going on here? How does this look exactly like another book? The content inside seems different too."

Meanwhile.

The English teacher Cheng Ying was sitting in the single dormitory she had lived in for several years, holding a white ceramic teacup in her hands, looking at everything in this dormitory with some lingering attachment.

Having lived here for several years, she was really a bit reluctant to leave today.

But she was getting married, and her partner was also a teacher at the Huizhou Teachers' College; the school had recently allocated them a two-bedroom apartment.

And when the school allocated the two-bedroom apartment to them, they had agreed that they must vacate their respective single dormitories as soon as possible for other single teachers.

So, she had to move these few days.

It was just that she had added quite a few things while living here over the years.

As a female teacher, there were some pieces of furniture she simply couldn't move.

And she was too embarrassed to call her partner over to do manual labor, so she entrusted Lu Xiangwei to call a few boys over to help. Anyway, the boys were all full of energy and had plenty of strength; at worst, after they finished, she would just treat them each to a cup of tea.

She drank tea while patiently waiting for Lu Xiangwei to bring people over.

But time ticked away bit by bit. Over an hour had passed, and seeing the sky outside the window gradually darkening, her stomach even started growling with hunger, yet she still hadn't seen Lu Xiangwei bring anyone over.

The tea in her cup had long since dried up several times, and she had been to the bathroom twice, yet there was still no sign of anyone coming to help her move.

Where the hell did Lu Xiangwei go?

He wouldn't have just not gone to call people for me, would he?

Did this guy die on the road?

Feeling increasingly angry, Cheng Ying stood by the window, her face having long since turned very ugly.

She felt she had been deceived by Lu Xiangwei.

And what was Lu Xiangwei doing at this moment?

In a small restaurant not far from the school gate, Cao Sheng, Geng Yong, Pang Yunhai, Guan Zhi... Lu Xiangwei and others were gathered in a private room.

There were over a dozen dishes on the table and a case of beer on the floor.

"Come! Students, let's have another drink!"

Lu Xiangwei stood up, beaming, and raised his glass to greet them.

He had completely forgotten about the English teacher Cheng Ying.