Chapter 6 Draft. “Even the good-tempered Yu Shu couldn’t help but complain, “You urged me to submit the draft when we met today. You might as well change your name to Wen Bapi (a person who pesters authors for updates).”

“I don’t want to urge for updates either, but the printing side still needs to proofread. With all this back and forth, the delay gets longer.” Wen Cai sighed, “It’s difficult for even a talented person to cook without rice. I have no choice but to urge for updates.”

While Yu Shu and Wen Cai were talking, they heard a voice leisurely coming from behind, “You updated yesterday? When can I read it?”

Yu Shu turned around and saw Yan Jin staring at him fixedly, “I want to read the update.”

Although Yu Shu knew that his cover had been blown in front of Yan Jin, seeing Yan Jin urge for updates so calmly still made him feel a bit unaccustomed, and he scratched the ground with his toes.

Yu Shu made an excuse, “The bookstore hasn’t printed it yet. You can read it once it’s printed.”

Although he had the draft here, letting Yan Jin read the draft would be too embarrassing.

The text printed by the bookstore wouldn’t be in Yu Shu’s handwriting, so Yu Shu could deceive himself that Yan Jin was reading a normal book and not the storybook he wrote.

“I thought we were friends.” Yan Jin sighed, “I didn’t expect that I couldn’t even use connections to read the update in advance.”

Wen Cai coughed a few times. Seeing that both of them looked over, he solemnly said, “If Miss Yan wants to follow the novel, you must look for books published with a certain bookstore’s logo. This is the correct way to support your favorite author.”

Yan Jin asked, “So can I buy the latest storybook now?”

“Of course you can!” Wen Cai magically took out a brand new copy of “The One-Armed Boss Wants to Give Me His Life” (Volume 6) from the counter, “It just arrived this afternoon. The ink on it has just dried.”

Yu Shu: “…Boss, didn’t you say that the printing side needs to proofread, so it can’t be published so quickly?? Then what’s the deal with this copy?”

“Xiao Yu, you’re a writer yourself, but how come you believe whatever I say?” Wen Cai spoke with earnest advice, “Being so easy to trust others, you’ll suffer big losses in the future.”

[Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter. Boss Wen looks especially like a swindler with that serious expression.] [No wonder Yan Jin likes to tease Yu Shu. Yu Shu looks quite cute when he gets angry.]

“The shopkeeper’s words are biased. Our Yu Shu trusts you, that’s why he believes what you say.” Although Yan Jin often teased Yu Shu, seeing someone else tease Yu Shu made her unhappy instead, “You even mocked him, how disheartening.”

“Yes, so disheartening!” Seeing that Yan Jin, who didn’t like to interact with people, actually spoke up for him, Yu Shu felt both surprised and happy. He straightened his back even more, “So disheartening that I can’t even write a single word anymore.”

“You two, don’t take it seriously. I was just joking, I didn’t mean any harm.” Wen Cai laughed, “My little grandson is about the same age as Xiao Yu, so when I see Xiao Yu, I can’t help but tease him a bit.”

Yan Jin: “If you want to tease kids, go home and tease your little grandson. Don’t tease our Yu Shu.”

Hearing Yan Jin actually say that he was “our Yu Shu”, a blush suffused Yu Shu’s cheeks. He said in a low voice, “Xiao Xiao, don’t say these misleading things.”

Yan Jin also replied to him in a low voice, “I read in social etiquette rules that when standing up for someone, you must make your identity clear, otherwise you don’t have the standing to meddle.”

Wen Cai on the side, for the first time, felt that his own presence was too low.

However—Wen Cai glanced at the two people whispering to each other and smiled with crescent eyes.

This was much more interesting than the romance in storybooks, so sweet.

[Is it my illusion? Why do I feel that the boss’s expression looks like my expression when I ship a couple?] [Boss Wen is shipping a couple, right? I can put the words “So sweet” on Boss Wen’s expression without any incongruity.] [As long as you forward this Boss Wen reasoning, the couples you ship are all real, and they can even flirt in front of you.]

After the two talked with Boss Wen for a while longer, they heard Guo Bao Rou “thump thump thump” running over, “Mother, I want to buy this book!”

Yan Jin lowered her head and saw that Guo Bao Rou was holding a copy of “The Book of Documents” in her hands, even flipping through it with a solemn air.

“If you want it, I’ll buy it for you,” Yan Jin paused and said, “But can you understand it?”

Guo Bao Rou nodded seriously, “As long as I pretend to read seriously, these words will fly into my brain.”

Yan Jin and Yu Shu: “…”

Yu Shu: “I think this kid needs more education.”

Yan Jin nodded, “I agree.”

Although they said that, Yan Jin still spot-checked Guo Bao Rou’s character recognition.

Although they only brought Guo Bao Rou for a day, young children were prone to making a fuss. Giving Guo Bao Rou something to do would save Yan Jin and Yu Shu some trouble.

Yan Jin had never taken care of a child and didn’t know how to teach one, so she decided to have Guo Bao Rou recite books.

Originally, Yan Jin thought that she might need to teach Guo Bao Rou to recognize characters first, but after spot-checking, Yan Jin was surprised to find that this little girl actually recognized quite a lot of characters.

Although she didn’t read all of them out 100% correctly, the remaining few characters were obscure even for adults. For a four-year-old child to recognize so many characters was already commendable.

“It seems that Guo Bao Rou’s method is effective.” Yu Shu was also very surprised by Guo Bao Rou’s character recognition and joked, “I’ll also read seriously later. Maybe the words will fly into my brain too.”

After hearing this, Guo Bao Rou looked Yu Shu up and down seriously and shook her head, “Daddy, you can’t do it.”

Although Yu Shu wasn’t Guo Bao Rou’s biological father, hearing Guo Bao Rou’s doubt, Yu Shu still felt a bit unconvinced, “How can I not be able to do it? Don’t underestimate me, I’m actually very amazing.”

Guo Bao Rou sighed like a little adult, “Daddy, your memory is no good. You can’t remember as many characters as I can at once.”

“Don’t say that about your daddy.” Yan Jin lightly patted Guo Bao Rou’s head, “What’s the use of reciting quickly? If you can’t understand the meaning, it’s pointless.”

Yu Shu said sourly, “Having a good memory is so great? I’d like to see you two try to bend your legs over your head like I can.”

Yan Jin, who had never learned dance and had stiff limbs, saw that the fire seemed to be burning towards her and immediately took a step back, revealing Guo Bao Rou.

Yan Jin said righteously, “Guo Bao Rou is young and has soft bones, she can definitely do it.”

I sincerely invite everyone to take a look at my new cover. This time it’s a purchased license, but it’s incredibly beautiful.

Because the two single-person licensed images can’t be combined into one double-person image. Moreover, the currently licensed beautiful person has playful and gentle ones, but these don’t quite fit Yan Jin.

So I’ll put the handsome younger brother first. Later, if I encounter a suitable ancient beauty image, I’ll buy it and put it up (so I’m really not biased).

Today’s 18:00 update is complete. There will be another update at 21:00.