M city is already quite hot in July, but it gets a little cooler after late at night.
One day, Sun Quan, who had been sitting in the air-conditioned room all day, was very restless. At around 11 o'clock in the night, he suddenly wanted to go out to breathe, eat some barbecue, and drink some beer. Moreover, he did not intend to call anyone, he wanted to eat alone.
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It's not that he is stingy by nature and is reluctant to invite others to share with him, but that he just wants to act alone tonight and wants to continue to be clean.
Recently, his wife and children are all in Shanghai. He lives alone in M City. During the day, it’s okay. He can go to the studio or the company. There are not many people around, and he’s not lonely enough to have no one to talk to him.
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But at night he can only be alone.
It’s not like the rich people in everyone’s impression...the nightlife is so rich and they go out and have fun every night.
First of all, he doesn’t have many friends who like to live and drink; secondly, he doesn’t like it himself. This sounds like a bit hypocritical. Is there any man who doesn’t like to live and drink? But this is really the case. He has a habit of writing code all year round.
If he doesn't code for a day, he will feel guilty that he is wasting his time; third... it is also because he codes all the year round, and his friends have long understood that it is difficult for him to shout out after dark. Over time,
After nightfall, no one asked him out.
But these are not the reasons why he wants to go out to eat alone tonight.
The real reason is that he was tired from writing the outline of his new book in the past two days, and he was mentally tired. This fatigue made his mind feel a little unable to move. He didn't even think of anything that made him think about it all day today.
Satisfactory plot.
Lack of inspiration is a very anxious thing for every writer.
Except for those writers who play tricks.
For writers who want to develop this line of work as a long-term career, the most fearful thing is usually not the amount of monthly manuscript fees, but the lack of inspiration.
Once there is no new and good inspiration for a long time, I will feel very anxious, worried that my rice bowl will not last long, and doubt whether I am suitable for this industry.
Sun Quan is no exception, he is also afraid of this kind of thing.
However, just because he had no good inspiration for a day, the anxiety in his heart was not that serious.
But it still affected his mood to some extent. This was the reason why he suddenly wanted to go out for a breath of air, eat some barbecue, and drink some beer late at night.
He just left, took his cell phone, wallet, and keys, locked the door, came out of the house, drove the silver-gray Jetta parked at the door, and went down the mountain.
The family's BMW was also parked outside the courtyard gate, and he deliberately did not drive that car.
Go to a roadside stall in the city to have a barbecue, there is no need to be so ostentatious.
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Soon, the bridge definitely disappeared.
The silver-gray Jetta was parked on the roadside not far from M University. Not far away was an open-air barbecue stall. There were already several tables of diners eating and drinking. The owners of the barbecue stall and the landlady were a couple in their thirties.
, judging from their clothes and temperament, they should be from the countryside who came to the city to earn money.
In the car, Sun Quan, who had just turned off the car, looked at the couple and was a little stunned for a moment, because he had thought about doing this kind of business during the most abysmal years before his rebirth.
Just like this young couple, in the dead of night, when the urban management team got off work, he went out to set up a stall, set up a few folding tables, and sold some barbecue and beer. He graduated from university with a cooking major, and although he had never learned barbecue
, but he believed that after a few days of research, he should be able to come up with a good flavor.
But that idea only existed in his mind and was never put into practice.
there are many reasons.
For example, if he can't pass the test in his heart, it's not a matter of face, and he can't bear to go out and set up a stall, but he thinks in his heart... If he goes to set up a stall to sell barbecue, he will be compromising with reality, which will vent the anger in his heart.
He was also afraid that once he had other sources of income, he would lose the courage and determination to go all-in and move forward in writing.
Deep down, he is a stubborn and paranoid person.
He had already chosen to take the college entrance examination and when he listed his college major as cooking, he had already chosen to embark on a deviant life path.
It is estimated that more than 90% of the many college entrance examination students across the country do not know that there is a cooking major in college.
In most people's minds, after going to college, working in a company as a white-collar worker, or in a school as a teacher, etc. is the right path.
How many people can imagine a college student... going into the kitchen and cooking after graduation?
Studying cooking in college?
This is something that is not within the scope of most people's consideration. Most college entrance examination students and parents don't even know that such a major exists in universities.
This can be seen from the fact that during Sun Quan's college entrance examination, only two universities in the country had cooking majors.
If this is a popular major, even a slightly normal university major, among so many universities across the country, only two universities have such a major?
He, Sun Quan, chose such an unpopular major that couldn't be more unpopular. What else could he do if he wasn't going eccentric?
While in college, he chose to focus more than 80% of his thoughts and energy on writing online novels, which was another deviant approach.
It has become further and further away from the mainstream trends and professions in society.
From this, we can see to some extent what kind of temperament he has in his heart.
His thoughts have always been different from those of most of his peers.
The way he thinks about problems is also different from ordinary people.
Don't talk about anything else, just the choice of major. When he realized that his academic performance would not make him stand out in the workplace in the future, he chose the unpopular major of cooking.
Because if he chooses this major, his academic qualifications are at the highest level in the cooking industry. He would rather cook chicken heads than phoenix tails.
The bet is on the possibility of getting ahead in the future.
While in college, he entered the newly born online literature industry, also betting on the possibility of getting ahead and a career ceiling that was higher than that of cooking.
If you go to the wrong side for a long time, your personality will become somewhat different from ordinary people.
Just like before his rebirth, he had been in the Internet writing industry for more than ten years, but he never gave up.
A normal person who has hit a wall on one path for more than ten years should have changed careers long ago, right?
But he just doesn't change.
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Late at night, he was sitting in the car, looking at the young couple who were busy having a barbecue on the roadside. What he was thinking in his mind was completely different from ordinary people.
He suffered from an occupational disease.
Looking at the busy young couple with sweat on their foreheads, what he thought of was...if the woman died suddenly one day, and the man came to the stall alone every day from now on, what would he look like?
This man continues to set up a stall here late every night, busy with his business expressionlessly, and looks like a walking corpse, but the ghost of the woman helps him every night.
But she could see him and hear him speak, but he could never see her.
Then one night, the male protagonist accidentally came here to have barbecue, and his yin and yang eyes accidentally saw the young couple in different ways and unable to communicate.
When the male protagonist ordered barbecue with the man, he subconsciously glanced at the female ghost next to the man several times. The female ghost noticed it, and the female ghost became suspicious. She wondered if the male protagonist could see her?
Then, while the actor was eating barbecue and drinking beer, she hesitantly came over and tested the actor several times.
For example, put your hand in front of the hero's eyes.
For example, reaching out to eat the actor's barbecue while quietly observing the actor's reaction...
As for the male protagonist of this period...because his girlfriend has been taken to the underworld by ghosts after his death, and because he has caused a lot of troubles by helping some ghosts fulfill their unfulfilled wishes n times before, the male protagonist of this period...
The protagonist no longer wants to meddle in other people's business and help any ghosts.
So when the male protagonist faced several temptations from this female ghost, he pretended not to notice them every time. He didn't want to meddle in these nosy matters anymore.
He wants to return to his normal life.
But in the end he felt compassion.
Because after he finished the barbecue, this female ghost kept following him, wherever he went, day after day, endlessly.
She was already sure that he could see her, and she wanted to ask him for help. If he didn't agree, she would follow him around.
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Sun Quan just sat in the car, and within ten minutes, he slowly sketched out the outline of a plot in his mind.
This kind of occupational disease... After he came to his senses, he felt that there was no need to treat it.
Although he also knew that he was a bit sorry for imagining such a tragic story about the young couple selling barbecue on the roadside in his mind, but what could be done?
In his profession, it is easy for him to have random thoughts. When he sees a dog, some strange thoughts may pop up in his mind.
Smiling to himself, he opened the car door and got out of the car, walked up to the busy young couple, reached out and ordered a lot of food and beer.
He could only apologize to the young couple in this way.
After ordering his food, he chose a small folding table slightly away from other diners. He waited for the landlady to bring the beer, then brought over salted edamame and a plate of cold jellyfish. Sun Quan opened a bottle of beer and ate two dishes of side dishes on the table.
Pour and drink by yourself.
With all the conscience in the world, he really planned to relax at this time. He just wanted to eat, drink, and enjoy the cool night breeze on the roadside. That's all. He really didn't want to think about anyone else's story.
but……
Someone wants to deliver it to your door.
As the barbecue he ordered came to the table one by one, and when he was about to finish a bottle of beer, someone took a seat at the empty table next to him.
They are a couple in their twenties.
Sun Quan couldn't help but take a second look, because the girl was very beautiful and dressed very coolly. She wore denim shorts and a white tank top.
She also has a good figure, and her legs look particularly white in the dark.
If he was asked to be the judge and rate this girl's appearance, he should give her a 7 points and her figure at least 8 points.
She is the kind of beauty that men would find pleasing to the eye when they see her.
And what about that young man?
He is also quite handsome, wearing big black pants, a black T-shirt, and white sneakers. He is tall, with a chiseled face and sharp eyebrows.
I am the type who is easily slapped by someone of the same sex while walking on the street.
This kind of man looks so bad that he is easily secretly jealous of his peers in life.
Because of this kind of man, when he was a student, it was difficult for any other boy to win over a goddess. A man who is so handsome can often change his clothes every now and then.
After entering the society, the ease of going out to do things is enough to make people want to vomit blood with envy.
Just because of his good looks and good figure, many female colleagues will help him overtly or covertly. Even female leaders will often be friendly to such men and even take the initiative to introduce partners.
etc.
And what did Sun Quan think of when he looked at this good-looking couple?
inspiration!
Regarding the new supernatural book he was preparing recently, when he looked at the good-looking couple next to him, another inspiration suddenly came to his mind.
The inspiration is this...
The male protagonist met a high school classmate on the street one day. When he passed by, he didn't recognize the classmate at first, but the classmate obviously recognized him, so he quickly ran backwards to catch up with him, and they were surprised to meet him.
Well, in fact, the exhausted male protagonist was not surprised at that time. The only one who was surprised was the classmate.
The classmate was a warm and good boy. The classmate didn't seem to care at all about the male protagonist's perfunctory attitude. The hero's attitude of wanting to get rid of him and leave as soon as possible was ignored by the classmate. The classmate pulled him hard.
Drag the male protagonist to drink and reminisce about old times.
While reminiscing, I learned that the male protagonist had been single for a long time. After thinking about it, the classmate actually offered to introduce a beautiful woman to the male protagonist.
And what about this beauty...
It was the woman at the table next to Sun Quan at this time. In the storyline in his mind, the beauty at the table next to him was already an iceberg beauty.
When she was introduced to the hero by his high school classmate, her personality was as follows: Three years ago, on the eve of her wedding, she suddenly received news that her fiancé was missing. Three years later, there was still no news from her fiancé.
Everyone around her, including her fiancé's family, believed that her fiancé suddenly ran away from the marriage and eloped with one of her best friends before they got married.
Because her equally beautiful best friend disappeared on the same day.
The day before her wedding, her fiancé eloped with her best friend and disappeared, which was a huge blow to her. Before arranging the blind date for the two of them, the high school classmate of the male protagonist quietly told the male protagonist that this woman has become an iceberg beauty since then.
She always showed a cold face to others, but she was not like this at all before.
The male protagonist, a high school classmate, hopes that the male protagonist can melt her iceberg with his love.
The reason why this classmate actively and enthusiastically introduced this beauty to the male protagonist is that this classmate is the beauty's brother-in-law, and has been looking for a suitable partner for his sister-in-law under the instructions of his wife.
As for why the beauty’s fiancé ran away from marriage?
As a supernatural article, the inspiration that came to Sun Quan's mind was - that cool and handsome fiancé. On the eve of his wedding, he was at home preparing to rest and prepare for the wedding the next day, but he suddenly received a call from his fiancée's best friend.
On the phone, this best friend lied about asking him for help and lured him to her residence.
It turned out that this best friend couldn't help it anymore and mustered up the courage to confess her love to him on the eve of his wedding.
He refused.
He did not cheat on his fiancée.
But his best friend's secret admirer, his fiancée, accidentally saw the scene where she confessed her love to him.
So the secret admirer, filled with jealousy and hatred, impulsively hit his fiancé on the back of the head with something, and then killed the woman who had just confessed his love.
Afterwards, the two men were dumped.
The impression left to the world is that he eloped and disappeared.