I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 401 Paper Kite and Two Sparrows
"Dong dong..."

In the office, Editor-in-Chief Lou was immersed in the story of the great chapter of "The Ordinary and the Great",

Still looking down.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the office.

When it sounded for the first time, Editor-in-Chief Lou, who was so engrossed in the book, didn't respond yet.

But then it rang twice more,
"Boom, boom, boom..."

"……Come in……"

After recovering from the book, Editor-in-Chief Lou was still reluctant to part with the content of the great chapter, and glanced a few more times,

Then he raised his head and shouted to the outside of the office door.

I saw someone outside the door unscrew the doorknob, push the door and lean in,

"Editor Lou, why are you still here?"

"As I was walking, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't taken my things. When I got back to get my things, I realized that the lights in the office hadn't been turned off."

The publishing house came in from the door, and the editor under her looked curiously at Editor-in-Chief Lou who was still in the office.

When Editor-in-Chief Lou heard this, he turned his head and looked out the window, only to realize that it had been dark for some time outside the window.

The night shrouded the land, only the lights of the city were left on, and the vehicles passing by on the road that could be seen nearby were much sparser.
It's already late at night,
"Reading a book, I was a little absorbed in it. You go back first, and I will leave later."

Editor-in-Chief Lou looked back at the "Ordinary and Great" in his hand.

"Well, then I'll go first, Editor-in-Chief Lou."

When the editor left, he took a few extra glances at the book in Editor Lou's hand,
It seems to be curious about what kind of novel can make Editor-in-Chief Lou such a waste of sleep and food?
New book by dog ​​author?
But the daily updates of the dog author "Kite" are not enough for Editor-in-Chief Lou to read for so long.

With curiosity and doubts, the editor left.

And Editor-in-Chief Lou looked at the closed office door,
He stood up and prepared to leave.

I just got up, looked back at the "Ordinary and Great" I was still holding in my hand,
And a little itchy,

I have seen a lot of content in the great chapter, and the rest of the plot is really hard to let go.

After a pause, Editor-in-Chief Lou sat back down again.

Well, I haven't eaten anyway.

Order a takeaway, eat and go back.

While waiting for takeout, you can continue to look at it.

convinced myself,
Editor-in-chief Lou quickly ordered a takeaway, and then opened "The Ordinary and the Great" again.

……

"...Xi Yuan, you said that if there is a kite seller, they want kites that look like paper kites."

Great Britain, university dormitories.

Both Xi Yuan and his roommate were still awake.

Holding the phone in his hands, Xi Yuan watched today's update of "Kite",

The roommate flipped through the English version of "Kite" and said a word from time to time.

Most of the time, there is no need for Xi Yuan to answer,
If he hadn't called him at the beginning, Xi Yuan would have suspected that his roommate was just talking to himself while reading a book,

"...I want to buy her back and put her here... No, I want to find an open space to let her fly, the sky is where she belongs...Paper kite! My paper kite!"

The roommate talked to himself again,
Xi Yuan, who opened his mouth to speak but stopped, closed his mouth again, lowered his head and continued to look at the phone,

"...Xi Yuan, you used to fly a kite when you were young."

"... I let it go."

At this time, the roommate seemed to have finished watching the update of "Kite", and after a pause, he turned around and asked Xi Yuan suddenly.

This question caused some memories to emerge unconsciously in Xi Yuan's mind.
"However, most of my kites are not as beautiful as paper kites. Most of the time, I tear off my homework, hold water and attach bamboo pieces to make it myself."

"Cool, Xi Yuan, can you still make kites?"

"I don't know if it counts as a kite, but it can fly anyway."

Xi Yuan replied with a smile.

He wondered if his roommate wanted him to make a kite next,

He was really itchy and wanted to make another kite.

However, my roommate asked another question,
"Xi Yuan, has your kite ever broken its string? You said where will your kite fly after its string is broken?"

Xi Yuan was stunned by this question,

It's not that the question is hard to answer, it just brings up more memories.

……

"...Like the child in the book, when I was young, I also ran on the ridges of the rice fields, flying a kite I made myself."

"In the village where I live, there are several large paddy fields. There is a river next to the paddy fields... This is probably in every village. After all, farmland always needs to be irrigated."

"The river bank is not very wide, maybe a few meters. There are tall and short trees growing on both sides of the river bank... The bark of some trees is still spices for making salted eggs or marinated eggs, and there are some traces of being chopped."

"That day, I was flying a kite. I didn't know whether the wind in the sky was too strong or the string I tied the kite was not strong enough. When I flew the kite and sat on the ridge of the field and looked at the kite in the sky,"

"A gust of wind blew, and the kite swayed in the sky. I got up quickly and was in a hurry. The kite broke its string and floated across the river."

Right now, Ye Linhan is sitting on the ridge of the field in his hometown,

In the surrounding fields, there are not rice seedlings growing,

It is the wheat and rape seedlings that are sown in autumn after the rice is harvested.

The wheat seedlings have just grown half a foot high, sprouting tender green shoots,

Rapeseed seedlings have just survived a few suns and a rain, and their emerald green leaves are swaying in the wind that blows from time to time.

Ye Linhan, who was sitting on the ridge of the field, threw his phone aside and did not look at it.
Just playing the new video about "Kite" that he just submitted and released.

The sound of the video came out from the phone and melted into the wind.

Ye Linhan raised his head, not knowing whether he was looking at the sky or in a daze.

"...The river bank is not very wide, only a few meters, and the water in the river channel is not very deep, maybe only waist high, but for me at that time, it was an insurmountable moat."

"It is also a distance that is difficult to cross."

"On the other side of the river, there are also stretches of rice fields and trees by the river. The kite broke and flew across the bank, and I never saw the kite again."

"Maybe it fell into the rice field on the other side of the river, or it was hidden in the dense branches and leaves of the trees on the other side of the river, or the kite didn't fly over the bank at all, it fell into the water and was washed away by the water."

"But at that time, I ran to the bank of the river out of breath, went down to the edge of the river, looked at the other side of the river, hesitated back and forth, and finally didn't try to cross that river."

"At that time, I thought more about the possibility that the kite flew farther, to a distance that I had never been to when I was a child..."

"...I went back some time ago, and I found that the river channel was dry, or it had always been like that. It turned out that it was not as wide as I remembered, nor as deep as I remembered."

"The water is too shallow to pass my knees, and the river is so narrow that maybe I can cross it..."

"However, I crossed the river and went to the other side of the river, but I didn't find the kite that I flew across the river when I was a child...Maybe, he flew farther, I don't know where he is now..."

The video ends here,
Ye Linhan stood up again from the field ridge, looked forward,
Not far from him is the not-so-wide river,
The trees on the other side of the river were no longer what he remembered.
I don't know how many rounds have been felled.

"...What are you doing there? Why are you so dazed in the fields, come back and eat!"

Just then, someone called him from behind.

Ye Linhan froze for a moment,
It seems that on the day the kite broke, he was called home by his mother in the same way.

"Okay, I'm back, I'll be right back, Mom!"

Ye Linhan came back to his senses, picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and responded with a smile, just like when he was a child, he ran across the ridge and back to his yard.

went home.

……

"...Xi Yuan?"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Xi Yuanfa was stunned for a while, and his roommate couldn't help calling him after waiting for a while,
Xi Yuan subconsciously responded, and then came back to God,

"Sorry, I just remembered something, and I was a little distracted."

"It's okay. When I watch "Kite", I always tend to fall into long-term memories. The brushstrokes of 'Dog Author' seem to have such a magical power."

"Just like "The Shepherd Boy Seeking Immortals", the fairy tales written by the dog author, not just fairy tales, always bring back memories of my childhood."

"It's not just the fairy tale itself, it's more like my father, telling me fairy tales in the evening breeze. That kind of calm and reassuring feeling..."

The roommate was also a little distracted while talking,
But soon came back to God again,

"By the way...Xi Yuan, can you tell me about the updated content of "Kite" today?"

"Isn't there an English version?"

"You haven't read the English version, have you? The English version seems to be updated a day later than the Chinese version... But I can understand that the dog author still needs to spend time translating after all."

"Then you can see it tomorrow."

"I hope you can talk about it, Xi Yuan. Naturally, I hope to know the next plot and story of "Kite" as soon as possible."

"I told you the content before that, why did you read it from the beginning with the English version."

"Well... the answer to this question may hurt you a little bit, Xihara."

The roommate was silent for a while, and replied with some hesitation.

Seeing the appearance of his roommate, Xi Yuan fell silent.

Isn't it because he dislikes his lack of translation skills?

"Xi Yuan?"

"Okay, let's talk."

"Thank you, I have fish and chips tonight."

"Can I have something to eat?"

"Hamburger?"

"That's still fish and chips."

……

"...Dad, please read to me the update of "Kite" today."

"Look for yourself. Want me to read it to you?"

In the noodle shop, it was another day and night.

The last guest who came to eat noodles has been gone for a long time, and no one came again.

The owner of the noodle shop has already cleaned up the back kitchen, wiped the water off his hands, and came out of the kitchen, ready to close the shop.

His son, the boy held the phone, looked at it for a while, looked up, looked at his father and said.

His father cast a glance at him and responded casually.

The boy pursed his lips and handed the phone to his father.
"I just want to hear you talk to me, can't I?"

"My boy, I'm always the big one and I'm the biggest one. I think I can do everything by myself, but today I think about it. I think I'll tell you a story."

The owner of the noodle shop was delighted to hear what his son said.

However, he took the phone and sat down beside his son.

Then he looked at his son again, with some emotion,
"However, that's really grown up."

Only when I grow up will I miss my childhood.

"Come on, you have already spoken, then Dad will tell you today."

The owner of the noodle shop threw the handkerchief aside, raised the mobile phone in his hand,
The phone screen is still on, showing today's update of "Kite",

"But you have to think about it. Your father doesn't have the skills of an author. At most, he just reads it from the book. If you say it differently, it may not be well written by an author."

"Why is there so much nonsense?"

"When you grow up, your father and I will be old. Can we not talk too much when we are old?"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk nonsense, let's talk about it, let's talk about it..."

"...Well, didn't you say that the kite and the kite were separated from the clouds, and the kite riding the wind went all the way, crossing the mountains and rivers, I don't know how far it has been..."

"Finally, I met someone who can talk again."

"It's two sparrows."

……

The plot of "Kite" continues to progress.

The paper kite separated from the cloud is carried to a high place by the wind, and then slides to a low place, so I don’t know how far it is,

On the way forward, I met two more sparrows.

"...Are you a kite?"

"Nonsense, it must be a kite."

"But why is there no string under the kite?"

"The kite has grown up, just like you. Today, mother agrees to let you come out alone!"

"Aren't you also the first day out, and you speak as if you are better than me."

Two sparrows are two brothers,

Seeing the paper kites flying in the sky, first because the paper kites were bigger than them, I avoided them in fear,

Followed by gradually approaching curiously,
They finally flew together beside Zhiyuan, and asked Zhiyuan curiously.

But before the kite could answer, the two sparrows started bickering with each other.

"Well... I am a kite, and my name is Zhiyuan."

The kite answered, and the two sparrows finally stopped bickering, and looked at the kite curiously.

On both sides of the paper kite, one is flying.

"Paper kite? My name is Big Brother Ma, and his name is Little Brother Ma."

The sparrow on the left responds to the words of the kite.

The sparrow on the right immediately retorted,

"Nonsense, I am Big Brother Ma, and he is Little Brother Ma."

"I was born before you!"

"I was born earlier than you! I saw you when I came out, you are still an egg!"

The two sparrows quarreled again,
"Hmm... hello, you guys."

It wasn't until the kite made another sound that the two sparrows stopped again,
"Hey, hello, hello..."

Hearing the kite's answer to the two of them, the two sparrow brothers asked happily again,

"Zhiyuan, you are a kite, why did you fly in one place, and why did you come here?"

"Well... I came here with the wind, if I want to look around, I will go back."

"Is that so... Zhiyuan, would you like to visit our place?"

"Brother Ma, what are you doing? We have to pick up branches and go back..."

The sparrow on the left invited the kite curiously,

The sparrow on the right immediately scolded,

"We picked up the branches, and then we can go back with the kite! Brother Ma!"

The sparrow on the left also calls the sparrow on the right called Little Brother Ma.

The sparrow on the right thought for a while, and seemed to suddenly realize it.

"Yeah, it's okay."

"As expected, you are Brother Ma."

"nonsense……"

"...I'm sorry, I really want to visit your place, but I can only follow the wind."

Zhiyuan was also very curious about the two sparrows, but she still whispered.

"Right? A kite can only follow the wind, what should I do?"

The sparrow on the right said,
"It's okay! I have a way, we will take you away!"

said the sparrow on the left.

"any solution?"

Zhiyuan was a little curious.

"We'll take you with me, little brother Ma, you grab the paper kite's wing, and I'll grab the paper kite's side."

The sparrow on the left flew up a bit, and gently grabbed the right wing of the paper kite with its claws,

The sparrow on the right also followed suit.

Just like that, the two sparrows flew forward with the paper kite,

Although it is still facing the wind, the kite can go where the wind does not go.

"...Zhiyuan, that's it... you are in command, we will go in whichever direction you tell us to go..."

"Then to the left...?"

Zhiyuan also said cautiously,

"Okay, little brother Ma, quickly turn around!"

"Who do you call him, Brother Ma?"

Although the two sparrows were arguing, they really changed directions according to Zhiyuan's words.

Zhiyuan also became a little happy.

"Zhiyuan, which way do you want to go, keep talking?"

"It seems that we still have to pick up branches?"

"Then where do you say you're going?"

"This way?"

"I said this way?"

"Then Zhiyuan said which way to go?"

"Go forward? There must be a lot of branches in the woods over there?"

(End of this chapter)