Dust sleeps in light years

Chapter 16

[one]
The universe is so vast that people cannot find the boundaries, see the original appearance, and distinguish the truth from the false.

On the planet we live on, the seasons are reversed, the day and night are reversed, the most beautiful confession may be a lie, the most romantic love may be a trap, and treasures and garbage are mixed together and cannot be screened.The world and people's hearts are becoming more and more complicated and difficult to understand. The wise are not as good as the world, and the shrewd are not as good as the people.

Some are wiser than others to know that legends are false.But no one can explain what makes a legend.Just like flowers falling into the water, the wind blowing to the sea, the flowing clouds rolling in the blue sky, and the creatures gathering along the river, it is impossible to understand why.

[two]
On this day, Guo Shujie was studying in the dormitory. At noon, she made a bowl of instant noodles to kill her stomach. Of course, she did not forget to take care of Umi in the same way.After eating the noodles, she washed the dishes, and used the big stainless steel bowl to brew two packs of barley tea given by Qiuhe's Korean classmate. She sat down at the table, but couldn't calm down and read a book.There was a disgusting instant noodle smell in the bedroom.

Wu Mi doesn't know how to wash dishes, so Guo Shujie uses bowls of noodles for her.But the girl was so lazy that she put the noodle bowl on the floor next to the bed and left it alone after eating. "Wumi, can't you take out the finished noodles and throw them away?" There was no sound from the curtain.Guo Shujie looked at the lower right corner of the computer screen - it was Wu Mi's nap time, sighed helplessly, got up and helped her throw the disposable noodle bowl into the trash can at the end of the corridor.

When I went back to the dormitory and opened the door, I saw Xue Tao’s jeans piled on the ground like a telescope. There were more than just jeans. The bedroom was carpeted, so she simply piled the overflowing clothes on the floor.Guo Shujie was helpless looking at these overwhelming things that would affect her final review.

Generally speaking, the left half of the dormitory where Guo Shujie and Qiu He lived was much neater than the right half of the dormitory where Xue Tao and Wu Mi lived.

After she helped Xue Tao tidy up his jeans and put them on the back of the chair, she was about to sit down and read a book when there was an inappropriate knock on the door.

Guo Shujie stretched out her hand to open the door, guessing that her complexion was not much better. "Excuse me, does Qiuhe live here?" A new face that I had never seen before.Guo Shujie got up: "Are you looking for her? She's not here now." "Where did you go? Can you help find her? I'm her classmate in the film history elective class, and I borrowed her notes." "She may have gone to the exam Bar."

"She didn't take the film history exam, so I came to her." "Ah—? Didn't take the exam?" I was taken aback.Even if something big happened, Qiu He wouldn't miss the exam.Guo Shujie finally caught up with the other party's nervous mood. "Do you know her mobile phone number?" "I know—you wait." Guo Shujie immediately picked up the mobile phone and dialed Qiu He's number, and Qiu He answered quickly, "Qiu He, I'm Xiao Jie, are you here?" Where?" "I'm studying at the Three Teachings, what's the matter?" There was nothing unusual about the voice over there. "Oh, why are you studying by yourself? Did you forget that you just had an exam, film history.

Your classmate is here. "

"Film history? We are a professional course, and we don't need classroom exams, but papers." Guo Shujie thought about it calmly. Indeed, film history is a professional course in the art department. There are four classes a week. The first two are about theoretical research, and the latter The two sections are general elective courses with all the students in the school, mainly watching films.The exams for general elective courses are to watch films in class and write film reviews, which is too simple for art students, so art students do not need to take general elective exams, they only need to submit professional papers.Although Guo Shujie and Qiu He are in different classes, they are in the same major, so the situation should be the same.

She turned to the anxious and kind classmate: "Did you make a mistake? Qiuhe is a student of the art department now, she doesn't need to take that exam."

"There's no mistake. At first I thought that Qiuhe didn't need to take the exam, but the list of missing exams on the blackboard clearly stated Qiuhe's name and student number."

Guo Shujie frowned, and continued the phone call she hadn't hung up on: "Qiu and you, come back and check the class schedule, and contact the teaching assistant to see what's wrong."

The problem is not complicated.The film history teacher mistakenly set the professional course as 2 credits at the beginning of the semester. In fact, students majoring in art majors take this course for 4 hours per week, which should be 4 credits.So the academic affairs teacher informed everyone to take the general elective course of that course, so that 4 credits were enough.But who knows that the film history teacher later discovered that his credit setting was wrong, and adjusted the professional course credits to 4 credits. Since he changed it on the last day of the course selection week, some students failed to register for the general elective course due to the busy login system. return.

The time for students to withdraw from the online platform is only the first week of the semester and the eighth week of the mid-term. Students who withdraw from the eighth week need to pay a withdrawal fee of 100 yuan per credit.This course is a problem due to the lack of communication between the teacher and the academic teacher. The situation is quite special. Therefore, in the third week after the start of the school, the representative of the academic teacher asked the class to count the list of students who did not withdraw from the general elective course, and the academic administrator will withdraw the class uniformly. .

At that time, Qiuhe went to register at the representative office of the class with a few friends, and the strange thing was that her name was the only one left out.Before the incident of missing the final exam, she had been mistakenly thinking that she had withdrawn the general elective course.

Since the final exams have already passed, it is even more impossible to withdraw from the class.The result of negotiation between Qiu He and the teacher is that Qiu He’s credits will remain unchanged according to the 6 points in the computer system, the scores of general elective courses with 2 credits will be given according to the results of the thesis, and the scores of professional courses with 4 credits will only be given 60 points for passing. is 1.0.

Qiu He scored 90 points for the thesis and a GPA of 4.0.Credits are useless as long as they meet the unified undergraduate requirements, but grade points are included in the total score, which affects the ranking of grades. "That's not a loss!" Guo Shujie yelled when she found out, "Why do you want those two credits?

It's not that the total credits are not enough to make up the number. "Qiu He shrugged his shoulders: "Alas—there is no way to withdraw, I myself have been negligent, so I should check carefully whether the class has been withdrawn or not. "Xue Tao has been listening after returning to the dormitory, and at this moment he suddenly said: "But why are so many people counted, but you are the only one left out? "" Surprised. "Guo Shujie didn't understand why Xue Tao was struggling with this detail.

Xue Tao looked at her with contempt: "After staying in this school for three years, you still believe that there are 'accidents'. It's amazing!"

It's just that this kind of "accident" is insignificant in Qiu He's eyes now, and what really worries her is the returned notes.To be more precise, it was a letter that was borrowed with the notes and returned intact inside.

The texture of the envelope and letterhead is exactly the same as the first time.The content is still Baudelaire's verse and straight heart - the sublime evil you claim to master never makes you flinch in terror I know all that hides behind your perfect mask What makes you your last sentence After watching it twice, I sat there as if under a spell. After recovering my thoughts after a long time, Qiu He felt a sudden pain in some part of his body for no apparent reason.Being seen through?Although he knew it was impossible, it was hard not to be disturbed.The note was lent to a classmate before Gu Chuchu was killed, which meant that it was a murder warning letter.

Apart from that, Qiu He couldn't figure out any more clues in his chaotic thoughts.

[three]
The school was in the final exam period, and even the most carefree students calmed down and read a few books.The world outside the school is not so peaceful.Although the complaint post about Su Ling's plagiarism was blocked on the Call for Papers website immediately, there are still some websites where the moderators cannot be found to delete the post, such as Baidu Tieba.The owner of the post bar may be a student at school, and he is also busy with exams. Xue Tao and Qiu He took turns hanging online to wait for him for several days, but they couldn't get in touch.In the past few days, the war of words in the post bar has been in full swing.

An author followed up with a complaint - I also felt that several articles she published were exactly the same as the plot of my rejected article.Su Ling himself also rebutted in the post - I don't know why you say that.However, the plots that can be written in campus stories are indeed limited. Maybe sometimes you can think of the plots I think of, or others have written them, but the difference is my narrative method.Even if the main line of the storyline is very similar, but the details, written by different people, definitely have different characteristics and feelings.Especially, when you start writing after reading a book, the style of writing can’t help but include that person’s style and some small details. These are human nature, so I try not to read other people’s articles before writing. , so as not to be disturbed.

I can only say that it is entirely due to my own hard work that I can get to this point. Everyone knows my character in the circle, so if there is no evidence, please don't talk nonsense in the post bar.

In addition, I wrote "Smoke Cool" before the magazine was founded in May and started to ask for manuscripts.I have shown the article to two editors before, and they can testify for me. Since I didn't start soliciting manuscripts at that time, why did I plagiarize?The landlord's accusation is too full of loopholes, ridiculous.

"How do you feel about this argument?" Qiu He asked Xue Tao.

Xue Tao propped his head and thought for a while and said, "It's very sincere. But I don't know whether she wants to say that she is 'disturbed' or 'not disturbed'."

But some authors don't buy this defense very much-her plot is clearly plagiarized, and most authors should have been plagiarized by her.What's so great about editing?We must unite and fight the editor to the end.It's really funny, and I'm ashamed to say that my narrative technique is very special so it's not plagiarism.Her own defense was ridiculous.If the magazine does not deal with her this time, I will definitely not buy this magazine again in the future, what a disappointment.

When the page was pulled down to this point, even Xue Tao sighed helplessly. Although she had little trust in Su Ling, these public opinions made the magazine have no way out, even if she wanted to stand by Su Ling's side.

At this time, Qiuhe's QQ issued a notification tone.It was an old author who often published articles in magazines who came to inquire about the news: "What happened to Su Ling's plagiarism? Why did this happen to her again?"

Qiu He grabbed the word "you" in her words and turned back: "Has it happened before?" "Just a while ago, there was another article that was complained in another magazine. Her article was very controversial."

"What's the matter?" "It's very similar to Ji Xiaocheng's article. It's also very similar to the implied meaning of another article. Anyway, when I read it at the time, I thought it wasn't written by her." Qiu He was not in a hurry to express his opinion, and pretended to be confused: "Oh...it's really hard to prevent this kind of thing now." "This kind of thing" is not clearly stated.The author went on to explain in detail: "In that article, my sister's boyfriend went to visit her hometown, and then fell in love with her sister. I also wrote an article with the same meaning, but the male lead is not my sister's." Boyfriend, and the Japanese-style paragraphs interspersed in Su Ling are exactly the same as Ji Xiaocheng's, and I heard that more than one person reported this matter. Ah, it's so confusing."

Qiu He still couldn't come to a conclusion, echoed vaguely, quietly asked if the author had written a new manuscript, changed the subject, and gave a few words of encouragement until she went offline.Xue Tao kept watching behind her throughout the whole process, feeling deeply moved: "The wall is falling and everyone is pushing, and those who exposed the criminal record have also appeared."

Qiu He found the editor of the magazine among his QQ friends and asked for details. The editor also said that Su Ling had indeed been complained and was still under investigation.

Qiu He disappeared, and was called by Xue Tao to let her watch the conversation between himself and the complainant.

"When did you submit the manuscript to her?" "Last July."

"Okay, let's investigate this matter again. We can't jump to conclusions without conclusive evidence. Can you leave your real name and contact information?"

The author left the mailing address and name of a school in Shenzhen specific to grades and classes: "I am a boarding student, and I am usually at school. By the way, this manuscript was published in the school magazine before I submitted it to her, which is considered evidence. ?"

"Of course, can you send it to us?" "I will send it today."

The school magazine is not a business magazine, and this does not count as multiple submissions.Xue Tao said to Qiu He, "It will be easier now."

"Last July." Qiu He muttered.She quickly opened her computer's browser and found Su Ling's blog. The call for papers on it was published at 6:30:07 on June 30 last year.Although Qiuhe took over the magazine for revision in May of this year, Su Ling was already a special editor of the magazine before the revision. She first helped the magazine solicit manuscripts in June last year. It was reasonable for the author to submit an article to her in July, but Su Ling In the post bar, I kept saying, "At that time, I didn't start asking for drafts at all."

And another posting record in Su Ling's blog brought back her memories. Qiu He found a chat record with Su Ling in QQ a long time ago. :
"Cool Yan" cannot be submitted.Suring:
ah?Qiuhe:

Because "Smoke Cool" has been published.Suring:
... Has "Smoke Cool" been published?how is this possible! !Do you believe me or someone else!Qiu He: Who else?You registered yourself in the blog and said that it was published in other magazines.Suring:
Oh, freaked me out, didn't publish it.At that time, the editor told me to publish this article, but I replaced it with another article, but because the other article was too long, I didn't post it at all in that issue!
At that time, Qiu He didn't think there was anything suspicious about this conversation. Since he clarified that one draft was oversubmitted, he published "Yan Liang" as planned. Looking back now, he felt that there was something wrong everywhere. Qiu He had indeed been pointing at one draft. The question of multiple submissions, but Su Ling didn't seem to be responding to multiple submissions at the beginning, especially the sentence "Do you believe me or someone else".

Qiu He read the posts on the post bar again.Many people support Su Ling, and many people oppose Su Ling.Whether it is those who support her or those who oppose her, a large number of IDs have been registered recently, indicating that they are from the vests of the two factions.Some other authors who followed suit and said that they were also plagiarized did not log in and directly displayed their IP addresses.Qiuhe checked these IPs, and they were scattered in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places.

She remembered that Su Ling and the author of the complaint had both logged in to the magazine's official forum, so she went into the background to check the IP addresses they had used.The author of the complaint has only logged in twice, but it is not in Shenzhen, but the IP of the province where Su Ling is located.And Su Ling's IP address is even more unbelievable. There are American, Canadian, and Japanese IP addresses, but there is no Chinese one. Obviously, she has been using a proxy server since she logged into the official forum.If a person is not guilty, why should he hide his tracks so carefully?

Later, Qiuhe accidentally found a post in the recycle bin, and sued the author when he first posted on the official website, Su Ling and her had several scolding battles back and forth.The complaint post was posted a few minutes after this post.Qiu He asked Xue Tao if he had seen this post, and Xue Tao’s answer was no: “I usually don’t pay much attention to the official website, and when I saw the complaint post, the network administrator deleted it immediately, maybe he thought the content of this post was similar, so he deleted it too. .I now feel that Su Ling's character is extremely bad. Look at her wording—you can show real evidence if you have the ability, and you can say whatever you want. It's all to irritate others. And she used' The word 'we' is clearly provocative, so the author feels that we are covering up and conniving her. Do you think it is necessary for us to apologize to the author now?"

At this time, the director of the publishing house's Beijing office also sent a text message to ask. The turmoil on the Internet has attracted the attention of the publishing house. After understanding the general situation, she asked: "Do you think Su's short story collection is still worth doing?" ? After all, we haven’t signed a contract with her yet, so neither the agency nor we personally need to bear the responsibility.”

Qiu He didn't say a word, and neither responded to Xue Tao nor the director's text message. She looked dull, but her thoughts were racing. She filtered all the details to make sure that she didn't miss anything to check before the interview with Su Ling.

(End of this chapter)