Chapter 343 Gu Lu returns
Union Hospital.
Gu Lu's pace changed from urgent to slow. When you put your hand on the door handle of the ward, you need to take a deep breath to muster up a lot of courage. From the time his sister could move her fingers more than a month ago to now when she fully wakes up, he has been worried about her.
It just so happened that the attending doctor came, so he walked in with the doctor.
Gu Jiayu was scared and panicked when he woke up and appeared in the hospital.
"Brother...brother?" Gu Jiayu saw a familiar figure, but it had changed from the one in her memory. He is taller and has a longer appearance, but he can still recognize him as his brother at a glance.
Having familiar people in an unfamiliar environment made the heroine feel at ease.
"Jiajia, how are you feeling?" Gu Lu asked.
“I don’t have much strength.” Gu Jiayu spoke stumblingly, as if his voice was coming out of his throat, which was very laborious.
"Dr. Liang, what is this?" Gu Lu asked immediately.
"Generally, awakening from a persistent vegetative state will be accompanied by some minor problems. Cognitive impairment, language impairment, etc." Dr. Liang responded, "Jiayu is in very good condition. We did a checkup and found no physical dysfunction. It can be said that he is the best. A good situation.”
Dr. Liang’s words are really not comforting, because many vegetative people can only regain a certain degree of self-care ability even if they wake up.
But the heroine loves to talk so much.
Gu Lu immediately asked, "Can it be cured?"
"No problem at all. As long as a period of rehabilitation treatment is carried out, Jiayu can recover like a normal person. "Dr. Liang said.
"Thank you, Doctor Liang. Sorry, sorry." Gu Lu thanked him.
"No, no, no, my child will grow up reading the teacher's books." Dr. Liang was also happy for the brother and sister, so he made a little joke.
He then left the ward, giving the two of them a chance to be alone, but before leaving, he reminded Gu Jiayu that he had just woken up and should still get more rest.
Understand, you must rest.
The ward suddenly became quiet. Gu Lu felt that the cool breeze outside the window was a bit strong and his eyes felt a little uncomfortable.
"Brother - I must watch the road carefully next time I walk." Gu Jiayu spoke slowly. She still remembered that she was reminded by her brother the last time she went to Li Guyuan's house.
Gu Lu was tense at first, but after listening to his sister's words, he broke through his defense instantly.
"It's a pity that I don't have a mobile phone. If I have one, I can take a photo of my brother's current appearance and use it to extort pocket money in the future." Gu Jiayu wanted to make his brother laugh.
Gu Lu exhaled heavily, "I'll take care of my pocket money from now on, good times are ahead."
"Hey, I slept for a long time. Brother, how have you been in these past few years? How's it going?" Gu Jiayu was half-lying, the bed was raised, and he wasn't that tired.
"I went to Peking University and lived well." Gu Lu pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Brother, do you know how Shu Rou is doing?"
"It seems that he took the major exam and didn't leave Wudu."
"What about brother Li Guyuan? ?”
“He got admitted to Tsinghua University.”
"Oh! Brother Li Guyuan has realized his dream. He has always wanted to go to Tsinghua University."
Wait.
After asking a lot of questions, the heroine actually wanted to ask her mother, because she missed her mother, but she also thought that her brother and her mother had a bad relationship. Especially if something happened to me again, it would definitely be worse, so I kept it in my heart.
After talking for about twenty minutes, Gu Jiayu felt a little tired.
"Have a good rest, I will notify them to come soon." The people Gu Lu was talking about were naturally Gu's father and Gu's mother.
Seeing his sister's hesitant expression, Gu Lu understood what was going on. "Dad is still the same, drinking every day. As for mom, life has not changed much, and I have a good relationship with that uncle."
Hearing the news about Gu's father, Gu Jiayu frowned, and later heard the news about Gu's mother, The eyebrows spread out.
Telling her to rest well again, Gu Lu stood up and lowered the hospital bed into a flat position. He couldn't let his sister get too tired. He didn't want to rush for a while, so he had to take his time.
"Brother, can you bring me a mobile phone? I'm bored in the hospital alone." Gu Jiayu said finally.
"I'll ask the doctor. If you can use a mobile phone, I'll bring one." Gu Lu looked at his slightly confused sister and responded in a low voice.
With his eyes closed, he seemed to have fallen asleep, and he didn't know if he heard it.
Gently closing the door, Gu Lu left the hospital. His steps were much lighter. Gu Lu even felt that the invisible weight-bearing garment he was wearing had been taken off.
First ask Dr. Liang what needs to be paid attention to in rehabilitation treatment.
The Rehabilitation Department of Union Hospital is quite good.
Tell Mr. Gu and Mr. Gu that your sister has woken up. In fact, Gu Lu hasn't had much communication with his original parents in recent years.
...
Wang Guowei jumped from Taiping Lake, Lao She jumped from Kunming Lake, and Ding Zeliang jumped from Weiming Lake.
Gu Lu is currently at the Weiming Lake, not to jump into the lake, but to wait for someone.
"Junior, I heard that Jiajia is awake, is it true?" Zhou Lin asked hurriedly before she could stand still.
Zhou Lin was also admitted to Peking University and was one year ahead of Gu Lu, so she was nicknamed "Junior".
She is a popular figure in Peking University, the president of Peking University Model United Nations, and the youth secretary-general of China Model United Nations. It can be said that Gu Luzhen saw with his own eyes how the strange girl fulfilled her boast step by step.
"Well, I'm awake." Gu Lu nodded, his eyes and eyebrows raised.
"That's great, I just said, Jiajia is so good, God will definitely bless her." Zhou Lin was very happy, "Jiajia is really up to date."
She was happy for Gu Jiayu , and also happy for Gu Lu.
"When you can visit, you must tell me and I will go and have a look." Zhou Lin said.
"Can Jiajia still go to college? It should be possible, right?" Zhou Lin touched her chin, "If you want to study tutoring, just tell me."
"Thank you." Gu Lu looked at the lake reflection.
"Thank you for what? What's the relationship between us? Besides, I also regard Jiajia as my sister." Zhou Lin waved her hand.
“Thank you for the past few years.” Gu Lu said.
During the three years of college, Zhou Lin often called him and ran up and down to help sign up for any activities. Gu Lu knew very well that Zhou Lin was enlightening him. It was like a little sun, and it really made Gu Lu feel better.
"Why are you suddenly stirring up emotions?" Zhou Lin said, "And what's the point of just verbally thanking you? In this case, you don't have to treat me to many more meals."
"No problem, eat. Say it directly." Gu Lu turned his attention to her.
“You can’t just go to the cafeteria to fool me this time.”
“Absolutely not.”
In three years, Gu Lu didn’t make any friends at the university. , so the two of them eat together quite a lot.
Because Zhou Lin often appears on Peking University's Weiming BBS (school forum), she is more easily recognized by her classmates than Gu Lu.
"My goddess Minghua has an owner." "Fuck you, did you just know that Zhou Lin and Gu Lu are a couple?" "Are they together? It doesn't feel like it, and they aren't holding hands or anything. "...
If you are beautiful since childhood, the possibility of becoming crooked as an adult is very small. Zhou Lin became even more beautiful as she grew up, especially her long black hair, which was standard black and straight.
The two finally chose a seafood restaurant for dinner. Gu Lu was indeed treating them to a feast.
Mother Gu came to Sijiucheng the next day after receiving the news.
Mother and daughter hugged each other and cried together. Gu Lu sat in the corridor like an outsider.
In the next time, Gu Lu will go to the hospital to accompany Gu Jiayu when he has no classes.
One week after Gu Jiayu regained consciousness, after evaluation by the attending doctor, he could use electronic products, but the time must be controlled. We can also visit, Zhou Lin and Li Guyuan are here.
The heroine gradually got used to living in the hospital, and her personality returned to its former self.
"What university did sister Qi Caiwei go to?" Gu Jiayu asked.
"She went abroad to study and didn't come back to China often." Gu Lu peeled an apple for her beside him.
"Brother, did you choose Sister Zhou Lin in the end?" Gu Jiayu said suddenly.
“Why did you choose Zhou Lin?” Gu Lu pretended to have his head blown.
"I'm sure. Sister Caiwei and Sister Zhou Lin must both like you. I knew it even in high school." Gu Jiayu smiled and hid.
Gu Lu could feel Qi Caiwei's thoughts. When she got on the plane a few years ago, Gu Lu went to see her off. I couldn't respond at the time because CC was only seventeen years old at the time. However, since CC went to the Bear Country, contact has not been that frequent.
"Brother, can you agree to my request?" Gu Jiayu suddenly said this while chewing on an apple.
“You can say whatever you want.” Gu Lu came back to his senses.
"This guy is so annoying! Brother, write a book and defeat him!" Gu Jiayu pointed to a message on the tablet.
[Katsu Tanachimaru: "Genius, of course I am a genius. Just like a few years ago I asked Hua Xia Cai... What is Hua Xia Cai's name? Forgot it's not important, I can defeat the most genius, Isn’t he a more powerful genius?”]
This news comes from a repost in the self-media. Katsumaru talked about defeating Gu Lu and often mentioned it.
In the past, there were no self-media bloggers to carry it, but recently, Bilibili videos have been reviewed and discussed. Therefore, the self-media has the motivation to carry over the speech Katanachi Maru gave on "DirectTalk" in April.
"Okay, I will definitely work hard." Gu Lu agreed.
In the past four or five years, even though Gu Lu studied steadily and did not try new things, he still triggered seven novels. Four short story collections and three full-length books, including "To Live".
So why hasn’t it been published again? Maybe I blame myself.
I blame myself for buying the house in Bauhinia Gardens, I blame myself for writing the article "That Tree", I blame myself for making the street narrower due to construction, I blame...
When people are emotional, it is very easy to walk. Those who are extreme either try to blame others for making mistakes, or think that all the faults are their own. Obviously, Gu Lu is the latter.
Gu Jiayu was very happy when he heard this, and patted his brother softly, indicating that he should work harder. When she got the phone, she discovered that her brother had not written a book for several years. Gu Jiayu, who was delicate and thoughtful, instantly figured out the key, and then thought about it for a long time before he came up with this "method."
After leaving the hospital and returning home, he bought a house in Sijiucheng. However, when he bought it a few years ago, the housing prices in Sijiucheng were not so exaggerated.
Of course, the current development of peripheral copyrights for "The Little Prince" has given him freedom of wealth. Especially for co-branding, many domestic clothing brands have co-branded Little Prince.
"What's the sales volume in those days?" Gu Lu inquired.
A total of 6 books have been published in Katsudauchi Maru's writing career. "Shoot a Bullet at the Sun" is the best-selling work, reaching an astonishing three million copies. The specific data has not been announced. Anyway, in 2017, two years after its release, it was announced that sales exceeded three million copies. The other five works combined have less than 2 million copies.
Look at yourself again. Gu Lu’s five books published by Neon, "The Prince of That Time", "A Bouquet for Algernon", "The Wandering Earth", "Mr. Holmes" and "Bingguo", have the highest sales volume. It's Algernon, which has sold more than 1.7 million copies.
One word, Mr. Holmes and Bingguo are the hard work of agent Yao Xiaoju over the past few years. Even if Gu Lu has no new work, he still manages the old work very well.
"Is this book written with extraordinary performance?" Gu Lu wondered why there was such a big gap. After some inquiries...Okay, Gu Lu knew the reason.
"The books I have at the moment..."
Gu Lu found "From the New World", "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" and "The Devotion of Suspect X" that were more suitable.
Being able to trigger the cat from the new world must be thanked to Zhou Lin, who once asked him to help raise a cat for a while. As for striped pajamas, King Gulu really bought striped pajamas. Needless to say, the last one was originally planned to be published many years ago.
"The boy in striped pajamas seems to have swept all the awards except the Nobel Prize for Literature. It's awesome." It was awesome, so Gu Lu excluded it. Because this time I’m not here to win a prize.
The remaining two films made Gu Lu hesitate.
"From the New World" was a work that he liked very much in his previous life, even though he only watched the anime and never read the book in his previous life.
This book is dystopian, and the ending is extremely shocking. How shocking is it exactly? As a reader, you take on the role of the protagonist, but in fact you are just a mouse...
"The sales in the New World should not be good." In order to increase sales, Gu Lu still chose the suspect. After all, this book has achieved miraculous sales on Earth, so the next one will be in the New World.
I haven’t typed for a long time, so my speed must have slowed down. Gu Lu touched the keyboard for a long time before he started working.
[At seven thirty-five in the morning, Shi Shen left the apartment as usual. Although it was already March, the wind was still quite cold. He buried his chin in his scarf and walked out. Before walking onto the road, he glanced at the bicycle parking lot. There are several cars there...]
Gu Lu thought of the short mystery story he wrote in Neon a few years ago, and could make a slight linkage.
Oh yes, I have to tell Yao Xiaoju before copying.
"Hey Brother Yao, I may have a new book this month and want to publish it on Neon."
"New book?!" Yao Xiaoju stood up and paced back and forth in the room excitedly.
He originally had a calm temperament, but this incident made Yao Xiaoju unable to remain calm.
"Really? Brother Gu! You are finally planning to write a new book!" Yao Xiaoju asked, "What is the subject?"
"Mystery subject." Gu Lu replied.
“There is indeed a market for Neon’s mystery themes, no problem.” Yao Xiaoju said excitedly, “I’ll contact the publishing house, when will it be published? Do I need the Japanese and Chinese versions to be released at the same time? "
"The book should be ready by mid-June," Gu Lu said.
“I’ll make arrangements, and I’ll definitely get the best price in terms of royalties.” Yao Xiaoju said.
"I definitely trust Brother Yao in this regard. He is professional."
"Then take a rest early."
The two of them finished talking about the business and hung up the phone. For Yao Xiaoju, this is a rare moment in recent times. Best news of the year.
"Yes! Great. With Gu Lu's talent, as long as you get used to it, you will be able to return to the top soon."
Yao Xiaoju thought, even if the book market and the tastes of readers are different. There were changes, but he believed in Gu Lu.
The first book gets you used to it, the second book stabilizes it, and the third book returns to its peak.
......
"Pengpeng——" There was a crisp knock on the door.
"President, this is Inoguchi Nisanwan." Editor-in-chief Aso introduced that it is also a good idea to introduce emerging writers discovered by the publishing house to the president.
Inoguchi immediately introduced himself by his original name. After all, Nisanmaru knew it was a pen name as soon as he heard it.
"The writing is good and the style is maintained," Sato said.
Respectfully, Inoguchi quickly said that he would continue to work hard and create better works.
It’s enough to meet him once. Asoye is very sensible and takes the person away before the president becomes impatient.
After walking out of the small building of the publishing house, Zhu Kuou breathed a sigh of relief.
"I feel like the president has a very artistic temperament..." Inoguchi was interrupted before he could finish his words.
"Who asked you to talk about the president casually?" Editor-in-chief Aso scolded.
"No comment, I definitely have no objection to the president." Inoguchi apologized quickly.
For the sake of such a standard bow, Aso stopped pursuing it, "President Sato didn't do this before."
"Huh?" Inoguchi Nisanmaru waited for the follow-up.
"President Sato was not so decadent before, but now he is a bit self-indulgent." Editor-in-chief Aso said, "Because something happened."
"What's the matter?" Zhukou Ersanwan thought to himself, don't let me talk about the president, but you said it happily yourself.
"President Sato believes that he has harmed China's talents." Aso said.
"Hua Xia Talent - who?"
"Gu Lu, have you heard of this name?" Aso asked.
"Of course, I have read "The Prince of That Day" and "Flowers for Algernon."" Inoguchi Nisanmaru said immediately. He didn't say the last sentence, he didn't like reading these two books, and he didn't poke him.
"The president believes that if he hadn't facilitated the publication of the collection of science fiction short stories "The Wandering Earth", Gu Lu would not have closed it..." Aso said.
"Although the sales volume of "The Wandering Earth" lags behind "Shoot Bullets at the Sun" by a large margin, short story collections cannot be compared with long stories!" Inoguchi Nisanmaru said, "Teacher Gu Lu Is it really because of this?"
"Not necessarily, but the president thinks so," Aso replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, Aso's phone rang, and his expression changed from dull at first to shocked later.
"Okay, okay, president, I'll be right back!" Editor-in-Chief Aso hung up the phone.
Inoguchi was about to ask what was going on when he heard the editor say.
“Gu Lu is coming back!”
“What?” Zhukou Ersanwan didn’t understand.
"The president said that Mr. Gu Lu is going to write a new book, so let's go shopping in Tokyo today." Aso said that originally from Sapporo to Tokyo, as an editor, he must have led him around. . But there was something more important now. After explaining, he took three steps and then two steps at a time and ran back.
Only Zhukou Ersanwan was left in place.
Bai Tongshe's office is busy, and the promotion of "Gu Lu's Return" has to be launched.
President Sato was very happy that the genius had revived, but he found that he did not seem to be entirely happy, but actually a little bit disappointed?
There are no secrets in the publishing world, so the news of Gu Lu's return quickly spread throughout Neon.
(End of this chapter)