newbobooks Chapter 123 has finally been updated!
Chapter 123 has finally been updated!
Mr. Wuming's serialized story has finally been updated!
This news instantly swept through Bianjing.
The latest issue of Zhiyu Bookstore's "Between Square Inches" was released, and many people rushed to buy it.
It is said that many people start queuing outside the bookstore as early as midnight.
Moreover, it is said that the book appreciation event was scheduled to take place at Fuxian Manor on the very day the novel was published, and that both men and women could participate. This shocked the people of Bianjing.
This book appreciation gathering has always been held separately for men and women, and it is mostly a banquet for men with very few women. Moreover, this book appreciation gathering is actually hosted by the sage Sun.
Sun Xianren's name is renowned, and his disciples are all over the country. Although they have not achieved the same level of success as the Sage, the fact that he held this banquet still made many people desperate to get in.
Ye Yuwu's pseudonym "Mr. Wuming" also received this invitation. She hesitated for a long time but decided not to go, mainly because she was afraid that her pseudonym would be exposed and then all sorts of trouble would follow.
So she politely declined in her reply.
Liang Suxin and Bai Zunxing finally received invitations to the book club, giving them the opportunity to enter together.
Of course, Wei Ruochun and Ling Luo, who were also close friends with her, were not willing to miss this opportunity.
They were noble ladies from prominent families, so naturally they had ways to get into this book appreciation event.
However, to their surprise, they would actually run into Guan Yan at the book appreciation event.
When they met Guan Yan, the four of them had just met and exchanged visiting cards. They had only been admiring the manor for a short while when they saw a group of men walking in from the other side of the manor.
It was Bai Zunxing who first discovered Guan Yan among these people.
Later, it was Bai Zunxing who reminded Liang Suxin to look into that crowd.
However, Guan Yan did not seem to notice them and left along the waterside corridor.
"Should we say hello?" Bai Zunxing asked her softly.
"No need for that yet," Liang Suxin stopped her from thinking about it.
"What are you two whispering about?" Ling Luo and Wei Ruochun looked unhappy.
"Ever since you two went to Zhiyu Bookstore, you've almost forgotten about us. We've rarely had time to get together. Today, we finally managed to attend the book appreciation event together, and the two of you are sticking together again! Humph!"
"Ling Luo, don't just talk about us! You've entered the Imperial Academy, and you're even busier than us. I've heard my mother complain to me that your mother said you've been very diligent since you went to the Imperial Academy, studying by lamplight every day. We don't even dare to bother you if we want to go see you. And you're talking about us!" Liang Suxin retorted quickly, hands on her hips, disregarding her image.
"It seems you've all become quite eloquent since you went to Zhiyu Bookstore!" Ling Luo snorted.
"If it weren't for the two of us working at Zhiyu Bookstore, you probably wouldn't even be able to snag the latest storybooks."
Liang Suxin and Ling Luo often bicker, and the other two are used to it.
"What are you two arguing about? I'm the one who should be complaining! You both have things to do, unlike me who spends my days idly playing the zither and painting at home!"
Wei Ruochun was speechless and couldn't help but interject. Bai Zunxing heard this and quickly went over to comfort her.
"Sister Wei could find something to do, so she wouldn't be stuck in the mansion feeling melancholy and sentimental."
"Sigh~ Sister Zunxing, do you think I don't want to? It's just that I don't know what I can do, unlike you all who have your own firm goals."
Bai Zunxing didn't know how to comfort her.
Ling Luo and Liang Suxin stopped arguing.
"Ruochun, did Madam Wei also come today?"
"Yes, I heard that she came with your mother and the others."
Wei Ruochun and Ling Luo both knew that the two of them didn't get along, but Wei Ruochun and Ling Luo were surprisingly close.
The two women were like sisters, and their relationship did not become distant because of the two of them.
Wei Ruochun and Ling Luo never expected that one day their mothers would become close friends, even closer than they were to each other. They didn't know what caused it.
Thinking of this, the two smiled at each other.
Unlike the ladies of noble families, who had specially assigned seats, these young men did not have fixed seats; they were in a fluid arrangement.
The four walked towards the courtyard and soon arrived at their destination.
The manor was frequented by a large number of guests, and the sage Sun decreed that neither men nor women attending the banquet should wear veils or other similar items.
We are all book lovers, so we should openly discuss the plot of the story without being too formal.
That's why you can see men and women discussing stories together at such a banquet.
This was also the first book appreciation event in Bianjing that was open to both men and women.
"Isn't that the third-place scholar in this year's imperial examination? Why is he here at this book appreciation event?"
Bai Zunxing was surprised to find a man surrounded by a group of women in the corner.
"This third-ranked scholar is a disciple of Master Sun, so naturally he should come to support his master's book appreciation gathering." Ling Luo was quite interested in this kind of news, after all, she was currently at the Imperial Academy.
"However, I've never seen this third-ranked scholar before. How did you recognize him at a glance, Sister Zunxing?" Liang Suxin asked in confusion.
“He came to my brother’s house to look for me once and happened to run into him. Later I learned from my brother that he was the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination this year.”
"Oh, I see."
As they were discussing, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd. They looked closely and saw a man arguing with a woman.
When they leaned closer and listened for a moment, they gradually understood why they were arguing.
It turned out that the young man was Kong Muqing, the eldest son of the Minister of the Court of Imperial Clan Affairs, and the woman was a stranger, but judging from the fabric of her clothes, her family must be wealthy.
It seems the woman accidentally bumped into him, and she apologized, but the man refused to let it go.
He also verbally abused the woman, saying in public, "What kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry can get into this book appreciation club?"
It turned out that the man was already dissatisfied, and he even invited a woman to the book appreciation gathering as well.
He felt that these women were not worthy of attending the banquet, but he dared not say so directly at the book appreciation event.
If that's really what they said, wouldn't that be disrespecting Sun Xianren and slapping him in the face?
So after the woman accidentally bumped into him, he took the opportunity to mutter his inner dissatisfaction, which was actually directed at these women.
"I was invited by Mr. Sun, I didn't just come in randomly." The woman seemed unable to argue with the man, and her voice was slightly choked with sobs as she spoke.
“It must be that Mr. Sun made a mistake, which is why he allowed a woman like you with no merits to enter this courtyard.”
"I've already apologized to you, what more do you want? Why are you insulting me?" The woman couldn't help but sob, and by this time a lot of people had gathered around.
The woman appeared to be alone, while Kong Muqing had several of his friends beside her, who were looking at her with ill intent, as if she were a laughingstock.
The woman dared not provoke them and tried to leave, but they blocked her way.