Chapter 46: Changed
Chapter 46: Changed
To prove his claims, Old Bai led Zheng Fa and Tang Lingwu into a room they had never entered before.
The room was small, about ten square meters, with tall, cluttered bookshelves lining the walls. Books lay scattered across the floor and chairs, half-open as if abandoned mid-read. The disarray marked it clearly as Old Bai’s domain.
The only exception was the desk by the window. Unlike the rest of the room, the desk was meticulously neat, holding only a stack of thick draft papers and a penholder filled with pens. The stack of drafts was arranged so perfectly that it resembled a block of smooth tofu.
“Is this your new book?” Tang Lingwu asked, her attention drawn to the peculiar stack of papers.
Old Bai scratched his head, now adopting a rare humility. “Just something I’ve been working on for years.”
He turned to Zheng Fa. “I really don’t have time. I agreed to write this book before I retired, and it’s been five or six years since. I haven’t finished it yet.”
“Publishers really do call me to hurry up. I wasn’t lying…” His voice trailed off under their doubtful gazes. “Well, maybe I exaggerated a bit. A little. Five, six, seven, or eight times.”
Zheng Fa glanced at the immaculate desk and nodded. “You must care a lot about this book.”