"Ahem, I'll try to pay attention to him every day." Then he said to Cheng Yanqiu, "I should be home at noon. You give me a call then."

"Okay, please be safe on the road."

…

Yu Dong arrived home at 11 o'clock at noon. Not long after he returned, he received a call from Cheng Yanqiu. The two chatted for a while and hung up the phone after knowing that they had arrived home safely.

After lunch, Yu Dong caught up on his sleep for a while and received another call.

"Hello, is this Yu Dong? I'm Yu Hua."

Yu Hua's call surprised Yu Dong.

"Brother Yu Hua, how come you have my phone number?"

"I asked Su Tong for it. I have something to go to Shanghai in a few days. I know you are in Shanghai, so I called you and told you that if you have time, we can meet." Yu Hua said.

Yu Dong suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "You should go to "Harvest"."

"How do you know?" Yu Hua was a little surprised.

"Who doesn't know about your relationship with "Harvest"?"

"Haha, that's right. I have a new work and I'm going to show it to the magazine."

"When did you buy the ticket? I will pick you up at the station then."

Yu Hua replied, "I haven't bought the ticket yet, but I'm planning to go to the station tomorrow morning to check it out. I don't need you to pick me up. It's not my first time going to Shanghai. I'll go directly to the magazine office then."

"Don't be polite to me. Tell me after you've bought the ticket. You don't have to look for a place to stay. I'll arrange it for you." Yu Dong smiled heartily and took over Yu Hua's accommodation.

"I'm going to contact Ge Fei later."

"It's okay. I'm familiar with Ge Fei too. After you come, we can have dinner together. Although Ge Fei is a few years older than me, he's not as familiar as me in Shanghai."

Seeing Yu Dong's enthusiasm, Yu Hua responded, "Then I'll trouble you."

"Whether it's troublesome or not, that makes it clear."

Then the two chatted for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

The next day, Yu Hua called again and told Yu Dong the train number and time.

On the day Yu Hua arrived, Yu Dong first booked a room for Yu Hua in a hotel near the Writers Association, and then went to the train station to pick him up.

When he received Yu Hua, he looked haggard and tired, as if he hadn't slept for a long time.

However, the cigarette in his hand did not break.

"I almost couldn't hold on when I got off the car just now, so I relied on this to cheer me up." Yu Hua raised the cigarette in his hand and said gratefully: "Yu Dong, thank you very much."

Yu Dong waved his hand, "You're welcome, let's go have a meal first, and then you go to the hotel to rest for a while. Your current state is not suitable for going to a magazine."

"It's useless to go now. My appointment with Balao is for tomorrow afternoon, and he probably won't be in the club now."

"Then relax and have a good rest. In the evening I called a few friends and we all had dinner together." Then Yu Dong added, "They are all acquaintances, Ge Fei, Editor Cheng, and Teacher Sun Ganlu."

Yu Hua smiled and said, "I am also here to find them this time."

Afterwards, Yu Dong took Yu Hua to have a meal first, and then went to the hotel to rest.

Before Yu Hua went to bed, Yu Dong got the manuscript of his new book and read it while he was sleeping.

It is indeed "Alive".

Moreover, it is a medium-length version of "Alive", with a total of 60,000 to 70,000 words, which is the same as the one published in "Harvest" in Yu Dong's impression.

The overall narrative of the novella "Alive" is similar to the full-length "Alive", except that there is less emphasis on the description of the two periods of WG and DYJ, and the intersection of the two narratives is also reduced by half.

The former is a difference in story content, while the latter is a difference in narrative means.

In Yu Dong's view, the latter has a greater impact on the entire work. Because the intersection of the two narratives and the pause in the narrative greatly affect the rhythm of the story.
Chapter completed!