In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

late at night.

Another person dressed in black moved through the streets and alleys.

The woman in black turned around and looked at Xie Bi'an following behind her, then stopped.

Seeing that she had stopped, Xie Bi'an found himself a hiding place as well.

To his surprise, Tao Jingyang appeared right behind him when he turned around. At that moment, Xie Bi'an's blood froze—he hadn't noticed Tao Jingyang at all.

Indeed, the most terrifying thing in the world is a sudden, unexpected attack.

"Find a place to wait for me. I'm going to the Fan residence to get some goods. When I come out, please help me take them back."

After saying this, Tao Jingyang left, with Xie Bi'an following closely behind.

Fan Xian sat in the room, the candlelight flickering, preparing things he might need for tomorrow.

Suddenly, they heard some noise outside the door. "Is that Uncle Wuzhu? Just come in."

But after saying this, no one responded for a long time. Fan Xian felt something was wrong and cautiously approached the door.

Suddenly, the door opened, and a handful of poison was spilled out. Just when they thought they could bring the person to justice, they found that there was no one outside the door.

"Hey...that's weird." Fan Xian muttered to himself as he closed the door and locked it from the inside.

When he turned his head, a figure was sitting right in front of his desk, which really startled him.

The moment Fan Xian saw the person, his adrenaline surged. He was about to draw his sword and confront the person when he discovered that this "shadow" had ripped off the black cloth covering the lower half of his face.

"Tao Jingyang?? What are you doing here?" Fan Xian recognized the person and was incredulous, almost losing control of his voice.

Tao Jingyang ignored him, took a book out of his pocket, waved it in front of Fan Xian, and asked with a smile:

"Did you write this book?"

Fan Xian's heart had already turned cold the moment Tao Jingyang raised that book.

Seeing that Tao Jingyang still had a "smiling" expression, he swallowed hard, raised his hands in front of his chest, and said to Tao Jingyang:

"Why don't you let me explain first?"

Tao Jingyang knew from his expression that he had guessed correctly. He casually tossed the book onto the table, laughed, and then kicked it at Fan Xian.

!!!

"Hey! It's not what you think!"

"Tao Jingyang, I didn't write this book, I really didn't write it!" Fan Xian tried to explain while dodging, but he was knocked to the ground by Tao Jingyang after only two or three moves.

Tao Jingyang was quite humane; knowing that he had another "performance" to "act" in the next day, he deliberately prevented him from getting injured.

He was somewhat surprised that he was powerless against her.

But he still didn't realize that he was lying on the ground, so restrained that he couldn't move at all.

Instead, he turned his head with difficulty and continued to explain to her that he really wasn't the one who wrote the book.

He simply gave the book a title.

......

What's the difference, please tell me?

His own explanation lacked confidence. After all... when Fan Sizhe showed him the book, Fan Xian only glanced at it briefly.

He knew that this book seemed to be subtly alluding to the relationship between Li Chengze and Tao Jingyang...

Thinking of this, Fan Xian completely lost his confidence and was prepared to be suppressed here and let Tao Jingyang teach him a lesson.

Sure enough, when she heard Fan Xian say that he was only naming the book, she asked him, "You mean you don't know the content?"

Fan Xian dried his silence and was about to make a final struggle when Fan Sizhe's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Hey, Fan Xian, I've got another one here. Could you take a look and give it a title? Your last book sold really well..."

Fan Sizhe's voice grew louder as he approached, as if he were about to push open the door and enter the room.

Fan Xian suddenly felt the weight gripping the back of his neck loosen, but before he could get up, Fan Sizhe barged in again.

When Fan Sizhe entered the room, he was taken aback by the sight before him.

"Hey, brother, what are you looking for? Do you need me to help you find it?" As he spoke, he bent down next to his brother, put his hands on the ground, and looked around.

Fan Xian stood up awkwardly, and casually grabbed his good younger brother as well.

He glanced around discreetly, trying to find out where Tao Jingyang was hiding.

After looking around and not finding it, it was finally found on the roof beam.

Tao Jingyang was standing on the roof beam. Fan Xian saw her dust off her fingers, as if she thought there was too much dust on the beam.

I see. No wonder they didn't want to sit on it.

On one side, Fan Sizhe, who had been pulled up, lost his balance and swayed a couple of times.

He then handed a new book to Fan Xian, grinned mischievously at him, rubbed his hands together, and said:

"Give it another name, okay? The last book sold quite a lot. Once we've calculated the profit share, I'll send it over to you right away. The same goes for this one."

Fan Xian took the book, glanced at it, and was very relieved to find that this book had nothing to do with Tao Jingyang.

He stole a glance at the person on the beam and saw her take out a sharp knife and wipe it clean, which startled him.

He quickly said to Fan Sizhe:

"Never mind that one for now. The last one you showed me was 'The Prince and the Heroine: The Unspeakable Things.' Is it only sold in our bookstore now?"

When Fan Sizhe heard Fan Xian bring this up, he assumed that Fan Xian was thinking about the "copyright" issue that Fan Xian had mentioned to him before.

So he confidently replied that, apart from Danbo Bookstore, he had shut down all the other books in Kyoto that were secretly printed and sold.

He also assured Fan Xian that no one but the Fan family would earn money from this book.

Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He hurriedly instructed Fan Sizhe, "Take that book off the shelves immediately."

"Someone up there is angry; you absolutely mustn't sell it again."

Upon hearing this, the latter shuddered and leaned closer to Fan Xian, saying, "Brother, is it that serious?"

"No."

Fan Sizhe gasped, looking at Fan Xian with lingering fear, and said, "Oh, then it really can't be sold in the capital anymore..."

When Tao Jingyang, who was on the beam, heard Fan Sizhe say this, he almost couldn't help but jump down.

No, what does it mean that it's not sold in Kyoto?

Standing below, Fan Xian seemed to catch a glimpse of a chilling light. He then warned Fan Sizhe again that it was forbidden to sell it anywhere else.

After receiving Fan Sizhe's repeated assurances, Fan Xian kicked him out.

Before leaving, Fan Sizhe didn't forget to shout, "Don't forget to name your new book!"