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Chapter 149: Determined (9)

"What did Mrs. Finina tell you? The book you wrote didn't mention that she came to see you." Gu Chang closed the manuscript and looked at Slaley.

Slaley stroked the messy beard on his chin. He had been busy writing a book recently and had no time to tidy himself up.

"Then His Highness Helain is sure that the next king will not be the eldest prince?" Slaley knew very well that if he wrote this, he would have to bear the wrath of the Lund family.

I won’t write it down now, mainly because of this relationship.

Gu Chang knew that what Slaley cared about was the benefits that the book brought him, otherwise this person would not have come to him.

"Indeed, once this book comes out, it is bound to have a great impact. I understand that you have this concern, but once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Do you understand what I mean? If you are afraid, then I will find someone else to do it." Gu Chang looked at Slaley calmly. He spoke slowly and gently.

But Slaley felt as if these words hit him hard, making him a little breathless.

"What I need is a friend we can trust, not a businessman who only cares about profit." Gu Chang stood up from the sofa, his hand resting on a pile of manuscripts. "You've invested so much time in this, are you still hesitating just because of whether Lotus will be the next king?"

"If you still don't want to write that part, I can pay a generous price to buy your manuscript, and then you can use the money to go somewhere else, away from the royal city. I can guarantee that Lotus will not know that this book was written by you." Gu Chang supported his hands on the table, and he looked at Slaley who was sitting behind the desk.

And Slaley just remained silent, his hand playing unconsciously with the pencil.

After a brief silence, Slaley closed his eyes and looked at Gu Chang, "Please give me some time to think, Your Highness Hailain."

Because he had written books for noble lords before, he was ridiculed by others, who thought he was a man who only cared about money.

Slaley didn't want to refute this point. Who doesn't want to make more money?

He had Sunflower Book Club to support, and he wanted to survive in the royal city. He also wanted to continue to create more articles with his own hands.

But his reputation is now in tatters because of the book he wrote for the nobles. People don't believe that the books he wrote before were written out of love.

A reader once wrote to him, asking him why he would sell his soul for money.

At that time, Slaley's wife was seriously ill and in urgent need of money, so he took this job.

Slaley did not reply to the reader's letter. His life was already a mess and he had no time to deal with such things.

Slaley sighed and put his hand to his forehead.

My mind would unconsciously recall my wife’s pale face that night.

Slaley once wrote many articles because of his love for writing, but few people were willing to buy his works.

Only his wife has been supporting his writing, and for this reason, his wife has done a lot of work to ensure the basic living of the two.

Later, Slaley gradually became famous and started to make money.

But my wife's health is getting worse and worse.

Slaley spent all his money but was unable to cure his wife's illness.

At that time, Slaley had only one thought in his mind: why didn't he give up writing in the first place? Why didn't he just find a job?

Otherwise his wife wouldn't have become like this.

But no matter how much I think about it, it is not as important as curing my wife's illness.

In order to cure his wife's illness, Slaley accepted money from noble gentlemen and began to write insincere praises with his own pen.

But his wife still died.

And because of this incident, his reputation became bad.

Looking at Slaley who was still hesitating, Gu Chang sighed softly, "Mr. Slaley, please tell me your decision. My father doesn't have much time left to live."

Slaley put down the pencil in his hand. He wanted to ask Gu Chang a question: "Your Highness Hailain, will you become king?"

"No." Gu Chang smiled: "It won't be Lotus who becomes the king. Have you forgotten someone?"

"Who?" Slaley was stunned.

"Freya." Gu Chang said the name.

Slaley blinked, the name Freya was familiar to him.

This princess is very good at what she does and is a very kind person, but it seems that becoming queen would be a bit difficult for her.

"Okay, I'll write down the missing part of the truth." Slaley decided to include the incident in the book. He had nothing left, and perhaps if he gave it a try, he could still stand in the royal city. As Gu often said, they should be friends who could trust each other.

"Thank you, Mr. Slaley." Gu Chang smiled slightly. He remembered something, "By the way, Mr. Slaley, you haven't told me how Mrs. Finina knew me."

"Oh! God, I almost forgot about this." Slaley smiled awkwardly, then said to Gu Chang: "Actually, Mrs. Finina once attended a masked ball held by Princess Claire. She met you at that ball."

"She told me that His Highness Heinlein was like a shining star, always bringing joy to everyone. She liked His Highness Heinlein that way. Lady Finina was an introvert and a bit sensitive. At that ball, even though everyone was wearing masks, no one asked Lady Finina to dance."

After hearing what Slaley said, Gu Chang dug through the original owner's memory again.

At the masked ball, Heinlein noticed a girl standing alone in the corner. He thought that he couldn't let every girl who came to the ball be left out, so Heinlein, wearing a mask, invited Finina to dance.

But the dance ended hastily because Finina accidentally stepped on Helain's feet.

In reality, Helain didn't mind having his shoes stepped on. It was just that Finina became visibly flustered, picking up her skirt and walking away.

Amid the lively music, Helain only heard a quiet "I'm sorry."

Later, Heinlein also forgot about this incident. Like Claire, he liked new and interesting things. Finina was just a fallen leaf in his life. Heinlein quickly forgot about this incident.

The reason I met Finina again was because of the rumors about Heline.

But Heilain no longer remembered Finina, and everyone was wearing masks at the ball, so Heilain didn't know Finina at all.

After Gu Changzai and Slaley finalized some details in the book, he left Slaley some money.

According to the contract, all food expenses and other expenses of Slaley will be reimbursed while he is writing the book.

It's just that Slaley rarely goes out, so there's nothing to reimburse. So Gu Chang wanted to give him some actual money, as an extra bonus or something.