Reborn in 79, the educated youth wife regretted her divorce.

Chapter 150 The Helper Has Arrived!

"Jingtong, don't be too sad."

Xu Dan sat to the side, gently patted the back of her hand, and softly comforted her.

“There are plenty of outstanding young talents in this capital city, not just Guo Wei.”

"With your excellent qualities—beautiful and educated—you're sure you can find someone better than Guo Wei?"

"You don't understand!" Su Jingtong suddenly raised her head, her voice excited. "Of course I know I have no trouble finding a partner, but what I want is the kind of person... who can give me a good life!"

She tried to calm herself down and added, "Otherwise, why would I have insisted on divorcing that good-for-nothing Jiang Yang in the first place?"

"Pah! Why bring up that good-for-nothing?" Xu Dan spat and said through gritted teeth.

"If it weren't for him, would you have broken up with Guo Wei? Come to think of it, my uncle kicking me out of the company is also related to this bastard!"

She grew angrier and angrier as she spoke, wishing she could grab Jiang Yang and give him a good beating.

"He's a jinx! Anyone who gets involved with him is doomed!"

“That’s right!” Su Jingtong slammed her hand on the sofa.

"You've really hit the nail on the head! Let me tell you, ever since I got involved with that jinx Jiang Yang, I haven't had a single comfortable day!"

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her voice trembling slightly: "First, I inexplicably married him, and then all sorts of bad luck started happening! Losing my job, breaking up with Guo Wei... Now that I think about it, the root of it all is that bastard Jiang Yang!"

"That good-for-nothing, he idles away his days, he has no skills whatsoever! And now he actually dares to act all high and mighty? Bah!" Xu Dan spat fiercely.

"Jingtong, don't worry, I'll definitely help you get revenge! We can't let him get away with this so easily!"

"Do you have any ideas?" Su Jingtong asked anxiously.

Xu Dan gave a sinister smile and said in a low voice, "I had already come up with a plan before I came here..."

She told Su Jingtong about her plan in detail.

……

On the other side, at the entrance of the boys' dormitory building.

Li Yu stopped Jiang Yang, who was about to leave, with a big smile on his face: "Jiang Yang, are you busy?"

"Something came up," Jiang Yang replied casually.

"Oh, even if you're busy, you still have to eat, right?" Li Yu said with a smile.

"I have something to tell you. My aunt wants to invite you to dinner at Juxianlou, the restaurant outside the school."

"What is it?" Jiang Yang raised an eyebrow.

"It's about that incident last time. Your aunt found a very suitable author for you and wants to introduce you to each other so you can meet up tonight."

Jiang Yang immediately agreed: "Okay!"

So he followed Li Yu to the Juxianlou Restaurant near the school.

The two entered the reserved private room and waited for a while before Li Yunying came in with a young girl.

The girl looked to be in her early twenties, wearing black-rimmed glasses. She had a quiet demeanor and gave off a scholarly air.

“Jiang Yang, come here, let me introduce you.” Li Yunying said with a smile, “This is Sun Yajie, a sophomore majoring in Chinese Literature at Capital Normal University. She has exceptionally good writing skills.”

She then turned to Sun Yajie and said, "Sun Yajie, this is Jiang Yang, whom I mentioned to you. He's the future pillar of our magazine!"

"Hello." Jiang Yang politely extended his hand.

"Hello." Sun Yajie gently shook his hand.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the group took their seats.

Li Yunying cleared her throat and began, "Jiang Yang, Ya Jie has been submitting articles to our newspaper since high school, but..."

She paused, then said with some regret, "The acceptance rate isn't very high. However, her writing is truly excellent; it's just that the storytelling might be a little lacking. After all, she's still young and doesn't have enough life experience yet."

"So, I was thinking, could you two collaborate? Ya Jie's writing skills combined with your storytelling would be a perfect match! Plus, Ya Jie could take this opportunity to learn from you and improve her storytelling abilities."

After listening to her introduction and thinking for a moment, Jiang Yang said, "Sun Yajie, I need to make things clear to you about the collaboration first. I hope my partner is someone who truly loves literature and is willing to walk this path for the long term."

He paused, then said, word by word, "In other words, what I need is a like-minded partner, not a writer who's just dabbling in writing. Do you understand what I mean?"

Sun Yajie was clearly taken aback by his directness and paused for a moment, but quickly regained her composure.

She raised her head and said firmly, "Hello, Senior Jiang Yang. To be honest, I had already read your novel published in the magazine before, and I liked it very much! Your writing and story have deeply attracted me."

"It is my honor to have the opportunity to learn from you. I dare not say that I have a high level of literary talent, but I have a sincere and respectful heart for literature! I will firmly continue on this path and never give up!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yang couldn't help but nod in approval.

"Good! I'm relieved to hear that."

He smiled, his tone softening slightly: "Since you're so determined, let's give it a try. How about this, did you bring any of your own writings with you? I'd like to see your writing style and technique."

"Yes! I brought it!"

Sun Yajie quickly took out a thick stack of manuscript paper from her bag and handed it to Jiang Yang with both hands.

"This is a short story I recently wrote, and it's also my most satisfying one so far. Please feel free to offer your feedback!"

Jiang Yang took the manuscript paper and saw that the handwriting was beautiful and neat, clearly a work done with care.

He didn't say much, and simply lowered his head to read.

The private room fell silent immediately.

Time passed by, and Jiang Yang observed very carefully.

It took him more than half an hour to finish reading this short story of tens of thousands of words.

"How is it?" Li Yunying asked impatiently.

Jiang Yang put down his manuscript, pondered for a moment, and said, "As you said before, Ya Jie's writing is indeed very delicate, and her control over words is also very strong. However..."

He then shifted his focus, pointing out the problem: "The story is relatively thin, and the characters are not vividly portrayed. Simply put, it has the form, but it lacks the spirit."

Upon hearing this, Sun Yajie's face showed a hint of disappointment.

But she was not discouraged. Instead, she humbly asked, "Senior Jiang Yang, how do you think I should improve?"

Jiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "I think that the reason for this situation, besides your relative lack of personal life experience, is also closely related to the overall environment of our country."

"The overall environment?" Sun Yajie and Li Yunying both had some doubts.

Jiang Yang explained, "That's right. Think about it, what was the literary creation environment like in our country two or three decades before the reform and opening up? It was heavily influenced by politics, and the overall literary level was generally low. This resulted in the new generation of young writers simply not being able to find truly excellent literary works to learn from!"

"Without good teachers and good teaching materials, how could you literature students possibly write something truly good all at once?"