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A Quiet Café · Keeping the Date 159

Jian He went to a quiet café to meet an online pen pal, only to discover that the other person was Meng Qing, the editor who had long and strictly rejected their manuscripts, rendering all prepared topics instantly useless. The two set aside collaborative projects for working hours and instead talked about reading notes that were never submitted under real names. Jian He discovered the concrete reasons behind the critiques, while Meng Qing learned not to turn a discussion into a manuscript review; as they parted, they were willing to continue their correspondence under their newly understood identities.

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