侯邦彥把幾張桌子併成一大桌，方便吃火鍋。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EugtpTVI4
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該開飯了，但金淑蓉還沒出現。孟瑤函只能大聲朝屋後吆喝：「要吃飯嘍！金妮妳好了沒？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A32XC4Oa7
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「來了，來啦。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqyhr1kmBG
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金淑蓉就磨咕了好久才現身，竟換了一套粉紅色的洋裝，長髮也梳理整齊。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTZyiYpWg2
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好像還畫上細膩的妝容呢，令人眼睛一亮。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZIDlatrJ5
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7AwF2it7M
孟瑤函看她亮麗現身，不免自卑感浮現：136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIii4NalBBG
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMbit0uL5x
舉手投足滿滿書卷氣的金淑蓉打扮起來，就是個貴氣的大小姐！136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ytU99SW8L
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHsXbHIbEB
倒是自己，從早到晚跟著侯邦彥東奔西跑。得知同學要住宿，就忙著整理房務，一身汗味，還來不及梳洗。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO8uAYZYc7
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平平是女生，金淑蓉是小公主，而自己卻像下等丫鬟。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfHiXjJxGx
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNHXkpHrPS
這種天差地別，孟瑤函不覺自卑才奇怪呢。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq7c1S5FWi
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6ZpYCqxGT
金淑蓉盛裝登場後，一直在吧台附近逗。但侯邦彥自顧自地料理炸牡蠣，雖然眼角目光瞄到她的欲言又止，卻一點都不想搭理她。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMMhcdZWRj
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatiGpPonrC
金淑蓉覺得無趣，回到桌旁，看到桌上擺了四副餐具，便找機會跟佟小蘭說悄悄話：136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qApoW5SIl
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMuNSAdJv3
「等一下開飯，妳坐瑤瑤旁邊的位子吧。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzelnjxfYJd
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNAPUv2oye
「為什麼？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDexqg5Hqxl
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「別問了，就這麼做。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyvOBI3sSR
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihUQWEo9uN
說完，金淑蓉臉上堆滿笑容、主動迎向孟瑤函，拉住她的手臂，刻意親切。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0pFZnmSqb
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjMFXa7oqE
「瑤瑤別忙了！我們北上，是為看看妳過得好不好，找妳聊天，不是為了讓妳累。快坐下來一起吃飯，侯大哥也一起！」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF54a2AyZi
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbERQSBvM5N
從前在學校，孟瑤函也曾與金淑蓉交好。但現在不請自來挽起她的手，卻讓她渾身起雞皮疙瘩，打寒顫。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXUx4RkN0f
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq1gjPWIGm
她輕輕撥開金淑蓉，努力維持表面的和善。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDMrxqeLEH
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJGNp97gs8
「好，準備齊全了，開飯吧。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpp2LwBJGQ
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPOA00X6tn
三個女生先入座。佟小蘭坐孟瑤函身旁，金淑蓉則坐在她的對面。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QnbBFJRsF
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等到牡蠣起鍋，侯邦彥端著盤子來到桌邊，看見唯一的空位就在金淑蓉身旁。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0urzYJeWO
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn2xfJXZDu
他淡淡睞了一眼，沒多說話，默默用長筷把金黃酥脆的的牡蠣分到每個人的餐盤上。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiAjQkxuOA
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeml8iGIHFP
「好漂亮飽滿的炸牡蠣呀！做這道菜要真功夫！」金淑蓉奉承道。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ262KA6zLjw
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmAiAKcw88
四顆牡蠣，一人一顆，但分到最後，侯邦彥在孟瑤函的盤子裡多放一顆。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfwRR1O6KQ
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmur8g1Ham1
「咦？大叔你不吃嗎？」她察覺到異狀。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU80TBaN3B
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxWhX3DE3T
「嗯，妳們吃吧，同學們好好敘舊。西西不在Kokomo，我去幫阿朗，免得他倒台。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrz9evI70Ft
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他臉上沒有表情。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy3SgxCKI3
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「吃完把碗盤丟在水槽，我回來再洗就好。今晚天氣晴朗，後院應該可以看見銀河，你們一邊看星星、一邊聊天吧。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38ll0GYEVC
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說完，他又端出一大碗雜煮給阿逃。打點好一切，就跨上機車，油門一催就走。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKP57Mn2gZ
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「奇怪，大叔為什麼不跟我們一起吃晚餐呢？明明他也忙了一下午，應該已經很累了呀。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsczEfVbktE
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKPEuImbxo
孟瑤函想不通、又為他擔心；136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB47bAf4cMG
金淑蓉則一臉可惜；136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3ipxOpbnp
只有佟小蘭按耐不住直接拿起筷子，往火鍋裡紅透的白蝦進攻！
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一頓飯，吃得孟瑤函如坐針氈。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzburMCtvcs
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但看著佟小蘭與金淑容享受著火鍋、怡然自得的模樣，她再再懷疑是自己氣度太小。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Bc6ejatAM
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRFxnqmxHu
「這昆布鍋口味真不俗！我看侯大哥不是用現成湯包，而是分次熬煮昆布、香菇和柴魚片，魚肉切片厚薄如一還刻花，太費工啦。侯大哥雖然穿著不拘小節，但整個人散發一種貴族氣質，他是不是留法國回來？學廚藝？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN527Udo33
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金淑蓉邊吃邊問，毫不掩飾對侯邦彥的好奇。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34oz2WoAr0
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「我不知道，但他好像有去英國留學。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5JTcqdjMy
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTDMat9AVu
「瑤瑤呀，妳運氣真好，以工換宿竟能遇到cp值這麼高的機會！我要是遇到這樣的老闆，說不定書也不念了，直接搶飯票比較實際！」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5s0gT7krK
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjToS1Ip5o
吃飽的佟小蘭瞇著眼、撫著微凸的胃，活得像一隻雙頰塞滿葵瓜子的黃金鼠。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSrDPiUEgv
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3XYm1jEgM
「還好吧。大叔的脾氣很怪，對朋友是挺義氣的。但嘴巴壞的時候，就很想拿砒霜毒啞他。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoqUJkkRrS
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiib3MZcSzc
「不行不行，妳下手太重了！暑假還很長，妳不想做了記得通知我們，我和小蘭都很樂意遞補妳的空缺。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx4AElas0i
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dGfPeZ6n5
金妮意猶未竟，伸長筷子又從鍋裡夾了一片魚肚。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAGpB14fgh
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErhBnVuqGc
雙姝顧著笑，沒發現孟瑤函的臉色漸漸陰沉。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwcSIMzhve
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「老愛盯著別人、搶機會，創造一個屬於自己的機會，很難嗎？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LD6FZD3CR
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUlc430Exn
孟瑤函這是一語雙關，佟小蘭與金淑蓉都聽懂了，氣氛頓時降至冰點。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeV016DPw3
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有些事，也不能一直放著不處理，直球對決說不定有奇蹟。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSbEyfVIxn
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7PjQG5df0
「唉呀，我吃飽了就犯睏，跟豬一樣。從k市趕到鯨鰭灣也花了一天的時間，累死人啦，我要先去洗澡嘍！金妮妳就讓我佔點便宜，明天我再幫忙收拾唷。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtfVPAl5W0
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0qzYu07N8
佟小蘭趕緊找藉口離開現場，讓兩人好好聊聊，漂亮開溜！
風波的兩大主角，面對面坐著。一時之間，沒人想先開口。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJyGDJdoM0
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但『氣度』的高下修養，終究還是有差別。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7gMyvuT8g
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYMEsdjqdk
金淑蓉神態自若，拿起湯杓繼續幫自己添了一碗帶湯底的冬粉，小口小口吃相漂亮。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYcXuFc4ZK
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGPn88onkN
她妝容精緻的側臉，因火鍋的熱氣更顯明媚，也讓孟瑤函的心裡更不是滋味。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo2N1RFo0d
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRFVUdEsCL
「妳的胃口怎麼能這麼好？我被妳搞得連覺都睡不好！妳竟然還敢跟著小蘭來這裡？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcvyupeQEk
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKgtr8nfPL
「我又沒做錯事，為什麼要吃不下？而且侯大哥幫我們精心準備晚餐，吃不完也太失禮了。」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GaCbzTf6k
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyhXAnY89H
聽她理直氣壯的言論，孟瑤函的眼眶立刻激動泛紅。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTpJFbhlhN
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SoPGIo0F4
她很氣自己，明明抄襲的不是她，但她卻震怒、發抖。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvdyFel1Dc
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看起來理虧的反而是她！136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm59gVfMC5E
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即使到今日，孟瑤函還是沒辦法向別人解釋，為什麼這種『天降髒水』會潑到自己身上？136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT180rPpkL
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbL5RQcCZ9Q
有些事，她自己都解釋不清，但她知道金淑蓉比誰都清楚。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnIql80KEd
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7dP9PfzEU
「妳真敢說，當初我的『南城故事』還在構思階段，不過跟妳聊天時提到初步的發想，當時妳還跟我說喜歡這個故事，建議我擴大它的架構。誰知道妳竟然把我的創意整碗端走？同一個題材在同一場比賽亮相！害我被大家懷疑是抄襲妳，也不幫我說一句話？還虧我把妳當朋友！」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FFeZ5Qpfh
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4vD5fhuST
營業廳裡只剩她們倆，孟瑤函不再忍氣吞聲，把金淑蓉的可議之處一一指出。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDik4PJYCe
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNOuGZk6v4
對比起孟瑤函的義憤填膺，金淑蓉依舊是一副老神在在、天塌不驚的鎮定。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKDgbEHldr
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMO6oj4TnL
對她的聲淚指控投以微笑。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYG8lixlSb
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfD4tYKPQ5
「一個想法在真正成為作品之前，就只是一個念頭。沒有形體的東西，妳怎麼能硬說它屬於妳呢？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3qLJljy9V
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOR8kTXSGTV
她淡淡地斜睨孟瑤函一眼，如果不是坐在她的正前方，就不會看見她眼神中的輕蔑。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqWLrsSkTZ
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdYyTjhwde
這讓孟瑤函更憤怒，整個身體都跟著戰慄起來。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBeKa1VeYM
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH63u54lWnl
「說實在話，那一晚，妳跟我提的概念實在太粗糙了！即使我們倆交出類似的作品，為什麼我的受到肯定、妳的卻被大家認為是仿效？當然是我的小說完成度高！妳的還是原始資料。妳呀，創作能力終究不如我，大好的題材給妳，只會平鋪直敘。妳瞧我的小說，加上魂穿，把南城的歷史與奔放的想像融合在一起，所以得獎。我是靠實力贏得這次比賽，與大家的肯定！」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2BczhX7Kb
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm910bsmEb
「但是那是我的創意！我的發想！如果妳沒有跟我聊天，妳會寫出『夢迴南城』嗎？」孟瑤函怒不可抑，拍桌起身對她吼道。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0PyhUsw6U
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFOF9hksOG
「妳還是不甘願，是吧？」金淑蓉驕傲地撩了撩自己烏黑柔亮的披肩長髮。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTQQJ7kv9G
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWeNDBFsvR
「那麼請問：如果妳是這題材的第一位發掘者，為什麼妳的交稿時間反而比我遲？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83cw0OnpkF
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv6ETloTIl
孟瑤函瞬間愣住，說不出話。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4msPRVMT2
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdHglFToEu
金淑蓉的臉上雖然掛著微笑，但看人的眼神沒有溫度。136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasvde3Pwc8
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I06Mfrk5J
「創作是一種技藝。也許妳有靈光一閃的幸運，但沒有能力把它落實，一切就是泡影。我得到一個雛形，然後把它擴充、把它豐富，讓它有血有肉，要讓讀者笑就笑、要他們哭就哭。讀者記得的是我，不是妳，這作品當然是我的。不然妳有相同的本事嗎？」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Hhv0OAUFD
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「金妮，妳……」136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1PSGcpdeI
136Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuiIFQma1S
明明掠奪別人智慧財產的是金淑蓉，但孟瑤函被她的咄咄逼人打中自卑點，膝蓋後瞬間一軟、差點站不住腳。
然後按「加至主畫面」