侯邦彥把幾張桌子併成一大桌，方便吃火鍋。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hQ130rByK
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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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqy9qi96N1
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「來了，來啦。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIWEa1Na7I
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAhgN81kjl
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好像還畫上細膩的妝容呢，令人眼睛一亮。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFf9P5cvYj
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孟瑤函看她亮麗現身，不免自卑感浮現：145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZFEhNnnnl
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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！145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhDDf7JeIg
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ALGrnZlti
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKt0sERBBNw
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這種天差地別，孟瑤函不覺自卑才奇怪呢。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5UoXpcnhq
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc3L4K4XGu
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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：145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXQG7AaBJ2
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「等一下開飯，妳坐瑤瑤旁邊的位子吧。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKjGLjzRNp
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「為什麼？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KunfyIcun
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「別問了，就這麼做。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXoJmbaTeb
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeicAiRxvl
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「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！」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9K8RTDMBr2
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GhdAuAMY7
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她輕輕撥開金淑蓉，努力維持表面的和善。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkivF6iOo24
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「好，準備齊全了，開飯吧。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rF9wc9wT3
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQJBtvlqBV
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJ08EhvKP1
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrgjT4rOuz
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「好漂亮飽滿的炸牡蠣呀！做這道菜要真功夫！」金淑蓉奉承道。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnn4BMDzUp
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MXs2qn3x2
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「咦？大叔你不吃嗎？」她察覺到異狀。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMjwqu1oiC
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「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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiYt40CF64
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他臉上沒有表情。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYgERzcOhl
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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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8GoCmbdEo
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspg4gREUvJ
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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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S601Kw3gu
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孟瑤函想不通、又為他擔心；145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWix0cwvfO
金淑蓉則一臉可惜；145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW7jUIt5bi
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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOyucfnQh5
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOgQqUCHRu
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「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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtA4KbigQB
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金淑蓉邊吃邊問，毫不掩飾對侯邦彥的好奇。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78uV2W0C00
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「我不知道，但他好像有去英國留學。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmwleLuPuK
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「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！」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7axzHdaAs
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMaI35sN8z
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「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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzT2AEVi1Z
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「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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhypNGrxDw
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金妮意猶未竟，伸長筷子又從鍋裡夾了一片魚肚。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAWcHf6eQ0
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雙姝顧著笑，沒發現孟瑤函的臉色漸漸陰沉。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMyagpXUM3
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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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvq9Yyore1
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZfnAk9A9z
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ydxwfkgD7
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「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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZuBY5ZFsr
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSyw6k33lj
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但『氣度』的高下修養，終究還是有差別。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mslHGhaFL
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT6HZyEd8p
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMA27lhoSy
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「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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltUShYYdmP
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「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。」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm47Jw5v2v
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聽她理直氣壯的言論，孟瑤函的眼眶立刻激動泛紅。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8SpTAhn1d
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她很氣自己，明明抄襲的不是她，但她卻震怒、發抖。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsX411Zsya
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看起來理虧的反而是她！145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPPDTrV07T
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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？145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoiE4UK0bYS
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有些事，她自己都解釋不清，但她知道金淑蓉比誰都清楚。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdpE9IGPuH
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「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！」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXWuUVwYzD
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7ZhZBwPs5
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nbGU0nmKQ
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對她的聲淚指控投以微笑。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uNju7Yh2q
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「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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhsm8rYxJc
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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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz8uJ5qcrQ
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這讓孟瑤函更憤怒，整個身體都跟著戰慄起來。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFwUzWN00h
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「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！」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLB0CvDZRg
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「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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61XTFVg1Et
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「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。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHFnJhCpLJ
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「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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRs8u4ZGm3
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孟瑤函瞬間愣住，說不出話。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopA0IiJM20
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金淑蓉的臉上雖然掛著微笑，但看人的眼神沒有溫度。145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr777DuKKnd
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「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？」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEUjrnWGX5
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「金妮，妳……」145Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvSa4AS6BP
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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。
