It has been almost three years since the completion of "Shao Song", and it has continued to receive everyone's love. Now it has been recommended again. I should write a separate chapter to express my gratitude to the readers, but when I opened the backstage and typed on the keyboard, I felt a little dazed.

After all, it’s been almost four years.

In the past four years, the average subscription of "Shao Song" has been increasing at a rate of 10,000 per year in the first three years. This year, due to the popularity of the comics, the popularity of Tik Tok, and the selfless help of the product and editors from Yuewen, I estimate that the average subscription will increase by 20,000... Yes, so far, the average subscription of this book has reached nearly 80,000, and it should continue to rise.

I don't read much myself, so I don't know if this is rare, but in any case, it means a lot to me personally, and I should express my gratitude to the new and old readers who are my bread and butter.

Thank you very much, I bow in respect.

However, having said that, I am still a little hesitant about this single chapter, because unfortunately, Xiaoyu... Readers of "Shao Song" should know the origin of this name... A Chinchilla I raised, which was also the cat that accompanied me the longest, passed away last week. When discussing "Shao Song" at this time, it seems that we cannot avoid Xiaoyu's information, and it also feels a bit emotionally kidnapped.

But reality is reality, and it is always honest to everyone.

Xiaoyu had cerebellar herniation, which is almost a terminal illness for cats. It took a long time to diagnose the disease. When we knew there was no way, we immediately euthanized and cremated her... Xiaoyu was a good cat when she was alive. I liked her very much. We spent enough time together, and there is no doubt that there is some affection between us. But I don’t know why, I didn’t have much emotion when I sent her away. It’s only these days when I call my daughter and another kitten Xiaoyu "Xiaoyu" that I feel a little absent-minded.

In fact, if I had to say what I personally experienced in these four years, it was precisely birth, aging, sickness and death.

I got married, had a daughter, moved to Chengdu, got a new cat, and at the same time, my hyperthyroidism and hypokalemia relapsed, I witnessed July's death, a close relative of mine became seriously ill, and there were some other messy but seemingly big things... Of course, "The Dragon" was also stuck in the quagmire of updates that I couldn't extricate myself from. I went through too much.

So does this have anything to do with Shao Song?

Of course it does.

Looking back, when I wrote Shao Song, I was at the best golden age around 30 years old, and Fu Han gave me some experience and material support. Moreover, I had quit my job at that time and had no ties... or you could say I had nothing... I lived alone in a rental house in Beijing, with only two cats, Xiaojiu and Xiaoyu, to keep me company, allowing me to concentrate on writing novels.

I was really focused. Apart from eating and playing games to relax, I thought about the plot even in my dreams almost every night.

Under such circumstances, it is normal that "Shao Song" is not written well, and it also feels somewhat natural that it is written well, but I really tried my best.

But I didn’t think so at the time. I felt that I was still young and could continue to write five or six books in my lifetime. In addition, as I wrote more and more books, it became more and more strenuous and tiring. I wanted to put Shao Song behind me and quickly move on to the next stage.

In other words, I should have a better attitude towards "Shao Song". Only in this way can I be worthy of my youth and readers.

Therefore, I would like to apologize to new and old readers for not being able to finish "Shao Song" in the best condition.

All I can say is that I was already at a loss at that time.

Then let’s talk about “The Demotion of the Dragon”… Of course we have to talk about “The Demotion of the Dragon”, because “The Demotion of the Dragon” is in the present, and we are discussing “The Shao Song” in the past in the present.

Speaking of "The Dragon's Demise", I actually have countless reasons to defend myself, and I can list them one, two, three, and four here, but after going through so much, I feel that the reasons are meaningless... In any case, I failed to fully devote my energy to "The Dragon's Demise", and this is the biggest problem.

But that's it, it can't be any worse.

Personally speaking, "Shao Song" is the upper limit of my personal energy, and "Chu Long" is the lower limit.

So, Shao Song told me that I can write novels, and Chu Long told me that I can write novels.

There is not much content left in "Exiling the Dragon", and it will be completed as soon as possible this year. Let's look forward. I still have to move forward, and I will continue to write online novels... I have to move forward no matter what. This is true for me personally, and it is also true from the perspective of novel creation.

Keep moving forward, no matter how difficult the road is, and you will be able to give an account to "Shao Song", to "Chu Long", to yourself and to your readers.

Stop, no matter how gorgeous something is, it is just a corpse.

I don’t want to become a corpse. This is my biggest realization after experiencing many births, aging, sicknesses and deaths in the past few years.

Finally, I will not express my thanks any more, but end this letter with two lines of ancient poetry:

Time goes by and time again, and suddenly it is too late.

Abandon it and don't talk about it again, work hard and eat more.