"Actually, it's not a big deal." Zhou Chu sighed. Feeling the curious gazes of his classmates behind him, he could only be honest and say, "She lives downstairs from me, we're neighbors."
"Oh~" The female teacher looked puzzled but now understood.
But Zhou Chu felt that she had probably misunderstood.
"I'm so envious, they even have a childhood sweetheart!"
Meeting her starry eyes, Zhou Chu secretly wiped away a bead of sweat.
She misunderstood!
He made it very clear that they were just neighbors.
If I had to add another layer, it would be the relationship between abuser and abused.
"No wonder Qinqin had that expression when she mentioned you. I've never seen her like that before!"
Zhou Chu resisted the urge to ask her what Gao Qinyi's expression was like, and stood up with an awkward smile: "Excuse me, teacher, I'll have to go to the restroom for a moment."
“Okay.” The female teacher nodded, seemingly not minding at all.
Logically speaking, he should be six years older than Gao Qinyi, four years older, which is quite a significant age difference.
Why are they still so familiar with each other?
There are just too many problems coming at us; it would be better to take a break and calm down first.
"You're something else, kid."
Suddenly, Sun Yao's voice came from behind him, and Sun Yao's arm was casually placed on his shoulder.
“I already said, we’re just ordinary neighbors.” Zhou Chu slapped his hand away with his left hand.
"You can pretend with that female teacher, but there's no need to pretend with me, right?" Sun Yao grinned mischievously. "You didn't come back all night last night. What mischief were you up to? You didn't go to..."
"Of course not." Zhou Chu rolled her eyes at him.
Although that wasn't his original intention, the final result actually seemed to be quite similar to what he had said.
"You know me. Someone as studious as me is easily corrupted by you guys in the dorm."
"Get lost." Sun Yao nudged him with his shoulder: "You think I don't know you? Every day when you come back to the dorm, you bang on your keyboard all the time, and you even put up a curtain. You must be up to something naughty in there."
"No, it's not."
"You don't actually hide in there all day writing erotic stories, do you?"
"..."
Although he wasn't right, he guessed the general direction correctly.
Writing pornographic novels has no future; he's a "newcomer" who's going to prove himself by slaying gods on Qidian.
"Let's go." He pulled up his pants, washed his hands, and returned to the classroom just as the bell rang.
English class was as boring as ever, especially since we couldn't use our phones while sitting in the front row.
If he spent that time writing, he probably could have finished tomorrow's update.
Just like in the previous class, he received "special treatment" from the female teacher.
Exhausted, he finally made it back to his dormitory.
I was instantly surrounded by several roommates!
"Last night, we even refrained from messaging you so as not to interfere with you having fun with girls outside!"
"Tell me quickly, did you get to home base? Who was your partner?"
"Are you stupid? Wasn't the English teacher's hint in class today obvious? Wasn't it clearly Gao Qinyi, our academic advisor?"
"Holy crap, Zhou is awesome! He even managed to snag such a beautiful academic tutor!"
Zhou Chu wanted to explain, but they kept passing on the rumors one after another, and he couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Finally, they fell silent, all three pairs of eyes fixed on him, as if they were determined to get an answer from him.
And it has to be the answer they want.
"We're just ordinary friends," Zhou Chu replied quietly, parting the three of them and climbing the ladder to the bed. "Nothing happened. It was too late yesterday, so I stayed at a friend's house for the night."
All three of them looked dissatisfied.
It's like dating someone online for six months, only to find out in person that they're a scruffy, middle-aged man.
Do you think you can fool us like this?
"You came back and immediately went to bed. You must have overworked yourself last night, right?"
"Brother Zhou, let me tell you, this kind of thing needs to be done slowly, otherwise it will hurt your body..."
Zhou Chu completely ignored what they were saying, crossing his arms behind his head.
As expected, when they saw him like this, they were unwilling but didn't say anything.
Adults should be mindful of boundaries in their social interactions.
They had absolutely no idea what he was worried about!
He's probably going to be tormented by Gao Qinyi again tonight.
If this kind of harassment isn't stopped, it will definitely escalate!
But using the excuse of evening self-study at school might have allowed them to escape this predicament.
The better the school, the less it requires students to attend evening self-study sessions. For example, at his university, Dalian University, although there is a requirement for evening self-study, it is not mandatory.
Simply put, it means you can go if you want to, and you don't have to go if you don't want to.
Generally speaking, he doesn't go there. Rather than going there to memorize boring English words with everyone, he prefers to stay in his dorm and type.
The promised burst of updates after the book's release requires a huge backlog of chapters to complete!
Thinking this, he opened his QQ and started chatting with his editor.
It's a cute girl's profile picture, but in reality, she's a complete anime/manga character.
[Chu Kuangren: Boss, how many readers are currently following our new book? (doge emoji)]
The editor replied in just five minutes.
[Lepon: Write more and let's see!]
[Lai Peng: Don't panic, trying out original content shouldn't be too difficult]
[Chu Kuangren: So now it seems... there aren't many active readers.]
[Lai Peng: About ten, I've already said your word count is too low]
[Chu Kuangren: Thank you.jpg]
"Following the trend" refers to the number of readers who see the latest chapter within 24 hours.
This result is not good, but it's not extremely bad either.
As long as the pacing doesn't falter and the plot remains stable, there should be an increase in readers following the story.
The editor's words made it very clear that while it's not difficult to get original articles published, your current level isn't high enough.
We still need to see the subsequent data. If the follow-up reading can increase, it's definitely worth testing the waters.
The competition in the light novel market is fierce; it's a winner-takes-all world, and the losers are left to eat dust.
Zhou Chu took a deep breath, got out of bed, and started writing.
As the saying goes, if you don't write for a day, you'll know it yourself; if you don't write for two days, the editor will stop pushing the book; if you don't write for three days, the audience will abandon the book.
An hour and a half later, at 12:30 pm, he finally emerged from behind the curtain.
I've finally finished writing a chapter!
Describing the career path a bit shouldn't be considered padding by any viewers, right?
The grade for this book was indeed given by my senior, so it's okay to forgive her...
With that thought in mind, he turned on his phone.
When typing, you definitely need to shut down your computer.
Why are there so many unread messages?
[Qin Girl: What did you and Yao Yao talk about? (Serious face)]
[Qin Girl: She just contacted me, and what she said was all about the two of us.]
[Girl with a piano: Where are you now? Let's go out for dinner]
[Girl with a harp: ??? Are you there? I'll treat you to a meal, okay?]
[Qin Girl: You dare to play hide-and-seek with me? I'll give you ten minutes. If you don't contact me, you know what will happen.]
Zhou Chu quickly checked the time the message was received.
11:53.
It seems like it's been more than forty minutes now...
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