It was cold and damp.
In this era that reveres science and regards ghosts and gods as superstition, Lin Que used his writing to tell them:
What's more terrifying than ghosts and gods is the obsession in people's hearts that they refuse to let go even in death.
Three thousand five hundred words, written in one go.
Check for typos and click Publish.
After finishing all this, Lin Que leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.
If "The Fox Spirit's Medicine" is a lesson for those who are anxious about their appearance,
Then "The Red-Clad Senior" is a bucket of cold water for those love-struck people who see suicide pacts as romantic.
Wake up.
In reality, there are no butterflies, only corpse spots.
I refreshed the backend.
Less than five minutes after it was posted, the comment section exploded.
【First! 】
[Holy crap! Dream Weaver, are you living inside the CCTV Evening News? I was just watching a news report about lovers committing suicide, and now there's an update?!]
I'm done playing, my cabinet door is moving...
Stop talking! My red dress in the closet is free now!
I was initially touched by the couple after reading the news, but after reading this chapter...
I suddenly realized that being alive is pretty good.
That kind of love, where you're entangled even in death, is suffocating.
Lin Que closed the screen with satisfaction; this was exactly the effect he wanted.
He closed the Redfruit website and switched to his email.
Compared to the eerie winds over there, the mailboxes here seem much more "normal."
An unread email lay quietly at the top, sent by Xu Lan from the "New Tide" magazine.
Click to open.
The words were filled with respect, and one could even picture Xu Lan sitting upright as she sent the email.
Hello, Professor Jian Shen:
Excuse me for bothering you. First, I have some good news to share: the typesetting and finalization procedures for the physical book of "The Ferryman" have been completed.
Given the phenomenal success of "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store" and the moving finale of "The Ferryman,"
After discussion, the publishing house decided to classify the first print run as "S+", with an initial print run of one million copies.
The editor-in-chief asked me to convey his respect to you.
Additionally, if convenient,
I would also like to ask you to write a preface for the physical book.
Readers are eager to hear more from you about this work.
Finally... although I know you just finished writing and need to rest.
But everyone in the publishing house, and even the entire literary world, is eagerly awaiting your next work.
Do you have any new plans?
Edited by Xu Lan
S+ grade first printing.
One million copies.
This number is astronomical in an era where physical publishing is declining.
It seems that the "living towards death" ending really shocked Wang De'an.
Lin Que tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
Prefaces are easy to write.
It's simply a matter of elevating the core message of "The Ferryman" a bit further.
Let's discuss life and death, love and responsibility, in a compassionate tone.
It's like giving readers a bowl of warm chicken soup for the soul.
This is the persona of "sharp insight," gentle and refined, profound and insightful.
But what will the next story be about?
Although "The Ferryman" is popular
But at its core, it is a healing novel with fantasy elements, and its audience is more youthful.
If you want to truly gain a foothold in that serious literary circle dominated by old scholars,
Curing alone is not enough.
He needs something.
They both look harmless.
But in reality, it's something that can shatter an adult's worldview.
Lin Que's gaze fell on the bookshelf, which was empty.
There were only a few dry physics books.
This world is too harsh.
It's so rigid that it consists only of steel bars and cement, and only of formulas and theorems.
The adults here are all too adult-like.
They care about numbers, they care about stocks, they care about houses.
But they forgot to look up at the stars.
A scene suddenly popped into Lin Que's mind.
Golden wheat fields, domesticated foxes.
And there's the little boy who lives on planet B612 and only has one rose.
In this world where there are no fairy tales, or rather, where fairy tales belong only to kindergartens...
This philosophy book, disguised as a fairy tale, is absolutely a bombshell.
It's not just written for children.
It is also written for those who were once children.
Using the simplest language to tell the loneliest stories.
That's very insightful.
Lin Que pulled over the keyboard and began replying to emails.
[Editor Xu:]
Your letter has been read. I am flattered and grateful for the first printing of the S+ series. Thank you for your trust.
The preface, entitled "Love Letters to the Living," is attached.
Hopefully, this will bring a conclusion to this book about ferrying.
As for the new book...
Having witnessed so much of the world's busyness and anxiety lately, I suddenly felt like writing something simple.
If "The Ferryman" is a cure for wounds, then for my next book, I want to write about a dream.
A dream about roses, about taming, about parting.
Lin Que paused at this point.
At the end of the email, he typed a line:
This is a fairy tale written for adults.
Click send.
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