Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 837 Sister, do you want to read this?
After dinner, the four of them drove back to Tianlu Yaju.

Ying Chanxi went back to her room to take a shower first, while Yan Zhusheng went to the piano room on the fourth floor.

Li Luo and Xu Youyu went up to the study on the second floor together, where they started working and writing while petting the cat.

However, it was still early, so Xu Youyu hadn't gone all out yet. He leaned back in his chair leisurely, occasionally pulling out a cat treat from the drawer to tease the kittens, but he wouldn't give them any.

Ali is the smartest of the four kittens. She was fooled by Xu Youyu twice but then stopped falling for it.

I don't know if Cotton Candy is just not smart or what, but every time she hears the sound of cat treats, she comes over and won't leave until she gets some.

Ju Bao, on the other hand, was oblivious to everything around her and didn't come over at all. She was curled up in a corner of her desk, sleeping in late. I don't know why she just had to sleep all the time and didn't even know how to stretch her muscles.

Li Luo didn't pay much attention to the cats. After petting Orange Baby and Whitey for a while, he quickly got into writing mode.

As Xu Youyu leisurely turned on his computer and typing software, and had just typed a few words to get started, Li Luo next to him had already finished writing a chapter of four thousand words.

Previously, when we were at Bihai Lanting, the two of us wrote separately.

Although they had worked together in hotels, it wasn't a frequent occurrence, so Xu Youyu only had a general understanding of Li Luo's typing speed.

Now that we're sitting at the same desk, the contrast is very obvious.

"I kind of regret putting my computer on the same desk as the computer."

Xu Youyu sat cross-legged in the ergonomic chair, glanced at the word count displayed by Li Luo in the word-writing room, and then felt somewhat discouraged.

"I haven't even done anything yet! And you've already finished writing one chapter?"

"You've known me for a while now," Li Luo glanced at her. "This is just normal typing speed."

"Why don't you type it out for me?" Xu Youyu sighed. "I'll just dictate the content to you."

“Our writing styles are completely different, so you should give up your fantasies.” Li Luo rolled her eyes at her and lightly patted her thigh. “You just can’t concentrate.”

"It's getting more and more painful to write in the later stages..." Xu Youyu sighed softly, lying on the table. "If you hadn't helped me outline the later stages before, I almost wouldn't have been able to continue writing."

"You should be close to finishing it by now, right?" Li Luo asked. "It's already over two million words."

"I estimate I can write up to three million words," Xu Youyu said, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the computer screen. "It should take until around April or May of next year."

“That’s about the same as me.” Li Luo nodded. “The Great Qian Night Patrol Division should also reach more than three million words, and it should be completed around April.”

"What happens after this is finished?" Xu Youyu asked curiously. "I remember you said before that you planned to seamlessly transition to a new book?"

"Hmm." Li Luo nodded, then opened an outline software and showed it to Xu Youyu. "I've been working on the outline for my new book lately."

"However, after thinking about it, I think the new book won't be released until April."

"I'll talk to the editor at the annual meeting next month. If all goes well, the new book should be ready to be released during the Chinese New Year period."

"Huh?" Xu Youyu's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this. "Are you even human? You're operating three accounts at once?!"

"It's not really a three-part story," Li Luo said with a laugh. "I'll definitely finish writing the last part of the story in 'The Great Qian Night Patrol Division' before the New Year. The rest will just be a matter of releasing the backlog of chapters."

"So theoretically, it should remain in a dual-boot state."

"Moreover, writing 'I'm Really Not a Star' doesn't require much brainpower, and it's not as tiring as you might imagine."

"Stop talking..." Xu Youyu waved his hand wearily. "Just thinking about it makes me exhausted. It's terrifying. Your energy is inhuman."

"You should know best whether my energy is human or not," Li Luo chuckled and teased.

"Hmph~" Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him, "You've already started secretly working on the outline for your new book without telling me. I want to do it too!"

"You want to do it?" Li Luo raised an eyebrow, deliberately reaching out his claws towards Xu Youyu.

Upon seeing this, Xu Youyu immediately slapped away the guy's thieving hand: "I was talking about making the outline! You lecherous thief!"

"Oh, I see." Li Luo chuckled and withdrew her hand, then asked, "So, are you sure what you want to write?"

"The one you mentioned," Xu Youyu said, twirling her hair with her fingers, her tone quite interested, "the idea to become the richest man by losing money."

“Okay.” Li Luo nodded in agreement. “Now that you’re bored, you can start collecting materials.”

"Material?" Xu Youyu pondered for a moment. "Since the protagonist's goal is to lose money, and it has to be a legitimate and legal way to lose money, then..."

"You can pay more attention to what areas require a lot of investment, but the output and return may not be proportional, and the higher the risk, the better," Li Luo reminded. "In addition, it should be an area that readers are very familiar with, so that they can feel a certain sense of immersion."

“Well…” Xu Youyu pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up. “Making games! Isn’t making games quite expensive? But if you make the kind that nobody plays, losing money is a piece of cake, right?”

"Hmm, not bad." Li Luo nodded in satisfaction. "That's exactly the way of thinking. You can think more about whether there are any similar industries."

"Then we will compile and summarize these industries, and then specifically collect information on the pain points of these industries in reality."

"The pain points of users, consumers, businesses, and employees, and so on."

"The final key point is how to make the protagonist spend money in a reasonable and legal way, and in the end, he makes money."

"Once this logical loop is complete, the book will be finished."

After Li Luo explained it to him in this way, Xu Youyu's ideas about this subject suddenly became richer and more colorful. He couldn't wait to finish "Gu Dao Chang Qing" and start writing this new book.

It can only be said that online novel authors are a bunch of fickle people. They easily get tired of writing old books after a year or two, and they become like an old married couple, just going through the motions without any passion.

But once they start talking about their new book, their excitement is like that of a newlywed couple in the throes of new love—fierce like a wild beast in spring.

The clattering of the keyboard never stopped.

Unfortunately, the reality is that Xu Youyu is still a long way from finishing his old book; he needs to diligently write for at least another four months before he can be free.

Thinking of this, Xu Youyu, who had been somewhat excited, suddenly sighed again, slumped back onto his desk, and stared blankly at the word processing software on his computer screen.

Li Luo ignored her and focused on writing again. After finishing another 4000-word chapter, he opened the outline software and continued preparing for his new book.

With the experience of creating "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division" and the various memories from his previous life, Li Luo's preparation for the new book went very smoothly.

Especially with the help of the memory palace, his current creative level is completely different from that of his previous life.

Most authors can only achieve a barely acceptable balance between quality and quantity.

For most normal authors, maintaining 10,000 words of updates per day is already the limit.

This is even under the condition of completely abandoning daily leisure and entertainment.

If the music breaks down even once in the middle, it's hard to keep up the daily pace. Not to mention maintaining consistent content quality.

But for Li Luo, who possesses a memory palace, quality and quantity can be achieved simultaneously, without any compromise.

Starting from when he got home at 6:30 p.m., Li Luo wrote 4,000 words in an hour, spent some time chatting with Xu Youyu about the new book, and then wrote another 4,000 words in an hour.

It was not even 9 p.m. when I started preparing the outline for the new book.

When he had been typing on the keyboard until after 10 p.m., he felt that he had almost finished writing for the day, so he stopped, stretched, and glanced to the side.

Then I saw the number of words displayed on Xu Youyu's side.

- 1268.

Hmm...it really must have been tough on her.

Li Luo couldn't help but chuckle, then saw Xu Youyu turn her head and glare at him with a resentful look.

"I'm done with my work. Keep up the good work." Li Luo stood up, ruffled Xu Youyu's long hair, leaned down and kissed her on the cheek, then turned and left the study.

Xu Youyu snorted, regretting that he hadn't finished typing yet, otherwise he would have definitely dragged Li Luo to stay and have a big battle with him.

Now... all we can do is watch Li Luo leave.

……

After leaving the study, Li Luo went upstairs to the master bedroom.

Ying Chanxi had already finished showering and had somehow gotten into bed. He had set up his phone on a phone stand by the bedside and was watching a TV series.

Upon seeing this, Li Luo immediately pounced on the bed and peeked at what Ying Chanxi was looking at.

I immediately lost interest after discovering it was a romance drama.

"Go take a shower first," Ying Chanxi nudged Li Luo.

"Have you washed?" Li Luo asked, sniffing Ying Chanxi's elegant hair fragrance.

"Yes, I washed it when I got back."

"Wouldn't that mean several more hours have passed?" Li Luo reached out and pressed the pause button for her. "How about we take another shower?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Chanxi blushed slightly and glared at him, asking, "What do you want to do?"

"Well," Li Luo chuckled, then reached out and tapped Ying Chanxi's phone screen, opened the photo album, and accurately found the video from last night.

But just as he opened the video, Ying Chanxi suddenly screamed and quickly turned off his phone: "You're not allowed to watch this!"

"So you still have it?" Li Luo couldn't help but reach out and lift her snow-white chin, teasingly asking, "Did anyone secretly open it to admire it today?"

"N-no, I didn't..." Ying Chanxi, when asked by Li Luo, actually avoided Li Luo's gaze with a guilty look, her tone sounding very unsure.

This response surprised Li Luo for a moment: "You actually saw it yourself?"

"I... I said there wasn't any left!" Ying Chanxi retorted loudly, her face flushed.

"See, you're getting impatient." Li Luo laughed. "You still say you haven't looked?"

"What's so interesting about this! I only took this picture by accident when I was drunk. I would never normally look at it!"

"Then why are you keeping it? Why don't you delete it?"

"me……"

When asked this question, Ying Chanxi immediately began to stammer.

But she was actually reluctant to delete it.

No matter how embarrassing it was, it was still a rare and beautiful memory between her and Li Luo.

Especially since she was drunk, if she deleted it, wouldn't it be as if she had never experienced this part at all?

If we've already eaten it, wouldn't it be a huge loss if we couldn't preserve it?
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore." Li Luo moved the phone stand aside, then picked Ying Chanxi up by the waist and headed straight for the bathroom.

Just then, Yan Zhusheng, who had finished playing the piano, walked into the bedroom from outside and saw the two of them walking towards the bathroom.

"Do you want to take a bath?" Yan Zhusheng asked.

“Zhusheng is here.” Li Luo turned to look at Yan Zhusheng, then suddenly raised an eyebrow, deliberately turned around and threw Ying Chanxi back onto the bed. “Since Zhusheng is here, then Xixi, you should rest first. I’ll take Zhusheng to take a bath.”

"Okay." Yan Zhusheng immediately nodded in agreement.

But Ying Chanxi disagreed. After being thrown onto the bed and hearing this, she immediately opened her eyes wide and climbed off the bed, walking towards the bathroom in a huff.

"Why are you here again?" Li Luo asked with a smile, pinching Ying Chanxi's cute chin.

"I... I was covered up with too thick a blanket, and I was sweating," Ying Chanxi said stubbornly. "Can't I just take another shower?"

"I'm going to do something naughty with Li Luo, do you want to see it too, sister?" Yan Zhusheng pulled out a plastic square from somewhere and waved it in front of Ying Chanxi.

When Ying Chanxi saw this thing, his face immediately turned red, and he was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

"Aren't you ashamed? Who does this kind of thing in the bathroom?!"

"How about we do it in bed after I take a shower?" Yan Zhusheng asked, tilting her head. "Then you can just watch from the side."

"I don't want to watch!"

"Then you can go back to your room."

"I don't care!" Ying Chanxi said angrily. "You're not allowed to do it when I'm around, just don't do it in front of me."

"My sister has so many demands."

"Alright, alright." Li Luo waved her hand, pressing the two bickering sisters down, and then suggested, "The bathtub in the bathroom hasn't been used yet, how about we take a bath tonight?"

“That works.” Ying Chanxi’s eyes lit up and she nodded immediately. Then she jogged into the bathroom. “I’ll run the hot water first. This bathtub is so big, it will probably take more than half an hour just to fill it up.”

"Okay." Li Luo nodded, then took out his phone. "I'll also tell Sister Youyu to hurry up and write, and see if she wants to take a bath together."

(End of this chapter)