Is not being able to do as you please also called rebirth?

Chapter 22 Reaching the top!

After finishing her math exam, Jiang Xun went straight back to her dad and uncle's shop, where her uncle was repairing a car.

"Why are you here at the shop today? Didn't you have class?" Uncle asked Jiang Xun with some surprise.

Jiang Xiaohua was short and chubby, with a great sense of humor. He was only seven or eight years older than Jiang Xun, so the two uncle and nephew got along very easily.

He was a child adopted by Jiang Xun's grandparents, and he went out to work right after graduating from junior high school.

Having worked his way up in the world for over a decade, doing all sorts of things, he's a very shrewd person.

"I handed in my exam early today," Jiang Xun replied with a smile, and went straight to the computer. "Uncle, I'll use the computer for a while."

"Go ahead and use it, but don't go through my folders. There are some things kids shouldn't see," Jiang Xiaohua chuckled.

"Tch, I saw that last time. Western stuff is boring. I prefer Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese stuff," Jiang Xun replied seriously.

"You brat..." Jiang Xiaohua was speechless. Kids these days are just too outrageous. "Where did you watch it? Did you download it?"

Jiang Xun: "..."

……

After chatting for a few minutes, Jiang Xun buried himself in writing, focusing on saving up drafts.

Although he had already compiled the outline and details of the entire story, he would not encounter any bottlenecks in writing.

However, typing takes time, and even though he typed very fast, he could only write 5 to 6000 words per hour.

At his current update speed of 10,000 words per day, it would take him at least two hours to write, which would be difficult even if he didn't skip the last period of evening self-study.

So now, whenever he has time, he tries to save up as many manuscripts as possible.

Jiang Xun wrote from a little after 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., accumulating another 10,000 words in just over an hour. Satisfied, he went home for dinner and then continued to attend evening self-study.

After 9:30, he ignored the stares of his classmates, packed his bag, and prepared to run away.

Just as he was about to leave the classroom, a tall figure carrying a schoolbag caught up with him, immediately causing a commotion among the students.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Xun looked at Chen Shixuan behind him in confusion.

"I'm going home! Hurry up, Old Zhu is coming to inspect soon!" Chen Shixuan grabbed Jiang Xun's arm and pulled him out of the classroom.

Even after the two left, the classroom was still buzzing with discussion, and all sorts of speculations about them surfaced.

Some even believe that Jiang Xun's daily early departure from evening self-study sessions is solely for the purpose of visiting Chen Shixuan outside of school, implying that they are already together.

"Quiet!"

A cold, clear voice suddenly came from the front row, silencing everyone instantly.

The students looked at the class monitor, who stood in the front row with a cold expression, with some confusion.

As the class monitor, Yang Kaiyi certainly has the right to maintain classroom order.

She usually doesn't pay much attention to this class, but I don't know what's wrong with her today.

Jiang Xun and Chen Shixuan walked out of the school gate. The former waved and headed straight for the Starry Sky Internet Cafe.

"Bye, see you tomorrow."

"Wait for me!" Chen Shixuan followed closely behind him, jogging to keep up with his pace.

"Why are you following me?" Jiang Xun asked helplessly.

"Is this road yours? You can walk on it, but I can't?" Chen Shixuan said with a coquettish snort.

"This is the way home. Are you going to come home with me?" Jiang Xun looked at her with a mocking gaze.

"You're not going home, you're obviously going to the internet cafe." Chen Shixuan's words revealed the truth, clearly she already knew Jiang Xun had spent the entire class at the internet cafe.

Jiang Xun had no reply and could only let her follow him.

Chen Shixuan reached out and grabbed his backpack, saying with a grin, "You treated me to internet access last time, this time it's my treat."

Jiang Xun immediately smiled and waved his hand, saying:
OK, let's go!

"You're so realistic."

……

In the internet cafe, Chen Shixuan watched Jiang Xun rapidly typing on the keyboard and said speechlessly:
"You come to an internet cafe just to write novels?"

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Xun didn't turn around, his typing speed not pausing at all. "Do many people read your novels?" Chen Shixuan asked curiously.

"Not much, just a few hundred thousand," Jiang Xun replied casually.

"Tch, bragging." Chen Shixuan clearly didn't believe her. "Then you..."

She was about to ask more questions when Jiang Xun reached out and pressed her head down.

"Da Xuanzi, go play your game by yourself and don't bother me, please." Jiang Xun ruthlessly pushed Chen Shixuan's head away.

"Then tell me your pen name, I want to see it," Chen Shixuan said, pouting unhappily.

Jiang Xun looked helpless and could only reveal the book's title from the author's backend so that she could search for it herself.

Chen Shixuan finally found some peace and quiet and began searching for the book "The Watchman of the Great Qin Dynasty" on her computer.

This search had a surprising result, which completely stunned her.

'Ranked second on Baidu's Novel Popularity Chart—*The Night Watchman of the Qin Dynasty*!'

'First-day subscriptions surpass 10,000! The strongest newcomer king on Qidian has emerged! His name is Xunyangjiangtou!'

"Has 'The Great Qin Night Watchman' topped the monthly ticket charts in November? Is it poised to slay gods and prove its power?"

The hottest novel of the year has emerged: *The Watchman of Qin* by the Xunyang River.

"The Great Qin Night Watchman" receives polarized reviews: Is it a masterpiece or just a suggestive novel?

……

Chen Shixuan browsed through various news articles about the book "The Great Qin Night Watchman" and found it hard to believe that it was written by Jiang Xun.

However, Jiang Xun's pen name and book title matched perfectly, so she naturally had no reason to doubt it.

Filled with shock and curiosity, she clicked on the first chapter to read.

Even she, who never reads novels, was captivated by the opening chapters and didn't come to her senses until she had to log off due to unpaid bills.

At this moment, Jiang Xun had already run away. If he hadn't run away, Chen Shixuan would definitely have dragged him down and asked him a whole bunch of questions.

Even so, Chen Shixuan bombarded him with messages on QQ, but he completely ignored them.

……

For the next two days, Jiang Xun took his exams, attended classes, and skipped classes to go online as usual.

After Chen Shixuan finished his exams, he left school to attend art classes, and no one bothered him anymore.

Yang Kaiyi hasn't spoken to him since he went to evening self-study after eating noodles that day.

Jiang Xun could roughly guess the reason: sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls are most sensitive to feelings, whether it's friendship or love.

Yang Kaiyi and Chen Shixuan couldn't stand each other, and he was always bickering with Chen Shixuan, so it was no wonder that Yang Kaiyi was unhappy with him.

However, Jiang Xun had no time to pay attention to his young daughter's thoughts; all he wanted to do right now was make money, make money, make money!
On Tuesday evening, he didn't even stay for chemistry self-study until 9:30; he left at 8:40.

The chemistry teacher had originally planned to find time to have a good talk with him, but when the results of this monthly exam came out, he chose to keep quiet.

The results of the third monthly exam were released during Wednesday evening self-study.

Unexpectedly, yet also predictably, Jiang Xun once again topped the grade in math, scoring a staggering 142 points.

But that's not all. When his final scores were announced, all the students in Class 3 of Senior Three were thrilled.

Chinese Language: 128!

Math 142!

English 131!

Science score: 245 (Physics 83, Chemistry 82, Biology 80).

Total score 646!

Achievement Completed – Top of the Grade!
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