After being reborn, I gained a childhood sweetheart who appeared out of nowhere.

"Let's go eat." Lin Chuan glanced at the time; it was already 11:30 a.m., and reminded Chen Xiyu beside him.

"I want to play a little longer," Chen Xiyu said, pursing her lips.

Goodness, she's a girl addicted to the internet? Lin Chuan thought to himself, "Are games really that fun?" Although it seemed a little unconvincing coming from someone who used to be addicted to the internet.

"It's actually quite fun," Chen Xiyu said.

"The game is fun, but we still need to eat," Lin Chuan said. He guessed that since it was the first time he was playing, he would definitely find it novel, but he might lose interest after a while.

"Alright." Chen Xiyu had no choice but to compromise. She stood up and followed Lin Chuan downstairs.

After leaving the internet cafe, since they didn't really have anything in particular they wanted to eat, Lin Chuan led Chen Xiyu around for a while before finally going to "Shaxian Restaurant" for convenience. They ordered two bowls of beef noodles and waited a while for the food to be served.

The two of them picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

Although Chen Xiyu comes from a very wealthy family, she doesn't seem to care much about where or what she eats. After all, she often eats at roadside stalls with Lin Chuan and enjoys the food.

After lunch, Lin Chuan sent Chen Xiyu home. "It's getting late, you should go home early. You're tired anyway, go back to sleep. Did you stay up late last night?"

How did you know?

"How many times did you yawn while you were eating?" Lin Chuan said. "If you want to play, I'll bring you next time." He suddenly thought that if his mother heard him say that, she would probably give him a beating.

He used to get scolded for sneaking into internet cafes and getting caught, so he didn't even want to think about bringing Chen Xiyu, a "model student," to an internet cafe and getting caught.

However, they are now "accomplices," so there's nothing to worry about.

"Okay, I'll go back then," Chen Xiyu said.

"goodbye."

"Bye-Bye."

After Chen Xiyu left, Lin Chuan returned to the internet cafe, found a corner, turned on a new computer, and began his writing schedule for the day.

A few students passing by saw Lin Chuan typing documents in an internet cafe and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, exclaiming, "This guy is so hardworking, he actually comes to an internet cafe to study!"

Lin Chuan also felt that he was working hard and hoped that his manuscript fee would be higher next month, so that it would be worthy of his hard work.

As darkness slowly fell outside the window, Lin Chuan looked away from the screen and gazed at the street scene outside. The streetlights lit up one by one, and even through the glass window, he could almost smell the lively atmosphere.

Just then, a "Insufficient Balance" pop-up appeared on the screen. After saving the document he had worked so hard to write that day, he sent out the content that needed to be updated that day. After doing all this, Lin Chuan got up and went home.

This weekend, Lin Chuan spent his days at internet cafes and didn't go to the classroom to finish his homework until Sunday evening.

For several days after starting school, he would go to the internet cafe to write after evening study sessions. Because it was inconvenient, he always asked Chen Xiyu to help him "cover up." His excuse was that he would go to her house to study for a while after evening study sessions.

Of course, the condition is that I bring her something to eat when I come back in the evening. Sometimes it's roasted sweet potato, sometimes it's takoyaki, or some other late-night snack. In short, I'll bring her something back...

On Wednesday night, Lin Chuan went to that illegal internet cafe again. As soon as he turned on the computer, he saw a message from his editor that afternoon.

"Have you missed a few days this month where you didn't update with 4,000 words?" the editor asked.

"yes."

"If you do this, there will be no guaranteed minimum payment next month; you'll only receive the raw manuscript fee," the editor warned.

"Is the guaranteed monthly royalty related to the word count?" Lin Chuan asked. This was his first time writing a book here, and he didn't understand many of the rules.

"Yes, you're required to update at least 4,000 words every day. However, you can make up for it with a leave slip," the editor continued. "You probably don't have any points to redeem yet. Once the payment is made on the 12th, you'll have points, which you can then use to redeem a leave slip."

"I understand, thank you, editor," Lin Chuan said. "So, will I only find out how much my payment was last month when it's published?"

"Your payment will be released on the 3rd. You can check it on the writer's assistant. The payment date is the 12th, but if it falls on a weekend, it will be paid earlier," the editor explained.

Lin Chuan was surprised by this, so he opened the author section of the webpage, found the option to check royalties, entered the password he had set earlier, and clicked OK.

After about three to five seconds, the internet cafe's interface finally refreshed, clearly showing that the royalties for November 2009 were "6335 yuan", which should include tips and such from the previous month.

It was more than he had imagined. However, even after deducting taxes, it was still more than five thousand. As his first month's royalties for writing a book, that was pretty good, considering that money is still quite valuable these days.

Lin Chuan was already looking forward to this weekend. After all, he could get his computer repaired once he received his first payment for his writing, and he wouldn't have to go back and forth every day, which was quite troublesome.

Although it wasn't a lot of money, seeing the royalties gave him a little more motivation to write. His fingers continued to tap away on the keyboard, and today he even updated three chapters at once, totaling six or seven thousand words.

"Why did the author update so many chapters today?" As soon as the new chapter was released, someone in the reader group asked, and it was "Baiyun," who hadn't spoken for a long time.

"I just happened to write it and sent it out," Lin Chuan said.

"On such a wonderful day, author, could you add another chapter?" Zhao Jiajia said.

"Yes, I second that!" Wang Xu said.

"I'm the author, not a donkey in the production team. I've been incredibly busy lately," Lin Chuan said.

Zhao Jiajia replied with a grinning emoji.

"Keep it up, author." Baiyun left this message and then logged off.

In an old residential area in a coastal town, Chen Xiyu lay on the sofa, holding an iPad in her hands. She found a friend on her QQ with a cherry blossom avatar whose nickname was "cousin" and sent him a message.

"What are you busy with?"

After a few minutes, the other party replied, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"Can't I contact you if there's nothing wrong?" Chen Xiyu asked.

"I heard you recently finished your midterms. How were your results?" the other person asked.

"Just playing as expected."

"So that's the top student in the grade?"

"Um."

"Then you should do your best. High school is different from junior high; you'll learn some difficult things later on," the other person advised.

"Received," Chen Xiyu replied.

"Is the camera you received working well?"

"good."

"That's good."

"Are you having fun studying in Tokyo?" Chen Xiyu asked.

"Not bad, what's up? Want to browse around here?"

"Hmm, maybe there's a chance."

"Then let your uncle and aunt bring you when they have time."

"They're too busy, but I can go by myself and see when I have time," Chen Xiyu said.

"You've really changed a lot. I never would have dared to say things like that before."

Chen Xiyu sent a smiley face.

The other party replied with a smiley face, followed by a new message: "Alright, that's enough chatting. If you need anything, just let me know. I'm still doing experiments in the lab."

"There is something I need to take care of..."