Kang Yuyan and Wu Xinyue took the bag, hugged the books tightly, felt their weight, and looked at the familiar little protagonist on the cover.

She let out a long sigh of relief, and the fatigue and disappointment on her face were instantly replaced by happiness.

Wu Xinyue, holding the book, smiled broadly, her lips curving into a wide grin, and said to Kang Yuyan:

"I finally bought it! It was so hard to get! My daughter will be so happy when we get back. She's been talking about it for days, just waiting for this book."

Kang Yuyan smiled, a relaxed expression on her face, and gently touched the book cover:

"That's right, my son is the same. He keeps asking me to tell him the story of this book. Now that we've got the second edition, he'll definitely be reading it every day."

The couple, carrying their books, walked out of the Xinhua Bookstore with great satisfaction. As they walked, they discussed how to surprise their child when they got back, their faces full of happy smiles. The fatigue and disappointment from queuing earlier had long since vanished.

Meanwhile, the same scene is playing out in bookstores across the country, with people queuing up everywhere to buy "The Adventures of the Chen Family's Daughter in the Mountains and Seas," and complaints from those who couldn't buy the book and cheers from those who did.

The Beijing Book Building, one of the largest bookstores in Beijing, has received 500 sets of "The Adventures of the Chen Family's Daughter in Mountains and Seas".

The store opened at nine in the morning, and within two hours, all copies were sold out. Many readers who couldn't buy the books registered to reserve them at the bookstore, and some even surrounded the staff, constantly asking when a reprint would be possible.

The Guangzhou Book Center received 300 sets, which sold out even faster than the Beijing Book Building, in just one hour and fifty minutes.

The front desk phone was ringing off the hook with calls from readers inquiring about when the book would be restocked. The staff were so busy they didn't even have time to drink water.

The Shenzhen Central Bookstore received 400 sets of books, and they were all sold out in two hours and twenty minutes.

Many readers went to several bookstores but couldn't buy it. Finally, they rushed to Shenzhen Central Book City, but they were too late. They could only register to reserve it and leave disappointed.

Fangsuo Bookstore in Chengdu received two hundred sets, but the sales were even faster; they sold out in just an hour and a half.

There were still many people queuing outside the bookstore. After learning that the book was out of stock, they couldn't help but complain. Some people were unwilling to give up and lingered in the bookstore, hoping that someone else had bought too much and was reselling it.

Besides, bookstores in other cities are in a similar situation, whether they are large or small.

Whenever this book is available, it almost always sells out within hours of the store opening, sometimes even less. Many readers have searched all over the city's bookstores but still couldn't buy a copy, and could only leave messages online urging the publisher to reprint it.

The comment section of the Tongxin.com app is becoming increasingly lively, with more and more readers who couldn't buy the book flooding in with messages, one after another, too many to scroll through.

"Who knows? I've been to two bookstores and can't find it. Publisher, please reprint it!"

"I bought this for my child, but I couldn't find it in any bookstore in the whole city. My child cried several times; they were so disappointed. Could you please reprint it soon?"

"I suggest the publisher take a good look at this popularity and print more copies, okay? Don't make us run around empty-handed again; it's really too much of a hassle!"

"I couldn't get the first edition, and I still couldn't get the second edition. What kind of bad luck do I have? Does my child not deserve to own this book?"

"You're not alone upstairs. I didn't get one either. I've already registered to pre-order at the bookstore, but I don't know how long I'll have to wait to get it. It's agonizing."

"Tongxin.com, come out and take your punishment! 10,000 copies were gone in ten minutes! Do you look down on us stay-at-home moms? Couldn't you have released more stock? Could you please have a pre-order system instead of making us scramble for them?!"

"Please reprint! Please reprint! Please reprint! I'm saying it three times because it's important, please reprint quickly, the child really can't wait!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the atmosphere in the editor-in-chief's office of Tongxin.com was both tense and lively.

Zhao Ziming, carrying a stack of printed data, practically ran into Editor-in-Chief Zhou Kaiwen's office.

He was sweating profusely, his face flushed, his chest heaving, and he was panting heavily. The printing paper in his hand was trembling slightly with excitement. He even forgot to knock and pushed the door open, rushing inside.

Zhou Kaiwen was at his desk reading documents, a pen in his hand, occasionally making markings on the paper. Hearing the door open, he looked up.

Seeing Zhao Ziming's appearance, he was startled, quickly put down his pen, and asked:

"What's wrong? Zimo, tell me slowly. Why are you in such a panic? What happened?"

Zhao Ziming took several deep breaths to calm his excited emotions. He quickly walked to Zhou Kaiwen's desk.

He gently placed the printed paper from his pocket on the table, his fingers still trembling slightly with excitement, and his voice also trembled a little:

"Editor-in-Chief Zhou! Editor-in-Chief Zhou! The data is in! The sales figures for the second edition of 'The Adventures of the Chen Family's Daughter in the Mountains and Seas' are all out!"

Zhou Kaiwen paused for a moment, looking at the printing paper on the table, then at Zhao Ziming's excited expression, and roughly understood what was going on.

Still unable to believe it, he abruptly stood up from his chair, leaned forward slightly, and stared at Zhao Ziming, asking:

"All of them? You mean they're all sold out? How many copies?"

"All of them!" Zhao Ziming nodded vigorously, his tone incredibly firm, his face filled with excitement.

"Editor-in-Chief Zhou, 100,000 copies sold out! Not a single copy left!"

Zhou Kaiwen was truly stunned. He stared wide-eyed at Zhao Ziming, then looked down at the data on the table, speechless for a long time.

It took him a while to come to his senses, his voice still carrying a hint of disbelief:

"One hundred thousand copies? Sold out in one day?"

"Yes! All sold out!" Zhao Ziming nodded vigorously again, explaining excitedly.

"We put 10,000 copies on the Tongxin.com online store and started selling them at 8:00 a.m. sharp. They were sold out in less than ten minutes, which shows how crazy everyone was about buying them."

The remaining 90,000 copies were distributed to 120 bookstores in major cities across the country.

The slowest shop sold out in four hours, while the fastest sold out in less than two hours.

Currently, there is absolutely no stock left nationwide, whether online or offline!

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