Volume 2. Game Update in Progress
This really was one of those situations where the more I tried to endure it, the angrier I became.
And the more I stepped back, the more I felt like I was at a loss.
But… forget it!
Maybe it was because my body was still young.
Even though I had already been worn down by society, at this moment, I actually felt genuinely fired up.
"Looks like… the body really does influence the mind a lot."
I mumbled softly.
Aunt Zhao beside me looked utterly confused.
All in all, that little episode passed, and just as Grandpa Liu had said, for the second half of the year, I basically turned into a complete homebody.
Liu Wanqian and Gong Lianyu were worried about my physical condition, so they simply let me suspend school and study from home.
As for what Grandpa Liu said, I didn’t take it to heart.
Couldn’t get into a good school?
Then get married early?
Ha!
The knowledge in my head right now wasn’t just from books.
There were countless pieces of experience in handling all kinds of matters.
That was truly valuable stuff.
With just that knowledge alone, I could live comfortably for the rest of my life.
Whether it was medical knowledge or computer skills, I had all the most convenient money-making tools.
Even if I ran out of money, I could always extort the mafia!
Don’t forget—I had an Evil Spirit Form!
Me, get married?
You must be dreaming!
Once I got into high school, I’d open a studio of my own.
Whatever it did, didn’t matter—just as long as I could break free from the Liu Family.
Otherwise, according to that old man Liu’s thinking, I might be married off by the time I turned eighteen!
I needed to quickly figure out a way to make some money and become independent.
Sure enough… in the end, people could only rely on themselves.
I wondered how that childhood friend of mine, who used to treat me like dirt, was doing now.
I should probably thank him too.
Otherwise, I might never have learned this lesson…
Ha!
Thinking about how I was nearly starving back then and couldn’t even borrow fifty yuan, it really made me feel like my past life was just one big tragedy.
But now that I was living again, and with the bonus of this Evil Spirit Form bug, if I still drifted along like I did before, I’d be wasting these great conditions.
But all of that didn’t matter right now.
What mattered was… catching up on updates!
I had already told my editor that I was going to continue updating.
But in the blink of an eye, it had been nearly two months without a post!
I hurriedly grabbed my laptop.
Anyway, I’d be stuck at home for the next six months, so it wouldn’t hurt to post a bit more.
And with the Evil Spirit Form, writing was even easier for me than eating or drinking.
With countless experiences and knowledge in my head, I could write an entire world encyclopedia with ease.
Writing a novel?
Piece of cake!
I placed my hand on the keyboard.
Black mist rose from the back of my hand and gently pressed against the keyboard…
In the next second, the characters on the screen flew out at lightning speed.
But one laptop couldn’t keep up with my typing speed, so I pulled over another one.
Even though Liu Yunyan wasn’t too interested in electronics, both of these laptops she owned were really good.
In an instant, I mapped out a plot of one million words in my mind.
Then I placed both hands on the keyboards of the two laptops.
Left hand typed out the first five hundred thousand words, and the right hand typed out the latter five hundred thousand—multitasking like a pro!
I didn’t need to worry about typos at all.
So I kept my eyes closed the entire time, visualizing the specific plot as I typed furiously with both hands.
That one million words took me just over an hour to complete.
“Whew~”
I wiped off the nonexistent sweat on my forehead and looked at the finished million-word manuscript.
I immediately posted two hundred thousand words on the website, then went on Penguin to apologize to the editor, saying I had been delayed but was now making it up.
The editor saw the twenty thousand words and didn’t say much.
But they were genuinely surprised and told me,
‘Wow, I really can’t tell this was written by someone else. The style and everything continued perfectly… That setup was great. Why do I feel like you write even better than Zhang Yiwei?’
Faced with the editor’s comment, all I could do was give a bitter smile.
The next few months passed were dull and monotonously.
My growth in height had somewhat exceeded my initial expectations.
Staying at home for more than half a year, I genuinely got to enjoy, for once, the leisurely life of the wealthy.
Although not being able to travel was quite a big flaw, I had experienced all the other enjoyments that money could buy.
Buying toys, buying beaded bracelets, buying antiques, buying clothes, buying pets—in short, if money could buy it, I had tried it.
I even pestered Gong Lianyu until she gave in and got me a villa, in Sanya.
Emmm, but in the end, I still returned it to Gong Lianyu.
The key was, I couldn’t leave this place right now.
Don’t even talk about giving me a villa—
even if you handed me a mansion worth a fortune, I wouldn’t be able to live in it!
Also, I didn’t know if it was because of that saying “a girl changes a lot at eighteen,” but over the past six months, as my height shot up, my face also became more and more… hmm, beautiful.
Others needed to glue on false eyelashes, but I didn’t need them at all.
My eyelashes were long and thick, completely negating the need for fake ones.
Others needed to apply foundation to cover tiny imperfections on their faces, but I didn’t need that either—because there were no imperfections on mine.
Even the faint marks left from the little pimples that used to be on Liu Yunyan’s face had been completely wiped away.
As for mites… hehe!
No matter what kind of bug it was, they didn’t dare come near me.
Only bacteria could coexist peacefully with me.
Any insect—none of them dared approach.
For example, back in April, someone usually came by to spray a mix of alcohol and realgar around here to repel insects, snakes, birds, and beasts.
After all, this was the countryside, and occasionally there’d be wild boars or such.
But this time, it seemed they were a bit late.
A snake island pit viper seized the opportunity and slipped in, immediately scaring everyone in the villa into screaming and yelling.
I just wanted to see the commotion, so I stepped out.
That snake was still trying to scare people at first, but the moment it saw me, it froze for a good five seconds—
Then… it turned and ran!
That speed… even rabbits would have to call it grandpa.
Next was my figure… fifteen years old.
My body had more or less finished developing before.
By my estimation, the original Liu Yunyan might have grown to about 165 to 168 centimeters tall.
But now, in just seven or eight months, my height has already reached 170 cm.
My old clothes no longer fit at all—
I donated all of them.
Aunt Zhao took the bulk of it, and by my calculations, they could probably sell for at least a hundred thousand or more.
My bust had also grown a bit.
Originally a C, now it was close to a D.
Though bigger, it didn’t look out of place.
After all, my height was already beyond that of most girls.
If I were 180 cm tall but still had a C cup, I’d probably look as flat as a runway.
Hmm…
On the other hand, something a bit hard to talk about…
I felt like my waist had also widened a little.
That took some getting used to—there was always a bit of space between my thighs.
When I was a guy, there was “equipment” blocking the front, and the wind couldn’t easily blow through.
But now…
Say any more and I’ll cry!
All in all, in this haze of spending and more spending, life really was just as the saying goes…
The life of the rich is truly that dull and tasteless.
Spring blossomed, peach trees and willows turned green, the crops ripened, and in a blink… autumn had already arrived.
Cautiously and with full confidence, I finished the high school entrance exams.
According to my calculations, aside from a slight uncertainty in Chinese—since the essay not only depended on writing skill but also the examiner’s preferences—
I was one hundred percent sure I got full marks in the other subjects!
As expected, I was admitted to the province’s key high school.
And the day after tomorrow… would be September 1st.
Which meant… my first high school life since being reborn was about to begin!