Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!
Chapter 44 This Life, He Will Take Back Everything That Belongs to Him

Originally, it was planned to have an inter-dormitory mixer today after military training, but the school unexpectedly implemented closed training, resulting in the cancellation of the event, leaving Chang Hao excited for nothing all night.

But to be honest, after the first day of military training, nobody was really in the mood for a mixer. They had to wake up at six in the morning, and aside from listening to lectures, they spent the entire day under the sun. By the time they reached the dormitory, Chang Hao just collapsed on his bed.

Li Qiang was in better physical condition and casually asked, "Brother Hao, are we still having the mixer tonight?"

"Yanyan said they were too tired, forget it," muttered Chang Hao, too exhausted to even lift his eyelids while speaking from his bed.

Li Qiang uttered an "Oh," and lay down on his bed, just wanting to take a quick nap, but he didn't expect to fall asleep without realizing it.

The first day of military training was truly exhausting.

Chang Hao was a bit envious of Zhou Yuwen for having the foresight and getting a medical note in advance.

But now, it was impossible for him to get a medical note because, as you see, he was now the squad leader for the second squad of the fourth company.

Despite Chang Hao's carefree nature, this was the first time he had ever held a position of authority in his life, and it suddenly gave him a sense of being valued. Even the instructors he didn't like seemed somewhat more agreeable at that moment.

After taking a short nap on the bed, he went out for a shower when it got dark, and couldn't help but chat with Zheng Yanyan about how he was now the squad leader upon his return.

His words were tinged with pride.

However, Zheng Yanyan clearly wasn't very interested in chatting with Chang Hao, so the conversation passed in such brief exchanges.

At this time, Zhou Yuwen was definitely still thinking about his grand money-making schemes.

He had taken Liu Shuo to several schools today, feeling that the business of selling campus cards was nearing saturation. At best, he estimated they could get around a thousand people to sign up for cards.

Out of these thousand people, after subtracting thirty for the commission of sub-agents, Zhou Yuwen would earn fifty per person, amounting to fifty thousand yuan.

For an average university student, this was a considerable sum of money.

But it wasn't enough for Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen was still dreaming about buying a car and impressing girls after the military training.

This amount of money just wasn't enough.

Yet beyond selling campus cards, Zhou Yuwen really couldn't replace any other way to make money.

At this moment, Zhou Yuwen envied girls with strong practical skills like Su Qing.

Zhou Yuwen thought to himself that if he were Su Qing, having been reborn, he would just sell his design drafts directly—one draft for fifty thousand, and sell a dozen or so.

Of course, this was entirely what Zhou Yuwen wished for himself.

In the design industry, it's not just about talent; experience is another matter altogether.

No matter how talented you are, the initial designs you produce would only fetch a few hundred yuan at most. Most companies pay based on your reputation in the design circle, not the quality of your design.

Despite this, Su Qing, having been reborn, still possessed a unique advantage.

Yet at this moment, Su Qing had no mind to think so far ahead.

After a day of military training, Su Qing was tired, but she was someone who cared about the details. She wanted the world to continue on its original path, fearing that if she didn't follow the original timeline's military training schedule, the trajectory would change.

So, despite her exhaustion, she persisted.

And indeed, this kind of life felt fulfilling to her.

The only loneliness she felt was being back at eighteen years old, with no one around to understand her.

When lunchtime rolled around, her stomach ailment acted up again. At times like these, Su Qing always remembered how Zhou Yuwen used to prepare her medicine and even make her lunch.

She missed that Zhou Yuwen terribly.

Even though the man before her might not be her husband, he was better than no one.

So she couldn't help herself and sent Zhou Yuwen another message, "Zhou Yuwen, why didn't you have military training today?"

"I'm not feeling well."

"But I heard from Yanyan that you weren't at the infirmary, where did you go?"

"I don't think I'm obligated to report my whereabouts to you, am I?"

"I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just concerned about you."

"Thanks."

Their conversation became dull and tedious. Seeing the two icy 'thanks' from Zhou Yuwen, a mysterious pain surged in Su Qing's heart, and she felt a whimpering sense of grievance.

She thought, if it were the Zhou Yuwen from her time, he definitely wouldn't treat her like this.

She really missed that Zhou Yuwen, didn't she?

Su Qing coming to Zhou Yuwen for a chat reminded him of something. Well, although he didn't want to return to his old job of writing novels, he realized that apart from writing, he didn't seem to have any other skills.

In his previous life, he had made a decent amount of money writing novels.

In this lifetime, starting several years early, he didn't know if he could still make money.

If he could make a few million and then buy real estate and Bitcoin at this time, his life would surely take a different path from his previous one.

2013, ah, it was already the post-internet literature era.

In the development of internet literature, 2012 should be considered a turning point. That is, before 2012, there were all kinds of novels, like those focused on bureaucratic life, the bizarre and quirky, and other hodgepodge stories. In short, it was a time when the internet literature world was brimming with diversity, with a cacophony of voices and a variety of works.

Back then, writing novels was easy; you didn't even need to rack your brains for ideas. You just needed to decide on the characters, then copy and paste content from a couple of risqué websites, do some editing, and people would read it.

However, after 2012, the development of internet literature suddenly became regularized. Many genres of novels were slashed by a large margin, and plots below the neck were no longer allowed.

Zhou Yuwen, who was an avid novel enthusiast, had a good understanding of the history of online novels. After 2012, the online literature community went through reforms and indeed embarked on a new phase of development.

The incomes of online writers started to swell, though it was strange that despite the surging development of the online literature community, it became hard to replace universally loved works like those before 2012.

Zhou Yuwen remembered that in his junior high days, he could simply log onto a novel website, flip through at random, pick a novel, and get completely absorbed. He couldn't stop reading, chapter after chapter, until his family urged him to go to sleep, and when he looked up, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Back then, reading novels didn't require consulting bestseller lists or reading charts. It was all about following personal interests, replaceing novels by title preference, and you were highly unlikely to be disappointed.

But later, as more and more online writers appeared and the volume of works increased, the number of engaging reads decreased. Now, looking at a novel website, it was surprising to replace not a single piece that I could get into.

I had no choice but to blindly follow fellow readers and pick something from the bestseller list or reading chart, although I couldn't see what was so good about what I read, but at least it was better than nothing and killed the boring time.

Fortunately, such situations were not common at this point in 2013.

Last year, the online literature community faced severe oppression, but now it should be in a burgeoning state.

Zhou Yuwen logged into the novel website and saw that the front page featured a story called "If I Had Doraemon." It was unavoidable, given the new rules that disqualified ninety percent of the books, they had to promote these to temper the spotlight.

Zhou Yuwen, after all, had returned to life armed with more than a decade of future online literature experience.

In a previous life, he had reached a high point in discussions only to be pushed into the abyss due to an oversight.

In this life, returning to the online literature community, Zhou Yuwen vowed to reclaim everything that belonged to him!