Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 128 - 97: The First Love Regrets and Wants to Chase Backwards Now? (Please Subscribe)
While Li Yuan spent most of his day at the company focused on entrepreneurial ventures like game development and website construction, a different kind of excitement was brewing nearby. At Daxia University, less than two kilometers from Longyu Building, a piece of news was rapidly spreading through the dormitories, Tieba forums, and canteens. Soon, everyone was talking about *Battle Starry Sky* and the Great Writer...
"Did you hear that explosive news? The author of *Battle Starry Sky,* the best-selling fantasy novel on the internet right now, turns out to be a freshman from our Daxia University... Holy crap, that’s unbelievably amazing."
"I saw it on our school’s Tieba, too. It seems the news leaked from some class group chat and has been confirmed. Jeez, a freshman, an internet Great Writer, making a million a month... *I feel like I’m dreaming. This is too damn unreal.*"
"Someone else’s eighteen is making a million a month with a work that’s a national hit. Our eighteen is just holing up in a university dorm, pulling all-nighters playing video games. The gap is just staggering."
"A million a month... you couldn’t spend that in a lifetime! It’s an unimaginable amount on campus. I only get a pitiful 600 for living expenses every month. Damn it, his monthly income is higher than my living expenses for a hundred years!"
"I’m a bit curious, is writing web novels really that profitable? I’ve read *Battle Starry Sky*, and while the story is interesting, the writing is total crap. It has no literary value, just simplistic prose for beginners. If I were the one writing it, my skills are definitely better. A million a month? I could do that too."
"Heh, then why don’t you go ahead and try writing? You spend half a day procrastinating on an 800-word essay. Do you really think your brain has the capacity to write a novel with millions of words?"
"Who are you looking down on? I was in the humanities track in high school, scored over 640 on the college entrance exam, and I’m majoring in Chinese Literature. You think writing some stupid web novel is a big deal? I’m getting ready to start writing now. Web novels are just the same old tropes: wish-fulfillment, face-slapping, and showing off. You can’t even call it online literature, let alone something that would get a physical publication. Just you watch. I’ll take the world by storm and become a national sensation."
"Don’t be so quick to dismiss it. Honestly, hearing about his income is really tempting. I’m not saying I could make a million a month, but with my writing skills? I’ve been published in magazines like *Readers* and *True Story*. I’m pretty sure I could make one or two hundred thousand a month writing web novels without much trouble."
"Web novels are all just the same common formula: low status plus a cheat ability plus face-slapping plus a leveling-up plot. I could totally do it."
"I read that novel this morning. It’s a classic wish-fulfillment story. The emotional hooks are decent enough. If I were to write it, putting out something of that level wouldn’t be a big problem."
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All over the Daxia Campus and in the male and female dormitories, everyone was discussing *Battle Starry Sky*. If it were students from other universities, they might just talk about it for a moment and laugh it off. But it was different when the young writer earning a million a month was from their own university. Some were envious, some were jealous, and there were plenty of people who thought, "I could do that too."
In the Mei Yuan girls’ dormitory, room A-1314, several girls were also discussing this topic.
Wang Lisha was browsing Daxia University’s Tieba, where the top trending post was about Li Yuan—[Shocking Bombshell: The Great Writer of *Battle Starry Sky* Who Earns a Million a Month Is a Freshman at Our School!]. The post detailed the entire story and its verification, though it had censored specific details like names and profile pictures. The comment thread below it had already swelled to over a thousand replies.
"Ladies, check this out! There’s some shocking news," Wang Lisha exclaimed. "We have a literary genius at our school, a freshman who’s making a million a month!"
Deng Meiqi leaned over for a look, her eyes wide with disbelief. "I heard some people talking about this when I was getting lunch at the canteen. I thought it was a joke, but it’s actually real?"
Ding Shanshan also came over. Looking at the post, she asked curiously, "Who is this freshman? What’s his major? This is incredible. A million a month... I couldn’t even have a dream that good at night."
"Is he writing a web novel? I usually read urban romance. But can you really earn that much from writing novels? A million a month seems a bit exaggerated."
"You can make money writing novels? Aren’t they free to read? I never pay to read novels."
"There must be paid websites. It’s just that most of us read pirated versions. Strictly speaking, we’re infringing on the author’s rights, aren’t we?"
"Shasha, hurry and find out who this person is," one of the roommates urged. "I’m dying to know what his major is! It’ll be so exciting to go watch him in class." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
As her curious roommates chattered, Wang Lisha scrolled through the comment thread. Soon, she discovered some key information.
Wang Lisha announced in shock, "Found it! The author’s exposed QQ nickname is ’Life Like Summer Flowers,’ and it seems he’s a freshman in the computer science program this year?"
Ding Shanshan asked doubtfully, "A computer science major writing a web novel? And it’s that good? How is that even possible?"
"Who knows? I assumed he’d be in a major like Chinese Language and Literature."
Bai Weixi, who was chatting with Wang Yuchen on QQ, froze when she heard "Life Like Summer Flowers" and "computer science program." A familiar image immediately surfaced in her mind.
When it came to Li Yuan’s QQ nickname, Bai Weixi was more familiar with it than anyone. First love, as dazzling as summer flowers... that was a memory she would never forget for the rest of her life.
