Chapter 508 - Confessing to Old Wu! (1/2)
Chapter 508: Confessing to Old Wu!
When he opened his eyes, it was already morning.
The sky was still dark outside, as it was just past six in the morning.
Outside the window, he could see a few old men and women doing their morning exercises. Other than them, there wasn't anyone else. This was an upscale estate, and there were not that many residents.
Zhang Ye crawled out of the guest bed in Old Wu's house. He yawned and stretched since he was unable to go back to sleep. He still felt a little uncomfortable spending the night at someone else's place since he wasn’t used to the bed and couldn’t get comfortable.
He went to the bathroom to do his business and then washed up. When he left his room, he moved around with light footsteps and took a look around. There wasn't anything going on upstairs or downstairs. Old Wu was clearly still in bed and if he judged by the standard seven or eight hours of sleep, Sis Wu would probably only be up around 8 AM. Zhang Ye quietly made some tea on the first floor and brought it back into the room. He wasn't going back to sleep anymore, so he turned on the computer on the table.
He continued with his novel.
Legend of Wukong
Chapter 7:
Tang Xuanzang went back to the small room.
The fish was still swimming in the tank.
”Why is the ground so wet? You must have been naughty again!” Xuanzang smiled and said to Little White Dragon.
Little White Dragon swung her tail about and smiled. She found out that she was even willing to become a fish if it meant that she could stay by his side.
When he was writing this novel yesterday, Zhang Ye had some hope of things turning out better. He had earlier felt that his future was uncertain as everything he did was only bogged down by the ban. He was also no longer a small-time celebrity, but instead a well-known celebrity who was now ranked in the middle of the C-list rankings. A star of his caliber would require a lot of fame and popularity just to maintain this level, because his compet.i.tors in the rankings were not dead people. It wasn't only his popularity which would grow, but all of the others would grow as well. They were all running the rat race together and that was the reason why Zhang Ye couldn't just stay where he was. The rankings would change and he might drop greatly in the rankings if he did not do something. Zhang Ye was now trying to think of a way to maintain his spot and was given a glimmer of hope by the novel Legend of Wukong. He did not ask for it to be able to push him further up the rankings, but just to allow him to maintain his visibility and reputation so that his ranking would not drop.
From what he could see right now, his goals had already been accomplished. In fact, it even exceeded his expectations. The epic scolding war last night helped push Legend of Wukong into prominent view and a popular position. If he needed to come up with a reason for writing this novel yesterday, it was because of Wu Zeqing, but today, he, Zhang Ye, was writing this for himself.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The clicking sound of the keyboard kept clacking wave after wave.
His writing form was just normal since he had only just woken up. This chapter was written at a slower pace than yesterday, but he still managed to stumble through and complete the chapter. Zhang Ye checked for any typos before publis.h.i.+ng it on his blog immediately.
Some netizens, who were up early, were already waiting.
”Ah!
It's released, it's released!”
”I've refreshed so many times!”
“It's finally here!”
”Haha, the wait is killing me!”
“I better read it first!”
”I've just finished reading it!”
“It was great!”
”Really good!”
”Is there anymore, Teacher Zhang!?”
“Please release it all at once!”
“I'm so anxious to find out what's going to happen next!”
The scolding war had already died down and the comment section on Zhang Ye's blog was in a mess. It could still be seen how fierce the battle had been the night before with some people still randomly continuing to scold, but since it was just scattered scoldings, it could be said that the scolding war had already ended.
The only people left were the ones who were standing by at his blog waiting for the updates to Legend of Wukong.
Some even said, ”d.a.m.n, I won't even bother celebrating Valentine's Day today. I will just wait at home for your updates!”
Oh?
Valentine's Day?
When he saw that comment, Zhang Ye was a little stunned. He took out his cellphone and checked the calendar to confirm. Well, isn't this so. Lunar New Year had just pa.s.sed and it was already February 14th today. Spring was already coming.
But after knowing, he did not have much of a reaction anymore and just continued to power through writing the eighth chapter. As a very nationalistic youth amongst nationalistic youths, Zhang Ye wouldn't possibly want to celebrate this foreign festival. It would have been better to just celebrate their own traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.
A thousand characters.
2000 characters.
The eighth chapter was also completed. Zhang Ye had found his form and momentum by now, so the speed of his typing gradually increased. After he published it, he was preparing to get some rest, as his wrist was getting a little achy. Having typed out so many characters last night, he did not feel the effects immediately after, but when he woke up from his sleep, his head and hands did not feel too good. Together with helping Wu Zeqing take so many pictures of herself, coupled with those postures and angles, as well as pressing the shutter so many times, all of these were enough to cause him to feel tired.
He opened the windows and took a deep breath.
It was already past 7 AM now. The sky was gradually becoming brighter, but the sun was still not up yet. The land was recovering and the little trees were sprouting buds. It was a vibrant and lively scene outside the window.
There was a sound outside the door along the corridor.
It was the voice of a woman. ”Little Zhang?”
Zhang Ye turned back to face the door and said, ”Sis Wu, I'm in here.” He closed the windows and quickly went over to open the door, but when he was just a meter away from the door, the door opened.
Wu Zeqing appeared in front of him. He could see that Wu Zeqing had only just woken up as her hair was still a little messy.
Zhang Ye smiled. ”You're awake?”
”I just opened my eyes a little while ago. I said I wanted to prepare breakfast for you, but then I couldn't find you in the bedroom. Hur hur, why did you come to the study?” She asked.
Zhang Ye said, ”I just finished writing two more chapters of the novel.”
Wu Zeqing said, ”You are working on it so early in the morning?”
Zhang Ye nodded. ”I woke up early today and couldn't go back to sleep.”
”Alright then. You can continue to write while I prepare breakfast. You must be hungry?” Wu Zeqing laughed a little. ”It will take about 10 minutes and breakfast will be served.”
”I won't be writing anymore for now. Let's go downstairs together.” Zhang Ye followed behind her and out of the study room.