217 Apology (1/2)

Xiang Wan did not know when she had fallen asleep.

When she woke up, it was already late in the morning.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Cheng Zheng sitting beside her. She was slightly puzzled but quickly calmed down.

She thanked him and got up to look for the doctor.

At this hour, the doctor on night duty was about to change shifts.

There was much tension in a doctor-patient relationship nowadays. Hence, when faced with inquiries about the patient from their family members, they would tend to answer in a more conservative manner.

Therefore, the feedback received by Xiang Wan was basically consistent with what Cheng Zheng had told her.

”Alright, I got it. Thank you!”

Xiang Wan left the hospital quietly.

She did not ask questions about the medical terminologies she did not understand. She did not cry and neither did she feel sad. She went back home, washed up, ate something, and carried her laptop bag with her to the hospital.

She sat on the hospital lounge chairs along the corridor of the ICU. She put on her noise-canceling headphones and started to work on her laptop.

She was a novelist and her job was to write. While she was accompanying her mom outside the ICU ward, the only thing she could do while she was there was to keep writing her story.

For her, there was nothing more important than earning money.

If she had time to worry and grieve over her mom's condition, why not put it to better use by trying to earn more royalties…

Cheng Zheng had witnessed all of these at the hospital.

She refused to let him accompany her, but against his persistence, she didn't want to waste her energy to persuade him anymore.

True enough, Cheng Zheng realized she did not even want to spend some time talking to him.

What he could do for her was only to look for the medical personnel he was familiar with, to ask them to give more attention to Xiang Wan's mom.

Subsequently, he quietly disappeared around her…

…

Xiang Wan had applied for leave due to her mom's hospitalization.

There hadn't been any major cases in Hongjiang District recently. Moreover, her job position was very special. Even if she was not at work, it would not affect the work of the whole unit. Hence, everyone sent their best wishes for her mom's early recovery and did not mind the fact that she was unable to come for work.

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That afternoon, Qi Canghai led Tang Yuanchu, Xie Hui, Little Liu, and a few other detectives to the hospital to visit Xiang Wan and her mom. They even brought fruit baskets and flowers for her, as well as a red packet of appreciation from the team and extended their regards to her.

Xiang Wan was moved by their action.

In her current predicament, this little heartwarming act would, no doubt, be magnified in her heart.

After thanking her colleagues repeatedly and seeing them off, she uploaded the chapter she wrote that morning.

Next, she also took a look at the number of royalties she earned.

The website would make payment to their authors on a monthly basis. After her payout broke the record of 10,000 yuan last month, the number of royalties she received this month was also around this amount and had been increasing steadily.

Fang Yuanyuan had told her that ”Murder The Dream Guy” had achieved good statistics. She also wanted Xiang Wan to persist in updating her novel—no filler chapters, no dragging of plot and to ensure quality… This was because Yuanyuan had managed to get an analysis based on the backend data 80 percent of her readers were adults and most of them were office workers…

That meant most of her readers possessed a strong discerning ability, they definitely could not be fooled.

For Xiang Wan's current state of mentality, this was no doubt, a greater demand imposed on her…

How would she maintain a calm state of mind to ensure every update of hers were of high-quality when her mom was unwell and had yet to regain consciousness? This had become a rather big problem for her.

… However, she needed money.

… She knew she had to keep to her daily update for the sake of her royalties.

… Will this reason suffice? she asked herself.

Xiang Wan told herself to brace up and decided to take a look at her book reviews and comments page.

The encouragement from her readers was the greatest source of motivation she could get.

As the story progressed, more and more readers started to leave comments. There were also comments coming from new readers she had never seen before in her book reviews and comments page. However, that mysterious ID never appeared again.

”Wah! Second Young Master Mu spotted!”

”I'm here to look at my idol. Oh my god! The amount of gifts he gifted this novel is as jaw-dropping as his sudden appearance!”

”Excuse me, does anyone know if this Second Young Master Mu is really the renowned Second Young Master Mu himself?”

”I'm the fan of Second Young Master Mu as I heard he was spotted here. Here are my comments: Who am I? Where am I? I'm also confused, is this really my idol—Second Young Master Mu? Is he a fan of this novel?”

”…”

Xiang Wan was a little surprised by the series of similar messages she saw.

She quickly opened the record of gifts received and just one look was enough to make her freeze on the spot.

Around half past five in the evening that day, an ID by the name of Second Young Master Mu had showered her with lavish gifts for more than 10 times.

Xiang Wan did a count—the gifts totaled 100,000 yuan.

She had never received so many gifts that she felt all perked up and excited.

It's 100,000 yuan! After deducting the website's shares and taxes, she should still be able to get 40,000 yuan…

However, the most important thing—was that ID really Second Young Master Mu?

Xiang Wan's gaze started to feel fuzzy as she stared at the name of the number one gifter—Second Young Master Mu. Every nerve of hers fluttered in immense joy and excitement.

She calmed herself by thinking for a moment and sent a message to Bai Muchuan.

”You know Second Young Master Mu, right?”

”Yeah, what's up?” His response was instantaneous.

She thought he was already very caught up with work but had to accept her interruptions and reply to her messages. That thought really warmed her heart.

”I received gifts for my novel worth 100,000 yuan… The one who gifted me is someone by the ID called Second Young Master Mu. I'm awestruck! Do you think this person is really Second Young Master Mu himself?”

”No way?” Bai Muchuan replied with doubt.

”Why not you help me ask him? I'm starting to feel uneasy already.”

”Does it matter if it's really him or not? Gifting is a voluntary act. You don't need to bother with who he is. Since he gifted you, you just accept them. You don't need to feel bad at all… Hmph! Remember Little Xiang Wan, your number one idol should be me! Don't ever change that!”