52 Astonishing Rise (1/2)

It's no wonder he mentioned my name for an excuse! If it were any other matter, he would've mentioned some other teacher's name!

”Uh, yes, there is... a project that needs the utmost urgency...” Wen Hui reluctantly gave an excuse for her student to go home late tomorrow. After all, she didn't have a choice! She sent him... ”blackmail material”...

”Oh, really? Then I guess I have troubled you. Thank you.” Zhou Jiahao hung up immediately.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Hearing the beeps on the phone, Wen Hui's expression turned desolate. Why... on earth did I agree?!

.....

On the other side of the phone, Zhou Lei was beaming. He already knew that the outcome would turn out like this, but now that it did, he got into a better mood.

”See? I told you! So will you let me go home late tomorrow now?” Zhou Lei looked at his father with a smug face.

”What reason is there not to? Now go away.” Zhou Jiahao couldn't handle looking at his son's arrogant face anymore. It reminded him too much of himself.

”Haha!” Walking away while laughing, Zhou Lei definitely snatched the victory this time!

For some reason, looking at his son walking away triumphantly gave Zhou Jiahao the sudden uncontrollable urge to spit blood, laugh, and cry, all at the same time...

Zhou Lei walked back to the computer room with a big smile on his face. He closed the door on his way.

He sat on the seat and opened the computer yet again. It had only been a short while after he published his novel, and he wondered how it fared so far.

As he opened the website, he noticed a flurry of notifications on his account, as well as a familiar name featured on the front page of the website.

Zhou Lei widened his eyes. This... this is my novel! What the hell...?

He expected it to have good results, but he didn't expect it to be this fast! After all, this novel of his has only one published chapter, as well as a blank cover. How did this amass such a result?

Zhou Lei first opened his novel on the site, and he turned his eyes to the comment section. There were... 99+ comments?!

How long had it been after he published this? Not even half a day, but in the end, this novel's charm was too strong for these readers to resist!

After all, being an uncontracted novel, there was a big chance of it having trash grammar, trash premises, and trash everything else.

However, this novel of his was better than even the best contracted novels!

”This... I can't believe it! Hahaha!” Zhou Lei laughed heartily. This result was truly out of his expectations.

”I guess I should post the cover now...”

In a short while, Zhou Lei posted the cover that he casually drew. Of course, 'casually drawing' by Zhou Lei's standards is already a very high quality drawing, with his drawing skills.