221 A Predictable Novel (2/2)
”It gave me a strange task and … well … I was wondering if I really had to do it completely? What do you think?”
Nie Chang furrowed his brow. ”What are we talking about?”
”That strange novel with the birds. The system wants me to read it completely but honestly, it's such a bad novel. Can't I just … skip some parts?”
Nie Chang took a deep breath and took a turn. ”Well … I'm not too sure about this but I think it should be alright. This is the task that wants you to explore the genre, isn't it?”
”Mn. It is.”
”Then I think it shouldn't be a problem not to read everything. After all, you already got a short view on another possibility to write a book in the genre, didn't you?”
”I did but when I looked at it after reading that strange scene the task wasn't checked yet.”
Nie Chang knitted his brows. It wasn't? That seemed a little strange. If he had understood correctly what Su Yan had said the last time, then this was really just about finding out more about the genre he was supposed to write in. That should have happened already. After all, Su Yan had read everything that happened with the 'bird' or he never would have thrown such a tantrum last evening.
Could it be there was something else in the novel he was still supposed to find? That seemed like the most plausible explanation. ”Well, how about you read a bit further and see if something new comes up? I guess it shouldn't be a problem to skip parts you don't like but try to find out if anything happens in the story that could be another aspect to the story.”
”Another aspect?” Su Yan blinked his eyes at his boyfriend. ”I thought this was just about being spicy.”
”I haven't read the novel but maybe something will happen in the later chapters that will add to the spiciness.”
”Oh.” Su Yan pouted.
He really couldn't understand how this novel was supposed to get any spicier. These birds behaved as if they had drunk a gallon of coffee in the morning and were still high from it. Weren't they ever going to get sleepy and return to their —
Su Yan dropped his phone into his lap. Alright. Forget that he wondered about that. The so-called nest wasn't a place to rest at all. It was probably no wonder that the birds were still so active after several chapters.
Nie Chang saw his little darling behaving strangely from the corner of his eye and raised his brows. ”Is something the matter?”
”No. I just wondered how much I'll be able to skip without the system noticing.” Because there was no way in hell he would read another part where one of the birds pretended to go sleep in its nest.