Chapter 169 It’s Good to Go Home

"Should I be the one saying this?" Chen Fengling smiled and didn't care at all that Li Yan was playing on the computer.

She carried the dishes in her hands and rushed into the kitchen to cook. While talking about how many delicious dishes she had prepared for the evening, she also asked about Li Yan's accommodation.

I didn't ask about the final exam for a long time.

Li Yan knew her mother's temper, she was waiting.

When Li Yan took the initiative to say “I did great on the exam”, as soon as Li Yan stopped talking, she would start to wonder if her son didn’t do well in the exam but didn’t dare to say it, and then as she thought about it, she would become more upset.

Suddenly, she started to look dejected for no apparent reason. If Li Yan asked her "What's wrong with you", she would explode on the spot.

But today seemed a little different. Chen Fengling was busy in the kitchen for a long time, and then brought out a plate of shrimps, saying how fresh the shrimps were, and she looked very happy.

Did they already know the results? That doesn't make sense. Li Yan didn't tell them, so how could they know the results? Mother Lin wouldn't have called them specially, would she?

It was not until Li Chun came back to eat and the three of them were happily sitting at the table that Chen Fengling finally asked:
"How was the final exam?"

This map of Yan State is too long.

Perhaps considering that Li Yan hadn't mentioned his results for so long, and that they were probably not satisfactory, Li Chun even picked up a garlic shrimp for him and said:
"You ranked first in the grade in the midterm exam, so don't feel any pressure. It doesn't matter if you didn't get first place this time. In a school like New Taipei First High School, don't take it for granted that you got first place."

Some bad memories came to his mind. In his previous life, Li Yan was locked out when he went home during the winter vacation because he had "regressed"... This regression was just that he went from being sixth in the midterm exam to thirteenth in the final exam.

Damn, now I remember that this was also the trigger for my dislike of studying before my rebirth!
Forget it, the past is gone with the wind, and my parents have changed now, which is something to be happy about.

"One point away from a perfect score."

"Which subject?" Chen Fengling asked.

"Chinese."

"What about the others?"

“Full marks for the rest.”

Hmm? Li Chun and Chen Fengling's chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

"What do you mean? What's your total score?"

"The total score is one point away from a perfect score."

Chen Fengling's mouth reacted faster than her eyes. Even though her eyes were still in a daze, a smile appeared on her face.

Soon, Li Yan's bowl was filled with dishes: the largest shrimp, the best piece of meat from the steamed fish, the most evenly cut pork belly, and the thinnest piece of cabbage heart - Li Yan didn't like to eat thick vegetable stalks.

The two even started discussing which relatives and friends to tell about this happy event, but when they calmed down, they kept saying no and that it couldn't be so high-profile.

Then he started praising him again, but because he didn't know much about Li Yan's current academic performance, he even praised him for growing a few centimeters taller.

In the end, Chen Fengling even shed tears and repeatedly emphasized that she was just too happy.

The two sets of clothes that Li Yan took out from the suitcase almost made them faint with joy.

"Where did the money come from?" Chen Fengling suddenly regained her composure.

"I told you guys, royalties for the article."

"You should also keep some for yourself," Chen Fengling said, "Mom and Dad are very happy to buy these, but this is enough."

"I also bought myself some shoes." Li Yan pointed at the shoe rack, "They're more expensive than your clothes."

Chen Fengling realized that her son had misunderstood her and explained, "It means that you have finally earned some money, so don't spend it all at once. You can celebrate this time, but you should save it in the future. It can be used as tuition."

In the past, Li Yan would have been angry by now, but now he just nodded and said "hmm".

Chen Fengling likes to chatter while she is washing dishes, so just listen to her.

Moreover, Li Yan's parents don't even know about the online writing she is working on. If it weren't for this foreseeable income as a foundation, Li Yan wouldn't have spent the one or two thousand yuan in royalties she earned.

Information asymmetry is the root cause of many conflicts.

Li Chun saw his son typing away on the computer, so he came over and asked, "Are you chatting? That QQ?"

"Working."

"Oh..." Li Chun didn't ask any more questions. His current parenting policy was to let him be. His son was already much better than himself in terms of study, so it was not his turn to teach him.

He is responsible for using his life experience to keep the direction and prevent Li Yan from going astray. As for fate, it is all Li Yan's own business.

Li Yan quickly returned to her room with her computer. She had just returned home for the winter break, so it was better to talk about the online writing later.

Kaiyuan: I’ve arranged it for you. It will be on the shelves at midnight tonight. Have you written the thank you note?
Li Yan: I wrote it.

Kaiyuan: You can send it now. If you don’t send it out, the notification will have no effect.

Since returning home, Li Yan has been communicating intensively with Kaiyuan.

The originally expected time for the product to be put on the shelves was postponed due to the final exams, and it was ultimately not put on the shelves when it was recommended. Kaiyuan was very upset about this and kept emphasizing that if it had been put on the shelves when it was recommended, the first order could have been several hundred more.

Li Yan said that a few hundred more or less would not make much difference.

Kaiyuan punched the cotton directly, and complained that there were too many free words after such a delay.

Li Yan said it would be nice to give readers who like this book more to read.

Then Kaiyuan lost his temper.

Li Yan: Yuan Da, how much do you think the first order of this book will be?
Kaiyuan: You see, I still care about my grades.

Li Yan: To show off.

Kaiyuan: ... More than 5,000 to 6,000 paid followers, 50,000 favorites, this is a great achievement. But your pace is slow, and the story is obviously in the later stages, so you don't need to care too much about the first order.

Li Yan: It doesn’t seem optimistic?

Kaiyuan: What are you talking about! Isn't this optimistic? How come you have over 3,000 first orders, and you've already passed the excellent work line! How many excellent works are there on the entire website? If you really update a lot later, I think it will only take a while for you to get 6,000 average orders. This is a great masterpiece! You can directly come to the annual meeting of Qiyuan!

Li Yan: That’s still a little bit off.

Kaiyuan lit a cigarette, stared at Li Yan's reply for a long time, and typed on the keyboard:
Didn’t meet your expectations?

Li Yan: No, I just feel like it’s not pretentious enough.

Kaiyuan: Isn't this awesome enough? Unless you were a gold tycoon before, no one would think this achievement is not enough. Are you really a newcomer?

Li Yan: Mainly because the total score of the final exam for junior high school, which was the strongest in the province, was one point short of the full score, so the result here was indeed a little bit worse.

Damn it, it's all Guo Qiwen's fault! The pressure of "full marks in all subjects" is overwhelming here!

Kaiyuan laughed heartily in the office again, and almost forgot there was this setting:

OK, OK, this is a great idea to show off. I find that you are very suitable for writing urban novels. After finishing this one, write an urban novel next time. Remember to find me! Just write about being reborn in elementary school and becoming a big boss. You have so many ideas to show off. It's perfect.

Just after he finished speaking, Kaiyuan found that Li Yan had posted a speech about her gratitude for the product being put on the shelves. He clicked on it with great interest and was dumbfounded.

There are only two lines in it:

It will be on the shelves at midnight, and it will cost 30,000 yuan.

Without saying too much, I would like to thank this book's golden leader, operations officer, promoter of popularity, and book review section steward Shenxu Gongzi. I love and respect you.

There are so many complaints that I don’t know how to respond.

However, his professional ethics told him that there were some things he had to mention:
How much do you plan to update every day?
Li Yan: About 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. I will save some manuscripts during the winter vacation. I might be a bit busy next semester.

Kaiyuan: Ten or twenty thousand a day? You call this saving drafts?
Li Yan: I have saved 300,000 words. If it weren’t for the final exam, I could have saved even more.

To be honest, my typing score has reached 53 points, which has become a powerful skill at the T1 level.

I can type faster than I can speak, but it's a pity that this book is difficult to write and has been revised too many times. If I use this skill to write a good article and ask for a guarantee, I can bankrupt the origin of the article while the editor is not paying attention.

Kaiyuan has already started to fantasize. With the current performance of this book and the fact that it is updated every day... it's incredible.

But there is a problem: as the quantity increases, the quality must also keep up. So, please send me your manuscripts and I will take a look at them.

Li Yan: You just want to watch it yourself, right?

Kaiyuan chuckled, then suddenly patted his head:
Damn, I’m the editor!
(End of this chapter)