Chapter 1004 - 48: Xiao Chong Side Story

Chapter 1004: Chapter 48: Xiao Chong Side Story

On the day of registration for the new semester, Lin Wanwan’s remaining two roommates arrived in the dorm.

A new year has passed, and Yan Yufei now sports a glamorous curly hairstyle, making her look even more charming and full of vitality. Everyone joked if she had undergone cosmetic surgery over the winter break.

Yan Yufei, full of spirit, said, "Me? I’ve been feasting every day, definitely gained a lot; haha! Let me show you my new bag!"

As she spoke, Yan Yufei accompanied her words with a self-supplied "dun-dun-dun" sound and pulled out a brand-new Lady Dior bag from her suitcase.

"Wow, you’re really rich! Did you buy it yourself or was it a gift from family?"

Wu Xiangxiang asked with a smile, still the same old self with her braces still on.

Yan Yufei laughed, "Guess!"

"How could I possibly guess that!"

Everyone gathered around Yan Yufei’s spot, checking out her black Lady Dior bag.

"Hey, Wanwan seems to have a similar bag," Chen Tianying turned to ask Lin Wanwan beside her, "Isn’t it? It looks like the one you had yesterday, just a different color."

Lin Wanwan responded with a "hmm," "Yeah, looks about the same, mine’s white."

"Whoa! Wanwan, you got a white one again? Quick, take it out and let us see! White’s so hard to maintain; I wouldn’t dare pick white. Envious of you, white-rich-beauty~" Yan Yufei said, reaching out to touch Lin Wanwan’s chin, but she swiftly dodged.

"Talking is fine, but why do you keep touching?" Lin Wanwan laughed and scolded, returning to her spot to open her cabinet, taking out the bag from its storage compartment to show everyone.

It was Xiao Chong’s New Year’s gift to her.

No matter where everyone was studying, the first day roommates met after the New Year, their focus was on clothes and bags.

The four girls chatted and laughed together, filling the dorm with cheerful voices.

That night, as everyone was engrossed in their studies, Chen Tianying suddenly exclaimed at her computer, overly excited.

"What’s up, what got you so happy?" Wu Xiangxiang was the first to ask.

Chen Tianying stood up at that moment, saying to the girls in the dorm, "I have good news to share with everyone. My novel got published! Anyone free this weekend? Let’s go singing!"

"Ah?" Wu Xiangxiang’s mouth dropped open in surprise, "Your novel got published! What kind? Let me read it."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanwan and Yan Yufei also walked over to Chen Tianying’s desk to look at her computer screen.

"Wow, Tianying, you’ve really been keeping a secret! You kept it so tight-lipped!"

Chen Tianying smiled and explained, "I registered as an author on Yuewen during college, writing some online novels for a side income. It’s almost finished, and the editor recommended my book to a publisher. I got lucky; it’s being published as a physical book."

"Amazing! What’s the name? We’ll check it out!"

Everyone chattered away asking, and Chen Tianying answered each query; she now spoke openly, no more hiding.

After chatting, Lin Wanwan returned to her place, downloaded the app for the novel website Chen Tianying mentioned, searched for the romance novel Chen Tianying wrote, and immediately got into reading it, quickly becoming absorbed.

She read obsessively that night, even after lights out, lying on her bed with curtains closed, continuing under a nightlight.

The next day, Xiao Chong came to call Lin Wanwan for breakfast, seeing her yawning endlessly, smilingly teased, "Didn’t sleep well last night?"

Lin Wanwan nodded, wiping tears squeezed out from yawning, and said, "Our university is full of hidden talents. Do you know? Our dorm mate, Chen Tianying, quietly went and wrote a novel, and it’s been published! So envious, being a writer is my dream too!"

Xiao Chong smiled, "Wanwan wants to be a writer?"

"Yeah, an ideal life is freely writing at home, no nine-to-five, how great!"

"Isn’t that easy? You can write whatever you want at home, and I’ll manage earning to support us."

Lin Wanwan hesitated, finally just saying, "Tianying mentioned when she started writing, the monthly manuscript payments were single-digit. And even now, publishing doesn’t bring high electronic royalties; the key issue is instability.

Full-time writing is quite challenging, with very few succeeding. I feel it’s difficult for me; better focus on studying now, and consider getting a stable job before pursuing it."

Xiao Chong lazily said, "Wanwan, you just don’t trust me."

Lin Wanwan lowered her eyes, earnestly eating, muttering, "Keep love and career separate. I wouldn’t dare let you support me, what if you stop loving me later on?"