"Brother Lin is actually not a bad person, Senior. He’s actually very nice and easy to talk to. Since he’s a struggling graduate of Jinhai Academy of Drama, I wanted to help him a little."
"There are a lot of struggling graduates from the Jinhai Academy of Drama, but why should we help any of them? We don’t know them at all. Look at you, how long have you known your neighbor? Yet, you’re already speaking up for him. How nice could he be? I think you’ve just been won over by his cat."
"Not at all, Senior!" Su Xiaoran argued as she stammered for a reason, "W-when we were having breakfast, we almost fought over who gets to pay for the bill!"
"Although I paid the bill in the end, a bad person wouldn’t have argued to pay when they are struggling financially!"
Su Xiaoran felt a bit smug, thinking she made a very strong point.
However, Mu Qingxue was struck speechless.
"Are you kidding me, Ran Ran? You still paid for his breakfast in the end, and yet you are saying he is very nice?" Mu Qingxue rolled her eyes and said, "If sweet words alone could decide a nice person, there would be no bad people in the world."
"Ran Ran, you are so silly. It’s a good thing I dropped by today. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble you’ll wind up in."
"With your naivety, he could sell you off, and you’ll still be counting the money for him!" Mu Qingxue glared with complaint.
Su Xiaoran was reprimanded until her face flushed with embarrassment. She wanted to argue, but couldn’t find any words.
"He... he let me play with his cat!"
Su Xiaoran finally found a new point to argue, but after speaking, she regretted it. She felt so embarrassed that she wanted to die.
Just kill me.
Mu Qingxue stared at her cute junior speechlessly, then knocked on her forehead with a mischievous smile.
"Yo, our Ran Ran really had her heart won over by a cat. I’m a little curious now. He must be quite handsome as well, right? Otherwise, how could he snatch our Ran Ran’s heart so easily?"
"You...don’t speak nonsense!" Su Xiaoran said, looking flustered. "Brother Lin isn’t handsome at all. His looks are just okay."
"However! His aura is quite warm."
"Alright, alright, you say so." Mu Qingxue was too lazy to argue further. Her expression turned serious, and she said, "Regardless, it’s a fact that we don’t know him well."
"So, I can only let you down by rejecting your request."
Su Xiaoran bit her lips with disappointment when she heard this.
She felt horrible inside, knowing that giving false hope to a drowning person was worse than not giving any hope at all.
The thought of seeing Lin Haoren’s disappointed look made her chest tighten.
Sigh!
"This drama production is far too important to you and me, and everyone else involved. We can afford any mistakes at this stage, Ran Ran."
"If it were someone we know well, I would have definitely taken the risk to recommend them a job in the production. However, you barely know this person, and it’s too late for me to learn about his true character and abilities."
"We can’t delay production to find out either."
"How about this, if your opinion of this person doesn’t change by the time we receive our next project, I promise to bring him along."
"Thank you, Senior Mu." Su Xiaoran was grateful, but she still felt bad inside.
...
Lin Haoren remained absorbed in his reading. The outside world faded, and only the world of A Thousand Lifetimes With You existed in his mind.
[Reading a story, understanding the different layers of emotions in characters, generating inspiration: Storywriting Skill Proficiency +12]
[Intelligence +1]
[Reading a story, understanding the skillful transition of scenes and story arcs, gaining insights: Storywriting Skill Proficiency +12]
Lin Haoren didn’t notice the passage of time until his mind felt exhausted, prompting him to rest the book, casually checking the time in passing.
11:07 am.
Unknowingly, he had been reading for more than 3 hours.
What was his progress?
[Storywriting Skill has reached advanced-level proficiency, Proficiency: 1,784/10,000]
Advanced level!
Lin Haoren felt a surge of motivation and relief. His effort had paid off big time.
Advanced-level Storywriting — This was the average skill level of veteran writers with at least 3 years of writing experience.
However, the system’s advanced-level Storywriting Skill encompasses all aspects of storywriting.
World building, plot construction, character writing, dialogue, scene writing, description, prose, emotional writing, action writing, mystery & suspense, comedy, romance, narrative control, reader engagement, theme, genre mastery, research, editing, and creativity...
All aspects have reached the advanced level!
This level of skill was something even 10-year expert writers didn’t necessarily possess!
Among 3-year veteran writers, he had no weakness!
Lin Haoren was certain that if he wrote a new novel with this level of skill, it would be trending and his livelihood would stabilize.
10,000-yuan writer
Such a goal seemed distant in the past, but now it was possibly within reach. Earning 10,000 yuan a month through writing would no longer be difficult.
However, Lin Haoren was not satisfied.
Since he had the system, he had to dream big. His first pot of gold shouldn’t be too small.
Expert-level Storywriting!
Lin Haoren was determined to raise his Storywriting Skill to expert-level proficiency before writing a new novel.
About 13-14 hours of focused reading.
Doable.
Suddenly, his stomach growled, and a wave of hunger hit him. He was surprised by this, considering the size of his breakfast.
Did reading consume more energy than usual?
It must be.
Lin Haoren decided to cook lunch. After washing his face, he headed out for groceries.
He didn’t normally cook, so his fridge had few ingredients.
The supermarket wasn’t far from Hongxing Apartment, and a round-trip took only 30 minutes. By the time he got home with two bags of groceries, it was close to 12 pm.
He had bought more than usual, thinking he should also cook for his pretty neighbor to repay her for breakfast.
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