Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!-Chapter 563 - 263: Yes, It’s Me

"I Don't Want to Be Reborn", the novel Zhou Yuwen wrote over four months, had always been successful, bringing him an extra income of several hundred thousand each month. However, in December, the novel suddenly skyrocketed in popularity, especially among university students; both male and female students were engrossed in it.

The two female protagonists even became contemporary male college students' criteria for choosing a partner. Some liked the childhood friend with a ponytail, who, despite being somewhat capricious, captivated the readers with every glimpse and frown.

Others preferred the girl from Sichuan and Chongqing who silently endured whatever hardships came her way.

People always say, "When time favors you, even the heavens and earth will cooperate; when fortune fades, even heroes lose their freedom." There's no denying the truth in that.

Everything that happened seemed accidental, yet inevitable.

In short, in the last month of 2013, the guys were all whispering and discussing a novel, whether they criticized it or praised it, yet they couldn't stop reading.

In Zhou Yuwen's class, the sports representative Jiang Chao sneaked peeks at Gu Yaoyao's silly smile during lessons and told his roommate, "Yaoyao is my little fish."

Li Qiang, who happened to pass by, couldn't help but snort with laughter and said, "No way, Chao, are you kidding? Gu Yaoyao's personality is just like that high school girl who was kept by someone. How can you even think of Little Fish when you look at her?"

"You're talking nonsense, how can my Yaoyao be compared to that trashy woman?" Jiang Chao immediately got upset.

Jiang Chao liked "I Don't Want to Be Reborn" in other aspects, but couldn't understand why the author had given a delinquent girl so much storyline—it was infuriating that, even with wealth from rebirth, she was still entangled with a bad girl.

Many classmates who read the novel with Jiang Chao also found this plot point unrealistic.

Besides that, there was criticism about the male protagonist introducing the female protagonist's best friend to his best buddy.

Listening to Jiang Chao and others vehemently criticizing one of the female protagonists, Shang Qianqian, in the back of the classroom, Chang Hao couldn't bear it and said, "She just made a few mistakes in high school. Who doesn't make mistakes when they're young? I quite like this character; I think she's very realistic."

Upon hearing Chang Hao's words, everyone paused.

"No way, Brother Hao, do people in the Capital city even read novels?" Li Qiang asked.

Chang Hao was slightly displeased, "What do you mean? Can't people from the Capital city read novels?"

"No, no, I'm just surprised. I thought only losers like us would read these fantasy novels," Li Qiang grinned.

Li Qiang's words annoyed the classmates around him.

"Hey, call yourself a loser if you want, but don't drag us into it."

"This novel isn't like the others."

Among them, Chang Hao was actually the most dedicated reader. Most of the other students had only casually flipped through a couple of chapters due to numerous recommendations this month and would stop reading as soon as they hit a plot point they disliked.

But Chang Hao genuinely read the novel twice from start to end. Sometimes, frustrated by the slow updates, he even went out of his way to tip the author.

He also messaged the author to express his love for the book and his hope for the continuation of the story.

"I don't have much money now, but when I start working, I'll tip the author big time. I hope he writes more about Shang Qianqian; she's a good girl," Chang Hao said.

Chang Hao mentioned that he couldn't get into other novels, but this one could draw him in just by flipping to any page and admiring the writing.

"I still remember the first few chapters about the protagonist going back to his hometown to harvest wheat, and how his grandmother, who couldn't recognize anyone else, recognized him as her grandson and secretly slipped him money."

"I actually cried at that part, really. The author wrote it so well; it reminded me of my own grandmother, who has always given me everything good since I was little," Chang Hao grew more emotional as he spoke, originally thinking he was the only one who read the book. Only today did he realize that everyone was reading it.

Seeing how earnest Chang Hao was,

"Brother Hao, you cried?" Li Qiang asked.

At that moment, Chang Hao realized he had said too much, his face reddening slightly, but added, "Shouldn't I? The writing is really good. I heard he made over a million just this month."

"Oh, I heard that too. And I also heard that some company's CEO tipped him two million! Writing novels is really lucrative. If I had that talent, I would just write novels and achieve financial freedom!" Li Qiang said, his face full of envy.

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Chang Hao retorted, "Don't even think about it. With your poor writing skills, you struggle to write an 800-word essay, let alone a novel!"

"Heh, that's true. The author is a professional; I suppose it takes decades of experience to write like that."

"More than decades, I think the author must be professionally involved in this field," Jiang Chao and his roommates also joined the discussion.

Someone mentioned, hearing the rumor, that the author was only eighteen years old.

"Really? Is that true?"

"Impossible, the experience depicted doesn't seem like it's just an eighteen-year-old's."

"Yeah."

"The website said there's going to be an exclusive interview with the author tonight at eight," one of Jiang Chao's roommates mentioned.

"Then we'll know how old the author is, won't we?"