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Chapter 274 Graduation Season

On the third and fourth days, the first thing Cao Sheng did when he turned on his computer every afternoon was to review the first two chapters of "Hong Huang Yan Yi".

Yes.

After writing the first two chapters of the book, he stopped for two days.

I just want to break away from the author's perspective and look at the quality of these two chapters from the reader's perspective.

It was not until the afternoon of the fourth day that he read the two chapters again, and only after finishing them did he continue to write the third chapter.

In these few days.

Bao Jianfeng called him using a different number.

The meaning of urging for manuscript submission is very clear.

But the more this happened, the less anxious Cao Sheng became.

Because he knows that this is not a matter of urgency. The more anxious he is, the worse the quality of what he writes will be.

Time passes day by day.

In late June, those classmates of his who went out for internships returned to school one after another, and those alumni from the same class as him also came back one after another.

The internship is over.

The students who returned to school did not have to attend classes every day. They waited for other students to come back and for the school to issue their graduation certificates.

Some of them stay in the dormitory all day; some stay in Internet cafes all day; some travel around.

Some people also called Cao Sheng to ask him to go out for a gathering.

Considering that everyone was about to graduate, Cao Sheng went out and met with them twice.

The rest of the time, he mainly stays in the villa and writes.

The writing of "Hong Huang Yan Yi" has been progressing well recently. It is getting smoother and smoother, and he can finish two chapters every afternoon.

When he was invited out for dinner by several classmates, he noticed that after not seeing them for half a year, these classmates seemed much more mature and their personalities had changed to varying degrees.

Some of them were very lively in school before, but after coming back from this internship, they spoke much less and seemed taciturn; some were taciturn and had no sense of presence in the class before, but after coming back from this internship, their personalities became very extroverted. When drinking together, they talked to everyone about how many women they had played with during the internship; some were very silent before, and after coming back, they became even silenter.

Cao Sheng had seen this kind of personality change once in the original time and space.

So, when he saw it again, he was not surprised, but just felt a little bit that reality really can change everyone's character.

This gave him some new ideas about the character of the protagonist of "Honghuang Romance".

——My classmates have gone out for internship for half a year, and their personalities have changed. The hero of "Honghuang Romance" traveled from modern society to the primitive world, so his personality will naturally change as well. Moreover, the more things he experiences in the primitive world, the greater the changes will be.

When gathering with classmates these days, Cao Sheng had another feeling: his classmates were much more polite to him than before.

One by one, when they talked to him, they all had smiles on their faces, and their tone of voice was more polite than the other.

He was praised when he spoke.

This one said, "Cao Sheng, you are the best! If I had known this when I was a freshman, I would have followed you to write novels. We went out for internships, but you stayed in Huizhou, no one could control you, and you made more money than our boss!"

The other said: "Cao Sheng! If you become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"

Before he even finished speaking, he made everyone laugh.

Someone retorted: "You're late to say that! Haven't you watched the news recently? The news said that Cao Sheng has earned more than 20 million this year. He has already become rich!"

Someone echoed: "That's right! Still want to be rich? You should have said this two years ago!"

……

Jiang Xiaoshuang also took the excuse of finishing her internship and returning to school to invite Cao Sheng out for a meal.

During the meal, she shared a piece of good news with Cao Sheng, "Fortunately, my hard work over the past six months has not been in vain. The leader of the TV station has talked to me alone and asked me to stay in the station. When I return to school and get my diploma, I will be able to become a regular employee. Won't you congratulate me?"

This result was within Cao Sheng's expectations.

Her appearance and temperament are both top-notch. When she was in school, she was known as the most talented girl in the school.

He is also the announcer of the school radio station.

I am not an introvert by nature.

Any company would like an intern like her.

But he still smiled and raised his glass to congratulate her.

……

After about a week, almost all the interns in the school returned.

Lu Xiangwei called Cao Sheng and asked him to go to school to take graduation photos.

A few days later, I was notified to go to school to get my diploma and graduation photo.

At noon on the day we received our diplomas, many people in the class suggested that we pool our money together for a meal. Cao Sheng did not step forward and say that he would treat everyone. He just chipped in some money like everyone else.

This was the first and last class dinner for their class in this time and space.

In Cao Sheng's memory, in the original time and space, they got together again ten years after graduation, but at that dinner, only one-third of the classmates were present, and the others made excuses and did not show up.

So, during this dinner.

He also felt a little complicated.

He looked at the familiar faces of his classmates sitting at several tables, and knew that after today's farewell, he would never see most of them again in this life.

When the dinner just started.

Some students were very active, cheering and toasting this classmate and that classmate.

Some students seemed to lack interest.

But there were also some students who held their wine glasses with complicated expressions and drank farewell drinks with their good classmates.

Cao Sheng also held up a glass of wine and toasted everyone.

Classmates kept coming to toast him.

This made Song Chao, who originally wanted to chat more with Cao Sheng, look at Cao Sheng eagerly, unable to find a chance to talk to him.

He thought that his relationship with Cao Sheng was the best.

Today, he had been thinking about having a few drinks with Cao Sheng, talking to each other, and deepening their relationship.

But there are obviously quite a lot of students who hold the same idea as him.

Class monitor Geng Yong, holding a wine glass throughout the whole process, stayed beside Cao Sheng with a smile on his face, helping Cao Sheng deal with the classmates who came over to toast him.

Pang Yunhai, the oldest student in Cao Sheng's former dormitory, put one arm around Cao Sheng's neck and drunkenly talked about some things during their college years, acting like good brothers.

Guan Zhi, who was the second-ranked student in their dormitory, got a few oranges from somewhere, peeled them, and put three of them into Cao Sheng's wine glass in one go.

As he put them in, he said loudly, "Put two more in there to help you get over the hangover!"

This is for other people to hear.

After that, he lowered his voice and whispered in Cao Sheng's ear: "Don't take out these three oranges! Otherwise, you won't be able to put much wine in your glass. Remember! Don't take them out!"

He looked like he was genuinely concerned about Cao Sheng.

Wei Dongming, who had a falling out with everyone else in the dormitory but had a good relationship with Cao Sheng, came back from his internship looking like he was doing very well. He wore suit pants, a white shirt, and his hair was combed neatly every day.

When he raised the wine glass and toasted Cao Sheng, he completely ignored Pang Yunhai and others beside Cao Sheng, and first gave Cao Sheng a spring-like smile.

But she said, "Cao Sheng! Have you ever had a drink with a man?"

When Cao Sheng heard him ask this, he had a bad feeling.

Subconsciously, he took a half step back and asked with amusement, "What do you want to do?"

Wei Dongming also laughed.

The expressions of the others varied, some cheered, some rolled their eyes and pouted.

Wei Dongming: "I want to be the first man to drink with you! This way, you will definitely remember me forever. How about it? One?"

"Go! Go! Stop it! Don't even think about turning me gay!"

Cao Sheng laughed and waved his hands to refuse.

There was a lot of booing going on at the scene. The instructor Lu Xiangwei and several other teachers just watched with a smile and did not try to stop them.

Cao Sheng refused to drink the wedding wine no matter what.

Wei Dongming looked a little regretful, but he was not angry. He lowered his head and took out a small gift box from his trouser pocket and handed it to Cao Sheng with a smile.

"Okay! Since you don't want to drink the wedding wine with me, then you must accept this gift! We were classmates and even lived in the same dormitory. It's such a rare fate. Now that we have graduated and are going our separate ways, I will give you a parting gift! Don't get me wrong! This is a gift of pure friendship!"

"what?"

Cao Sheng was a little curious.

Wei Dongming still smiled, "Open it and have a look yourself later! Just don't think it's worthless."

This scene surprised everyone.

Because this is the first time I give a gift to my classmate at this dinner party.

Cao Sheng looked at Wei Dongming twice and felt that this boy was no ordinary man and would be able to do well in society in the future.

"How could that be? I understand that a small gift is more valuable than a token of sentiment. Thank you!"

Cao Sheng said this and reached out to take the small gift box.

……

This evening.

Cao Sheng sat in front of the computer, wanting to type, but he couldn't find the mood to do so. Scenes from today's class dinner flashed through his mind uncontrollably.

Thinking that some classmates have left school this afternoon.

At this time, there should be some students waiting for the bus at the station, preparing to leave Huizhou.

He originally thought that since he had experienced graduation separation once, he wouldn't feel much if he experienced it again.

Unexpectedly, when this day really came, he was still a little emotional.

His eyes subconsciously looked at a golden monkey ornament next to the computer.

This ornament was the farewell gift Wei Dongming gave him.

It's really not worth the money.

But it has a special meaning.

When the gift box was opened, there was a card underneath the ornament with a few lines of handwritten words on it, which should have been written by Wei Dongming.

——"The monkey is our Chinese zodiac sign. It represents me and you. I hope that every time you see it, you can remember me, your old classmate - Wei Dongming."

Cao Sheng couldn't help laughing when he thought about the words on the card.

Suddenly, the screen of the mobile phone on his desk lit up.

He glanced over and saw a new text message on the screen of his muted phone.

He reached for his phone.

I saw a text message from Wu Can: "Cao Sheng! I'm leaving. I probably won't see you again in this life. After thinking it over, I still want to say goodbye to you. Goodbye!"

Looking at this very short text message, Cao Sheng’s mind flashed back to Wu Can’s smiling face in the past, as well as the gloomy expression he had during the dinner today, trying hard to keep smiling.

This is the first girl who pursued him after his rebirth.

He is his classmate.

He remembered a time when she brought him a carton of milk every morning.

But at that time, he felt that she was not his type and his mind was all on novels, so he never accepted her pursuit.

Now, time flies and they have graduated from college.

That night, seeing her send such a message, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

I replied: "Bon voyage! Goodbye!"

……

In early November.

A major event occurred in the online literature world that surprised many people—several personal book sites announced that they would jointly establish a new website—Longkong.

As soon as Longkong was launched, it attracted the attention of countless authors and readers in the industry.

When many people come to this website, they are surprised to find that the total number of works in Longkong Library, which integrates several book sites, is more than three times that of the current leading website Rongshu.

In other words: this newly established website has already become the number one in the industry in terms of the number of works in its library.

Rongshuwei seems to no longer be the largest website in the industry.

Cao Sheng naturally also noticed the birth of Long Kong.

Longkong’s page is different from Rongshuwei’s.

It is different from the pages of most current novel websites.

More like a forum.

The homepage of the website is divided into sections.

At first glance, the convenience of finding books is better than that of Banyan Tree.

There is also a book recommendation section.

The book recommendation section allows every reader to post a message to recommend their favorite works.

The interactivity with readers is obviously much stronger.

As a result, the number of visits to this website is skyrocketing every day.

Many readers and authors like to post here and recommend their favorite works.

This made Zhu William a little restless, and half a month after Long Kong was born, he personally called Cao Sheng.

On the phone, after a brief greeting.

Zhu William said, "Brother Cao! You see Longkong is coming with such a strong momentum. If it continues at this rate, it will soon overshadow us. Do you have any good countermeasures? What do you think about changing our website to be like theirs?"

Compared to Zhu William's nervousness, Cao Sheng seemed much calmer.

Because he was clear about the development process of Longkong in the original time and space.

This website will soon reach a dead end.

The development direction of the website is to select excellent works for publication.

And earn commissions when your work is published.

It positions itself as a platform for publishers to select high-quality manuscripts.

And at the request of the publishing house, serialization on Longkong would stop after each book was published.

The readers' feelings were not considered at all.

Cao Sheng: "No need! We are doing fine the way we are now. If you feel uneasy, just add a forum section to the website."

Zhu William: “???”

After a moment of silence, Zhu William said: "You don't seem nervous? Why do I feel that your tone is quite indifferent? You don't care just because you don't have many shares in our website, right?"

Cao Sheng burst out laughing.

"No! You think too much!"

Zhu William: "So do you really think we don't need to change it? Just add a forum section?"

Cao Sheng nodded.

Zhu William: “…”

After another moment of silence, Zhu William asked in confusion: "Why? Don't you realize that this website is so powerful? Do you think its momentum won't last long?"

Cao Sheng hummed again.

This made Zhu William feel even more strange. "Why? Why do you think it won't last long?"

(End of this chapter)