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Chapter 471 A Moment of Leisure Amidst Busyness, A Gift Delivered to Your Door
After posting his QQ number below the work's synopsis, Cao Sheng updated one chapter, then exited the author backend, opened the outline for "Cultivation Chat Group," and began writing the outline.

In the afternoon, he logged into the author backend again and posted another chapter.

Then, I opened the outline and draft of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts", as well as a blank document, and after a while, I started typing.

After dinner, he didn't rush to the study.

Lately, he has been writing the outline for "Cultivation Chat Group" every morning and "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" every afternoon and evening, which has left him somewhat mentally exhausted.

I feel like I'm working at full capacity every day.

He lives like a robot.

Every day I wake up and practice boxing, eat, then write, eat, write, eat, write... and go to sleep, and the next day it's the same routine.

My nerves were on edge.

There is almost no leisure or entertainment.

This is also one of the reasons why he dislikes publishing two works simultaneously.

He is not the kind of writer who relies solely on writing skills to produce words.

Writers who rely entirely on writing skills don't get too tired even when writing two or three works at once, because they don't put too much heart or brainpower into it. The fatigue is mainly in their hands, not their minds.

Writers like him tend to overthink their work, don't care much about techniques, and always think many times more than they actually write.

Therefore, working on a single project already leaves him with little free time; working on two or three projects simultaneously requires him to operate at full capacity.

Just like these past few days, he's only in the outline stage of writing the book "Cultivation Chat Group," and hasn't even started writing the main text yet, but his leisure and entertainment time has already been squeezed out.

Tonight, he wanted to give himself some time to rest.

After dinner, he sat on the sofa in the living room, turned on the TV, and watched for a while. It was all news and commercials, which left him speechless.

Sometimes, he even wondered if the television should be called an advertising and news machine.

It's all commercials and news all day long, with only a few TV dramas or movies occasionally shown, interspersed with numerous commercials.

How can ordinary people have to pay money to buy something like this?

Shouldn't these advertising and news machines, which require the public to pay for electricity, be given to the public for free?

After watching for a while, he couldn't bear to watch anymore.

I feel like my time is being seriously wasted.

Then I turned off the TV.

Then the living room fell silent.

Although there are four bodyguards, a housekeeper, and an assistant living in his villa, these people usually try not to make any noise and no one speaks loudly.

Everyone knows he writes novels and needs quiet.

However, he wanted to relax and take a break tonight, and the house was so quiet that he couldn't help but feel a little lonely.

It's hard not to think about life before my rebirth.

At that time, he lived alone for most of the year.

That's the case too; if I don't make a sound, my place will be very quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After sitting quietly for a while, Cao Sheng sighed softly, took out his phone, and wanted to use it to pass the time, but nowadays mobile phones have too limited functions.

The only game I can play is Snake.

There isn't even Tetris.

Therefore, young people in this era mainly use their mobile phones to text or call friends, primarily texting, because phone calls are more expensive.

Cao Sheng held his phone, hesitated for a moment, then opened his inbox, thinking he'd check his messages to pass the time.

He usually gets quite a few text messages.

Sure enough, after not checking for a day, his phone's text message inbox already had more than a dozen unread messages.

It was sent by Asa.

"Brother Cao, the company has already arranged for someone to compose the music for the song you wrote for me. Xintong and I have been practicing it these past few days, and we should be able to start recording it soon. Once it's finished, I'll send you a snippet. Would you like to hear it?"

It was sent by my college roommate, Wei Dongming.

"Cao Sheng! Are you busy lately? I'll be going back to Huizhou in a few days. How about we grab a couple of drinks then?"

It was sent by a high school classmate.

"Cao Sheng! It's me, Fang Xin! Do you remember me? I asked several old classmates before I finally got your phone number. Is it a good time for you to talk now? I'd like to chat with you for a bit, is that alright?"

It was sent by a female college student.

Wang Mei: "Senior! It's been so long since I've seen you at school. I heard that this is your internship period, right? But I heard that you didn't actually go for the internship. You should still be in Huizhou, right? Could you tell me your address? I'd like to come and visit you, and also ask you some questions about writing."

Tan Yu: "Brother, have you forgotten about me? It's been so long since the start of this semester, why haven't you contacted me at all? How could you do this?"

Wang Mei and Tan Yu are junior classmates from Cao Sheng's high school alma mater, Huizhou Teachers College.

The first time he met them, they stopped him at the entrance of the school cafeteria and told him they were his juniors from high school.

Among them, Wang Mei is pretty and cute, very enthusiastic, and claims to like writing, and her writing skills are indeed quite good.

Tan Yu is tall and beautiful, and in terms of temperament, she is somewhat similar to Qian Zhenyu.

He also claims to enjoy writing.

But the opening she brought to Cao Sheng for his guidance—"Our Love"—left Cao Sheng speechless.

Because of this opening, it seems that she is fantasizing about her story with him.

Perhaps it's because she looks a bit like Qian Zhenyu.

Perhaps it's because he's inherently lustful.

Anyway, he and Tan Yu had some ambiguous relationship, but they never reached home base.

Then, after the start of this year, he indeed did not contact her proactively.

Forgot her? Not at all.

Mainly because he's been quite busy since the New Year.

After the New Year, Huang Qingya broke up with him, allowing him to focus his attention on writing and investing.

I'm not really in the mood to ask her out anymore.

However, after seeing this message from Tan Yu today, Cao Sheng thought for a moment and replied with a message.

"You're going to evening self-study, right? If you're free tomorrow, come over for dinner!"

He sent the message casually, then thought for a moment and sent another message, this time with the address of his villa.

He thought: Life has been too monotonous for the past week or so. Jiang Xiaoshuang has been busy with her show and hasn't had time to come over. Letting Tan Yu come over for a meal and a chat will help her relax.

What Cao Sheng didn't know was that at that very moment, Tan Yu, carrying several books, came out of the dormitory building, preparing to go to evening self-study, when suddenly a boy holding a bouquet of red roses blocked her way.

"Tan Yu! I've liked you for a long time! This bouquet is for you, please accept it! Okay?"

Those who dare to pursue beautiful women in public are generally quite confident.

This boy looks very handsome. He is tall, has a square face, and bright eyes. His clothes and temperament surpass most boys his age.

At this moment, he knelt on one knee and presented a large bouquet of red roses to Tan Yu.

It immediately attracted the attention of many boys and girls in the vicinity.

Even the auntie at the nearby convenience store widened her eyes and watched this scene with a smile.

"Take it!"

"Take it!"

"Together with!"

……

Not far away, a group of boys and girls gathered together and started making a fuss. Judging from the looks of it, they were all boys' "friends and family".

Similar scenes play out almost daily in universities across the country.

Some shy girls, when faced with such a confession, often feel flustered and, amidst the chorus of encouragement to "get together" around them, some girls will subconsciously reach out and accept the flowers.

but……

Just then, Tan Yu suddenly heard her phone ring.

She glanced at the lit-up phone screen instinctively.

I immediately recognized the message as coming from Cao Sheng.

Her eyes lit up, and she quickly clicked on the message. She had sent Cao Sheng a message at noon that day and waited all afternoon before finally receiving his reply.

"You're going to evening self-study, right? If you're free tomorrow, come over for dinner!"

After reading the message sent by Cao Sheng.

She then opened the second message Cao Sheng sent, which contained his current address.

A joyful smile immediately appeared on her face.

I can't wait to go to Cao Sheng's place.

At this moment, the boy kneeling in front of her spoke again: "Tan Yu! Please accept this bouquet of flowers, okay? Please! Just to give me some face, look, so many people are watching, please give me some face, okay? Please!"

This boy and Tan Yu were high school classmates and are currently both at Huizhou Teachers College, but in different majors.

Last semester, he didn't confess his feelings to Tan Yu. I don't know why, but today he suddenly bought a bouquet of flowers and came to Tan Yu's dormitory to confess his feelings.

Upon hearing this, Tan Yu looked up at him.

She frowned.

Forcing a smile, she said, "I'm sorry! I have a boyfriend. Please give these flowers to someone else! I really can't accept them. My boyfriend will misunderstand if he finds out. I'm so sorry!"

Boy: ???

"No! I've checked, you don't have a boyfriend yet, Tan Yu, please stop lying to me, okay?"

Tan Yu: "..."

Tan Yu pursed her lips, her expression a little helpless. "Then the information you found out isn't very accurate. Do you think I don't know whether I have a boyfriend or not?"

She paused, then said, "Forget it! It's impossible for us anyway, so let's just leave it at that!"

As she spoke, she turned and ran quickly into her dormitory building, leaving the boy still kneeling there on one knee, holding a bouquet of red roses, standing there motionless.

As Tan Yu's figure disappeared into the dormitory building's entrance, the boy's fair face slowly turned red, and soon became completely red.

He lowered his head.

This is what happens when you fail to confess your feelings in public.

Confessing one's love in public may seem romantic.

If the confession fails, the varied gazes from those around will be enough to make the person confessing feel ashamed and wish they could disappear into a crack in the ground.

……

Tan Yu rushed back to her dormitory, put down her books, opened her wardrobe, and started looking for clothes to change into. She didn't want to wait until tomorrow to go to Cao Sheng's place; she wanted to go tonight.

She felt that it wasn't dark yet, and there was still plenty of time tonight for romance; the evening was the best time. Tomorrow? What kind of atmosphere would it be in broad daylight?
……

In the living room on the second floor of the villa.

After reading the text messages for a while, Cao Sheng casually replied to some messages.

Then I got even busier.

Because his reply quickly elicited a response from the other party.

Among them was a message from Qian Zhenyu.

Qian Zhenyu: "What are you doing?"

Cao Sheng replied, "I just finished dinner and am having tea."

Qian Zhenyu replied: "You like drinking tea? What's your favorite tea?"

Cao Sheng: "Green tea."

Qian Zhenyu: "Oh, that's good. I've heard that drinking tea regularly has many benefits, right?"

Cao Sheng: "Hmm."

Qian Zhenyu: "Are you going to start writing your article in a little while? Do you write your article every night?"

Cao Sheng: "Hmm."

He didn't explain why he didn't want to write tonight.

Qian Zhenyu: "Where do you get so many inspirations? Do you read a lot of books?"

Cao Sheng: "Reading books, watching movies, TV series, news, forums... the more you read these things, the more inspiration you will naturally have."

The two chatted casually, with Qian Zhenyu mainly trying to find topics to talk about.

During this time, Cao Sheng would occasionally reply to a message from someone else.

Suddenly, he saw that Tan Yu had sent a message.

"Brother, are you in that house you mentioned right now? I'll come find you right away, okay?"

Coming right away?

Cao Sheng was a little surprised.

He figured he didn't want to write anything tonight anyway, so he replied, "Okay, then come over."

After replying to that message, Cao Sheng leaned back on the sofa and continued replying to other people.

He would occasionally pick up the teapot on the coffee table and take a sip of tea.

About half an hour later.

Tan Yu called his cell phone, and Cao Sheng answered.

"Hey? Bro, I've arrived, but your gate is closed. Could you open it for me?"

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "Oh, wait a moment! I'll have my assistant open the door for you."

After hanging up the call, Cao Sheng called Sun Liang downstairs and asked him to open the courtyard gate and bring Tan Yu over.

After giving Sun Liang his instructions, Cao Sheng got up and walked to the gate, opening it.

Then he turned around and went to the restaurant, took out a complete tea set, and started brewing tea. To cater to Tan Yu's taste, he specially chose a can of flower tea.

In his memory, women seemed to like drinking flower tea.

He never thought the flower tea tasted good.

However, whenever he goes to a tea shop to buy tea, he will also buy some flower tea on the way.

It was mainly used to entertain female guests.

Before the tea was even brewed, Sun Liang led Tan Yu inside.

Upon seeing Cao Sheng, Tan Yu immediately smiled and waved, "Brother! Good evening!"

Cao Sheng returned the smile and nodded.

Sun Liang voluntarily withdrew and closed the door behind him.

Cao Sheng: "Come sit down!"

Tan Yu instinctively thought of coming over, but stopped after taking a step. She looked down at the gleaming floor and glanced around. "Brother! Do you have any slippers? Shall I change my shoes?"

Cao Sheng chuckled, "No need for such formalities! I don't stand on ceremony here."

Tan Yu smiled and said, "I'd better change my shoes! Your place is too clean."

As she spoke, she bent down and opened the shoe cabinet next to her. She saw disposable slippers inside, took a pair, and put them on.

Seeing this, Cao Sheng did not stop it.

Whatever she likes.

A moment later, Tan Yu, having changed into slippers, followed Cao Sheng to the living room. Watching Cao Sheng place the disc on the coffee table, she sat down on the sofa.

His eyes looked around curiously.

This was her first time visiting Cao Sheng's place.

When Cao Sheng lived in the school's teachers' dormitory before, she didn't realize how wealthy he was. But today, after coming to this villa, she had a direct understanding of his financial resources.

Especially when Sun Liang went to open the courtyard gate for her just now, she suddenly realized that Cao Sheng not only had money, but also people who served him 24 hours a day.

Moreover, after entering the courtyard, she saw two other people, whom she guessed were also serving Cao Sheng.

So even though she had been intimate with Cao Sheng last semester, she still felt a little reserved sitting next to him, and so she wanted to do something.

Her gaze shifted as she watched Cao Sheng pick up the teapot and pour tea into a small purple clay cup. She suddenly smiled and said, "Brother, I've heard that people who sit at work all day are prone to backaches and pains. Do you have any? How about I give you a massage?"

As she spoke, she got up and went to Cao Sheng's side, reaching out to massage his shoulders.

Cao Sheng turned to look at her and chuckled to himself.

(End of this chapter)