I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 26 "Notoriety"

Xu Haoyang looked at Fu Linlin's departing back, as if he suddenly remembered something. He turned around and asked tentatively, "Brother Xu, do you like Sun Wenjing?"

Li Xu frowned when he heard this, raised his leg, and pretended to kick the boy. He said unhappily, "What I said before was in vain, right? Why are you spreading rumors again?"

Xu Haoyang dodged and shouted, "I didn't say that. It was the girl who spread it."

"Who said that?" Li Xu asked.

Xu Haoyang looked a bit embarrassed and said hesitantly, "I'm not too sure about this. I also heard from others that you were interested in Sun Wenjing, and also said..."

"What else did you say?"

"Hey, don't ask me. I can't tell you."

"It sounds unpleasant, doesn't it?" Li Xu stared at him.

"Brother Xu, have you heard about it too?" Xu Haoyang looked surprised.

"Don't talk nonsense. Just say what I'm told to say."

"And you said you...wanted to take advantage of Su Youyou."

……

Li Xu listened to Xu Haoyang's words without changing his expression, but it felt like a thousand horses were galloping through his heart.

He had long expected that the girls would not say anything good about him. After all, he was a habitual truant and always went to the Internet cafe. In the eyes of others, he was a negative example.

But he never expected it to be so outrageous.

He and Sun Wenjing hadn't even exchanged a few words, so how come there were rumors that he was interested in her?

And he was still thinking about Su Youyou? He just brought her a bowl of cold noodles for the sake of being a classmate.

These girls are so imaginative and good at plotting!

What about him being self-indulgent and hopeless? What does it have to do with them? He didn't seem to have provoked them, did he?

"Brother Xu, are you angry?" Seeing that Li Xu didn't speak for a long time, Xu Haoyang asked cautiously.

"Angry? What should I be angry about?" Li Xu smiled and said indifferently.

Seeing that Li Xu didn't seem really angry, Xu Haoyang was relieved and said with a smile:
"Brother Xu, you're right to think so. These girls are just like that. They love to gossip. There's no need to bother with them..."

But before the boy could finish his words, he was kicked by Li Xu and staggered.

"Brother Xu, why did you kick me?"

"Why should I kick you? It's your fault for always spreading rumors." Li Xu said unhappily.

The reason why the girls spread such outrageous rumors is definitely related to the fact that Xu Haoyang likes to stir up trouble and spread rumors about him for no reason.

……

September 10th, Saturday.

Li Xu woke up late again in the morning and was not woken up by the alarm clock until 9 o'clock.

He has been getting more and more lazy these days, and last night he watched videos until late at night.

In the past two days, besides the girl named Huahua, he found another girl he liked.

Her name is Yanzi.

This girl doesn't seem to be a live streamer, but most likely a celebrity or a member of a girl group. Almost all of her videos in the album are stage performances.

She is tall and has long legs, and is pure and charming. When she dances, she is graceful, agile and beautiful, and she is breathtakingly beautiful.

Li Xu had never seen a girl who danced so beautifully, especially the rich and varied expressions on her face, which were so charming.

It even shook his aesthetic sense.

He didn't like tall girls before, but now he thinks it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a girlfriend of this type.

It would be best if you could dance.

No, I must find a girlfriend who can dance in the future.

This is what it means to be fickle!
Li Xu turned off the alarm clock and sat up from the bed, feeling a little tired.

He stayed up too late this week and only slept four or five hours a day at most. I guess he has dark circles under his eyes.

He couldn't help but think of Lü Bu's famous line from the Three Kingdoms: "I have been harmed by wine and women, and have become so haggard!"

No, I can’t be obsessed with my electronic girlfriend anymore.

"Mystery" will be released on the 1st of next month. I have to work hard and can't slack off like this. After getting out of bed and washing up in the bathroom, Li Xu opened the cabinet and took out a set of new clothes.

A woolen plaid jacket, a pair of black straight-leg casual pants, and a pair of Nike sneakers.

This is his most expensive outfit so far. All of them were bought in brand stores, costing him around 1,500 or 1,600 yuan. The pair of Nike shoes alone cost him over 600 yuan, and that was a discounted price.

Adding some miscellaneous expenses, he had spent all the money he earned from gold speculation this week.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Li Xu has been spending money more and more extravagantly recently.

"Brother Xu, what are you going to do? Going to the Internet cafe again?" Xu Haoyang asked when he saw Li Xu was about to go out.

"No."

"Then where are you going? Why don't I go with you?"

Li Xu turned his head and glanced at the boy. "Why do you always follow me? Can't you go out for a walk by yourself and find a girlfriend?"

"Brother Xu, are you okay?"

Xu Haoyang looked Li Xu up and down with suspicion. "You look so handsome today. Are you dating a girl?"

Seeing that Li Xu didn't say anything, he became more certain of his guess.

"I guessed it right, didn't I?"

Shen Qiang couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Brother Xu, you really made a date with a girl, who did you make a date with?"

Li Xu was too lazy to pay attention to the two guys. He looked at himself in the mirror and felt that he was indeed quite handsome, so he prepared to go out.

He now has a "bad reputation" among girls, and these two guys' big mouths are "a big contribution".

At this time, He Weichen, who had been sitting nearby, said, "Li Xu, how's your novel going? Are you making any money?"

After hearing what he said, Xu Haoyang, Shen Qiang, and Li Guanfu, who had just gotten out of bed, all focused their attention on Li Xu.

"Not yet, but soon." Li Xu responded casually.

"So your novel has been signed with the website, but it hasn't been put on the shelves yet, right?" He Weichen asked.

Li Xu looked at He Weichen with some surprise. This kid knew a lot.

"Yes, it's signed, but it hasn't been put on the shelves yet."

"Which website did you sign with?"

"starting point."

"You signed a contract with Qidian? Then you are really amazing. I heard that it is quite difficult to sign a contract with Qidian." He Weichen said with a surprised smile.

"Who told you that?" Li Xu asked curiously.

At present, most people lack understanding of the online literature industry. Either they think it is rather mysterious and online writers sound pretty cool, or they think it is not a proper job and writing books online is unreliable.

"I heard from Cao Jianfei from Class 3 that he's also writing novels on Qidian, but he's not as good as you. He's written over 100,000 words and still hasn't signed a contract."

Li Xu listened and just nodded.

On Qidian, it is quite normal for works with hundreds of thousands of words to not be able to sign a contract, and there are quite a few works with tens or even millions of words that have not been signed.

It seems that the future platinum-winning writer who wrote "The Mysterious" signed the contract only after he had written 600,000 to 700,000 words for his first book.

He also found out after watching "Warm Man".

"By the way, what's the name of the novel you wrote? I'd like to take a look at it when I have time." He Weichen asked again.

Li Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "It's called "Lord of Mysteries"

"Lord of what?" Shen Qiang didn't hear clearly and asked.

"Lord of the Mysteries."

Li Xu repeated it again, then turned and left the dormitory.

Shen Qiang stood up and looked out the door. Seeing Li Xu walking away, he turned to Xu Haoyang and said, "Tell me, which girl did Brother Xu go on a date with?"

"I don't know either, but he is definitely not from our class." Xu Haoyang shook his head.

He was most familiar with Li Xu and could actually guess something, but when he remembered Li Xu's previous warning, he didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore.

……

　Thanks to book friends 20181008142741901 and Huo Huo Huo for their rewards!
　　
　
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