A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

"Here, this is for you."

"This is……"

Li Mu looked at the large notebook that Sui Kuan handed him, took it, and opened it. He then discovered that it was not a traditional notebook, but rather a series of blank white paper notebooks without any underlines.

"Silhouette Book"

Sui Kuan chuckled:

"Write down the news articles that made it into the newspaper and paste them here. It will be a memento when I'm old."

"……ha."

Li Mu smiled and nodded:

Thanks.

"Hey, why are we talking about this, buddy?"

Sui Kuan waved his hand, took the traffic regulations training manual from Li Mu, and after clarifying the driving school registration fee, said he would get the money for him at noon.

The atmosphere in the office calmed down.

For the two trainees, their first article appearing in the newspaper was undoubtedly a memorable day. But for these office veterans, having their articles published was nothing special. While they were equally impressed by the two interns' luck—their first appearance being on the front page, with a permanent position seemingly within reach—even after becoming permanent employees, it would merely mean catching up to their own "status."

You say you are a piece of gold, but little do you know how magnificent the Southern Metropolis Daily office is.

Nothing more than that.

On the contrary, it was the other interns.

When Li Mu went to collect the materials as instructed by the other teachers, he ran into his classmates who had been interning with him. The "congratulations" and envy on their faces were genuine.

Ultimately, it's a matter of different fates for the same people.

The morning flew by. At lunchtime, after finishing reading the not-too-thick traffic regulations training manual, Li Mu thought for a moment and asked Sui Kuan:

"I'm planning to register for the theory test (or written test)."

"...So fast? You've finished reading?"

"Hmm. They're all pretty simple, not difficult at all. Would you like to join me?"

"Big brother, I haven't even watched it yet."

Sui Kuan quickly shook his head in refusal. Seeing this, Li Mu didn't say anything more. Instead, he recalled the contents of the manual in his mind. After confirming that he had memorized most of it, he directly called the driving school to schedule the theory test.

Throughout the entire day, neither of them saw Bieyan.

After getting off work in the evening, Li Mu went to the driving school again.

The driving school staff took him and several other people who had enrolled in the same batch of classes and formed what they called the "newcomer class".

When Li Mu first touched the steering wheel, a strange sense of familiarity inexplicably welled up in his heart.

"First, depress the clutch..."

After listening carefully to the coach's instructions, Li Muzai shifted the gear to first gear.

His body instincts caused his left foot, which was pressing the clutch, to lift off at a very steady speed, while his right foot was trying to press down at the same time, but he found that he couldn't press it down.

To prevent novice drivers from making mistakes, the accelerator has been locked, and trainees can only start the car slowly by using the clutch.

The instructor was still somewhat surprised that Li Mu was able to master the timing of releasing the clutch and successfully start the car moving on his first time driving, praising him for his talent.

For Li Mu, driving didn't seem that difficult.

Surprisingly simple.

He practiced until around 9 o'clock before leaving the driving school and returning home.

When he arrived at the entrance of the residential area, he looked at the store next door that rented DVDs and VCDs, thought for a moment, and went inside.

A moment later, he carried home several thick DVDs, including Lu Yi's "Never Close Your Eyes," Fan Bingbing's "Princess Pearl II," "Drifting in Troubled Times," and "Zhongguancun Storm."

……

9 points.

Yao Siyuan, who had taken a nap after lunch, woke up.

The first thing I did after waking up was to turn on my computer and log into Tianya Forum.

Then he showed a look of surprise.

The post I made this morning has already received over 400 comments.

It seems to be very popular.

He quickly clicked on it and saw the message on the second floor:

"As expected of a moderator, your writing is really good. This reason for resigning is quite romantic."

what.

With a hint of eagerness to show off, Yao Siyuan chuckled and continued browsing the other people's replies.

The message on the third floor was very simple:

"top."

But Yao Siyuan noticed the forum member's signature: "Life is not just about the present hardships, but also about poetry and distant fields."

This is a direct change to a personal signature.

Fourth floor:

"I initially thought it was an impulsive decision, but I found the moderator's words particularly insightful. Indeed, life is definitely more than just the present hardships. Wishing you well."

Fifth floor:

"The moderator's writing is superb!"

Sixth floor:

"This makes me want to quit my job. The reason is so compelling, hahaha."

Soon, I finished reading the first page.

Everyone is supportive.

For some reason, Yao Siyuan felt a little better.

He then turned to the second page, where the comments on the previous pages were still supportive, but the comments on the twenty-ninth floor were somewhat different:

"If you're going to use someone else's words, you should at least cite the source, right? Just blatantly copying them for your own use isn't appropriate, is it?"

Yao Siyuan was taken aback.

Then I saw the comment on the 30th floor.

The other party quoted the comment from post #29 in their reply:

"What do you mean by misappropriation? Is this resignation letter misappropriated?"

The thirty-first floor is the reply from the twenty-ninth floor:

"The resignation letter itself wasn't misappropriated. But the phrases 'The world is so big' and 'Life is more than just the mundane struggles of the distant horizon' were misappropriated. The source is an article in today's Southern Metropolis Daily's entertainment headline featuring an interview with the lucky winner of the 50 million yuan lottery. And I looked at it carefully again; 'The world is so big, I want to go see it' was said by the lottery winner, while 'Life is more than just the mundane struggles of the present, there is also poetry and distant fields' was the reporter's summary in the article. This interview was quite well written."

"The person upstairs is being a bit too serious. It's not like they copied the article verbatim!"

"I'm not being pedantic. The argument about article citations and plagiarism that the group in the [Guantian Tea House] section had just calmed down a couple of days ago. I'm just reminding the moderator. Although it's true that plagiarism is common in writing, writers are actually quite concerned about copyright."

"A single quote in an article has absolutely no copyright implications. Stop stirring up trouble."

"See, see, I told you so. The [Tea House] section had just calmed down, and now a bunch of plagiarists are going to continue writing in the [Miscellaneous Talk] section, aren't they?"

"Quoting 'An article quotes a single sentence...' is considered stirring up trouble? Please buy a copy of the *Southern Metropolis Daily* and take a look. Besides the general content, the most memorable parts of an article are its so-called 'golden sentences.' Although this report is an interview, the most memorable parts are these two sentences. The moderator of this forum doesn't cite the source, directly plagiarizing and claiming it as their own. And a bunch of people are even praising the poster's writing style in the comments. Ha, blatant robbery, huh?"

Yao Siyuan frowned slightly.

He quickly browsed a few more pages and found that the entire post was indeed replicating the trend of borrowing and plagiarism from another section of Tianya Forum called "Guantian Tea House" a few days ago. After thinking about it, he immediately started re-editing his post.

A paragraph was added at the beginning:

[Statement: The content in this post, "The world is so big..." and "Life goes on...", is from an article in the Southern Metropolis Daily... Authors: Li Mu and Sui Kuan.]

After making the revisions, Yao Siyuan printed out his resignation letter.

Looking at the contents, a relaxed smile returned to his face.