I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

Still basking in the joy of having just solved a math problem, Lin Mu subconsciously spoke up. Xu Youwei, whose mind was preoccupied with the fact that Qinqin would be coming to her house to sleep in a couple of days, belatedly snapped back to reality. She quickly cleared her throat, coughed twice, and replied with an air of nonchalance:

"Because my new house is almost finished being renovated, and it has a big bathtub!"

"Oh, really? When will Vivi move in?"

"Well, I guess we'll have to wait until this time next year when we start high school. After all, my new home is closer to the high school section of Ningzhong High School, so moving there now would be inconvenient for going to school."

"I'm also planning to move to a different place this year."

Just then, Zhu Wenyun, who hadn't participated in the conversation until now, suddenly said:

"If it's high school, there will be evening self-study sessions. The high school section of Ningzhong is a bit far from my home, and it feels inconvenient to go back after evening self-study. I will probably find a place to rent long-term near there."

It has to be said that the success of the new book has indeed given Zhu Wenyun a lot of confidence. In fact, theoretically speaking, in Guoning, let alone renting a house long-term, it would be almost possible to buy one. However, considering various other factors, after discussing with her grandmother, Zhu Wenyun finally decided to rent a house first.

"It's great. They can call us anytime to help with the move. After all, the Yun family has quite a lot of things, especially books. It feels like it will take several trips to move them over."

Knowing this all along, Chen Junqian quickly picked up the conversation, successfully diverting Lin Mu's attention from Xu Youwei's bathtub to Zhu Wenjun.

"Wenyun is moving too? It feels like everyone's already decided on Ningzhong High School and is making preparations for high school..."

Since both of them mentioned that moving to the new house would make it more convenient to go to and from school, Lin Mu naturally had this idea. After all, among the four people present, her high school prospects were still unclear, and she was in a rather delicate position between the score lines of Ningzhong and Jinzhong.

What should I do if I fail the exam? What will happen?

For Lin Mu during this summer vacation, or rather for a long time in the past, intermittent bursts of ambition and constant anxieties were her norm.

Lin Mu, who was lying on the table, secretly glanced at his childhood sweetheart.

Ugh—looks like I'll have to call Qianqian over to write in her diary again.

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PS2: A funny story about blind dates: When the other person talks to you about Princess Taiping, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Empress Wu Zetian, and Di Renjie, please ask them first if they watch the web series "Tales of the Tang Dynasty".

Chapter 165: Past Diary (Part 2)

Unlike others who need to find the corresponding Gregorian calendar date for their lunar birthday every year, Hsu Yu-Wei has always celebrated her birthday on August 10th every year since she was a child. Celebrating her birthday during summer vacation is much more flexible than during the school year. After all, it's impossible for the Gregorian calendar date to fall on the same weekend every year. If she had regular classes on that day, she could only have a simple meal after school.

If we consider that they will have to attend evening self-study sessions after the start of the new semester in the second half of the year, then celebrating birthdays will undoubtedly become even more of a luxury. Therefore, Chen Junqian often sees classmates postponing their birthdays to a free weekend. He feels that Lin Mu and Wen Yun will probably do the same in the future.

In fact, every time the topic of birthdays comes up, Chen Junqian thinks of Shen Nianqiu's situation. Although he knew her ID number on her household registration book early on, and even saw Guo Ning's ID card that she brought at the beginning of this year, he could easily deduce his sister's birthday, whether it was the lunar or Gregorian calendar, by following the code on it.

However, since the other party never intended to celebrate this 'birthday', nor did they ever bring it up on their own initiative, but rather regarded it as part of the family and kept it locked away by Shen Nianqiu for a long time, she eventually became indifferent to it.

If we only consider the fact that he doesn't celebrate birthdays, Shen Nianqiu is quite similar to Chen Junqian, because he is also not very enthusiastic about birthdays as a 'holiday'. This is probably an influence left over from his past life. On the contrary, he feels genuinely happy every time his parents celebrate their birthdays, after all, this is one of the most gratifying changes since his rebirth.

Perhaps when he grows up to be older than the age he was in his previous life before his rebirth, he will want to give himself a proper birthday celebration, but that will be ten years from now.

However, perhaps because Xu Youwei was particularly excited to mention in the group chat that her birthday was coming soon, Shen Nianqiu herself brought up the topic with Chen Junqian for the first time in a long time.

Since summer vacation had started, the two no longer needed to communicate via text messages and instead made a phone call.

"Birthday, birthday... Actually, if you think about it, my little brother should be born soon."

Shen Nianqiu's mother, Yang Suling, became pregnant in January of this year, and now it is early August. She is indeed close to giving birth. Because of this, even though it is summer vacation, Shen Nianqiu has no intention of going home. Instead, she and a teacher in the club who is close to her made up an excuse to attend a summer camp and stayed on campus with the soon-to-be senior high school students who are already preparing for next year's college entrance examination.

"She must be unhappy at home every day right now. I guess it's called prenatal depression? But I feel it's more like mania. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been trying to bribe the doctor not long ago, wanting to know the baby's gender in advance. She was happy for a short while after finally finding out, and now it's started again."

"Did your family call you recently?"

"I'd never really heard of it before, so I just turned off my phone. Then they said they were going to throw everything out of my room. But I didn't have much stuff anyway, so it's normal to clear it out for their precious son sooner rather than later."

If Shen Nianqiu still harbored a sliver of hope regarding her family relationships before, then with the onset of these pre-labor symptoms, that faint hope naturally began to fade, to the point that her tone when talking about these things has become more relaxed and carefree.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhu Wenyun's new book has been selling very well recently. After resolving Shen Nianqiu's possible worries, it has also allowed her to fully experience the joy of being a literary girl. This kind of experience, where you can find a lot of praise online just by searching for keywords, or rather, an analysis of the relationship between the male and female protagonists in the novel, is addictive once you've experienced it, especially when you know who the male and female protagonists are based on.

"Yesterday after class, I overheard some senior high school students talking about Wen Yun's novel. Although Wen Yun's writing is indeed impeccable, its popularity is undoubtedly due to the interesting experiences and stories between you and me—it's just that I belatedly realize it's not fully written yet."

"Is it not completely written?"

"Well, after all, I don't have the habit of keeping a diary, and I didn't take many photos back then. Putting aside other aspects, at least in the second major chapter of the book, the 'World Expo' section, I've realized that there are a lot of stories that I haven't told Wenyun."

"The World Expo chapter? I feel like it's pretty complete. It covers most of the pavilions we visited and the little trinkets we collected. Sister, you don't think it's complete because you think Mu Mu wasn't included, do you? That's too much. Although Wen Yun has indeed written about these kinds of supporting female characters before, knowing who they are in reality is really... uh, a complete reversal of the rules?"

"It has nothing to do with Lin Mu. It's mainly about some things related to myself that my brother doesn't know. After all, back then, someone only accompanied me during the day and went to accompany your Mu Mu at night. Actually, I would also go to the exhibition hall by myself back then. But I only suddenly remembered it today. I went to the Belgium-EU Pavilion back then. There was an activity where you could send postcards to the future."

"I have a vague recollection of it... but right now, all I remember is that there was a chocolate waterfall at that exhibition hall at night, so did you attend it, sister?"

After all, he had tried to deceive the system by using this thing to impersonate Valentine's Day chocolate.

"Yes, I did write a postcard back then, choosing to send it back five years later, which would be around this time next year. But I don't remember the exact content very well. If I had told Wenyun about it back then, she probably could have made up a story for me on the spot based on the subsequent events. What a pity."

"But can this thing really be sent back? It seems pretty unreliable, considering the World Expo ended so many years ago."

"It would be best if it could be sent back, but if it can't, then so be it. But I still hope it can be sent back, and I'm especially curious to know if my thoughts back then are the same as they are now."

"I don't think my sister back then has changed much from my sister now."

"Yes, there is. Let me think about how to express it... Weren't we talking about birthdays just now? Youwei was so happy because her brother is going to celebrate her birthday, just like last year in Beijing. Actually, if I wanted to, my brother would definitely celebrate it for me, but I just wouldn't celebrate it myself, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

After hearing Chen Junqian's immediate and unequivocal answer, Shen Nianqiu paused slightly on the other end of the phone before continuing:

"Then I'll choose a birthday now, and you have to come and celebrate with me."

Then, Chen Junqian heard his sister whisper a string of numbers.

It's not the same as the 'month and day' answer a normal person gives when answering their birthday.

Instead, it's like a birth date, such as 'year, month, and day'.

But not on the day of birth.

June 1, 2016.

It was the day she turned eighteen and came of age.

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"Actually, diaries, photos, and these things are really useful props or elements in romantic comedies."

While looking through the photos of her cosplay as Kirisaki Chitoge, which Chen Junqian had already finished post-processing and officially printed, Gu Linguo suddenly made this remark out of the blue, and then continued to compare the photos with the animation on the computer screen:

"Look, brother, Chitoge found her childhood diary and gradually recalled her childhood experiences and promise with the male lead, which changed her attitude and opinion towards him. And Marika also appeared first in a photo with the male lead."

"So, what is Lin Guo trying to express?"

Leaning against the headboard, the male protagonist of a romantic comedy, who had just helped his childhood friend finish a diary entry two days ago, continued replying to messages from his girlfriend, who was proudly showing him the bedroom that was now complete and ready for them to sleep in.

"So, if the two of us were to make a replica, wouldn't we need a diary too?"

“Then Lin Guo can start writing now, since the best time to plant a tree is now, apart from ten years ago.”

"We've already taken a group photo, so it's not necessary now."

Gu Lingguo, who had gotten up from the swivel chair, also sat on the edge of the bed, casually waving the photo in front of Chen Junqian:

“What I mean is, we can pretend we planted a tree ten years ago.”

"...This feels like something a 'loser' type of character would do."

"If the female lead were to do it secretly by herself, then she would definitely be a loser. But since it was the two of us who discussed it, it doesn't count. It's more like a big operation to fake a 'childhood sweetheart falling from the sky'."

"You know what, it does sound a bit like a romantic comedy."

After replying to the message, Chen Junqian put his phone aside and watched Gu Linguo take out blank manuscript paper and a pen from the bookshelf. He also became somewhat interested.

"What does Lin Guo plan to do?"

"Ten years ago is definitely too early. Even in the world of anime, I think it's a bit too much for five-year-olds in Nisekoi to make a promise like 'we'll get married if we meet again.' They should be at least seven or eight years old. So that's how it was set up. When my brother and I were seven or eight years old, it should have been around 2007 or 2008."

"Although we didn't know each other at all back then, it was all fabricated anyway, so we just wrote it like in the anime: 'On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, I went to a haunted house with my brother. The haunted house was scary, but with my brother there, it wasn't scary... Uh, I guess I'll pass on that.'"

Chen Junqian was both amused and exasperated that after teaching Lin Mu how to write a diary, he would now be teaching another one. However, seeing the girl racking her brains trying to recreate their past, he felt it would be impolite to laugh, so he could only offer suggestions:

"If it were Lin Guo's own diary, it could follow the same line of thought as Nisekoi, which is to say that she was helped when she encountered difficulties, that she was taken out to play by someone who was timid and shy, that she was protected after encountering a stray dog ​​or other accident on the road, that she was sick and felt lonely in the hospital, and that someone climbed a tree from outside to come in... Aren't you the most familiar with these classic plots in romantic comedies? You can find three of them in Nisekoi alone."

"That's what they say—but reality isn't anime. Otherwise, when my brother took me to your house last time, he should have hidden in the bathtub full of water and then been trapped by me. Just then, someone came in from outside, so I had to hide you."

"What kind of long and difficult sentence is this?"

After making that comment, Chen Junqian continued his reply:

"Then write about some things in real life, such as those situations where I wasn't there at the time, but suppose I were here with you like I am now. That would be the perfect diary entry."

“That makes sense, then I’ll start writing.”

"On March 1, 2007, my brother took me to a newsstand to buy anime and manga magazines. Although we searched many places before we finally found one, we were very happy."

"...A seven or eight-year-old anime fan? That's impressive."

"Age doesn't matter. The main thing is that my brother said it was in the scenario where you are. After all, when I first went to buy 'Anime Mania,' I was really asking around all by myself. But now that you're here, well, that's what the diary says."

"On March 5, 2007, I did not do well on the exam and was scolded by my mother. However, my brother said that he would tutor me in the future, so my mother stopped talking. After all, my brother's grades are very good."

"On June 10, 2007, I saw my dad crying in the bathroom. The cartoon said that the only places you could cry were the bathroom and your dad's arms, but now I couldn't cry in either of those places, so I went to cry to my brother. It felt so warm when he hugged me. So this place will be mine from now on."

"On December 10, 2007, it snowed heavily in Guoning today. My brother took me to build a snowman. My mother couldn't stop me from going out to play, so she could only stand on the balcony with her hands on her hips and watch us angrily, telling us not to get cold and to come back for dinner early."

Gu Linguo's writing became increasingly fluent, and fabricating a story of a childhood sweetheart appearing out of nowhere seemed to be an extremely simple matter for her:

"On January 2, 2008, I told my brother that we should get married when we grow up, and he took my hand and nodded and said okay."

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PS2: This chapter will correspond to a scene in Mu Mu's story where she is the "loser" later on. I guess it will be written soon, and I'm very happy to think about it.

I need to take a day off for a blind date.

...I met the first blind date I've had recently that was enough to go on a second date. It was probably because of a TV series she was interested in, the one I mentioned before, "The Record of Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty." The historical period, background, and characters, including ancient supernatural tales, are exactly within my area of ​​expertise. Speaking of which, my undergraduate thesis was also related to this, but I chose the supernatural tales of the Song Dynasty, which I had previously complained about in my book "Practical Education."

In short, that's how it is. After all, she was introduced to me by the teacher, and this time she took the initiative to ask me out, so it was really hard to refuse.

Wishing everyone happiness and joy.

Chapter 166: Future Diary (Part 2)

In the latter half of summer vacation, after finishing the intensive preparation work for her new book in the first half of the year, Zhu Wenyun was finally able to enjoy a leisurely life of sleeping until she naturally woke up and counting money until her hands cramped. Her daily routine consisted of continuing to read and enriching herself, as well as being dragged by Chen Junqian to attend study sessions. So when Lin Mu came to her door today, Zhu Wenyun subconsciously thought that this was another time for Lin Mu to call her to Chen Junqian's house for a study session.

"Diaries? Does that mean Mu Mu is finally willing to let me see your precious diaries?"

After hearing the other party explain their purpose, Zhu Wenyun, who was sitting at her desk, put down her book in surprise.

"No, no... why does asking Yun always make you want to read my diary?"

When Zhu Wenyun asked him, Lin Mu quickly waved his hand to deny it, and even muttered something unconsciously.