Chapter 84: Cheng Huaiyu Crashes and Burns

Sheng Bo asked in confusion, "Old Xu, didn't you used to write novels? Did you give up halfway to go play the stock market?"

Xu Heng said, "No, I took the money I earned from writing novels to invest in the stock market. I'm still writing the novel; it's almost finished."

Once the two of them started chatting like this, the whole dormitory knew about Xu Heng writing novels, though this was never a big secret to begin with, and whether it was exposed or not wouldn't affect Xu Heng's current life.

Cheng Huaiyu was stunned and said, "Old Xu, you can write novels? Why didn't you tell us? We're brothers, after all; if we knew, we would definitely have supported your novel."

Xu Heng smiled: "It's a web novel, nothing worth mentioning."

"Damn, a web novel is still a novel! Our dorm has produced a writer; we have to show this off properly." Cheng Huaiyu grinned and asked, "Old Xu, what's the name of the novel you're writing? I'll go write a long review for you."

"Rebirth of the Peerless Male God."

"Damn! Isn't that the urban novel that's been super popular lately?"

Cheng Huaiyu was an old web novel worm who had been reading them for years. He had heard of the famous *Peerless Male God* during this period, but because some people said the book plagiarized *Peerless Young Master*, he hadn't read it. Now that he heard it was written by his own roommate, he was instantly shocked.

"Peerless Male God?" Zhao Gaoyang, who was also listening to the news nearby, was stunned.

The *Guide to Picking Up Girls* that he had always revered—was it actually written by Xu Heng?

Doesn't that mean he had been learning pickup techniques from Xu Heng for months?

But not long ago, Xu Heng was still the hidden romantic rival he perceived; did that mean he was learning how to pursue Fan Xi from his romantic rival? He even felt that Xu Heng's techniques weren't as superb as those of the protagonist in *Peerless Male God*...

This was too magical.

Zhao Gaoyang suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, the things in front of his eyes blurring, and he tipped over to the side.

Sheng Bo hurriedly steadied him and laughed: "Look how pleasantly surprised Old Zhao is, he can't even sit still."

The hell is this a pleasant surprise?

Zhao Gaoyang took a deep breath and sat up straight again.

No wonder Xu Heng suddenly became so rich in his sophomore year, no wonder Xu Heng dared to invest so boldly in the stock market; everything was explained.

"Holy crap, Old Xu, this book of yours has over ten thousand Monthly Tickets now; how much money can you make every month?" Cheng Huaiyu opened the Qidian website and saw the name of the novel Xu Heng wrote on the Monthly Ticket leaderboard.

"The money a web novel can earn depends on subscriptions, it has nothing to do with Monthly Tickets. Monthly Tickets are equivalent to a data point; they only give your novel more exposure."

Xu Heng explained while flipping through his author dashboard.

"Last month's author earnings were over five hundred thousand; fifty or sixty thousand was from tips, and the rest was from subscriptions."

To be honest, Xu Heng didn't care much for that little money anymore, but out of the professional integrity of not abandoning a work, he was still prepared to insist on finishing his debut work before putting down his pen.

"So much money, then you've made it big." Even Cheng Huaiyu, who came from a moderately wealthy family, felt a bit jealous when he heard that Xu Heng could earn five hundred thousand a month just by writing novels.

"It's mainly because the update volume is high. I updated nearly three hundred chapters in September, over eight hundred thousand words. That averages out to over twenty thousand words a day; otherwise, with a normal update volume, it would only be a hundred thousand yuan or so," Xu Heng said.

"That's still a hundred thousand!" Cheng Huaiyu leaned against the wardrobe, panting with exaggerated expression, "My roommate is the hottest web writer right now; I can't accept this, let me catch my breath."

Sheng Bo was flipping through the comment section of Xu Heng's novel nearby. Most of them were positive reviews urging for more updates, but there were also many saying the plot was brain-dead or a "white" novel, which was very consistent with the current state of web novel comment sections.

He exclaimed: "I didn't expect Old Xu's novel to be so famous. I remember when I first started reading it, there weren't even many comments."

"And you say that? You brat, you knew early on and didn't tell us?"

"I was afraid that if I told you and Old Xu flopped, he'd lose face~"

The few people in the dorm were discussing Xu Heng's novel-writing with great enthusiasm. Before long, it spread to Li Xu and the others downstairs. Fortunately, their circle wasn't large, and it only spread among these few people; otherwise, Xu Heng would have a headache about what to do if he ran into fans in real life.

After the heat of their discussion passed, Cheng Huaiyu remembered to ask Xu Heng if he had been punished with a self-criticism letter for going to the counselor's office in the morning. Xu Heng shook his head and said no.

"That's unscientific. You skipped class for a week and the Green-Faced Beast didn't make you write a thousand-word self-criticism? Last time I was late getting online and got caught climbing the wall back, he made me write one."

"Probably because the counselor needs something from me and gave me some face."

"Needs what from you?"

"The Welcome Gala; he begged me to go up and perform a program."

"There's such a thing? That means Old Xu, you can get on stage for the Welcome Gala again! I said that with your popularity, Old Xu, performing on stage would only bring them glory. As expected, these old fogeys finally got a clue." Cheng Huaiyu slapped his thigh and immediately stood up, "I have to go tell Meimei this news."

"Just call her and say it, is it necessary to go in person?" Xu Heng frowned. He didn't like Cheng Huaiyu's behavior of using him to show off.

"This is called a sense of ritual. It seems that after your breakup, Old Xu, you don't even understand the romantic nuances between men and women anymore." Cheng Huaiyu didn't care about what he said, whistled, and swaggered out of the dormitory.

And less than half an hour later, he created the news with the highest forum heat in Jinling for the second half of the year.

"A certain School of Liberal Arts sophomore plays two sides, girlfriend slaps him in the face in public, calls him a bastard."

The cause stemmed from the distribution of the female dorms. The freshman dorm area was closer to the teaching building than the senior dorm area. When Cheng Huaiyu and Ji Meimei were being lovey-dovey downstairs at the freshman female dorm, they happened to be seen by Dan Yuyue and her group on their way to class.

First, the round-faced Dong Xinxin saw a man and a woman hugging and kissing on the side of the road, so she nudged Dan Yuyue twice and teased with a smile: "Yueyue, have you and Cheng Huaiyu kissed yet?"

"We've only been dating for less than three months; kissing is a bit too early. Let's wait until he shows some sincerity," Dan Yuyue curled her lips, "Besides, kissing on the main road is indecent."

"Eee~~ you can't talk about others being indecent with the way you're dressed." Dong Xinxin pulled at her skirt that exposed her thighs and smiled lewdly, "Let your husband touch your black silk and properly be indecent with you."

"Go play somewhere else, kid." Dan Yuyue hummed and pushed her back, feeling somewhat proud in her words.

She admitted that she wasn't as pretty as Ying Ziyun, but these legs were probably the longest and best-looking in their dorm. There wasn't too much or too little meat, the leg shape was symmetrical, and the semi-transparent black silk looked even more eye-catching on her than on some stars who endorsed black silk advertisements.

Many students might feel that wearing black silk on campus was an indecent and slutty act.

But Dan Yuyue didn't care what those people said, because she was just such a maverick person.

Just then, Wang Yi suddenly said: "Yueyue, is that man..."

"Hmm?"

"Is that man your boyfriend?"

Dan Yuyue looked over in response. At this moment, they had just walked to an oblique angle where they could see the man's full profile.

That man was none other than Cheng Huaiyu.