[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of":3,"chapter-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-5":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dreaming Back to 1997: I Became the Forefather of Web Novels",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2348239,4589,"Chapter 5: Classmate Tan Lei","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-5",5,"\u003Cp>Because he was preoccupied with his new book, Cao Sheng spent this New Year feeling a bit absent-minded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On New Year's Eve, his mind was on the plot of his new book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he went out to pay New Year calls on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, his mind was still on his new book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third day of the New Year, he didn't have to go out to pay New Year calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since his cousins and others came to his house to pay New Year calls, he had no choice but to keep them company during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until evening that he finally found some peace and quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting alone at the desk in his bedroom, facing a sheet of draft paper, he picked up his pen and began to write the main text of his new book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he transmigrated, he hadn't written a novel by hand in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that he had no computer, he could only write by hand first; he planned to wait until the new semester started and he reached university before finding a way to post his handwritten manuscript onto the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Title: \"Days of Living with a Flight Attendant\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Genre: Romance\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Author: Zhongyuan Yidianhui\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Synopsis: As a third-rate freelance writer, Ding Yang's life was very dull. Therefore, whenever he lacked inspiration and couldn't write anything, he was in the habit of going to a nearby bar for a couple of drinks. There were always beauties appearing in the bar, and in his heart, Ding Yang also looked forward to a chance encounter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, he couldn't write anything again, so he went to that bar once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he saw her—a beauty with top-tier looks, figure, and temperament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was his type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, having had two drinks to bolster his courage, he plucked up the nerve to go over and strike up a conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ding Yang went up to talk to her, he never imagined that a few days later, he and she would be living under the same roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What surprised him most was—she was actually a flight attendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng wrote all this in one go and paused his pen for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhongyuan Yidianhui was a new pen name he had recently chosen for himself; the inspiration for this pen name came from the \"Five Whites of the Central Plains\" in the web novel circle of his original timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once upon a time, the Five Whites of the Central Plains was a teasing term used by the industry for five god-tier authors with explosive sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because although the works of these five gods had extremely high sales and earned a lot of money, the works themselves were written in a very shallow and plain way, the kind that even elementary school students could understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, some envious and jealous peers bestowed upon them the title \"Five Whites of the Central Plains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the industry gradually discovered that it seemed very difficult for newcomers to surpass the achievements of these five gods, so, gradually, the title \"Five Whites of the Central Plains\" became a symbol of the industry's peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng dared not compare himself to the Five Whites of the Central Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he wanted to add the two characters \"Zhongyuan\" (Central Plains) to his pen name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he thought of the pen name \"Zhongyuan Yidianhui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded quite similar to the legendary assassin \"Zhongyuan Yidianhong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the male lead in this new book's synopsis... naming him \"Ding Yang\" was simply because he really couldn't remember the name of the male lead in that book from his original timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he didn't intend to copy that book from his original timeline either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't even remember the plot of that book, so even if he wanted to copy it, he couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was only borrowing the book's title and the name of the female lead, \"Ran Jing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the male lead's profession was set by him as a \"freelance writer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the book from his original timeline was a story about a shut-in and a flight attendant living together; a freelance writer could also be a shut-in, and besides, once the male lead truly fell in love with Ran Jing, he could write their story into a work, which could add a bit of color to the romance between the male and female leads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this day on, Cao Sheng began to write the main text of his new book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying indoors every day made his parents quite uncomfortable, as they thought he had encountered some troublesome matter; one morning while eating breakfast together, they even specifically asked him a few questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng brushed them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only said that the new semester was about to start and he wanted to preview the courses he would be taking before school began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reason made his parents very gratified and very supportive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, they tried their best not to call him for any chores around the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day when Cao Sheng didn't come out of his bedroom, his parents would subconsciously keep the house quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bit like the atmosphere whenever he was at home back when he was in high school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third day after the Lantern Festival, Cao Sheng packed his luggage and set off for school; the new semester was about to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, his parents, just like the previous semester, gave him his living expenses for the entire semester all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason they gave him so much at once wasn't because their family was particularly well-off, but because the couple had little education, it wasn't convenient for them to go to the county town every time, and they didn't know how to operate bank transfers or remittances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, they could only choose to give Cao Sheng his living expenses for the whole semester at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng's past conduct also made them trust that he wouldn't spend money recklessly and wouldn't finish his semester's living expenses early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Cao Sheng intended to finish these living expenses ahead of schedule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he planned to use these living expenses to go online and publish the new book he had recently written onto the internet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this day and age, internet access fees were very expensive, and he didn't have his own computer; if he didn't use these living expenses, he would have no way to publish his manuscript to the internet in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for what to do after these living expenses were spent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had two plans in mind for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was to work and study, using his spare time outside of his studies to find a part-time job and support himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other plan was: try to see if he could find a wealthy girlfriend and live off a woman for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plan one was not difficult to execute and had high feasibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plan two...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reason told him that the hope of success was not high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he believed that with his looks, finding a girlfriend wouldn't be difficult, finding a wealthy girlfriend to support him would certainly be quite difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, deep down, he was also a bit resistant to living off a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these messy thoughts swirling in his mind, he took a tricycle to the county town, and after getting off, he walked to the county's train station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his original timeline, this train station had long since been abandoned, but it was still operating normally now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a train to Huizhou every day at 8 o'clock in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Cao Sheng arrived quite early today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the train station, it was not yet 8 o'clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the station's waiting hall, a few passengers were sitting sparsely, but the ticket windows had not yet opened, and the ticket sellers had not yet started work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng found an empty bench and sat down, waiting patiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, before the ticket windows even opened, he heard someone call his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cao Sheng? Cao Sheng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a woman's voice that sounded somewhat familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar smiling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long oval face, big eyes, a high nose bridge, a head of beautiful hair tied simply into a ponytail, and at least 1.7 meters tall; even her white down jacket couldn't hide her stunning bust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was Tan Lei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was Cao Sheng's classmate in his third year of high school and also an alumna of Cao Sheng's at Huizhou Teachers' College.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Cao Sheng—although Tan Lei was also attending Huizhou Teachers' College, her college entrance exam score was higher than Cao Sheng's, and she was studying for an undergraduate degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, don't let the fact that she was looking at Cao Sheng with a happy smile and appearing very cheerful fool you; actually, when she was in her third year of high school, she was expressionless all day long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That year in high school, her presence in the class was very low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only knew how to keep her head down and study all day; if any boy tried to talk to her, she would first frown, and most of the time, she wouldn't respond with a single word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after starting university, she seemed like a different person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng remembered that in his original timeline, the first time he ran into her on the campus of Huizhou Teachers' College, she had a face full of surprise, her attitude was very warm, and she not only took the initiative to tell him her dormitory building number and room number, but also told him to come find her to hang out when he was free, and even invited him to take the train home together during the holidays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, seeing her smile, Cao Sheng also subconsciously revealed a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Lei strode over with her long legs, sat down in the empty seat next to him with a thud, and said happily, \"What a coincidence! Are you going to school today too? Let's buy our tickets together in a bit! We can sit together after getting on the train, that way we can have company on this journey; otherwise, these few hours on the train would be too boring! Don't you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng smiled and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1766,"2026-06-21T01:55:54.452Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e60a6c090caa959d8c69a6efdfd5697272901dc498a4c0662bf7367144f2753b","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-6","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-4",338,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-cover.jpg"]