[{"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-72":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},2348306,4589,"Chapter 72: My Average Talent","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>From the Writers' Association?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng was a bit surprised; he stood up immediately, a smile appearing on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charming young woman also smiled, raised a hand with a crystalline luster to push up the glasses on her nose, and took the initiative to speak: \"Hello, Cao Sheng! I am Huang Qingya, very happy to meet you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she extended her right hand toward Cao Sheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng reached out to shake it and responded with a smile: \"Hello! Have you had dinner yet? Would you like to eat something together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya looked back at the food service window not far away with a smile and laughed: \"Is that okay? But I don't have a meal ticket for your school cafeteria.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me! Officer Huang, what would you like to eat? I'll go buy it for you! I need to get a meal for myself anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiangwei quickly chimed in, very enthusiastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya appeared slightly reserved: \"Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you? How could I impose like that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiangwei waved his hands repeatedly: \"No trouble, no trouble at all! What kind of trouble is that? I was going to get a meal myself anyway, just tell me what you'd like to eat! Let me tell you, the food in our school cafeteria is actually quite decent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Except for breakfast!\" the class monitor Geng Yong, who was standing nearby, added with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there had always been a saying about the school cafeteria's breakfast: the steamed buns in the cafeteria could kill a person if they hit you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Cao Sheng and Lu Xiangwei had heard this saying, so Geng Yong's remark made them both laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya didn't understand the context, but she laughed along anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging a few more words and mentioning a few dishes she wanted, Lu Xiangwei and Geng Yong went to get the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left behind were Cao Sheng and Huang Qingya, along with the two people who had been trying to persuade Cao Sheng to attend the hometown association meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cao Sheng invited Huang Qingya to sit down, he caught sight of the two still there, so he offered an apologetic smile and said: \"Senior, Senior Sister, look at my situation here... why don't you two head back first? We can talk about the hometown association later?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior and senior sister exchanged a glance, both feeling a bit helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had no choice but to agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they had walked away, Huang Qingya looked curiously at their backs and asked: \"Hometown association? Were they just here to invite you to join the hometown association?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng nodded: \"Yes, they wanted to invite me to this year's hometown association dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't agree?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya asked again with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng nodded slightly: \"I don't really want to go; I don't like socializing much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya pushed up her glasses again and looked at Cao Sheng curiously: \"You're so young, yet you don't like excitement?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qingya chuckled: \"Rare! No wonder you can write one novel after another! You are much more composed than I imagined before I came; you look quite mature.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself: My mental age is older than yours; it would be strange if I didn't look mature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Cao Sheng didn't respond, Huang Qingya began to discuss the main business: \"By the way, Cao Sheng, I am here today representing our city's Writers' Association to invite you to join us. You have already published two novels, and I hear the sales and reputation are both very good, so you definitely meet our membership requirements. How about it? Are you interested in joining us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Cao Sheng had no interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his rebirth, he had also received an invitation from the city's Writers' Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he found it troublesome, so he didn't join.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that time was different from this; that was an online invitation, while this time, Huang Qingya had come to his school in person to find him and invite him face-to-face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sincerity was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he really couldn't bring himself to reject such a charming young woman to her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he pondered slightly and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's fine, but I might not have much time to attend meetings or participate in certain association activities usually. I hope you can understand that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Cao Sheng agree immediately, Huang Qingya was very happy and nodded repeatedly: \"Good, good! It's great that you're willing to join. I understand! I definitely understand. After all, you still have to attend school, and you have to write manuscripts in your spare time. I completely understand that you don't have time for meetings and such. Don't worry! Our association is very free; there are no mandatory tasks. As long as you are willing to join us, that's enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the meal, Huang Qingya left happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she left, she took the membership application form that Cao Sheng had just filled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, she also left the association's address and contact number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the cafeteria entrance, as Cao Sheng watched Huang Qingya ride away on her bicycle, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Lu Xiangwei's reluctant expression beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but wonder if Lu Xiangwei had taken a liking to this Huang Qingya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this woman was around thirty, with such a mature figure—a completely mature woman's physique—could it be she wasn't married yet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of curiosity, he asked: \"Teacher, is this Officer Huang married?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiangwei came back to his senses, looked at Cao Sheng, then at Geng Yong, who was equally curious beside him. Lu Xiangwei sighed and shook his head: \"I don't know! Today was my first time meeting her too; how would I know if she's married?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late that night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the second-floor study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng had just finished another chapter and was picking up his teacup to take a break when Huang Qingya's face and figure involuntarily flashed through his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he thought of the evening three days ago, when his first love, Chen Shuyun, had stopped him on his way to the cafeteria and handed him that love letter with a blushing face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of that love letter, he casually pulled open his desk drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The love letter lay quietly in the drawer, with no signs of having been opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt there was no need to look at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a love letter; it was nothing more than saying how much she liked him—what was there to see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he decided to accept Chen Shuyun, he didn't want to see the contents of the letter; he didn't want to disturb his state of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, when he first returned after his rebirth, he was much like what a certain master of Chinese studies wrote in his diary. And what did that master write in his diary?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—\"I have no other hope in this life; I only hope to sleep with more women and have contact with women from all places.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his young body now, his physiological needs were very strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that, as his works achieved better and better results after his rebirth and he earned more and more in royalties, his ambition for his career was constantly ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to achieve better results, continue to improve his strength, and compete with the great masters of the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such ambition, or drive, gradually suppressed his desire for women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew that once he started dating, his focus and time would inevitably be divided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the web novel industry, he was originally only of average talent. As an accounting student, being able to make a living in this industry was already not easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, before his rebirth, he wouldn't have spent so many years writing without ever making a name for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he had the advantage of a head start and the opportunity to become a top-tier master in this field; how could he not give it his all?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have a woman within easy reach, yet have to hold back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know how much longer he could endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Sheng couldn't resist the pestering of those two seniors and finally went to attend this year's hometown association meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dining room, two large tables were packed with over twenty people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, he was the only senior student; there were only nine, and most were freshmen who had just enrolled this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Cao Sheng first attended the hometown association meeting, of the dozen or so freshmen he met, only he and another boy wearing designer clothes were invited today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he expected, at tonight's meeting, he, Cao Sheng, became the focus of the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether they were seniors or freshmen, everyone was talking about his works, enthusiastically asking him questions about writing, and even asking how much he earned in royalties for a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the meal, Cao Sheng noticed that the seniors present today, judging by their clothing and speech, seemed to have better family backgrounds one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the girls, whether sophomores or juniors, were more beautiful than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, the freshmen present today seemed a bit overshadowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the gathering was breaking up, a junior student who claimed to be in the school's literature club came to Cao Sheng's side and said with a beaming smile: \"Classmate Cao Sheng, I also really like writing, and I have accumulated a few articles that I think are decent. Do you think I could bring them over later and ask for your help in looking at them? Could you give me some pointers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1630,"2026-06-21T01:55:54.452Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","6cbc1d26573675726e62ffbb4c04942d7929c32f01384b6e3a83051477b40a91","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-73","dreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-chapter-71",338,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdreaming-back-to-1997-i-became-the-forefather-of-cover.jpg"]