Chapter 68: The Young Man’s Weakness

Then she went downstairs and knocked on the door of the fourth floor.

Fu Huayi had just woken up. “Who is it?”

“Brother Fu, it’s me.”

Her?

Fu Huayi quickly rinsed his mouth and put on his clothes before opening the door.

“Yaoyao…”

As soon as he spoke, both of them were stunned.

This was a name he only called her in his dreams.

Perhaps because he had just woken up from a dream, or perhaps because he had woken up too early, how did he let this address slip out?

To ease the awkwardness, he awkwardly said, “In my hometown, when addressing girls… we call them this way.”

Huh?

Wouldn’t that sound too… forward?

Is that acceptable to girls?

Lin Yuyao took out the food box. “Brother Fu, I thought you might not have much of an appetite since you have a cold and a fever, so I cooked some porridge. It’s quite light, you should try it.”

Fu Huayi nodded and took the box.

“Thank you.”

Lin Yuyao smiled. “You’re welcome. You’ve helped me a lot before.”

“It’s getting late, I have to go. It’s the weekend today, and there will be more people, so I have to get there early.”

“Then this food box…”

“Give it to me next time.”

“Okay.”

Lin Yuyao quickly went downstairs and rushed to work.

Although she now earns quite a lot from her writing, she couldn’t give up her regular job.

During the day, she reads books at the bookstore, constantly absorbing new knowledge.

After work in the evening, she outputs that knowledge onto paper.

Human energy is limited, after writing for two hours every day, her hands would get numb. Even if she didn’t work, she could only write this much.

Today she received a call from Sister Song Qin. “Yuyao, your sample books are out, I’ve already sent two copies to you. I used express mail, they should arrive today or tomorrow, so please pay attention to the receipt.”

Lin Yuyao was overjoyed. “Sister Qin, thank you.”

“You’re welcome. Take a look at the cover photo later. You mentioned last time that you didn’t want it to affect your normal life, and I thought about it, you’re right. You look like someone with thin skin, if it affects your normal life and you can’t write anymore, then I’d be losing out.”

Lin Yuyao smiled.

Song Qin continued, “The illustration is based on your photo, I specifically asked them to make it more abstract. If anyone asks, just say it’s a coincidence, don’t worry, just don’t admit it and you’ll be fine.”

“Okay, thank you.”

“Alright, remember to take a look as soon as you receive them and call me back. If there are no problems, we’ll start mass printing.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Jing curiously asked, “Who was that? You look so happy.”

Lin Yuyao thought to herself, these two sisters are so kind to me, keeping such a big thing from them, how awkward it would be if it was exposed in the future.

So she told her.

“I wrote a novel, and the publishing house said the sample books are out, they sent me two copies.”

“What? You wrote it?”

Lin Yuyao nodded.

Zhou Jing was shocked. “They’re publishing it?”

Lin Yuyao nodded again.

“Wow.” Zhou Jing looked her up and down, exclaiming, “I never knew, you can write.”

Lin Yuyao was a little embarrassed, she said softly, “I just tried it, and unexpectedly, it actually worked.”

Zhou Jing gave a thumbs up, praising, “Amazing, really amazing. When the book arrives, remember to let me see it.”

Lin Yuyao smiled slightly. “Definitely.”

Liu Yihuan also came over and asked, “What book arrived?”

Zhou Jing told her, “It’s Yuyao’s book.”

“Yuyao’s book?”

“Yes, unexpected, right? Yuyao can actually write books.”

“Really? Then when the book arrives, I want to read it too.”

Lin Yuyao smiled and said, “I’ll definitely let you see it when it arrives, but… don’t tell anyone, otherwise I won’t be able to work here.”

“Okay, okay, we won’t tell, we don’t want you to leave.”

After two months of getting along, she trusted their character.

If they promised not to tell, they wouldn’t.

Song Qin predicted that the book would arrive today or tomorrow, unexpectedly it came quite quickly, arriving at around six o’clock in the afternoon.

After receiving the package from the postman, Lin Yuyao eagerly opened it.

The cover only showed a profile of a person, outlined with simple lines.

It was clearly her, or rather, it looked very much like her.

That’s good, as long as she doesn’t admit it, it’s just a coincidence at most.

She quickly opened the book and flipped through it. Although the pages were slightly yellowed, the words were clear.

It showed that the equipment they used was relatively advanced.

She sat down and quickly flipped through it.

Liu Yihuan came over and saw it, and asked in surprise, “It arrived already?”

Lin Yuyao nodded and made a silencing gesture.

There were still a few customers in the store picking books.

Liu Yihuan lowered her voice. “Let me see.”

She gave her the other book, whispering, “I’ll lend this to you and Zhou Jing.”

Then she raised the book in her hand and said, “I’ll send this one to my parents.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll take it then.”

She took the book to find Zhou Jing and secretly whispered in her ear what she had said.

Zhou Jing looked at Lin Yuyao with a shocked expression, and the three of them exchanged smiles.

Lin Yuyao casually flipped through the book and then busied herself checking out customers. After work, she quickly returned home.

She turned on the fan and the desk lamp, sat down at her desk, and eagerly flipped through the book.

She didn’t mind the electricity cost, she even set the fan to level two.

Level two is indeed much cooler than level one.

Her stomach rumbled, and she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to eat dinner in her excitement.

She couldn’t sleep on an empty stomach.

Forget it, she’d just go downstairs and buy something to eat.

Just as she was thinking this, a knock came on her door.

“Yaoyao, are you home?”

Uh…

That address sounded a little awkward.

“Yes.”

She quickly got up to open the door and saw Fu Huayi standing at the door with her food box.

Fu Huayi said, “I’m returning your food box, did I disturb you?”

Lin Yuyao smiled and took it. “No, I didn’t expect you to still be here, I thought you had returned to the army.”

“I’ll go back tomorrow morning, today…” Today what?

He couldn’t say he had stayed here specifically to wait for her, could he?

Returning the food box, what a good excuse, he couldn’t miss this opportunity.

Lin Yuyao: “Did you go for another IV drip?”

Fu Huayi: …

“Ahem, yes.”

Lin Yuyao took a deep breath.

She thought, this tall and strong young man, he looks quite sturdy, but it turns out he’s weak inside, his body is so frail.

A cold requires several days of IV drips to recover.

“If you’re not feeling well, get more rest…”

“I’m fine.” Fu Huayi quickly interrupted.

“I can participate in training normally tomorrow morning.”

Lin Yuyao: …I’m not your superior, do you need to be so formal with me?

Thinking that she was about to go out for dinner…

She asked again, “By the way, have you eaten?”

Huh?

Fu Huayi was stunned, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Then he heard her say, “You haven’t? Then sit down for a while, I haven’t eaten either, I was just about to cook.”

This…

Then he hadn’t eaten.

“I don’t have much of an appetite today,” he said.