Chapter 4

The sound of the pen scratching on paper continued, page after page of the notebook filling up with text. Under the quiet attention of Fan Long, Ji Yichun, Lou Wenhao, and others, Zhao Yan occasionally turned a page and continued writing.

This was the first time they had seen Zhao Yan like this.

The group was both surprised by Zhao Yan's seriousness and curious about whether the novel he was writing with such seriousness would be exciting. Therefore, they all subconsciously kept quiet. Ji Yichun even helped Zhao Yan keep an eye on the homeroom teacher, ready to remind the fully focused Zhao Yan if the teacher suddenly walked into the classroom.

Fortunately, the homeroom teacher did not appear during this morning self-study period.

When Zhao Yan had written more than three pages, nearly two thousand words, the bell signaling the end of class rang. Normally, when the bell rang, Zhao Yan, with his personality, would have let out a huge sigh of relief, either standing up to play or stretching lazily. But this time, upon hearing the continuous bell, Zhao Yan frowned, feeling somewhat annoyed by the disturbance.

Even with the bell ringing, Zhao Yan continued writing. The sound of the bell and the increasing noise in the classroom did not make him put down his pen.

While Zhao Yan was still engrossed in writing, his phone had been passed from Lou Wenhao to He Qin Qin. He Qin Qin, curious, began reading the first one and a half chapters of "Full Moon Curved Blade" that Zhao Yan had written in the early hours of the morning.

At first glance, He Qin Qin's eyebrows slightly furrowed because Zhao Yan's writing style was very unconventional, with almost every sentence forming a paragraph.

This was naturally the writing style of Gu Long, who was known for his frugal use of words, especially in his later works, where many books were completed in just a few hundred thousand words.

With such a short length, the publishers found that it was not enough to make a book. What could they do?

It must be said that the publishers were also talented! They broke down each paragraph of Gu Long's works, making each sentence a separate paragraph. Although this approach made many readers feel uncomfortable while reading, Gu Long's fame and the quality of his works were such that even if the publishers went too far, as long as the story was written by Gu Long, there were still many book fans willing to buy it.

The "Full Moon Curved Blade" that Zhao Yan saw in his dream was written in this style, and after waking up, he wrote it in the same way. The entire "Full Moon Curved Blade" only had thirty-two chapters, and if it were not written in this style, the story would seem particularly short.

He Qin Qin continued reading with patience. When she read the scene where the first female character appeared naked, her face turned a bit red. When she read about the male protagonist, Ding Peng, falling into a trap to help the woman and being hung on a tree until nightfall, her brows remained furrowed.

After finishing the one and a half chapters on Zhao Yan's phone, He Qin Qin was still in a daze, blinking her eyes, feeling very strange inside.

From the writing style and word choice in these one and a half chapters, she felt that Zhao Yan's writing was average.

The descriptions of the environment, character appearances, and dialogues were all very rough, as if everything in the story was just brushed over. In the dialogues, there was only a bit of psychological description for the protagonist, Ding Peng, while the woman, who seemed to be the female lead, had no psychological description at all. He Qin Qin was very curious about who this woman was and whether she had really been captured by bad people and escaped, but the story was vague about these details.

However, strangely enough, even though He Qin Qin felt that Zhao Yan's writing was not that great, she was very eager to read the rest of the story, wanting to know if Ding Peng and the woman would end up together and if Ding Peng would succeed in challenging Liu Ruosong.

This feeling was too strange!

What she didn't know was that Gu Long's works were just that bizarre! When reading a single chapter or paragraph of Gu Long's works, they didn't seem particularly outstanding, but when reading the entire story, you would feel that this was the best way to tell the story!

Coming back to her senses, He Qin Qin couldn't help but look back at Zhao Yan again.

Zhao Yan was still writing, and this Zhao Yan gave He Qin Qin a different feeling, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. She gently placed Zhao Yan's phone back on his desk.

...

Zhao Yan's unusual behavior during the morning self-study period was noticed by more and more classmates after the class ended, but most people, after feeling a bit surprised, no longer paid attention.

For someone like Zhao Yan, who was at the bottom of the class in terms of academic performance, many people were too lazy to give him a second glance.

The girl sitting to He Qin Qin's left was named Meng Yao. After class, she held hands with another close female classmate and went to the restroom, chatting and laughing all the way.

On the way to the restroom, she casually mentioned Zhao Yan's behavior to the other girl.

"Hey! Xiao Tu! Do you know? Zhao Yan wrote a novel today, and Fan Long, Ji Yichun, and others said it was pretty good!"

Xiao Tu, which was Wang Ting's nickname and her online name, was somewhat curious upon hearing this: "Really? What kind of novel? Did you read it?"

Meng Yao: "No, but I heard the novel is called 'Full Moon Curved Blade,' and the female lead appears naked!"

Wang Ting: "Oh? Is it a pornographic novel? Zhao Yan is so shameless! Writing a pornographic novel and showing it to others in class! If the homeroom teacher finds out, he will definitely be in trouble again!"

Meng Yao: "Hehe! You're right!"

...

After the two girls returned from the restroom, Wang Ting casually told the other two girls what Meng Yao had said.

Wang Ting: "Hey! Did you see Zhao Yan writing something? Do you know what he's writing? Hehe! You definitely don't know!"

Girl A: "I saw him earlier, but who cares what he's writing! Is he writing a love letter to Xiao Mengyue from Class 1?"

Girl B: "Pfft! Zhao Yan has no self-awareness! How dare he like Xiao Mengyue from Class 1!"

Wang Ting: "Hehe! You're wrong! Zhao Yan is writing a pornographic novel!"

Girl B: "No way! Writing a pornographic novel in class? How shameless! Is he fantasizing about us being naked while he writes?"

Girl A looked back at Zhao Yan, who was sitting in the back row, and saw him with his head down. She patted her chest, which resembled a puffed-up rice cake, and sighed in relief: "Phew! That guy has his head down, so he must be fantasizing about Xiao Mengyue..."

"Pervert!"

"Disgusting!"

...

Zhao Yan, who was still engrossed in writing, had no idea that more and more classmates in the classroom already knew he was writing a pornographic novel, with the female lead appearing naked. What else could it be if not a pornographic novel?

The bell for the first class soon rang, and the rumor about Zhao Yan writing a pornographic novel temporarily stopped spreading.

The first class was physics.

The teacher was lecturing at the front, and Zhao Yan continued writing below.

He kept writing until just before the end of the class, when the third chapter was finally completed. When he finished the third chapter, Zhao Yan put down his pen and noticed that the middle finger of his writing hand had a slight indentation, and his hand was a bit sore. However, looking at the still-damp ink on the notebook, a sense of accomplishment welled up inside him, feeling so wonderful.

As he moved his sore fingers, a smile appeared on Zhao Yan's face. At that moment, Ji Yichun, who was sitting behind him, took advantage of the teacher turning to write on the blackboard and suddenly stood up, snatching the notebook in front of him.

"Let me see it first!"

Ji Yichun's voice was low but filled with excitement.

"Damn!"

"Shit!"

Fan Long on the right and Lou Wenhao on the left rear almost simultaneously let out frustrated curses. Hearing this, Zhao Yan's smile grew even wider.

The feeling of his novel being so popular was really great!

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