Xu Rui was Lux!
But what could he do to prove this?
Right, check Xu Rui's IP address and compare it with Lux's! Why didn't she think of such a good idea earlier?
At the thought of this, she quickly opened her own comment section and Ye Mu's comment section. Then, she compared the IP address of the long comment with the IP address of Lux's reply to the reader's comment. The result was exactly the same!
Xu Rui was Lux…Xu Rui was Lux…Xu Rui was Lux…
Xu Momo felt like she was dreaming. She repeated this sentence over and over again, but she still could not believe that it was the truth.
She placed the QQ app's page in the center of the screen. The profile picture of him at home was still lit up, indicating that he was still online.
If he didn't hook up now, when would he? A voice in Xu Momo's mind called out happily.
However, Xu Momo suddenly flinched.
Before she knew that Xu Rui was Lux, she had only treated him as an ordinary otaku who stayed at home and chatted with him casually. However, it was completely different now. He was actually the author that she had liked for almost two years!
In fact, it was a little difficult for her to completely connect Lux with the sickly otaku in reality. She even felt a little disillusioned. Although she did not care about Lux, the image of Lux in her mind was not like Xu Rui, but a gentle, handsome man with glasses.
However, when she thought about how Lux's profile picture was in her QQ friend list, how Lux had read her articles and written long comments about her, and how she had even entered Lux's bedroom, Xu Momo suddenly felt very... shy.
Moreover, Xu Rui was actually quite good-looking. If he did not have the dark circles under his eyes and the bird's nest like hair, his looks would not lose to his younger brother Xu Yi. In fact, he might even be better than Xu Yi.
Lux's QQ was now quietly in her friend list. This was something that millions of Twilight fans dreamed of!
Not to mention that she had not only obtained Lux's QQ number, but she also knew Lux's real name. She had even gone to his house for dinner. She believed that if it were any other Lux fans, they would definitely run over to him.
Thinking of this, Xu Momo felt that if she missed this opportunity now, she would definitely regret it ten years later.
So she grabbed the glass of water and gulped down a large mouthful of sour plum soup. Then, she boldly opened the chat box with Lux and typed in the sentence that had been hovering in her mind for a long time.
"Are you Lux?"
... Uh.
She swore that the word "ya" was definitely an accident.
"Cough, wrong number!" Xu Momo quickly explained," I wanted to ask, are you Lux?”
After waiting for a long time, she did not receive a reply from Xu Rui. Xu Momo glanced at the profile picture at the top of the dialog box and suddenly realized that Xu Rui had already gone offline.
*
Xu Rui was staring at the screen, his fingers moving rapidly on the keyboard.
That day's interruption was completely his mistake. In fact, he was a very strict person, even to the extent of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Although there was no one supervising him, his daily routine was precise to the minute, so he could not stand not updating for a night. His editor had even specially come to visit him because of this incident to see if anything had happened to him.
He felt very guilty about this. If he had saved more manuscripts of tens of thousands of words, such a thing would not have happened. Therefore, he decided not to rest until he finished playing Twilight. In fact, he had been writing for more than ten hours. In these ten hours, he had only eaten one takeaway kimbap and drank two mouthfuls of water. He didn't even have time to go to the toilet.
At 6:30 pm, he finally finished writing the ending of Nightfall. He let out a long sigh when he typed the last full stop, but his fingers did not immediately lift up from the keyboard.
…"Nightfall" was over.
He suddenly felt a strong sense of loss.
For the past year, he had devoted all his energy to this book.
In the beginning, this book was just a tool for him to escape from life, but gradually it became the full meaning of his life. He had been locked in his room for a long time and had even forgotten how to communicate with others.
When was the last time he spoke to someone? The time when Editor Fan came to visit him three months ago? He could no longer remember clearly.
No one knew better than him how sick this life was, but he had long known that he could no longer go back. Ever since the accident five years ago, he was no longer the original Xu Rui.
He closed the document and glanced at QQ out of habit. Not many people knew his QQ number. Most of them were editors, and there were a few art designers and university club members. He did not deliberately hide his contact information, but he did not like to be disturbed by strangers, so he would reject all friend requests without even looking at them. All of his QQ friends were added by him on his own initiative, and the editors who knew him knew that he had a strange temper, so when they wanted to introduce someone to him, they would send the other party's QQ number to him and ask him to add them on his own initiative.
Therefore, in the past two years, his only " social activities " were through QQ chat.
He had only added one new friend in the past two months, and that was Xu Momo, whose QQ nickname was " Granny Xu from Daming Lake."
When his father stuffed Xu Momo's pen name under the door, his first reaction was to throw the paper into the trash can. But when he picked up the piece of paper, he was stunned.
He remembered this pen name.
Yes, he had once read Xu Momo's novel " The Adventurer's Guide to the Otherworld Continent."
He spent most of his free time reading. Although he read more western fantasy books, he had also read a lot of online novels recently. No matter what, he was a web novel writer who relied on his readers 'popularity to make a living. Understanding the public's tastes and trends was something he had to do.
By chance, he clicked on a self-recommendation post in the newbie section of Weihe Forum.
The person who posted that thread was Granny Xu, and the topic was also western fantasy. This wasn't surprising, because more and more people were writing about western fantasy.
Due to the rise of Nightfall, western fantasy had gone from cold to cold in the past two years, and the unpopular Siberian genre had become a hot topic. The number of new authors writing about western fantasy had increased by quite a bit. Most of them were Ye Mu's fans, and the things they wrote were mostly the same. Many of them even borrowed memes from Ye Mu. Most of these novels were not creative, and only a few became popular. Only a few of them were successful in terms of writing style and plot.
However, no one could replicate Lux's success.
Nightfall was like a bright star. In just a few short months, it had gathered an unimaginable popularity. In the entire Wei River network, almost no one could stand shoulder to shoulder with its brilliance.
However, Xu Rui knew that Twilight was not a perfect work. It still had many flaws. He also knew that some of the later works, such as Rose Musketeer, were also very outstanding, but they appeared too late. Nightfall had already taken the most dazzling throne at the top. Relying on its huge readership and the publicity it brought, it had secured its throne. No other work could push it down from its throne.
Xu Rui usually only took a glance at the copy of a western fantasy novel written by a new author before closing it. However, Granny Xu's article attracted his attention.
Most Western fantasy novels were used to borrowing the medieval setting that was commonly seen in Western novels. The race setting was elves, dwarves, and so on. However, this novel used the worldview setting that the author wrote himself.
The world in the Foreignland Adventure Manual was an exiled planet that was independent of the universe. The laws of physics that people were familiar with did not apply to this planet at all. There were 17 intelligent races on this planet, and the protagonist was a member of the Rift Valley Race, living in the depths of a huge rift valley on the planet.
Not only did the author give the names of the 17 races, their basic appearances, and habits, but she also drew sketches of the images of these races. Although the sketches looked no different from the doodles of a seven-year-old child, it was obvious that the author had put a lot of thought into it.
She also wrote about 3,000 words of a brief history of each race. Each race had a different language and culture. There was also a detailed map of the planet that she had drawn on the document. From the rivers to the mountains, all the details were clear.
However, the data for that article was very bleak, and there were very few comments.
It could be seen that the author had put a lot of effort into writing this article, but why was no one interested?
Xu Rui immediately clicked on the first chapter and read it curiously. He quickly realized where the problem was. The author must have spent a lot of effort to construct her world, so she couldn't wait to present the whole world to the readers at the beginning of the story. She spent a lot of time introducing the background of this world and the history of various races, but she forgot that she was writing a web novel and not a research paper.
The most important thing was that Xu Rui glanced at her latest update date. It was the 13th of last month. She had not updated for a month.
... This is too damn lazy!
Xu Rui closed the webpage in disappointment.
It was rare for him to meet a setting maniac like himself, so he felt quite happy.
Unfortunately, the other party was the king of traps.
However, this incident made Xu Rui silently remember the name of Granny Xu.
So when he saw the words "Granny Xu" on the note, he immediately remembered this matter. Then, he found out that Granny Xu was one of his readers and even wrote a long review for him.
He would always read the readers 'long reviews carefully because they were the readers' most direct feedback on his articles. This was very important to a writer. Even if he didn't reply, he would copy them and save them in the network disk. When he had time, he would open them and take a look.
The long review written by Granny Xu was not the usual kind of empty talk. It could be seen that she read the article very carefully, and even raised several doubts and foreshadowing that many readers did not notice.
Xu Rui was suddenly interested because he hadn't seen such a long review in a long time. He registered a new reader account and wrote a long review for the Otherworld Continent Adventure Manual. After writing the long review, he suddenly felt a little thirsty, but the mineral water in the room was all gone.
He decided to go out and get a glass of water.
He knew that there was usually no one at home during the day, so he would occasionally go out of the room to exercise.
The moment he pushed open the door, Xu Rui was instantly petrified. For a moment, he could not understand what he was seeing.
He saw a tall stranger with long curly brown hair standing in the living room.
…A girl?
*
His entire body froze.
The girl turned around and saw him.
She had a slightly plump figure, fair skin, a round face, big eyes, slightly drooping eyes, and slightly open red lips. She wasn't a standard beauty, but she had the gentle temperament of a girl-next-door.
Xu Rui realized that she was about the same age as his brother. Wait, how old is his brother this year? Being two years younger than him meant…
Xu Rui's mind was suddenly filled with all kinds of strange thoughts.
Why was there a young girl at home?
Could she be that rascal Xu Yi's girlfriend? He remembered that Xu Yi had gone to A University to study, so this girl must be a top student at A University?
He couldn't remember the last time he had seen a young girl. The long-term self-seclusion made him completely forget how to react in front of a " beautiful member of the opposite sex." If Xu Momo knew that she was considered a " beautiful member of the opposite sex " in Xu Rui's eyes, she would definitely laugh her head off.
Just as Xu Rui's entire body stiffened and his palms were drenched in cold sweat, he heard the girl suddenly say,"Hello, you…"
Her voice was especially gentle, causing Xu Rui's heart to tremble. He retreated back into the room as if he had been electrocuted and closed the door with a bang.
*
After that, it was the day of the delivery.
Xu Rui already knew that Xu Momo was the girl who appeared in the living room. When Xu Momo knocked on the door, he was lying on the bed playing a PSP. Because the keyboard was broken and he didn't have a spare one, he could only play games to pass the time.
He heard Xu Momo knock on the door for a while, then there was no sound. He thought that this was the same as the time when he delivered the crabs. He thought that the other party had left the things at the door and left.
However, he did not expect what happened next. As soon as he opened the door, a warm body leaned towards him.
He was shocked and subconsciously dodged backward.
In the end, the girl fell flat on her face.
He looked at the girl on the ground, his mind blank.
Wait a minute, according to common sense, what should he do in such a situation?
He had been alone in the room for too long, and he had no idea how to deal with such an emergency.
Before he realized what he had done, he instinctively reached out to the girl.
However, the other party did not hesitate to hold his palm tightly and even said,"Thank you."
What should he say? Under the gaze of those bright eyes, he suddenly tensed up as if he was facing a great enemy. The fast writer who could write more than 5,000 words per hour suddenly felt as if his brain had crashed. He couldn't even remember a simple " you're welcome ".
His thoughts were as erratic as his gaze. In the end, he chose to stare at a game poster behind the girl.
Damn it, how long was she planning to stay here? Didn't she already deliver the things? Why aren't you going out yet?
He pursed his lips tightly and forced himself not to show any expression.
He couldn't remember how he took the keyboard from the other party. When he heard the girl's footsteps leaving the room, he suddenly heaved a sigh of relief. He quickly walked to the door and closed it tightly. The confined space made him feel calm and comfortable again. He took a deep breath and returned to his computer desk. He quickly signed the form and stuffed it under the door.
After doing all this, he turned around and sat on the floor, leaning against the door.
A strong sense of self-loathing welled up in his heart.
"What am I doing?" he muttered in self-mockery.
*
After obtaining the new keyboard, he began to focus on finishing the remaining chapters of " Twilight " while gathering information and looking for inspiration for the outline of the new novel.
And tonight, he finally finished writing " Twilight ".
He opened his QQ and was about to tell his web novel editor about this news, but he realized that his QQ was offline.
He glanced at the bottom right corner and noticed that his network was disconnected.
He checked and realized that the internet at home might be out of service.
He suddenly remembered the note that his father had stuffed into the door this morning. The note said that he would be going to C City for a few days on a business trip. He also left a room key, a room key that Xu Rui thought he would never need.
Therefore, it was impossible for anyone to help Xu Rui pay the internet fee now. He rummaged through the drawers for a long time and finally found the phone that he had not used for a long time. He randomly dialed a number and sadly realized that it was indeed offline.
There was only half an hour left until the fixed update time at night. With mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, he could not bear to stop updating again.
But what should he do?
Xu Rui propped his elbows on the table and covered his forehead in distress.
The only way now was to leave the house, find a nearby internet cafe, and update tonight's chapter.
The thought of leaving home and going to the crowded, narrow, and smoke-filled internet cafe made Xu Rui feel flustered. Other than the time he was forced to move, he had not left his room for more than half a year. He couldn't stand the bright streets and the noisy crowds. To ordinary people, these things were normal, but to him, they were as terrifying as a flood and a beast.
However, he couldn't bear to stop updating.
He covered his head and leaned on the table. After a few minutes, he suddenly pushed the chair away and stood up. He turned around and walked quickly to the door.
He placed his hand on the doorknob.
- Do I really have to leave the room?
Many twisted faces suddenly appeared in his mind. Those people were all staring at him and whispering. Everyone was laughing at him for being a good-for-nothing Loser, a scum of society.
He felt his knuckles tremble slightly, and his body began to lose control.
Damn it! He cursed to himself and let go of the door handle.
His legs went limp and he knelt on the ground. He slammed his fist on the door. Intense self-loathing flooded him again.
*
Xu Momo waited for a while more, but she still didn't see "Squatting at Home" come online.
She looked at the time and realized that it was already past 7:07. She opened the content page of " Twilight " and realized that " Twilight " still hadn't been updated today.
There were already people discussing this matter in the comments section.
"Yingying, what happened to the update?!! Lux stood us up again!”
"There's no update! I beg the author to come out and explain!"
"Don't be like this. Maybe the author has something on today?”
"Even if there's something, you can't make us wait in vain! I've been waiting all night!”
"Isn't our time? So what if he was a god? Even the Almighty couldn't go back on his word!!”
There was no lack of such fierce comments.
Xu Momo was a little angry. What about the Almighty? The Almighty was also human! Couldn't the Almighty get sick occasionally?
She immediately posted a comment,[The author is not a typing machine. It's understandable that he can't update occasionally!] Maybe Lux's family ran out of money and cut off the internet?”
Of course, Xu Momo didn't know that she was right.
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