After wandering around the Liyue Harbor night market with Xiangling and Hu Tao for a long time, Fang Qiu finally returned home.
She lay on the bed for a while.
Suddenly, Fang Qiu remembered something very serious.
She...
Had forgotten to eat!
After eating a piece of cake and a glass of juice to briefly fill her stomach, she had completely forgotten about this matter.
She had originally planned to take them out for something good to eat...
Forget it, it's so late, she didn't really want to go out anymore.
She'd just make a bowl of plain vegetarian noodles...
Recall past bitterness to cherish present sweetness; remain vigilant in times of peace.
She shouldn't engage in too much "revenge spending."
Having lived in Liyue for so long, lighting the stove had become a smooth, continuous motion for her.
Coupled with her abundant experience with instant noodles from her past life.
A bowl of plain noodles with nothing added but seasonings, with only a few specks of oil floating on the soup surface, was ready.
Looking at this bowl of clear soup and plain noodles, Fang Qiu gritted her teeth, picked up the chili jar, scooped a small spoonful of chili oil with crushed peppers, and put it into the bowl.
As soon as that spoonful of chili oil fell into the soup, dots of red oil quickly bloomed outward.
A faint spicy fragrance constantly stimulated Fang Qiu's taste buds.
"This little bit should be fine, right."
Fang Qiu nodded with satisfaction.
She had bought this jar of chili oil a few days ago. Although it was the mildest flavor, she hadn't really dared to use it...
It was time to work up the courage to try it.
Fang Qiu didn't rush to start eating. Instead, she walked to her desk and brought her manuscript to the dining table.
She wanted to read through her own book while eating to see if there were any parts written incorrectly.
She did not retain the jade pendant setting from the Sword and Fairy 3 TV series, but instead changed the meeting between the male protagonist, Jing Tian, and the female protagonist, Tang Xuejian, back to the plot from the game.
However, Fang Qiu decided to keep their personalities consistent with the TV series.
Jing Tian: the world is big, but happiness is the biggest. He wants to become a great hero and a rich man, but he has a sense of justice and empathy in his heart.
Tang Xuejian: willful and spoiled in character, but soft-hearted and understanding inside.
Thinking of this, Fang Qiu picked up some noodles, gently pursed her lips to blow on the steaming strands, and then put them into her mouth.
The aroma of the seasonings instantly filled her mouth, and at the same time, the spiciness of the chili brought a slight stinging sensation.
It was okay...
It was at the limit of what she could accept.
Fang Qiu breathed a small sigh of relief. Although she couldn't handle spice well, it seemed she could still eat a tiny bit.
Under the bright candlelight, Fang Qiu read the manuscript from a reader's perspective while eating her noodles.
There were many reasons for reading from a reader's perspective.
But the most important point was that when an author writes a book, they have a "God's eye view." The author knows the subsequent content, such as the world-building and so on.
This often leads many authors to subconsciously make a mistake: writing information that the current characters do not actually know.
Therefore, after finishing the writing, it is particularly important to read it again from a reader's perspective.
After taking another mouthful of noodles, Fang Qiu began to read earnestly.
Yuzhou City, Yong'an Pawnshop.
Jing Tian was lying in bed sleeping. Just as he was sleeping soundly, he was suddenly woken up by the sound of a door opening.
Jing Tian's heart tightened, thinking it was a thief. But as soon as he got up, he locked eyes awkwardly with a young girl in red who had just opened the door to the room.
The girl in red was very calm; she turned to leave.
Jing Tian immediately shouted for her to stop.
The girl in red turned back angrily. She told Jing Tian that she was not a thief, but Tang Xuejian, the Eldest Miss of the Tang family, and that Yong'an Pawnshop was a property of the Tang family, so she had the right to freely enter any part of it.
However, Jing Tian didn't believe her at all and wanted to drag her to the authorities.
To prove her identity and to stop Jing Tian from shouting for help, Tang Xuejian took out a unique hidden weapon of the Tang Sect.
Consequently, Jing Tian admitted defeat on the spot and asked the dignified Eldest Miss Tang what business she had at Yong'an Pawnshop, offering his help.
Tang Xuejian took out a teapot lid that had shattered into two halves and handed it to Jing Tian, asking if he had seen one like it.
Jing Tian told Tang Xuejian that although he didn't have one here, he could forge an identical one.
Seeing that there were indeed many counterfeits in Jing Tian's room that were almost indistinguishable from the originals, Tang Xuejian handed the broken teapot lid to Jing Tian and decided to let him try.
However, just as Jing Tian took the teapot lid, an earthquake occurred.
Tang Xuejian threw herself into Jing Tian's arms, knocking him down with her.
The first thing Jing Tian did upon crawling up was to fret over his counterfeits.
Tang Xuejian, on the other hand, asked him if he was in pain.
Just as Jing Tian said it didn't hurt, Tang Xuejian told him that when they fell just now, the poisonous hidden weapon had injured him.
Jing Tian immediately claimed he was dizzy and about to die.
Tang Xuejian told Jing Tian that she didn't have the antidote on her. She told him to bring the finished teapot lid to the outskirts of the city the next night to find her, and she would give him the antidote then.
Thus, Jing Tian, who had originally planned to ask for payment, didn't dare to speak up.
The subsequent plot consisted of some daily life scenes.
This part also introduced He Biping and Maomao: one a miser, the other Jing Tian's follower.
This slice-of-life section was also used to explain the world-building.
Following that plot, Jing Tian went to the outskirts to deliver the teapot lid, only to discover that besides the handover, Tang Xuejian was also collecting dew.
Through their chat, it was revealed that Tang Xuejian's grandfather, the Master of the Tang Sect, was currently suffering from a grave illness and needed the dew for treatment.
Just at that moment, the Poison Men appeared.
The plot ended here.
Fang Qiu looked it over carefully. From the perspective of a Liyue reader, it shouldn't be difficult to understand.
Satisfied, Fang Qiu put down the manuscript and focused on eating her plain noodles.
While eating, Fang Qiu couldn't help but lament that her progress was simply too slow.
She had written with total concentration for three or four shichen—that is, six or seven hours—and had only produced this much content.
If it were on a computer, the content would be at least double.
However, writing by hand had its advantages.
She felt that she was much more focused when writing a novel by hand than on a computer.
This feeling was especially obvious after switching to a quill pen.
After all, she didn't have to spend energy on how to write good calligraphy brushstrokes.
Moreover, because it was difficult to make corrections when writing by pen, Fang Qiu would consider every word and sentence carefully.
In this way, the quality of the written novel was raised to a higher level.
After finishing the plain noodles, Fang Qiu put the manuscript back on the desk. She had intended to write a bit more, until the appearance of Xu Changqing.
But before she could even pick up the pen, Fang Qiu suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness wash over her, so she decided to rest first.
Never do today what can be done tomorrow.
This is the basic cultivation of a "pigeon."
No, that's not it. It's because she was already very tired today, and forcing herself to write would affect the quality, so she would sleep first and write again tomorrow.
After all, sharpening the axe does not delay the work of cutting firewood.
Having convinced herself, she washed up, locked the doors and windows, and immediately lay down on the bed.
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