Chapter 304: Do it now! I can’t wait!
Li Luo was relieved for only one night.

When he woke up the next morning, he glanced at the update list of "Literary Age" and was surprised to find that Xu Youyu had updated four chapters in one night!
The next night, Xu Youyu updated three chapters in a row, suppressing the rising trend of average subscriptions.

On the morning of June 6, Li Luo got up early in the morning and looked at the table of contents of "Literary Age". Suddenly, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Seven updates in two days!

Is this still the senior schoolmate he knows?

In order to win, you really will do anything!
After washing up and waking up Ying Chanxi, Li Luo came to Xu Youyu's bedroom. Looking at the face of his senior who was sleeping soundly, he sighed helplessly and poked her face.

"Senior, wake up, are you going for a morning run?"

"Hmm..." Xu Youyu was woken up by him. He opened his eyes and looked, then immediately closed them again. He slapped Li Luo's face lightly and muttered, "Don't bother me. I'm so sleepy... You guys go run. I won't run."

"What time did you go to bed last night?"

"Um... two o'clock? Or three o'clock? I can't remember..."

"Is it necessary to fight so hard..." Li Luo said helplessly, "It's just a small bet. What's the big deal if I lose?"

"Yeah, so what if I lose." Xu Youyu forced his eyes open and rolled his eyes at him, "I'll give this to someone first."

"Well... my Silver Alliance is mainly to celebrate Senior Sister's birthday."

"Then thank you so much." Xu Youyu laughed twice, "Isn't it natural for me to be a member of the Silver Alliance? I'm also thanking you for your birthday gift."

Li Luo: “…”

What Xu Youyu said made so much sense that Li Luo was unable to refute it for a moment.

"So what is your average subscription now?" Li Luo asked.

"Hehe." Speaking of this, Xu Youyu suddenly laughed with some pride, "It barely maintained at 9850."

"But the Silver Alliance added tens of thousands of collections to my collection... Although most of them are just for show, and many people just want to grab the treasure chest, there are still quite a few people who have actually read my book."

"In the past two days, I guess quite a few people have finished reading the free chapters, especially since today is Monday..."

"What happened on Monday?" Li Luo asked puzzledly.

“More people read books on Monday.”

"Oh, that's true."

This is also a very counter-intuitive thing.

Unlike some other entertainment items, online literature is read by more people on weekdays and school days.

Perhaps it’s because when it’s the weekend, when everyone has a lot of free time, they may not necessarily spend their leisure time writing online.

As a result, when I go to school or work, I am happy to take a break from my busy schedule and read some online articles during these short breaks.

This trend was not obvious before, and was even reversed. However, since the Qidian Reading app became popular last year, and the proportion of reading novels on mobile phones gradually surpassed that on PC, this trend has become more and more obvious.

"Then do I still have a chance to win?" Li Luo raised his eyebrows.

It has been more than nine months since the book was put on the shelves in August last year, plus the two months of the new book period.

It has been almost a year since Xu Youyu wrote this book.

The total number of words in "Literary Era" has reached over 140 million.

Although it is not as high as Li Luo’s current number of 220 million, it is not particularly small either.

With more words and chapters, the average subscription growth rate will only get slower and slower.

Unless there is some big hit plot that attracts a lot of new readers at once, or there is some strong recommendation position to attract traffic.

Otherwise, the further back in a book goes, the harder it will be to adjust the subscription.

For example, the reason why Xu Youyu's "Literary Age" can continue to grow is, on the one hand, naturally because the editor arranged a recommended position for it, as well as Li Luo's chapter recommendation and the support of the Silver Alliance.

But after her word count reached this stage, word of mouth began to ferment, and she gradually became a popular figure among readers, receiving a lot of positive reviews.

At this rate, combined with the traffic brought by the Silver Alliance, if Xu Youyu did not update today, Li Luo estimated that by the evening, "Literary Age" would have 10,000 subscriptions.

In fact, if Xu Youyu hadn’t worked so hard these past two days, we should have had 10,000 orders yesterday.

However, after hearing what Li Luo said, Xu Youyu got up from the bed a little worriedly, sat in front of the computer, opened the writer's backend and took a look, and then his face changed.

Because the average subscription has increased from 9850 in the early morning to 9900!
It's only been a few hours!
Seeing this scene, Xu Youyu was so scared that he quickly opened the backstage draft box and sent out two more chapters. He immediately lowered the average subscription and felt a little relieved.

"No..." After watching her post two new chapters, Li Luo was a little dumbfounded, "Where did you get so many manuscripts in stock?"

"Heh." Xu Youyu smiled coldly, "Don't underestimate people's potential when they are facing desperate situations, okay?"

"This is not a desperate situation... I won't do anything to you if I win."

"But if I lose, I can't do this and then that to my junior." Xu Youyu sighed.

Li Luo: “……?”

"You said first this, then that, what do you want?"

"That'll have to wait until I win."

"Ha, ha..." Li Luo pondered for a moment and took out his cell phone, "It seems that a silver alliance is not enough."

"Stop it!" Xu Youyu jumped up from the chair and threw Li Luo onto the bed. He snatched his phone and threw it aside. Then he grabbed his collar viciously and said, "I'm seriously warning you, kid. If you dare to give me a reward from the Silver Alliance again, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Stop, stop, stop. That's all I'm saying." Li Luo quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Since you're awake now, why don't we go for a morning run?"

Seeing that he might lose the bet, Li Luo still planned to try harder, at least using morning jogging to help Xu Youyu consume some energy.

Otherwise, if she writes two more chapters, it will be really difficult to reach 10,000 subscriptions before midnight tonight.

However, Xu Youyu obviously did not want to go for a morning jog. After letting go of Li Luo, he lay down directly in the bed.

But she was afraid that Li Luo would bother her again, so she pulled Li Luo's hand and touched her body, then shouted: "This is indecent! This is indecent! Xixi, come and save me! Li Luo is bullying me! He wants to touch my breasts!"

"Fuck!"

Li Luo's hand was pressed against Xu Youyu's chest.

Fortunately, he resisted for a while, and after the dislocation, he pressed on Xu Youyu's shoulder.

But when he heard hurried footsteps coming from the corridor outside, Li Luo suddenly panicked, hurriedly shook off Xu Youyu's hand, and took several steps back.

At this time, Ying Chanxi had already run to the door of the study, pushed it open and rushed in, then froze in place: "You guys..."

“Xixi!” Xu Youyu tried hard to squeeze his eyes, but unfortunately his acting skills needed improvement, so he couldn’t squeeze out many tears. He complained with a sad face, “Li Luo…”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Luo immediately interrupted her with a dark face, "I just came to wake you up, but you didn't want to get up, and you had to throw dirty water on me."

Ying Chanxi looked at Li Luo with some suspicion, but he didn't believe he was that kind of person.

Youxi's senior sister usually loves to joke around. Seeing her trying to look pitiful but with a smile on her face, Ying Chanxi said helplessly, "Senior sister, you're scaring me to death."

"Ahem..." After realizing that he seemed to have been exposed, Xu Youyu immediately threw the quilt over his head and said sullenly, "Anyway, go for a morning run. Don't drag me along. I still need to sleep."

"Alright, alright." Ying Chanxi hurriedly pulled Li Luo out of the study, "Senior sister, go back to sleep. I won't let him disturb you."

Having said that, Ying Chanxi considerately helped Xu Youyu close the door.

"You are such a fool." Ying Chanxi pulled Li Luo to the living room and rolled his eyes at him. "If the senior wants to sleep, let her sleep."

"Then next time if you want to continue sleeping, I won't call you?"

"That's different!" Ying Chanxi glared at him, "I want to go for a morning run, but senior sister really doesn't want to."

"alright."

At least I didn't get blamed for being a gangster.

If this is misunderstood, I will never be able to clear myself even if I jump into the Yin River.

……

After packing up and putting on their backpacks, the two of them headed to the No. 1 Affiliated Middle School, where they met up with Yan Zhusheng on the playground, and the three of them started running.

The 7th and 8th are the days of the national college entrance examination.

The Affiliated No. 1 Middle School did not close the school, nor did it give holidays to the first and second year high school students. Instead, two routes were specially planned.

Houde Road, which is usually crowded, serves as a dedicated dining route for first and second year high school students, and completely separates them from the third year high school teaching building.

On the other side, Boxue Road is designated as a special passage for senior high school students, and only senior high school students are allowed to pass through during this period.

Ordinary first and second year high school students are not allowed to leave the classroom except to go to the toilet starting from morning self-study.

During lunch time, each class had to line up and go out quietly, and they could only eat on the first floor of the cafeteria.

The second floor is reserved for senior high school students in need.

After running, Li Luo and the other two walked towards the cafeteria. When passing by the senior high school teaching building, Li Luo glanced at the yellow bars surrounding it and said, "It will be our turn in two years."

"In a year, it will be the senior's turn." Ying Chanxi added.

"Why do you sound a little impatient?"

"No way!" Ying Chanxi glared at him.

After breakfast, the three of them returned to the first-year high school teaching building and separated at the entrance of the corridor on the third floor.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng walked into the classroom, sat in their seats and stretched, then asked Yan Zhusheng to take out the history textbook and reinforce the knowledge points that needed to be memorized in this course during the morning self-study.

Wait until the first class starts.

Because Li Luo had already taught all the courses for this semester in advance and there was no homework to do in the first class, Yan Zhusheng secretly passed a note to Li Luo.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Next time on my birthday, do you want me to play Monopoly with you again?
Li Luo glanced at Teacher Ding on the podium, then glanced at the contents in the draft book, and suddenly became speechless.

[Li Luo]: You are addicted to playing, right?
[Yan Zhusheng]: It’s very interesting, don’t you think?

[Li Luo]: Playing once is enough. It will be a bit boring if you do it again.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Don’t you like the feeling of having three girlfriends at the same time?
Li Luo: …

[Yan Zhusheng]: If you didn’t deny it, then you like him? [Li Luo]: Don’t talk nonsense!
[Yan Zhusheng]: So how should I celebrate my birthday?
[Li Luo]: How did you live in the past?

[Yan Zhusheng]: If my mother is free, she will spend time with me. We will play the piano and sing together.

[Yan Zhusheng]: If my mother is not free, she will buy me a cake and I will eat the cake while watching TV.

[Li Luo]: We will spend your birthday with you this year.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Okay.

[Yan Zhusheng]: But before my birthday, there will be a class tour.

【Li Luo】：What?
[Yan Zhusheng]: Huanhuan and the others said this in private.

[Li Luo]: What do you mean, traveling in groups?
[Yan Zhusheng]: Huanhuan and her classmates said that they would be divided into classes in their second year of high school, and many students might not be assigned to the same class, so they were thinking about organizing a trip during the summer vacation.

[Yan Zhusheng]: They had a heated discussion in the dormitory yesterday. The vice-class monitor said she would find time to ask for your opinion today.

【Li Luo】：Oh, I see.

Li Luo nodded in understanding, probably understanding what the girls meant.

In fact, it is similar to a graduation trip, except that they are still far from graduation, but the class 8 of Grade 1 is indeed about to "graduate".

During this year or so, the students in Class 8 got along quite well with each other.

Although Yan Zhusheng did not get along well with his roommates at the beginning of the school year due to some actions of the female sports committee member.

But later, with Li Luo's guidance and help, they now get along pretty well.

After that, we went through group activities such as sports meets, New Year's Eve parties, and three major ball games, and everyone became completely familiar with each other.

Unfortunately, at this juncture, the second year of high school has to be divided into classes.

Many people have already determined their three elective subjects, and some are destined not to be assigned to the same class. Faced with the impending separation, sentimental girls will naturally feel more touched.

Although we will still be in the same school in the future, after the class division, I guess most people won’t say a word to each other.

At first, you might just nod and say hello when you meet.

Over time, as time goes by and we become more distant, we may not even nod.

That being said, it's not impossible to plan a travel activity before the class division.

In Li Luo's memory, when he was in elementary school, the school would organize a spring outing activity.

Later, when I entered junior high school and then high school, there were no more similar school activities.

But traveling with classmates is indeed a wonderful experience.

[Li Luo]: Let Hua Xiuxiu discuss this with me first. There is no rush. It won’t be too late to think about it after the final exams.

[Li Luo]: Moreover, if we organize it ourselves, how to reassure parents will also be a problem. We need to think about it carefully.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Oh.

Yan Zhusheng didn't think so much.

She just thought that if they were divided into classes, then only the students in Class 8 would go out traveling together, and Xixi and the senior would not be there.

Li Luo didn't guess Yan Zhusheng's little thoughts, but he felt that this class tour was quite meaningful, so he made a note of it in his mind and added it to the task list of the memory palace to be dealt with later.

……

During the lunch break at noon, Hua Xiuxiu came over as expected.

After listening to this, Li Luo asked, "So what are your current plans?"

"My plan..." Hua Xiuxiu frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "First, collect opinions from classmates and see where everyone wants to go. Find a place with the most people, and then contact the relevant travel agencies."

"Just listen to me." Li Luo sighed, took out a pen and paper, and wrote a few points on it, "First, don't discuss the travel location with all the classmates. We can decide it privately by ourselves, and try to choose a place close to Yuhang City."

"Second, we don't need to find a travel agency. We can rent a bus ourselves and at most get a private tour guide."

"Third, ask Mr. Kong in advance if he is willing to be a guarantor. If a teacher endorses it, it will be easier to convince the parents of the classmates."

"Fourth, if it really doesn't work, I'll ask my parents. Anyway, when we students go out to travel, we must be accompanied by our parents."

"Fifth, after deciding on a travel destination, how do you plan your time? Do you want to go there for just the day, or do you want to stay overnight?"

"Sixth, after confirming the time and place, how to allocate the relevant expenses, and the action plan and related expenses after arriving at the tourist attraction."

"Seventh, how to ensure the safety of students during the trip so that parents can rest assured."

"That's all for now."

After Li Luo finished writing, he handed the paper to Hua Xiuxiu and said with a smile, "Do you want to try to solve it yourself first, or do you want me to do it?"

Hearing what Li Luo said, Hua Xiuxiu immediately raised her eyebrows, snorted and took the paper: "I can do it myself."

"Don't tell your classmates yet." Li Luo reminded, "First draw up a framework, and then work on the details slowly."

The most taboo thing in this kind of collective activity is absolute democracy.

Everyone was talking at once, you had an opinion, I had an idea, and in the end I didn't know who to listen to.

Therefore, the best way is to concentrate the decision-making power. After two or three people have determined the specific itinerary plan, the others just need to execute it.

But after all, they are still high school students, and Li Luo estimates that there won’t be many people who can participate in the class tour.

Many parents would not feel comfortable letting their children participate in such private travel activities.

There are forty people in the class, and it is considered a lot if twenty can come in the end.

Thinking of this, Li Luo handed the task over to Hua Xiuxiu and asked her to think of a countermeasure first.

Anyway, it’s still early, so we can wait until after the final exams to decide on specific actions.

……

Hua Xiuxiu was sent away at noon, and in the evening, Li Luo received the first planning proposal.

After picking out a few quibbles, Li Luo rejected the plan and asked Hua Xiuxiu to continue thinking about it.

After the evening self-study session, Li Luo followed Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu back home. While Ying Chanxi was taking a shower, Li Luo secretly asked Xu Youyu, "What's the average subscription?"

"9967." Xu Youyu replied and immediately walked into his bedroom, apparently going to continue working hard.

Li Luo looked at the time. It was still nine o'clock in the evening.

If Xu Youyu does not update in the remaining three hours, then with the increase in the Silver Alliance, it will be easy to get 10,000 subscriptions before midnight.

But if Xu Youyu updates two more chapters...

Thinking of this, Li Luo sighed and thought that he had to use his trump card.

but……

After taking a shower, Ying Chanxi pulled Li Luo into the room and asked him to help blow dry her hair.

After blow-drying my hair, I would sit next to him and watch him type.

It was not until about eleven o'clock in the evening that Li Luo coaxed her back to her room to sleep.

After confirming that Ying Chanxi had returned to the room, Li Luo quietly slipped out of his room, came to Xu Youyu's door, and knocked gently.

No one responded.

Li Luo knocked again and asked softly, "Senior, Senior?"

Still no one paid attention to him.

So Li Luo had to open the door slightly. Before he looked inside, a clapping sound came from the room.

Xu Youyu was sitting in front of the computer with great concentration. Next to her was the speaker that Ying Chanxi gave her, which was playing soothing music.

Her hands danced on the keyboard like butterflies and as fast as thunder.

Li Luo looked at his phone again.

"Literary Age" has not been updated yet!
"What are you doing?" Xu Youyu turned his head and said unhappily when he heard the door open, "Don't bother me, or I'll beat you up."

"Ahem... I have something important to talk to you about." Li Luo said quickly, "Senior sister, have you forgotten? Today is your birthday, and I still have a gift for you."

"Then hurry up, I still need to type."

"Why are you still typing?" Li Luo walked over to Xu Youyu, massaged her shoulders, and pulled her hands off the keyboard. "My gift is quite special. You have to savor it carefully, and it will take quite a while to prepare."

Xu Youyu: “……?”

"Are you sure your gift is decent?"

Xu Youyu, who was used to driving in books, was still typing at high speed at this time. After hearing what Li Luo said, he suddenly had wrong thoughts.

Li Luo was reminded by her and finally realized what was happening. His face darkened immediately and he immediately denied it: "Don't talk nonsense, this is a serious gift!"

"It's not something to drink, is it?" Xu Youyu laughed, his expression quite meaningful.

"...I did drink it." Li Luo twitched his lips, "but it's not what you think."

"What was I thinking about? I wasn't thinking about anything." Xu Youyu laughed, "Then take it out and show it to me. What do you want me to drink?"

"Well, wait a moment." Having said that, Li Luo turned and walked out of the study. After a while, he came back with two boxes and put them on the ground.

"What are these?" Xu Youyu was driving, but he was still a little surprised to see two boxes of things.

Squatting down and watching Li Luo unpack the box, Xu Youyu discovered that it was a full box filled with various types of wine!
"I see that you usually only drink beer." Li Luo tapped the bottle of one of the bottles with his fingers, making a crisp sound. "It just so happens that I bought you a wine glass, didn't I? I'll make you some cocktails tonight to try."

"You can also make cocktails?" Xu Youyu asked in surprise. Seeing Li Luo nodded, he was a little surprised.

"Are you still typing?"

"Do it now! I can't wait!"

(End of this chapter)