His eyes followed her husband’s hands as they landed on the computer keyboard, his ten fingers flying up and down so fast she couldn’t even see which finger was pressing which key!
“Guoliang, how can you type so fast?” She was truly astonished.
Computers weren't that common back then, but her husband seemed to be a master of his machine.
“It’s nothing, I just used computers a lot at my previous company, practice makes perfect,” Lù Guóliáng said.
He didn’t mention that this was the result of writing over 14 million characters of web novels in his past life, in just a few short years.
He was truly touch-typing, barely looking at the keyboard.
“But this is still too fast.” Liú Fēi walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, “What are you writing?”
“‘Rebirth of the Happy Life of a Daddy,’ hehe, what do you think of the title? Doesn’t it sound full of happiness?” Lù Guóliáng felt quite pleased with himself.
But Liú Fēi’s focus wasn’t on the ‘happiness.’ With too many strange words, she asked, “What does ‘rebirth’ mean? Why does the title sound so odd?”
Lù Guóliáng thought for a moment and gave his wife an example: “It’s like when you watch a sci-fi movie. For instance, let’s say it’s the year 2050, and someone has been living in this era. Then one day, they encounter something very bizarre and are sent back to 2000 when they were young. I call this ‘rebirth,’ and this person, relying on what they’ve seen and heard, becomes incredibly powerful. That’s the basic idea.”
“Really? Can such a magical thing happen?”
Liú Fēi suddenly sounded hopeful. “If only I could be reborn. Then I’d go back to before I got sick. I’d definitely exercise more and run more, and I wouldn’t be such a burden on you like I am now.”
Hearing his wife say this, Lù Guóliáng’s fingers, which had been flying over the keyboard, suddenly froze above the keys.
He instinctively turned to look at his wife, only to see Liú Fēi’s expression laced with loneliness and self-reproach. This matter had become her obsession.
Lù Guóliáng realized then that his wife had always felt like a burden. No wonder she’d made such an extreme decision in his past life.
unable to pay off debts, and further treatment would only incur more. At that time, there wasn’t much money left in their bank account. It was truly difficult!
Taking a deep breath, Lù Guóliáng turned back and continued typing on the keyboard as if nothing had happened, using one part of his mind to speak to his wife: “Are you silly? This is just a story I’m making up, web novel, understand? I’m just fantasizing. There’s no such thing as rebirth. We just need to live our current lives well.”
Liú Fēi didn’t believe him either. “Is that so? I also think it’s impossible. Besides, even if you were reborn, what then? I don’t believe that things you’ve never learned in your previous life become easy just because you’ve seen or heard them?”
“You’re talking nonsense, husband. Your theory on rebirth novels doesn’t hold water,” Liú Fēi said.
“……” Lù Guóliáng was speechless.
He really wanted to tell his wife, ‘You’re spot on.’
Take him for example. In his previous life, apart from his job for many years where he had theoretical knowledge of quality management and quality systems, he only wrote web novels and ran a barbecue stall later on. He clearly knew that Alibaba and JD.com would develop very well in the future, but if he were asked to get involved in e-commerce, he’d be completely lost, not knowing where to start.
They say there’s money to be made in the stock market, but in his previous life, he avoided this ‘legal casino’ like the plague and never paid attention to it. Now, he didn’t even know which stock to buy to guarantee a profit.
Should he just buy any stock and wait for the next bull market?
He couldn’t afford to lose money!
Currently, there were credit card installments, small bank loans, and a mortgage. Given the household expenses, if even a little money were tied up in the stock market, their finances would collapse in an instant!
He had no idea which years marked the beginning and end of the so-called bull and bear markets. He might as well earn money honestly. After paying off his debts, he would cure his wife’s illness, and then start saving money to live off interest, or just save more if necessary.
Liú Fēi, unaware of her husband’s thoughts, leaned closer and asked him about the specific story he was writing.
“It’s about a person named Xia Zekai who is reborn into the past and earns money to support his family,” Lù Guóliáng said.
Upon hearing this, Liú Fēi mumbled, “That sounds just like you, husband. You’re also earning money to support the family.”
“Well, men are all like that,” Lù Guóliáng said.
“That’s true. So, what does he do to get rich after being reborn? Maybe you should learn from him,” Liú Fēi said enthusiastically.
Lù Guóliáng thought his wife’s thought process was truly peculiar. He said, “I’ve arranged for him to open a barbecue restaurant, no, it should be a catering company, and eventually expand into a chain.”
Actually, he wanted to have the protagonist in the book, Xia Zekai, sell milk powders like he did in his past life. But he considered that the timing in 2005 wasn’t right. Back then, even paying salaries was difficult, and in small cities, who would spend so much money on expensive ‘snacks’ for their children?
After all, if he were truly reborn, such unbelievable things had happened, so he had to keep up with the times and innovate slightly to align with the current situation.
Liú Fēi laughed heartily upon hearing that the protagonist in the book was also in the barbecue business. “Husband, no way, no way! Did you learn how to barbecue while conceiving this book?”
*Whatever you want to think, go ahead and think it!*
Then, as if remembering something, she shook her head. “Wait, what does this Xia Zekai’s wife do? Doesn’t she work?”
“She works. His wife is amazing. She even obtained a Six Sigma Black Belt certificate. Do you know about that certificate?” Lù Guóliáng asked her instinctively.
As soon as he spoke, he was met with Liú Fēi’s disdainful gaze. “Husband, are you stupid? You yourself have a Six Sigma Black Belt certificate, why are you asking me?”
“Ah, yes. Look, I completely forgot.” Lù Guóliáng, in a back-and-forth with his wife, was explaining the overall concept of the web novel he was writing.
Liú Fēi became engrossed in the story her husband was weaving, imagining how wonderful it would be if she could be reborn. She truly didn’t want to be such a burden on her husband.
Just like what was written in the book, some illnesses ultimately lead to both financial ruin and loss of loved ones. She didn’t want that; at least, she hoped to leave her husband and daughter with some assets!
After chatting for so long, Liú Fēi felt a bit tired and was about to go to bed when she remembered a question. “Husband, is anyone reading what you’re writing?”
“Yes, I only started uploading it a couple of days ago, and it already has 1 favorite. Impressive, right?” Lù Guóliáng proudly held up one finger.
But Liú Fēi wasn’t so easily fooled. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Lù Guóliáng suspiciously. “Husband, you didn’t favorite it yourself, did you?”
*Defeated!*
Lù Guóliáng quickly denied it. “How is that possible? Would I do something like that?”
Liú Fēi was very suspicious. She said, “Who knows? Open your account and let me see. Did you favorite it yourself?”
Seeing his wife’s eager expression, wanting to catch him in an embarrassing situation, Lù Guóliáng thought to himself, *When did she develop such a hobby?*
But he figured it was already the third day since he uploaded it, and he had written about 20,000 characters in total. There should be some genuine readers by now, right?
With that thought, he quickly logged into his account. Whatever, if he was embarrassed, he was embarrassed!
But as soon as he logged into the author backend, Lù Guóliáng’s eyes widened. He discovered that the number of favorites in the author backend was a staggering 21, not 1.
Lù Guóliáng thought he must have misread. He refreshed the browser several times, and unexpectedly, the number of favorites increased to 22 right before his eyes.
Another one added, just amazing!