At the beginning, Gu Jia and Jiang Nansun were intercepted, and Qiao Yingzi pursued them

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279: Lin Na's heartbeat quickened due to shyness! Hongdou: Qin Fan, what do you want to do?

"Hmph! Nothing good can come out of your mouth. I'm going to go see Damai."

Lin Na put down her chopsticks, stood up and walked out.

Qin Fan: "Come back and wait for me to finish what I'm saying. Then you can judge for yourselves whether what I said makes sense or not."

Xu Hongdou held Lin Na back and said, "Don't be anxious. Give him a chance to explain."

Lin Na sat back with a cold face, "Go ahead, I'm listening."

"I have a friend, let's call him Xiaotian. He's been writing online for three or four years. Like Damai, he's also come through being scolded."

"I won't go into the specifics of how badly he was scolded. Talking too much will only bring tears. What I just said were some of his own experiences."

"As an online writer, the first thing you need to do is to be mentally prepared and never overestimate yourself. This isn't meant to criticize the writer's ability or to say they can't write a good novel. It's meant to encourage the writer to separate themselves from their work."

Seeing the two women's doubtful eyes, Qin Fan continued:

“Let’s put it this way: the work is the work, and the author is the author.”

"As for who created this work, is the person typing at the computer a human or a dog? Is the person picking his toes a burly man or a young girl? Is the person normal or a psychopath? Is he typing with his hands or his feet..."

"None of these factors matter. No one cares about this!"

"Content creators are just carrots. It doesn't matter whether the carrot is barley or red bean, or whether it's Nana or me."

"Think about it from this perspective. Now tell me, when readers curse in the comments section, are they cursing the work, the author, or the author's niche?"

After hearing this, Xu Hongdou suddenly understood. "Now that you put it that way, I understand. Readers are actually criticizing the work itself, or the pit the author occupies, not the author himself."

"Just like when I was a lobby manager, I often encountered difficult guests and was scolded. They were actually scolding the position in our hotel. It didn't matter if it was me or someone else, I would be scolded the same way."

Qin Fan: "Yes! That's exactly what I meant."

Lin Na's eyes softened. After analyzing it, she found that what Qin Fan said made sense.

"But why don't you just talk to me nicely instead of attacking me?"

"I didn't mean to hit her. I just started talking, but she couldn't stand it and ran away. I feel really wronged."

Who would have thought that Damai's psychological endurance was so poor.

"My point is simple: I want her to change her mindset and clearly distinguish herself from her work. She is herself, and the novel is the novel. Once Damai understands this, she'll find that even personal attacks from readers won't have much of an impact on her."

Xu Hongdou asked curiously, "Did your author friend Xiaotian do the same thing? Wasn't he affected at all?"

"That being said, people are human beings with emotions and desires, and I put so much effort into my work that it's hard to completely separate myself from it. Sometimes, when I get scolded, I just want to stop writing."

"But after calming down, he'll think, 'The reader is criticizing the author as a person. He doesn't even know my last name or my first name. So, what does it have to do with me if he criticizes me?"

“Then I pick myself up and continue writing.”

Well, it’s definitely not because I’m reluctant to part with the few dollars in royalties…

Lin Na was very interested in Xiaotian. "Give me your friend's WeChat. I'll pass it on to Damai someday. They're both online writers, so they probably have a lot in common."

Qin Fan shrugged, "I can't contact him."

"Aren't you friends?"

"He is in another world and cannot be contacted even if we want to."

"Oh……"

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize your friend was gone."

Lin Na and Xu Hongdou looked at each other, both thinking that Xiaotian had encountered something unspeakable.

Qin Fan knew that they had misunderstood what he meant, so he didn't explain.

"When you're with Damai in the future, it's best not to comfort her. She doesn't actually need comfort. She's just so deeply tied to her work that she's affected by readers' comments."

"She gets happy when readers praise her, and gets sad when readers criticize her. That's not good."

Xu Hongdou poked him with her finger and said, "Go and comfort Damai. I'm going back to sleep."

Lin Na pretended to yawn, stood up and walked out.

"I should rest too. I have to go to work tomorrow."

"Wash the dishes before you go back!"

Before the two women left the restaurant, Qin Fan left first, "Humph! Still trying to trick me? Practice for a few more years."

Looking at Qin Fan's back as he went upstairs, Lin Na stamped her feet, walked back to the restaurant with drooping shoulders, and began to clean up the dishes.

Qin Fan came to Zhou Qingtian's room and knocked.

Zhou Qingtian is a night owl. He codes at night and sleeps during the day, so he is definitely not asleep at this moment.

"Who is it?"

"Your takeout has arrived."

Hearing Qin Fan's voice, Zhou Qingtian first smiled and then pouted.

"I didn't order takeout, you delivered it to the wrong room."

"Open the door quickly, or I'll climb through your window."

"Brother Qin, go and rest. I'm fine."

"Zhou Qingtian! You're forcing me to use my ultimate move!"

Qin Fan didn't say anything else. He ran downstairs, opened the door, walked out, walked around to Zhou Qingtian's window, and estimated the height of the second floor.

Lin Na was washing dishes when she heard the noise. She opened the window and saw Qin Fan outside. She asked in surprise, "Why are you out so late?"

"If Damai won't open the door, I'm going to climb through her window."

"Ah? Climbing through the window? Don't be impulsive!"

Lin Na was startled and hurried to the restaurant to open the window over there, which was right below Zhou Qingtian's room.

"It's okay, just continue washing the dishes."

Seeing Qin Fan eager to try, Lin Na knew that she couldn't persuade him, so she patted the windowsill.

"Then step here and try to reach the eaves. The eaves extend outwards, so be careful. If you can't reach it, then..."

Before she could finish her words, Lina opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Seeing Qin Fan jump, his body soared up like a rocket, grabbed the narrow eaves with both hands, and did a pull-up.

"Oh my God!"

Lin Na's mouth opened into a big O shape. The eaves were so narrow that she couldn't grasp them with her whole palm. This meant that Qin Fan had to rely on the strength of his fingers to pull his body up.

If she was surprised by the previous defeat in the arm wrestling match, now she was horrified.

How strong the finger and wrist strength must be to be able to do it so easily?

Then, Qin Fan relied purely on the strength of his waist and abdomen to raise his body horizontally, reaching a height parallel to the eaves. He placed his right foot on the eaves and flipped up...

Lin Na closed the window silently, her cheeks flushed and her eyes shy.

In a flash, she saw Qin Fan's eight abdominal muscles under his clothes. The angular lines really shocked her.

I'm afraid I'll have sleepless nights...

Zhou Qingtian never expected Qin Fan to be so fierce that he could climb out the window as soon as he said so.

When she heard a knock on the window and walked over to open it, her brain suddenly came to a standstill.

"You really... came up!"

"I came to apologize to you."

Zhou Qingtian stood there awkwardly, twisting his fingers and lowering his head slightly.

"No need. Actually, I didn't go far just now. I hid by the stairs. After listening to what you said later, I think it makes sense. I also understand your intention. You don't need to apologize to me. I should be the one thanking you."

Qin Fan held the windowsill and looked at her expression carefully.

"Is everything okay?"

"It's okay, I'm much better."

"That's good. If you're stuck, or if you're feeling irritable and can't write anything, you can send me your novel. Although I don't usually read female-oriented novels, as a bookworm of over 20 years, I can still give you some useful advice."

Just brag, you are so young, how dare you say that you are a bookworm for more than 20 years? Did you start reading online novels while lying in the crib?

"Thank you for your kindness. Please come in. It's too dangerous outside."

Qin Fan was about to go in when he suddenly had an idea and rejected Zhou Qingtian's invitation.

"Close the window and write well. I'll go down from outside."

"Hey, you..."

Zhou Qingtian wanted to say something else, but saw Qin Fan grabbing the brick joints with both hands and walking towards his room along the eaves.

She thought Qin Fan was going back to his room, so she reminded him to be careful and closed the window.

Qin Fan carefully walked around to Teacher Doudou's window and knocked on the wooden window.

Xu Hongdou was ready to rest, but when she heard the sound, she had to get out of bed again.

She opened the window and was really scared to see Qin Fan standing outside.

"Why did you climb up here? What do you want to do?"

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280: Negative distance and ambiguity! Xu Hongdou takes the initiative: You are my husband!

"Don't, don't, don't talk about this. Let me go in first..."

Qin Fan pretended to stutter, his teeth chattering, which made Xu Hongdou feel very strange.

"what happened to you?"

"I'm afraid of heights..."

Xu Hongdou looked strange, "This is only the second floor, you said you're afraid of heights?"

"Hurry up and grab me, I'm going to fall..."

Xu Hongdou was still hesitating whether to believe her brother's nonsense, but she didn't expect Qin Fan to press down with his entire upper body and hold her tightly with his arms.

If the windowsill between the two of them is removed, it would be perfect...

Qin Fan looked quite thin, but she didn't expect him to be so heavy. Even if it was just his upper body pressing on her, it put a lot of pressure on Xu Hongdou, and she felt like she couldn't bear it anymore.

What made her even more angry was that she once again overheard her stinky brother's inner thoughts.

Is Teacher Doudou so easy to fool? She believed me when I said I was afraid of heights? If I had known this would happen, I should have lied to her more often. Oh, what a mistake!

Damn it! You actually lied to me!

I told you, it’s only the second floor. Even if you’re afraid of heights, there should be a limit.

Xu Hongdou was so angry that white air was coming out of her nostrils. She really wanted to push him out and let him fall to death to prevent him from hurting others any further.

Unfortunately, I am too weak to push it!

Trying to pull away, he fell hard.

However, his body was held tightly and he couldn't get away.

The more Xu Hongdou thought about it, the more she felt suffocated. "Come in quickly! I'm going to be crushed to death by you."

"Wife, my legs are weak and I can't move them."

You're still pretending in front of me!

Xu Hongdou forced herself to suppress her anger. "How about this? Let go of your hands and hold the window. I'll go out and get someone to drag you in."

She had already made up her mind. As soon as Qin Fan let go of her hand, she would immediately close the window and leave him outside.

"But I'm scared and dare not let go..."