For various reasons, legend of fengyun hualong became popular on the upload forum within just a few days, and the number of readers rapidly exceeded one hundred thousand.
However, Alex also noticed that after the reading index broke one hundred thousand, the growth rate clearly slowed down.
The forum for serializing "Liu Bei" novels was not a legitimate forum. Under the suppression of official policies, the number of people who knew the forum address was limited. The only way for Alex to get a higher reading index for legend of fengyun hualong was to promote it outside, but since his novel was considered "disharmonious" content, promoting it himself would be courting death.
It seemed he could only rely on readers to promote it spontaneously.
Alex thought to himself. He didn't intend to mobilize his own readers. A good "Liu Bei" novel had the ability to turn readers into voluntary promoters. Moreover, for something like "Liu Bei" literature that couldn't see the light of day, there was no need to worry about copyright; once pirates saw it could bring them traffic, they would spontaneously repost it to their own websites.
Without realizing it, he had written a chapter. After updating the chapter to the website, Alex took out the newly acquired Movie Ticket, and his mind began to wander.
The second entry into the dream world was a continuation of the first dream, so if he entered the dream world this time, would it also continue from the last dream?
When the previous dream ended, Chen Yuqian had captured Chen Ruyun and offered her to him, and he had been planning to make a move on Chen Ruyun. If entering this time meant facing the same situation as last time, he felt he wouldn't be able to hold back.
However, it was just a dream, so there was no need to hold back.
But finishing a dream took an entire night. If he used it now, he would likely be asleep for the whole day, and since the surroundings were currently unstable, it wasn't appropriate to do so.
Alex suppressed the urge to use the Movie Ticket right then and left the room.
Walking to the first floor, Freya greeted him with glowing spirits and excitedly said to him: "Alex, let me tell you something. I heard that the pervert who likes to peek near us has been caught."
Alex felt ashamed. Freya must have known about An Suling leaving. If An Suling heard this, who knows if she would be angered to death, considering how desperately she had protected her last night.
"Then the curtains at home can be opened, right?"
Alex said, looking at the dimly lit house. Some things were not suitable for Freya to know, so he didn't mention what happened last night.
Upon hearing this, Freya immediately shook her head: "No, just because one pervert is gone doesn't mean there aren't others."
"That's also true."
Alex remembered the sturdy woman who died at his hands. For the other party to have been able to track down Freya, she must have observed her carefully. Since Freya basically never went out, she could only be peeked at from afar through covert means like telescopes.
"Alex, let's not talk about that. To celebrate the peeping tom being caught, let's play the hugging game."
Freya suddenly said with an excited expression.
"I'm not interested."
Alex thought to himself, why is she the same as An Suling, both wanting hugs?
Freya changed her expression quickly, sniffled, and said with tears welling up: "Clearly, last night you insisted on holding Ma-Ma to fall asleep. Have you found another rich woman so quickly? I've been abandoned~~"
Alex's mouth twitched. What kind of nonsense was she saying? Was he the type of person who liked being kept?
He sighed and said: "Forget it, I'm afraid of you. Just for a while."
Anyway, they had already slept together, so a hug wasn't a big deal.
Freya was immediately overjoyed. Fearing he might regret it, she opened her arms and pounced on him. After hugging Alex, she vigorously rubbed her cheek against him, looking completely happy.
"Huh? What's that smell on you?"
Suddenly, Freya sniffed and caught a faint scent of a woman on Alex. This scent shouldn't be on Alex, and her expression changed instantly.
"Is there?" Alex feigned calmness, pushed her away, raised his arm to sniff, and frowned: "There is a little. Maybe I accidentally got it on me while shopping yesterday. I'll go take a shower first."
Saying this, Alex went to the bathroom.
"It must be Xiao Fu's!"
Freya didn't believe Alex's nonsense at all. She felt the scent was somewhat familiar, like she had smelled it somewhere before; it must be that Kiara from next door.
Thinking about the "cabbage" she had painstakingly watered and grown being snatched away by the little vixen next door, Freya felt a suffocating tightness in her chest. However, she soon recalled Alex's unusual emotional state last night and figured something must have gone wrong between him and Kiara, which suddenly brightened her mood.
...
Having been warned, Freya didn't dare to leave the house. Alex stayed home to protect her, but to avoid her harassment, he locked himself in his room and sat at his computer, typing away furiously.
Aside from coming out twice for lunch and dinner, Alex spent the rest of his time in his room. This left Freya extremely dissatisfied, yet she could do nothing about it.
Past eleven at night, Alex stopped his typing. Checking the word count, he found he had actually written over forty thousand words in a single day—he had truly worked himself to the bone.
Feeling mentally exhausted, Alex shut down the computer, lay on the bed, consumed a Movie Ticket, and soon drifted into sleep.
Before long, the bedroom door opened with a soft click.
Freya crept in cautiously. Seeing Alex fast asleep, she let out a triumphant smile.
This house was her castle; even if Alex locked the door from the inside, she had a way to open it. She hadn't used it before simply because there was no need.
Back then, Alex's personality had been too rebellious, depriving her of that sense of accomplishment from "nurturing" him.
Freya had always hoped to move Alex with her sincerity. His recent changes made her feel she had finally succeeded, and the sense of accomplishment from her "nurturing" was through the roof.
Thus, every bit of intimacy with Alex filled her with extraordinary excitement and agitation, as if she were slowly, bit by bit, savoring a delicious dish she had meticulously prepared.
Now was the time to nibble on a little bit of the garnish of this dish—and in secret, no less. Freya was deliriously happy. She stepped forward, carefully climbed onto Alex's bed, and burrowed into his quilt. Surrounded by his scent, she didn't dare move a muscle, her palms slick with sweat from nervousness.
After a few minutes, seeing that Alex remained asleep, Freya breathed a sigh of relief and continued her exploration. Finally, she hugged Alex, feeling an intense thrill.
"How annoying, I didn't have time to go back and change. Well, even if I did, it would end up like this anyway. I'm going to hold him while I sleep tonight."
Freya thought with a hint of shame.
Suddenly, she noticed something unusual about Alex. "Eh? It's the middle of the night—could Alex be dreaming?"
Freya froze for a moment, then her face suddenly flushed. She thought, "He's the one taking the initiative, it's not me being reckless. A woman must respect herself; I can't do that, I can only..."
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