Luo Chuan set down his Magic Phone and stretched deeply. He had just finished writing for the day. The first volume of A Study in Scarlet was about to conclude, though the released chapters only amounted to a third of the total. He felt he was the hamster type of author, always stockpiling drafts whenever he had the chance.
To be honest, even though he remembered the original plot, after revising it again and again and adapting the worldbuilding to local conditions, this magical version of "Sherlock Holmes" was not much easier than writing an entirely new story. The existence of extraordinary powers forced Luo Chuan to discard and add certain plot points to ensure everything remained plausible.
"Boss, your updates are so slow." Yao Ziyue leaned against the counter, Magic Phone in hand. She had just finished the newest chapter.
"Did you come here specifically to complain?" Luo Chuan took a sip of Cola. "As far as I'm concerned, ensuring quality is what matters most. If the quality is poor, no amount of quantity means anything."
"So that's why you only update once a day?" Yao Ziyue could not help rolling her eyes. "You clearly said before that you'd update properly, but it's still just like before. Nothing has changed. Boss, can't you write more when you have nothing to do all day?"
"Where did you get the idea that I have nothing to do every day?" Luo Chuan raised a brow.
"Uh, all right, I misspoke." Yao Ziyue smiled somewhat sheepishly. That had been her fixed impression of Luo Chuan before, but it had changed now. "Then give us an extra chapter?"
"No room for negotiation." Luo Chuan's stance was crystal clear.
Yao Ziyue turned her gaze toward Yao Ziyan beside her. The latter gave her a helpless