You may have noticed that updates have increased quite a bit lately. I've basically been putting out 8k words a day or more, though the update times have been pretty cursed—I often don't post the second chapter until three or four in the morning.
It wasn't that Little Orange didn't want to write before. I was genuinely busy, and I really am short on money. The more an author updates, the more money they make. Who would turn down money?
February was packed with all sorts of New Year matters, and in mid-March I changed jobs, changed apartments, and had to move my stuff, so I could only maintain the basic 4k-word updates.
I even saw people in the comments saying I'd bought a house. I really wish that were true, because then I definitely wouldn't have to stay up writing until three or four in the morning. But it was just a job change.
Writing webnovels really takes a lot out of you, so Little Orange found a more relaxed job. Otherwise, I really couldn't keep going. Staying up late at night and then having to get up early for work was making me increasingly unhealthy over time, and all sorts of minor ailments kept cropping up.
When I mentioned the bride price before, I saw some people say I should find someone in Guangdong, where the bride price is lower. All I can say is, if I could find someone in Guangdong, that would be amazing.
I mentioned before that I'm from Jiangxi, so let me be more specific. I'm from Shangrao. Jiangxi has high bride prices nationwide, and within Jiangxi, Shangrao ranks among the highest. The county I'm in is called Poyang County, and its bride prices also rank among the highest in Shangrao.
Little Orange can