Today, I revised Chapters 41 through 70.
This was where Li Shutong and Qing Chen began to develop a deep master-disciple bond. Reading it again myself, I found it much more interesting.
So far, the characters I found most interesting in this book were Li Shutong, Li Xiurui, Qing Zhun, He Jinqiu, Li Yunshou—the three Lis.
However, the writing had still been too rushed. Aside from Li Xiurui, I would try to flesh out the others more in the future.
Also, although Li Shutong disappeared because he was carrying out a mission, too much of his screen time was missing. I would add some new content in the future.
Those of you who did not want to reread it could check the daily revision notes.
Let me talk about what I revised today:
First, I removed Qing Chen's high school homeroom teacher, Du Yihong.
In the original text, she suddenly resigned as homeroom teacher and then disappeared.
In the setting, after crossing over, she became a tattoo artist, mingled within a gang, and crossed paths with the main cast again.
But The Naming of the Night truly had too many character arcs. Even the audio drama team told me that this was the work with the most characters they had ever handled...
So some characters vanished during serialization. To be honest, I had almost forgotten about her myself and no longer had the energy to give her any more page time.
Second, I removed Qing Yan. In the original text, he was the one who arranged for Lu Guangyi and Qing Chen to enter Prison No. 18, and he had been bought off by the Qing family's Second Branch and Fourth Branch.
But looking back now, this character was actually a plot hole, because everything had been arranged by Qing