Lin Xiaoqian Fell Ill!

Xu Mengyao left carrying the Drawing Tube, while Lin Xiaoqian looked dejected.

"Xiaoqian, what's wrong?"

"Your little mouth could hang an oil jug from it."

Lin Chen said as he scraped Lin Xiaoqian's delicate little nose.

Lin Xiaoqian hugged Lin Chen. "Daddy, I don't want to learn drawing from someone else. I want to learn from you."

Lin Chen smiled. "Xiaoqian, trust Daddy. Daddy should be capable of teaching you."

"Now let's go take a bath and get to sleep."

Lin Xiaoqian asked in her childish voice, "Daddy, I like sleeping with Daddy and Mommy. Do you like sleeping with Mommy and me?"

"Uh... I do."

Lin Chen answered with a smile.

He liked that far too much!

"Come on, let's get you all nice and clean, then I'll tell you a story and put you to bed."

Lin Chen said with a smile.

An hour later, Lin Xiaoqian had fallen soundly asleep. Lin Chen went to the study and hurriedly wrote Fairy Tales.

He had uploaded fifty in total already.

After uploading another ten, the second book could be published.

The third printing of the first book was a million copies. Even if it sold quickly, it would take a month. If sales were slow, perhaps three months would pass before it sold out.

Including the three hundred thousand he had made selling calligraphy, his Savings had now reached 8.2 million.

With a little more effort, he could buy this apartment.

Three hours later, Lin Chen finished writing ten Fairy Tales.

He logged into the Childlike Heart Network author dashboard.

"There are quite a few Reader Tips now."

Lin Chen muttered In His Mind.

As book sales rose, his number of fans kept growing, and those fans would log onto the website to take a look.

They could see the latest Fairy Tales on the site.

When they enjoyed them enough, some readers would leave Reader Tips.

Although most people tipped only a small amount, there were too many of them. Altogether, it still added up to quite a bit of money.

Lin Chen had now received over a hundred thousand in Reader Tips.

He could keep ninety percent of that money.

"Time to call it a day!"

Lin Chen quickly uploaded those ten Fairy Tales.

When he returned to the Master Bedroom, Lin Chen's expression changed slightly.

Lin Xiaoqian had kicked off her blanket. She had also pulled up her clothes, leaving half her little belly exposed.

Please don't get sick.

Lin Chen hurriedly pulled down Lin Xiaoqian's clothes and tucked her blanket around her.

"Beep beep!"

The owner of a certain Publishing House was awakened by a phone call.

"Old Wang, what's going on?"

"I just fell asleep, and you're already disturbing my sweet dreams."

The awakened owner asked.

The one calling him was the editor-in-chief of his company.

"Boss, Lin Yu updated, and he uploaded ten chapters at once. He now has thirty unpublished Fairy Tales, enough to publish another book."

Old Wang, the editor-in-chief on the other end, said quickly.

The owner's eyes lit up. "How's the quality?"

"Boss, anything produced by Lin Yu is definitely above Immortal Grass. I read them. Every single one is above Immortal Grass—the kind that will still be around a hundred years from now."

"Are we competing for it?"

The owner hurriedly said, "What kind of question is that? Of course we are. Otherwise, what are all the people in this company supposed to eat and drink?"

"If we sign books like these, we can sell them for decades!"

Old Wang said, "Childlike Heart Network might offer better terms. If we don't improve our offer, we won't stand even the slightest chance."

"Raise it, then. We'll raise it too!"

"The facts have proven that Lin Yu isn't a flash in the pan. He's genuinely talented and deserves better terms."

The owner said solemnly.

They had been very conservative with the first book.

They had offered good terms, but what if the sales were terrible?

There were plenty of cases where something was hyped Online but failed to sell in reality.

Things were different now.

The first book Lin Chen had worked on with Childlike Heart Network had sold out its initial run of three hundred thousand copies and its second run of five hundred thousand copies.

Total sales had likely already exceeded a million copies.

Consumer reviews were also exceptionally good.

A Fairy Tale with strong sales and a great reputation could keep earning for many years.

"Boss, Lin Yu uploaded another ten Fairy Tales."

"Boss—"

The owners of many Publishing Houses received the news.

Quite a few of them had been awakened from sleep by phone calls.

Liang Zhirong, the owner of Childlike Heart Network, was awakened as well.

"Old Chen, have you confirmed the quality?"

Liang Zhirong asked.

Chen Xinhan said, "Boss, Old Feng and I each hurriedly read five of them. The ten newly uploaded ones are just as high in quality."

"A lot of people have called you, haven't they?"

"Yes. They all want to work with Lin Yu. Some have also left comments asking to discuss things with Lin Yu in detail."

Liang Zhirong considered it for quite a while before saying, "For the second book, give Lin Chen an eighteen percent royalty rate directly. The other companies definitely can't beat us."

"We have a website. They don't."

"Also, give Lin Chen a little more Signing Bonus."

The higher Lin Chen's share, the less they would earn, but as long as sales were high, they would still make plenty of money.

Moreover, books like this could keep making money endlessly in the future.

"Boss, how much Signing Bonus should we offer?"

"I'll send Lin Chen a message right away. He probably isn't asleep yet."

Chen Xinhan asked.

Liang Zhirong thought for a moment. "Lin Yu has brought a great deal of traffic to the site. His first Signing Bonus was three hundred thousand. Give him a Signing Bonus of six hundred thousand this time."

"Boss, that much?"

Chen Xinhan said in surprise.

Liang Zhirong said, "Didn't you say his calligraphy is even better than Elder Jiang's? This could become a major selling point in the future."

"I'll earn a little less now and slowly make it back later."

"Oh, and the first printing will be one million copies."

Chen Xinhan hurriedly sent Lin Chen a message.

Lin Chen had just finished showering when he saw Chen Xinhan's message.

"An eighteen percent royalty rate, a Signing Bonus of six hundred thousand, and a first printing of one million copies?"

Surprise appeared in Lin Chen's eyes.

Liang Zhirong, the owner of Childlike Heart Network, really had some nerve.

"At this royalty rate, one million copies would bring in 5.4 million in Royalties. Adding the six-hundred-thousand Signing Bonus makes exactly six million."

"Together with my existing 8.2 million, I'll still have 1.2 million left after buying this apartment."

Lin Chen thought to himself.

"Sure."

Lin Chen agreed to Chen Xinhan directly.

Childlike Heart Network was being generous, and he could not be bothered to haggle. Other Publishing Houses would find it hard to offer such terms.

Childlike Heart Network could benefit from the traffic, but other companies could not.

"Whew."

Chen Xinhan let out a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Lin Yu, get some good rest first. We'll sign the contract tomorrow."

"Alright."

Lin Chen got into bed and quickly fell asleep.

"Cough!"

Two Hours later, Lin Chen jolted awake.

Lin Xiaoqian was coughing.

"Xiaoqian really caught a chill and came down with a cold."

Lin Chen frowned deeply.

He had checked on Lin Xiaoqian after every two stories he wrote. She had been fine at first, and only kicked off the blanket later.

Yet she still caught a cold.

"Cough, cough!"

Lin Xiaoqian coughed until her Little Face turned red.

Lin Chen's heart ached at the sight. He would rather have been sick himself.

"System, my constitution has improved. Can't it improve Xiaoqian's constitution a little too?"

Lin Chen asked In His Mind.

The system said, "Host, that is not possible. However, if your medical skills improve, you can help strengthen Lin Xiaoqian's body."

"Or once you learn Martial Arts Skills in the future, you can teach her martial arts."

Lin Chen nodded slightly.

He had actually wanted to obtain Martial Arts Skills for a long time.

But acquiring skills had to happen naturally. Deliberately pursuing them would not work, and Lin Xiaoqian was not interested at all right now.

"Cough, cough!"

Every so often, Lin Xiaoqian would cough painfully a few times.

Coughing and coughing, Lin Xiaoqian woke herself up.

"Daddy, I feel so awful."

Lin Xiaoqian said, her Little Face flushed red.