Dear benefactors, dear patrons:
Before I kowtow, let me get to the serious matter. This book was going premium today.
To show my sincerity and apologies, the previous two chapters would still be released for free, right away. After noon, another six chapters would be released in succession. Eight chapters in total, nearly twenty thousand words. From then on, there would be a guaranteed minimum of three updates a day—only more, never less.
Before I say anything else, let me kowtow to all you benefactors and patrons.
Bang!
Another kowtow!
Three kowtows!
The ceremony was complete. Please allow me to ramble for a few words.
When it came to writing a book, one person could hardly satisfy a hundred hearts. I knew this book had plenty of flaws, and I knew that where there were people who liked it, there would be people who cursed it. But I truly had written it with all my heart.
Regarding Sun Ping's storyline, please allow me one word in my defense.
Bang!
Another kowtow!
The road he had traveled to get here was almost identical to Xu Qing's. My original intention had been to write "one kind of life, two different paths," so I wrote many details. Looking back now, I had overdone it and spoiled the result. It seemed you benefactors did not enjoy reading it much. I promise: unless they are major supporting characters, I will never go on at such length again.
Wrong was wrong.
I admitted my mistake, accepted the beating, and accepted the punishment.
I ask for your magnanimity, benefactors.
Now let me talk about this book. Its beginning had not gone smoothly, just like Xu Qing's. I did not understand some of the rules for publishing a book, chose the wrong time to release it, and did