Chapter 505 What the hell is this Monopoly map?

Looking at the birthday present in front of him, Xu Youyu felt numb all over.

Ying Chanxi was hiding behind Li Luo and laughing. Yan Zhusheng's originally expressionless face was a little unable to hold back. When he saw Xu Youyu's expression, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Cui Suling came over curiously and saw the words clearly. She was surprised to find that it was "Literary Age".

She didn't understand what was going on for a moment, and subconsciously thought that Xu Youyu must have known that Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng knew that she wrote a novel, which was why he prepared such a gift.

Thinking of this, Cui Suling curiously picked up the top book and looked at the ones below.

It turned out that all of them were "Literary Era", from 1 to 12, covering a total of 250 million words.

At this time, Lin Xiuhong next to them reacted and looked at Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng in surprise: "When did you two know about this?"

After hearing this, it was Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng's turn to be surprised.

"Aunt Lin, you know about this too?" Ying Chanxi didn't know about Xu Youyushe's death, and thought that only Li Luo and Xu's parents would know about it. He was a little surprised at this time.

Yan Zhusheng responded obediently: "I knew it last year."

This sentence was like a sharp sword, piercing Xu Youyu's heart, causing her breathing to stagnate and she looked at Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng with a stiff face.

Li Luo, who was standing by, was also a little nervous when he saw the two of them suddenly confess this matter. He suddenly thought of many things and subconsciously asked, "What about the previous annual meeting..."

"We already knew about this." Ying Chanxi muttered quietly, "It's just that the senior sister went there first, and even took a special flight back, and then took a flight with us."

Xu Youyu's breathing stopped for a moment again. He looked at the two women with despair on his face, and begged in a low voice with trembling lips: "Don't, don't say anymore..."

The college entrance examination had just ended and it was also her birthday... Why... Obviously, these two things combined should make people extremely happy.

But all the happiness he had had before was shattered by this gift, making Xu Youyu want only to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

I originally thought that since I had been admitted to university, I had hidden my achievements and fame, so it wouldn't matter if I was exposed later.

You can even find an opportunity to expose yourself.

After all, if it is true as Li Luo said that he can get the big contract from Wenyue Group this year or next year, then Xu Youyu will definitely not be able to hide it from Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng.

It would be better to admit it directly and openly.

But at this moment, when she was not mentally prepared at all, Xu Youyu really couldn't hold it anymore.

"I really like senior sister's book." Yan Zhusheng walked to Xu Youyu and said seriously, "I read it carefully several times."

Xu Youyu: “…”

You'd better not say such things!
When Xu Youyu thought about Yan Zhusheng reading what he wrote several times, his cheeks suddenly turned red.

On the other side, Ying Chanxi did not continue to stab her in the heart, but just walked to Xu Youyu and shared with her: "Your book has not yet been published in physical form."

“So Zhusheng and I found a printing shop to make this, and we also designed the cover ourselves.”

"There are also some elements of the movies mentioned in the book, including some plot content that we both found interesting, which are reflected on these covers."

After hearing this, Xu Youyu's originally desperate mood eased a little.

Ying Chanxi drew her attention to the physical book in front of her. After careful observation, she indeed discovered the clever design of the cover.

Although it was still a bit embarrassing, Xu Youyu was still a little touched when she thought that it was a gift designed specifically for her by Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng.

After all, he had experienced many social failures. Xu Youyu took a deep breath, cleared the embarrassment from his mind, thought about it carefully, and found that it seemed to be okay.

Just like Li Luo said, you’ll get used to social death after experiencing it a few times.

Especially since today was her birthday, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had no intention of accusing her. They simply prepared a birthday gift, played a little prank, and talked about this matter at the same time.

This would also save her from having to hide things all the time.

So Xu Youyu finally calmed down, whispered a thank you, picked up the entire set of twelve volumes of "The Age of Literature and Art", and temporarily placed them on the table.

"By the way, you won't prepare this for me in the future, right?" Li Luo lowered his head to look at the physical book for a few more seconds and couldn't help muttering.

Ying Chanxi rolled his eyes at him after hearing this: "You haven't even finished writing it yet, and you're already aiming for 5 million words. If you really want to make it into a physical book, it's going to have to be twice as thick as this one!"

"I feel like you've only written half of the plot after writing five million words." Yan Zhusheng also added, and at the end, he whispered to Li Luo, "You haven't had sex yet, senior sister is much faster than you."

Li Luo: “…”

With the elders present, Li Luo didn't dare to respond to Yan Zhusheng's words.

But what she said was true.

Knowing that the censorship red lines in the online literature market will be tightened in the next few years, Li Luo has been avoiding progress in this area in order to avoid the risk of subsequent revisions and to extend the life of the book.

For many readers, once the heroine is physically conquered, the character's appeal to the readers will immediately drop to a lower level.

This is not the readers' fault.

All I can say is that this is the case at the threshold of pleasure, and it is inevitable in human nature.

Readers were complaining about why the heroine hadn't been accepted yet, saying that they would really give up on reading if it dragged on any longer.

But in fact, if they really want to accept the heroine, it might be the time for them to abandon the book.

Because at that time, the pleasure point has been satisfied, just like entering the sage time.

On the contrary, the female lead has never been promoted. Although readers criticize her harshly, they still really watch the story.

It's just like a boy looking for snacks on the Internet. He concentrates very hard when searching and wants to try all the ones that interest him.

When the release was finally over, I immediately lost interest.

Although this is not absolute for individuals, online literature readers are a very large group.

If the author wants to make money, he must try his best to reach the greatest common divisor.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Li Luo himself does not have much literary pursuit.

Like Xu Youyu, when writing online articles, he still has some literary pursuits and will emphasize some of his own concepts and ideas in the book.

For example, when "The Age of Literature and Art" was completed, Li Luo specially marked out some words in the final chapter, which were all Xu Youyu's own personal expressions on movies or entertainment content.

In comparison, Li Luo is much simpler.

He doesn't have such great literary pursuits, and there are two reasons why he writes online articles.

One is to make money, the other is to have fun.

In short, he is not that literary. He also feels good about what most readers find enjoyable, so he feels comfortable when writing.

Some authors write exciting plots that readers like, but in fact, these contents go against their literary expression. Sometimes they will subconsciously write some literary content, which makes readers feel uncomfortable and they themselves get scolded.

This is quite painful.

"So when do you plan to finish writing this book?" Ying Chanxi asked curiously, "Do you also have to wait until next year's college entrance examination to finish it?"

"It's still early." Li Luo watched Xu Youyu start to cut the cake and smiled, "Anyway, if I can keep writing, I don't think there's any need to stop."

He is not stubborn.

Although it really takes a lot of energy and time every day, he can slowly reproduce some of the online articles that have achieved great success in later generations.

But now it seems that there is no need for that.

He is very satisfied with his current income and life, and just wants to live his life in peace.

Now, relying on the subscription performance of "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" and the copyright performance of "Little Joy", this year's platinum contract is a foregone conclusion.

Li Luo plans to wait and see how "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" develops before making any plans. Now that it has less than five million words, he is not in a hurry.

"Let's eat cake." Xu Youyu cut the cake and interrupted their discussion.

After the cakes for eight people were cut, there was still a little cake left on the table. Xu Youyu quietly put some on his finger, swiped it twice, and made trouble on Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng's faces, vowing to get back at them.

The four parents stood by and watched them make fun of themselves, smiling and eating cake.

After finishing their meal, they didn't plan to continue disturbing Xu Youyu and the other three from their subsequent activities, so they filled their stomachs and said goodbye and left.

"Don't sleep too late." Cui Suling reminded before leaving, "It's only a little after seven o'clock now. It's almost time to go to bed around ten or eleven. Li Luo and the others still have to go to school for evening self-study tomorrow, right?"

"Got it~" Xu Youyu pushed his mother's shoulders to see her out, and waved goodbye to Li Guohong and his wife in the elevator, "Goodbye, uncle and aunt~"

"Bye." Lin Xiuhong waved her hand with a smile, "Have fun, we'll leave first."

After seeing off the four parents, Xu Youyu closed the door and stood at the entrance with his back to the living room. Suddenly, he stopped making any sound and did not move.

Ying Chanxi, who was cleaning the table, felt a little strange. He stepped forward and patted Xu Youyu on the shoulder, asking in confusion, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Xu Youyu turned around and looked at Ying Chanxi with a smile on his face. Then he glanced at Yan Zhusheng and clapped his hands with a smile, "Now there are only four of us left. It's time to play a happy birthday game~"

Hearing this, Li Luo immediately took a half step back vigilantly.

Ying Chanxi's face also froze, thinking back to Xu Youyu's birthday and Li Luo's birthday last year. The games Xu Youyu recommended were a bit unserious.

Yan Zhusheng's eyes lit up, and she became impatient, looking at Xu Youyu expectantly: "Senior, what are we going to play?"

"Wait!"

Xu Youyu snapped his fingers, swept away the embarrassment of being socially awkward, and walked towards his bedroom with a heroic and confident look.

When passing by the dining table, he patted his physical book and said to Li Luo: "Help me move the book to the bedroom!"

"I'm here." Li Luo walked to the dining table, holding twelve physical books, and followed Xu Youyu into the bedroom, reminding him, "Don't take out anything weird."

"What's so strange about it? It's just Monopoly~" Xu Youyu chuckled, rummaged in his drawer for a while, and actually found a box of Monopoly.

Li Luo put the physical book in his hand on the desk, took a curious look at it, and found that the outer packaging was indeed an ordinary Monopoly.

But he still didn't take it lightly and couldn't help asking, "Did you modify it?"

"Hmm~"

Xu Youyu neither admitted nor denied it. He smiled and pulled Li Luo out of the bedroom, sat down in the living room, and clapped his hands to signal Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng to come over.

After sweeping away all the clutter on the coffee table, Xu Youyu threw the Monopoly box in his hand onto the table, looking eager to try.

Yan Zhusheng came over curiously, looking a little disappointed: "It looks a bit ordinary."

Ying Chanxi breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard Xu Youyu's next words, his heart was in suspense again.

"Don't worry, I've already modified it." Xu Youyu grinned twice, then solemnly opened the Monopoly box and took out the game he was going to play tonight.

"What is this?" Li Luo reached out and took the most eye-catching A4 paper, which looked like a Monopoly map, and then spread it out on the coffee table.

With the bright light in the living room, the other three people could clearly see the contents of the map.

Then the three of them were stunned for a moment.

Because this seemed to be different from all the Monopoly stories they had seen before.

In Li Luo's impression, a normal Monopoly game is like a world tour, and the locations and buildings are all taken from some famous cities around the world.

London, New York, etc.

At worst, the version of Monopoly that Xu Youyu modified last year also used elements of the No. 1 Middle School, such as the school rooftop, the principal's office, the playground, the flag-raising platform and so on.

but……

"What the hell is this corridor bathroom?!" Li Luo pointed at the name of the landmark he saw at first glance and couldn't help but complain.

"It's the bathroom in the corridor." Xu Youyu blinked innocently and said, then pointed to the other side, "There's also the bathroom in the master bedroom here."

Li Luo: “…”

"There is also a piano room." Yan Zhusheng pointed to the top of the map and asked with interest, "So we want to buy these rooms?"

"Of course not." Xu Youyu raised his chin, held up a finger, and shook it with a smile, "The rules have been changed quite a lot this time. Let me explain it to you slowly."

When Li Luo heard her say this, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and drew an [Event Card] from the other things he had just taken out of the box.

When I opened it, it said:

[Event Card]: You failed the exam, you are in a bad mood, and you need someone to comfort and hug you. (Unlimited)
Turn over two more.

[Event Card]: You are a bit bored at home, so you plan to play the piano for a while. (Only in the piano room)
[Event Card]: You go to the toilet, but the toilet paper is all used up and you need help urgently. (Toilet only)
In addition to the so-called [event cards], there are also [character cards], [skill cards] and [scene cards].

Li Luo looked at these things and fell silent for a moment.

Xu Youyu on the side had obviously been preparing for a long time. Today he could finally play the game and he couldn't wait to explain the rules to them.

"The rules of the game are like this~"

(End of this chapter)