Chapter 62: Game Company Eyes "Lord of the Mysteries"

"Good morning, Chen Jiang~"

Early the next morning, as soon as Chen Jiang woke up, he heard a voice message from Yi Yunxue.

She sounded like she had just woken up as well, her voice carrying a trace of lingering sleepiness and laziness.

Chen Jiang replied with a voice message of his own: "Good morning!"

"Chen Jiang, you're awake? Come over to my place for breakfast later, I've prepared something for you~"

"Okay!"

After washing up and changing clothes, Chen Jiang went upstairs to Yi Yunxue's apartment for breakfast.

As soon as he stepped inside, Yi Yunxue was sitting at the table eating breakfast. Seeing him arrive, she stood up happily.

A look of pure delight shone in her beautiful eyes.

"You're here?"

"It's only been one night, and you already miss me?" Chen Jiang said with a smile.

He walked over and pulled Yi Yunxue into a warm embrace.

"Mm... let's eat." Yi Yunxue shifted slightly in his arms.

"Alright." Chen Jiang released her.

He looked down at the dining table. On a single plate, the food was meticulously arranged into the shape of a heart.

Beside it sat a bowl of white congee.

The design looked somewhat familiar; Chen Jiang vaguely remembered seeing a similar video while scrolling through TikTok.

"I made this love-themed breakfast for you," Yi Yunxue said softly.

"Did you look up a tutorial online?" Chen Jiang burst into laughter.

He thought Yi Yunxue was endearingly silly.

Experiencing love for the first time without any prior experience, she was treating romance like a video game, searching the internet for walkthroughs.

Yi Yunxue lowered her head, looking slightly embarrassed. After finishing her congee, she said to Chen Jiang, "I need to head to the company now."

"Thank you for the breakfast, I love it!"

"Shall I drive you?" Chen Jiang asked.

"No need, it's not like I don't know how to drive myself," Yi Yunxue shook her head.

"Chen Jiang."

"Hmm?"

Before Chen Jiang could react, he suddenly felt a soft touch brush against his cheek.

"I'm leaving. Before you go, you can feed Little Orange a can of cat food; I haven't fed it for a few days." Leaving those words behind, Yi Yunxue quickly hurried out.

This girl is getting quite bold!

Chen Jiang touched the lingering warmth of her soft lips on his cheek, feeling a twinge of regret.

She had dashed away before he could even fully process the kiss.

Next time, I'll need to react faster and not let her tease me so easily.

After finishing breakfast, Chen Jiang was just about to head back when he suddenly heard a soft "Meow."

That was when he remembered what Yi Yunxue had just said.

"I remember feeding you a can yesterday?" Chen Jiang mused.

"Well, let's skip it for today then."

With that, he pushed open the door and left Yi Yunxue's apartment.

...

[Yuedian Editor Daxian]: Great River-dada, a gaming company is inquiring whether you're willing to sell the gaming rights to your novel.

"Gaming rights?" Chen Jiang asked with growing interest:

[How much are they offering?]

[Yuedian Editor Daxian]: They're still negotiating, but it should end up somewhere between 5 million and 8 million in your pocket.

"That little?" Chen Jiang lost interest immediately.

That price wouldn't even earn him as much as writing a single music album.

Given the sheer traffic and popularity of *Lord of the Mysteries*, the future earnings would easily be at least tenfold that amount.

Not to mention, the book's popularity in overseas markets was already taking off.

[Great River]: Not selling.

[Yuedian Editor Daxian]: I figured the price was too low myself. Since you don't want to sell, I'll have the company turn them down.

[Great River]: If any publishing houses reach out for physical publication rights, go ahead and accept those.

[Great River]: Hold onto the film, television, and manga adaptation rights for now. Don't sell them even if people ask.

[Yuedian Editor Daxian]: Got it.

Publishing rights didn't generate massive profits nowadays, and Chen Jiang couldn't be bothered with them, but the film, television, and manga rights had to be kept.

Since he owned a company in a related field himself, how could he possibly sell those copyrights to industry competitors?

...

All morning, Chen Jiang holed up at home pounding away at his keyboard, once again aggressively stacking up a massive backlog of chapters for *Lord of the Mysteries*.

In a wonderfully good mood, Chen Jiang generously released fifty new chapters all at once.

This instantly sent his readers into a frenzy.

[What special day is it today? Did Great River have some happy family event?]

[Nobody even sent any huge tips recently. Is there some hidden milestone update event?]

[Tsk tsk, could the old thief Great River be drunk? Will he regret this when he wakes up? Quick, go read today's chapters!]

Chen Jiang replied: [Not drunk, read away with peace of mind. Purely in a great mood!]

[My god! Red Sweet Potato from next door, why don't you learn a thing or two! Every time you delay updates, you blame writer's block and claim you're asking Great River next door for writing advice, why don't you ever learn his update volume?!]

[Tsk tsk, took a screenshot. Going to send this to other authors to show them what a true model worker looks like!]

Chen Jiang logged out of the author dashboard and stretched lazily.

At this hour, Yi Yunxue should be back.

Chen Jiang shut down his computer and headed upstairs to Yi Yunxue's apartment.

At that moment, she was busy preparing ingredients in the kitchen and didn't notice Chen Jiang standing right behind her.

He gave a light cough and said, "Let me help."

Only then did Yi Yunxue notice Chen Jiang standing behind her, and she nodded, "Okay."

Chen Jiang stood by stripping vegetable leaves, while Yi Yunxue rendered lard in a pan.

"Don't we have vegetable oil? Why are you still rendering lard?" Chen Jiang asked out of curiosity.

"Vegetable stir-fries taste better with lard. If you're cooking meat or fish, vegetable oil is better so it's not too greasy," Yi Yunxue explained.

After finishing with the greens, Chen Jiang washed them and then started washing the fish.

Seeing the pork sitting nearby, Chen Jiang initially thought about handling the meat as well, but hesitated and ultimately decided against it.

For a hopeless cook, it was best to steer clear of knives; cutting oneself would only cause unnecessary trouble.

Seeing Chen Jiang staring at the block of pork, Yi Yunxue smiled, "Don't touch that. This cut requires a lot of skill and puts knife work to the test—cutting it right makes it taste even better."

"Anything else you need help with? If not, I'll head out to the living room." Chen Jiang asked.

"Alright, go wait outside." Yi Yunxue nodded.

After stepping out of the kitchen, Chen Jiang had nothing to do, so he picked up a cat teaser wand and started playing with Little Orange.

"Chen Jiang, come help carry a dish over." After a while, Yi Yunxue's voice drifted out from the kitchen.

"Coming." Chen Jiang tossed the teaser wand aside for Little Orange to play with by itself and quickly got up to retrieve the dishes.

"Careful, it's hot!" Yi Yunxue warned.

"Got it." Chen Jiang used a damp dish towel to grip the bottom of the plate and successfully brought the food to the table.

Once all the dishes were served, Chen Jiang praised, "My Xuexue is truly amazing!"

Yi Yunxue blinked and said, "Stop calling me Xuexue just like your fans do, it feels so strange."

"Aren't you my Xuexue? I can be your fan too," Chen Jiang said, petting her head with absolute fondness.

Yi Yunxue's face turned red. Without a word, she lowered her head and began spooning rice into her bowl.

"Being fed by you every day, I feel like I've put on quite a bit of weight," Chen Jiang said with a smile.

"When I went home for the Lunar New Year, even my grandmother praised me for not losing weight this year and looking quite healthy."

Yi Yunxue looked at Chen Jiang and playfully scolded, "My goal is to feed you until you're plump and round, just to prevent other bad women from having designs on you."

"How could that happen? You are my one and only. You're so gorgeous that compared to you, other women are like fireflies next to a bright moon. They can't possibly catch my eye; my heart only has room for you alone," Chen Jiang declared, pouring out his heartfelt sentiments.