One month later.
I have failed miserably!
At the computer desk, Lin Fan stared at his work, an expression of defeat on his face.
How could this be...
In this month, his thoughts flowed like a spring, his pen moving as if guided by a deity.
His keyboard clattered as he constantly revised, finally managing to write a hundred thousand words in his saved draft.
Yet when he submitted his works to various website editors with full confidence, they were all rejected without exception!
The reasons were essentially all similar: either the plot was too cliché, the theme didn't match the current trends, or the beginning of the story was too slow.
Amidst the constant rejections, he couldn't help but start to doubt himself.
He had accomplished nothing for a whole month, yet his savings were almost gone...
The situation was not optimistic!
"Demon Sovereign, what do you want for lunch? Should we order takeout?"
Longyue's voice came from the living room. Lin Fan sighed softly and slowly walked out of the bedroom.
Longyue was lying sideways on the sofa, sipping cola through a straw, with a large bag of potato chips in her lap, while a variety show was playing on the television in front of her.
Relying on her own memory and intelligence, after a month of understanding this world, she had slowly become familiar and adapted to earth.
The former Empress who knew nothing of the world could now expertly use her phone to order food and shop online...
In this month, she spent every day either lying in bed scrolling through short videos on her phone or lying on the sofa marathon-watching dramas. Whether it was children's cartoons, J-dramas, K-dramas, movies, variety shows, or the evening news, she watched them all with great delight. She often stayed up late to marathon-watch, only reluctantly going to sleep at three or four in the morning, and then sleeping until almost noon before waking up.
They had agreed from the start that food and housing would be covered, so he had linked the household card to her phone from the beginning. Whenever she wanted to eat something, she could directly order it herself.
And precisely because of this, under her extravagant spending, his savings were being depleted faster than expected...
He had planned for four thousand yuan to last the two of them for two months, but it only lasted for one month...
Lin Fan stood at the bedroom door, looking at Longyue exasperatedly, yet he couldn't bring himself to say anything.
She had just arrived on Earth and was slowly understanding and integrating into this world.
He was the one who encouraged her to watch more TV and learn more about this world. He just didn't expect that she seemed to be integrating a little too well into this world, even perfectly...
Who could believe that the lazy woman who lay at home all day, only eating, drinking, and sleeping, was once the Empress of an immortal realm!
Now she was happy watching TV and her phone every day. Where was the despair and dissatisfaction she felt when she first arrived on Blue Star...
In this whole month, he had never heard Longyue cry and scream that she wanted to go home again...
"Demon Sovereign, the Empress just found a new food place, Curry Chicken Cutlet Omurice! Want to try it together?" Longyue noticed Lin Fan standing at the bedroom door and enthusiastically raised her phone to show him.
Lin Fan pulled up a chair and sat in front of Longyue. He rested his hands on the low table, his fingers intertwined, with a serious expression.
"Empress, there's something I need to discuss with you."
"Hmm? What is it?" Longyue said, unconcerned, still having her head down at her phone, scrolling through food options and thinking about what to eat for lunch today.
Thud!
Lin Fan slammed his hands hard on the low table, leaned toward Longyue, and said with a solemn face: "Empress, our household finances are in the red!"
As his voice fell, Longyue's expression showed her surprise, and the finger she was using to scroll through the food options couldn't help but stop.
"Does that mean... we're out of money?"
"That's right!" Lin Fan nodded seriously.
"How could our money run out so quickly?" Longyue asked, confused.
"That's the question for you, Empress!!" Lin Fan's forehead twitched slightly as he growled exasperatedly.
If he didn't say it. The moment he heard that statement, his lungs almost burst with anger.
In addition to three meals a day, she also bought a lot of snacks and drinks online.
When she marathon-watched dramas at night, she also liked to order late-night snacks and milk tea. She casually spent tens of yuan on food that even he was reluctant to order on a regular day!
With that kind of spending, how could the money not run out quickly!
"W-Who can the Empress blame for that. Who knew the money in this world ran out so quickly? The Empress didn't feel like I bought much..." Rebuked by Lin Fan like that, Longyue was like a child who had done something wrong. She twiddled her fingers awkwardly and averted her gaze, not daring to look directly at Lin Fan.
"Ah, forget it. It's true that you can't be blamed for this." Lin Fan sighed softly, trying hard to suppress the exasperation in his heart, and sat back down on the chair.
He was the one who said he would cover her food and housing, and he was the one who linked the household card. Longyue had just arrived in this world, and her former self was the Empress of an Immortal Realm. Naturally, she had no concept of money. He really couldn't blame her.
"I'll go out for a while. You stay at home and be good, don't wander around." Lin Fan got up to leave but was suddenly stopped by Longyue: "Wait, Demon Sovereign, you're going out to find a way to make money, right?"
"Yes," Lin Fan admitted. If he didn't find a way to make money soon, perhaps in the next few days the two of them would have to eat northwest wind...
"Hmph hmph~ Demon Sovereign, why don't you ask the Empress if I have any money first?" Longyue snorted proudly twice, a foxy, sly smile on her face. Compared to Lin Fan's worried expression, she looked incredibly spirited and confident.
Lin Fan looked puzzled, but still approached Longyue with a glimmer of hope. "You have money?"
Longyue shook her head with a smile. "The Empress has no money~"
Lin Fan: "..."
"Are you playing games with this sovereign, Empress?" Lin Fan felt utterly speechless and turned to leave in disappointment. He shouldn't have any hope for this woman...
Since transmigrating to earth, she had basically stayed at home with him. Except for the occasional trip to the supermarket to buy some things, she hardly ever went out. Every day was just eating and sleeping, so how could she have money?
"Even though the Empress has no money, don't forget, Demon Sovereign, who this Empress is!" Longyue planted her feet on the sofa, placed her hands on her hips, her face full of pride and confidence, and declared in a proud and delicate voice: "The Empress is the Empress of the Supreme Holy Palace! The Supreme Sovereign of the Immortal Realm!"
"...And then?"
"The Empress does not have money in this world, but the Empress has treasures!" With that, Longyue took out a blue gem from her pocket.
"This is an Immortal Realm Blue Stone, a priceless and rare treasure. It contains a wisp of the Empress's immortal spiritual power. If a cultivator wears it, it can provide immortal spiritual protection, safeguarding the soul and saving a life. If an ordinary mortal wears it, it can nourish the body with immortal spirit, making one immune to a hundred diseases and prolonging life!" "Just this one alone is enough to buy more than ten human cities! Hahaha~"
As she spoke, Longyue couldn't help but let out a triumphant laugh to the sky, as if the boundless wealth of this world was beckoning to her. Although she had lost her spiritual energy and couldn't open the immortal ring on her hand, thankfully she still had a few treasures for protection!
Lin Fan stood stunned, unconvinced. He did not share the optimism in her heart; instead, he felt a slight premonition that things might not go as smoothly as imagined. Did the immortal stone from the Immortal Realm still hold the same value in this world...?
"Demon Sovereign, just wait and see, and beg the Empress to take care of you~" "Don't worry, from now on, the Empress will let you eat anything you want."
Longyue grasped the Blue Stone in her hand, leaped from the sofa in a single jump, and walked toward the door with her head held high and her chest puffed out, full of vigor.
After a month of understanding this world, she already knew that there were pawn shops in this world, just like in ancient times. So from the start, she had never worried about money. As long as she sold the immortal stone in her hand, she would, in one transformation, become one of the richest people in this world~!
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