Forty-odd days, three hundred fifty thousand characters, looking back now, it feels like yesterday.
Thank you, Tad reader, for giving me a place to stand, allowing my stories to reach countless households.
Thanks to editors Xun Shan Mao and Qiang Zi, for guiding me to adapt to the structure of online novels in the shortest time, publishing chapter after chapter with full confidence.
Thank you to every discerning reader. Your reviews, votes, scores, and comments make me feel I'm not struggling alone. In those moments of writing passion, your support is felt.
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This book, The Case of the Mysterious Jigsaw Puzzle, has reached this point, with the first case, "The Person I Wrote About is the Killer," officially concluding. The second case, "The Person I Peeped At is the Killer," will officially launch. Daily updates of one chapter, each 6000 characters long, remains my promise and my respect to every reader. The second case will continue to maintain the tone of the first case—sometimes light and humorous, sometimes filled with sorrow and anger, sometimes playfully witty, and sometimes mysteriously intriguing. Perhaps, with the groundwork laid in the first case, the scope of the second case will further broaden. Some have advised me to focus on a single story line, to be precise and concise, but I still wish to maintain my usual style, thus not failing my own diligent efforts.
Regarding the performance of the first case, I feel a mix of pride and inferiority. Pride, because in twenty days of writing in October, I earned over a thousand yuan. Usually, this sum might be just enough for a month's worth of cigarettes and drinks, or perhaps a piece of clothing. However, this income made me happy for an entire night. Recalling my university days when ghostwriting essays for at least a thousand yuan each, and after starting work, taking on various part-time writing jobs at a rate of one yuan per character. Now, for such a modest sum, I feel a confidence of "not being bound by conventional standards to recruit talent" and a heroism of "a thousand pieces of gold scattered, and it returns again." Inferiority, stems from witnessing the brilliance of other authors, marveling at their boundless imagination and their writing styles, which can be grand and epic or intricate and winding. Respect! A capital 'R' for Respect! Beyond the mountains lie other vistas; there are no other reasons, only profound respect.
In fact, for the book The Case of the Mysterious Jigsaw Puzzle, all my inspiration comes from fragments of stories I've gathered from my daily news work. In terms of writing style, having been accustomed to writing scene-by-scene scripts, I often focus on settings, foreshadowing, and character personalities, sometimes to the point of being verbose. But I believe that when telling a story, one must first immerse oneself in that story, as if witnessing it or personally experiencing it. Only then can it be truly satisfying. Some readers ask me why certain descriptions in the first case were seemingly unnecessary. But dear readers, I am someone used to writing news articles; how could I not understand the principle of "cherishing words like gold"? I can only reiterate that the accumulated verbosity of the previous book will be focused upon in the subsequent text. Do not be anxious, do not be anxious!
I have stated many times that suspense is difficult, and writing suspense is even more so. Not only must one bear the burden of thinking about murder and arson, but one must also paradoxically dismantle the meticulously constructed suspense. Is it difficult? Indeed, it is! However, I also firmly believe that writing suspense can be addictive.
In relation to Tad Reader, I am still considered a newcomer. It is a shame to admit that, to this day, only a handful of readers are willing to communicate and discuss with me. While I feel touched and grateful, only by diligently continuing to write can I live up to everyone's favor. As the narrative progresses, I will take this opportunity to once again thank you, my dearest readers. Do not hesitate to leave your messages, whether they are words of encouragement, mockery, suggestions, or support. Write them all; I will sincerely accept them.
After rambling on for so long, the second case officially begins.
Do not leave! Do not leave! Please allow me to narrate it for you.