Maintaining a three-chapter update schedule for two consecutive days filled me with a profound sense of accomplishment, which is why I stayed up so late last night, leading to a late rise today. The afternoon sun, hitting my face at three o'clock, brought with it a fleeting, almost meaningless sadness—a feeling that I might never truly love again.

This sudden surge of elementary-school-level sentiment was baffling, yet as I looked at the collection of 'gentlemanly' files stored on my hard drive, I pondered deeply and finally understood: I wished to be like Zi Mei, forever a seventeen-year-old girl… or rather, a boy.

Right, from now on, I'll stick to the core message. The truth is, today’s update might be a bit delayed. For the final two days of this month, I still owe you six chapters out of the promised twelve. I might not manage three chapters today, but I absolutely guarantee those six chapters will be delivered over the next two days.

Except for the very beginning of the month, I don’t think I’ve asked for monthly votes again, mostly because my update frequency—truly lackluster, perhaps a 'Combat Power Five' level of performance—made me too ashamed to beg for votes. But even a 'Combat Power Five' needs a good mindset, much like Baka, who always believes he is the strongest. Therefore, in these last two days, to demonstrate my proper gentlemanly demeanor, I’ll casually put out a request for a monthly ticket.

P.S.: The title has no bearing on the content; it’s purely to boost click-through rates. RQ