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Now that Omega I Used to Hurt has officially wrapped up, I want to share a few updates — and the reasons behind them.
Until now, I’ve been posting up to five chapters a day here on Patreon. I know many of you loved the fast pace (and I truly loved writing for your excitement!). But to preserve both the quality of the writing 2025-07-01 01:12:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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Omega I Used to Hurt is officially complete. From its first chapter to the final confession, you stayed with me. You cried when it ...
2025-06-30 21:15:34 +0000 UTC View PostLin Xian's major was among the last in the entire university to go on break. After finally surviving the most dreadful finals week of her college years, the holiday arrived—with only a little over ten days left until the Spring Festival. The moment the break began, Zhou Qin considerately urged Lin Xian to head home. As with all companies and workplaces, the closer it got to year-end, the busi...
2025-05-03 00:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostAfter New Year's Day, with Lin Xian’s final exams drawing near, she made the excuse of needing to focus on revision to temporarily pause her weekly workout sessions with Xiao Wanqing. Instead, she chose to stay home and study quietly on her own.
Truthfully, exams weren’t that difficult for Lin Xian. Since entering university, she hadn’t exactly been a top student, but she managed ev...
2025-05-03 00:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostNo one knew how much time had passed before the dazzling fireworks finally reached their peak and faded into silence. The noise died down, and everything gradually settled into quiet. For a moment, the crowd seemed to pause in that fleeting hush—then, laughter and chatter returned as people began to disperse, flowing outward like a tide.
As the deafening booms subsided, Lin Xian finally...
2025-05-03 00:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostLin Xian nibbled delicately on her sandwich, bite by bite, and felt rather pleased with her handiwork. After drinking more than half a glass of milk, she licked away the foam clinging to her lips, feeling content. As she admired Xiao Wanqing’s graceful table manners—always such a pleasant sight—she suddenly remembered something important.
“Aunt Xiao,” she asked, “did you talk ...
2025-05-02 13:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Xiao Wanqing woke up the next day, the sun was already high in the sky. She looked around — it was her familiar bedroom. The clock on the nightstand showed that the alarm had been turned off manually.
Rubbing her temples, she still felt a bit hazy from a hangover. She remembered that the night before, unable to sleep in the middle of the night, she'd planned to have a little drink ...
2025-05-02 13:31:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe waiters brought the dishes one after another. The main course was steak, served with baked deep-sea prawns in cheese, pan-seared cod, seafood pizza, turkey salad, milk pudding, Black Forest cake, and more. Since Xiao Wanqing was driving, Lin Xian didn’t take the opportunity to suggest red wine—instead, they ordered a pot of special fruit tea to share.
The atmosphere felt strangely...
2025-05-02 13:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostJust as Lin Xian's right hand brushed a few strands of hair from Xiao Wanqing’s cheek, her breath drawing close and lightly fanning across her skin, Xiao Wanqing snapped back to herself, abruptly stepping away.
Lin Xian’s lips grazed her cheek—softly, barely.
Xiao Wanqing had moved too quickly, too suddenly, her steps so hasty she nearly lost her balance.
For a fleeting ...
2025-05-02 13:30:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt was Friday on Christmas Eve, and Lin Xian only had classes for the first two periods that afternoon. After class, as usual, she headed to the choir practice room. Shi Man, who was waiting for Xia Zhijin to finish a brief student council meeting so they could go home together—and also curious to witness the amazing talent Chen Zhi and Tang Mo had praised so highly—decided to go with her.<...
2025-05-02 13:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was as cool and clear as water. In the quiet little mountain village, there wasn’t much in the way of entertainment. Once night fell, apart from the occasional barking of dogs, everything was enveloped in silence.
After dinner with her grandmother and younger sister, Xia Zhijin sat with her grandmother to watch a bit of television and chat. Once she’d seen her take her medic...
2025-05-02 13:29:14 +0000 UTC View PostAs the car slowly pulled away from the gates of Jingnan University, Xiao Wanqing happened to glance across the street—and there they were.
Xia Zhijin and Shi Man, standing at the edge of the sidewalk, caught in a quiet struggle. They faced each other, Zhijin gripping Shi Man’s hand as if trying to hold her back. The night had fallen softly, and from the distance, Wanqing couldn’t ma...
2025-05-02 13:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostXiao Wanqing was so engrossed in what she was watching that she didn’t realize how much time had passed. When she finally snapped out of it, she noticed that the seats to her right—where Xia Zhijin and Shi Jinglan had been sitting—were now empty.
Only here to watch Shi Man’s performance? Xiao Wanqing mused with a wry smile.
Well, she supposed it made sense. The fact that Shi...
2025-05-02 13:27:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe psychological drama competition was in full swing. Thanks to Lin Xian’s outstanding script and the stellar performances from Shi Man and the rest of her classmates, their class advanced to the finals without suspense.
The finals were scheduled for the Friday evening one week before Christmas, to be held at the school’s auditorium, jointly organized with the Business Administration...
2025-05-02 13:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostAfter returning home from the gym, Lin Xian and Xiao Wanqing went to their respective rooms to shower, as was their usual routine.
In the bathroom, Lin Xian undressed and stepped under the showerhead, turning on the hot water. The stream of warmth flowed down her back, washing away the lingering chill on her body. She squeezed out a small amount of shower gel, rubbed it between her hands,...
2025-05-02 13:25:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day was Saturday. After dinner, just before heading to the gym with Xiao Wanqing, Lin Xian remembered she wanted to show her the revised script—updated after being selected and receiving guidance from the organizers.
The TV was on. Xiao Wanqing was sitting on the sofa, and Lin Xian dragged a small stool over, sitting across from her. With both hands, she offered up the script l...
2025-05-02 13:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostXiao Wanqing rarely lost her composure in front of others, let alone shedding tears before a junior like Lin Xian. Once her emotions had settled, a faint awkwardness crept over her. Thankfully, Lin Xian was sensitive enough to spare her the discomfort. Their eyes met briefly before Lin Xian gave her an easy out by shaking her right hand slightly and murmuring, “Aunt Xiao… my hand hurts…â€...
2025-04-15 03:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a sumptuous feast, the gathering dispersed. It was already nearing eleven o’clock. Xiao Wanqing offered to call a car to send the girls home, but the kids politely declined. Left with no choice, she helplessly reminded Xia Zhijin to take it slow and be careful on the way, and to text Lin Xian once they arrived home.
Xiao Wanqing stayed behind to clean up the dishes and tidy the pl...
2025-04-15 02:42:51 +0000 UTC View PostUnder the warm, dim light, the sharp lines of Xiao Wanqing’s jaw and the elegant curve of her swan-like neck seemed to be frozen in time—like a breathtaking painting come to life. For several seconds, Lin Xian stared at her in a daze, her mind completely blank, as if all that remained was a blazing fire in her chest and a single sentence echoing over and over again:
“Aunt Xiao.....
2025-04-15 02:10:38 +0000 UTC View PostAfter everyone had laughed enough, they picked up their chopsticks again. Lin Xian took a bite of food, drained the last of her drink, and her eyes sparkled with mischief as she suddenly asked Xiao Wanqing, “Aunt Xiao, I became an adult today, didn’t I?”
Xiao Wanqing looked at her playful little face and instantly guessed she was up to something again. She nodded calmly, quietly wai...
2025-04-15 01:43:53 +0000 UTC View PostIn the living room, Lin Xian and the others were starting to feel a bit sleepy after playing games for so long. Their stomachs had begun to growl like empty fortresses, so they finally took a break. As they leaned against the sofa legs, chatting idly and tossing around random comments, Xia Zhijin’s clear, melodious voice finally floated out: "Wash your hands, everyone. Time to eat."
The...
2025-04-15 01:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostHand in hand, Lin Xian followed Xiao Wanqing out of the auditorium, matching her steps with a careful reverence. Every now and then, she’d sneak a glance at the elegant woman beside her, and each look made her heart beat like a small drum, playing a frenzied sonata called I Really, Really Like You.
Xiao Wanqing, however, walked with composed ease, seemingly unaware. Her ga...
2025-04-14 23:57:16 +0000 UTC View PostXiao Wanqing had majored in Chinese Literature. Back in her sophomore year, when she studied foreign literature, she’d already developed quite an interest in Japanese works. Among the Japanese literary greats, Natsume Sōseki was one she was rather familiar with. Yet when she first came across that famous anecdote and his classic line of confession, she couldn’t make sense of it. She even t...
2025-04-14 23:56:43 +0000 UTC View PostThough Lin Xian had been born and raised in Anjiang City, she had rarely ventured into the southern district before college. In her limited memory, she recalled coming here once for a spring outing during middle school—she and her classmates had grilled food on some beach. Back then, the coastal cycling path she was riding on now hadn’t even been built.
Fortunately, even though it was...
2025-04-14 23:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostAfter returning home with her parents, Lin Xian lay on the familiar bed she had slept in for years. But strangely, sleep evaded her. Eyes closed, she tried to summon drowsiness, but her mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, endlessly spinning, making it impossible to find peace.
Did Auntie Xiao read her script yet? She bit her lip, her heart filled with anxiety.
Truthfully, she hadn't m...
2025-04-14 23:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the sports meet, November arrived. It was Lin Xian’s birthday month—and also a very special time for Jingnan University. November 13th marked the university’s anniversary, and this year happened to be the 100th year. So from the very first day of the month, celebration events bloomed one after another. Distinguished alumni were invited back in waves, and lectures of all kinds were h...
2025-04-14 23:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t until they saw the mid-distance runners emerging from the sheltered tunnel under the stands, heading toward the track, that Shi Man and Xiao Wanqing finally began walking toward the starting point, taking their time.
Lin Xian and Xia Zhijin were on adjacent lanes, warming up, stretching their limbs. Around them, a few student council members from Lin Xian’s department and ot...
2025-04-14 23:54:12 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, Lin Xian gave in to the temptation of bonus points for the comprehensive quality test and signed up for the school’s 800-meter race, along with the after-school training that followed. But since the training never actually took up her usual evening time to return home, she hadn’t mentioned it specifically to Xiao Wanqing.
That was, until one night a week before the sports ...
2025-04-14 23:53:37 +0000 UTC View PostAfter PE class, Lin Xian and Shi Man parted ways. Shi Man had resumed her usual routine of going off to find Xia Zhijin for lunch. Since the gymnasium was closer to the canteen today, she muttered to herself about getting the food early and waiting for Xia Zhijin so that when class was over, Xia Zhijin wouldn’t have to squeeze through the crowd. She still remembered how, during their silent t...
2025-04-14 23:53:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe first morning after returning to school from the National Day holiday, the last two periods were P.E. class. When selecting electives earlier, Lin Xian had been persuaded by Shi Man to choose table tennis. Though she had absolutely no foundation, Shi Man had confidently assured her that table tennis was the least time-consuming and least exhausting option. Lin Xian, in a moment of impulse, ...
2025-04-14 23:52:33 +0000 UTC View Post