Thank you, everyone. The problem has been solved.
To be honest, I’m still in complete shock.
I’ve been struggling with this on my own for over a year, asking around, making calls, all to no avail. Last night, after a consultation with my lawyer, I truly felt like I was out of options, so I posted that explanatory Chapter.
I asked for everyone’s help at midnight last night. But just twelve hours later, Daoist Monkey’s monthly ticket ranking shot up from 818th in May to its current 178th. I also received a reply from my editor: Dead End can be revived as an extra story for Daoist Monkey.
I checked—my editor starts work around ten in the morning. They replied to me at 11:50 AM.
In other words, the problem that had been tormenting me for so long was solved in just one hundred minutes.
I’m sorry, I’m a little speechless, so these sentences are probably a jumbled mess. But there’s one thing I’m absolutely sure of: you all are truly incredible.
’It was such a selfish, unreasonable request. I’d given up on writing with a professional attitude from the very beginning because I didn’t think I had it in me. All I wanted to do was escape. And yet, you still helped me.’
And... just... that’s a difference of over 1440 times.
One hundred days of scrambling around in the digital world versus one hundred minutes.
I guess maybe some small miracles really do exist in real life.
I’ll be posting a bonus Chapter this weekend as a thank you. Once again, thank you all.
Flying Pigeon June 1, 2021