I remember first encountering web novels when I was in junior high.
At that time, I spent my days obsessed with arcades and happened to come across a web novel with King of Fighters '97 settings... After this, things spiraled out of control and I added another hobby to my list in addition to playing games.
I remember when beepers were everywhere and smartphones hadn't become popular yet. If you wanted to read a novel, you had to rent it from a bookstore.
A book had a deposit of 20 yuan and was one yuan per day.
From renting books to reading on computers and then on mobile devices, I've been reading books for over ten years now.
Any seasoned bookworm would know the discomfort of running out of books to read. When I saw those terribly written books, I couldn't help but ridicule: "What the hell is this? I could do a better job."
As it happened, due to certain irresistible factors, I was unemployed at home half a year ago.