After This Green River Author Went Explicit, She Got Stuck with a Hopeless Romantic

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Being greedy for money and sex is a flaw, but put the two together and you've got a winning combination.

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Zhao Nanzhi was so broke in college he could barely scrape by. To make ends meet, he had no choice but to sign with Lǜjiang and start writing for a living.

He only wanted to earn enough to cover his expenses. He never expected his story to suddenly go viral and catch him completely off guard. With readers demanding updates every day, Zhao Nanzhi was pulling his hair out. He wrote about gay guys, but he wasn't gay himself, and he had zero romantic experience. How was he supposed to finish the story?

With no other choice, Zhao Nanzhi thought it over, gritted his teeth, and really did go into the business. He found himself a rich young master to date.

The young master had money, but wasn't very bright. Zhao Nanzhi, a writer who could toss out one romantic line after another, had him completely under his spell.

Zhao Nanzhi leaned into his arms, closed his eyes, and put on a sweet voice to praise him: “Honey, look at Lord Guan! So dashing and valiant, fierce as a tiger. You're just as mighty in my eyes. From now on, I'll call you Second Master!” (In reality, he was a clueless young master with his head in the clouds.)

Second Master was so pleased that he kept handing over stacks of cash. Zhao Nanzhi was just as delighted, hugging all the money and getting carried away. Just as he decided this gig was better than writing and planned to make it his full-time job, Second Master's family got caught up in a power struggle, and he suddenly died.

But in a final act of generosity, he left Zhao Nanzhi his entire estate. Zhao Nanzhi knelt before his grave, surrounded by a mountain of riches, and wept with genuine feeling. Then he took the money and lived comfortably for the rest of his life.

He never expected to open his eyes and find himself back in his youth. Zhao Nanzhi thought it over. He'd enjoyed a life of luxury with someone else's money in his previous life, so this time he should at least repay the favor. He steeled himself, tracked Second Master down again, and decided to save him before going off to live his own life.

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Shen Boxu fell for a handsome face at first sight in a KTV. With a wave of his hand, he promptly kept the beauty as his lover.

The beauty had a gorgeous face, a great body, and a sweet tongue. Shen Boxu adored him, but after only a few years of enjoying himself, someone plotted against him and he dropped dead.

Before he went, he made sure to leave the beauty his fortune. After all, they'd been together for so many years, and it was better for him to have it than someone else. He never expected that, after dying, he'd watch the beauty weep uncontrollably and spend the rest of his life guarding what he'd left him: a mountain of gold and silver.

Shen Boxu was deeply moved. If there was another life, he decided, he'd want the beauty by his side again.

He never expected to open his eyes and discover he'd truly been reborn.

Shen Boxu promptly showed up at Zhao Nanzhi's door and planted a big kiss on him. “Heh heh! My little Red Bean, I'm here!”

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Later, once everything had settled down, Shen Boxu confessed his love to Zhao Nanzhi with heartfelt sincerity.

Zhao Nanzhi stared at him in disbelief. “I'm talking money with you, and you're talking about feelings? Don't talk about feelings. They'll cost you!”

Shen Boxu was stunned. “Don't you love me?”

Zhao Nanzhi said nothing. He just packed his bags and tried to run.

Shen Boxu hurried to stop him. “That's fine too. We can go back to how things used to be. No feelings, just money.”

Zhao Nanzhi was baffled. “??? You really are open-minded.”

But much later, Zhao Nanzhi finally realized something was wrong. “Oh my god, I think I've gotten myself involved with a hopeless romantic!”

A dumb, rich, horny top x a beautiful, cunning, money-grubbing bottom

Reading Guide

① The right lid for the right pot. Both of them have flaws, but their personalities complement each other.

② This is a double-rebirth story. They were in love in their previous lives, but it was genuinely a relationship based mainly on money and sex.

③ Writing is writing, and going into the business is going into the business. The author did not go into the business to write this story, and neither should you go into the business to come up with a plot.

④ Both leads are pure and faithful, in body and mind, in both their past and present lives.

⑤ Enjoy the story~

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From Bottom to the Lǜjiang Rankings

Help! My childhood friend and I have both been trapped in a Lǜjiang novel! What do we do?

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What author hasn't dreamed of writing a breakout hit, shooting straight to the rankings, selling the rights for a fortune, and claiming the throne of success?

Yu Xi had dreamed of it, too. At university, he splurged during the first half of each month, then lived on scraps during the second half, munching on steamed buns bought with money from his beloved childhood friend while eyeing the fried chicken his roommate had bought with the site's attendance bonus. At last, he slapped the table and announced that he was going to write web novels, too. He wrote about the bond between a male lead and his brother with such melodramatic intensity that it made your teeth ache. After one look, his roommate promptly kicked him over to Lǜjiang.

Yu Xi took a look at his story. He'd heard the site had good prospects for selling adaptation rights, so regardless of whether it suited him, he tweaked the plot and charged in. After getting rejected dozens of times, a kind-hearted editor finally took him on. And yet, the story was a total flop.

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Yu Xi was terribly frustrated. When his beloved childhood friend Chi You made fun of him for being a grown man who'd barged into the women's fiction market and deserved to fail, he refused to accept it. He insisted he just lacked experience with that kind of romance, and that once he got some, he'd soar to success.

When he opened his eyes again, he and Chi You had both been bound to the “Start from Zero and Make the Rankings” System. They traveled through the worlds of popular Lǜjiang ranking novels in various genres. They could only clear a world by completing every plot point and reaching the ending. Their reward was a stay in a pocket dimension in another world, until Yu Xi finished drafting a novel of the same genre as the world they'd just visited. Only then could they go home for a vacation.

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During their first transmigration, Chi You and Yu Xi were close to tears. Faced with an overbearing CEO romance about forced possession, they exchanged a glance and braced themselves to move the plot forward.

Yu Xi closed his eyes and lay down on the bed. “Come on, don't be gentle with this delicate flower. Let's get the plot moving!”

The System said, “This is a forced-possession romance. You're supposed to force him to love you. You're being too compliant.”

Chi You, a moment earlier: “...Oh, damn!”

Chi You, the next moment: He tore open Yu Xi's white shirt.

“Gya ha ha ha! You can scream until your throat gives out, but no one's coming to save you. From now on, you're my canary!”

Halfway through the kiss, Chi You was close to falling apart. “We're not really going to turn this into the real thing, are we? I think I'm supposed to be straight!”

Yu “Lin Daiyu, Eyes Closed” Xi: “No, this is Lǜjiang. Anything below the neck isn't allowed, so our innocence will be safe.”

And on their Nth transmigration:

Chi You kept cackling. “Give up struggling! We're just moving the plot forward!”

Yu Xi was horrified. “What are you trying to do? This is Lǜjiang!”

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Much later, Yu Xi finally made the rankings and sold the rights, but lost his precious purity and straight orientation. He struggled to push Chi You off him and silently shed two tears.

Sure enough, becoming a top-ranked author wasn't easy.

Reading Guide

① This is a love story about two adorable childhood friends. They have no boundaries with each other, but it may take a while before they finally admit their feelings.

② This isn't a typical quick transmigration story. There aren't many exciting moments, just plenty of laughs.

③ The author is a nobody and has never made the rankings. If you spot a problem with the story or a flaw in my imagination, please don't make fun of me.

④ Enjoy the story~

Theme: Every pot needs the right lid.