Please add my upcoming story, The Secret Game, to your favorites. Its blurb is at the bottom.
This Story · Blurb
[Popular Star Song Yecheng Fan Group]
Fan A drops a link to a web novel: Aren’t these no-name authors shameless? This 180th-rate writer is directly copying our guy’s trending topics to ride his coattails, and they don’t even change the names?
The fans click the link and take a look. Oh wow, the protagonist is named Song Yecheng, and every plot point is copied from Song Yecheng’s schedule and trending topics. They haven’t even changed the show names or dialogue. It’s practically a biography of Song Yecheng!
Fan B: My fists are clenched.
Fan C: +1
Fan D: +2
…
Fan N: Wait, wait, wait!
Everyone: ?
Fan N: Am I the only one looking at the chapter release dates?!
The fans open the book again in confusion. The moment they see the release time of each chapter, they all gasp.
[Chapter 1: Crowned Best Actor. Released: December 10]
The date Song Yecheng won Best Actor at the film festival: December 20
[Chapter 2: Microphone Malfunction. Released: December 20]
The date Song Yecheng’s microphone malfunctioned at a press conference: December 30
[Chapter 3: Fall into the Water During Filming. Released: January 10]
The date Song Yecheng fell into the water while filming a scene on wires: January 20
WTF? Every chapter was released ten days before the corresponding event happened?!
Fan A: Oh my god… I’ve got goosebumps…
Fan B: +1
Fan C: +2
…
Fan N: Wait, wait, wait!
Everyone: What is it this time?
Fan N: Has no one noticed the latest chapter?!
The fans open the book for the third time
[Latest Chapter: Romance Exposed. Released: February 10]
Everyone looks at the date in horror: February 20.
Just then, a notification chimes, and a trending-topic alert appears at the top of everyone’s screen
[Song Yecheng meets someone late at night, suspected romance exposed!]
Reader’s Guide:
1. Song Yecheng (gong) x Jiang Que (shou)
2. The point of view isn’t specified because the story uses both leads’ perspectives. The suspense in the first few chapters centers on the shou, so it begins from the gong’s point of view. After that, the perspectives are split roughly evenly.
3. None of the characters are based on real people.
4. The story is set in 2020 because many dates are mentioned, and using a round year makes it easier to calculate.
5. Place names are only there to indicate directions and have no connection to real places.
6. The main characters have no supernatural abilities, and there are no crossovers.
7. Thanks for reading! *Bows*
Upcoming Story 1 · The Secret Game · Blurb
Zuo Nian, a top graduate in game design, gets unexpectedly trapped during a job interview in an unreleased full-immersion historical fantasy online game.
After getting over his initial panic, he realizes that to leave the game, he has to complete the tasks given by the System.
But as he works through them, he increasingly feels like the System is messing with him
He’s just spent all 1,000 gold coins from his starter pack when, ding!
System message: [Task: Collect gold coins 0/1000]
Zuo Nian: …
He’s just been blacklisted by the tavern owner NPC after trying to wheedle some money out of him when, ding!
System message: [Task: Learn the tavern owner’s plum wine recipe 0/1]
Zuo Nian: …
He’s just barely escaped the jaws of a mountain boss when, ding!
System message: [Task: Collect boss fangs 0/1]
Zuo Nian: …#$%@!!!
After going through hardship upon hardship, Zuo Nian finally reaches the last task. Thinking it must be the light at the end of the tunnel, he opens it and sees
System message: [Task: Add any friend 0/1]
Looking at the empty world chat, Zuo Nian finally loses it completely:
[World · Zuo Nian: Do you have no shame?!]
[World · Zuo Nian: The game hasn’t even opened for beta testing. Where am I supposed to find friends?!]
[World · Zuo Nian: Get out here, you rotten System!!]
[World · Zuo Nian: If you can find me a person, I’ll marry him on the spot, okay!!!]
Just then, ding! A System notification chimes
[Congratulations, you have received a luxury gift box]
[Gift 1: Marriage proposal]
[Gift 2: Wedding robes]
[Gift 3: Red candles]
[Gift 4: A bridal sedan carried by eight bearers]
[Gift 5: One million gold pieces]
[Gift 6: A luxurious mansion with a private garden, no longer available]
…
Zuo Nian: ???
At the same time, a message flashes across world chat
[City Lord · Xiao Ting: Good. Let’s get married.]
Upcoming Story 2 · My Shadow Is Up to Something · Blurb
Lu You’an is an obscure actor who can’t even make a living from his paychecks.
You’d think a nobody like him wouldn’t have to worry about being secretly photographed, but lately he’s had the constant feeling that someone is following him.
His friends say he’s being paranoid or has a persecution complex. Even he wonders if he should see a doctor.
Then one night, as he walks down a narrow alley, he happens to catch sight of his shadow beneath a streetlamp, and suddenly, the hairs on his neck stand on end.
*
When Best Actor Huo Wen wakes up, he discovers someone lying on top of him.
He’s about to shove the person off in disgust, but his hand passes straight through their body.
After recovering from the initial shock, he finally realizes, he has no physical form. He’s become a flat, two-dimensional shadow.
Huo Wen: ??!
After silently observing the shadow’s owner for days, watching him grow more and more suspicious of everything, Huo Wen can’t take it anymore. At last, he gives him a proper scare in a quiet alley.
Upcoming Story 3 · My Landlord Has Issues · Blurb
Chi Yu is a laid-back web novelist.
One day his computer suddenly dies, so he heads to an internet cafe in the middle of the night to update his story.
The guy he doesn’t know at the next computer loses a game, grumbles as he tosses off his headset and lights a cigarette, then casually turns to look at Chi Yu’s screen.
Under that unrelenting gaze, Chi Yu’s hands seem frozen over the keyboard. The cursor keeps blinking and blinking, but he can’t manage to type another word.
About five minutes later,
The guy taps his arm. “Hey, did you fall asleep?”
Chi Yu turns to him with a resentful look, convinced his disdain is written all over his face. The guy ignores it completely and nods toward the screen. “If you’re awake, keep writing. What did he say? How did his senior brother die, anyway?”
Chi Yu grits his teeth. Determined not to give in to the threat of evil, he rolls his eyes so hard they might fall out, turns back to the screen, and resolutely types
[The Sect Leader’s eyes reddened as he roared hoarsely, “Why would you do this?! Don’t you know my senior brother was hacked to death for peeping at someone’s screen in an internet cafe?!”]
The stranger: …
*
The next day, his unseen landlord comes by to collect the rent.
Chi Yu is wondering how to explain that he’s short on cash and will probably need a couple of days to pay. Then he opens the door
The stranger is standing outside: ^_^ Sect Leader, time to pay the rent.
Chi Yu: …
Chi Yu: Um… brother, could you give me a couple more days?
The guy smiles without warmth. “Do you know how my senior brother died? He got hacked to death for falling behind on rent~”
Chi Yu: *Sniff* QAQ
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Theme: Chase the light in the abyss, and never abandon love or faith.
After reading the foreshadowing analysis written by my wife in the script, I would like to add that I felt a huge self-loathing when it came to the second script "Looking for the Lamp".
At that time, the main plot had not yet been fully launched, and it was written that Ye Ying wanted to give up the adopted child. The reality was consistent with the content in the play, but the contradiction lies in the subsequent development. In reality, the "child" is alive, and the parents "settled overseas" and lost contact. However, in the play, someone died, the child died, and the adoptive parents lost the child. After this contradiction, the relationship returned to the original.
Looking at the subsequent development from the perspective of consistency between the previous drama and reality, in fact, at that time, I had a vague feeling that the reality was not very optimistic. Although the content of the drama itself was very heavy and painful, in fact, as a written work, its own meaning was dreamy and beautiful. So from this point of view, one of the adoptive parents must have passed away in reality, and the cause of death was related to Jiang Que. Jiang Que felt very painful in his heart, so he insinuated in the work that when the adoptive mother proposed to send the child back, the death of the child should not affect the adoptive parents' relationship. They would still be a loving couple without the child.
This was a beautiful development in his imagination, so he made changes in his work. At that time, I didn't know the progress of reality, but when I saw this, my heart was really pounding. I could already predict that there was a giant knife waiting in reality. After all, after having "lost" a lot of memories and forgetting the death of his adoptive parents, Jiang Que still felt that if there was no child, the adoptive parents would not have to argue. At that moment, he thought it was normal for his adoptive mother to want to send him away. The heavy guilt never left him, and because he was too kind and self-loathing, he would always feel that he was in debt to others.
In fact, I really don't want to use kindness to describe a person. It feels too cliche and not specific. But in this matter, my most intuitive feeling is that the adoptive mother is cruel and selfish. Jiang Que is too kind and values love too much. He also knows that he is adopted and has no blood relationship, so he is naturally humble. Without the adoptive father as a balance point, the imbalance in the relationship can only lead to the worst result.
Ahhhhhhh what an exciting book! [Star Eyes][Star Eyes][Star Eyes] I didn't guess the ending at all, but this ending is very reasonable! [Poor] [Poor] [Poor] It feels so good to think back on the foreshadowing [star eyes] [star eyes] [star eyes]
Every plot twist brought me surprise. When I watched the drama within the drama, I initially thought that the psychological trauma caused by the family made him subconsciously write his own experience into it, but I didn't understand until I saw the finale. At first, when I thought it was an ordinary rebirth novel, I thought the plot of this novel was a bit simple. But after seeing the twist later, I felt that the plot was too fast and it ended like this.
Finished spreading flowers! Can't wait to see the story and comment first! Oh my gosh, I skipped the day of the 14th, I'm so good at writing, I have so many ideas! Because the writing of this article is interesting and attractive, and the tweet said it is very imaginative and has many twists and turns, I came to read it. My wife really wrote it very well! It's actually a 22-year-old article. Fortunately, I didn't miss it.
I was really shocked by the reversal. . . The author's wife is awesome
I don't remember which time I brushed it. My top
Crossing the invisible time line and ushering in a new tomorrow, this intention is really great
I obviously planned to read 20 chapters a day and read it over several days, but ended up failing on the second day (help me)
Thank you for your story, teacher. Tell me that you will continue to write articles, right?
How cruel! ! ! The beginning really attracted me to read on, the writing is good
After reading the foreshadowing analysis written by my wife in the script, I would like to add that I felt a huge self-loathing when it came to the second script "Looking for the Lamp". At that time, the main plot had not yet been fully launched, and it was written that Ye Ying wanted to give up the adopted child. The reality was consistent with the content in the play, but the contradiction lies in the subsequent development. In reality, the "child" is alive, and the parents "settled overseas" and lost contact. However, in the play, someone died, the child died, and the adoptive parents lost the child. After this contradiction, the relationship returned to the original. Looking at the subsequent development from the perspective of consistency between the previous drama and reality, in fact, at that time, I had a vague feeling that the reality was not very optimistic. Although the content of the drama itself was very heavy and painful, in fact, as a written work, its own meaning was dreamy and beautiful. So from this point of view, one of the adoptive parents must have passed away in reality, and the cause of death was related to Jiang Que. Jiang Que felt very painful in his heart, so he insinuated in the work that when the adoptive mother proposed to send the child back, the death of the child should not affect the adoptive parents' relationship. They would still be a loving couple without the child. This was a beautiful development in his imagination, so he made changes in his work. At that time, I didn't know the progress of reality, but when I saw this, my heart was really pounding. I could already predict that there was a giant knife waiting in reality. After all, after having "lost" a lot of memories and forgetting the death of his adoptive parents, Jiang Que still felt that if there was no child, the adoptive parents would not have to argue. At that moment, he thought it was normal for his adoptive mother to want to send him away. The heavy guilt never left him, and because he was too kind and self-loathing, he would always feel that he was in debt to others. In fact, I really don't want to use kindness to describe a person. It feels too cliche and not specific. But in this matter, my most intuitive feeling is that the adoptive mother is cruel and selfish. Jiang Que is too kind and values love too much. He also knows that he is adopted and has no blood relationship, so he is naturally humble. Without the adoptive father as a balance point, the imbalance in the relationship can only lead to the worst result.
Ahhhhhhh what an exciting book! [Star Eyes][Star Eyes][Star Eyes] I didn't guess the ending at all, but this ending is very reasonable! [Poor] [Poor] [Poor] It feels so good to think back on the foreshadowing [star eyes] [star eyes] [star eyes]
Every plot twist brought me surprise. When I watched the drama within the drama, I initially thought that the psychological trauma caused by the family made him subconsciously write his own experience into it, but I didn't understand until I saw the finale. At first, when I thought it was an ordinary rebirth novel, I thought the plot of this novel was a bit simple. But after seeing the twist later, I felt that the plot was too fast and it ended like this.
Finished spreading flowers! Can't wait to see the story and comment first! Oh my gosh, I skipped the day of the 14th, I'm so good at writing, I have so many ideas! Because the writing of this article is interesting and attractive, and the tweet said it is very imaginative and has many twists and turns, I came to read it. My wife really wrote it very well! It's actually a 22-year-old article. Fortunately, I didn't miss it.
I was really shocked by the reversal. . . The author's wife is awesome
I don't remember which time I brushed it. My top
Crossing the invisible time line and ushering in a new tomorrow, this intention is really great I obviously planned to read 20 chapters a day and read it over several days, but ended up failing on the second day (help me)
Thank you for your story, teacher. Tell me that you will continue to write articles, right?
How cruel! ! ! The beginning really attracted me to read on, the writing is good
Ending with flowers [burst crying] [burst crying] [burst crying] [burst crying] [burst crying] [burst crying] Redemption ah ah ah ah