[My new neighboring novel, "Big Brother Takes the Kids on a Road Trip in a Camper Van," is now underway. Its blurb is at the bottom.]
------------This Novel's Blurb------------
After six years of dating, Shi Qing and Lu Dai finally tie the knot in a spectacular wedding that becomes a celebrated story in show business.
But the next day, Shi Qing accidentally hits her head and realizes that she and Lu Dai are both living inside a novel.
The heroine is a popular A-list star who gets together with a top-tier star, showering everyone with displays of affection along the way. She's the picture of a winner in life.
As a foil to the main couple, Shi Qing is the novel's brainless, demanding female side character. She's all looks and no brains, and her smooth career in show business is supposedly thanks to Lu Dai, a veteran actor who protects her. They call her a parasitic vine clinging to him.
According to the plot, after the leads announce their relationship, they continue rising to fame in their respective fields. Shi Qing, meanwhile, marries Lu Dai and immediately quits show business to become a housewife. Jealous of the heroine, she throws tantrums until she ruins her relationship with Lu Dai, causing his accidental death and earning her a torrent of online abuse.
After reviewing the ridiculous plot from her dream, Shi Qing glances back at Lu Dai, who's reading the newspaper. They say their marriage is fake? Fine. She'll show the whole internet what a truly sweet couple looks like.
The romance reality show "By Your Side" trends as soon as it announces that A-list couple Fu Zhen and Wen Liang will appear on the program.
The show goes viral before it even airs. Fans scour the preview clip again and again, trying to find the few sweet moments in it, but things soon take an unexpected turn.
"Why is Lu Dai so adorable when he says cheesy pickup lines with that serious face? Is this really the veteran actor I know?"
"Why did the screen go black? Is there something I, a distinguished paying member, am not allowed to see?"
"Waaah, nothing beats a real married couple!"
The male lead's perspective:
Everyone says he's a veteran actor, always wearing the face of a stern school dean. People are so afraid he'll give them a lecture when they ask for his autograph that his fans often joke they have to follow their idol in secret.
But only he knows that Shi Qing is the one who gets all his joy and sorrow.
He's afraid he'll grow old too quickly and fail to make Shi Qing happy. The six years they spent dating weren't because he was unsure. He was giving her the chance to change her mind.
Heaven knows how happy he was when she accepted his proposal. It felt as if he owned the whole world.
★ Older man, younger woman / He's 41, she's 27 / Both are inexperienced
"Big Brother Takes the Kids on a Road Trip in a Camper Van"
On his twenty-second birthday, Duan Kuo finishes arranging his leave from university, goes home to pack, and prepares to set off on a year-long road trip in a camper van.
But when he opens the door, he finds a three-year-old girl clutching a doll and blinking up at him. "Are you my big brother? Mom and Dad said I should stay with you."
Duan Kuo: ???
"Dear Duan Kuo, by the time you read this letter, your father and I will already be abroad. Duan Xixi is your biological little sister. Your father and I will be back in three months. Please take good care of her until then. Your sister is very well-behaved. All she needs is something to eat."
Duan Kuo: So you two secretly had a second child behind my back, and now you're dumping her on me instead of raising her yourselves?
Duan Xixi: Big Brother, Big Brother, I want lotus-leaf chicken made the traditional way.
Lotus-leaf chicken? There's a traditional way to make that?
Duan Kuo is forced to begin his camper-van journey, looking after a child, cooking, and doing laundry. Duan Xixi's little head comes up with a new dish every day: crispy roast duck, steamed sea bass, golden egg fried rice...
Duan Kuo: ...
Duan's mother, hiding out at their rural home: Do you think that brat can take good care of our Xixi?
Duan's father: Why wouldn't he be able to?
But I'm worried he won't be able to make the food Xixi asks for.
And you can make it if he can't?
...Then let's just leave them to it.
At first, Duan Kuo only wants to travel around the country in his camper van. But after being forced to take Duan Xixi along, he turns into a travel and food blogger, touring by camper van.
Duan Kuo's daily routine becomes looking after the child, doing laundry and cooking, and filming their camper-van travels.
Later, Duan Kuo's travel videos grow increasingly popular: clear lakes, magnificent snow-capped mountains, vast grasslands, winding mountain roads... and one mouthwatering, rustic dish after another.
One man, one little girl, one dog, and one camper van. Three meals a day. Duan Xixi hums, "Big Brother, oh, Big Brother, where are we going next?"
Theme: Stay positive.
What should I say, this article feels so weird to me. The "original book" in the initial setting is like a background board. The construction of the entire world is not clear. The changes in the characters of the male and female protagonists in the original book are really stiff and fragmented. In the variety show part, I just felt that the characters of the male and female protagonists were too flat. They were obviously popular characters. After dozens of chapters, it didn't make me feel that sweet. The plot just couldn't stand up. The second half is even more fragmented. After leaving the variety show, there are too many branch characters branching out from the male and female protagonists, and almost everyone has a line. The author may want to write about the bad entertainment market environment, and the capital is ultimately to blame for the results. However, writing down the results of many events is not obviously beneficial to the male and female protagonists' personalities and career lines. This part is written A slap-in-the-face plot is okay, but it does not highlight the effect of the novel. Instead, all the content of the next ten or twenty chapters is given to the branch plot. The male and female protagonists do not even know whether 50% of the content is included. The endings of some characters are not clearly explained. Even from a reader's perspective, I am not sure what role these people play in the entire plot. So this article really makes me feel that the architecture is very strange. (Not writing guidance, just talking about my personal feelings)
... I thought this was a simple sweet post, but people kept jumping out to stir up trouble. The previous article is not about how popular the film empire is, how many celebrities and idols have it, and how much capital they have. Now it seems that these foreshadowings are not the same. They are just stepped on by everyone.
Emmmmmmm, there are many supporting characters. I feel that the description of the male and female protagonists only accounts for 50% of the whole text. The rest is about various supporting characters. I feel that the description of the male and female protagonists is not too sweet.
All the reversals are quite unexpected. I have been saying that Wen is so good, but he is on the opposite side of the heroine, and then suddenly... If it is a TV series, the actor who plays Wen Liang will definitely bring money to join the cast, hahahaha, and then the ending is like going to the toilet and stopping in the middle of the toilet. It is uncomfortable.
I feel bored just looking at it
Maybe I don't have the ability. I really can't understand. Am I watching a variety show? What are you still doing? I don't even know what I'm looking at? It's too little to describe two people…
Seeing this, I feel like this article is about group portraits. There isn't much plot between the male and female protagonists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Why do we write so much about him? What is the foreshadowing?
I'm a little curious about the reason why the makeup artist was late... What made her arrive late with a cup of milk tea while she was looking forward to the job and nervous at the same time... Even if it's just a quick mention that she was too worried the night before, got up late in the morning, and was stuck in traffic. I always feel that this anxious and expectant mood is not consistent with the behavior of being late holding milk tea.
I kept reading and almost lost track of who was who...
What should I say, this article feels so weird to me. The "original book" in the initial setting is like a background board. The construction of the entire world is not clear. The changes in the characters of the male and female protagonists in the original book are really stiff and fragmented. In the variety show part, I just felt that the characters of the male and female protagonists were too flat. They were obviously popular characters. After dozens of chapters, it didn't make me feel that sweet. The plot just couldn't stand up. The second half is even more fragmented. After leaving the variety show, there are too many branch characters branching out from the male and female protagonists, and almost everyone has a line. The author may want to write about the bad entertainment market environment, and the capital is ultimately to blame for the results. However, writing down the results of many events is not obviously beneficial to the male and female protagonists' personalities and career lines. This part is written A slap-in-the-face plot is okay, but it does not highlight the effect of the novel. Instead, all the content of the next ten or twenty chapters is given to the branch plot. The male and female protagonists do not even know whether 50% of the content is included. The endings of some characters are not clearly explained. Even from a reader's perspective, I am not sure what role these people play in the entire plot. So this article really makes me feel that the architecture is very strange. (Not writing guidance, just talking about my personal feelings)
... I thought this was a simple sweet post, but people kept jumping out to stir up trouble. The previous article is not about how popular the film empire is, how many celebrities and idols have it, and how much capital they have. Now it seems that these foreshadowings are not the same. They are just stepped on by everyone.
Emmmmmmm, there are many supporting characters. I feel that the description of the male and female protagonists only accounts for 50% of the whole text. The rest is about various supporting characters. I feel that the description of the male and female protagonists is not too sweet.
All the reversals are quite unexpected. I have been saying that Wen is so good, but he is on the opposite side of the heroine, and then suddenly... If it is a TV series, the actor who plays Wen Liang will definitely bring money to join the cast, hahahaha, and then the ending is like going to the toilet and stopping in the middle of the toilet. It is uncomfortable.
I feel bored just looking at it
Maybe I don't have the ability. I really can't understand. Am I watching a variety show? What are you still doing? I don't even know what I'm looking at? It's too little to describe two people…
Seeing this, I feel like this article is about group portraits. There isn't much plot between the male and female protagonists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Why do we write so much about him? What is the foreshadowing?
I'm a little curious about the reason why the makeup artist was late... What made her arrive late with a cup of milk tea while she was looking forward to the job and nervous at the same time... Even if it's just a quick mention that she was too worried the night before, got up late in the morning, and was stuck in traffic. I always feel that this anxious and expectant mood is not consistent with the behavior of being late holding milk tea.
I kept reading and almost lost track of who was who...