[Gloomy Shut-In Author X The Deranged Male Lead He Wrote]
Shu Jinzhi is a conscientious web novelist who never leaves a story unfinished or abandons a project. He's written more than a dozen novels, each over a million words long. Though none of them have ever been especially popular, he still loves writing.
"If writing doesn't kill you, write until it does!" is his motto!
"Once I start a story, I'll finish it. I never give up!" is his faith!
One late night, while working overtime on his novel, he suddenly feels a sharp pain in his chest, followed by the sensation that he's about to die.
As his consciousness fades, Shu Jinzhi thinks that he's finally written himself to death... No! He hasn't finished his story yet! At least let him finish writing before he dies!
When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself still in that shabby rental room that costs a few hundred yuan a month. Shu Jinzhi is overjoyed. He didn't die! He's still alive! He can keep writing!
He struggles to sit up, only to hear the clank of chains. That's when he notices the shackles around his ankles and neck.
What kind of plot is this? Shu Jinzhi is stunned.
"You're awake?" A deep voice drifts from the corner. "I've been waiting for you."
Shu Jinzhi's legs tremble with fear, and he starts begging for mercy. "Big brother, please spare me! I've still got twenty thousand yuan in my bank account. Take it all! Just let me live!"
The man doesn't answer. He grips Shu Jinzhi's chin and forces him to look at him, his eyes brimming with tears as he trembles.
"Why were you willing to give them happy endings," the man says, his voice dark and resentful, like an icy blade, "but you forgot me?"
Shu Jinzhi freezes, then suddenly remembers that the man before him is the protagonist of his very first novel: Mo Xianchen!
Back then, for one reason or another, he'd abandoned the novel! And the male lead he'd written was a deranged, murderous psychopath!
Vengeful and ruthless.
He's doomed!
Shu Jinzhi continues to plead. "I'll write it now! I'll give you a perfect ending right now!"
Mo Xianchen sneers. "Too late."
The man gently strokes Shu Jinzhi's cheek, tracing the lines of his tears down to his neck. Then he suddenly tightens his grip around that pale throat. "Don't you like watching me do bad things?"
"Why not try it for yourself, hmm?"
Shu Jinzhi weeps. Just as he thought, authors who leave their stories unfinished are struck by lightning and punished for it! The male lead has come looking for him!!!! And he's only ever abandoned one novel in his life!!!!
[Bonus Scene]
In a dim room, Shu Jinzhi, wearing oversized black-rimmed glasses, stares intently at the screen, his fingers flying across the keyboard.
Mo Xianchen stands behind him, scowling with displeasure. Through gritted teeth, he says, "You haven't taken me out in two months!"
Shu Jinzhi rubs his chin, pondering the plot. "Oh, aren't you keeping me prisoner? Why do you insist I go out? I've got a serial to update. Don't distract me."
"Don't write about them!"
"Tsk, they all have official pairings. What are you jealous of?"
"Come out with me!"
"No!" Shu Jinzhi picks up the shackles and puts them on himself. "I have to write."
Mo Xianchen: ...Why do you always go on hiatus when you're writing about me!!! That's not fair!!!!
In the end, Shu Jinzhi gets dragged outside anyway. TvT
Theme: We were made for each other.
