The Textbook Literary Master

You can't talk about Lu Ming without saying he's a literary giant. You have to mention that he's the writer whose works appear most often in elementary school Chinese textbooks, the guide who led the new century's literary movement and laid the foundations for Chinese cultural confidence, the great author whose style changes with every work, who can do anything and write about anything.

If his existence has any flaw at all, there's only one: he's still alive.

After transmigrating to this parallel world, where culture has suffered a great rupture, Lu Ming becomes an unknown grassroots writer.

He spends a fortune to finally get a spot on Mango TV's The New Generation of Writers, only to be told that his money will cover just two episodes.

But it doesn't matter. Talent is everything. Faced with a challenge themed around red culture, Lu Ming writes The Golden Fishhook without hesitation, setting out on a literary path that will make students both love and hate him.

Young Runtu. Kong Yiji. On your first reading, you don't understand what the book means; on your next, you find yourself in it.

The Dragon Boat Festival's Salted Duck Eggs. Before you've even met anyone from Gaoyou, you already know its eggs.

The Sight of Father's Back. It's been more than two years since I last saw my father, and what I remember most is his back.

Years later, when the annual college entrance exam season rolls around again, Lu Ming can only helplessly respond to the students' teasing.

"You want me to guess what my own work is trying to express? What a waste of time. I don't know why the curtains are blue either! You need to figure out what the exam setter is trying to express!"