Chapter 444 (1/2)
Freakishly Cool
“I Love to Eat Pumpkin Pie” had been utterly intoxicated as he clicked the upload button. It had been finalized. “An Youyou took the shot on the male protagonist’s behalf and died.” He had not spared any detail concerning the male protagonist’s inner monologue as An Youyou lay dead before him, in a pool of her own blood. He had been shocked, beyond consolation, remorseful, and enraged at the super villain “Gangster Emperor” Ye Wudao. He had to take revenge for An Youyou!
This was a brainless book. As long as the writer came up with a good arc about the ensuing vengeance, readers would be satisfied. It could even offset the toxicity of the “heroine’s death.” An Youyou’s death had given rise to a great conflict between the male protagonist and the villain. Great conflicts meant great climaxes!
The hate was mutual. The villain was just as enraged at the main protagonist. After all, An Youyou was his fiance. Her beauty, standing, family background had all been top-notch. Although her character was somehow unruly and arrogant, all other Ladies were.
In essence, An Youyou was not bad at all. She did go to nightclubs, but she knew that she was a good girl!
Zhao Youyue did not leave the writer any exit plan such as “in critical condition but not dead, she will wake up at the end of the arc” to rescue An Youyou. Hua Banhu had shot An Youyou cleanly through her heart. The “Number One Killer in Southeast Asia” had been that ruthless!
Although Hua Banhu had encountered all sorts of accidents when it came to killing people with the Protagonist Aura, he was still second to none when it came to killing supporting characters
In short, An Youyou was completely dead in the water. At this point, she needed a God or a superhero who had the ability to resurrect the dead. Otherwise, she had no chance of appearing in the subsequent chapters anymore, other than flashbacks.
Zhao Youyue had achieved her goals. Firstly, to clear up the misconceptions that circled this character, sending the readers down the right path. Secondly, to exit via death, closing the loop and giving the writer no absolutely no room to tarnish her image.
As a result, a few hours after this exciting plot was uploaded, the comments section blew up!
Readers of this genre always placed them in the male protagonist’s shoes for the shortest path to pleasure. This served as a double-edged sword, for they would also feel his pain!
It was almost taboo for such genres to “betray” their readers. Betrayal could range from a female who talked down on the main protagonist, to her going after another guy. Hurt your readers too severely, and they might just drop the book!
Killing off a female lead was not as critical as downright “treachery,” especially when she did it for the male protagonist. In a twisted sense, that was also a form of pleasure. After all, how would there be a girl who was willing to die for you? We’re just talking about girls in general, let alone those Ladies of beauty and status. Didn’t we read these mind-numbing titles to escape from reality and bask in such ridiculous fantasy?
The problem came after the fact. The heartbreak and grief would be all too real, as they had substituted themselves as the male protagonist a little too deeply. They would more than empathize with the male protagonist’s rage, his grief, his loneliness, his anguish!
After all, “I Love to Eat Pumpkin Pie” Xu Liangming had been intoxicated as these events unfolded. His writing may still have been as bland and simply as ever, but it was the simple things, created by a pure heart that sometimes hurt the most!
Who knew that we could break our brains and hearts at the same time, for all the wrong reasons!
The reviews blew up!
“I did not expect to shed tears over this book. Why was such a great female character written to death?”