Chapter 115 - Chapter 115: Chapter 113 Mr. Lin, You’re Really Going to Jail Now, Huh? (2/2)
Just like Handon, many web novel writers gained massive traffic and reaped a full harvest of surprises amidst such explosive news.
Before, Lin Chuan’s “All In” and Ming’s “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area,” were like two giant mountains looming before the authors participating in the anti-scam novel competition.
Surpassing them was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
And now.
It was like the fable of the Foolish Old Man who removed the mountains, with the Heavenly Emperor directly ordering people to move “these two big mountains” away.
How could he not be happy?
At this moment, even Lin Chuan’s reader group was discussing this matter.
[Guys, some authors really write themselves into their novels!]
[That’s outrageous, someone actually wrote their autobiography like Mr. Lin did with his novel!]
[Are you guys not following Mr. Lin at all? Mr. Lin’s books have also been taken down!]
[They really have been removed!]
[Ming’s “The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area” and Mr. Lin’s “All In” seem similar!]
[It’s over, could Mr. Lin have really been arrested?]
[Mr. Lin, you’re really going to jail!]
[Quick, @Mr. Lin, see if he’s around!]
[@Mr. Lin]
[@Mr. Lin]
[@Mr. Lin]
[…]
In Anling City, Qingxiu District.
The dawn quietly sprinkled over the city, with the horizon gradually turning a pale golden color. Occasionally, the chirping of insects reached the ears as Lin Chuan sat in the back seat of the Little Landlady’s car, facing the morning breeze, and arrived at Zhongcheng Building, Network Security Company.
The chairman had arrived at work.
Lin Chuan was sitting in his office, but his mobile phone kept ‘ding-donging’ incessantly.
“What’s going on now?”
Lin Chuan frowned and muttered.
Then, he took out his phone.
Good lord!
More than a dozen unread messages, many of them ‘@Mr. Lin’.
It started with a message from Youyou: “Darling~ are you alright?”
Lin Chuan smiled and tapped on the screen of the phone, displaying a line of text: “I’m fine. /emoticon.”
“Did the police comrades contact you for an investigation?” Youyou quickly asked again.
“They already investigated, and I was ‘exonerated on the spot’,” Lin Chuan replied half-jokingly.
Youyou was puzzled: “Exonerated on the spot?”
“Yeah, my background is clear, there’s no way I could be involved in internet fraud,” Lin Chuan chuckled and replied.
“Then I’m relieved,” Youyou breathed a sigh of relief, “What about your book, can it be released?”
“The police station here has already submitted an explanation of the situation, if it’s fast, it could be released today.”
“Waiting for your good news/emoticon,” replied Youyou.
Having received a definite answer from Lin Chuan, Youyou regained her original vigorous spirit and immersed herself back into her busy work.
Lin Chuan then opened the reader group and scrolled through the hundreds of messages from early today, quickly knitting his brow and immediately @everyone in the group:
“Guys, I’m still here!”
Lin Chuan popping up today was a surprisingly astonishing event.
[Author, how can you still be on your phone? Don’t they say you can’t use phones in the nick?]
[Mr. Lin, where are you? Are you at the police station?]
[Mr. Lin, are you really not afraid of getting arrested?]
[I don’t understand, Ming is arrested, so why isn’t Mr. Lin?]
[I also don’t get it, could Mr. Lin have some special skills or what?]
[@Police Uncle, there’s a fish that slipped through the net here, not captured yet!]
[…]
Lin Chuan’s expression darkened.
These criminals always hope I go inside!
I consider you brothers, but you treat me like a criminal suspect, is that appropriate?
Humph!
Afterwards, Lin Chuan opened the Kuaidou app to check out the related news.
Good lord, he got the shock of his life.
On the trending searches, besides Ming’s, there was also his!
On the Kuaidou trending list, there were two entries related to him.
>Ming + Mr. Lin, the anti-fraud duo?
>Ming is already in, how far is Mr. Lin from entering?
Lin Chuan clicked in, and a torrent of comments flooded his view.
[Strongly suggest Police Uncle Shuli investigates Mr. Lin!]
[I’m a passerby, Mr. Lin’s book feels even more real than Ming’s, he must be someone from the factory area!]
[Could he possibly be collaborating with the factory area?]
[@Cyberspace Administration @Han River Cyber Police @Anling Cyber Police @Yundian Cyber Police @Lincang Cyber Police]
[He’s definitely one of the factory lot!]
[I dare say, even if professional anti-fraud officers came, they wouldn’t be able to withstand Mr. Lin’s scams!]
[…]
Among them, a small blogger ‘Hand of Justice’ had made a video, analyzing the content of his “All-In” with real-life cases, listing three main reasons why Lin Chuan was also one of the factory folks.
Each reason was argued convincingly.
But the more Lin Chuan read, the more absurd it seemed.
He’d been consuming too much data these days, so he was somewhat of an internet celebrity author now.
At the same time, he’d also gained quite a few haters.
Now, these haters were almost having a field day, using the news of Ming’s arrest to continuously sling mud on Lin Chuan!
Getting the haters to shut up was almost impossible.
Because they could always find an angle to disparage.
“I also have haters now, damn it, where did these haters come from?” Lin Chuan spat out in annoyance.