Chapter 109 - Chapter 109: Chapter 107: The Web Novel Writer on the Trending List (Please Subscribe) (1/2)
Chapter 109: Chapter 107: The Web Novel Writer on the Trending List (Please Subscribe)
Lin Chuan’s reader group.
——”Abiding by the law is everyone’s responsibility”.
As a loyal fan of Lin Chuan, Old Bai felt obliged to clear his “brother’s” name, and thus, a video just released by the Lincang Police appeared in the group chat.
[Hey, Old Bai, what’s with the video you posted?]
[Don’t tell me you and Mr. Lin are starring in a drama, giving it your all in a performance.]
[Hold on, everyone go and check it out!]
[Video Publisher: Lincang Police Station.]
[…]
Group members immediately clicked on it.
Video Title——985 Master’s graduate ensnared in online romance scam, narrowly escapes death.
In the frame, one can see an interview room at a police station, where a person with somewhat messy hair is being interviewed.
Their face is partially pixelated.
In the lower left corner, a caption appears: Victim, Mr. Bai.
“You have a good understanding of scamming techniques and were on guard, so why did you still follow your online girlfriend’s suggestion and go to a remote corner?”
Asked the interviewer.
In the video, Mr. Bai seemed a bit awkward, and after hesitating, he replied:
“She and I met in person the day before, and she was as beautiful and gentle as she was online, completely submissive to me. Throughout the entire day, she didn’t show any signs of abnormality, so I let my guard down a bit.”
“Second, when we came here, she proposed going to a quiet place as she had something to tell me. I didn’t really want to go, but the way she enticed me, I found it hard to resist…”
At this point.
The group members collectively sent question marks.
[?????]
[Old Bai, can you go into detail about how she seduced you?]
[“I didn’t want to go”!]
[Can’t resist · Bai!]
[Old Bai, you’re really something!]
[Not wanting to go is your lie!]
[…]
Seeing the group’s reaction, Old Bai’s face darkened: “Wrong video, wrong one, this is it.”
The Lincang Police acted so swiftly, releasing two videos in a short period, causing Old Bai to mistakenly click the wrong one.
Old Bai promptly revisited the Lincang Police’s video page, selected the one about Lin Chuan, and shared it to the reader group.
Video Title——Web novel writer heroically rescues, effortlessly subduing fraud ring!
[I recognize every word in this title, but putting them together, I can’t quite understand it!]
[I can’t understand it either!]
[I’m also stumped, utterly bewildered!]
[It’s absurd, the words ‘web novel writer’, ‘heroic rescue’, ‘subduing fraud ring’—can they even be associated?]
[If the publisher of this video weren’t ‘Lincang Police’, I’d already be questioning it.]
[…]
The readers, half in doubt, clicked on the video after looking at the publisher.
In the video.
The very first scene is of Lin Chuan in an interview room, not showing his face, twirling a gun, the editing and close-ups akin to a movie, which left the readers momentarily stunned.
Then, the voice-over narration began.
“Notice this man, Shuai.”
“He is an ordinary web novel writer, spending each day immersed in his writing.”
“But don’t underestimate him, this web novel writer is not ordinary.”
“Using his own abilities, he stopped an international fraud crime, subdued 15 fraudsters, and rescued 12 victims.”
At that moment, the video showed a still photo from that rural road scene, taken from a distance.
A country road, two trucks, a man and a woman standing, side profiles, their faces unclear, and in front of them, fifteen people huddled and squatting down.
The narration continued.
“It all started when Shuai’s novel reader ‘Bai’ met his online love interest in person, only to become a victim of her scam. In desperation, Bai sent a distress message to Shuai.”
“Shuai decisively embarked on a mission to rescue.”
“…”
The video’s progress bar reached the end, and it finished playing, but the readers holding their phones were still in shock.
After a while, the readers came back to their senses.
[Damn, Mr. Lin, are you for real?]
[Is this video really released by Lincang Police?]
[Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?]
[You’re really daring, Mr. Lin, messing with a fraud ring!]
[@Mr. Lin, didn’t you just escape from the factory area? Are you now on a revenge spree?]
[Old Bai, what were you up to when Mr. Lin was going on a rampage?]
[A meek inquiry, isn’t Mr. Lin’s main occupation a web novel writer?]
[…]
Incredulous messages flooded the reader group, creating a wave of chatter.
Suddenly the group messages shot up to ’99+’.
A smile appeared on Old Bai’s face as he continued to post: “See, didn’t I tell you so?”
[Old Bai, I suddenly feel a bit safer, what’s going on?]
[Suspect Mr. Lin, are you doing this to atone for your crimes?]
[@Mr. Lin, big shot author, come out and say something!]
[Mr. Lin, this side of you feels so unfamiliar.]
[Author, you sneakily took down a fraud ring, not in vain for Qianqian promoting your book these past days!]
[I’ll go tell Qianqian, lest she gets slandered by those navy trolls.]
[I’m also going to confront those anti-fans!]
…
Quick Shake live streaming.
Su Qianqian’s live streaming room.
Tonight, Su Qianqian started her live stream as usual.
She wore a pink chiffon blouse, her hair in a bun, with soft makeup accentuating her gentle charm.
“Tonight I’ll continue to recommend Mr. Lin’s book ‘All-In’. I’ve been following it for three days, and now it’s approaching 90,000 words, it’s time for everyone to check it out.”
In recent days.
Although there were people accusing Lin Chuan’s ‘All-In’ of plagiarism, Su Qianqian, as a professional reading blogger, could tell that Lin Chuan was not plagiarizing.
She noticed upon careful reading that ‘All-In’ and Ming’s ‘The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area’, both present the first-person perspective of being duped into a factory and becoming a fraud salesman, have fundamental differences.
‘The Years I Was Tricked into the Factory Area’ emphasizes reality.
In its author’s words, it’s 100% authentic to the factory life.