The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead
Chapter 314 - 312 New Book Release

Chapter 314: Chapter 312 New Book Release

"Who can play Huang Rong?" This search term was pushed to the eighth most popular trend by netizens.

Many analytical fans opened a thread for a sincere discussion on the existing female celebrities, analyzing their acting skills and images. They made comparisons and asked netizens to choose, "Who is your ideal Huang Rong?"

There were many celebrities, some indifferent, some deeply invested.

Quite a few people inquired about auditions for the play, wondering if they might strike it big.

Nian Shutong, of course, didn’t care about these matters as she had just earned another ten million Star Coins and was in high spirits.

Daodao wasn’t much concerned either, his primary purpose was to help Nian Shutong make money.

When Daodao’s new book was ready, he first let Nian Shutong take a look.

Nian Shutong and Xiao Ba were both prepared to read it.

"The Return of the Condor Heroes?"

Nian Shutong first glanced at the title, then asked Daodao, "Where is the eagle in this?"

"Master, the book is already complete."

Nian Shutong nodded in understanding, opened the book, and began reading.

Li Mochou and Lu Zhan Yuan made their appearances, as well as Guo Jing and Huang Rong from the previous book.

However, in this book, Guo Jing and Huang Rong were already middle-aged, and their children were all grown up; their characters had matured as well.

Huang Rong was no longer as spirited and quirky, and Guo Jing had lost much of his original naive honesty, gaining instead a greater sense of national righteousness.

The true protagonist, Yang Guo, also made his entrance, clashing with characters like Guo Fu and being sent to the Quanzhen Sect.

Yang Guo defected from the Quanzhen Sect and accidentally joined the Ancient Tomb Sect where Little Dragon Girl appeared.

As time wore on, Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl, after being defeated in a fierce battle with Li Mochou and intending to die together, miraculously escaped and their relationship profoundly changed.

Reading up to this point, Nian Shutong felt nothing particular.

In the Cultivation World, relationships between disciples and their masters were not rare.

Continuing to read, when she got to the part about Little Dragon Girl’s lost chastity, she was dumbstruck.

She probably sat in silence for about two minutes before forcibly turning her head to Daodao.

Her gaze seemed to question, "Are you serious?"

"Master, why are you looking at Daodao like that?"

"Why?" Nian Shutong pointed to the content in the book, her fingers trembling slightly and asked, "Can’t this part be changed?"

Daodao, without even looking, stated firmly, "Master, Daodao has reviewed several modified versions, but not once has this plot point been altered."

"That means, this plot point is very useful."

"It can’t be changed."

Daodao’s firmness made Nian Shutong wish she could drop dead.

You won’t change it!

Fine, you won’t change it.

With tears in her eyes, Nian Shutong thought, how many scoldings would she endure once this book was released?

Most importantly, she must hide her pseudonym well, really well.

Otherwise, she feared she might be beaten to death.

Or perhaps, she should stop using that pseudonym altogether?

However, she was slightly reluctant to let go of the money she had earned.

After steadying her mind for a while, Nian Shutong steeled herself and finished reading the rest of the book. She had to admit, it was captivating.

But the part about Little Dragon Girl’s lost chastity was like a fishbone stuck in her throat.

She couldn’t swallow it, nor could she spit it out; it was just uncomfortable.

After finishing, Nian Shutong merely said weakly to Daodao, "Go ahead and release it."

She withdrew her Divine Sense, leaving everything to Daodao.

Daodao felt nothing and uploaded the entire book to the Star Reading website.

On the website, one could buy the whole book or mark it as a favorite. It was set up with a virtual connection to Star Network, making it feel like holding an actual book while reading on the Star Network.

Star Reading, Shu Zhuo.

He knew about the new book by the Text Mover the moment it was released and was the first to open it.

Being a hardcore fan of the Text Mover, Shu Zhuo had purposefully shut his office door just to enjoy reading the book.

Utterly devoted.

As he read the very first word, Shu Zhuo slowly became immersed.

Huh? Huang Rong has changed like this?

However, it was not entirely incomprehensible; if a person remained the same from their teens to their forties, that would indeed be unrealistic.

Moreover, the original Huang Rong didn’t have the Beggar Gang or these heavy responsibilities to bear.

Guo Jing was just a young man with some fortuitous encounters, devoid of any great national righteousness to uphold.

Their growth was inevitable.

Continuing to read about the Quanzhen Sect, Ancient Tomb Sect, Little Dragon Girl ...

Especially the descriptions of Little Dragon Girl, which were quite extensive.

Little Dragon Girl, a character that made Shu Zhuo unable to resist falling in love— even feeling a light touch of affection.

As he read on inexorably, the plot slowly developed until it reached the part about Yin Zhiping.

"Ah———"

"Why———"

Shu Zhuo was so enraged that he wanted to smash the virtual screen in front of him, but since it was virtual and unbreakable, he couldn’t help but yell out loud.

The staff outside Shu Zhuo’s office couldn’t help but look toward it, wondering what was happening?

What was that noise? Was it from Mr. Shu?

That shouldn’t be.

At this moment, Shu Zhuo was so infuriated that he paced around his office, cursing repeatedly, "What kind of crappy plot is this?"

Even his fondness for the Text Mover couldn’t alleviate his anger.

He tried hard to calm himself down, and several times he nearly sent a message to the Text Mover to inquire, yet each time he held back.

About an hour later, Shu Zhuo had calmed down, took a deep breath, and, holding back his myriad thoughts, continued reading.

He saw Yang Guo become the Divine Eagle Hero, loyal and loving. This part was exhilarating.

Seeing him and Little Dragon Girl, who just wanted to be together, but everyone seemed to forbid it simply because they were teacher and student.

Watching the two separated for sixteen years, Yang Guo’s arm severed.

When Yang Guo, in utter despair, jumped into Jueqing Valley and found Little Dragon Girl there at the bottom; they finally reunited—a fulfilling conclusion.

Shu Zhuo sat in reflection long after he finished reading.

The book, undoubtedly, was good, was thrilling.

The only sore point was the part about Little Dragon Girl losing her chastity, but if one read through the whole thing, it seemed somewhat understandable.

When Shu Zhuo finished, so did most of the netizens.

At that moment, in the comment section of this book on Star Network.

[Read it all in one day and night, finally done.]

[You actually finished it? I didn’t dare continue at the part about Little Dragon Girl.]

[Same here, I was so angry that I had to spend over two hours in the recovery tank.]

[I felt the same initially, but I still persevered and read on. It was good later on, but it still didn’t change my desire to curse the author.]

[I’ve already cursed him, you can go look at the Text Mover’s comment section; he’s already been thoroughly trashed.]

[Worse than the last time with Bi Yao.]

[Why does Boss Wen have to write like this? Can’t he write something that just makes us purely happy?]

[I curse that all his nutrient liquid is expired.]

Looking at these comments, Shu Zhuo took a deep breath and started typing his own comment.

He also had another identity, a well-known critic, under an alias.

He posted a comment for two reasons, first as a conscious act of a critic, and second to not let a good book be ruined over one plot disagreement, and it was his own company’s book after all.