The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead
Chapter 326 - 324: The Value of Books

Chapter 326: Chapter 324: The Value of Books

Nian Shutong wrote for the entire day and finally finished just before Little River Live started.

She organized the completed books, packed them up, and sent them off to Shu Zhuo.

Once they were sent off, she washed her hands of the whole affair and left it alone.

By the time Shu Zhuo received the delivery, it was the next day.

He had left the company’s address, so it wasn’t until he came into work the next day that he received the parcel.

Shu Zhuo was also a bookworm and a fan of the Text Mover, so he kept two copies of the book for himself.

The interstellar book was a bit large and the font was a bit small, so there was only one book.

Shu Zhuo didn’t start reading it right away. After he took his copies, he left two for the Empress and sent the rest to the publishing house, who was responsible for sales.

Shu Zhuo hadn’t even had an opportunity to browse the books before he was occupied by his busy workload.

At noon that day, he received a call from the publishing house.

As soon as he connected, the editor-in-chief on the other end spoke in a familiar tone, "Shu Zhuo, you young man, your tactics are getting better and better."

"But who wrote the content?"

"Also, didn’t you take four books? We’re exactly four short."

"You have no idea how frantic our editor-in-chief is; he’s about to tear his hair out. Hurry and tell us what’s in the books, our copies have already been sent to bookstores."

"We wanted to keep copies for ourselves, but the editor-in-chief wouldn’t allow us, insisting they all be mixed into the batch of books."

The editor-in-chief kept talking, but Shu Zhuo didn’t understand a single word.

What content?

What four numbers?

But Shu Zhuo just feigned mystery and said, "Don’t worry, you’ll find out sooner or later."

The editor on the other end of the line, who was initially rambling, suddenly fell silent for a moment.

"Shu Zhuo, you don’t know what’s going on, do you?"

After saying this, the editor-in-chief started laughing and while he laughed, he said, "Just you, kid, trying those mysterious tactics with me, when you were still wearing split-pants, I already knew you."

Shu Zhuo, on this end, massaged his temples with a headache and with a hint of threat in his calm voice said, "I’ve never worn split-pants."

"Alright, alright, you didn’t, still playing shy with me."

The editor-in-chief obviously knew Shu Zhuo very well, and after that statement, the call was ended, not giving Shu Zhuo any chance to retort.

Shu Zhuo stared at his Light Computer for a good while, as though with a special ability, he wanted to electrocute the other party through the waves.

"You got away fast."

After Shu Zhuo closed his Light Computer, the first thing he did was to take out the two books he had kept for himself, as the ones for the Empress had already been sent out.

When Shu Zhuo opened the book, the first thing that caught his eye was the handwriting.

Although he was not obsessed with calligraphy, he couldn’t help but have some appreciation for it since his father, a headmaster obsessed with calligraphy, and his mother, a professor of traditional culture, lived at home.

Even if he didn’t understand it, exposure alone had rubbed off some appreciation for good handwriting.

This writing is really nice.

Immediately after, Shu Zhuo looked at the content.

"Three Characters Classic, heaven, earth, man."

Beneath it was a small number, twenty-five.

What does this mean?

Shu Zhuo didn’t understand yet, and he opened another book.

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao, the name that can be named is not the eternal name."

Below it was a number one.

Shu Zhuo’s curiosity was fully aroused, and instead of figuring it out by himself, he directly inquired with the Text Mover.

When Nian Shutong received the information, she replied briefly.

Shu Zhuo looked at the Text Mover’s reply: To thank the netizens for their support, I have transcribed the Three Character Classic, Thousand Character Classic, and Tao Te Ching, each book includes one phrase, as a gift to everyone.

One phrase per book, that is, the number below represents the order.

Shu Zhuo gazed at the three titles, lost in thought, as he remembered seeing a fragment of the Tao Te Ching in his father’s bookcase, cherished and collected, only to be viewed through the glass.

Could the Text Mover have come up with a complete version just like that?

The previous thoughts about the Text Mover being a fugitive were immediately shattered.

Who would need to commit crimes if they had so many things?

He pondered before asking the Text Mover: Do you understand the value of these three books?

On the other side, when Nian Shutong saw the message, her first thought was, am I losing money?

But on second thought, it was fine; she hadn’t intended to make money.

Copying some novels back then was due to her genuine need for money, something that Daodao arranged, and things had continued that way.

But with these timeless masterpieces, she chose to retain their original fame, even Nian Shutong, when transcribing the Tao Te Ching for the first time, felt a sense of sudden realization.

She dared not claim such works as her own.

Nian Shutong replied to Shu Zhuo: The value of a book lies in being read.

When Shu Zhuo received the message, he suddenly felt a deep respect for the Text Mover, realizing that this person’s realm was beyond his criticism.

However, he was still shocked, who exactly was the Text Mover? To possess so many timeless ancient books.

At this moment, the publishing house had already started selling.

The Text Mover’s books were more popular than imagined.

Many book friends went to real-life bookstores to buy a copy as keepsakes.

Additionally, the slogan on every store’s promotion mentioned that within the sold books were mixed personally signed copies from the Text Mover, and lucky finders would have them.

It felt like buying a lottery ticket, and everyone was even more enthusiastic, some even buying several copies just to get a signature.

After the book-selling event had been underway for a few hours, people on the Star Network began to show off their obtained signatures from the Text Mover, naturally with many questions.

"What does this phrase mean?"

"I’ve heard ’Human at birth, innate goodness’ in Gaia Video’s videos."

"I’ve heard that too, but what are the others?"

"Who cares what they are, I’m just amazed at how beautiful Wengong’s handwriting is!"

"Exactly, I was casually flipping through it in class, and my teacher saw it, not only did he not scold me, but he specifically took my book away to show everyone the writing."

"Has everyone noticed, all our phrases are different?"

"I’ve seen it, there are different numbers below too."

"It seems these numbers can be linked together."

"They really can, I found my next number two, which is ’Nature determines proximity, habits determine distance.’"

"Does that mean they all connect together?"

"What is mine then, I have number one, ’The universe so vast, the cosmos so profound.’"

On the Star Network, people started piecing it together voluntarily.

The activity garnered more and more attention. With a closer look, one could see that many dignitaries were following.

Cultural societies, professors, teachers, Poetry Clubs and more, were all culturally significant and older individuals.

Shu Zhuo, observing the buzz had peaked, posted a message on the Star Network, pushing the activity to the top of the trending searches.