Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (5)
Once Wang Lizhi bought some water armies and publicity, the tides would definitely turn towards him and turn Lu Shijin into a villain.
That way, not only would Wang Lizhi make the public sympathize with him and gain more fans, he could also cast away Lu Shijin, this burden. It was two birds with one stone.
Wang Lizhi might even be waiting for Lu Shijin to expose it. He’d probably smile so wide he’d split his face.
So to completely screw Wang Lizhi over, he needed a way that wouldn’t give him any way of turning it around.
Lu Shijin thought about it and made a preliminary plan.
First, he needed to leave evidence that he was the one writing.
Then, he needed to turn himself away from the idea of being a parasite.
Finally, he needed to steal Jin Jingyao, the person Wang Lizhi cared the most about. Not only would it make his status bad, it would also plant grass* on his head!
*ED: ‘Green hat’ is the slang used for someone being cheated on. The ‘grass’ here refers to a sea of green atop someone’s head.
Having a plan, Lu Shijin changed the beginning of each paragraph of the current chapter.
When arranged in a sentence, the first word of each paragraph turned into “I’m Jin Shi Lu, I Wrote This Novel.”
With such a clear message, no one could say it was a coincidence. It was clear evidence that Wang Lizhi had a ghost writer.
Lu Shijin didn’t use his original pen name in case it drew Wang Lizhi’s attention and caused him to edit the chapter.
“Jin Shilu” was his new pen name. No matter how smart Wang Lizhi was, he wouldn’t be able to connect the dots.
After writing for Wang Lizhi, Lu Shijin went onto the other writing site to take a look. After only a day, the followers under his work broke the thousands! There were also over a hundred comments, it was very impressive!
Receiving so much support, Lu Shijin couldn’t disappoint his readers, so he wrote another chapter. Not even five minutes later, there were over ten comments. He could feel how passionate the readers were through the screen.
Finishing all his updates for the day, Lu Shijin went through a couple comments, preparing to log out and sleep.
The person named ‘Daylight Pheasant’ appeared again and directly sent 10 deepwater bombs, causing Lu Shijin to pause.
After sending the gifts, they posted a comment.
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Author’s not bad, do you accept commissions?]
These commissions would be the author listening to someone’s requirements and writing something for it. For example, a gaming company could commission someone to write about the backstory of some of the characters and use it as publicity.
Lu Shijin didn’t know the purpose of this ‘Daylight Pheasant’, but if they were representing a company, they wouldn’t go to a porn writer.
So Lu Shijin replied.
Author “Jin Shilu”: [Thank you, little angel, for your love, but I write for fun, I don’t accept business offers.]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [It’s not for business, it’s a private offer.]
A private commision meant that this was a rich person with too much money to spare.
But Lu Shijin didn’t want to use writing to earn any more money, so he refused.
Author “Jin Shilu”: [I still don’t accept <3]
[Reader Daylight Pheasant has gifted author Jin Shilu 10 Deepwater Bombs]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Now?]
All the gifts from “Daylight Pheasant” meant that a lot of readers crowded around the comment section to watch and commentate.
[Damn, there’s gotta be at least 30 bombs already, we should all offer them tea in respect!]
[Is this boss lacking in human-shaped leg warmers? The kind that leeches off for food!]
[I’m so curious about the kind of text the boss wants. With how this author writes, I’m sure it would be very exciting! Please share it!]
Fuck, this ‘Daylight Pheasant’ must have too much money to spare!
But trying to buy him off with such little money, they were overestimating themselves!
Lu Shijin wasn’t the kind of person who does anything for money?
Author “Jin Shilu”: [Nope :)]
[Reader Daylight Pheasant has gifted author Shi Jinlu ten Deepwater Bombs.]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Now?]
[Reader Daylight Pheasant has gifted author Shi Jinlu ten Deepwater Bombs.]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Now?]
[Reader Daylight Pheasant has gifted author Shi Jinlu ten Deepwater Bombs.]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Now?]
Seeing his screen filled with bombs, Lu Shijin fell silent.
Okay, fine, he’ll admit that he was someone moved by money.
But that’s mostly because the money he previously got from the system was running out, so he needed a way to earn it back.
Since this “Daylight Pheasant” seemed like someone with too much time and money on their hands, he won’t be shy about taking advantage of him.
Author “Jin Shilu”: [Okay, okay, stop sending gifts. Can we DM?]
Reader “Daylight Pheasant”: [Sure.]
Lu Shijin saw that a notification popped up in his messages. He opened it. ‘Daylight Pheasant’ had sent him a WeChat account for him to add.
Lu Shijin added them. Their profile picture was an anime character he didn’t recognize, and his username was “J.Y Loves Cat Ears”.
This was clearly a weeb.
But Lu Shijin didn’t care about this. He only cared about how much money ‘Daylight Pheasant’ was offering.
Jin Shilu: [Hi~ What does this little angel want to read?]
J.Y Loves Cat Ears: [RPS.】
“RPS” referred to Real Person Slash, which was just fanfiction about real life CPs.
Jin Shilu: [Can I ask who you want to be in the RPS?]
J.Y Loves Cat Ears: [Jin Jingyao.]
Lu Shijin paused, it turns out that they wanted a fanfic about Jin Jingyao?
No wonder their username was ‘Daylight Pheasant,’ the four characters in Chinese could be arranged to form Jingyao!
The reader was Jin Jingyao’s fan!
Although it felt a bit weird to write about his husband being with someone else, feelings didn’t matter in face of money.
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