Are you trying to force me to become a star?

Chapter 64 Chatting

"It's okay, it was my fault for telling that joke."

[Positive emotions from Dilraba: +999]

Xu Jinyan looked at the message in surprise and couldn't help but wonder if she had gone too far.

"Be careful what you say, I...it's mainly me..."

[Positive emotions from Dilraba: +999]

Hearing the almost tearful voice coming from the phone, Xu Jinyan quickly interrupted:

"Alright, alright, Dilraba, don't you want to know what Honey and I talked about?"

If she really cries, then I'll be the one who feels guilty.

A brief silence.

Dilraba: "...Hehehe, I want to!"

Sure enough, their attention immediately shifted.

"Even if you want to, I can't tell you."

[Negative emotions from Dilraba: +99]

Dilraba took a deep breath and said, "Why can't you tell me?"

A righteous voice came from the phone: "A gentleman doesn't lie in secret. After all, it was a chat between me and Sister Mi, which is a private matter."

"You... I didn't ask you to say bad things about her, and you didn't say anything unpleasant, did you?!"

Xu Jinyan retorted, "You wouldn't want your dear sister to know that you want to know what I talked about with her, would you?"

Dilraba: ...He's still so philosophical.

But why does this sentence sound a bit strange?

"If you really want to know, you can ask Sister Honey directly. I'm open to that."

After a moment of silence, Reba sighed and said earnestly, "Jinyan, you really are a friend worth having. I'm so glad I called you today, otherwise I would have felt guilty."

[Positive emotions from Dilraba: +999]

Xu Jinyan clicked his tongue and touched his conscience: "...It's not that worth befriending."

"Haha...Are you going to rest now?"

Xu Jinyan looked at the clothes that had just been removed from the bed by the "Five Luo Light Smoke Palm" and shook her head: "No, I just got home."

"I'm glad I didn't disturb your rest. Oh, I forgot to tell you, your new song is really good, I've already downloaded it."

"Thanks for your support! Your dancing is amazing, I've downloaded it too!"

"Thank you... thank you for your support, hahaha..."

She laughed for a while and then said, "Actually, my dancing is just average. Xiaotong is the professional."

"I know, I was just complimenting you."

"Ha ha ha ha…"

At this moment, Dilraba felt that chatting with Xu Jinyan for a while had relieved a lot of the fatigue from her days of travel.

The two chatted like this, from the party that evening to interesting things in life, from gossip in the entertainment industry to Lin Yuan's gender, and before they knew it, more than an hour had passed.

When Dilraba saw the time, she was startled.

She hesitated, wanting to chat a little longer but also needing to be well-rested for tomorrow's activities.

With the conclusion of the TV series "Eternal Love," the total number of views across the internet has exceeded 400 billion, making it an undisputed hit this year.

She herself also benefited greatly, such as from her stage performance at this gala.

Now is a critical moment for the company's performance-based agreement, and everyone is working non-stop while the drama is a hit.

She hasn't had enough sleep for many days.

But it's rare to have such a pleasant and engaging conversation, and I even initiated the call... What should I do?

Seeing that Dilraba was no longer experiencing positive emotions, Xu Jinyan roughly guessed what she was thinking. She asked about her schedule for tomorrow and then took the initiative to end the call.

"Since you have work tomorrow, you should get some rest tonight."

"Yes, thank you for chatting with me for so long, I'm so happy."

[Positive emotions from Dilraba: +999]

Xu Jinyan smiled and said, "I'm happy too, as long as you're happy."

……

……

Huang Rong stopped asking questions and seemed to be pondering quietly. After a while, she finally asked, "Where did they go?"

The simple-minded girl said, "I saw it... I saw Grandpa's little boat in front of us, and it slowly sailed away until it disappeared from sight... It wasn't until dark that I led Grandpa and my good brother back."

Huang Rong asked, "Isn't this the grandfather who taught you to read?"

The silly girl chuckled a few times and said, "This grandpa is nice. He doesn't want me to learn to read, and he even gives me cakes."

Huang Rong turned to Ouyang Feng: "Uncle Ouyang, do you have any more cakes? Give her a few more."

Ouyang Feng laughed and said, "Yes!"

Ke Zhen'e's heart seemed to leap out of his chest: So Ouyang Feng was also on Peach Blossom Island that day!

Liu Xiaobing put down his phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

[Negative emotions from Liu Xiaobing: +19];

On September 30th, Lin Yuan had been updating continuously for a month.

I have never missed an update, and I have never taken a day off.

The story begins at Iron Palm Peak, and continues through Ying Gu's revenge, the Southern Emperor's rescue, learning the true scriptures, the Peach Blossom Island incident, and the eighteen-year promise at Drunken Immortal Pavilion, before finally arriving at Iron Spear Temple.

In this process, Lin Yuan became more and more skilled at playing the "Fragment" game, and every day after updating, he would finish at a crucial point.

For example, in today's chapter, just when the truth was about to be revealed and the excitement was about to begin, he stopped updating again!

He cursed under his breath, but he gradually got used to it.

Seeing how well he wrote, Liu Xiaobing gradually became able to comfort himself, and his negative emotions were not as intense as when he first experienced the fragmented writing.

He had considered saving up some episodes to watch later, but this stuff is addictive.

Knowing that the author has already updated by this time, I feel uneasy if I don't check it.

Moreover, the author relies entirely on the plot to drive the story forward; if he doesn't read it for a few days, he will fall behind other readers.

In this way, he couldn't even open his mouth in the group chat spontaneously formed by their readers.

"Guo Jing is already fighting the Eastern Heretic here, while you're still hanging out with the Southern Emperor?"

"What?! Why is Guo Jing fighting with his father-in-law? Is the Mount Hua Sword Tournament happening so soon?"

"...They were drunk and acting crazy!"

"Damn it, wait for me!"

So, without knowing the plot, you have no way to participate.

Liu Xiaobing picked up his phone again and opened the group chat that his readers had spontaneously formed.

Sure enough, they started discussing the latest plot again:

"I reckon Yang Kang is about to die, but I don't know how he'll die."

"Let's see how the author arranges it."

"Huang Rong is so charming."

"Every character is very charming."

"This novel will definitely be adapted into a TV series, but I don't know which actors will play the roles. Please don't ruin the original work."

"I haven't heard that the copyright has been bought out?"

"Rumor has it that Lin Yuan hasn't given any word yet."

"Why? You think the price is too low?"

"I heard that Lin Yuan has some additional conditions, the most common rumor being that Lin Yuan wants Xu Jinyan to write the theme song."

"Xu Jinyan is fine, his songs are all pretty good! Besides, he even promoted them on a TV show before."

"This involves a lot of complex issues. And it's only one of the conditions."

"Brothers, I have some explosive insider information, but let me tell you, it's not guaranteed to be true."

"..."

"..."

No one paid any attention.

"Damn, you guys are so boring. I'll just say it directly. According to my friends in the entertainment industry, Lin Yuan might be a woman!"

"Damn, that's nonsense from Xiaokun."

"Your news is way too fake."

"..."

"...I feel like I've heard this news somewhere before."

A brief silence.

Everyone looked at the person who had just spoken. He was an old member who had joined the group at its inception, and his previous opinions had been very interesting.

For example, it was he who first brought up the emotional entanglement between Mei Chaofeng and Huang Yaoshi, and he was a familiar avatar in the group.

Even he said that, so doesn't that mean...?

Many netizens were caught up in a fierce brainstorming session.

They discussed the details of the past, one after another, asking why the author didn't communicate, why they didn't create a group chat, and why... they had to find Xu Jinyan.

Damn, that's terrifying to think about!

Xu Jinyan looked at the chat interface and happily took a bite of her apple.

He was just chatting in the group out of boredom, but he never expected that the seed he casually sowed back then would have sprouted.

He continued typing: Holy crap, Lin Yuan the old thief has taken leave again.

"What?" *36

Everyone opened the creation world, and sure enough, the author had posted a separate chapter:

"Good afternoon everyone, first of all I would like to thank all readers for your support."

"For the past month, I have kept my time fully occupied every day so that I can live up to everyone's expectations and maintain regular updates."

"Next, I plan to take a break and rest my mind; at the same time, I will also reorganize the outline. There are still about 100,000 words of plot to go, and I will try my best to write a satisfactory ending."

"Thank you again for your support."

Wishing all readers a happy National Day in advance!