What the hell—are there still starving authors out there these days?

Aren't all those online authors millionaires?!

Just then, Gu Jingxing opened the Tomato Novel page on his phone. When Gu Momo saw the comments and the author's words, she was truly moved to tears!

On the Tomato Novel page, the author, named Xiangsi Ruxue, was completely devastated and practically begged her readers to kneel down in despair.

"Waaaaah, please, fairies and beautiful girls passing by, please have mercy on me! Ahhhhh..."

"Waaaaah, I sit in front of the computer for over ten hours every day just to make a living, why are you all chasing after me and cursing me? I know my writing is like a pile of dog shit, I know I'm trash, every word I write is garbage, but please, please go easy on me! Do you know that every word you utter is a double blow to my body and soul? Waaaaah, but all I want is to eat! I'm really innocent, I've been working so hard to update, waaaaah..."

Hey beautiful girls passing by, please be kind~

If you look at the comments below, they are even more appalling!

Most readers are rational and lovely young women, but some readers have already launched a scathing attack on the author—

"You idiot author, if you can't update, may your whole family die!"

"Is this female lead an idiot? The author must be seriously ill to write such a brain-dead female lead. Author, you should be hospitalized!"

"What kind of idiotic crap is this? The female lead is brain-dead, the male lead is mentally challenged, and the author is an idiot. Even a dog wouldn't read this. Ugh!"

There were even readers who made personal attacks, hurled insults at the author's entire family, and presumed to be incredibly intelligent, making baseless accusations of plagiarism and arbitrarily labeling the author. Some even incited other readers to attack the author's content and personal conduct...

Enduring all this every day, this author is either going crazy or on the verge of it!

Don't criticize the author, the author has gone mad.

Gu Momo's lips twitched violently. It seemed... this author really had a tough time.

Just then, an update popped up on the author's page: "Ahhh, everyone, this book is finished! It's finished! Waaaaah, I finally finished updating it despite my ailing body. I wish Miss Gu Momo and Mr. Li Zhanting eternal happiness!"

"Waaaaah, everyone, could you please give me a five-star review?! This book was practically written out of love, I didn't even have enough to eat while I was writing it, waaaaah..."

Even through the screen, Gu Momo could feel the author's tragic state, and it seemed she finally understood why the children felt sorry for him!

She waved her hand dismissively: "Come on! It's just a five-star review, right? I'll give it to you!"

"Come on! Wanrou, Jingxing, Zixiao, Ling'er, Tianbao, and Nuannuan and Jiujiu, all of you get your phones! Download Tomato Novels right now and give this author a five-star review! Flood it with praise!"

Everyone cheered, "Alright!"

Gu Momo immediately gave it a five-star review and also tipped the author, Xiangsi Ruxue.

At this moment, the author, Xiangsi Ruxue, sitting on the other end of the computer, was like: ? ? ? ? ?

Holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap holy crap...

He sat bolt upright in his deathbed!

I was so moved I almost kowtowed to my computer to express my gratitude! This is the first time I've ever received so many five-star reviews!

The author thought his ancestral graves had struck gold, and hurriedly began frantically typing on the keyboard to thank God:

"It's been a year and a half! A whole year and a half! Do you know how I've spent the past year and a half?"

"Ever since I stopped updating this book due to health reasons, the number of views from the system has been dropping like crazy. Waaaaah, I haven't seen a single active reader give me five stars in a year and a half. This is the first time I've seen so many readers give me five stars! Waaaaah..."

To all my five-star friends, I wish you all academic success, career advancement, happy families, and peace, health, and joy year after year!

Gu Momo's lips curled slightly, feeling secretly pleased!

It seems that writing a book is not an easy task. Well, since this author is willing to write, then let him keep writing.

After the laughter subsided, the children played around in the living room, while Gu Momo and Gu Wanrou sat on the sofa chatting and occasionally scrolling through Weibo to pass the time.

"It's been really strange lately. A few days ago, they were practically inseparable from us, but these past two days we haven't seen a soul. Sure enough, men's novelty wears off so easily," Gu Wanrou joked, cracking sunflower seeds as she idly munched on some sunflower seeds.

Gu Momo smiled, said nothing, and continued scrolling through her tablet, then opened Weibo.

A trending topic titled #LiZhanfengMayParticipateInCoupleVarietyShow'sBestPartners instantly caught her attention.

"Wanrou, look what this is?"

Gu Wanrou was idly cracking sunflower seeds when she glanced at the screen and was so startled she almost spat out the shells.

"It's Christmas Eve, not Halloween, right?" Gu Wanrou rubbed her eyes, trying to hope that she was seeing things, but when she focused her gaze again, she found that the number one topic on the trending list had not changed.

"What's going on? Li Zhanfeng didn't tell me he was going to be on a variety show!" Gu Wanrou clicked on the comments in surprise. Under each Weibo post with this topic, there were thousands or even tens of thousands of comments. The post with the most comments was about Li Zhanfeng's schedule, released by his agency: tomorrow night at 7 pm, he will go to the Beijing studio to record the couple variety show "Best Partners".

Gu Wanrou continued scrolling down to read the comments, and almost every single one was about Li Zhanfeng.

"My God, Li Zhanfeng has been incredibly prolific lately, appearing on one variety show after another, and they're all relationship-themed programs. I would never believe he's not in a relationship."

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