Chapter 257 Love Scammers and Novel Scammers

Jiang Jianni originally thought that the Fang family would not give up so easily, but to her surprise, the Fang family did not make any moves until the winter vacation.

This only fueled their contempt for the other family.

They acted like they valued this daughter so much before, but what was the result? Nothing special.

She quickly put the matter out of her mind after a few quick thoughts.

Because she has already started writing her fourth book in this era.

The first book, "The Sequel to Investiture of the Gods," tells the story of Erlang Shen Yang Jian's love and hate, but he still ends up single.

The second book, "Spicy Couple," was later renamed "Spicy Love Soup," depicting the hilarious and absurd lives of two young couples.

One couple is ordinary people pretending to be rich, and the other couple is rich people pretending to be poor.

Others might say it's two foxes flirting, but they're actually two couples dressing up together.

In the end, it was a happy and joyous ending.

The third book, "The Chronicles of the Goddess," is actually about the love story between a second-generation goddess and a mortal police officer.

This story is sweet at first but heartbreaking later.

In the end, the fairy was willing to give up her fairy bones and become a mortal for the sake of the policeman, while the policeman broke the heavenly rules for the sake of the fairy and was cast into the eighteenth level of hell to suffer.

When the fairy, covered in blood and gore, went to find the policeman, the policeman was taken away by the Black and White Impermanence.

In the final scene, the young policeman returns after being punished, still as spirited as ever, but the fairy has transformed into an old woman with wrinkled skin and white hair.

Jiang Jianni doesn't like writing angst-filled stories.

When I wrote online novels, I always wrote "feel-good" stories.

Even if it's not a story about an invincible female protagonist from the start, it's still a story about a smooth and successful journey where the protagonist never suffers losses or is bullied.

So much so that when writing the finale of this novel, which started happily but ended tragically, I would cry every few paragraphs I wrote.

Lu Xiangyang suggested she simply change the ending.

She refused, saying, "You don't understand. It's the tragic endings that are the most unforgettable."

As for her new book, she plans to write a story about a love scammer, titled "In the Name of Love".

In the name of love, as the name suggests, it means doing all sorts of immoral things under the guise of love.

This includes, but is not limited to, swindling money, sex, power, status, or even tricking someone into dying.

Lu Xiangyang shook his head as he listened: "Can't you write the kind of stories that have a good beginning and a good ending like other people do?"

Jiang Jianni argued confidently: "There are plenty of people who write happy endings like this. What's wrong with me writing something that exposes the realities of life?"

"Have you seen so many girls who, after reading those books about true love, think they understand love and then ruin their lives?"

"I'm just giving them a heads-up, telling them what true love is and what a love scammer is."

Lu Xiangyang: "..."

And so, "In the Name of Love" officially began its serialization.

With the existing readership of "Spicy Love Soup," "In the Name of Love" was also well-received.

Jiang Jianni felt a little guilty looking at the letters from readers who were praising her.

"In the Name of Love" begins with a girl's love story and expands to include other girls.

These girls all have perfect love and perfect partners that everyone envies.

Not long after, these girls all got into trouble.

Some jumped off buildings, some committed suicide, and many more went missing.

At first, no one noticed any similarities between them.

After all, young girls are like that; it happens almost every day that they're willing to die for love, and it's not uncommon for them to travel thousands of miles to other places in pursuit of love.

After seeing similar things so many times, no one cares anymore. At most, people will say behind their backs that these girls are too silly and naive, or curse them for being too immoral.

Until a policeman's cousin also committed suicide by jumping off a building because of love.

While helping the uncle and aunt sort through their cousin's belongings, the police unexpectedly discovered letters between the cousin and her lover. From the letters, they realized that the other party had been subtly inducing the cousin, which seemed very strange, but they couldn't figure out why.

Later, several other parents reported their daughters missing to the police.

During the police investigation, it was discovered that the letters written by the girls' lovers were written in the same handwriting and contained very similar content.

This led to the discovery of a shocking, organized crime case disguised as love, involving fraud, entrapment, human trafficking, and organ trading.

Um.

Yes.

This is a crime investigation story disguised as a love story.

Lu Xiangyang was speechless: "With your heavy breathing, just wait until the truth is revealed and your readers write letters to scold you."

Jiang Jianni felt guilty for a moment, then said confidently:

"Why are you scolding me? I'm only doing this for their own good."

"Perfect love isn't something you can easily find."

"What ordinary people call perfect love is actually just a fantasy."

"The other person should be good-looking, from a good family, have a good temper, be gentle and considerate, know how to make you happy, help you with housework, and even help your family."

"Most people would never meet someone like this in their entire lives except in their dreams, right? Otherwise, why would they be called a dream lover?"

"Even if such a person exists, they would definitely choose someone with similar circumstances as their partner; otherwise, how could it be called a good match?"

When someone so perfect is willing to stoop down and accommodate someone who is average-looking, from an ordinary family, has an ordinary temperament, an ordinary personality, and ordinary abilities—do you really think that person is accommodating an ordinary person because of love?

Do you really think that the person approached you without ulterior motives?

Lu Xiangyang, a grown man, was so shocked by what she said that he got goosebumps: "...This is the first time I've known that you are such a pessimistic person."

Jiang Jianni shrugged: "I'm not being pessimistic, I'm just being self-aware."

Do you know why there's a saying, "A sparrow that flies up to a branch becomes a phoenix"?

It's because the difficulty is too great and the success rate is too low.

Why call it a sparrow? Just call it a phoenix.

Lu Xiangyang always felt that she was arguing unreasonably, and he couldn't argue with her.

On the third day of winter vacation, Jiang Jianni was preparing to take her family to Shao Shufen's Crystal Palace to relax when guests arrived at her home early in the morning.

Jiang Jianni smiled when she saw him: "Hey, Editor Li, it's been a long time! You still look as good as ever."

Editor Li shyly pushed up his glasses: "Teacher Jiang, I have three things I want to tell you this time."

As soon as the conversation turned to business, Jiang Jianni immediately adopted a serious attitude: "Go on, tell me."

At the same time, he kept wondering what it was all about.

Editor Xiao Li smiled and said, "First thing, Teacher Jiang, a publishing house in the harbor has taken a liking to 'The Chronicles of the Goddess' and wants to publish it in traditional Chinese characters there. However, they suggested changing the title when it is published, saying that the current title cannot reflect the essence of the story."

Jiang Jianni: "...And the second one?"

Editor Xiao Li pushed up his glasses again: "The second thing is that 'The Sequel to Investiture of the Gods' will be reprinted."