Chapter 284 Luring Netizens In

When Chen Fanglan returned from her business trip, she saw the schoolbag on the sofa and knew that Shen Xuewei was on vacation.

Knowing that Shen Xuewei was tired, she knocked on the door after preparing the meal, but there was no response from inside, so she simply ate it herself.

After sleeping for more than ten hours, Shen Xuewei woke up the next day feeling refreshed, and her dark circles had mostly disappeared.

When she came out of the living room, Chen Fanglan was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper and glanced at her.

"Are you up?"

"Go brush your teeth and wash your face. I've already made breakfast. Go eat it yourself later."

Shen Xuewei nodded and walked unsteadily to the restroom, almost tripping in the process.

Chen Fanglan looked up and saw her dazed appearance, and couldn't help but shake her head.

As I continue studying, I have no idea what the college entrance exam will bring.

However, this doesn't seem very smart.

After washing up, Shen Xuewei sat at the dining table and quietly ate her breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, she took the plates to the kitchen to wash them, then plopped down next to Chen Fanglan, took out her phone from her pocket, and pressed the power button.

Chen Fanglan glanced at it and asked, "You changed your phone?"

"Hmm." Shen Xuewei waved her phone in front of her. "Is it pretty?"

“It looks good. I’ll get a new one soon, mine is getting old.”

After exchanging a few words, the living room fell silent again as the two went about their own business.

Shen Xuewei was chatting with Xu Yue on QQ when a phone call suddenly came in.

"Hello?"

“Weiwei, it’s me, Yunli.”

Shen Xuewei knew it was Yun Li, of course, since it wasn't the first time Yun Li had called her.

However, she was puzzled as to why the other party would call her now.

"Oh, it's Sister Yunli. What made you suddenly think of calling me? Is something the matter?"

Yun Li, on the other end of the line, sounded helpless and troubled: "I have something I'd like to trouble you with. A friend of mine bought several of your novels and wants your autograph..."

What did Shen Xuewei think it was?

I never expected them to call about something so trivial.

She readily agreed, "That's easy. I'll sign and send over whichever novels she likes."

Yun Li thanked her first, then said, "There's one more thing, also about this friend. She wants to ask when you'll update your novel that you haven't been updating in a while."

Shen Xuewei asked in confusion, "Didn't I already finish updating? Where was there a break in updates?"

Yunli reminded her, "It's not under the pen name Huayun, it's under another account of yours, the one where the cursor is hovering over the poems."

Shen Xuewei never expected it to be such a coincidence.

Yun Li's friend had actually read the novels on both of her accounts at the same time.

"Um, I probably won't be able to update until after the college entrance exam. I haven't had any time lately, not even a little bit."

Yun Li sighed, "Have you not logged into the Dreamweaver website recently?"

"Yeah, let alone visiting novel websites, I haven't even turned on my computer for almost a month."

Even that author account hasn't been logged into for two months.

This book has over 600,000 words, but has only been added to the bookshelves by fewer than 500 readers.

Although some readers criticized her, it was always the same few people, and Shen Xuewei had already become familiar with them.

"Why don't you log on to the website and check out your book first? We can chat about the rest on QQ later."

She didn't tell Shen Xuewei the reason directly, keeping her in suspense and letting Shen Xuewei find out for herself.

Shen Xuewei scratched her head, not understanding what she meant.

After hanging up the phone, she followed Yunli's instructions and turned on her computer to log on to the website.

I clicked on a few lists on the website and was surprised to see that my book, "The Record of the Demon King of the World," was ranked number one on the female-oriented popularity list, number one on the rising popularity list, and number one on the donation list.

Shen Xuewei rubbed her eyes, thinking she had misread it.

She refreshed the webpage and found that "The Record of the Demon King of the World" was still number one on these three lists, making her feel somewhat disillusioned with the world.

No, she hasn't updated in two months!

Back then, her novel "Dragon Girl Raising Diary, the CEO is Terrified" did indeed top the female-oriented online novel charts for almost half a year, until it dropped after it ended.

However, this book wasn't written under the pen name Huayunbi, and it's never been very popular!

She sent a message to Yunli.

Become a Rich Woman Soon: Yun Li, what's going on? How did my book from my alternate account end up on the list?

On the other side, Yun Li felt both helpless and guilty.

Yunli: I might also be partly to blame for this.

Yunli: I told you before, the partner who funded our website doesn't care about anything else, she just loves reading novels. She followed all the novels you wrote before you joined the website. Later you joined the website, but you only wrote one novel.

Yunli: When she came to see me a few months ago, she complained to me that she hadn't found a novel she liked lately.

Yunli: To be honest, I've been following that book, "The Record of the Demon King of the World," on your alternate account, so I couldn't help but recommend it to her.

Yunli: She said before that this wasn't her type of book, but who knew she would suddenly start reading it last month and even catch up to the latest chapter.

Yunli: But don't worry, she doesn't know that the cloud-transforming pen and the cursor scanning the poem are all you.

Yunli: You were stuck on the most exciting part, and she was so anxious thinking about it that she gave you a tip. She never expected that after giving you so much, you would stop updating...

Shen Xuewei was speechless; she hadn't expected this reason.

Yun Li: She gave you so many tips, and now you're at the top of the tipping charts, so people are going to read it. Anyway, just open the novel's comment section and you'll see how it develops.

Shen Xuewei spoke to her briefly, and after a barrage of questions, she promised to update regularly after the college entrance examination, finally ending the chat.

She opened the comment section of her novel and saw a huge number of comments, including those urging her to update, those cursing her, those threatening to send her razor blades, and those betting on when she would update. There were all sorts of discussions.

After briefly browsing through the comments from this period, she finally understood what had happened.

The reason was that one of the website's owners generously tipped her 200,000 yuan, propelling her book to the top of the tipping list.

After it made it onto the charts, curious readers clicked on the novel.

One, two, three...

I caught up to the latest chapter and saw in the original comments section that the author of this book updates irregularly.

The news suggests that the book's poor performance has led to discouragement and a decision to discontinue its updates.

The comments section was filled with messages from everyone, and they decided to try to save the book and prevent the author from stopping updating.

Those with money tipped the book to boost its ranking, while those without money went around recommending it.

I don't know which rascal reader started this, but they've been recommending this book in all sorts of creative ways on various posts.

The author's writing is superb, the plot is full of twists and turns, and the updates are timely and stable; investing in this book is definitely worthwhile.

Through a series of maneuvers, they lured netizens into the site.