The main reason for the changes in the Gu family was its inglorious history.
The Gu family initially rose to prominence through tomb raiding. Gu Nan's grandfather was one of the biggest tomb raiders back then.
Although they later started a company, it was just a front; after all, what kind of business could a bunch of thieves possibly do?
So although the Gu family tried many businesses, in the end only their original business was retained, and even Gu Nan had participated in it a few times when he was a child.
When Gu Jia reached high school, the police discovered that he was involved in a large number of overseas antique transactions. Due to the large amount involved, the police began to investigate.
Although the investigation did not uncover the Gu family's crime of tomb raiding, it still dealt a heavy blow to them. Even today, the police are still investigating the now-defunct Gu family, and many antiques have not been recovered.
Once, due to his family's downfall, Gu Nan deeply abhorred tomb raiding, especially since he himself had participated in tomb raiding operations, so he was always worried about being discovered.
But now that things have come to this, Gu Nan realizes that he can write the tomb raiding experience into a novel and publish it online.
If the tomb raiding novels written by Uncle Three were purely fictional and still became so popular, wouldn't his adaptations based on real events be even more popular?
So, Gu Nan started posting articles on the Tomato platform.
"I am not very talented, but I am currently a contracted author with Tomato and I could become a top author at any time!"
Well, although he has written more than 100,000 words and the total earnings are less than 100, Gu Nan feels that gold will always shine.
Moreover, his tumultuous life experience as a former rich second-generation who worked hard is the perfect topic to attract young girls.
In Gu Nan's eyes, Mu Liuyun must have become his little fangirl, and he guessed they could happily pull radishes together tonight.
What Gu Nan didn't know was that Mu Liuyun scoffed inwardly when she heard his words.
"Then I hope that Young Master Gu will become a god soon."
If just anyone could get rich by writing novels, then Mu Liuyun would already be a billionaire.
In the period immediately following her rebirth, Mu Liuyun tried to reread novels she had read in her previous life, such as "Martial Universe," "The Sun Shines," and "The Unrivaled Tang Sect."
Although his writing skills are not good, the original novels he wrote are of high quality, so he must be able to make a lot of money.
But in the end, he wrote hundreds of thousands of words, and the money he earned was less than what he made delivering takeout for a day.
It was only then that Mu Liuyun realized that while people in this world also loved reading novels, they preferred genres like TS and male-female pairings. A streamer named Xiao Lan Hua became incredibly popular because of this.
Mu Liuyun, who suffered greatly from the phenomenon of men with feminine features, found it hard to understand what was so interesting about this kind of subject matter and why so many people were watching it.
Are all these readers perverts?
Are these authors also perverts?
Therefore, he had no confidence at all that this foolish second-generation rich kid could make a comeback through novels.
Unaware of the sarcasm in Mu Liuyun's tone, Gu Nan thought he had truly attracted her, and immediately gave her a wicked smile, moving closer to her without any sense of distance: "Do you have any Tomato Novels on your phone? Come here, let me show you my book."
Mu Liuyun scooted deeper into her seat, then took out her phone: "What's the name of Young Master Gu's novel?"
He actually has it on his phone; after all, he published his own book on this platform.
"Here, give me your phone, I'll show it to you directly!"
As he spoke, Gu Nan brazenly snatched the phone from Mu Liuyun's hand and began searching through it.
Gu Nan searched carefully for a while, then suddenly took out his own phone, scanned Mu Liuyun's phone, and then proudly handed the phone back to Mu Liuyun: "Here, this is the book. You've also gained me as a friend, a contracted author."
Mu Liuyun's face darkened when she saw the extra contacts in the green bubble.
No, bro, you're really going all in!
You often see people on Xiaohongshu (a Chinese short video platform) complaining about the undersides of cucumbers all the time. Is it really possible for such extreme cases to exist in real life?
Mu Liuyun unceremoniously chose to delete it, then opened Tomato and saw Gu Nan's novel.
The novel took two months to write, but less than 100,000 words were updated. It was full of typos, and few sentences were coherent. The update schedule was also inconsistent.
The only comment, although it was five stars, simply said, "It's so good, I can't be the only one watching it."
If someone can be considered a god with this level of skill, then every reader would have to be at Lu Xun's level.
"How about it?"
Seeing Gu Nan's smug expression, Mu Liuyun lost her desire to mock him, since he wouldn't understand anyway: "It's great, it'll definitely be a hit."
After receiving Mu Liuyun's affirmative answer, Gu Nan smiled wickedly again: "So, Mu Liuyun, how about you come and be my stand-in?"
"Brother, you're being a bit presumptuous."
Mu Liuyun's face scrunched up. Being a stand-in for those rich girls was a way to make money, so it wasn't shameful.
But if it were to be a substitute for a man, he would rather die than do it.
"Why is this restaurant empty?"
Before he could refuse, a familiar voice came from the doorway of Grandma's iron pot stew shop. Mu Liuyun looked up and saw two more people coming in, and they were two acquaintances.
Upon seeing them, Mu Liuyun immediately lowered her head, her forehead covered in cold sweat.
"Holy crap, why are Shen Lanxin and Shen Jing here too?"
Unfortunately, Mu Liuyun's lowered head couldn't hide from the two, because Gu Nan had already stood up and called out to them, "Xin Xin, come here!"
The sound of "Xin Xin" made Mu Liuyun feel nauseous.
Shen Lanxin, who was standing at the door, got goosebumps from being called that. She walked over with a serious expression and said, "I told you, don't call me that anymore! Mu Liuyun?"
Before Shen Lanxin could finish her sentence, she saw the figure with its head down. Even if that figure turned to ashes, she would recognize it—it was Mu Liuyun, the one she had been longing for day and night.
"President Shen."
Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Mu Liuyun could only nod and greet her.
Upon receiving a response, Shen Lanxin, whose face was usually icy cold, broke into a smile for the first time ever.
Seeing this, Shen Jing knew something was wrong and quickly sat down next to Mu Liuyun, glaring at her fiercely.
Mu Liuyun: ? ? ?
This wasn't his first time meeting Shen Jing. He had been called to Shen Lanxin's office several times before to adjust the focus, and he always went to Shen Jing first. But back then, Shen Jing didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards him; sometimes she would even pour him a cup of tea.
Why did you glare at me the moment we met today?
"Mr. Shen, please have a seat!"
The two rows of sofas faced each other, with one side being a wall and the other an aisle. After Shen Jing sat down next to Mu Liuyun, Shen Lanxin had to sit opposite her. This way, the two of them would be completely separated.
Feeling that she had completed her task, Shen Jing winked at Gu Nan, signaling him to invite Shen Lanxin to sit inside.
"Lanxin, sit here."
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