“Yeah, if you write something so unlucky, Dad will definitely beat you when he comes back from listening to storytelling at the teahouse,” Gu Si also said.
Uncle Gu was the kind of person who could read, but would get dizzy and sleepy when reading. He mostly listened to Gu Ren's stories at teahouses. He even thought about opening his own teahouse, hiring two storytellers at a high price, and getting the stories directly from his son in advance. He was sure he could make money that way.
Of course, he's just thinking about it; he hasn't implemented it yet.
He hadn't run a business in years, so he was unsure and didn't dare to say anything.
"Don't worry, I'm not writing about my brother. Besides, stories are fictional. I'm based on Xiao Qiu's real-life counterpart; only her family members are based on real people. Everyone else is fictional, including the male lead!" Gu Ren said, feigning sincerity.
He intended to write based on some of Enzi's traits.
"Alright, then continue." Gu Xin was a little skeptical of Gu Ren; she had a feeling this kid was up to something.
"This top scholar encountered a corpse while parading through the streets, and then the officials from the yamen showed up. The female lead found some clues on the corpse, all pointing to the top scholar. Now, it's become the talk of the town!" Gu Ren said excitedly.
Gu Xin and Gu Si: "..."
Dugu Mingyue said thoughtfully, "Renren, did you deliberately arrange this? Is it to make people guess whether it's related to the top scholar, to pique everyone's interest? But actually, this case has nothing to do with the top scholar. Because of this, the top scholar didn't enjoy the glory of other top scholars, so he might feel a little disappointed. And during the investigation, the female lead will inevitably have some contact with the top scholar. Oh, are you planning to write them as a bickering couple?"
Gu Xin and Gu Si looked at Dugu Mingyue in surprise.
Tsk, as expected of someone who spends all day with Renren, he already knows about bickering lovers at such a young age.
The two sisters recalled the age when they understood the term "bickering couple," and it has to be said that they were too naive, and Dugu Mingyue was too precocious!
Gu Ren snapped his fingers: "That's right. There need to be cases, but also everyday life. Try to make the storytelling close to life yet far removed from it. That's what makes people curious and eager to read it. They'll want to see if such things really happen in real life, which will motivate them, and then they can learn about the coroner's profession when they have free time. As for the top scholar, it will also make people realize more deeply that becoming a top scholar isn't just about luck; it requires hard work. The hardships he endured might be more than some people have eaten rice in their entire lives. And because of this, we can introduce the unlucky persona of the top scholar."
"An unlucky persona? How unlucky?" Gu Xin asked.
"Three cases in a row, all involving the top scholar. In the first case, the deceased had clues pointing to the top scholar; of course, the deceased must have known the top scholar. In the second case, the deceased was the old man next door to the top scholar's family. As mentioned earlier, the top scholar is from a prominent family, and he happened to be visiting his childhood friend next door when the father of that friend died. In the third case, the top scholar's colleague died because of some court affairs, and this time the top scholar actively participated in order to uncover the truth. This is how the male and female protagonists meet and get to know each other. There will definitely be more love and understanding later on, and the ending will definitely be a happy one." Gu Ren gave a summary of the plot he had come up with.
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