Jiang Mingxin drank a bellyful of tea and felt almost full.
"Sister, if you're free tonight, how about we have dinner together? I know there's a popular online restaurant that's introduced some new dishes, and they taste amazing."
Kong Xintang was stunned for a moment.
Her eyes widened, she stared at Jiang Mingxin in surprise, and then slowly said something.
"I won't accept any gifts this year, but if I do, I'll only accept..."
"Nootropics~" Jiang Mingxin almost blurted out as a conditioned reflex.
Well, now both of them are exposed.
Why are you still pretending?
They must have both traveled through time.
Jiang Mingxin took a deep breath. Although his expression was not completely broken, it was almost broken.
Looking at Kong Xintang again, he smiled and shook his head.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. I was wondering why when I opened my eyes I wasn't in the poor Jiangjiatun, but in the magnificent Kong family... So it's because... you are wearing a mask, and so is Lin Qiu?"
Jiang Mingxin laughed dryly twice, "So, you have also read the original text?"
"Not only have I read it, I wrote this novel."
Kong Xintang's words were so shocking that she stood up in shock.
Jiang Mingxin's face suddenly changed. He couldn't control his inner anger and grabbed her collar.
"So you're the author with such distorted values! Do you know what you've done? I really want to slap you in the face on behalf of the original owner!"
Kong Xintang did not dodge, but her thick eyelashes trembled.
"Listen to my explanation. I didn't want to write like that, but it was popular among women at the time, and I had no choice but to do it to make money."
"What do you mean there's no way? You're going to torture the supporting characters to death just to highlight the heroine's kindness and intelligence?"
"Although Jiang Mingxin is just a supporting character, does that mean she deserves to be killed by you and Gu Mingfeng?"
No wonder Jiang Mingxin was so excited.
The original owner's experience was indeed full of misery and injustice in the world.
Kong Xintang closed his eyes and said, "I dare not deny this. If you want to hit me, go ahead. Hit me a few times to calm down."
"you!"
Jiang Mingxin thought she would make some excuses, but she didn't expect her to admit it so frankly.
She hesitated for a while, and finally let go of his hand.
"Tell me, what exactly forced you to do this?"
Kong Xintang sighed silently, straightened his collar, and whispered, "I wrote this novel in 2004. At first, the male lead was confirmed to be Du Cheng, but because it was popular at the time for male protagonists to be scumbags and male second male stars to be Bai Yueguang, the editor asked me to change it."
"I based the heroine on myself. Originally, I didn't have a twin sister, but the editor said I needed a comparison group to arouse readers' sympathy and disgust at the same time. That's how the character Jiang Mingxin came about."
"Well, to be honest, the more I write, the more uncomfortable I feel."
"Because the editor wanted to cater to the market, he forced me to use a lot of plots that I didn't want to use."
"Originally, the editor wanted me to continue writing about Jiang Mingxin, but I felt psychologically uncomfortable, so I simply found a reason to take her offline early."
Jiang Mingxin frowned and said nothing for a long time.
I have to admit that what Kong Xintang said might be true.
After all, in the eyes of editors and authors, except for the protagonist, all supporting characters are just tools.
As long as it can advance the development of the plot, it doesn’t matter whether they are treated fairly and justly.
If she hadn't traveled through time to become Jiang Mingxin, she probably wouldn't have spoken up for a mere supporting character.
Isn’t it the same in reality?
It’s enough for me to live a good life. Why would I care whether others are happy or not?
Most people just turn a blind eye to things that don't concern them.
It is rare that Kong Xintang can realize his mistake.
"I'm sorry, because of my character design, the original owner and you must have suffered a lot." She expressed a bit of guilt. "Actually, after writing it, I also feel that this novel has big problems. The heroine is a bit tea, and the hero is even worse."
"But Gu Mingfeng wasn't my type to begin with. I only wrote it to meet the editor's requirements."
"The second male lead is my favorite."
Jiang Mingxin chuckled twice, "I see."
Kong Xintang rubbed her hand and said flatteringly, "So, I cherish everything I have now and there's no way I'm going to compete with you for a female. And you must have an ability that I'm not aware of, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to turn things around to this extent, am I right?"
Jiang Mingxin couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Yes, I have special abilities!"
"Wow, is it real or fake?" Kong Xintang's eyes widened with excitement. "Can you show it to me?"
"Show off! I'm super unhappy right now!"
Jiang Mingxin has not yet recovered from the shock of knowing that Kong Xintang is the author.
I really wanted to beat her up, but it felt like hitting cotton.
This feeling is so unbearable.
Seeing that she was unhappy, Kong Xintang said that he could understand.
"How about this, don't you like antiques? I've collected a lot of ancient jade, ancient coins, gold and silver jade artifacts since I was a child. As long as you like it, I'll give it to you. How about it?"
Jiang Mingxin's eyes lit up, "Really?"
Kong Xintang nodded hurriedly: "Of course, come on, I will take you back to the Kong family now."
"But you have to be mentally prepared. My mom won't let you take your things away unless you show her some real stuff."
Jiang Mingxin suddenly realized, "You little girl, you've been waiting for me here. Fine, show me what you can do. I promise to make her convinced."
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