He Yunxiao knew that when Fan Ziruo said "it's not good to make the decision on my own," she meant that he should discuss it with her father, Fan Changshu. In fact, this was a tactful way of refusing.
Fan Ziruo is conservative in her thinking and has a steady personality. Given that she only has 76 points of favorability with him, He Yunxiao can understand why she doesn't accept the marriage proposal directly.
But what He Yunxiao doesn't understand now is why the first time he accidentally revealed that he was her husband, he gained some favor with her. But the second time he hinted at it, it didn't work.
Unable to figure it out for the time being, He Yunxiao chose to put it aside for the time being.
The good news is that I now have the same level of affection as Chu Fan: 76 for Zi Ruo. With this 76 affection level, I can start trying to figure out how to lower Zi Ruo's affection for Chu Fan.
As long as we lower Ziruo's affection for Chu Fan, we can completely help her escape Chu Xiaoxiao's clutches, just like we did with Du!
But now is not the time to think about these things. What we should be thinking about now is how to get the reason for Ziruo's inner conflict out of her while teaching her how to write the plot.
Looking at Fan Ziruo's flushed face, He Yunxiao felt that even a dignified beauty has a unique charm when she is shy.
In order to probe her inner thoughts while writing the plot outline, He Yunxiao had no choice but to ruin the beautiful scene of "the beauty's shyness".
"Zi Ruo."
Fan Ziruo's blush had not yet faded when she heard He Yunxiao call her, and she quickly responded, "Mm."
"Shouldn't we be discussing the novel?"
Upon hearing about the novel, Fan Ziruo became serious.
"Yes, as you just mentioned, you can summarize your story in one sentence."
After she finished speaking, she thoughtfully handed the manuscript with the story written on it to He Yunxiao.
Looking at the manuscript, He Yunxiao carefully explained, "Now, we have a relatively clear story outline, but it's not enough. We also need an outline to expand this outline further."
"Does Ziruo know what an outline is?"
Fan Ziruo naturally knew that "the outline is the key points of the story".
He Yunxiao added, "That's right! These are the key points. These key points can be further subdivided into setting outline, plot outline, emotional outline, and character outline."
He Yunxiao pointed to the first paragraph of the story on Fan Ziruo's manuscript: "Fan Ziruo admires her senior brother He Xiao."
Then he said, "The so-called setting outline is the general outline of various settings in the story. For example, here, Fan Zi is He Xiao's junior sister. So, what sect do they belong to? What martial arts do they learn? What martial arts sects exist in their world?..."
Fan Ziruo nodded to indicate that she understood.
Then, He Yunxiao introduced the "plot outline", "romance outline" and "character outline".
He emphasized, "The most important thing in romance novels is not the setting, but the plot and the emotions. The plot needs to be calm yet full of ups and downs, and the emotions must be natural and logical. If the former is not good, it will feel boring; if the latter is not good, it will feel forced."
Fan Ziruo nodded again, indicating that she understood.
Although Fan Ziruo was indeed a genius, He Yunxiao did not believe that someone who had not written many novels could master the art of novel writing after only hearing it once.
So He Yunxiao said, "Ziruo, write a plot outline for the part where 'Fan Zi admires her senior brother He Xiao and tries every means to 'lose her virginity' to him, but fails repeatedly' and show it to me."
Fan Ziruo readily agreed, then took out paper and pen and began to write.
When He Yunxiao saw her posture, he felt something was wrong. Could she really write it down after just listening to it?
Are geniuses truly devoid of all reason?
He Yunxiao walked up behind her and looked at the handwriting on her manuscript paper.
After watching only two clips, He Yunxiao exclaimed, "Wow!"
There are three key points to be shown in the plot that Fan Ziruo needs to write: the first is that "Fan Ziruo admires He Xiao", the second is that "she wants to lose her virginity to him", and the third is that "she repeatedly fails".
The first plot point Fan Ziruo wrote on the manuscript was "The senior and junior students go on a mission, and He Xiao saves the damsel in distress." Although the plot was old-fashioned, as long as the emotional descriptions were done well, it was more than enough to explain why "Fan Ziruo admires He Xiao."
The second plot point is that "He Xiao is popular among her fellow disciples within the sect." This plot is quite clever. It directly intensifies Fan Zi's sense of crisis, who likes He Xiao, and lays the groundwork for her motivation to "lose her virginity."
After watching these two episodes, He Yunxiao no longer wanted to watch.
He knew that Fan Ziruo definitely had no problem with the plot design.
A genius is a genius.
No matter what it is, you only need to teach her once, and she can apply what she's learned to other situations and use it skillfully.
Is there no law left? Is there no justice?
He Yunxiao was about to angrily denounce God's injustice, but then he thought of Ziruo, his wife, and how her intelligence would ensure their future child would also be intelligent. So, He Yunxiao silently gave God a thumbs up.
As if she had planned it out in advance, Fan Ziruo wrote very quickly, and soon finished writing the first paragraph of the plot.
He Yunxiao looked at the manuscript paper that Fan Ziruo handed him and had nothing to say.
In terms of plot, Fan Ziruo's storyline doesn't have any particularly outstanding aspects, but every plot point is reasonable. That's enough.
The appeal of romance novels isn't the plot, but rather the characters and the development of their relationships.
Fan Ziruo's storyline fully meets the requirements.
With her writing skills, she doesn't need to worry about portraying characters poorly. So for her, it's almost as if she only needs to refine the outline of the romance plot before she can start writing a novel.
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