Literary Master: Starting with Refusing to Be a Child Star

Chapter 32: Can domestic science fiction works be included in textbooks?

My stepfather came home at night.

But when I got home, the first thing I saw was my child snuggling up to me. Even though I was very sleepy, I was still sitting at the table waiting for him.

"Dad, are you alright?" the girl asked with concern.

"I'm fine... Jin Nian, your mother is going on a long trip for a while, so you probably won't be able to see her for a while."

Luo Jinnian nodded, and asked understandingly, "How long will Mom be gone?"

How long was the middle-aged woman sentenced to?

"About ten days, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back by National Day."

In fact, Chu Xiang was happy to know about this, but he couldn't confide in anyone and had to wear a sorrowful expression on his face.

In fact, Luo Jinnian was even happier, and he had already told his sister about it.

Nothing was said that night.

Luo Jinnian, who hadn't dreamed in a long time, woke up several times during the night, all of them having sweet dreams. He woke up smiling each time.

So much so that when Chu's father took him and his sister to school, he was still not awake from his dream.

"National Day is almost here. How's your work?"

"It's alright, but I'm worried that I might accidentally become famous if I don't do interviews."

Normally, Luo Jinnian wouldn't speak so recklessly.

"It's bound to be a hit."

The short-haired girl not only eavesdropped, but she didn't even try to hide it.

"Yes. Yes." The older sister nodded vigorously. Although she didn't know who the girl was, anyone who supported her younger brother was a good person.

Gu Yanxi was amused, but still said seriously, "I've heard that song, it's awesome. I didn't expect you to have this skill."

You didn't know my brother could write bestselling stories? Chu Qingning felt a little smug, not because she knew more than the girl in front of her, but because she had such an amazing brother.

"It will become popular, but we'll have to wait for the dust to settle. There aren't that many overnight sensations; they're all driven by capital and such. I'm just an ordinary kid, how could anyone..."

Luo Jinnian got stuck while speaking. Wait, could it be that the two directors really bought him some promotional material to boost the movie's popularity?

"This is your older sister? She's just as cute as her younger sister."

Gu Yanxi had never met Chu Qingning before, but she could still tell who she was at a glance based on her appearance.

She's only in fourth grade; how can she talk like that about older students?

Chu Qingning stomped her foot, but not hard, and hurriedly ran towards her classroom with her short legs.

Gu Yanxi burst out laughing at Luo Jinnian's speechless expression.

"What does that mean?"

"That's interesting; this is what a normal elementary school student should be like."

The wind blew onto the boy's face as Gu Yanxi spoke, but he didn't react at all.

"You see, this is not normal."

"Is it possible that I simply don't have a thing for short hair?"

Luo Jinnian preferred the older sister type with long, waist-length hair, like Gu Yanxi's mother.

"hehe."

When the two walked into the classroom together, the classroom was bustling with noise, just like it was Chinese New Year.

"Our Chinese teacher said we can watch a movie during class this afternoon," the chubby boy said excitedly.

Luo Jinnian also cheered up. He hadn't slept well last night. If the movie was good, he would watch it; if it was boring, he could have a good dream.

"So what are they doing now?"

There was a box for drawing lots on the podium. The class representative asked everyone in the class to go up and draw a lot, but no one moved.

"Now, the class representative for Chinese class is drawing lots to decide who will tell a story in the afternoon, because the Chinese teacher said she will decide what movie to watch based on the stories everyone tells."

After hearing this, Gu Yanxi, not minding the trouble, went up and drew a lot.

"Does '中' mean 'to pass' or 'to win'?"

Ok?

The class representative for Chinese language raised the girl's hand and announced:

"Our story was told this afternoon."

Gu Yanxi was very happy at the time, but after stepping off the podium, she suddenly realized that if her story was not good enough and the Chinese teacher canceled the movie screening, the resentment in the class would be more than she could bear.

"It was only then that I realized something was wrong."

Luo Jinnian felt that the lottery box was a complete trap, probably full of "winners" and just waiting for some idiot to try and draw one.

"Oh well, what's done is done."

Gu Yanxi was quite carefree. After fiddling with her schoolbag for a while, she regretfully realized that she was being a bit too Confucian—she hadn't brought a single extracurricular book.

Do you have any extracurricular books? Let me borrow them quickly.

Luo Jinnian gave the two magazines that had just been mailed to him to his deskmate, saying, "Good luck to you. I only have these two extracurricular books anyway."

One is "Science Fiction Vision", and the other is "Tales of the Tang Dynasty".

"Isn't this the magazine our director particularly likes to read?"

The director Gu Yanxi was referring to was the director in sunglasses. He did indeed often bring this magazine to the set and frequently discussed creative ideas with Luo Jinnian.

The girl naturally couldn't connect the story in the book to the fact that it was written by her real-life deskmate.

Curious, she picked up "The Record of Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty" and began to read. The cover showed a nine-year-old girl falling from a tree, with two children, one on the tree and one below, watching the falling girl with different expressions.

This composition triggered Gu Yanxi's professional habit, and she naturally imagined a melodramatic scene.

When she actually turned the page and read the plot of "Summer, Fireworks, My Corpse," she realized that she was still too naive.

What does it mean to push your best friend down because she likes the same guy?

What does it mean that because the younger sister didn't want to be found out, the older brother helped her clean up her friend's body?

Compared to the drawn-out editing of many domestic variety shows nowadays, this story is truly a bolt from the blue, with the most shocking turn of events following a seemingly insignificant sense of death.

Seeing the final fate of her brother A-Jian, Gu Yanxi's mouth dropped open.

By the time the girl pulled herself out of the story, a regular class had already flown by.

Seeing the girl's dejected expression, Luo Jinnian offered a friendly reminder:

"I don't recommend you choose this story, because you know... it might be too sensible for someone our age."

When Luo Jin was in elementary school, she heard a story from her teacher about how people from the South ate raw pig brains, and she was shocked by their ferocity.

Gu Yanxi nodded in agreement. She had seen a lot since she was a child star and was shocked by what she saw. Her classmates would be left with lifelong trauma.

"What should I do? Dear deskmate, can you recommend one to me?"

"Call me Dad."

"dad."

Gu Yanxi called it out without changing her expression, since she had no feeling about the word at all.

Luo Jinnian remained silent for a long time.

Opening the science fiction magazine, he pointed to the cover of "Take Her Eyes" without any reservations about his own family or friends.

"I only recommend this one."

While the young girl was curiously reading the article, the loyal subscribers of "Science Fiction Vision" outside were still discussing it extensively.

What is the author's background?

[It seems he used to only write suspense novels; the novel "Grandma" that went viral online recently was written by him.]

How can someone be so incredibly talented, achieving such great success with their very first science fiction work?

A truly talented creator is talented no matter where they are.

A netizen named "Qingchuan Doesn't Cross the River South," who particularly loves this work, suddenly had a whimsical idea:

Do you think this work is likely to be included in textbooks? Aren't domestic textbooks undergoing major revisions recently...?

Then this person was ridiculed by other netizens.

[I admit this work is indeed good, but what you're saying is way off. You're saying there's never been a domestically produced science fiction work to be included in textbooks before!]

Put down your iPhone.

The famous director almost bit his gums until they bled. You just wait, I'm going to find my grandpa.

"Hey grandpa, I have a really good science fiction story here."

On the other end of the phone, the old man in sportswear hung up immediately.

His old friend next to him asked who he was.

"It doesn't matter, let's just keep running."

He's old and doesn't care about many things anymore; a good reputation is what he cherishes most now.

Although he currently lacks a domestic science fiction work that satisfies all parties, that is definitely not something his unreliable grandson could find.

Even after being hung up on, Qin Chuan didn't give up. He immediately got dressed, determined to recommend such a great work to his grandfather in person.

"Just you wait, Grandpa, you'll be won over by my good brother."