Gold Medal Mediator [Quick Transmigration] 58p2

Chapter 58: I’m Really Not the Female Lead of a Novel (V) p2

Five minutes later.

Xue Jiming stared at the dialogue box and found that the other side had not replied to his message. He couldn’t help but be a little puzzled.

How did she disappear while they were chatting?

But now, in this era of information explosion, everyone had the habit of ghosting. He had long known that Zhao He was in the student dormitory at this time, and it was impossible for her to have run into any trouble. He just assumed that she had temporarily gone to do other things. So Xue Jiming could only suppress the expectation in his heart and force himself to read a book with this time.

He would just polish the conclusion of his first draft.

Just as Xue Jiming shifted his attention away from the chat box, he did not know that his little girlfriend was on the other side of the internet, rolling up her sleeves and fighting with someone.

Originally, Zhao He had intended to thank the book of “Firefly” for letting her meet her true love in a dream. Out of the psychology of loving the house and its crow, she now wished she could directly put Firefly on a pedestal.

But the moment she went online, she found out that her favorite idol had been plagiarized. How could she tolerate such a thing?!

Especially when the other party was on another website now, with the advantage of having rewritten the text, she had deleted all of Firefly’s fragrant and beautiful parts, leaving only the proper plot. And with that, she had earned a lot of money, and had instantly gone from a thirty-eighth-tier small writer to a new little pink.

But besides deleting and reducing the plot, and changing the gender of the two main characters, the other parts of the text were not much changed.

What was most excessive was that this person even copied Firefly’s “author’s note” for each chapter.

If this wasn’t plagiarism…?!

Then Zhao He could eat her own keyboard.

Between her boyfriend and her idol, Zhao He resolutely abandoned her partner and threw herself into the battlefield, charging at the fans of the other side who were indiscriminately covering their ears and shouting “I won’t listen, I won’t listen, my great author can’t possibly have plagiarized!”

The author who had copied Firefly was named “Boundless Romance.” Her writing was originally a mess with no hope of being saved. She was very happy to have suddenly become famous and would definitely not give up her current fame and the benefits she had obtained. After being exposed, she immediately threw a tantrum on the internet!

Perhaps because the evidence of the color palette was too strong, she only glossed over the “plagiarism” part and instead started to attack Firefly’s writing.

“Some authors, after they’ve become famous, they shout and kill their peers. Have they forgotten what kind of person they are? What, you only allow your own great author to suddenly become enlightened in her writing, but you can’t stand to see others become a god with just one book?”

This Boundless Romance had obviously studied Firefly’s previous works.

But besides forwarding the color palette and adding a sentence, “I didn’t expect that in this day and age, some people’s eating manners are so ugly that they would even stoop to copying an 18+ novel. I have nothing to say [doge][doge][doge]”

After that, she did not respond to that Boundless Romance’s words anymore.

But although she did not say much, the meaning behind her words was very obvious. Immediately, some die-hard fans who had read the article more than ten times jumped over to tear apart Boundless Romance.

The scene was very lively for a time, and this wave of popularity was even pushed to the top of the hot search.

* * *

Hua Baihe had eaten dinner and was playing with her wheelchair in her room, calling it a post-meal warm-up and digestion.

The System watched as she only moved her fingers the entire time, studying the turning and straight-ahead command buttons on the wheelchair that she rarely used—because she usually relied on others to push her. The System finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and sneered,

“Besides your fingers, where else did you warm up?”

Hua Baihe replied, “How can the guy who made me only be able to warm up my fingers have the nerve to ask that question?”

System: “…”

Hua Baihe said proudly, “Look, I’ve also warmed up my lips now.”

System: “…” Why did it just break the silence and open its mouth?

Hua Baihe happily finished her two warm-up exercises, turned her wheelchair to the side of the bed, took the phone on the bed, and happily prepared to read a novel.

With a “ding-dong.”

A message popped up in her special attention.

Hua Baihe had only set two people as special attention on Weibo. One was Xue Jiming, and the other was Zhao He.

Her memory was not bad. She had memorized all the information about the two of them when she read through the world’s timeline. She knew that “Zhao He” had not changed her Weibo name for eight hundred years. Before she met Xue Jiming, her name was unchangeably “The Bud Has Just Shown Its Tip.”

At this moment, her latest post was a forwarded message.

Coincidentally, the message was from an author she was very familiar with, Firefly.

After Zhao He had forwarded Firefly’s Weibo post with the color palette and mocked Boundless Romance for her ugly eating manners, she had also added a sentence:

“Plagiarism is shameful. Please have some self-respect, some people, and respect the fruits of others’ labor.”

Hua Baihe touched her chin and sighed.

“Oho?”

She was just worrying about how to make Zhao He realize the importance of copyright issues, so that she could stand on the correct side and have the correct values in the future. But…

“This is really, someone just sent me a pillow when I was about to doze off.”

Hua Baihe felt that this Firefly was really in sync with her own rhythm. Even if this matter was just a pure coincidence, it did not stop her from having a better impression of this person.

Because she was using a small account, she had no psychological burden whether she was watching or fighting.

So she went to Firefly’s Weibo to take a look, and then went to the Weibo of the author named Boundless Romance. After a round of observation, she felt that she had to say something.

So she also posted a status:

72819389: “Some people always use ‘all articles in the world are plagiarized’ as an excuse to hide their purpose of stealing the fruits of others’ labor. They don’t know that the text that the author has worked so hard to write, and the characters that they have created with their heart and soul, are like children that they have personally cared for and raised. One day, a robber breaks into the house, forcibly kidnaps the child, and then changes the child’s clothes, and shamelessly claims the child as their own. May I ask, which parent in the world can tolerate such a thing?”

Because this status had a #Author Firefly was plagiarized# tag in front of it, it was easily noticed by the readers on both sides who were paying attention to this topic.

Firefly’s fans liked and forwarded it for her. The other side said she was alluding to them and talking nonsense. But Hua Baihe’s mentality was very strong, how could she be easily disturbed by their words.

Until—

Two special people noticed her comment.

This Zhao He, who had ignored her newly-appointed boyfriend in the middle of the night and was focused on tearing apart the plagiarism dog for her idol, clicked into Hua Baihe’s small account on Weibo.

She found that the other party was actually following her!

Oh my, there’s a fellow traveler.

Zhao He rubbed her hands, a little curious. How could a zombie account like hers, which only posted on Weibo once every three months, have real fans.

But she hadn’t even started to study that small account when she found out—

Firefly had forwarded that Weibo post!

And commented again, “Thank you, this friend, for speaking up for me. Although I have no hobby of treating my characters as my sons, the book The Happy Life of Xue Ling was a gift for my partner, just for her to enjoy. Now that it has been stolen by others, I do feel very angry.”

Zhao He didn’t have time to study that small account anymore. She immediately joined the other fans in commenting under Firefly’s post:

“Her? Hmm, isn’t Great Author Firefly a woman? So this ‘her’… did I know too much?”

“Giving an 18+ book to your girlfriend, what kind of move is that, lol!”

“Alright, let us handle the plagiarism dog! Great author, you just have to show off your love! If you don’t mind, can you tell me what your partner’s Weibo is?”

“Ahhhhh! Within ten seconds! I want to know all the information about this happy partner of Great Author Firefly!”

* * *

Hua Baihe stared at the content after Firefly’s forwarding, sucked in a sharp breath, and then called the System:

“It’s terrible, System, my dear. I thought I was already shameless enough.”

Unexpectedly, there are people outside of people, and heavens outside of heavens, and mountains higher than mountains.

The System, hearing the real “I’m not as good as her” in her tone, was a little speechless.

Hua Baihe thought of Firefly’s previous comment about how her partner would cry on the spot if she met her in person, and continued to sigh:

“Hey, this author and her partner are very much in love.”

From this, she was even more determined not to meet her in person.

After all, she and the female lead of this book had the same name. Although she didn’t mind it at all, since Firefly’s girlfriend was a jealous person, it was better to avoid her.

Otherwise, if people knew that Firefly had come out to meet a reader, and this reader happened to have the same name as the protagonist in her book…

Then Hua Baihe would not be able to explain it even if she had a hundred mouths!

She sighed like this for a while, switched to her chat tool, thought that the other party was, after all, her big client, and when she needed support the most, it was the most suitable time for her to send charcoal in snowy weather!

After the System had listened to her thoughts, for some reason, it suddenly felt a little sympathy for this Firefly.

She treated Hua Baihe as a friend, but Hua Baihe only treated her as… a big client.

* * *

Shi shi zhe ling luo: “I just saw what happened on Weibo. Wow, to be pestered by such a shameless person, you’re really pitiful!”

Jiang Xue’s phone vibrated. She took it out and saw the name on it. Her heart finally felt a little more comfortable.

—If she had been indifferent to such a thing, she would have been really angry and might have done something like running to her house regardless of the consequences and exposing her alternate account.

She was thinking about how to answer this matter when someone next to her couldn’t take it anymore and was jumping up and down in her line of sight:

“Xue’er’er’er! I’ve already made the color palette for you! Tell me quickly! Which brand’s watch is the best this year and is suitable for my partner!”

Jiang Xue replied without turning her head:

“What brand did you say before?”

Lin Wanxiu said the name of the century-old family.

Jiang Xue let out a “Hmm” and replied, “This brand is not bad.”

Lin Wanxiu: “…”

Lin Wanxiu: “………”

She finally realized that her naive self had been deceived, but she still refused to believe this fact and hoped that her friend’s conscience was still there. She asked in a trembling voice:

“Then… the Christmas special edition and the New Year limited edition, which one do you think is suitable?”

Jiang Xue took a second to recall the style of that big brand’s watch, and then replied easily, “They’re both not bad. You’re not short on money. Indecisiveness is a disease of the poor. You can buy both.”

Lin Wanxiu: “…”

For this suggestion of buying both, she had spent the whole afternoon making a color palette, and now her eyes were only left with color blocks!

She pointed at Jiang Xue with a whimper, “You—!”

Jiang Xue was busy replying to Hua Baihe’s question and just raised her hand to pat her head, saying perfunctorily, “Good girl.”

For the first time, Lin Wanxiu hated that her family’s upbringing had taught her to be so well-bred. God knows how much she wanted to spit on this malicious woman’s face right now!

She thought for a long time and said angrily:

“I curse you to never have a boyfriend in your life!”

This was the most excessive curse she could think of.

But unexpectedly, after she said this, the person who had deceived her feelings was not only not hurt, but even curled her lips and gave her a smile that was almost demonic:

“I thank you for your blessing.”

Boyfriend?

That was something she would never need in her life.

Having a girlfriend was enough.

For the first time, Lin Wanxiu had seen such a ruthless exterminator. She was so hurt by her truly indifferent attitude that she felt that her lethality was not on the same level as the other’s. Only by holding her phone and crying to her boyfriend for comfort could she feel a little better.

Jiang Xue heard her send a voice message to her boyfriend, asking for kisses, hugs, and being held high, and then looked at her chat dialogue box with Xue Ling—

After the other party had expressed her initial pity, although her stance was still on her side, let alone acting coquettishly with her, she didn’t even send a kissing sticker!

Very insincere!

Jiang Xue felt a subtle imbalance in her heart, but she was not willing to admit it. She just held her phone and forcefully continued to chat with Hua Baihe.

She typed a reply on her keyboard:

“I didn’t expect to be framed by such a person. Sigh.”

With that, she sent a sticker: “[Oh my, I was framed by a moron. I need my wife to kiss me and hug me to get better.jpg]”

Hua Baihe on the other end: “?”

Friend, this picture is not very appropriate, is it?

Hua Baihe secretly asked the System, “Hey, System, my dear, did I run into a scumbag? The kind who shows off their love on the surface, but secretly has an affair in private?”

System: “…You’re asking me?”

Seeing that she had not responded for a long time, Jiang Xue on the other end also had some doubts in her heart.

She had already hinted so clearly. Why didn’t she understand?

In the background of her friend chatting with her partner on the phone, she waited anxiously for a minute, and then found that the other side had been typing for a long time and finally replied:

“Great author, this picture… what if your partner sees the chat history? It’s not very good, is it?”

Jiang Xue, who was waiting expressionlessly for kisses, hugs, and being held high: “…”

That’s right. She had forgotten that she had a partner.

It seems it was time to deny the rumors.

Jiang Xue realized that if she continued to wear the shell of “having a family,” it would only make Xue Ling get further and further away from her. The surprise she had originally envisioned would all turn into a shock.

She took a deep breath and typed a line on her phone:

“I don’t have a partner. I lied about having a partner before.”

At the same time, Lin Wanxiu, who had received a comforting red envelope from her boyfriend, held her phone in front of her, let her look at the conspicuous 52,000 in the red envelope, and said to her with a smile:

“Look, the red envelope my partner sent me.”

Jiang Xue was shown off to by this pair. She immediately sank her dantian and waited for her to clarify. The other party would then send her a kissing sticker as she wished, so she could slap it back on Lin Wanxiu’s face!

“Look, this is the kiss my partner sent me.”

She had already thought of the play. She was just waiting for Hua Baihe to cooperate.

However—

In Xue Ling’s room.

Hua Baihe was holding her phone and asked the System in shock:

“Do all authors these days, to get fans, even make up excuses like not having a family?”

System: “So scummy.”

Hua Baihe: “Really scummy.”

She never would have thought that Author Firefly was such a person!

Hua Baihe frowned and thought for a long time before finally replying:

“With all due respect—”

Jiang Xue: “?”

Hua Baihe: “If you lie like this, it’s a bit too much.”

And then.

She sent Firefly a sticker.

It was a little person, holding a slipper in her hand, and with a “slap,” she slapped another person’s face.

Jiang Xue: “…”

But Lin Wanxiu, who was clueless, came up to her and asked with a smile, “What do you think? Are you envious?”

Three seconds later, Jiang Xue expressionlessly held up her phone screen, pushed the huge slipper-slapping sticker onto her friend’s face, and then slowly curled her lips.

“Look, this is the slap my partner gave me.”

Lin Wanxiu: “…”

* * *

Author’s Note:

Lin Wanxiu: Single dogs these days, in order not to bow to dog food, are really so crazy.