Chapter 42

The crowd was seething with anger, and in the Tieba forum, there was a wave of condemnation against Lin Mu.

Fortunately, Lin Mu was still a relatively new and fresh face, and he had not even published his contact information, let alone created a Tieba account.

Thinking about the future, Lin Mu still applied for a Tieba ID named "One Page Book." Surprisingly, no one had registered it, which saved him some trouble.

In the Tieba forum, the wave of condemnation against Lin Mu came one after another. Just as Lin Mu was finding it interesting, the door to his room was suddenly pushed open.

The only person who could do this in this house was Su Taohua.

He had wet hair, wearing a cute winter teddy bear pajama, and was holding the latest issue of *Wuxia Story*, looking at Lin Mu with a strange expression.

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a handsome guy before?" Lin Mu asked uncomfortably.

Su Taohua pursed his lips, clearly not taking Lin Mu's words seriously. He threw the book onto the bed, sat down, and his eyes lit up. He then rolled onto Lin Mu's soft bed, making a sound of extreme comfort.

Lin Mu sighed and smiled. He had spent 1000 points to exchange for the "bed-making technique," and with special padding methods, the bed was made soft and warm, making anyone who lay on it not want to get up. Su Taohua's reaction was entirely within his expectations.

"Alright, stop making noise. I'm a man. You come to my room in the middle of the night and make such sounds. Do you think I should be a beast or less than a beast?" Lin Mu teased.

After being with Lin Mu for so long, Su Taohua knew his unpredictable nature and didn't bother to argue. He casually threw *Wuxia Story* to Lin Mu, who caught it easily.

"Be honest, what got you so worked up? A good novel, but you wrote it so cruelly. Are you sure you're not a psychopath?" Su Taohua found the most comfortable position, squinting his eyes.

Even she asked this, it was clear how much the second chapter had shocked the fans.

"Hehe, whether I'm a psychopath or not, you'll know if you read the next chapters. Here, my drafts are right here. Do you want to read them?"

With nothing else to do, Lin Mu minimized the web page and opened the *Lian Cheng Jue* document, inviting Su Taohua.

Sure enough, the allure of the new chapters overcame the bed. Su Taohua sat over, looked around, smiled, and directly squeezed Lin Mu off the soft chair.

"Little kid, give a seat to a beauty!"

Helpless, Lin Mu took his phone, turned to lie on the bed, and browsed the web with his legs up.

A faint fragrance wafted to his nose. Lin Mu watched Su Taohua, who was engrossed in the screen, and found that this beautiful teacher, though carefree, was truly a stunning beauty. She had a gentle demeanor and a dominant figure, and even in the entertainment industry, she would be a rare natural beauty.

Browsing other wuxia-related Tieba forums, he found that several famous authors had published new books, which received many positive reviews upon release.

In this world, wuxia had reached a new level due to Lin Mu's proposal of internal energy. After a month, this time was enough for them to conceive the outline of a wuxia novel. Although the settings were still lacking, it was enough to satisfy the readers' appetite.

However, the more famous the authors, the slower they published. It was still early in the month, so these could only be considered appetizers.

As he browsed other news, Lin Mu felt increasingly drowsy. The bed was soft and fragrant, and his eyelids gradually grew heavy, and he fell asleep involuntarily.

Occasionally looking back, Su Taohua saw Lin Mu sleeping, glanced at the computer screen with reluctance, turned off the light, covered Lin Mu with a blanket, and sat back in the chair to continue reading.

...

"*Wuxia Story*, five yuan each!"

At a newsstand far from the school, the owner said with a smile.

How could he not smile? Originally, *Wuxia Story* was interesting but had poor sales. Today, it had already sold two or thirty copies, and the sales speed was increasing.

Shen Bingjiao paid and put the magazine into the handbag, feeling her mood improve.

It was as if she held that person's heart in her hands, knowing what he was thinking and how he was doing...

...

The next day, Su Taohua entered the school with dark circles under her eyes. While teaching on the podium, she spoke English but was thinking about the plot of *Lian Cheng Jue*, especially the unfinished draft from last night, wondering what more exciting developments would happen.

Thinking about this, her beautiful eyes unconsciously glanced at Lin Mu.

Lin Mu didn't often look up and didn't see the beauty's anger, but he felt a few strange gazes sneaking at him.

Those were classmates who usually liked reading novels. Clearly, last night, they had bought the magazine from other places and read the next plot.

There were many hardcore wuxia fans in the school. They were not close to Lin Mu, but they felt frustrated by the new chapters and naturally blackened Lin Mu in private conversations.

"This Lin Mu is really ruthless. He even tortures his own protagonist, making people feel depressed!"

"Don't talk about it. I've been following him since he started writing. You don't know, this guy has a habit of torturing the protagonist. In *Zhaotou Feng*, he forced Xiao Feng into the hands of a corrupt official and had the male protagonist, Gu Niefeng, tortured, even pressing his hands on a hot wall to destroy all his fingerprints. I felt uncomfortable then, and I didn't expect him to become even more ruthless now!"

"..."

Shen Bingjiao was studying diligently and ignored the idle chatter behind her, but the words "Lin Mu" seemed to be a keyword that directly entered her heart. Her delicate ears perked up.

"This guy can get so many people talking. It seems he's getting better at writing novels..."

Shen Bingjiao thought, and her left hand unconsciously reached into her desk, touching the handbag containing the magazine.

She had bought this magazine yesterday but hadn't read it. Including the magazines of the novels Lin Mu had written before, she had bought them all and hidden them in her backpack in the dormitory, without reading any of them.

"If I don't work hard, I won't be able to keep up with his progress..."

Shen Bingjiao thought, took a deep breath, and focused on her homework again.

...

At the high school, there was no major incident due to the school's control, but in other regions, discussions were already intense.

Some readers even wanted to form a group to find Lin Mu, but it didn't succeed.

As for whether they would talk to Lin Mu nicely or beat him up, it was unknown.

*Wuxia Story* Magazine.

Originally, everyone was watching the online condemnation with trepidation, but after a few hotline calls came in, their hearts finally settled.