The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else - Chapter 73.3

Recount of a Cannon Fodder’s Counterattack (24)

But he didn’t want to give Lu Shijin any reactions, so he made his face cold and expressionless, “Is that all? If so, scram.”

“Heh.” Lu Shijin sneered, “You think I want to talk to you? If it wasn’t for your interesting expressions, I wouldn’t waste a single breath on selfish and shameless people like you.”

“Scram!” Wang Lizhi was very angry and smashed a glass at his feet, “Scram for me!”

An employee heard the crash and came over, “Excuse me sir, please don’t yell in here. You’ll bother the other customers. If you keep being this loud, I’ll have to ask you to leave.”

“My friend suffers from mania, I suggest that you call the police to deal with him.” Lu Shijin explained with a smile to the server.

The surrounding customers started pointing at Wang Lizhi and whispering to each other. Wang Lizhi felt very embarrassed and just wanted to get away from Lu Shijin. He pushed the employee away and fled out.

Walking on the bustling street, Wang Lizhi still couldn’t calm down. He didn’t forget to take the recording pen Lu Shijin gave him, and he was wondering what was in it.

Wang Lizhi started playing it and listened as he walked.

Surprisingly, his own voice came from the recording pen.

“I was sick this one time, but still had to update. Lu Shijin saw and told me he could help me write the day’s update. I was dizzy from my fever and thought that I wouldn’t be able to write well, so I might as well let him do it.”

“But I didn’t expect that Lu Shijin would hold this over my head. Over the past years, he forced me to stay with him and even asked me for money and a job. I really regret it. I shouldn’t have agreed that one day, it’s all my fault…”

Wang Lizhi stood there numbly as he finished listening to it.

The recording pen had the conversation between him and Jin Jingyao. The audio had already been adjusted so that there was nothing from Jin Jingyao, only Wang Lizhi!

This was a huge blow to Wang Lizhi. How did Lu Shijin get it?!

Wang Lizhi finally realized that Jin Jingyao was working with Lu Shijin.

Jin Jingyao got close to him to find evidence of him forcing Lu Shijin to ghostwrite!

Wang Lizhi completely broke down.

He felt powerless and sat on the ground, crying and laughing as pedestrians pointed at him, seeming completely crazy.

Two days later, the last day of the time limit Lu Shijin imposed upon him, Wang Lizhi sent a long post on Weibo.

In it, he admitted that he made a mistake to his readers.

But he only repeated his conversation with Jin Jingyao.

He admitted to Lu Shijin writing for him once. Due to this, he would donate everything he earned from that particular novel.

And because he recently broke up with Lu Shijin, it caused him to be emotionally unwell, affecting the quality of his updates. He hoped that the readers could forgive him and give him another chance.

Meanwhile, in Jin Jingyao’s apartment, Lu Shijin also saw the post Wang Lizhi sent.

“See, I told you Wang Lizhi wouldn’t be willing to admit the truth.” Jin Jingyao finished reading the post and looked at Lu Shijin, shrugging helplessly.

Lu Shijin snorted, “People like him won’t shed tears until they’re in the coffin.”

“Tsk, look at this.” Jin Jingyao showed the iPad to Lu Shijin, “Did he hire a water army? The top comments are clearly not written by actual people.”

Lu Shijin glanced over it.

[People aren’t sages, who wouldn’t make mistakes? Da-Pen is willing to admit his mistake and take responsibility, what a man! It’s fine as long as the mistake is fixed, I’ll keep supporting da-Pen!]

[Although ghostwriting is bad, he admitted it. He’s a good kid, we should believe in da-Pen and encourage him!]

[I’ve been chasing da-Pen since his first novel, I really like the way he writes, I’ll always support you!]

Under the sway of the water army, the comments showed more and more understanding, forgiveness, and support.

Wang Lizhi was really good at manipulating people’s emotions. First, he admitted a small mistake, and used a very overboard way to pay for it, then pretended to be pitiful to make netizens sympathize with him.

After seeing the comments, Lu Shijin sneered and called Wang Lizhi.

Wang Lizhi quickly picked up and said directly, “I’ve already done as you said, are you satisfied?”

“Satisfied?” Lu Shijin laughed, “Do you think I’d be satisfied with that kind of weak apology? Wang Lizhi, are you crazy?”

“Lu Shijin, don’t think you can overthrow me just because you have some recording!” Wang Lizhi also sneered, “You’ve only written for me once, and it was out of your own volition. Then, you used it to blackmail me, that’s the truth! And now you’ve hooked up Jin Jingyao, trying to screw me over. I’m not afraid of you making this more extreme, in fact, it’s better if you do, then everyone will see you as a cheater!”

“Do you think I don’t have any evidence of ghostwriting for you?”

“I don’t understand what you mean. I won’t bother you anymore, so we should just separate peacefully. If you still continue slandering me, just wait for a notice from my lawyer!” Wang Lizhi was a lot more careful this time about his words. He was afraid that Lu Shijin would be recording  their conversation, so he didn’t admit anything no matter what Lu Shijin said.

“Very good, you’ve gotten smarter.” Lu Shijin chuckled, “Since you didn’t obey my requirements, I won’t hold back anymore. Wang Lizhi, you better be prepared to deal with the consequences of your little prank.”

Wang Lizhi hung up. He had already decided to not admit anything, no matter what. At most, his reputation would be slandered. He was betting that Lu Shijin didn’t have any other evidence, so no one would believe his words.

“You have a plan?” Jin Jingyao saw Lu Shijin’s calm expression and guessed that Lu Shijin had a way to deal with Wang Lizhi.

Lu Shijin pursed his lips and logged on to his alt account, “Jin Shilu” on his iPad.

[@Jin Shilu: @An Ordinary Pen You said that you’ve only had someone write for you once, then what is chapter 126 of your most recent novel?]

After getting Jin Jingyao’s callout, the account “Jin Shilu” gained a lot of followers. After sending this post, the comment section exploded.

[What is this? Did I take a wrong turn? Mr. Jin Shilu has tea with da-Pen?]

[More tea! Yay!]

[What’s with chapter 126? Is there a Sherlock in the comments willing to tell me?]

[I found it! After reading it ten times! The first word of the first 8 paragraph forms “I’m Jin Shi Lu, I Wrote This Novel”!!!]

[Holy shit??? An Ordinary Pen got Jin Shilu to ghostwrite? That’s insane! So much tea!]

[This is like a drama, how exciting!]

[What a hard piece of evidence, let’s see how An Ordinary Pen will explain this.]

[What explanation, his face is probably swollen from all those slaps, he’s done for haha!]

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