It’s been nearly a month since returning to B71. During this time, Xiao You has been busy dealing with family matters and company affairs. She hadn’t paid much attention to the news about “The Strongest Screenwriter.” However, just two days ago, her assistant informed her that the revival competition had opened, and an invitation had been sent to her. She wanted to participate, but the numerous company affairs and her older sister’s constant interference made it impossible. She politely declined the invitation.
Now, she finally has a moment to catch her breath. However, as she opens the website, she notices her name trending in the hot searches. That’s when she realizes that so much has happened since she left. She had genuinely had family matters to attend to, but the audience had assumed she was sabotaging Yanyue’s progress.
Frowning, Xiao You realizes she needs to find a chance to explain the situation. With this in mind, she exits the trending topics and opens the official channel of the program.
Inside the channel, the words “Revival Competition” are prominently displayed. It’s been a while since she visited the website, and Xiao You finds herself oddly excited. She clicks on the revival competition channel and is immediately transported into a green space.
Within the space, there are six doors. Each door bears the name of one of the revival competition participants and their works, along with the cover they chose for their work.
Initially, Xiao You intends to enter the first door, but suddenly, something else catches her eye!
Xiao You has never seen a cover like this…
Most of the current popular works and covers revolve around interstellar warfare. They mostly depict the main planet or spacecraft, and even if they feature characters, they are often shown in battle-damaged states or fighting scenes, with darker color schemes. But this… this cover is so vibrant…
Xiao You: “…”
Almost involuntarily, she finds herself drawn to the door with the unusually eye-catching cover. As she approaches, her eyes light up!
What a beautiful cast of main characters!
Even though these five characters are arranged in the simplest pyramid formation, they are all stunning enough to captivate anyone with just a glance!
The character design is so incredible!
Xiao You can’t help but exclaim in her mind.
Then, as she looks more closely, she sees the enlarged title and the creator’s name in the center of the pyramid:
“Interstellar Love and Death: The Domineering Son-in-law Falls for Me”
Writer: Yanyue
Xiao You: “…”
When did Yanyue change her style?? This is… a romance film??
Out of curiosity and perhaps due to her simple aesthetic preferences, Xiao You steps into Yanyue’s door.
Once inside, she focuses her mental energy on what she thinks is the most attractive character. However, just as her focus stabilizes, she feels a sharp slap across her face.
Xiao You: “???”
【Oh my god! I didn’t notice this before! Damn, who is the son-in-law in the title? Could it be that the male lead’s mother has another daughter, and she falls in love with the son-in-law? Suddenly, things are getting exciting…】
Xiao You is also curious now. Who exactly is this son-in-law mentioned in the title? And what’s with this “Interstellar Love and Death”? Could the male and female leads face separation and death?
Before she can figure out the relationships, the male lead Han Cheng gets into a heated argument with his mother, and they part ways angrily. On her way back, his mother receives a message from a mysterious person. The next moment, her anger triggers a health issue, and she’s rushed to the hospital.
Still trying to recover from the handsome male lead’s heroic act, Xiao You wonders, “?”
Being unfamiliar with melodramatic plots, Xiao You is taken aback by the fast-paced, melodramatic storyline. However, an even more outrageous scene unfolds:
[Han Cheng rushes anxiously to the hospital and sees his pale mother in the hospital room. He feels a deep sense of self-blame. At that moment, his weak mother, her eyes red-rimmed, tells him: “Xiao Cheng, it’s not that your mother wanted to stop you from being with Su Lin’er… you two… you two…” Jiang Qing hesitates but eventually says those words, “You really can’t be together!”
Han Cheng feels sad and tries to reason, “Why? Why can’t we be together, Mom? Lin’er is really nice. If you spend more time with her, you’ll see she’s a good girl.”
Jiang Qing, however, is stubborn, “I told you, you can’t be together!!”
Han Cheng becomes resolute, “Why exactly? Just tell me why, please!!”
Jiang Qing breaks down, yelling, “Because she’s your biological sister!!!”]
In the scene, Han Cheng is dumbfounded.
Outside the screen, the audience of the movie is also left stunned.
Three seconds later, the once-sparse barrage of comments fills the screen with—
【??????】
【Ah?????】
Chapter 5
【What’s going on??】
【How did they suddenly become siblings? I just went to get a glass of water, what happened all of a sudden???】
Noticing the detail that flashed by in the previous scene, Xiao You starts analyzing it for other viewers:
【To the friend who asked earlier, here’s the thing: the male lead’s mother received a letter from a mysterious person. The camera showed her holographic screen, and the letter contained DNA test results of the female lead Su Lin’er and Han Daqiang. Following that, there was a photo of Su Lin’er with a middle-aged woman. The male lead’s mother got angry and ended up being sent to the hospital.】
Though the cover of fluorescent pink created by Yanyue in the beginning keeps drawing in new viewers, the number of viewers who have seen this part is limited. Xiao You’s bold, gold VIP barrage stays prominently in the center of the screen.
Seeing Xiao You’s comments, other viewers start dissecting the storyline based on their understanding:
【So, Han Daqiang is the male lead’s father, and the male lead’s mother suspected the female lead’s identity a long time ago?】
【Wow, I just went back to see, and there really is a DNA report and a photo! Could the woman in the photo be the biological mother of the female lead? She doesn’t seem like Jiang Qing, if that’s really the case, then the female lead is the male lead’s dad’s illegitimate child? How did Jiang Qing figure all this out?】
【I’m so dizzy from all this, the male lead’s mother actually knew that her husband had other women outside, and even had a child with this woman? Now the male lead falls in love with his dad’s illegitimate daughter, and lovers become siblings… This family’s relationships are way too complex…】
【I’m still wondering if this is really something Yanyue could create. Shouldn’t she be continuing her hypnosis battles?】
【The beginning had me laughing so hard, but Yanyue changed her style, and it’s quite interesting! Wait, it seems like the female lead is going to confront the male lead’s mother!】
【Wow!! Will the male lead recognize the female lead?】
Xiao You is also quite curious!
It’s been less than five minutes since the movie started, yet she’s received more information than from any other movie she’s watched. In other movies, these five minutes would barely be enough for the screenwriter to show off the battlefield base they’ve built.
What’s strange is that even though she hasn’t watched this style of movie before, and she’s never had such an outrageous experience in the first five minutes of a movie, she’s not resisting it at all. In fact, she’s looking forward to how the story will unfold.
Being a screenwriter herself, Xiao You is already guessing that the male lead won’t recognize the female lead due to the blow he just received.
And indeed:
[When the female lead Su Lin’er knocks on the door, the male lead Han Cheng panics and hides in the bathroom. And the male lead’s mother still isn’t welcoming to the female lead, her attitude even worse. The female lead comes to visit her with a fruit basket of fruits, but she not only refuses it, she also smashes it on the female lead and insults her, even dragging the female lead’s mother into the verbal abuse. Unable to bear it any longer, Han Cheng, who had been hiding, steps out and protects the female lead by his side. As expected, the mother and son argue again. Just as it looks like the son is going to leave with the illegitimate daughter, the mother pretends to fall sick, keeping the son and sending the female lead away. The male lead wants to stop the female lead from leaving, but his own mother keeps causing trouble. He can only watch as the female lead walks away.]
This segment, whether it’s the camera, the background music, or the emotions of the humanoid characters, is perfectly executed, to the point where Xiao You almost gets exasperated.
Looking again, the barrage has doubled from before, everyone is not taking this lightly.
【Has this male lead’s mother contracted rabies or something? Why is she biting everyone everywhere!】
【I’m seriously amazed, this crazy woman! It’s one thing to block the male and female leads, but why insult the female lead’s mother?】
“The female lead’s mother is the third party in the relationship, why shouldn’t she be scolded? If my husband had an affair, I’d annihilate their whole family!
“???? Are you okay? If your husband is cheating, instead of attacking the other woman, why not deal with your husband first, thank you :)”
The tone of the comments gradually shifted, and the comments about getting rid of the “third party” and the “cheating scumbag” started a back-and-forth battle until the scene in the film shifted. When the female lead was leaving the hospital, she collided with a tall man. The man looked at her incredulously, shocked, and called her, “A Zhen?”
The argumentative comments abruptly stopped.
“???”
“Who is A Zhen?? Isn’t the female lead’s name Su Lin’er?”
“There’s this man on the film cover! He’s Han Daqiang, the male lead’s father! Whoa, this android seems even more handsome than the male lead!”
“So, why is she called A Zhen?”
Seeing the comments finally quieting down, Xiao You withdrew her hand from closing the comments. As for the name “A Zhen” mentioned by the male lead’s father, Xiao You guessed that it might be the female lead’s mother’s name.