I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 408 ABC, Look How Harmful You Are!

"Dude? Are you okay?"

"Ah? What the hell!"

Fancheng, beside the flower bed at the entrance of the bookstore.

Ye Linhan was holding a book in his hands and was reading intently. The off-duty clerk in the nearby bookstore looked at Ye Linhan who was sitting there motionless.
After hesitating for a while, he came over to ask a question.

Then Ye Linhan, who was already very tense after watching the plot in "Empire of Shadows",
The whole person was terrified, and subconsciously burst into a rough mouth, and the whole person bounced off the edge of the flower bed,
The "Empire of Shadows" in his hand was almost thrown out, but he almost reacted and took it back at the last moment.

Otherwise, if "Empire of Shadows" fell to the ground and was covered with dust, he should feel distressed again.

"That... buddy?"

The clerk was frightened by Ye Linhan's series of actions, and was still in place,

Waiting for Ye Linhan to come back to his senses, he took two steps back, and called again tentatively,
"Sorry, I overreacted a bit, and I was a little absorbed in reading."

Ye Linhan looked at the man so scared by him, and apologized in embarrassment,
"What's the matter with you?"

"No, it's alright."

The clerk waved his hand.
"I closed the door here and came out. I saw you sitting there motionless. It was already dark. I thought something was wrong with you, so I came over to have a look."

At this time, Ye Linhan turned his head and realized,
At noon he wanted to watch for a while, and after a while,

At this moment, the sky above his head was dark, that is to say, the light at the door of the bookstore was still on, reflecting on the "Empire of Shadows" spread out in his hand,

He can continue to read.

Now that he came back to his senses completely, Ye Linhan felt that his stomach was so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back.

"Gollum..."

"I'm sorry to scare you. I'm fine. I'm just sitting here reading a book and getting absorbed in it."

His stomach rumbled inappropriately, Ye Linhan apologized again in some embarrassment,
"It's okay, as long as people are okay. Are you reading "Shadow Empire"? This book is not bad... No, it should be said to be very good. If I had to watch the store, someone would call me to pay the bill from time to time. You can also see the afternoon from the morning, and the night from the day.”

While talking, the clerk also lifted the bag in his hand,

After fumbling in the bag, a brand new copy of "Empire of Shadows" came out.

Ye Linghan followed the clerk and both of them smiled again.

Watching the clerk walk away,
Ye Linhan rubbed his hungry stomach, turned his head and looked at the "Empire of Shadows" that had not been closed in his hand, his eyes were still reluctant to part.

When watching the critical moment of the plot,

Want to stop watching for a while?

Feeling moved, he followed Ye Linghan and shook his head again.

no,

Look at the sky is going to be bright again!
After writing down the number of pages, Ye Linhan still closed the book with difficulty.

Then, under the urging of his stomach growling, he hurried to the noodle shop he often went to.

……

"Boss? Here's a bowl of beef noodles. I'll order three taels today!"

"boss?"

I hurried to the door of the noodle shop. Fortunately, the noodle shop was not closed yet.
Ye Linghan heaved a sigh of relief.

It's just that after entering the noodle shop, I didn't see any other customers in the noodle shop.

I saw the owner of the noodle shop, and his son, sitting at a dining table with their shoulders leaning on each other,

Holding a book in front of him, from time to time the owner of the noodle shop stretched out his hand and flipped through the pages, one big and one small, the two of them looked at it fascinatedly,

I don't even know the guests come.
Ye Linhan yelled twice in a row, and the noodle shop owner came back to his senses.

"Huh? Eat noodles? It's still the same as usual, right?"

"No, come here today."

The owner of the noodle shop hurriedly stood up and answered,
Ye Linhan said it again, and sat down beside him,

One more glance at the book in the hands of the noodle shop owner and the boy,
Just by looking at the cover of the book, Ye Linghan could tell that this was the "Empire of Shadows" that he had read all afternoon.

Look at ABC, how 'harmful' is your book?

It seems that people forget to eat and sleep.

One forgot to eat, and the other forgot to look at the shop.

'Gululu...'

Just thinking about it, Ye Linghan's stomach groaned twice again.

"That's fine, just wait a moment, I'll take it for you right away."

The owner of the noodle shop replied again, but didn't go to the kitchen immediately.
Instead, he turned his head and talked to his son, whose eyes were still fixed on the pages of the book,

"Don't continue watching it yet, let's continue watching it together when I come back."

"Uh-huh……"

"You have watched it now, and you have to go back and watch it with me again later..."

"Uh-huh……"

"..."

The boy responded indiscriminately, without lifting his eyes from the pages of "Empire of Shadows".
His father, the owner of the noodle shop said twice, probably too lazy to say it,
He turned and went into the kitchen.

The boy waited for his father to leave, then turned his head and glanced into the back kitchen,
Then he quickly turned around, sneaking around, without waiting for his father to come out, and continued to look down,

Immediately afterwards, I was fascinated again and immersed in the story.

This scene,
Ye Linhan, who watched the noodles waiting here, could only sigh with emotion,

Then I also glanced at the "Shadow Empire" in my hand,
Do you want to take another look before the noodles are served?

No, go back and see!
Have a good time watching it all night long!

Just watch it now?
Anyway, there's nothing else going on right now...

Ye Linghan struggled back and forth.

……

"...'Shadow' does not go without trace. The shadow is the shadow under the sun, a symbol of the dark side. After reading some content, I found that the title of the book and the content of the story fit so well.

Looking at the things that happened to Hu Yanchangmo, the things that the 'shadow' did were all dark and shady things, but the shadows announced these things openly, and carried them out without any concealment..."

It's already night,
Ji Zhuo, who just went to the bookstore in the afternoon, is now sitting in the pile of books in the room.

Holding the mobile phone in his hand, he flipped through some news about "Shadow Empire" on the Internet.

Some time has passed since the first batch of readers got "Shadow Empire",
On the Internet, there have been some comments from readers who have either completely read or read a part of the content,
Silently giving a thumbs up to the reader's comments who praised ABC and "Shadow Empire", Ji Zhuo continued to read.

"Undoubtedly, "Shadow Empire" is a good book. Although there are some horror elements, it is still a reality-themed work belonging to ABC. It is a masterpiece of magical realism! However, seeing "Shadow Empire" , I also think of a recent equally excellent magical realism work "The Ordinary and the Great". Although the popularity is not as high as "Shadow Empire", it is also an excellent work.

In my opinion, these are the two best realistic works of this year! "

Seeing this comment, Ji Zhuo had a question mark in his mind.

What does this mean, that I's work rubs off on the popularity of ABC's new book?
Is this suitable?
Is this reasonable?
Ji Zhuo directly ignored this comment, went straight down, and continued to flip through other comments,
It's just that even the news about "Shadow Empire" is overwhelming,

But Ji Zhuo can still see the occasional comments and news mentioning "The Ordinary and the Great",
There is even a tendency to juxtapose "Ordinary and Great" and "Shadow Empire",

Ji Zhuo looked more and more numb,

In the end, I broke my defense a bit and slipped away.

Throwing the phone aside, I don’t want to continue looking at it,

Pulling over a stack of books next to her, she continued to sign with some grief and indignation.

However, on the domestic and foreign networks, it is still getting more and more lively, and Ji Zhuo's thoughts are not diverted.

(End of this chapter)