At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Gu Yu and Qin Shan walked side by side.

"Brother Three, weren't you busy writing? How come you're out here?"

He suddenly turned to Qin Shan with curiosity.

Logically, at this time, Brother Three should have been deeply engrossed in his writing, with no time to take a walk.

"Yeah, I was writing earlier, but I've run into some trouble, so I came out to clear my mind and see if I could find a solution."

Qin Shan nodded, his face showing a trace of worry.

He still hadn't made a decision on whether to rewrite the whole thing or to continue stubbornly and make corrections along the way.

He didn't want to take risks.

But he also didn't like the idea of locking himself into a ceiling.

"Oh? Trouble in writing could stump our great novelist?"

Gu Yu looked astonished and teased Qin Shan.

Qin Shan: "What great novelist? I am still just an obscure author."

"Speaking of which, Laosi, may I ask you a question?"

Qin Shan gave a resigned smile, then stopped walking and asked Gu Yu.

Gu Yu naturally nodded, "Of course, we're good brothers. What problem could there be that you can't ask? Just spit it out, maybe I can even help you solve it."

"Why are you being so formal with me now?"

Gu Yu moved to the side, sat down on a nearby bench, and patted the seat to his left: "Sit down and we'll talk."

"Ah, indeed, I've encountered some problems with my writing. The plot I wrote in the last two days has collapsed, and now I don't know what to do."

Qin Shan sat down, first sighed, and then spoke of his dilemma.

He looked at Gu Yu with hopeful eyes, hoping Gu Yu could offer him some advice.

Gu Yu looked puzzled. "Brother Three, I don't know how to write novels... and I don't read novels much, either. You asking for my advice on a collapsed plot might be asking the wrong person."

Wasn't this a case of a doctor in desperation?

He hardly read novels, and yet, Brother Three was asking him for advice?

He dared not speak indiscriminately!

"No, no, I'm not asking for your advice on how to change the plot, but whether or not to change it..."

Qin Shan realized that Gu Yu had misunderstood him and quickly clarified.

Now Gu Yu was even more confused. What, pride isn't about giving suggestions on changes, but about whether to make changes?

Brother Three deserved his novelist title; the way he spoke twisted his brain.

"Uh, did I not express myself clearly?"

Qin Shan scratched the back of his head.

Gu Yu seriously nodded.

Qin Shan had no choice but to lay out the entire situation again and explain what he was worried might happen.

"Listen to me in detail..."

"..."

"This is the situation, I really can't make up my mind, oh—"

After listening to the whole story, Gu Yu finally understood Brother Three's point.

He slapped his hand as if he had an epiphany: "Oh! I get it! You're worried that changing the plot might cause you to lose old readers, leading to a drop in your new book's performance, whereas if you don't change the plot, you won't be able to break through to better achievements."

Despite not being very familiar with the creation patterns of online novelists, after hearing Qin Shan's explanation, he got the gist of it.

Qin Shan slapped his thigh: "Right! Exactly! You really get it, Laosi!"

"I just can't make up my mind now."

Qin Shan said gloomily, head bowed.

Gu Yu looked at his conflicted face and couldn't help but sneer, "Third brother, you were never like this. When you broke up with your ex-girlfriend Wan Jinfeng, you didn't hesitate at all."

"Where did your decisive courage go!?"

Gu Yu put a hand on Qin Shan's shoulder, trying to motivate him.

Qin Shan looked up at Gu Yu and could not help but sneer as well, "How can that be the same?"

"I was cuckolded, after all, breaking up was definitely necessary."

Qin Shan said with a face full of indignation.

He had already moved past the negative emotions of the break-up.

Having been despondent for so long, he had completely escaped his own mental drain. He thought that the smartest thing he did during his university years was breaking up with Wan Jinfeng.

Looking back now, he wanted to slap himself.

Back then, he was a total lapdog, always showing Wan Jinfeng the kindest part of his heart every day, only for her to turn around and fall into Wu Huan's arms.

If it wasn't for Laosi accidentally witnessing Wan Jinfeng and Wu Huan during a photoshoot, he wouldn't have known how high his cuckold's hat really was.

"Speaking of that, you were quite resolute, so why are you hesitating so much about revising the plot of your novel?"

Gu Yu joked.

"Er... sigh, a breakup is between two people, but this revision affects over two thousand readers..."

Qin Shan's face was filled with conflict.

"Third brother, I think you're worrying too much." Gu Yu patted Qin Shan's left shoulder and spoke with earnestness.

Qin Shan looked at him puzzledly, "How so?"

"From the perspective of a reader, if I really like a book, I fully support the author in modifying any issues with the plot, even if it means waiting a few days, I'm still willing to wait."

"After all, I want to see a good work, not a hodgepodge put together just to cater to other readers' tastes."

Gu Yu shared his opinion.

Qin Shan listened intently, his eyes growing brighter as he listened. Find more to read at My Virtual Library Empire

Right! He had been considering his problem from an author's perspective, not from that of the readers.

And this issue was in fact deeply connected with the readers.

Whether he changed the plot or not, he needed to consider the readers' preferences.

If he continued to make mistakes, readers who liked the earlier parts of the story might gradually leave.

And new readers, after encountering those parts, might abandon the book just like the old readers.

The logic of the matter was simple: if the story's inconsistencies remained unresolved, that issue would persist.

Even if editor Nai gave his book a wave of promotional traffic, it would still lead to many readers abandoning the book upon encountering its flaws.

That would become an insurmountable threshold.

Every day he didn't resolve it, new readers would find that threshold too high to cross.

This was also why he was afraid to change the plot; if the changes were unsatisfactory, the book might just be ruined.

He could only rely on the earlier parts of the story to attract readers, and the later readers might not continue reading, then his average subscriptions would only keep decreasing.

"If I were the author, I'd definitely choose to start over and rewrite it. It's just a few tens of thousands of words, and rewriting them over a few days isn't difficult."

"After all, as long as my book is good, it will definitely attract more readers later on."

Gu Yu switched his encouraging perspective for Qin Shan.

He supported Third Brother's revision, not giving up on better results for the sake of current achievements.