The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly

Chapter 1213: Chapter 455: The Stingy Dad Arrives (Part 13)_2

Just like some trending memes they’ve seen online, or a reflection of a certain current event.

But in reality, there isn’t any.

The readers have a strange feeling: the person who wrote this work doesn’t seem to be from their time.

The viewpoints or allusions reflected in the writing feel ”familiar,” yet no one knows exactly what the origin is.

This made the readers even more curious.

In fact, even before the book was officially released, some readers noticed an issue.

But back then, while the book was popular, it hadn’t been officially launched, and many veteran readers worried it might be abandoned or end poorly, so they were reluctant to start reading it.

It wasn’t until the novel was released, with consecutive updates, that the author’s writing remained highly stable, prompting more veteran readers to dive in.

And these readers are seasoned experts in the online literature community.

They’ve read countless online novels, are experienced, and have boundlessly creative minds.

And having read so much online literature, they developed a sufficient amount of ”common knowledge.”

Some online novels, with just a little foreshadowing, these seasoned readers can guess the ending.

Some readers are more familiar with the tropes of online literature than the authors themselves.

So, when these seasoned readers carefully read through He Zhuo’s novel, they quickly noticed the problem.

Some readers, who are sharp and good at summarizing, jokingly said: ”This novel either doesn’t belong to this time and space, or the author has constructed a ’universe.’

The cultural environment reflected in the text is no longer just a simple worldview.

It’s a damn grand universe.

Even some haters, envious of this novel’s success, shouted in the comments section, ”There’s another possibility, and that’s the author plagiarized. He didn’t even bother to correct the typos, just straight-up copy and pasted!”

The words ”copy-paste” hit He Zhuo’s heart.

Making him suddenly feel inexplicably guilty and regretful!

Right, why was I so foolish? (Or perhaps just lazy)

Even if I had to copy-paste, I should’ve at least changed or deleted the words or references that didn’t quite fit this time and space in the novel.

Or simply delete them altogether.

After all, those were just to pad word count, deleting them wouldn’t affect the storyline or plot details.

Because of his overconfidence, because of his laziness, it led to such trouble.

Whether they jokingly suspect him of being a transmigrator or accuse him of plagiarism, it causes trouble for He Zhuo.

If He Zhuo doesn’t handle it in time, he’ll get caught up in the whirlwind of public opinion.

Perhaps even have his new book taken off the shelf!

Right now, He Zhuo can’t care about any exposure; he’s more concerned about his manuscript fee ahhhhh.

Internet loans and such have high interest and repayment terms.

He Zhuo never thought he’d screw up, leaving himself almost no way out.

Now that there’s really a problem, He Zhuo is completely stunned.

”...Hey! Have you read the comments section? There’s already a netizen accusing you of plagiarism, you need to provide evidence!”

The editor saw that He Zhuo hadn’t responded for a long time and had to leave work soon, so he urged him a bit.

The message alert sound finally woke He Zhuo up.

He shook his head, tossing out the jumble of thoughts in his head.

After adjusting his mood and stabilizing his heartbeat, He Zhuo opened the message dialog box of a certain communication software.

Reading almost word by word through the editor’s message, He Zhuo finally calmed down.

”Accusing me of plagiarism? Fine, then point out which book I copied! Or provide direct proof!”

One can’t just claim plagiarism without concrete evidence.

Although He Zhuo has gotten into trouble due to his overconfidence and laziness, he’s absolutely certain he didn’t plagiarize.

At least in this time-space, there’s definitely no online novel similar to his.

Regarding those memes or allusions that netizens doubt align with the current world, He Zhuo just needs to insist they were ”typos” and promptly delete or modify them without causing much trouble.

As for their speculations about time traveling, even they themselves consider it a joke, and He Zhuo won’t admit it.

Perhaps with this ”author suspected as a transmigrator” speculation, it might even serve as some promotion for his work.

The editor saw He Zhuo’s response and could sense a wave of confidence between the lines, feeling slightly relieved.

As long as it’s not plagiarism!

In fact, before the editor approached He Zhuo, he had searched online.

He Zhuo’s online novel still had some novel parts in certain plotlines.

Claiming it created a genre might be an exaggeration, but it certainly set a trend.