Literary Master: Starting with Refusing to Be a Child Star

Chapter 34 Visiting a Middle-Aged Woman in Prison

"It's a real waste to only enjoy the gossip once; it would be great if there were more new stories."

On his way home from school, director Qin Chuan sighed.

Everyone on the bus knew that the famous director was referring to the incident involving the middle-aged woman who went in.

The assistant, concerned for the boss, offered a suggestion with his eyes gleaming:

"I have a plan that can restore your lord's light from darkness."

What plan?

The assistant leaned close to the boss's ear, chuckling wickedly as he whispered something.

"That's really good, it's really good, but it depends on whether my little brother is willing."

Before Qin Chuan could speak, Luo Jinnian agreed, "We can go visit him in prison now."

He'd be willing to eat a few more pancakes just to see a middle-aged woman looking so down on her luck.

How did you know what I was going to ask?

Luo Jinnian (||๐_๐) was speechless. Didn't you two in-laws think your loud, secret plot was a real plot?

He blinked as he spoke, getting ready to get into character.

Before getting out of the car, Uncle Qin made a phone call. When Luo Jinnian walked into the police station, a young policeman didn't say much and took him directly to the prison visiting area.

Luo Jinnian sat on the bench in front of the glass partition for a while, and then a familiar person appeared.

With a sallow face and wearing a yellow uniform, she looked as if she had entered old age overnight.

The middle-aged woman sat down listlessly, staring at the boy outside the glass without any expression.

Luo Jinnian picked up the phone but said nothing. After a long pause, tears welled up in her eyes, making her look pitiful.

When you ask him if he's happy or sad, he says he cried.

The boy sobbed, unable to utter a single, coherent sentence.

"Mom..." (A coin)

"You—" You've finally met your match.

"I..." I'm so happy, so happy!

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, then laughed when she saw her son like this.

"Stop crying, you idiot. I haven't even started my live-streaming sales yet. If you're going to cry, then cry for me."

"You can cry properly when I start doing live-streaming e-commerce one day..."

Who could hold back after hearing that? Even Luo Jinnian, who had once seamlessly transitioned from crying at her boss's grave to expressing her feelings after making a mistake, almost couldn't help but lose her temper.

"Mom, are you doing well up inside?"

The middle-aged woman had no reason not to share her troubles with her child, so she unleashed a torrent of abuse on her roommates.

"...Anyway, I'll poke those bastards' tires with needles whenever I'm out for a while."

Luo Jinnian indicated that their conversation was being recorded.

This only emboldened the middle-aged woman, who boldly shared some of her little plans.

After listening for a while, Luo Jinnian suddenly realized that this was just a "replica" of the methods that middle-aged women often told him about dealing with their own mothers.

The middle-aged woman was born into a family that was extremely patriarchal. When she was a child, whenever she had negative emotions, she would tell her son about her revenge tactics, such as watering one acre of corn less when she helped her mother with farm work.

So "insubordination" is a inherited skill. Luo Jinnian is relieved now. Sending the middle-aged woman in this time is just the beginning. He will strive to achieve even better results next time.

Knowing that the middle-aged woman was not having a good time in prison, Luo Jinnian was relieved. When the visiting time ended, he even gave a final performance of fake crying.

This prison visit was quite meaningful. First, it honed his acting skills, and second, it helped him improve his acting skills so that when he finally breaks up with the middle-aged woman, the drama will be even more dramatic.

"Will that recording result in my mother's prison sentence being extended?"

When they came out, Luo Jinnian asked with a worried expression.

After receiving a negative answer from the police officer, he wore a sad but happy expression.

What a tragedy! Such a lovely child, yet he doesn't follow the right path. The young policeman shook his head and returned to his post.

What he didn't know was that on the other side of the car...

The famous director tore open the potato chip package, and the group was already having a blast, munching on snacks while listening to Luo Jinnian's captivating storytelling.

"At that point, I definitely refused to answer. You know what she said next? She said she was willing to accept her loss and take responsibility for her actions."

When they were arrested, the middle-aged woman was the first to start fighting amongst themselves, and everyone present, being involved, was overjoyed.

"What's even funnier is that she seriously analyzed their prisoner's dilemma for me back then."

What is the prisoner's dilemma?

Fei Yuxi, who is essentially a primary school student, and her young assistant, who doesn't read much, didn't know the meaning of this word.

Qin Chuan then began to explain.

The Prisoner's Dilemma is one of the most classic models in game theory. It describes how, when two people make a decision, even if cooperation is beneficial to both, they often choose to betray each other out of self-preservation, ultimately leading to a lose-lose situation.

The earliest scenario simulated by this model was a group of captured prisoners who were interrogated separately. They were likely to betray each other due to mutual suspicion, so the model is called the Prisoner's Dilemma.

When middle-aged women use this term, they probably don't realize that they don't need a crisis of trust at all; they've already betrayed their teammates long before they were arrested.

"What an extraordinary woman!"

As Qin Chuan was reminiscing, the car arrived at Director Mo's film crew.

Unlike before when the crew was sparsely populated, now the entire team has been assembled under the direction of director Sunglasses.

The two adults and two children looked around as if they had entered the Grand View Garden.

When Director Mo met Luo Jinnian, he pulled him over and introduced him to the crew:

"This is our production team's head screenwriter, the original author of 'Grandma.' From today onwards, you all need to recognize who he is. I don't want our production team to produce any third-rate plots where there's questioning before and after."

"Working is tiring enough, I don't have time to play workplace brawls." The photographer with the artistic mustache waved his hand repeatedly.

"Boss, you know I love pretty kids the most," the older makeup artist chuckled.

"Boss, you know me. If it were me, I'd be the one getting bullied," the stage manager said weakly.

Looking at the long, orderly procession of immortals, Director Mo could only console himself that at least everyone was united, wasn't that right?

"Luo Jinnian!"

After the crew dispersed, a long-haired girl who seemed both strange and familiar suddenly appeared and made a face at Luo Jinnian.

"Who are you?"

"Your mom!"

"Holy crap, you're going to die! Can you please stop yelling?"

Luo Jinnian recognized her immediately; this long-haired girl was no longer his good deskmate.

"You're blushing."

Gu Yanxi leaned closer and clicked her tongue in amazement.

After the movie that afternoon, the girl seemed to have discovered a new continent, and she would occasionally blurt out some suggestive remarks in front of Luo Jinnian.

"Grandma is about to start filming, so you'd better give it your best performance."

"I understand, great writer."

Director Mo's words just now exposed Luo Jinnian's true identity right in front of the young girl.

Luo Jinnian scratched his head to ease the awkwardness. This made the girl realize that when he recommended works that afternoon, he had only recommended his own.

Gu Yanxi had no idea what he was thinking.

She was still shocked that the boy she had just met was so capable. When she learned about this, her surprise was comparable to when she found out that her biological father was still alive.

Although there are clues to why a teenager writes so much every day, it's not her fault if she couldn't guess.

Who would have thought that at an age when his peers were still playing cards, a teenager would have already begun creating literature?

Gu Yanxi, who was already competitive, was further fueled by the excellence of her peers.

"I will do my best in your work."

The girl turned around, her radiant appearance stunning Luo Jinnian. He said from the bottom of his heart:

"It wasn't until you grew your hair long that I realized you were as beautiful as your mother."

The girl pursed her lips; it was the first time she had smiled so much in all the time they had known each other.

It's likely that Luo Jinnian's praise touched her heart.

"Good to know."