Chapter 49: 10 Days of Exposure

"Just got back from the book signing, and I've finished reading all the parts of this book that weren't serialized online. You want to know how the rest of the story is? I'll just say this: Worth it! Totally worth it!

I don't regret buying this book at all.

Now I understand why the publisher released this book; it turns out all the best parts are in the last twenty-something chapters! I won't spoil the specific plot points here, but I can say that the final act truly elevates the relationship between Ding Yang and Ran Jing—it's so moving! It brought me to tears, and I'm still deeply touched even now.

The final ending actually echoes the beginning of the book; the structure of the whole story is so ingenious!

I strongly suggest that if you have the means, go buy a copy immediately. Trust me! You will absolutely be moved! If I'm lying, I'm a dog!"

In front of the computer, Zhang Yang split this post into two parts and posted them in the same thread.

After posting, he read it through once and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He told himself that everything he said was the truth; he wasn't deceiving anyone.

He just didn't mention that the female lead, Ran Jing, dies.

After the post went up, he refreshed the page from time to time, wanting to see other people's replies.

And sure enough, a moment later, he refreshed to find over a dozen replies.

"Is it really that good? Are you sure, OP?"

"The best parts are all in the last twenty-something chapters? Really?"

"OP is a genius! I also just finished the last twenty-something chapters, and I'll vouch for the OP. The later plot is indeed very moving; I cried too."

"To the person above, do you dare swear to that?"

"If the end of this book is really that moving, then the sales should be pretty good, right? Is this author going to become famous with one book?"

"To the person above, the author was already famous before this book was even published, okay! Can you find anyone else on the entire internet with more popularity than this book?"

"I also just finished the later plot. I originally had a belly full of things I wanted to say to the author, but after seeing the OP's post, all those words turned into one sentence: OP, you're right! The later plot of this book is indeed very moving, and the relationship between the male and female leads is truly elevated!"

……

Zhang Yang, in front of the computer, raised an eyebrow and chuckled a few times.

He hadn't expected two readers who had already finished the ending to show up and reply so quickly, and what's more, these two guys didn't expose him—they even helped him vouch for it.

This was quite interesting.

……

Su Jing was very beautiful; fair-skinned, pretty, and long-legged—that's the kind of woman she was.

She was a flight attendant for China Eastern Airlines.

Half a month ago, a colleague asked her if she knew a man named Ding Yang.

She said she didn't.

The colleague then asked if she had ever dated a boyfriend who could write.

She felt it was strange at the time and asked why the other person was asking.

The colleague made her answer first.

After she denied it, the colleague said that recently on the internet, there was a very popular novel where the female lead was named Ran Jing, which was quite similar to her name.

And that Ran Jing was also a flight attendant, the very pretty kind.

Su Jing was a bit surprised, and her curiosity was piqued.

A few days later, during her break, she went online and found the novel her colleague mentioned—*Living with a Flight Attendant*.

She knew the prototype for the female lead in this book couldn't be her.

Because she had never lived with anyone.

Nor did she remember ever dating a boyfriend who wrote novels.

But because the female lead's name was somewhat similar to hers and the profession was the same, she patiently tried reading the book.

To her surprise, she, who had never had the habit of reading novels, found herself hooked before long.

Since then, she had become one of the fans following the book's updates.

And today, she happened to be off duty. Knowing there would be a book signing in Shanghai, she took the time to go to the venue.

She bought a signed copy.

She also saw the author of the book—Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

She was quite surprised that the author was actually quite handsome.

What surprised her even more was—the female lead, Ran Jing... actually died.

But she wasn't heartbroken like Zhang Yang.

After finishing all the later chapters of the book, she sat dazed on the edge of her bed for a long time; she envied the Ran Jing in the book a little.

Although Ran Jing died, the love between Ran Jing and Ding Yang was something she yearned for.

As a very beautiful flight attendant, Su Jing did not lack suitors.

Male colleagues at the company, all sorts of male passengers on the plane, minor managers at the company...

Many people were interested in her.

But she never felt that it was love.

She remembered a boy from high school who didn't study very well and was a bit introverted; he would always secretly look at her. Many times when she turned back, she would see him staring at her in a daze.

Every time he saw her turn around, he would quickly lower his head, his face turning red.

She believed he truly liked her.

After graduating from high school, he finally gathered the courage to hand her a love letter.

But ever since she became a flight attendant, he seemed to have lost the courage to continue pursuing her. He disappeared from her life. Occasionally, she heard from classmates that he felt he was no longer good enough for her.

Thinking of this, Su Jing sighed softly, her expression somewhat lonely.

She couldn't help but think: If only he had Ding Yang's courage.

The Ding Yang in the book also felt at first that he wasn't good enough for Ran Jing.

But he was like a toad lusting after swan meat; even knowing he wasn't good enough, he just wanted to try, and try again.

In Ding Yang's words: Not getting to eat swan meat isn't shameful; what's shameful is not even being able to eat pork. If you pursue an ordinary girl and fail, that is the most shameful thing.

Su Jing sat on the edge of the bed for a long time before getting up to turn on her computer.

She logged into Rongshuxia.

She went to the book review section for *Living with a Flight Attendant*.

She saw someone in the review section saying the later plot of the book was very good and moving. She felt that this reader was right; she had the same feeling.

So she also posted a comment, praising the plot of the last twenty-something chapters.

Unlike Zhang Yang, her praise was sincere.

……

There were many fans like Zhang Yang and Su Jing.

In this era, this kind of literary-youth-oriented work was the most popular. It seemed that in a love story, if one of the leads didn't die, it couldn't be moving.

If a work where the female lead dies were placed in the web novel scene 20 years later, it might be trashed by readers as dog shit.

But in this current era, the literary youth loved this sort of thing.

Therefore, the review section for *Living with a Flight Attendant* did not see a large number of negative reviews today.

Instead, many positive reviews appeared.

That night.

Cao Sheng found an internet cafe near the hotel where he was staying. When he went online to check the review section, after watching for a while, he felt at ease.

He had actually been worried that by writing the female lead to death, he would be trashed by many fans.

If too many fans trashed it, the reputation of his book wouldn't be good, and he probably wouldn't sell many more copies later on.

……

The next morning.

Accompanied by Zhao Ping, Cao Sheng boarded a passenger plane to Guangzhou.

After staying in Guangzhou for two days, he went to Shenzhen, then Chongqing, and then Jingcheng.

In every city he arrived in, the publisher had media interviews arranged for him—newspapers, radio stations, mainly newspaper interviews.

He only stayed in each city for two days.

One day for interviews, one day for the book signing.

Signing in five cities took a total of 10 days.

During these 10 days, *Wenhui Daily*, *Shanghai Youth Daily*, *Guangzhou Daily*, *Yangcheng Evening News*, *Shenzhen Evening News*, and many other newspapers reported on him and *Living with a Flight Attendant* one after another.

Many of these newspapers were distributed nationwide.

In an era where the internet was still just a small circle and mainstream media was still traditional newspapers and television, one can imagine how many people saw information about him and his work in the newspapers during these 10 days.

Besides newspapers, radio stations in this day and age also had many listeners.

Especially local listeners.

And every time Cao Sheng arrived in a city, the publisher would arrange for one or two radio stations to interview him.

During these 10 days, Cao Sheng became the author with the highest exposure in the domestic literary scene.