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The Night Chapter 350, "The Accidental Killing and the Deception," Was Born
Cao Sheng noticed the stares from the alumni around him, but he didn't pay them any attention.

He was used to being watched on campus, and even though these alumni had just witnessed him helping Tan Yu out of the car, he felt no guilt and didn't care.

He got back into the car and told Sun Liang to take him back to his rented teachers' dormitory.

Back in my dorm, I made myself a cup of tea, turned on my computer, and thought for a while before finally creating a new blank document.

Document Name: The Deception of a Murder by Accident

On his way back to school, he suddenly thought of this Indian film.

Before his rebirth, he first watched the mainland remake of "Sheep Without a Shepherd," the one starring Xiao Yang.

He was amazed by the film's creativity while watching it.

"Sheep Without a Shepherd" was probably released in 2019.

At that time, he had been writing online novels for more than ten years and had read countless novels. Few movie plots could surprise him anymore.

The plot of "Sheep Without a Shepherd" surprised him.

So, he was quite impressed.

The movie is about a Chinese family in a Southeast Asian country... The daughter is raped by the son of a high-ranking official. Not satisfied, the official goes to the girl's warehouse and wants to do it again.

However, the girl's mother witnessed the incident and, in an attempt to protect her daughter, accidentally killed the son of a high-ranking official.

Then the girl's father found out.

The girl's father was an ordinary man, but beneath his ordinary identity lay a seasoned film buff who had watched countless movies and was well-versed in the montage editing techniques of film.

To protect his wife and daughter, he used a scheme to hide the body from his entire family. He then urgently took his family on a trip, and during the trip, he deliberately gave the wrong date to the bus driver, hotel owner, and others, intentionally creating a collective memory error. These people were the key witnesses the police investigated after the incident.

In this way, he artificially created evidence that none of his family members were present at the crime scene when the incident occurred.

He used film montage editing techniques to fabricate false evidence.

The film is ingeniously structured and full of creativity.

After watching it, Cao Sheng saw online that this movie was a remake of "Drishyam", so he found "Drishyam" and watched it again.

On the way back with Wang Mei and Tan Yu, he suddenly remembered this movie.

He also recalled how impressed he was with Andy Lau's enthusiasm and politeness, and wanted to write a script for him. So, after carefully recalling the plots of the two movies, he began writing the script.

As for why he suddenly thought of this movie while he was in the car?

That can only be attributed to occupational hazards.

—As a writer who has been writing online novels for many years, his thoughts tend to wander in whatever he does, and he may think of a certain novel, a certain film or television series, or the inspiration for a novel.

On the way back with Wang Mei and Tan Yu, he inadvertently saw them in the rearview mirror, especially Tan Yu who was drowsy from drinking. He immediately thought of the girl who was raped in the movie "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

As for why he could associate the drowsy Tan Yu with the girl in "Sheep Without a Shepherd".
That's not his fault! It's an occupational hazard!

As a writer, what he associates with the various people and events he hears and sees is often beyond his control.

Sometimes, when he sees a happy family of three, he can think of the romantic scene at their wedding ceremony; he might also think of the family's misery after the zombie outbreak; or he might think of the wife working at a club to support the family after her husband lost his job... and so on.

These thoughts never came out of his control.

……

Cao Sheng was writing the script for "The Mistake of Deception" in his dormitory.

In a girls' dormitory, Tan Yu, who was drunk, was not asleep. She was just lying on the bed, feeling drowsy, and her mind was still thinking about the scenes that happened after she got drunk that night, when Cao Sheng put his arm around her waist, helped her into the car, and then helped her out of the car.

She remembered the warmth of his palm.

I also remember blushing with embarrassment at the time, yet feeling restless and distracted.

I still remember how Wang Mei warmly helped her up, almost causing her to fall as well, and so on.

At this moment, although she was drowsy, her head was throbbing from the alcohol. She wanted to sleep but couldn't, and couldn't help but start to fantasize about what it would feel like if Cao Sheng kissed her. How would she feel if he messed around with her?
……

In another girls' dormitory.

After resting for a while, Wang Mei checked the time on her watch and, seeing that it was still early, suddenly thought of going out to find an internet cafe to read Cao Sheng's latest works, hoping that she would have more topics to talk about with him next time they met.

She felt that since he was so famous and had written so many works, he must usually be focused on his novels, and he might not be interested in talking about other things.

But if you talk to him about his work, it should pique his interest in talking.

Moreover, she believes that every author enjoys talking about their books with their fans.

With that in mind, she took her ID card and wallet, left the dormitory, and headed out of the school.

……

Hu Ping is the reporter who captured the moment tonight when Cao Sheng helped Tan Yu.

At this moment, he was still staking out the hotel parking lot. It was an accident that he managed to snap a picture of Cao Sheng. His initial target for staking out the hotel tonight was a celebrity who was about to stay at the Huizhou International Hotel.

It is certainly a joyous occasion to capture Cao Sheng in a photograph.

But who wouldn't want double happiness?
Therefore, he was still waiting in the hotel parking lot.

However, he waited until after midnight but still didn't see the celebrity.

Did the celebrity change their hotel at the last minute? Or did they change their itinerary and not come to Huizhou at all? Or did they just enter the hotel directly from the main entrance and not even come to the parking lot?

Hu Ping had no idea.

I feel quite depressed.

Seeing that it was already past midnight, he hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to leave, since he had already made a profit tonight.

In the taxi back to his accommodation, he picked up his camera and looked at the photos he had taken that night.

In some of the photos he took, Cao Shengting appeared to be embracing a beautiful woman, with another beautiful woman on her other side, making it seem like the three of them were embracing each other.

As the person taking the photo, he knew that Cao Sheng was helping a drunken woman.

But he didn't want the audience to know the truth.

Because such a truth is not sensational enough, it has little news value.

Moreover, he felt that audiences preferred stories of talented men indulging in romantic escapades.

He has roughly figured out how to write this press release.

……

In the teachers' dormitory rented by Cao Sheng at Huizhou Teachers College.

Although it was past midnight, Cao Sheng was still writing the script for "The Mistake of Deception".

The script isn't very long.

Logically speaking, given his typing speed, he should have finished writing long ago.

However, this is a highly suspenseful movie script, and the early part of the movie's plot is basically foreshadowing the later parts of the story.

This meant he couldn't just write whatever came to mind.

The entire plot of the movie needs to be arranged in a way that is intricately linked.

This is very taxing on your brain cells.

Moreover, he couldn't possibly remember all the plot details of the original movie. He would need to try hard to recall them, and for the parts he couldn't remember, he would need to design the plot based on the overall tone of the movie.

He spent far more time reminiscing and pondering than typing the script. Although it was already past midnight, he wasn't sleepy and didn't pay much attention to the time.

About the same time.

After finishing her chapter for the evening, Huang Qingya turned off her computer, left her bedroom, washed up, and went to bed.

I was still thinking about the characters and plot of "The Legend of Xiao Qiao".

The book has recently gained popularity on Hongxiu, which has given her more confidence and gradually calmed her previously uneasy heart.

Although no publisher is willing to publish this book.

But she didn't care that much anymore.

She wondered if a publisher would approach her once the book gained more popularity and remained on various charts on the Hongxiu homepage for an extended period.
As she thought about it, she also thought of her boyfriend, Cao Sheng.

I wonder what he's doing right now? Is he asleep? Or is he still writing?
As she pondered this, she suddenly gave a self-deprecating smile.

Because she suddenly couldn't help but think: it would be great if he also had one or two books that flopped.

I even couldn't help but wonder: if I do very well in this book now, but he's already at his grandma's house, will he be less confident in front of me? If I were to propose to him then, would he be very touched?

Coming to her senses, she smiled self-deprecatingly, but also thought sadly: From our own perspective, each of us is like the protagonist in a novel, like Xiao Qiao in "The Legend of Xiao Qiao." So, everyone hopes that all the outstanding people around them will love them deeply, but... how many protagonists are there in this world? More often than not, it's about loving someone but not being able to have them, like the supporting characters in a novel, or even nameless extras.

……

On the sidewalk outside the school gate.

Under the dim streetlights, the night market stalls were doing business as usual.

Wang Mei, who had just left the internet cafe, was now sitting behind a mala tang (spicy hot pot) stall, occupying a small folding table by herself, eating mala tang with her head down.

These days, mala tang is a novelty for many people. Many have never tried it before, but those who have tried it once generally find it delicious and enjoyable, especially for those who have never eaten spicy food before.

Wang Mei had never eaten it before.

Tonight was my first time eating it, and I was sweating profusely, constantly gasping for air because it was so spicy, but I still couldn't resist eating more.

However, while she was eating, she was still thinking about Cao Sheng's "The Legend of the Primordial Era".

That's the book she was reading at the internet cafe tonight.

She had previously read Cao Sheng's "I Want to Become an Immortal" and "The Tomb of the Gods".

However, when "The Legend of the Primordial Era" was published, she was preparing for the college entrance examination and was under great academic pressure, so she had no time to read the novel.

During the summer vacation, I was depressed because I failed the college entrance examination and did not reach the undergraduate admission line. Since there was no internet access at home, I did not read Cao Sheng's new book.

Tonight she finally saw the first few tens of thousands of words of the book.

These few tens of thousands of words left a deep impression on her.

She felt that Cao Shengwen's writing had improved, and what impressed her most was the creativity of the book, which was about the ancient prehistoric era.

While reading this book, she had the same question more than once: Wasn't Cao Sheng also a college graduate? Why did he have such a wealth of knowledge? How could he know so much about the figures and mythical beasts from the ancient prehistoric era?

She even doubted whether she and Cao Sheng had received the same nine years of compulsory education.

I strongly suspect that he has a lot of ancient books at home.

It's hard to believe he's like what the news says—born in a rural area, with illiterate parents.

……

Hu Ping has returned to his residence and is sitting under a desk lamp, writing furiously, drafting a news article. There is a saying in later generations: "Start with a picture, and the whole story is made up."

He snapped more than one photo tonight.
With so many photos at his disposal, he could weave stories with ease, his writing flowing like a divine inspiration.

Judging from Cao Sheng's composure in embracing the girl in the white dress, he used his imagination to deduce that Cao Sheng was a seasoned womanizer.

Judging from the way the girl in the white dress walked, he deduced that she must still be a young, unmarried woman.

Judging from the scene of Wang Mei helping Cao Sheng support the girl in the white dress, it can be inferred that Wang Mei and Cao Sheng had been having an affair for a long time and Wang Mei was helping Cao Sheng hunt for other women.

and many more.

Furthermore, Cao Sheng's smile in the photo was described by him as "the smile of a victor."

He described Wang Mei's smile as "a fawning smile to please Cao Sheng".

The blush on Tan Yu's face, the girl in the white dress, was described by him as—Cao Sheng and Wang Mei deliberately getting the girl in the white dress drunk.

Of course, he didn't know Wang Mei's name.

Therefore, in the press release, he referred to Wang Mei as: the girl in the blue dress.

Because Wang Mei in the photo is wearing a light blue suspender dress.

……

It's past one in the morning.

Tan Yu woke up and got up to go to the toilet.

Wang Mei had just gone to bed and was not yet asleep.

Huang Qingya was already asleep, but her brows were still slightly furrowed in her sleep, perhaps still troubled by the predicament of "The Legend of Xiao Qiao" in her dreams.

In front of the computer, Cao Sheng finally finished the first draft of "The Mistake of Deception".

It hasn't been fully edited yet.

It's still quite a distance from being a finished product.

But he had already noticed that it was past 1 a.m.

Thinking about having class tomorrow, I got up, turned off the computer, took a couple of sips of tea, and headed to the bathroom.

Reporter Hu Ping has finally finished writing the news article and has sent it to the newspaper's editor-in-chief via email using his laptop.

……

The next morning.

Cao Sheng woke up more than half an hour later than usual.

After waking up, he quickly washed up and made himself a packet of instant noodles. After eating, he rushed to his classroom.

In fact, skipping classes in the senior year is quite common. There's even a saying among students: a college life without skipping classes is incomplete.

However, he likes to develop fixed habits in his studies and work.

Because once a habit is formed, it is generally not broken.

But once that's broken, he worries that he'll develop a habit of skipping classes.

He doesn't want that.

On the morning of the same day.

News of his unrestrained and beautiful womanizing lifestyle appeared in the Huizhou Daily.

As a regional newspaper, the Huizhou Daily does not have many major news stories appearing each day.

Therefore, Cao Sheng's news article was honored to be featured on the front page of today's Huizhou Daily, appearing before tens of thousands of readers.

(End of this chapter)