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Chapter 1766 True Love Substitute 1
The reason why stand-in novels are no longer popular is simple: people's values ​​are becoming more and more upright.

Older romance novels often featured a playboy male lead with mistresses who would then meet a pure-hearted female lead, turn over a new leaf, sever ties with his many mistresses, and choose her. Many domineering CEO novels were written this way, emphasizing that the male lead had many women, but only fell for the female lead, creating an atmosphere of "My husband is very popular, but he doesn't love anyone else, he only loves me."

But now, if you write it like that again, readers won't buy it. They'll immediately flip the table and ask, why should the kind and wonderful female lead be the honest man, the one who takes the fall for the rotten male lead? Have all the good men in the world died? Why do we have to give the female lead a rotten husband?

See, times have changed. People no longer like the "rotten cucumber" male lead.

Don't say things like "rich men in the real world can't get any woman." If you want to bring reality into romance novels, then why write romance novels at all? Just write realistic novels! Romance novels for both male and female readers are just to satisfy the preferences of male and female readers. If they're too realistic, then just read social news instead of reading novels.

The same applies to novels featuring stand-ins.

In the past, angst-filled novels often featured substitute characters because the male protagonist's fluctuating feelings between the substitute and his first love could easily garner hundreds of thousands of views. Unlike sweet romance novels, where once the male and female leads got together, there was nothing left to write about.

But now, readers don't like it anymore because there's a contradiction here: if several male protagonists like the white moonlight but still find substitutes, then it means that these male protagonists are unqualified, lack male virtue, and don't keep their chastity for the person they like.

If he's looking for a substitute, it's fine if he doesn't like her. But if he does fall for her, the problems only increase: if he could change his mind and fall for a substitute when he was so in love with his "white moonlight" and so fond of someone else, is there any possibility that he might change his mind and stop liking her in the future? After all, judging from his past, he's always been a fickle person. So, should we make this kind of man the male lead?
That's why stand-in stories are no longer popular.

Linlang wanted to visit this substitute story world because she felt that the white moonlight was a bit strange and wanted to see if that person was some kind of higher-dimensional being, so she planned to go and take a look.

Of course, it's also possible that she's overthinking it. This is purely a fictional world, and all of the female protagonist's actions are due to the author giving her a cheat code.

Linlang chose a good time to enter; she was in a room with no one around, which made it easy for her to blend into this world.

At this moment, Linlang is standing in the original owner's room, holding a mobile phone in her hand.

This is a room in extremely poor condition. The wallpaper is peeling, and the floor is covered in scratches, indicating that the room is quite old and the flooring is of poor quality.

This is an old apartment building that the original owner rented.

The original owner of this body worked in a first-tier city, doing a mundane job with a monthly salary of seven or eight thousand yuan—an administrative assistant. Because the entry requirements were low, anyone could do it, so the salary was not high.

Because of low wages and expensive rent in first-tier cities, the original owner rented a dilapidated house to save money. He was sharing a room with others.

Linlang felt that the reason the original owner of this body was doing so poorly was actually due to the novel's absurd depiction of her situation. Since the original owner was a substitute for the ideal female lead, her appearance must have been exceptional. How could someone with such exceptional looks only be able to work as an administrative assistant in a small company with a monthly salary of seven or eight thousand?

In this world of beauty, women who are 7 out of 10 or above can quickly turn their looks into assets. With just a little dressing up, they become 8 out of 10 beauties. Add filters and beauty effects, and they become stunningly beautiful online. They can attract countless fans by shooting a few videos and receive countless tips by doing some live streams, all while still doing hard jobs and renting a small, dilapidated house they share with others.

Moreover, Linlang felt that the original owner's natural appearance was close to eight out of ten, which was already incredibly impressive.

In the dazzling array of beauty classifications, six points is for ordinary beauties, seven points for internet celebrities, eight points is the standard for ordinary female celebrities, nine points is the standard for big stars, and ten points goes without saying, that's top beauty, someone many people are vying for. As long as you're not just a pretty face and don't squander your good fortune, it's easy to achieve upward social mobility. After all, looks, like money, are scarce resources.

The original owner of this body was nearly an 8 out of 10 with no makeup, and with makeup, she would definitely be a top star. How could she end up in such a miserable state? It's all due to the novel's idiotic descriptions that harmed the original owner, causing her to have to become a stand-in for several male leads' white moonlight when she needed money, leading to such a miserable life.

Linlang arrived at a time when Bai Yueguang hadn't left yet, and the male protagonists hadn't yet sought replacements for the original body. The reason she entered at this time was to make herself rich before Bai Yueguang left with the chosen one she had selected, and to see how those men who wanted to find the original body as a replacement would react after she became wealthy.

You should know that in the original world, because the original owner was poor and his mother was sick, he urgently needed a large sum of money to treat his mother, so he had no choice but to agree to be a substitute for those people's white moonlight.

Now that Linlang is here, she'll definitely give the original owner's mother a medical check-up before her illness gets serious, turning her serious illness into a minor one that can be easily cured. Plus, with money and free time, she'll see how those male leads manage to control her.

Of course, all these male leads are just background characters. The main thing Linlang is still focused on her white moonlight. After all, the reason she came here is because she thinks this white moonlight is strange. So when Linlang arrived, it happened to be the weekend, and she had nothing to do, so she started investigating this white moonlight and also sent her resignation letter to the company email.

She's decided to become a live streamer, so she won't be doing the hard, low-paying job the original owner did.

With her looks, she could easily become a streamer without even trying to be controversial. She could just sing a few songs or chat with people during her streams and still receive plenty of tips.

Moreover, Linlang also discovered from the original owner's memories that the original owner knew some things. Although the original owner wasn't very good at them, Linlang had done some of them before. Linlang is a pro! If the traffic isn't good, she can just show off a few things and it will definitely attract attention and bring in some traffic.

Judging from Jian Rong's (the name of Bai Yueguang) communication account, there was nothing wrong with her, so Linlang simply released a little bee to monitor her closely and see if there was anything amiss.

It just so happens that Jian Rong is still in the city and hasn't left yet, so the little bee won't take long to reach the target and monitor it from nearby.

After arranging things for Jian Rong, Lin Lang started opening an account and setting up a video channel.