I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

However, in this timeline where he was reborn and deeply involved in the entrepreneurial process of the three fierce squirrels, the naming rights and images of these three squirrels, which served as brand mascots and cartoon characters, were given by Zhang Xinghuo to the other three parties who started the business with him at the time, namely Chen Junqian himself, Lin Mu's side, and Chen Xi's father. In the end, the names of the children from the three families were used to form the image of one boy and two girls, and the names were changed to one character from the names of the three children plus "Xiao".

This is the biggest difference between Lin Mu and ordinary childhood sweethearts, in Zhu Wenyun's opinion. Even without mentioning that their families are already bound together on both emotional and economic levels, if Lin Mu were to walk down the street and pass by a snack shop or even the flagship store of the Three Fierce Dogs family, just seeing the logo and cartoon character would bring back a flood of memories, like an inescapable destiny.

If Chen Junqian knew what Zhu Wenyun was thinking, he would probably complain that it was possible that the brand, in terms of both name and image, actually represented three rather than two fierce characters. It just goes to show that the real-life younger sister is indeed too easy to trigger passive invisibility, highlighting that she is unaffected and cannot be locked on.

After lingering briefly at the entrance, Chen Junqian, whose thoughts were somewhat scattered, quickly took another step and followed the group of three into the store.

Although they had already informed the store manager and the person in charge in advance, Chen Junqian and his group did not plan to start the day's club activities as soon as they entered. Instead, they strolled around like ordinary children who were out shopping at the supermarket.

A few years later, Mu Mu, who was already a middle school student, still hadn't given up her inexplicable enthusiasm for shopping carts. She pushed one out with a thud, making it seem like the two of them could pick and buy whatever they wanted, and that Miss Lin would pay for everything today.

However, what saddened Lin Mu a little was that neither Xu Youwei nor Zhu Wenjun seemed to particularly enjoy buying things from this kind of store. The former was indeed well-off and had no shortage of food on a daily basis. Even though high-quality nuts and other snacks were always on the more expensive side, she could eat them whenever she wanted. The latter, on the other hand, simply did not accept snacks that she considered to have a very low cost-performance ratio.

Even when she does eat nuts, Zhu Wenyun always chooses to buy a few yuan's worth of sunflower seeds and peanuts from stalls selling roasted nuts in Shandong. So she finds it hard to buy these small bags of well-packaged, processed snacks labeled "Daily Nuts," even though she has already saved up a considerable amount of money.

The revenue from publishing the physical book far exceeded the royalties she received during the entire year of serialization last year. If it weren't for Chen Junqian, the reborn person, she would have been the first middle school student in Guoning to have to pay the corresponding taxes to the local tax bureau at this age.

Even so, Lin Mu still carefully selected several of her own carefully chosen snacks, paid at the front desk, packed them up, and gave one to each of them. Then, the group sat down in the meeting room that Chen Junqian had prepared in advance and officially began today's club activities.

Unlike Genius Little Panda, who initially gained likes, shares, traffic, and fans by creating jokes, and then took on advertising and tailored jokes for clients based on the type of advertising, their group's unique advantage is that they have a client behind them. In Chen Junqian's memory, the other party did indeed tailor a joke advertisement for a certain nut online seller in 2014.

After modifying the details that differed from their situation, what was finally presented to them was the plan that Chen Junqian had sent them.

If Chen Junqian were to define Genius Little Panda's style of humor, it would be that he always manages to weave various long jokes into a very relatable and lifelike narrative, making them feel like real-life events. This is mainly achieved through a combination of numerous photos taken with a camera, seemingly serious chat logs, and everyday rants.

After all, netizens at this point wouldn't exclaim things like, "Oh my god, it's a chat log! I have to believe it!" or "I'm so envious of people who have two phones so they can chat with themselves." If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that there aren't that many coincidences in reality. Most long, classic jokes are probably made up, but how to make them funny and engaging is a test of the author's skill.

Since the system's reward of "versatility" also included basic knowledge of the photographer profession, Chen Junqian took on all the shooting work without hesitation, while Xu Youwei was left to carry out most of the remaining work.

This is because the segment they are filming today contains a lot of handicraft-related content, and Xu Youwei happens to be the one among the three girls who is best at this. It can only be said that all those years of watching "Artistic Creativity" when they were young were not for nothing. Chen Junqian has never doubted Youyou's handicraft ability. There are a lot of imitations and replicas that the two of them made in her room in the countryside.

Beyond photography and crafts, the tasks left for Lin Mu and Zhu Wenjun are...

"So our task is to peel the shells!"

With a deft prying motion of his mouth, Lin Mu popped open the pistachio in his hand and ate the kernel inside with a crunch. As he carefully separated the remaining shell into two pieces and placed them face down in a bowl next to him, he couldn't help but mutter this comment.

As she spoke, she glanced at Zhu Wenjun sitting next to her and noticed that although the other woman was also peeling pistachios, she wasn't using her mouth like she was. Instead, she was carefully using her fingernails to pry open the two slightly open shells of the pistachios and peeling them one by one with her hands. The kernels were placed in the palm of her other hand, and she had already collected quite a few in a short time.

"Doesn't Wenyun like pistachios? And why peel them with your hands? Doesn't your nails feel sore?"

Lin Mu asked the question subconsciously, then tilted his head and suddenly nodded as if he had just remembered something:

"Oh, I know, Wenjun is imitating a scene from your book. The female protagonist peeled sunflower seeds and peanuts for the male protagonist with her hands, and then fed them to him with a 'whoosh' sound. I want to do that too."

Seemingly finding this behavior quite amusing, Lin Mu began to imitate Zhu Wenyun. After accumulating a small handful in his palm, he generously opened his hand and handed it to Zhu Wenyun:

"Wenyun is going to feed Qianqian later, right? Add mine to the meal too. It'll be much faster with two people than one."

"……it is good."

There was a sense that he wanted to say something but didn't. Zhu Wenyun, who was sitting there completely unexpectedly, was stunned for a moment before nodding in agreement. She stood up, grabbed the handful of pistachios that were a mixture of the two of them, and walked over to Chen Junqian and Xu Youwei, who were talking. Without saying a word, she directly covered her mouth with her hand. At first glance, it looked like a scene of kidnapping a child.

However, Chen Junqian was already used to the other party's behavior. After mumbling a thank you, he calmly continued chatting with Xu Youwei about the specific content of the joke while chewing on a mouthful of pistachios.

The joke begins with "I," the protagonist of the narrative, watching and trying to replicate a collage in an issue of "Artistic Creativity." Unable to find the materials Uncle Neil mentioned, he had a flash of inspiration and used pistachio shells left over from the New Year's feast in the trash can as a substitute. Unexpectedly, the result was surprisingly good, and the submitted work even won an award from the school.

This fueled my ambition, and I resolved to expand and strengthen my efforts around this goal, which led to the idea of ​​creating an even larger and more exaggerated copy of the same design on the classroom blackboard.

But this means that more pistachio shells will be needed.

So I started searching for pistachios on Taobao, and then clicked into the online store called "Three Fierce Pistachios Flagship Store," which had the highest positive review rate in the past thirty days. I then had the following conversation with their customer service:

【Hello, Master, I am customer service from the Three Fierce Dogs flagship store. I am happy to assist you. How can I help you?】

How happy were they?

"...I'm very happy! Master, is there anything I can do to help you?"

You're celebrating too soon.

"Master, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Okay, how much would it cost if I just bought the shells of your pistachios?

[The shell is not sold separately, master.]

[Can't I? The product description doesn't say that you can't buy the shells separately, right? And your store also sells pistachio nuts, so the shells should definitely be included, right?]

[Sorry, Master, but it didn't say that the case could be purchased separately.]

【I'd like to buy ten bags of pistachios. Could you shell them for me?】

[If you don't want to shell them, we also sell pistachio nuts separately in our shop.]

[I know, didn't I say that before? But I only want the shell.]

Sorry, Master.

After asking around for ages without finding a solution, I ended up buying ten bags of pistachios and peeling them myself.

You know what, the delivery was fast, the quality was good, and now there are coupons available, so the price for ten packs is more cost-effective than I expected.

I spent the whole afternoon peeling the shells and finally got two big basins full of shells. I happily took them to school, but I was stopped at the gate.

"Snacks are not allowed at school."

"This is not a snack."

"Aren't pistachios considered snacks?"

"But this is a pistachio shell, look."

I entered the school without any trouble, much to the astonishment of the discipline committee member at the school gate.

But the joy didn't last long. During the lunch break, the two bowls of pistachio shells at the back were taken away by the student on duty. When they caught up, all the pistachio shells they had painstakingly peeled all afternoon were already in the trash can.

The next day, while chewing on pistachios, I opened the flagship store of Three Fierce Pistachios again, deciding to try again. Then, on the pistachio product page, I saw a new, bolded note that had appeared overnight.

Note: This product's casing is not sold separately in this store!

(The End) By Doubi's Snickers

"What Youwei needs to do is to make the first collage and the second blackboard collage that she imagines. We'll use the blackboard from the meeting room, and I'll just use the camera to film the image on it."

"Yes, no problem."

For Xu Youwei, this task was incredibly basic. She quickly made her first collage using the pistachio shells that Lin Mu and Zhu Wenyun had peeled. The pistachio shells were painted in various colors and were full of a girl's imagination and ingenuity. Even if it wasn't part of the story, it would definitely be an award-winning creative work.

While doing these things, she felt as if she had returned to the carefree days when she and Chen Junqian were making handicrafts in the countryside in front of "Artistic Imagination".

The original throne is still in her room in the countryside.

But the talisman she wants most now is no longer the sheep.

It's a tiger.

It allows the tiger to cleanly and decisively split itself into two people, even when it is still filled with inner conflicts and worries.

Xu Youwei was very certain.

Whether it's the good one or the evil one.

They should all be able to do better than the version of themselves they are currently struggling with.

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Chapter Thirty-Six: All About Cats (Part Two)

In April 2013, Chen Junqian suddenly had the idea of ​​getting a cat.

To be honest, this idea wasn't entirely unfounded.

First, he already has a skit he's scheduled to do in the second half of this year, and many other skits after that will require a cute little cat. Rather than thinking about it later, he'd rather get one in advance as a backup.

Secondly, his mental list of romantic comedy achievements also includes related achievements.

For example, the two below.

[He, her, and the cat]

Cute people and cute animals are always attracted to each other. In the world of romantic comedies, the most classic plot is when you accidentally discover that the usually aloof female lead unexpectedly reveals an unusual side to a cat on the street. After all, no one can resist the creation of this kind of contrasting cuteness.

Whether it's gently poking someone's nose to say, "Sweetie, sweetie, I'm your mom," or carefully feeding them food, these are moments that will touch your heart.

Conditions for achieving this: Observe any female protagonist with romantic comedy suitability playing and joking with a kitten (for at least five minutes).

Yes, I'm a kitten too.

If calling someone "master" is just the first step in shameful play, then turning into a kitten in front of you is definitely the second step. Girls who like you are a hundred times more troublesome than the most clingy cats, but that's precisely why their coquettishness is a hundred times cuter than a cat's.

Some of them will be fiddling with the hem of their clothes with their heads down until you get close and whisper something, only to be met with a furious smack of a pillow after you try to confirm it. Others will immediately cover their faces with their hands after shouting, their ear tips turning bright red as if they're about to bleed, their eyelashes trembling uncontrollably. Or perhaps they're completely oblivious, unconsciously tilting their heads and meowing, and even reflexively repeating the same behavior every time you touch their heads afterward... All sorts of heroines, all sorts of reactions, are waiting for you to unlock!

Condition for achievement: When you hear any heroine with romantic comedy potential meowing, imitate her cat-like meows.

It can only be said that in the world of romantic comedies in the world of anime, cats do appear more often than dogs. However, the competition between cat-like and dog-like characters is indeed a timeless theme. If Chen Junqian were to define it, it would be that among the girls around him, only Xu Youwei is close to being cat-like. She is a bit arrogant and a bit sensitive, sometimes wild and sometimes obedient. Whether it's puffing up her fur or hissing, these are common behaviors. He doesn't know how many times he has petted her over the years.

So the achievement description that says "Good boy, good boy, I'm your mom" feels more like the role he's playing.

However, unlike the very distinctive Xu Youwei, Chen Junqian has not yet found a dog-like character who corresponds to her in the romantic comedy genre. It's mainly because, as the saying goes, "The first step in seduction is to abandon humanity. Basically, there are three routines: becoming a cat, becoming a tiger, or becoming a dog that gets soaked in the rain." The impression that a dog-like character gives people is probably that pitiful feeling of being soaked in the rain.

But among the girls around him, whether they came from good or bad families, none of them had similar problems in terms of personality and nature.

……perhaps?

Feeling as if he had unintentionally set another flag, Chen Junqian quickly added another patch.

To be fair, compared to cat-type girls, he was definitely the least able to deal with dog-type girls. He even felt a headache just thinking about it. Ultimately, he wasn't an experienced womanizer who could flirt with countless women without getting attached. He had absolutely no relevant experience in his past life.

Therefore, he couldn't be sure whether he could react in the most typical way a male protagonist in a romantic comedy would when the first girl acted like a puppy and clung to him, or whether he could remain calm in the face of such an undisguised and close affection.

Although Chen Junqian himself might feel that he was thinking too far ahead, planning ahead and preparing contingency plans has always been one of his habits, especially at this point in time when everyone is starting to grow up.

After all, he wasn't surprised by anything a middle school student in their rebellious phase would do.

Bringing his thoughts back to the topic of cats, after deciding that he wanted to get a cat, Chen Junqian began to think about where to find one. Stray cats on the street were out of the question. He felt that either buying one from a pet store or asking his friends if their cats had kittens would be better options.

Even though he had already mentally defined Youyou as a cat-like girl, when it came to raising cats, Chen Junqian subconsciously went to his childhood sweetheart first.

To be honest, when it comes to the person most likely to trigger these two achievements, Chen Junqian would probably think of Mu Mu first. Besides, he would definitely have to tell his mom before getting a cat, and if his mom knew, it would be the same as Mu Mu knowing, so he might as well just tell her directly first.

"Does Qianqian want to get a cat?"

Lin Mu also showed great interest in Chen Junqian's sudden desire to raise a cat. This was probably a real-life reflection of the system achievement description that said cute people and cute animals are indeed attracted to each other. Lin Mu typed rapidly on QQ, sending messages to Chen Junqian like a machine gun.