"Flower-Plucking Records": A note on entering VIP and a summary of my approach to writing

Key points: one, joining VIP means delayed updates to the public edition; two, ("web fiction" + "literary fiction") 2; three, marriage arrangements should follow nature-as many spouses as are appropriate; four, more to be added in response to reader reviews...

Hehe, I'm rather embarrassed to tell you all that I've finally joined VIP...

Actually, I signed a contract for Dust Along the Immortal Road back in late December last year. That happened because a fellow alumnus from the University of Science and Technology told me he had seen a pirated edition of Immortal Road in a nearby bookshop. Hearing that left me pretty upset; it felt like a blow-so a warm little hand reached out and signed the relevant contract with me.

Later, readers kept sending me more news of pirated editions. The most recent report came three days ago, when someone spotted one in Chongqing. Actually, after these past few months, I've come to terms with it. These pirate booksellers boldly stepped forward to pirate the book so that "everyone can have books to read," benefiting readers who lack internet access but thirst for knowledge. What do I have to complain about? My only suggestion is that these booksellers put a little more effort into proofreading before going to print, rather than leaving so many typos-the reader in Chongqing complained, "There are loads of wrong characters. They interfere with reading." It seems our pirate booksellers still have room to improve their work.

If I said I had some enormous hardship forcing me to enter VIP this time, that would be an outright lie. Although it's been over four months since I signed the contract, the site hasn't held a knife to me and forced me to join the gang (VIP). I decided to enter because, after working away for