To be continued?
His fingertips touched the cold screen as Xu Shi gazed at those words through tear-filled eyes.
It had clearly all ended.
Wen Yu had won best actor at all three major film awards, had a successful career, and had married Xia Shian, the most popular of the main love interests, in a high-profile wedding. His family life was happy.
The biggest villain had died, and Xie Yanci had died for love, too.
Whose ending was still unfinished?
Xu Shi opened the author dashboard, wanting to edit the chapter, but the screen displayed, "Completed works cannot be edited."
"..."
He could no longer change it.
Why had Xie Yanci rejected the ending he had arranged for him, with a happy, loving family?
"Don't you want to be with your wife?" Xu Shi gently touched the cold computer screen.
"If you stay by my side, I'll forget you."
People could not live in fantasies forever. He still had work to do and a life to carry on with.
He could not change any of the endings.
Xu Shi closed the laptop.
"Good night."
The next day, Xu Shi arrived at the office with dark circles under both eyes.
He had not slept well all night.
He did not know whether it was because he was afraid of ghosts or because he was hung up on that suddenly changed ending.
Just whose ending was unfinished?
The story was locked. Now that it said "To be continued," he could not even post another chapter.
He was afraid his readers really would hack him to death.
"Insider gossip." Xu Yu sidled over furtively. "President Song has sent people to the French branch to investigate Xia Shian."
"Is it that serious?" Xu Shi frowned. "Why?"
For something this minor, firing him would