webnovelfull Chapter 473 Extra Time Traveler - New Commissioned Mission
Chapter 473 Extra Time Traveler - New Commissioned Mission
Chapter 473 Extra: The Traveler - New Commission
Ying Wenhai was in a hurry to get married because of Shen Xiaoxuan's copyright fees. As long as he got married one day earlier, he could share the copyright fees generated by Shen Xiaoxuan after marriage one day earlier.
The later he got married, the more he would lose. Moreover, after graduation and work, Shen Xiaoxuan would come into contact with more people of the opposite sex. It would be the safest way to trap Shen Xiaoxuan in the cage of marriage as early as possible.
When Shen Xiaoxuan heard Ying Wenhai mention divorce, she thought about asking for her share of the copyright fees. She was so angry that her teeth itched, and it felt like a huge rock was pressing on her chest, making it hard to breathe.
"You're dreaming! Why? I wrote those stories word by word with my hard work every day. Why do you want to share my money?"
"Just because I'm your husband, it's only natural and legal for me to share your copyright royalties."
Shen Xiaoxuan tried to argue: "You cheated on me, you are the one at fault, you can't get a share of my property!"
"I cheated on you, do you have any evidence?" Ying Wenhai gave a satisfied and sarcastic smile.
He successfully used the "gentle trap" to devour Shen Xiaoxuan, turning her into a rabbit without a brain to resist.
I never thought of keeping a low profile, collecting evidence, and then striking him dead with one blow, instead of jumping up and down and accusing him of cheating like I am doing now.
Ying Wenhai spread his hands and said, "Who doesn't know that we love each other? We are still the model of harmonious family in the industry. Who would believe that I cheated?"
"Besides, even if you are the party at fault, the law may not support your claim. Anyway, you have earned a lot of copyright fees. Even if I can't get half, getting one third will be enough for me to live freely." Ying Wenhai shrugged indifferently.
Over the years, although the sales of Shen Xiaoxuan's later novels were not as high as the first adventure series, they were all successfully published and most of the copyrights were sold, such as film and television, radio dramas, animation, and game adaptations.
All things added up, it's a huge fortune.
This amount of wealth is enough to make anyone jealous and greedy, including Shen Xiaoxuan's partner.
Shen Xiaoxuan looked at Ying Wenhai's shameless face and her emotions were on the verge of collapse. Her eyes were wide open with tears in them and she screamed in pain like a wounded cub.
"You're a bastard! You're a bastard!" Shen Xiaoxuan pounced on him, grabbed Ying Wenhai's collar and beat him, venting her emotions frantically.
"I checked! Not only did you cheat on me, you also owed me copyright fees. The game copyright of the novel "Fighting Heaven" was clearly sold for 2 million, but you told me it was sold for 1 million. You transferred 1 million to my account, and the remaining 1 million to your account."
Ying Wenhai pretended to be stupid and said, "What are you talking about?"
"We are husband and wife, and we are inseparable. It is obvious that you sold too many copyrights, and you can't remember how much the works were sold for."
"I told you that the price was two million, but you remembered it wrongly. How can you say that I cheated you of your money?"
"Yes, one million was deposited into my account, but you also know my bank card password."
Shen Xiaoxuan's body trembled violently, as if struck by a bolt from the blue.
She took two steps back and stared at Ying Wenhai.
She found Ying Wenhai so strange, as if they had never met before.
All along, Ying Wenhai has been cautious and scheming, not leaving any evidence behind.
Shen Xiaoxuan trusted Ying Wenhai too much, so every time Ying Wenhai talked about how her book had sold copyrights and how much money he had made, she just listened and ignored it. When signing the contract, she only glanced at the amount and did not carefully check the copyright fees received.
Even if we check it now, there is a huge difference between the amount and what Ying Wenhai said at the beginning.
She also had no evidence to prove that Ying Wenhai was lying. After all, no one would record every word they said when they were in a good relationship.
Furthermore, it is true as Ying Wenhai said, he did not transfer any property at all, the money was all in his account, so there was no marital deception.
When it comes to court, it will be hard to explain.
Ying Wenhai's evil ambitions completely chilled Shen Xiaoxuan's heart. She even suspected that the other party's pursuit was a trap from the very beginning.
Unfortunately, she realized it too late.
Shen Xiaoxuan slumped on the sofa, her eyes dull and her whole body lost its luster, as if her vitality was slowly fading away.
Ying Wenhai straightened his collar and looked down at Shen Xiaoxuan: "Great writer, do you still want a divorce?"
Shen Xiaoxuan woke up as if from a dream. She suddenly looked up at Ying Wenhai, stammering her lips and unable to speak for a long time.
The divorce was delayed.
The day of the showdown seemed to have exhausted all of Shen Xiaoxuan's energy. She was now in poor condition and was no longer suitable for writing. In addition, the performance of her latest novel was not good. To Ying Wenhai, she had no value anymore, or her value had been squeezed out.
Ying Wenhai is no longer gentle, but becomes cruel.
His put-downs and attacks became blatant.
"Shen Xiaoxuan, if I hadn't discovered it, your masterpiece would still be rotting in some editor's mailbox. There would be no famous author named Shenghua in the world."
"You should have thanked me!"
“Without my support, would you have been able to write book after book over the years?”
"You are out of fashion now. Look at the comments from readers online. They are all making fun of you for having no inspiration and outdated content."
"And my career is going well now. I am the editor-in-chief who can decide the life and death of a book. If you want to publish a book in the future, you have to beg me, not me to comply with you."
Ying Wenhai's ruthless words deeply hurt Shen Xiaoxuan, making her postpartum depression worse.
Shen Xiaoxuan is in a trance every day and needs to rely on drugs to maintain her condition. However, the psychiatric drugs themselves will affect her thinking and make her brain dull.
Not to mention thinking normally, she felt tired just living every day.
She had absolutely no energy to deal with Ying Wenhai and protect her own rights.
Shen Xiaoxuan still didn't dare tell her parents and just wanted to find a friend to talk to about her troubles.
But she suddenly realized that she no longer had a good friend around her who she could talk to intimately, who was worthy of her trust and confidant.
This was also one of the traps Ying Wenhai set for her.
When Shen Xiaoxuan just graduated, Ying Wenhai advised Shen Xiaoxuan not to go out to work and just write full-time.
After all, with her current fame, she can earn much more money from writing novels every month than she can from working a nine-to-five job, and she doesn't have to endure any bullying.
Shen Xiaoxuan was a little hesitant at first, but later Ying Wenhai took her to meet many famous full-time writers and communicate with them. Only then did Shen Xiaoxuan feel relieved and decided to devote herself to developing her writing career.
But Shen Xiaoxuan is different from those full-time writers. There is no Ying Wenhai with ulterior motives around them, so they are financially free and live a carefree life.
After graduation, Shen Xiaoxuan did not go out to work, which meant she lost her chance to socialize independently. She was still in touch with her college classmates, but later, as everyone worked in different places, it became difficult to meet. Gradually, the contact became less and less, and the relationship faded.
Shen Xiaoxuan's external social interactions basically rely on Ying Wenhai, and all the new people she meets are met through Ying Wenhai.
They are both friends of Shen Xiaoxuan and friends of Ying Wenhai.
If Shen Xiaoxuan confides in them, she will undoubtedly be asking for humiliation; they will not believe her.
This is where Ying Wenhai's cleverness lies. Not only did he control Shen Xiaoxuan mentally and deceive her financially, he also hindered her socially, leaving her with no one to talk to after she fell ill.
In such a depressing environment, anyone would go crazy.
What's more, Shen Xiaoxuan is emotionally sensitive. After all, if she is not delicate in mind and soft in feelings, she cannot become an author who weaves a fantasy world for readers.
Shen Xiaoxuan was hospitalized again, and this time her illness was more serious than before. She lay on the hospital bed, crying every day, and mentally unstable, scolding everyone who came to visit her.
Among these people are leaders of the publishing house, representatives of the cooperating party, and author friends.
In the eyes of others, she has become an unreasonable lunatic, but no one knows that she was driven crazy by Ying Wenhai.
What’s even more ridiculous is that those who don’t know the truth always look at Ying Wenhai with sympathy and comfort, patting him on the shoulder and saying, “Thank you for your hard work. You must take good care of Xiaoxuan. If you have any difficulties, just tell us.”
In their opinion, taking care of the mentally unstable Shen Xiaoxuan requires tremendous patience, and Ying Wenhai's life is too hard.
Ying Wenhai would lower his eyes and pretend to say, "It's not hard, it's all as it should be. Husband and wife should share hardships and support each other to get through the difficulties."
Shen Xiaoxuan was so disgusted that she yelled at the top of her lungs: "Get lost! Stop pretending!"
"All of you get out! Get out of my world!"
"Wife, don't be angry. It's not good for your health if you get angry."
Shen Xiaoxuan found that she couldn't drive Ying Wenhai away, and she just wanted to escape from the cage woven by Ying Wenhai.
Later, Shen Xiaoxuan escaped successfully, but at the cost of her life.
She neither committed suicide nor died of illness, but died of depression.
Her death did not make Ying Wenhai sad at all, but instead made him feel relieved.
Finally, I don’t have to pretend to be a good husband by the hospital bed anymore.
At the same time, he can also control all subsequent copyright income from Shen Xiaoxuan's works.
After listening to Shen Xiaoxuan's narration, the group members fell silent.
Especially readers like Yuan Tangtang and Zhong Zhen who have read Shenghua's works.
They could never have imagined that the author who created such colorful, tortuous and bizarre adventure stories was so lonely and desperate in the last moments of his life.
What was even more unexpected was that the love that Shenghua herself praised in front of the media was a poison wrapped in sugar.
It tortured an innocent girl to the point of driving her crazy.
After Yuan Tangtang and Zhong Zhen came to their senses, they angrily cursed the scumbag in the group.
Yuan Tangtang (Ancient Palace Fight): You can't just let this go! You must take revenge on the scumbag!
Zhong Zhen (Xianxian World): That's right! How can you let him take your money and live freely? Are you willing?
Shen Xiaoxuan (Adventure World): What can I do if I am unwilling? When I was alive, I couldn't divorce him. Now that I am dead, it is even more impossible. Of course, he can enjoy my inheritance legitimately.
Jiang Ruochu (Modern World): It’s not impossible to kill him and make him spit out all the money.
Shen Xiaoxuan, who had already given up completely, widened her eyes in disbelief: Is it really possible?
Zhong Zhen flattered with great confidence: Of course! Jiang Jiang is a professional at this, leave it to her!