Chương 421: Chapter 421: A Love Story Inspired by Hastur and Audrey
Chapter 421: A Love Story Inspired by Hastur and Audrey
At night, the crimson moon rose from the sea, illuminating the hearts of different people.
In Alfred's villa, inside the guest room on the third floor, Fors was unusually diligent, sitting at her desk, giggling foolishly while writing furiously.
She felt that her thoughts were flowing like a spring, and her writing was divinely inspired. Beautiful words and touching stories had already formed a clear outline in her mind.
As a writer, drawing inspiration from the people and things around her was a common writing technique.
However, she had always been with Xio, whose height and personality were more suited for a supporting female role rather than a leading lady in a best-selling novel.
Miss Audrey, on the other hand, was a natural protagonist. She didn't need any special aura or to do anything in particular; just standing there, she naturally became the center of attention.
Similarly, the young and handsome Count Hastur was also well-suited to be the male lead in a novel.
Yes, the new novel she was writing was a love story, sweetened with moments of tenderness amidst trials and tribulations.
And Mr. Hastur and Miss Audrey were the prototypes for her story's main characters.
She had already thought out the basic plot: the male and female protagonists were childhood friends who grew up together and developed feelings for each other.
When the male protagonist grew up, his family suddenly fell into ruin, his parents died, and he lost all his property. Feeling unworthy of the noble, elegant, and well-off female protagonist, he deeply hid his ocean-like love.
Moreover, there was a stern, unapproachable Count, the female protagonist's father, who wanted to marry his precious daughter into the royal family and thus firmly opposed their relationship.
To overcome these obstacles, the male protagonist decided to leave the female protagonist and venture out to build his career, hoping to become worthy of her in the future.
As for how he would achieve this, Fors chose to gloss over it, jumping directly to three years later.
She thought again and decided that when the male protagonist left, he would make a three-year promise to the female protagonist to captivate readers and pique their curiosity.
Three years later, the male protagonist returned in glory, but before the female protagonist could rejoice, she saw another beautiful, doll-like girl standing beside him. They appeared to be a loving couple.
Fors naturally cast Miss Sharon as this supporting female character. As for the emotional entanglements between her and the male protagonist, Fors planned to unravel them later.
There were many ways to handle this, such as having the male protagonist fall into the sea and lose his memory, mistaking the supporting female for the female protagonist.
Or, the male protagonist could have been saved by the supporting female and felt indebted to her, making it difficult to reject her feelings and thus keeping her by his side.
The more Fors wrote, the more her thoughts expanded, and her writing speed increased. She was so focused that she didn't notice Miss Audrey, the prototype for her female protagonist, had entered her room and was standing in front of her, reading her story.
Audrey's cheeks occasionally flushed, her brows furrowed slightly, she glanced around curiously, and at times she wanted to slap Fors on the head to see if it would wake up this almost obsessed writer.
"Phew…"
After finishing a major plot point, Fors put down her pen, leaned back, closed her eyes, and prepared to rest for a while before continuing while her inspiration was still fresh.
After a while, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She quickly opened her eyes and saw Miss Audrey standing quietly in front of her, slowly flipping through her manuscript.
"Ah!"
Fors was so startled she almost fell backward. She hurriedly stood up, looking at Audrey with a nervous and embarrassed expression, and said dryly, "Miss Audrey, why are you here tonight?"
Audrey just glanced at her lightly, said nothing, and continued reading the manuscript.
"...Miss Audrey, let me explain. I didn't mean to write it this way." Fors blushed and tried to explain, "You know, we writers often use the people and things around us as references and then artistically process them. I didn't mean to blacken or distort the facts…"
The more Fors explained, the less confident she felt. Anyone with eyes could see what real-life events she had artistically processed into this story.
"I'll burn the manuscript later."
Fors added weakly, but Audrey still didn't react, silently flipping to the last page.
"Miss Audrey, Miss Audrey…"
Fors's voice was soft, as if afraid to disturb Audrey reading but also afraid she wouldn't hear.
Audrey still didn't respond. After finishing the last page, she put the manuscript back on the desk, frowning slightly as if pondering something.
Fors didn't dare to interrupt, only timidly and guiltily peeking at Audrey.
"What you wrote isn't good."
"I know, I was wrong. I'll burn the manuscript later."
Seeing Audrey finally speak, Fors quickly admitted her mistake. After all, she was in the wrong, and she had been caught red-handed by the person involved.
"If the male and female protagonists truly loved each other, why would they easily give up because of others' interference?"
"Miss Audrey, I really know I was wrong… huh?"
Fors habitually apologized, but hearing the latter part, she felt something was off.
Audrey's tone didn't sound angry at all; instead, it was like an ordinary reader commenting on the novel's content.
"The female protagonist is poorly portrayed, lacking her own opinions and courage, just a pretty face."
"Huh?"
"The story between the male and female protagonists is too little; it's hard to see if they truly love each other."
"…"
Fors's mouth was slightly open, looking at Miss Audrey in confusion.
Could it be that Miss Audrey didn't realize the novel was based on her and Mr. Hastur?
That's impossible, right?
In her impression, Miss Audrey was not only noble and elegant but also very smart. She thought Miss Audrey was almost perfect in every way except for being a bit naive.
"And the Count only opposed their relationship out of love for his daughter, not to use her as a political tool."
"Um, Miss Audrey, actually, the prototype for this story…" Fors felt she should remind Miss Audrey, but before she could finish, Audrey interrupted her.
"The main story is okay, but many details need refining to make readers happier."
"Oh."
Fors wisely shut her mouth, silently listening to Miss Audrey analyze the characters and plot.
When Audrey was almost done, Fors weakly said, "Miss Audrey, I'll revise it as you suggest."
"And the supporting female character, can't she just be a pure friend to the male protagonist? Why complicate a simple relationship?"
"Mm-hmm, I'll revise it." Fors nodded repeatedly.
Although she didn't understand why Miss Audrey said that, Fors had already decided to treat this novel as a gift to apologize to her.
But she still didn't understand, did Miss Audrey really not see that the story was based on her and Mr. Hastur?
Except for the names, everything else matched.
Or did Miss Audrey see it but pretended not to, to spare her embarrassment?
Miss Audrey was so kind!
Thinking of this possibility, Fors's eyes almost sparkled.
Ignoring Fors's gaze, Audrey frowned and pointed out the problematic parts of the novel.
Fors remembered them all, determined not to disappoint Miss Audrey!
After Audrey left the room, Fors stared at the closed door, suddenly realizing something.
Why did Miss Audrey come to her room tonight?
After thinking for a while, Fors sat back at her desk and wrote down all the changes Miss Audrey suggested on a new blank sheet.
"Does Miss Audrey like this kind of story? So pure."
Fors looked at the content and fell into thought.
If she revised it as Miss Audrey suggested, the novel could be renamed *Single Love* or *Exclusive Favor*.
In the novel, the male and female protagonists love each other, go through not-so-twisted adventures, and finally receive blessings from family and friends, happily ending up together.
No matter what supporting female characters appeared, the male protagonist would always choose the female protagonist without hesitation, standing firmly by her side as her strongest support, and loving her deeply.
From Fors's professional writer's perspective, this would be a sweet story, very warm and pure, with little conflict, and even few villains.
The male and female protagonists would always choose each other, moving towards each other.
It might be simple, but it was quite appealing.
"It really suits Miss Audrey's personality."
Fors smiled slightly and began revising the novel overnight.
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