You were supposed to have a fake marriage with the diva, so how did you become her father?

Chapter 7: The Return of the God of War

"Thank you, I hope it goes well." Shen Yuege nodded, then picked up her backpack. "I'll be leaving now, I won't be back tonight."

After saying that, she almost hurriedly walked to the door, changed her shoes, and left.

Lu Ran just felt that her tone was a little different today, as if she was saying she wouldn't be coming back tonight. To him, it sounded more like a farewell between a wife and husband.

Watching Shen Yuege leave, his gaze swept over the cleaned-up lunchboxes on the table, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Looks like he did eat breakfast after all; at least he has some conscience."

His gaze then fell on the trash can next to him.

He remembered that when he first entered the room, he saw Shen Yuege hurriedly throwing something into the trash can.

"Huh? What's this?" Lu Ran asked with some curiosity, bending down to pick up the crumpled paper from the trash can.

When he saw what was written on the note, he paused for a moment, then almost burst out laughing.

[The breakfast was delicious, but I'm going back to the office now. PS: Remember to fry the eggs a little softer next time. —Song]

The handwriting was neat and elegant, but the tone carried a hint of mischief.

"Saying one thing and meaning another."

Lu Ran smiled and shook his head, carefully smoothing out the slightly crumpled note and adding it to his wallet.

It seems that her "contract husband's" breakfast is quite good, and it suits her senior's taste.

Now that Shen Yuege has her own album's title track, shouldn't I start thinking about my next tasks?

Although Lu Ran planned to be a complete slacker, he still had ten months left, so he might as well just idle around.

Now that we've joined the short drama department, let's give it a try with a short drama.

Lu Ran had originally planned to wait for Shen Yuege to use his song to build up some popularity points, but now it seems he has to rely on himself.

Lu Ran subconsciously checked the system.

[Entertainment and Cultural Communication System, active.]

This system aims to disseminate outstanding cultural and entertainment works from Earth. The host can publish works (including but not limited to songs, scripts, novels, and animations) and earn popularity points, which can then be redeemed.

[Any work created with the host's participation will gain popularity points during its dissemination.]

Current popularity: 10086

Huh?

Lu Ran was very puzzled. He remembered that he had not successfully submitted his work, so how could he have so many popularity points?

Does that mean...novels count too?

He quickly logged onto the LiuMao Novel website and found that his novel had indeed garnered over 1 reads.

It's definitely due to the popularity accumulated from the novel.

Lu Ran's novel has only been updated for a month, but it is already in the top three of the platform's new author list, and it is still rising.

In his past life, he knew that the power of the saying "a tacit understanding between young people is poor" would definitely not stop there.

Since I can accumulate more than 10,000 popularity points in a day, I don't need to worry about not having enough. So I'll search for a short drama first.

Looking at the huge collection of popular short dramas on LanGuo Short Drama from his previous life, Lu Ran was momentarily at a loss as to which one to check based on popularity points.

During this time, he saw several short dramas that he liked in his previous life, such as "Home and Abroad" and "The Conman," but Lu Ran did not choose any of them.

For a short drama to become a viral sensation in a short period of time, it's best to have one that's mindless and has a mind-blowing plot.

After browsing for a moment, Lu Ran's eyes lit up. "You're the one."

The God of War returns, only to find his daughter living in a doghouse!

I directly consumed 10000 popularity points and chose to search for this short drama.

Search successful. The item has been sent to your mind.

Just like the previous song "The First Dream," the content of this short drama has completely entered Lu Ran's mind.

It even includes the script, storyboards, the original novel, and so on, down to every single punctuation mark.

"Now, I won't be so bored when I'm slacking off in the department. But before that, I need to register another novel account and publish this novel first."

Lu Ran skillfully registered a pen name on LiuMao Novel Network and then posted the first chapter of the novel.

The novels in this world are still at the level of Earth twenty years ago. Lu Ran can imagine how shattered the readers' worldview will be when they see this novel.

However, once you read this kind of novel for the first time, it's like taking a spiritual opium; once you start, you want to read it again and again. This also includes short dramas of this kind.

If that's the case, why not publish more chapters?

Then Lu Ran is here to tell you that as someone who likes to slack off, you should never do what you can do during work hours during your rest time.

When you go to work, you do your job, and the company pays you a salary, that's called earned income.

You go to work, you slack off, and the company still pays you a salary—that's what making money is all about.

Therefore, Lu Ran knew perfectly well what to do at what time.

...

The next morning, Lu Ran still got up very early. There was no way around it; his biological clock was now very punctual.

It took me about ten minutes to make two simple breakfasts.

It wasn't until Lu Ran saw the extra breakfast on the table that he realized Shen Yuege had left.

The power of habit is truly terrifying; it was only the second day, and he had already habitually made enough for two people.

Normally, Lu Ran could have easily eaten breakfast for two by himself, but for some inexplicable reason, he took out his phone and found a good angle.

A well-lit, perfectly composed photo of two people having breakfast was sent to Shen Yuege's phone.

Caption: A breakfast made strictly according to the "tender" instructions, but unfortunately, someone's missing. What to do? Please advise! Waiting online, it's urgent.

At this moment, Shen Yuege was sitting in the car on her way to the top recording studio.

The rapidly receding street scene outside the window made her somewhat absent-minded.

Although I successfully reached a collaboration agreement with Mr. Huang Wenshan yesterday and finalized three songs, the pressure of the new album is still immense.

Because of the unsatisfactory performance of her last album, the company has recently reduced its resources for her.

In addition, with less than a year left on her contract with the company, and rumors circulating online about discord within the company, she still looked tired.

"Ding~"

Shen Yuege's phone vibrated. She picked it up and saw that it was a message from Lu Ran, along with a picture.

Click on the picture, and in the center are two perfectly fried sunny-side-up eggs, next to several small breads and two cups of hot soy milk.

A wave of warmth dispelled some of the gloom in my heart.

Shen Yuege couldn't help but smile when she saw the words "a little younger".

He actually took what he said to heart.

Shen Yuege could even picture Lu Ran's slightly mocking yet feignedly serious expression as he typed those words.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yuege typed back:

"The attitude is acceptable, but the results remain to be seen. I'll check it myself when I get back in a few days. You can have the other portion too."

My hand, which was originally going to mechanically reply with "thank you," unconsciously typed out so many words, with a hint of lighthearted teasing in my tone.

At that moment, the two even looked a bit like a young married couple.