“Hello, Macy’s dad.”
“I often hear our Eli mention your Macy.”
Luka greeted with a big smile, clearly the type with a more outgoing personality.
“Yeah, our Macy often talks about your Eli, too.”
Jacob chatted casually with this Luka.
During the conversation, he learned that the man’s full name was Luka Jaxon, a local from Coastville, 32 years old, three years younger than Jacob.
After discovering their ages, Luka started calling Jacob “Mr. Jacob.”
“Mr. Jacob, is this your sister-in-law?”
Luka had already noticed Lara; it was hard not to, as she was the most eye-catching among all the mothers present.
“She’s Macy’s little aunt,” Jacob explained.
“Oh, I see.” Luka smiled broadly and nodded at Lara, acknowledging her.
“Where does Mr. Luka make his fortune?”
Jacob was curious about what kind of father could raise a son who recited nonsensical poetry, so he casually asked.
“Uh, I’m a freelancer.”
When asked about his job, Luka hesitated, clearly reluctant to share.
However, his chubby son jumped in at that moment: “Uncle, my dad is a writer!”
“A member of the Coastville Writers Association!” Eli said proudly.
“Uh, so you’re a big writer!”
“A cultured person, I’m honored.”
Jacob couldn’t help but exclaim, thinking to himself, no wonder he could raise a son who recited nonsensical poetry; the root was here.
“By the way, Writer Luka, what books have you written?”
“I’ll go pay my respects to your great works later.”
Jacob changed his address for Mr. Luka to Writer Luka out of respect.
“Uh, well…”
Luka hesitated again, looking somewhat embarrassed.
But his big son jumped in again: “Uncle, my dad writes on Stockviv publishing Network, and the book he’s currently writing is called ‘Rejected But Not Broken’.”
With his secret revealed, Luka looked quite awkward. He helplessly patted his son’s head: “Eli, go play over there for a while!”
The group of online writers is actually quite awkward in reality. If you gain fame, have your work adapted, and reach the level of “Five Whites” or even the likes of “Pork Knuckle,” “Selling Newspapers,” or “Eagle,” that’s fine; it’s impressive to mention.
But if you’re just an unknown, writing some mediocre works or smut, it’s hard to admit to friends and family.
Because once you say you’re writing novels, the other person will definitely ask what you’ve written.
You feel embarrassed to mention the title, and then they search it online. What the hell? What kind of values does your book have? How did your brother-in-law and sister-in-law end up together???
I suspect your character is questionable!!
But they don’t know it’s not the author’s intention to write like this.
It’s just that those LSP readers love it!! Demand dictates the market, you know?? And Luka belongs to that kind of obscure little author, writing some mediocre works to make ends meet.
So when others ask him about his job, he always says he’s a freelancer.
Suppose a friend who knows he’s been writing novels asks what he’s writing. In that case, he’ll randomly mention a few books his author friends are working on, like “The Beautiful Regret,” “Arrogant Husband and Timid Wife,” and “The Love She Never Saw Coming,” those long-winded silly titles.
Feel free to criticize them; it has nothing to do with me!
However, today, Mr. Luka miscalculated; his big son directly stripped him of his underpants.
He felt like he was swimming naked in front of everyone, which was quite uncomfortable.
“So it turns out Writer Luka is writing on Stockviv! My account on Stockviv is a Junior VIP; I’ll go support Writer Luka later!” Jacob said with a smile.
During the time when the BestDiet restaurant couldn’t operate, he had plenty of time. Besides taking care of the kids at home, he spent time reading online novels and watching dramas.
He had read quite a few books on Stockviv, spending around one or two thousand.
Later, when the BestDiet restaurant closed down, he subscribed to fewer legitimate works because they were too damn expensive, so he just watched ads to support the authors! Commonly known as “white leeching”!
Ding! Random task triggered: [The Promise of the Rich]
As a wealthy person, one must keep their word and honor their promises; as the saying goes, a promise is worth a thousand gold! Task content: Help Luka Jaxon win the daily monthly ticket championship.
Task reward: Fivefold cashback card, attribute points *2.
Holy crap!
This can trigger a task! Jacob was a bit dazed because it was the first time he triggered a task related to a man.
However, the “Promise of the Rich” task was not unfamiliar; he had triggered it once with Layla, which required him to complete a hundred private tutoring sessions.
The reward back then was a “tenfold cashback card,” and this time it turned into a “fivefold cashback card,” but he gained two more attribute points.
