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*Chapter 248: Who Even Keeps a Diary?*
🕑 Added 2025-05-05 19:16:23 +0000 UTCOn this side—
Miraculous Amy consciously began writing her diary in the form of a novel as a backup.
Her parents were experts in this field.
And they even used her as a model.
Sometimes, she had to cooperate with them.
As a result, having been influenced by them from a young age and personally participating in the process, she developed a unique talent for writing novels.
Moreover, she studied psychology and was an outstanding graduate of Harvard’s Psychology Department, giving her an even greater ability to understand people's minds. Applying this skill to writing allowed her to turn fabricated stories into something detailed and realistic.
It was practically a family tradition.
Her parents had also studied psychology. The reason the Miraculous Amy book series remained popular to this day was because of its realistic storytelling and compelling details.
That was why, when Miraculous Amy went to college, her parents had her study psychology.
In the future, the Miraculous Amy book series might be passed down to the real Amy, continuing its legacy.
After all, this was her parents’ life’s work—and their primary source of enormous income.
Compared to the Miraculous Amy in the books, the real Amy was insignificant in their eyes.
Otherwise, in the original timeline, when Amy faked her disappearance, her parents’ reaction at the press conference wouldn’t have been so composed—almost as if they were attending a book launch rather than grieving over their missing daughter. It was as if they were hinting that the next installment of the Miraculous Amy series was already in the works—"Stay tuned!"
Tonight’s reunion and Adam’s attitude made her furious.
She was a person with an extremely strong sense of control and possessiveness—her thirst for revenge was even stronger.
If someone badmouthed her, she wouldn’t hesitate to secretly spit in their drink.
When her husband cheated, she framed him by attempting suicide—not as an empty threat, but as a real plan to end her life.
And now, Adam—the man who once longed for her, only to be dumped by her initiative—dared to treat her this way after she expressed interest in rekindling their relationship?
Unacceptable.
Revenge it is!
And this diary was just the beginning…
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On the other side—
Adam returned to Juno’s apartment. After his usual banter with Max, he got up and went to the living room once Max had fallen into a deep sleep.
Standing by the window, he gazed outside for a long time before finally turning on his old 286 desktop computer and starting to type.
*Tap tap tap!*
“You’re writing again? Didn’t you just publish a new book?”
Juno, who had somehow appeared behind him without him noticing, leaned in close and glanced at his screen.
"Gone Girl"? A new book?”
“Something like that.”
Adam responded casually, his fingers never stopping their rhythm on the keyboard.
Juno didn’t say anything else. She turned to make him a cup of tea, placed it on the desk, then sat beside him, silently watching him type.
He hadn’t read the original novel; instead, he was drafting an outline based on the movie, roughly sketching out key plot points. So, for now, the word count was relatively low.
One hour later—
“This is your prediction?”
Juno had read everything from start to finish. The movie Gone Girl played vividly in her mind, and she immediately grasped Adam’s intention.
“You’re afraid she might use the same method to take revenge on you, so you want to expose it in advance?”
“Exactly.”
Adam didn’t hide anything.
“If my guess is right, and she really goes through with this, her greatest advantage would be the element of surprise and her suicidal-level determination.”
She was a woman—a beautiful woman. In the eyes of the world, she was automatically seen as the weaker party. If something happened, public opinion would instinctively side with her.
After all, no one would ever suspect that she was the true perpetrator.
That’s how her ex-boyfriend got framed—falsely accused of being a rapist.
That’s how she set up her cheating husband—fabricating an intricate web of evidence. Though there were flaws in her plan, the sheer amount of apparent proof made it impossible for anyone to believe he was innocent.
In the U.S. jury system, as long as you can convince the jurors, even a criminal can walk free.
And Miraculous Amy’s meticulous schemes were more than enough to make a jury—who weren’t professional detectives—believe her husband was guilty beyond a doubt.
On top of that, she deliberately presented herself as a pregnant woman. With the inevitable involvement of feminist groups and child protection organizations, public sentiment would overwhelmingly be in her favor.
Given how aggressively those groups fight, the media frenzy would be unstoppable.
Even if law enforcement suspected something was wrong, the pressure from public opinion would force them to turn a blind eye and close the case quickly.
That was why, after abandoning her initial suicide plan, Miraculous Amy dared to kill the loyal "friend-zoned" guy who helped her, return home covered in blood, and ultimately manipulate her husband—who knew the truth—into obedient submission.
Her entire family were experts at manipulating public perception.
But if Adam published Gone Girl and ignited a media storm first, cutting off her ability to catch him off guard, control the narrative, and plant evidence, then her threat to him would be greatly diminished.
“If she really is as vengeful as you describe…”
Juno murmured, “Even if you block most of her methods, she could still find ways to attack you.”
“There’s a saying—‘A thief has a thousand days to plot, but a victim only has one day to defend.’”
Adam chuckled.
“I know. But this is the best I can do for now. Don’t worry—things haven’t escalated to that level yet. This is all just speculation. She might not even take things that far.”
Juno smirked.
Then she shoved Adam aside, took over the computer, and started typing.
“Let me help you add some details about her psychological activities.”
“Fantastic!”
Adam’s eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands excitedly.
“You’re a woman, and a master of psychological manipulation. You’ll capture her mindset perfectly—it’ll make the story even more chilling.”
Juno didn’t reply. Instead, she focused on adding layers of Miraculous Amy’s twisted psychology at every key plot point.
Of course, in Gone Girl, the protagonist’s name wouldn’t be Miraculous Amy—they made slight adjustments.
As Adam read through Juno’s additions, he couldn’t help but shiver.
Even though he already knew the story, her descriptions brought Miraculous Amy’s psychopathy to life in such a vivid, bone-chilling way.
The two worked tirelessly until 3 AM, fleshing out the story significantly.
It was still just a detailed outline for now—after all, a few tens of thousands of words weren’t enough to fully capture the intricate twists and turns of the plot.
Adam also added his own interpretations.
For example, in the original story, Miraculous Amy’s diary, which detailed how her husband had "abused" her, was found by the police and became key evidence proving he had killed her.
Adam had the detective in his book say:
"Who even keeps a diary? Who actually writes down their deepest thoughts? And if they do, is it really their unfiltered truth? Of course not—it’s always edited to make themselves look better."
"And why was that diary burned just enough to be discovered? Why did the remaining pages contain conveniently placed ‘clues’ like a scavenger hunt? That’s way too suspicious.”
(End of Chapter)
