Chapter 300 - The Artist (2/2)

The atmosphere in this room was totally different from outside There was no chill in the air, and the drawers and shelves were not sealed up ooden planks

table and shelf are perfectly clean They look like they’ve been cleaned daily

Chen Ge looked at the tidy bookshelf, and a weird thought appeared in hisspirits that help with the cleaning; does this mean the spirits here have an obsession with cleanliness?</e comics

world, an understanding of human anatomy…

These books don’t seem to fit the previous tenants’ identities, so has this place played host to a fourth tenant?

Chen Ge replaced the books and found a box of abandoned drafts under the bookshelf The weirdest thing was the drafts had signs that they had been cruly pieced theether with tape

Why are all the drafts preserved? Chen Ge picked up the thick stack and started to read The characters draere off It was obvious that the artist had tried to make the characters look cuter and

The artist was definitely not a professional The characters did not have vibrant expressions, and in fact, a few of them had blank eyes—some of them were frozen in fear However, it was observable that the artist had been trying to i was different about his eye for beauty Even if he was ed to draw the famous comic book character like a female dead body

It’s a kind of talent to be able to draw every picture as scary as these

Chen Ge placed the drafts down and saw a thin notebook with a yellow cover at the back of the shelf He flipped through it and realized that it was a budget book It recorded the artist’s weekly expenses and what he earned fro the content, Chen Ge’s face slowly creased into a frown Technically speaking, the comic artist was also a tenant at Room 304, but he shared it with someone else, and the place he rented was this small bedroom

He had a hard life He was a coh the notebook, for the three years the artist stayed in the roo was a measly 1,200 The 1,000 was sponsored by the old landlady or his only fans, and the other 200 was the paye to do people’s portraits

In the end, he drew the living people like a dead ry customer for several blocks After the police caave him 200 as compensation

He powered on with his passion and love He kept his monthly expenses to under 400, and his belief held firm—one day, he would succeed However, the cruel reality was, even until his final day, his work did not find any appreciation The last page of the notebook was a folded newspaper; one of the articles was on aboy The article did not mention the man’s name

This is different from the other spirits Just how many tenants Room 304 has had?Chen Ge replaced the notebook and walked to the desk room This should be the table mentioned in the black phone</e equip for its owner to return Chen Ge scanned the desk, and he saw the three drawers that came with it He pulled open the first drawer, and it was filled with drawing pencils and pens

“This isn’t it” Chen Ge pulled the second drawer open It was filled with the rejection letters that theout of the drawer

Then Chen Ge tried the third drawer He gave it a powerful yank, but the drawer remained unmoved