Chapter 28 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Around nine at night, Zhao Youyue closed the “Wind Manga” which she was holding. She must admit, that it felt really weird for seeing the character “Xu Jing” into whom she shifted across the Dimensional Gate, along with the things she had undergone to appear in the real-world manga.

There was this feeling of hers being particularly in rage and desired to cause chaos due to the abuse from the mangaka in the manga world. But now, after reading the manga itself in the real world, surprisingly she had this feeling to “crow over the things that one is not involved”. After all, she was now “Zhao Youyue” and not “Xu Jing”. No matter what Xu Jing had suffered in the manga world, she would be untouched in the real world.

That was why Zhao Youyue did not felt shaken upon seeing the fan service of “Xu jing” in the manga. This was her body anyway.

Objectively speaking, this mangaka named “Su Li” had portrayed “Xu Jing” perfectly well. It felt like when Su Li was drawing Xu Jing, she was in a total state of outbursting innovation and drawing skills.

Zhao Youyue had a hunch that this was related to her shifting into “Xu Jing”. She gave “Xu Jing” an actual soul, and the character’s words and deeds were rather sensible too. This had given a third dimension to “Xu Jing”. It was not merely the “life-like” level, but she had actually obtained a soul. Compared to the other lifeless stereotype, the difference was pretty obvious. That was why many readers thought that all the stories and characters in “Pure Romance” were just to serve as a foil to “Xu Jing”, causing her to stand out of the crowd.

From a different perspective, this explained the creativity level of Su Li, specifically her characterisation was too normal. If Zhao Youyue was entering a world of a title created by a high level author, or a world of a group work where every character is vivid, naturally she would not stand out of the crowd and outshine the others.

To Zhao Youyue, this kind of situation had its pros and cons. Naturally, the pros were that “Xu Jing” could easily stand out and leave a deep impression towards countless readers. As for the cons, “Pure Romance” would not break through the bottleneck and would still be known as an ordinary artwork which would not last long. After all, a title could not be supported solely by a character.

In this situation, if Zhao Youyue did not do anything, “Xu Jing” might be a hit for a short period but would slowly be forgotten. Never would she become an iconic character.

Hence, she would not allow Su Li who was flat on all aspects other than erotic scenes to follow her original idea during production. After her long stay while observing the world of “Pure Romance”, she had already gotten a clear picture of her drawing routing of Su Li. Wasn’t it obvious? The reason “Xu Jing” was abused so ruthlessly, following by the appearance of the hero and his sister in the critical moment, was only to let him played the plot of “Hero saves Beauty” again. Then he could reasonably add “Xu Jing” into his harem, couldn’t he?

Wait, how could Zhao Youyue allow Su Li to continue with a story like that? If “Xu Jing” could be turned into an iconic character after joining the harem, she would not mind doing so. It was not her body anyway. Under special circumstances, she could also separate the sensory organs directly, and could shift into Xu Jing again after the story.

Once “Xu Jing” became an icon, she would be able to inherit the ability of Xu Jing and become the type that could turn on and off. This way, she would not need to worry about her studies anymore. She could switch on the ability everyday during the class and for another two more hours after she went home. Then it would be peculiar if she failed to be an elite scholar.

Also, by switching on the Xu Jing’s ability during the exam would eliminate all careless mistakes. Losing marks due to carelessness shall not be belittled. If that was not taken seriously enough, then after every exam when the test papers were returned back, she could not help but to sigh. As to think of what would have happened and how much ranking would go up if the careless mistakes were not made. But the truth is, there are several people who can never cure their carelessness.

Attentiveness is actually a talent. Just like diligence, especially one in a persevered way.

Anyway, Xu Jing did possess all of these talents and abilities.

Sadly, Zhao Youyue did not believe that joining the harem would make “Xu Jing” an icon. On the contrary, it would only destroy “Xu Jing” and make her one of the “plain-jane-s”. She would never possess her strong and independent attractiveness anymore and would only end up becoming an accessory of the male protagonist. Not to mention of becoming an icon.