Chapter 370 (1/2)

Attitude Remains the Same

In Zhao Youyue’s memory, the guy named “Shi Jingnian” was not supposed to be lacking of money. He had born from a rich, real estate agent family anyway. He may not be the richest out there, but he could have most certainly lived an easy life. He also had the royalties from those two books which were selling well. How had he fallen so drastically?

Through further understanding, only did Zhao Youyue figure out that something had gone wrong in his family. On the surface, it all seemed like an accident, as the official who had accepted a bribe to cover the illegal businesses had been exposed and dismissed. As a real estate agent, Shi Jingnian’s father was undoubtedly involved with crimes such as bribery, gangdom, etc. Real estate businesses were not so clean in this era.

This was no accident. It had something to do with Lady Lu Xue. Of course, Lu Xue was unaware of her apparent involvement. It was her father, who had been most disapproving of Shi Jingnian approaching her.

There was once a period when Lu Xue had been infatuated over Shi Jingnian. Even while knowing that he already had a girlfriend, she never faltered. Her love had even given robbed her of reason, and she ran from home. Although all this was in the past, her father deeply hated Shi Jingnian.

A coal proprietor may seem to be of a lowly caste, but in actuality, they were filthy rich. With money, he could do anything he wanted.

Shi Jingnian’s father was not some great real estate agent. His influence was limited to only a county-level city. In the eyes of great people, he would be referred to as a contractor, instead of a real estate agent.

Lu Xue’s father was an actual, great coal proprietor. He was famous within the province. And so, it led to a series of unfortunate events befalling upon Shi Jingnian, one after another.

Fortunately, Lu Xue’s father did not cause too much trouble. He only caused Shi Jingnian’s family to go bankrupt. His father went into prison, but would not receive severe punishment. Moreover, by satisfying those officers’ with money, his father could get out of prison.

Many officers made different decisions, according to different situations. For situations like Shi Jingnian’s family, they only wanted to drain every single penny from them. It would be very exciting if they were able to have fun with a rich agent’s wife…

Shi Jingnian had earned a few hundred thousands through his incomplete novels. He hoped that he would be able to put this money to use, and get his father out of prison.

His own days were numbered, he was a broken man. His odds of survival outside the hospital were slim.

Even so, he still had the confidence to complete “Bakuman.” Even if his readers were unable to witness the masterpieces within, he would be very satisfied to show it to Lady Zhao.

After Zhao Youyue had gotten a clearer image of Shi Jingnian’s experience over the last six months, she remained silent for a long time. Was Su Li’s drawing pen truly capable of damning others to hell?

Wasn’t Shi Jingnian’s situation a little ridiculous?

Although Zhao Youyue’s first impression towards him, or the only impression, was not very nice, anyway, Zhao Youyue was still very satisfied to have him as the author of “Bakuman.” As long as Shi Jingnian continued writing, she would definitely obtain her fourth iconic character card.

Regardless of Shi Jingnian’s peculiar character and eccentricity, his talents were undeniably remarkable!

That was enough for Zhao Youyue. Moreover, he had never taken the initiative to pursue Zhao Youyue. Therefore, Zhao Youyue’s impression towards him had changed.

Now that she had understood Shi Jingnian’s current situation, sympathy rose from within Zhao Youyue. Of course, it was more of ‘what a waste of a good asset,’ than how she felt as a person.

Thus, Zhao Youyue decided to seek her father’s help, to at least allowed Shi Jingnian to recuperate and continue writing.