Now that she had made up her mind to pick up her old profession, Siyu wouldn’t have to worry about the contract matter any further and everything would be all right. The most crucial thing now was to accumulate assets. Without the support of long-term creativity, what would she use to talk to others about conditions?

She easily opened Zhou Siyu’s Weibo. As the previous world’s popular manhua artist, Siyu knew about the function of fans very well. She used to be Weibo’s most favorite person. Today’s online manhua platform was still starting out and she’ll have to start all over again. But, wasn’t this the best opportunity for her?

Besides publishing the serial on the platform, from time to time she could release several chibi comic-strips on Weibo. This will progressively attract more fans and then direct them to the platform. In the age of the internet, strength was the foundation and popularity was equal to not being underestimated by others. Siyu’s target was to gain more money and part ways with that talent agency. Of course, she needed to consider it thoroughly.


Logging into the supporting female lead’s Weibo, Siyu skimmed through quickly and was simply speechless. It may or may not be because of her personality, but Zhou Siyu’s Weibo was full of negative things. It’s unbearable to look at. Siyu didn’t want to delete the remaining traces of the original Zhou Siyu in the world. Therefore, she decisively made a new account.

Siyu continued to use her previous manhua artist name “Koi”. However, after thinking about it, she added a prefix and finally changed it into @A Koi That Can Live For Another Five Hundred Years.

Staring at this new name, Siyu nodded her head in satisfaction. Even though her sickness wasn’t simple, but she had a strong will in a disabled body! She will definitely be able to live until the end!

After encouraging herself with full confidence, Siyu found herself a pencil and paper.  Her shooting experience during the day made her feel very fresh and she was suddenly inspired.

Because of the lack of props, the whole characters were drawn into small-sized chibis: The little girl who just entered the modeling world encountered a fraud company. But, through several coincidences, what she got turned into a real contract. This contract was made for fun by a group of young masters. They often asked the little girl to complete a number of outrageous pictures. As a result, the little girl’s modeling career was completely messed up. She was forced to play games with this group of rich second generations. Gradually, she and these people had deeper interchanges…….. [T/N: ehem, ehem, implicit affair detected]

“The great method of  Shura field1! Simply named it 《Fashion Strategy》and it already sounds good….”

The advantage of chibi comic-strip was its short length. It wasn’t very difficult to read and had a light tone. Siyu was happy to draw; her imagination was getting bigger and better. Unwittingly, she had completed three chapters in one breath.  When her body gave out a warning signal, Siyu suddenly realized that it was already late at night.

 


The original Zhou Siyu had been sick since childhood and never dared to stay up late. She must sleep before ten o’clock. However, for her, she was used to staying at home for the sake of catching up with the deadline. It’s a common occurrence for her to work overnight and sleep in the daytime. Thus, her body was unable to adjust to the disrupted circadian rhythm for a while, causing her to run into the bathroom and vomit blood again.

As she vomited and vomited, she actually started to get used to it and even thought that it’s pretty healthy. After all, she felt light after vomiting and she didn’t have any sore waist or legs. [T/N: from bending over while vomiting]

It’s just…. Siyu gazed into the mirror, recalling the color she saw on top of others’ heads during the day. Most of the people either had a light pink or gray. Only Yu Ling and Zhang Chao had a deeper reddish-orange color.  Could it be that the color difference represented the person’s certain special quality?

Because of the lack of evidence, Siyu didn’t dare to make a presumptuous conclusion. She just secretly decided to pay more attention.
 
After cleaning herself up, Siyu sat back in front of the computer. Now, she still hadn’t had enough money to buy a professional scanner. She could only use her mobile phone to take a picture of the drawn comic-strip. After that, she posted the first chapter on Weibo.

After thinking about it, she smoothly tagged Qu Man’s official account. The amount of those who followed the official account was only a little more than a thousand people. Obviously, it hadn’t been long since it was created. Siyu believed that they would definitely see it.
 
…..

On this side, Siyu fell asleep early. Who would know that at the other side of the hospital, there was a person madly searching for her.

Ji Lin was sitting inside the nanny car outside of the hospital. He looked a little bit nervous. From time to time looking out of the window. When he saw his assistant Xiao Ai jogging from the hospital, his eyes suddenly brightened.

“ She… how was she ?” Xiao Ai hadn’t stepped into the car yet and Ji Lin couldn’t wait to ask, “ what did the doctor say?”

Assistant Xiao Ai was a bob-haired girl in her twenties. Although she wasn’t old, she was older than Ji Lin by two whole years. She ran all the way and was awfully thirsty. She took a water bottle out from the back seat and drank vigorously. After this, she finally relaxed and said: “ I  asked the doctor. The doctor said the person was okay. It was a physical deficiency and she had already returned home.”

She had vomited blood and the doctor still said that she was okay? Ji Lin barely swallowed this question back. He turned his face away and low spiritedly said: “Oh.”

He tried hard to be indifferent. But his anxious hands betrayed him, showing that his heart wasn’t as calm as he looked.

Xiao Ai secretly glanced at Ji Lin. Even though Ji Lin debuted when he was fourteen and she has been his assistant for four or five years, she had never seen Ji Lin lose his self-control like today. If she hadn’t arrived in time, Ji Lin would have rushed into the hospital — you know, Ji Lin is now a national idol and he might be photographed going to the hospital searching for the little model. Even jumping into the Yellow River can’t get him clean2!


Xiao Ai didn’t understand. Although Ji Lin was young and seemed careless and casual, but he had always been very calm and sensible. Since joining the industry, there was basically nothing for the agency and assistant to worry about. It was unlikely for such things as gossips to happen. In private, Xiao Ai even heard that Ji Lin was actually a rich second generation. Entering the entertainment circle was purely for fun….. Therefore, how on earth was he related to that 28-line3 little model?

1: People usually use “Shura field” to describe a tragic battlefield; later it was extended to mean “a person in a difficult situation to do an absolute struggle”

2: getting inexorably mixed up, mired in controversy, or in deep trouble. In this context, it meant once photographed Ji Lin would be mixed up with a lot of troubles ( gossip, scandals, fans rioting, etc).

3: artists who are insignificant. ( even worse than the not well-known 18-line model)

T/N: Merry Christmas all! Here’s a new chappie as christmas gift for you guys o(〃^▽^〃). It’s also because the island my family and i visiting tomorrow is in a rather secluded place and good internet connection is a rare thing in such places. So i decide to just post the chapter in advance ^ω^ Teehee… By the way, happy holiday to you guys!!

Others didn’t know, but as his personal assistant, Xiao Ai knew that Zhou Siyu obtaining the opportunity of shooting for 《Feng Shang》cover page was actually due to Ji Lin’s work behind the scenes. Otherwise, this kind of forefront domestic fashion magazine, how could they took a fancy on her? Ji Lin even pushed over the cover photo that should have belonged to him, temporarily switching to the inner page photo. This meat pie that dropped from the sky fell on top of Zhou Siyu’s head1.

Even though in her heart she knew that as an assistant she shouldn’t have inquired too much, but Xiao Ai still couldn’t help opening her mouth: “ Ji-Ge, do you know that model?”

Ji Lin was silent for a long time before answering vaguely: “You could say so….”

Xiao Ai said: “Ji-Ge, you’re now in the rising period. You should pay more attention to your image as an artist. If there’s anything, I could do it for you.”

She indirectly reminded Ji Lin to pay attention to the consequences and not to show himself in public in such a thoughtless way. After all, one was a  man and one was a woman. Furthermore, that little model seemed to be older than Ji Lin. If this was exposed, the female fans of Ji Lin would fly into a rage. They wouldn’t care whether the two have a romantic relationship or not. This kind of thing concerning sex scandals wasn’t good for Ji Lin at all.

Ji Lin certainly understood what Xiao Ai meant. He raised his eyebrows and said: “What are you talking about? I’m not in that kind of relationship with her. ”  Being concerned about my own sister—although Zhou Siyu was totally unaware right now—is there anything wrong with that?

Once he heard that the other person vomit blood, he anxiously followed her into the hospital. It’s possible that this was that kind of relationship…. Xiao Ai muttered to herself and suddenly thought of a somewhat terrifying possibility: Their Ji-Ge couldn’t be…. secretly in love with that little model, right? ?

How could it be? Not long ago, Ji Lin was just elected as “the most wanted NO.1 actor”. Every day, countless female fans made an uproar under his Weibo about marriage. How could he take a fancy on a nameless model?

Ji Lin was unaware of his assistant’s thoughts. He held his chin for a moment and asked: “Is it certain that the audition for the 《Shang Hen2》MV’s female lead will be next week ?”

“Yeah, why ?” Xiao Ai was unsure.

Ji Lin was born as a singer with outstanding talent and was a rare all-round famous singer. Even though at present he slowly advanced into film and television circle, but he still maintained the frequency of one album a year. The theme for the new album this time was “Fission,” which mainly narrated about the choices and confusion experienced during the transition from a teenager into an adult. It was a gift from Ji Lin dedicated to the fans and himself. Therefore, the company attached great importance to this—especially the MV shooting for the main song 《Shang Hen》.

Unfortunately, 《Shang Hen》 never found a suitable female lead. After all, it required the female lead to possess a dispirited and pale disposition. How could it be easy to find this kind of person?

After hearing Xiao Ai’s reply, Ji Lin nodded and mentioned casually: “Zhou Siyu…. the model that shot for the cover page today. I think she meets the requirement for the current MV. You should mention this to her talent agency and let her keep in memory to come for the audition when the moment comes.”
Xiao Ai was so scared that her hold on the water bottle became unstable. 


Taking no care of his assistant’s dumbfounded expression, Ji Lin pondered about it and added: “ Don’t tell them that this was my idea.……. Forget it, I remembered you have a good relationship with Ling-Jie. Please mention this to her and told her that this was because the current cover shooting was very satisfactory, so I recommended this opportunity.”

“…..” Watching this big boy, who had just reached adulthood, organize everything neatly, Xiao Ai had mixed feelings.

Oh, God! Someone, please tell her, Ji Lin didn’t really intend to become the financial backer of that little model, right? !

…..


Siyu slept soundly until dawn when the phone beside her pillow vibrated nonstop and woke her up.
   
She just got up from the bed, before she could check her phone. Her complexion suddenly changed. She didn’t even care to put on her slippers and immediately rushed into the bathroom to vomit blood.

 

With great difficulty, she finished vomiting. Siyu cleaned herself up, looked at the pale and delicate sick beauty in the mirror, and sighed heavily.

These days….. When will it end? Waaa… [T/N: sounds of crying]

Every week, the original Zhou Siyu had to go and grab Chinese herbal medicine. Because she had just vomited, her stomach was aching painfully. Siyu worried that her illness would relapse again. She hastily rummaged through to search for the stove to decoct the medicinal herbs. She took a dose of Chinese herbal medicine, added water and let it stew on the small stove. Only then did she unhurriedly walk back to the bedroom and pick up her phone to see what had happened.

Just as she opened the screen, a large number of messages instantly came pouring in. It almost caused this half-worn broken phone to get stuck and the screen to freeze up.

Siyu clicked into the Weibo and discovered that there were several thousands of @ and comments on her account. She roughly read through and realized that when she had fallen asleep yesterday night, the official account of Qu Man forwarded the first released chapter of her 《Fashion Strategy》. Afterwards, there were several famous big V3 forwarded one after another. As a result, this Weibo account of hers became popular overnight!

Although Siyu believed in her strength and confidence that this story was good, the reception was so good that it was a little unexpected.

She seemed to see the future where she had nothing to do with that crappy talent agency waving to her!

As a sick person, her mood shouldn’t be agitated. Previously Siyu was also a popular manhua author, so she quickly calmed down. At this moment, she turned to a private message. It was sent by Qu Man’s official account:

    【Dear Koi, I’m Mu Yan,  the manhua editor of Qu Man. I’ve seen your 《Fashion Strategy》and think that the story is very good. It has great potential. Are you interested in exclusively publishing this on our Qu Man platform?】

1: something good that unexpectedly happened without her doing anything.

2: 伤痕- literally means scar: bruise; hack. It is the title of the MV. I guess in English the title could be “The Scar”, “Scars”, “Bruises”, and so on. He.. he.. since I’m bad at deciding names, I just leave it like that UwU

3: “Big V” is a Weibo user with substantial followers and a verified account such as Kong Qingdong

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