Private rooms 2-3 in Itiya Cafe.

"Take out the sketch and let me see how good this writer is."

While speaking, Goo Hara stretched out her right hand and asked Cui Shirley for the drawing.

She wanted to see if this comic book writer of the same age as her had any drawing skills and whether the plot he designed was interesting.

Cui Xueli protected the document bag with one hand and blocked Goo Hara's hand with the other.

"Ernie, I remember you just grabbed the cake with your hands. You have to wash off the oil stains on your hands first."

As for that?

When Goo Hara heard this, she raised her eyebrows and stared at Cui Shirley. Cui Shirley was not willing to be outdone and stared back.

In the end, it was Goo Hara who was the first to lose, raising her hands in a gesture of surrender: "I'm going to wash it right away. His drawings better satisfy me, otherwise I will be his biggest fan of this comic."

Two minutes later, Goo Hara returned to the box again and raised her forehead four times.

In the short two minutes she left, Cui Shirley actually cleared the entire desktop.

She was playful for a moment and said, "Just wait for me a little longer, and I'll be back as soon as I go."

Cui Shirley didn't know why: "Onie, what's the problem?"

"This is a big problem. Please wait a moment while I buy two white gloves nearby. Don't let our sweaty hands contaminate the paintings."

Goo Hara smiled, turned around and prepared to walk out.

Cui Shirley didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Goo Hara.

Goo Hara didn't really want to buy gloves, so she stopped when she was ready and walked to the table arm in arm with Cui Shirley.

Eight character pictures were lying flatly on the table, and Goo Hara took a quick glance at them.

Even though she was appreciating the painting with a critical attitude, she had to admit that Han Zidong's painting skills were indeed remarkable.

This was the first time in her life that she had seen a comic book writer's manuscript. She felt quite novel in her heart. She gradually gave up her thoughts of finding faults and calmed down to observe the drawings. She even did not miss the text part of the character settings.

Until she scanned the character drawings of Xu Yihua and Xiao Qian Songyi. As Cui Xueli's close relative, she saw the flaws in the drawing at a glance, picked up the drawing, and placed it next to Cui Shirley's face for comparison.

Cui Xueli blushed, as happy as if she had eaten honey.

Seeing that Goo Hara seemed to have finished reading the drawing, she hurriedly asked: "Unnie, what do you think?"

"The love between aliens and earthlings," Goo Hara paused deliberately, and after seeing Cui Shirley's expectant eyes, she continued: "It seems quite interesting."

"Right," Cui Xueli said, "The comic is now online. You must support it."

Goo Hara understood Cui Xueli's little plan. She said she was supportive, but in fact she was just helping with publicity.

Both of them are popular idols and have a certain fan base on social media. To put it bluntly, with the two of them helping to promote it, this comic can attract tens of thousands in the early stage even though it looks like shit.

Ranging from hundreds of thousands to fans who are willing to pay.

So, she crossed her arms and said in a serious tone: "It's not impossible if you want me to help with publicity, it's just..."

While she was talking, she glanced at the pages of drawings on the table, and the meaning was self-evident.

Cui Xueli subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when she thought that having Goo Hara help promote it might greatly enhance the reputation of Han Zidong's comics, she hesitated again and again, and finally made a decision.

"Except for Xu Yihua's one, I can give you all the others."

"Really?"

Goo Hara was not polite and directly picked up the other seven drawings: "Then I will accept them."

"You...you have to keep it well." Cui Shirley was about to cry.

When Goo Hara saw Cui Shirley's appearance, she burst out laughing.

"I'm kidding you."

Cui Xueli held her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief: "I knew it."

She stretched out her hand to take back her drawing, but Goo Hara jumped on her short legs to avoid it.

"Ernie?"

"I want to promote it to other artist friends, so I can't just say it in vain. I'll take these seven drawings of mine first and return them to you after a while."

"Okay, you have to take good care of them."

"Okay, that's so verbose!"

The two sat down again. Goo Hara took Cui Shirley's hand and picked up the topic that had just been interrupted by Jin Minxiu's arrival.

"I don't know why you went to Yingyuefeng Park that day, but have you ever thought that Han Zidong might be really kind.

If you were not the person who was in a bad mood that day, if it were anyone else, he might treat the other person to drinks, eat ramen, or even try to appease the other person.

You may have been in a bad mood at the time, but he happened to appear in your world, so you felt that he was your black knight and your guardian.

But have you ever thought about what kind of existence you are to him, are you an ordinary little idol, or the girl next door who needs a helping hand?"

"Onie, what do you mean..."

"What I mean is that you may have confused liking and dependence. Maybe, is he your first love?"

Cui Xueli nodded.

Goo Hara was silent for a few seconds and considered her words.

"We are all artists with a seven-year exclusive contract. No matter whether you like him or rely on him, you have to manage your relationship carefully.

You know, your SM company will never allow you to fall in love in private. Even if you two are really together, once the company intervenes forcefully, you will most likely be unable to bear the pressure and break up. By then, you may not even be friends anymore.

.

If you ask me for my opinion, I hope you can keep the relationship between you two as friends for the time being and give yourself enough time to figure out the meaning of this relationship.

But no matter which path you want to choose, I support you."

Just as Goo Hara described it, Choi Sulli thought of Lee Soo Man's lecture again, and she nodded heavily.

"Oppa has his comics, and I also have my stage," Cui Shirley said with a smile: "I can't lose my job now, I still have to support myself!"

"Even if you two don't see each other, don't you still have a mobile phone?" Goo Hara cheered for Cui Shirley.

……

Yushuidong, comic studio.

Jin Minxiu walked into the living room excitedly and went straight to Han Zidong's table.

"Boss, the drawing was delivered to Shirley perfectly."

Han Zidong was playing with his mobile phone without raising his head: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Boss, what are you doing?"

"I bought a few coins."

"Game currency?"

Han Zidong said in his heart that this is much more expensive than game currency. As of today, he has bought 1,800 BTC off and on in the past eight days, using a total of about 24 million Korean won.

He only has 9 million left in his hand at this time, which is the rent for the next three months, living expenses and the monthly salary of two employees.

Oh my god, he is so poor again.

"So be it." Han Zidong replied perfunctorily.

Jin Minxiu didn't care at all, she was only thinking about showing off what she had just experienced.

"Boss, guess who I just met?"

"Shirley."

"You're not useless... Well, besides Shirley, I also met a female artist."

"You are not talking nonsense," Han Zidong said what Jin Minxiu had not finished: "Is it strange that Shirley's friend is an artist?"

"No, she is not an ordinary artist. Let me tell you, her surname is relatively rare. It is said that she ranks 41st in the country's population ranking."

"Goo Hara."

"Dafa, boss, how did you know?"

Han Zidong waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, you go back and practice coloring."

"Wait a minute, I also met an artist at a dinner party yesterday. You won't be able to guess it."

"Then what would you say if I guessed it?"

"Then I won't charge you for the phone call." Jin Minxiu replied confidently.

Han Zidong did not comment, silently opened Naver, entered keywords such as "Dongduk Women's University", "female artist", "graduation", etc., and clicked to search.

Kim Min-soo, a glutton, attended the gathering of the 12th class of Tongde female college students, so this female artist is most likely a graduate of the 12th class. After all, gluttons like Kim Min-soo are still in the minority.

Unfortunately, the search results were not satisfactory. He did not find much useful information at all. All this only shows that this female artist is really confused!

After thinking about it, he opened Du Niang again and typed in the same keyword again. The search results this time were in line with his expectations.
To be continued...