You Look Like You’re Drawing Me

However, there was one fortunate thing that she realised, and that was the fact that she was a girl, and hence was able to list out this entire list of attractive points of male supporting characters, and investigate and analyse each of these characters. If the person in her position was a guy instead, perhaps he may be headless like a fly.

If the person turned out to be a less sensitive guy with a low EQ, the only solution that he’d be able to come up with might be something like, gym and bulk, and make himself out to appear as manly as possible…

According to Yuan Yuan Yuan’s keen eye, these two routes were fated to end poorly.

Creating a personality for an identity was actually quite an unreliable task, and Yuan Yuan Yuan knew this. 

Even though she had not personally been through anything, given this age of information, she’d witnessed quite a number of happenings in the entertainment industry.

Reality had proven that those that go out of character (OOC), aka diverging from their curated personality, usually didn’t go down very well. The moment these stars go OOC, the angry fans would illustrate to you the frightening backlash as a result of scamming them.

Some stars that debuted with a benevolent and gentle personality was later revealed to be a pretentious bitch. What a commotion it had been for the spectating netizens…

Some stars that debuted with a smarty-pants and know-it-all personality was later revealed to be an uncultured idiot. What a commotion it had been for the spectating netizens…

Some stars that…

Cough cough, ‘aight let’s cut it there.

TLDR, Yuan Yuan Yuan liked spectating commotions like these, but she didn’t want such a commotion to happen to her.

The moment Ji Qiu’s interview was published, everything seemed to have turned into a reality livestream show, and it was livestreaming every day, all day long, topped off with a global audience.

Look at the entertainment industry now. After so many years, even though there were stars that did intentionally layer a few personalities on their identity, the ones that succeeded were characteristics that were very close to their real personalities.

If they were just being themselves, it wouldn’t be tiring for them, neither would this incite much anger from their fans if these deliberate efforts were revealed. 

…but what was her true personality? ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 22 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

A couch potato who was hiding away at home all year, so broke she couldn’t afford to eat, and had no clear or proper knowledge of the demon world?

Yuan Yuan Yuan placed her notebook down, and sighed. She walked over to her window and looked at the passers-by downstairs.

If there really was a need… she might really just create a personality for her “black shirt guy” identity, and it was gonna be a personality that was the complete opposite of her own.

This was a very dangerous idea.

After all, Ji Qiu’s manga was even more penetrating and critical than a reality show.

Yuan Yuan Yuan sighed, and kept her notebook.

…

“Say, Sister Yuan Yuan, are you working now? You’re looking a lil bit richer than before.”

Xiao Ying looked at the port ribs soup that Yuan Yuan Yuan had brought over in surprise.

“Enh, I did find a job. I don’t think I’m anywhere near rich, still as broke as ever.” Yuan Yuan Yuan explained. “But at least I can afford the bills this month.”

“Oh, well that is something to celebrate about.” Xiao Ying accepted the bowl of pork ribs soup, “at the rate Sister Yuan Yuan is going, I’d really thought you might just die on the streets…”

“…kid you gotta watch what you say?” Yuan Yuan Yuan rolled her eyes, and sneaked an offhanded question, “you… have you been secretly reading manga?”

Xiao Ying got a shock. She quickly covered Yuan Yuan Yuan’s mouth and shook her hands, “don’t let my mom hear this.”

“It’s just manga? Back in high school I loved reading romance novels, because of that, I got chased around by my mom a lot.” Yuan Yuan Yuan shrugged, “which manga is your favourite?”

“Enh, if you’re asking about manga, the magazines trending in my class is ReadManga and DreaManga and the likes.” Xiao Ying whispered.

Oh… Yuan Yuan Yuan nodded her head, and didn’t continue asking.

As she watched Xiao Ying’s retreating silhouette, Yuan Yuan Yuan recalled the reveberating angry howls from Xiao Ying’s mother from last night when the latter discovered the disappearance of the pork ribs…

After receiving her first paycheck, Yuan Yuan Yuan went to a retail store, bought several sets of outfits, and even took the long way back. After getting back, she stood before the mirror, switched on her glamour, and spent a very long changing through the clothes that she’d bought. 

The face in the mirror was a very attention-grabbing one. A myriad of expressions flittered across the face.

Some were gentle, some were cold, some were happy, some were sad…

After changing through countless expressions, Yuan Yuan Yuan rubbed her face and looked into the mirror.

…the current expression on Yuan Yuan Yuan’s face returned to the one that she was the most familiar with… a spiritless gaze.

The hell… how was it that none of the other expressions looked nicer than this.

Yuan Yuan Yuan chewed over this for a very long time, and she never did find an answer no matter how hard she thought.

Dear humans, why did they need to lie to each other like this…

Yuan Yuan Yuan rubbed her face, and returned to her original appearance.

She looked at the ceiling, and zoned out for a long time.

…humans have an entire lifetime to live, and yet they had to pretend to be someone else. How tiring.

Yuan Yuan Yuan closed her eyes and fell asleep.