Ever since Bai Bai forwarded her friend’s draft of the junior sister’s artwork to him last time, he’d been eagerly anticipating the completion of standing illustrations for the other characters.
Not only did he think the artist Bai Bai found for him drew exceptionally well, but the readers felt the same way too.
Collections and subscriptions were rising higher and higher day by day.
But… this artist’s condition lately didn’t seem very good.
Mo Xiangwen stared at the standing illustration file Bai Bai had forwarded to him, lost in thought.
Was it because the artist wasn’t feeling well, or simply because she wasn’t good at drawing characters other than young-bottom white-haired types?
Somehow, Yu Weiwei’s standing illustration seemed to have a noticeable gap compared to Bai Shiyin’s.
Look at the character’s eyes—weren’t they a bit too fierce and menacing? Would a beautiful girl’s eyes really look that? At most, they’d be a little cold.
Look at the black stockings—severely lacking in appeal… Though maybe it was just his taste, but Bai Shiyin’s white stockings definitely had better texture.
Look at the proportions… especially the bust—didn’t it feel a bit off?
The level of detail in this standing illustration couldn’t be said to be just twice as bad as the junior sister Bai Shiyin’s; it was at least five or six times worse.
He hesitated for a moment, but decided to message Bai Bai directly to ask.
Human-Dragon Unity: Is the artist drawing my drafts feeling unwell lately?
It wasn’t long before he got a reply.
Bai Bai: I don’t think so. I’ve been gaming with her recently.
Human-Dragon Unity: Uh, then is she dissatisfied with the pay?
Human-Dragon Unity: The artist draws great, and I’m very satisfied. If the pay isn’t right, we can negotiate it.
Bai Bai: …Probably not.
Human-Dragon Unity: I’m worried you might not get it, so I’ll just say it straight: be tactful when you ask her later.
Human-Dragon Unity: The draft for Yu Weiwei looks like it has pretty low completion quality.
Bai Bai: Is… is that so?
Human-Dragon Unity: Yu Weiwei’s draft isn’t bad per se, but the gap compared to Bai Shiyin’s is huge.
Human-Dragon Unity: If the art style weren’t similar, I’d suspect the artist asked someone else to draw it for her.
Bai Bai: She wouldn’t do something like that.
Bai Bai: She’s just, um, maybe not that great at drawing this kind of character.
Bai Bai: But! I can urge her to revise it for you!
Human-Dragon Unity: Really? Then I’ll leave it to you.
Human-Dragon Unity: If the artist really can’t handle it, that’s fine too.
Human-Dragon Unity: Worst case, I can just find another artist.
Bai Bai: No no no, didn’t we agree she’d handle everything from now on?
Bai Bai: Going back on your word would make her really sad.
Human-Dragon Unity: Is it that serious? I’d still have her draw any suitable white-haired girl roles.
Human-Dragon Unity: I can’t force someone to draw stuff they’re not good at.
Bai Bai: She’ll improve.
Bai Bai: I believe she’ll draw a standing illustration for Xiao Yi that you’ll be satisfied with.
Bai Bai: Please believe in her too, Xiao Yi.
…Strange, it had this air of determination, but if Bai Bai was vouching for her friend, he was willing to wait a bit more.
In the end, he was the one being impatient. She was Bai Bai’s friend, after all—it was only right to give her a few chances.
Plus, when she first helped with Bai Shiyin, she’d charged pretty low and put real effort into it.
If he just said to switch artists when she hit something she wasn’t good at, that was a bit too much.
Sure, that’s how business works, but this was a friend’s friend—not everything could be treated the same.
Mo Xiangwen quietly reflected on himself in his mind and hurriedly replied.
Human-Dragon Unity: Sorry first, my bad—I got a bit impatient.
Human-Dragon Unity: If Bai Bai says so, I’m willing to trust the artist.
Human-Dragon Unity: Then please tell her from me that we can negotiate the pay if she’s not happy, and I still hope she’ll try her best to make it good.
Bai Bai: Mm-hm.
Bai Bai: I’ll go reflect that to her right now.
Human-Dragon Unity: No rush, one more thing.
Human-Dragon Unity: I wanted to ask this earlier actually—feel free not to answer if it’s inconvenient.
Human-Dragon Unity: Has Bai Bai been in a bad mood lately? You haven’t been very active in the group, and you seem low-energy when chatting.
Bai Bai: …Yeah, a little.
Human-Dragon Unity: Wanna talk about it? No pressure if not.
Bai Bai: With Xiao Yi, it’s fine.
Bai Bai: I just wanted to come to H University lately to see Xiao Yi, the President, and Xiao Huo.
Bai Bai: But it seems not feasible right now, kinda disappointing.
Bai Bai coming to H University? He hadn’t expected to meet up with the whole group so soon.
Human-Dragon Unity: Are you just passing through H City?
Bai Bai: No, my home’s in H City originally.
Human-Dragon Unity: Huh? You’ve never mentioned it all this time—why haven’t you said you wanted to come before?
Bai Bai: Wasn’t convenient before.
Human-Dragon Unity: So now something suddenly came up?
Human-Dragon Unity: Or are you worried about getting in? I can just pick you up at the school gate.
Bai Bai: Mm… because I’m not feeling well, can’t go?
Human-Dragon Unity: Why the question mark—did you go to the hospital?
Bai Bai: Yeah.
Human-Dragon Unity: So what’s the reason you can’t come?
Bai Bai: Body’s pretty weak, gets tired easily from walking?
Human-Dragon Unity: That’s nothing—rest when you’re tired.
Human-Dragon Unity: If there’s no issue, come if you want.
Human-Dragon Unity: If you haven’t told the President and Xiao Huo, I can bring you over for a surprise.
Yeah, and if Yan Nuoya was Pigeon, he could surprise her too—see if she’d react.
Bai Bai: Then… if Xiao Yi says so, I’m really coming?
Bai Bai: Don’t get mad if I can’t walk.
Human-Dragon Unity: Relax, am I that kind of guy?
Human-Dragon Unity: If you really can’t walk, I can carry you on my back.
Mo Xiangwen suddenly pictured carrying a big guy on his back… emmm, he’d joked about it with friends and roommates before, passersby wouldn’t care, but it was still kinda weird.
Human-Dragon Unity: Wait, no—on second thought, carrying a big guy around would be too weird.
Human-Dragon Unity: Back carry’s out. But if you’re tired, you can sit and rest slowly—campus has benches everywhere, no worries about places to rest.
Bai Bai: But I’m a girl?
…
Mo Xiangwen stared at the screen, falling silent.
In this huge group, he was the only guy? For real?
Human-Dragon Unity: But when we were gaming together, your voice sounded like a guy’s?
Bai Bai: At first, I was using my real voice— it was Xiao Yi who said it sounded weird and told me to turn it off quick.
Bai Bai: Something about esports having no gender.
Bai Bai: Women only affect my aiming accuracy and such.
How to put it—it did sound like something he’d say.
So, he was the one in the wrong?
