Chapter 21 (1/2)

In the later phase of ”Pure Romance”, a new force had emerged. They were the fans of this ”Xu Jing”, simply because she was yet to show any nudity or eye candy. That pretty much defied the convention of Harem manga, and was a brand new experience for all the readers. Not to mention, she was the most unfortunate and impecunious female character in the manga. The whoopees and jubilations of the main character and the other beauties, had further brought home her misfortune to the readers. As such, would there be anyone who was not attracted by her character?

Never had any pain or sorrow been perceivable from the face of this character, instead, she was always wallowing in her studies. Yet Yang Xixi's bestie, sometimes Xu Jing had to open her ears to her grumbles, then cooked up all sorts of tardy comforting lines to calm her.

”Xu Jing” had been a rather inarticulate character, as Zhao Youyue wished to become a side-character elite scholar. Being talkative does not conform to the settings of a side character, and also, shouldn't that be a hindrance to one's studies?

In fact, Zhao Youyue considered herself as one who enjoys talking and getting along with others, and thought that her social skills were not too bad. Hadn't she just talked Han Leng into writing a remorse letter for her? To her, proactiveness and sociability are the essentials which could prevent misunderstandings.

Anyway, she preferred not to do so much talkings in the body of ”Xu Jing”. The characters in the manga are all virtual characters! What's the point of communicating with them? She just wanted to continue her studies, quietly.

Due to her dead-pan expression and inarticulate character, she might already be cla.s.sified as an adorable Moe[1] character. Besides, a number of readers had even shouted out her name in all of the big forums, exclaiming that she was the new generation of ”Tri-no G.o.ddess”[2] !

In the manga comments section of ”Pure Romance” on the internet, the love block [3] had been created for the new Tri-no G.o.ddess, Xu Jing as well. Her love block was visited by more and more readers day in and day out. Hmm, it is hard to believe that Xu Jing had been retained as a mere side character for the entire novel before this….

Still, that was yet to create a great sensation. After all, the original plot of ”Pure Romance” was already at its 'soft patch', as the novelty of the heroines had almost wear off in the eyes of readers. Besides, the novel itself had not been animated, and so, its popularity had been gradually decreasing. In fact, Su Li was almost drawn towards ending this novel.

But now, she discovered the character of ”Xu Jing” had given her an opportunity to bring her works back to life. She had abandoned the subtle feelings upon drawing Xu Jing and started introducing a lot of her plots. Even the amount of her plots was already close to that of the three heroines that she opted for. Imperceptibly, Xu Jing had evolved from a female side character to a heroine…

Prior to this, Su Li has thought of drawing Xu Jing's mother dead. That was not a random thought, instead, she was pondering over this plot. At first, she wanted to banish this ”Xu Jing” into h.e.l.l, and appointed the male protagonist to rescue her out of it. Such a plot would definitely bring a lot of pleasures to the reader, and also give the hero a reason to go after Xu Jing.

She reckoned that the life of Xu Jing could be more miserable, and her character should be granted with more details. Thus, she buried herself in her works, and started drawing with the miraculous feeling that flowed within her. Hmm, it is as if she had dived into the world of her works and witnessed the sufferings of Xu Jing. She could then translate what she had perceived into manga drawings.

In the world of ”Pure Romance”, Xu Jing had just stepped out from school. She still held a notebook in her hand, and was reading it while walking.

At this moment, ”Xu Jing”, or you may say ”Zhao Youyue”, was having a premonition of imminent disaster. In this journey of hers across the Two Dimensional Gate, not only she was granted additional character setting and interactions with her parents, plots involving her were gradually increasing! Yet, all of them were terrible bullied scenes. She could not help but to bear a bitter grudge against the author. She was desperate to become just a side character who had her studies focused!

A sudden thought came to Zhao Youyue's mind, that if she was Xu Jing herself, should she have a chance to break this two dimensional barrier and appear in the real world, she would get her revenge against the author, ”Did I dig your ancestral grave? Why did you do this to an honest person like me?”

In any case, during the process of possessing the body of Xu Jing, Zhao Youyue had derived numerous benefits. Essentially, she had strengthened her foundation knowledge, and if she was given a chance to retake her senior high school entrance examination, scoring first place might be possible! Thus, it was not a big deal for her to be admitted to the key senior high school in her current province.

Zhao Youyue had always felt that there was a special bond between the author and her. Both of them had to a.s.sist each other for their own interests. Unfortunately, she never had a chance to talk to the author of ”Pure Romance”.

Anyway, the next thing encountered by Xu Jing, had blown her mind!

In ”Xu Jing” 's sight, her mother was selling goods in front of the school gate. In her shabby attire, she was still selling hard. To think that some of Xu Jing's cla.s.smates were staring at her with contempt now, and also bad-mouthing her. An outrageous and dramatic scene as such could only be seen in novels and mangas. Would anyone disdain a hawker under a broad daylight?

At this moment, again, Zhao Youyue had to make a choice. Should she run away from her mom to prevent humiliation? Or should she greet her mom and help her out?