Nian looked carefree and uninhibited, but she was the one most afraid of loneliness. If there was nothing new to distract her, she would start picking fights with herself.
In short, just think of Nian as a fun-loving person with a conscience and a bottom line. She was always willing to pour tremendous enthusiasm into anything that interested her.
For example... making terrible movies.
As for Xi... Chongyue's assessment of her was that she thought far too much, yet stubbornly refused to confide in anyone. She always confined herself to that tiny world of hers, and sooner or later, that was bound to cause problems.
"But before that..." Chen Luo and Nian exchanged a look.
"...we should let Xi, who's been staying in the painting all this time, come out for some fresh air first, right?" Chen Luo finished the second half of what Nian had wanted to say.
"Exactly. We're already here, after all."
Nian looked at the thatched cottage in front of them.
This thatched cottage seemed unremarkable, but once they opened it, they would enter a new painted world.
"Now it's your turn. Don't you have that Ink Removal stuff? Hurry up and call Xi out. Let's go find Sister Ling together!" Nian looked positively delighted at the prospect of watching chaos unfold.
She wanted to drag her stay-at-home little sister out, yet had never considered her sister's feelings.
Nian had originally been thinking about how to call Xi out of her painting. Xi's abilities were genuinely powerful, and Xi was extremely sensitive to Nian's presence...
You could never wake someone pretending to sleep. Likewise, you could never make someone who would rather die than leave home come out to play.
But now that Chen Luo was here, things were different. Nian could forge all kinds of