Chapter Seventeen Visitor

As Chu Yu walked home from school, the turmoil Qin Qianyv had stirred in his heart gradually subsided.

After all, if his goal was to become a truly popular manga artist, his true identity would inevitably be revealed sooner or later.

For now, it was just a classmate who knew what he was doing. It wasn't a big deal, as long as she didn't come to bother him.

Buying some takeout along the way, Chu Yu returned home.

After eating and a brief rest, Chu Yu went to his drawing desk!

Stacks of manga manuscripts piled up, representing his achievements over the past week.

Compared to the boredom and tedium he felt when drawing manga right after getting the system, he had now adapted to and even grown to love this work.

Although he didn't conceive the stories himself, bringing these excellent stories to life stroke by stroke with his drawing pen, spreading them, and even having fans ask Qin Qianyv for his autograph this afternoon, gave him a genuine sense of accomplishment.

In this state, Chu Yu gradually got into the zone, his drawing pen accurately and quickly rendering the images in his mind onto paper.

For two hours, Chu Yu didn't stop to rest, until... a rude knocking sound interrupted him.

Just by hearing the knocking, Chu Yu knew who it was!

He opened the door with a displeased look, his tone unfriendly.

"Su Laoda, didn't I tell you? For the next week or so, I'm going to..."

But immediately, in the next second, Chu Yu's voice cut off abruptly.

Standing outside Chu Yu's door were two women.

The woman on the left, wearing a white dress today, had her hair tied up. Her large eyes were full of smiles.

"Yo, young man, surprise!"

But Chu Yu didn't have the mood to pay attention to her at the moment. His gaze turned in surprise to the young woman on the right.

The girl looked about sixteen or seventeen. Unlike Su Ruo, she wore a black knee-length skirt, and her waist-length hair was as black as a waterfall. Beneath her delicate eyebrows were her clear pupils.

When Chu Yu opened the door, a flicker of confusion first crossed her serene and beautiful face, then turned into thought, and finally, into surprise, mirroring Chu Yu's own.

"Chu Yu!"

"Zhao Qinyin!"

They both spoke at the same time.

Leaving Su Ruo on the side completely bewildered!

"You... know each other?"

In Chu Yu's living room, Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin sat opposite each other, with Su Ruo sitting to the side.

Su Ruo finally understood.

"So, you two are from the same school, and you knew each other before?"

Chu Yu looked at Su Ruo, then at Zhao Qinyin, and nodded.

It was understandable that he knew Zhao Qinyin. After all, Zhao Qinyin was the top student in their year, and not many people in the third year of high school didn't know her.

But what Chu Yu hadn't expected was that Zhao Qinyin actually recognized him too.

According to Zhao Qinyin's explanation, the reason she recognized Chu Yu was because Chu Yu had carried her to the infirmary when she had fainted from hypoglycemia before, which made Zhao Qinyin remember Chu Yu thoroughly at school.

Do girls have such good memories? Qin Qianyv too, and Zhao Qinyin as well.

Chu Yu had almost forgotten about his manga manuscript being seen or the time he helped Zhao Qinyin.

"I really didn't expect that the Newcomer Manga Artist on Ink Shadow, the author of The Garden of Words, would be you..."

"I always thought..."

"Thought what?" Chu Yu asked, confused.

That Teacher Shui Xin was a beautiful girl.

Looking at Chu Yu's curious expression, Zhao Qinyin didn't say the words out loud.

Given the delicate art style of The Garden of Words and the portrayal of the protagonist's inner changes, it was easy to assume the author was female.

Zhao Qinyin looked at Su Ruo, who was leisurely sitting to the side. No wonder she had reacted so strongly a few days ago when Zhao Qinyin had said Teacher Shui Xin was either a beautiful girl or an aunt.

But no matter what, she had finally met the true identity of the Teacher Shui Xin she had always been curious about.

Although the truth was surprising, Zhao Qinyin didn't forget the purpose of her visit.

"So, Sister Su... the person you mentioned yesterday, the candidate you found to help me with my manga... is her?" Chu Yu looked at Zhao Qinyin, feeling a bit dizzy.

"That's right. Didn't I tell you yesterday? I said I'd find a beautiful girl to be your assistant. See, I didn't lie to you!" Su Ruo's threatening gaze made Chu Yu swallow the nickname he was about to say for Su Ruo.

A... beautiful girl?

Zhao Qinyin looked at Su Ruo with a slightly unnatural expression, her earlobes turning red.

What on earth is she talking about all day?

Chu Yu was completely bewildered.

This isn't right!

Zhao Qinyin was the top student at his school. No matter what, how could someone like her be involved with a manga assistant?

Someone like Zhao Qinyin should be studying at home, preparing for the Gaokao, right?

"Uh, this is really too surprising," Chu Yu thought for a moment before voicing his thoughts.

"But, Zhao... classmate Zhao Qinyin, at this crucial time, won't doing manga assistant work for someone else affect your studies?"

"Affect my studies? How could it?" Zhao Qinyin replied with a calm expression.

"I've already learned what I need to in school. From the third year of junior high to the third year of high school, my nights have been spent drawing my own manga and working as a manga assistant."

"As for studies, it's enough to get into a school I want to attend... A life spent entirely on studying would be too boring."

Hearing this, Chu Yu became even more bewildered.

"Uh, so... you mean that even if you don't study or attend cram sessions at night, it won't affect your studies?"

"Studying at night? Cram sessions?" Zhao Qinyin looked puzzled.

"I've never... had such an idea."

"Speaking of which, last year the school wanted to hold summer cram sessions. They wanted to cut into my manga creation time, so I even reported the school to the Education Bureau under my real name for increasing student burden..."

Alright!

Just stop talking!

Chu Yu felt a bit defeated.

He knew he was a scum student with limited aptitude. He didn't understand in class, and studying after class didn't help much, so he ended up like this.

He never expected the person in front of him to be completely different from the top student he imagined.

She was a total failing student!

The reason top students are called top students is because they can achieve the academic results they desire after putting in the effort.

But she, without much effort, just listened in class and drew manga after school, yet she consistently held the top position in her grade for three years at this top high school in Ming City, and even in the entire Luo Province.

Chu Yu finally understood the saying, "The gap between people is sometimes greater than the gap between a person and a pig!"

Even more absurdly, someone destined to attend a world-renowned university was only thinking about drawing manga and working as a part-time manga assistant all day!

"Alright, what have you two been talking about all day?" Su Ruo asked from the side, confused.

"I brought her here to introduce you to Manga Assistant, and you're asking about her studies..."

Su Ruo took out a stack of manga drafts from the bag in her hand and handed them to Chu Yu.

"Here, I brought Zhao Qinyin's previous works too, in case you weren't reassured."

"Take a look yourself! With this drawing skill, she's more than qualified to be your Manga Assistant!"

"If she didn't really like The Garden of Words and want to meet the author, she might not have even been willing to take this job..."