Who Could Empathize With Someone Like That!

A certain residential area in Modu.

"Xiaoxue, are you really not considering making a game with me?" Yang Xin sat on the sofa, her legs propped up on the coffee table in front of her, speaking to Ruan Ningxue, who was sitting nearby coloring a manuscript.

"Sister Xin, your little boat already has holes in it and is leaking—it's about to sink." Putting down her paintbrush, Ruan Ningxue rolled her eyes.

"Cough cough, just a temporary setback, and besides, I still have three employees over here! And look at your studio, Xiaoxue—can you even call that a studio? Have you ever seen a studio with just one person?" Yang Xin immediately retorted.

"At least I'm turning a profit! And Sister Xin, didn't you have eight employees three months ago?" Ruan Ningxue suddenly realized something and said.

"People have different aspirations—my employees are chasing their dreams, I can't exactly hold them back, right? By the way, Xiaoxue, how's that junior of yours and his game doing?" Yang Xin looked a bit awkward and changed the subject by asking Ruan Ningxue.

"I haven't been keeping up with it. The results might not be too good." Hearing Yang Xin's words, Ruan Ningxue gently shook her head.

"So your studio's about to become two people?" Yang Xin thought of something and said with some curiosity, clearly aware of the agreement between the two.

"Probably, but I imagine Chen Xu is in a pretty bad mood right now." Ruan Ningxue sighed.

She hadn't actively contacted Chen Xu during this time.

After all, she had consulted Yang Xin after it ended, and the result was that the other party wasn't optimistic at all.

Even though this sister of hers had made three games in a row and was almost out of funds.

But she was still a professional in the game industry.

And having developed three games, she must have accumulated some experience from failure, right?

During the month she spent developing the game with Chen Xu, Ruan Ningxue could clearly feel his passion.

And she could also feel the unique joy the game brought, especially being able to operate it firsthand and push the game content forward bit by bit.

That feeling was truly wonderful, and at that time, she could understand why Chen Xu said he wanted to develop games.

So during this period, she hadn't asked about the game's results, especially since he had previously said he would pay her for her work as soon as the game succeeded and secured funding.

Although she didn't care about that herself, she couldn't just tell Chen Xu to forget it.

After all, it wasn't about the money, nor was it her own matter.

Plus, she was busy with her own manga, so she hadn't paid much attention to the game side.

She planned to use this time to let Chen Xu cool down and adjust properly, then go talk to him later.

She was really worrying herself sick over this junior!

Yang Xin sighed inwardly.

"There's no helping it. Many newcomers think 18R games are simple, but it's just that the risk is lower—game development isn't that easy, actually. By the way, Xiaoxue, what's your junior's game called? Let me take a look."

Yang Xin spoke with a sigh, using the tone of someone who'd been through it.

This reminded her of her own three previous failures.

Though she'd never met Ruan Ningxue's junior, Yang Xin inexplicably felt a strange connection.

That she could understand what he was feeling right now.

Especially since Ruan Ningxue had said he'd burned his bridges and poured all his funds into it.

That only confirmed to her that he must be someone who loved games, just like her.

Thinking back to the frustration she felt when her first game failed after launch, Yang Xin suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Chen Xu.

If her company's funds weren't so tight that they could barely turn over, Yang Xin would have asked Ruan Ningxue to introduce him to her company right now.

A talent who loved games like that—that was the kind of employee she wanted!

"Don't worry, Xiaoxue. When the time comes, I'll be a cautionary tale for your junior—I'll use myself as an example to comfort him." Yang Xin patted Ruan Ningxue on the shoulder.

Fellow sufferers in the same boat—she understood the pain of failure.

"Thank you, Sister Xin. By the way, the game's called 'Magic Mirror,' but the platform it launched on seems to be the overseas version." Ruan Ningxue said to Yang Xin.

Although she hadn't asked Chen Xu about the game's release, she had secretly checked it out herself. But when she looked, the ratings and such weren't unlocked yet, so she didn't know how it was performing.

"'Magic Mirror'... why does that game sound a bit familiar?"

"I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?"

"Wait... this game!"

Getting the game's name from Ruan Ningxue, Yang Xin muttered to herself as she opened the Official Game Platform and started searching.

For some reason, she felt this game was vaguely familiar.

Opening the overseas version of the platform, she typed it in and searched.

Then Yang Xin fell silent, turning her head to stare intently at Ruan Ningxue.

"Holy shit, Xiaoxue, this is what you call 'results might not be too good'? This is what you call a junior who doesn't know anything about making games for the first time?"

"Are you kidding me!?"

No wonder it sounded so familiar!

When she was browsing game forums earlier, she'd seen someone mention this game.

And now, looking at the game's product page...

Rating: 9.6, Reviewers: 1724

Yang Xin couldn't stay calm.

Sympathy? Empathy?

Who the hell could empathize with someone like that?!

Who the hell would sympathize with someone like that?!

A 9.6 rating, and with that many reviewers!

How many days had it been, and there were already over 1700?

She had never felt anything like this before!

"So Chen Xu's game... was actually a success?" Ruan Ningxue said to Yang Xin.

"Not just a success—it's a huge success! And this is an 18R game! In just this many days, with such a high rating and so many reviews, the sales will probably surpass even the best of my previous three games!"

Yang Xin looked at Ruan Ningxue with an envious expression.

Staring at the number of reviews below the game store page, she felt utterly defeated.

Especially remembering how she had just told Ruan Ningxue to use herself as a negative example to comfort her.

Great, now she really had become the negative example!

But soon she cast aside that awkwardness. Yang Xin stood up and grabbed Ruan Ningxue's arm.

"Xiaoxue, please! You have to introduce me to this big shot!"

"Let me learn from him!"

As the saying goes, a water tower near the moon gets the moonlight first.

Well, it was a bit off, but the meaning was there.

When you can't become the thigh yourself, and you find someone who might be one, why not cling to it?