As the little vixen who had competed with herself for a man's affection and tried new positions to keep him from entering the book to find the great vixen, she fled out of sight early the next morning, too ashamed to face anyone.
The positions were a minor matter. Competing with herself for his affection was the real issue. Qiu Wuji simply couldn't face Chu Ge's grinning eyes.
So infuriating.
Her excuse was that the comic's original artwork had long since run out, updates had probably already stopped, and Zhu Mengmeng was probably going crazy. She had to go soothe her.
It was a perfectly legitimate reason, because the comic really had almost missed an update.
One advantage comics had over novels was that they didn't update daily to begin with, only twice a week. This upheaval had taken exactly a week, and the stockpiled Original Artwork had been just enough for those two updates. If Qiu Wuji didn't return now, updates really would stop.
A novelist could ask for time off when updates stopped, but there was really no excusing it for a comic. After all, you were adapting an existing novel, not creating an original story. What reason could you have for missing updates?
Zhu Mengmeng was almost frantic with worry, yet she had been considerate enough not to call Qiu Wuji.
She was in the Black Room too, after all. From Pan Da and the others, she had learned that something probably really had happened to Chu Ge and Qiu Qiu. Contacting them wouldn't help. The greatest help she could offer was not to add to the chaos...
The headache was not knowing when the couple's problem would be resolved, or how long updates would have to stop. If even the animation caught up, they would be