Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 49: Chapter 48 I Suspect He’s Dating

Korean comics, one of the main reasons countless people struggle to quit lewd content.

Its unique artistic style has drawn criticism!

Many people despise the dazzling glow in the comics when they try to read.

Cheng Zhu, well-informed as he is, had seen a few. There were several Korean comics that still left a deep impression on him and whose titles he could still recall.

How did he stumble into this world?

It was because he had a bed partner back then who was a die-hard fan of Korean comics and often brought him along to read, adding to the fun.

Sometimes, she even played plot-based games with Cheng Zhu.

He never understood why the websites where they read these comics always disappeared suddenly, nor did he know where she found them.

Cheng Zhu’s task was simple, which was to emulate the style of Korean comics and find artists to draw.

Based on his own photos, and replicating them in comic form.

When the time came, Cheng Zhu planned to combine the photo and the comic and upload it as a complete seller’s showcase.

This technique was later adopted by many QQ merchants and was quite effective.

Some shops even turned it into their standout feature.

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You see, many people just love comics!

Some people’s preference for them even surpasses that for real people.

Real people, no ripple in the well.

Comics, slurping sounds!

Years later, after relentless internet exposure, everyone had broadened their horizons but still fell for this trick.

It was just 2014, and Korean comics hadn’t yet come into their own, let alone reached their golden age—too much for anyone to handle!

Indeed, if this thing worked well, there would certainly be a crowd following suit.

That’s just reality…

— Wasteland unattended, but once tilled, a battle ensued.

But what of it?

“I have so many trump cards in my hands, I’ll just implement some new tricks by then.”

“I’ll simply overtake in the fast lane, so fast you won’t even see my tail lights, just eat my dust!”

Cheng Zhu, in one go, contacted several little-known artists on Weibo.

Among them were two who would later become very popular, but for now, they were still unknown.

This group of artists, well, let’s just say they had a high lech rating.

Some well-known lecherous artists even made it onto Weibo’s most popular artists list, ranking first.

They were jokingly called by netizens: artists that even AI couldn’t replace.

Because emotionless machines couldn’t match their perversity and lechery.

“The artists I’ve picked out now all appear to be highly skilled, yet they seem quite cheap.”

“Don’t mention it, if I really start another trend, it could create more job opportunities for them!”

It’s true that many artists don’t make much money in a year.

Cheng Zhu quickly established a cooperative relationship with one artist.

The artist’s quote was within Cheng Zhu’s budget, and he was not pretentious, eager to make money, and said he would draw whatever the sugar daddy wanted.

Some creative people do have their stubborn side.

In Cheng Zhu’s opinion, the style of Korean comics was indeed quite suited to the fashion industry.

“Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a trend called ‘Korean Comic Style Fashion’ that caught on later.”

Many platforms have style bloggers who follow this trend, apparently matching the outfits in the drawings.

In reality, most of them style the outfits first, then create a drawing to match.

At this moment, the artist named “Hu Yan” hadn’t anticipated that the sugar daddy who sought her out would ask her to draw QQ products!

Damn, the sugar daddy really knew how to pick talent, spotting my flair for risqué elements!

No hiding it, absolutely no way to hide it!

After hearing Cheng Zhu’s request, she felt a peculiar sensation, as if she had found a kindred spirit, a companion in arms.

“His ideas match a lot of mine!”

“Okay, this deal feels good!” thought Hu Yan.

“From the chatting tone, does he think I’m a guy?”

“He doesn’t get it, huh? When it comes to risqué stuff, women do it better!”

Hu Yan decided to stay up late to draw a few pictures to show her sugar daddy the next day.

The first collaboration always has areas that need smoothing out.

Cheng Zhu, as usual during the chat, went crazy making grand promises and then haggled.

In 2014, painting grand pictures as a strategy was still quite effective.

Hu Yan was quite stuffed; her income was low, and she longed for projects that could lead to long-term collaboration.

When she received the photos sent by Cheng Zhu, she exclaimed, “Wow, this lady’s figure is really something.”

“Hiss—, this QQ product is so interesting!”

“If it’s paired with my drawings, it would be stunning!”

“Who can resist this? Completely irresistible!”

Hu Yan got down to drawing immediately.

The next day, Cheng Zhu woke up early.

He opened WeChat and saw that the artist named Hu Yan had sent images at four o’clock in the morning.

Cheng Zhu took a good look and nodded slightly, “Not bad, just a few modifications and it’s ready to use.”

He guessed this lecherous artist named Hu Yan was probably still asleep, so he simply left a message indicating a few details that needed to be modified.

After finishing this, he continued to edit images.

By three in the afternoon, he finally received a WeChat message from Hu Yan; apparently, her sleeping hours were reversed, sleeping till late afternoon.

Her reply was also very concise: “I’ll modify it right away!”

Cheng Zhu liked such efficient people since he himself was someone who handled things briskly without procrastination.

Procrastination is a difficult condition to cure.

You want to cure your procrastination, and procrastination tells you to wait a bit more?

You’d likely really wait.

Hopeless, almost hopeless!

It’s even harder than quitting lewd content.

At five in the afternoon, Cheng Zhu received a message in the WeChat group that Jiang Wanzhou and others had set off.

Previously, Cheng Zhu had promised to treat them to a meal at Yunlai Restaurant.

Today was the day he was paying.

Cheng Zhu had asked his mom to reserve the only private room in the restaurant, to keep it unbooked.

When Xu Yun heard it was for a friends’ meal, she agreed.

She and Cheng planned to secretly observe if any among his son’s friends were female.

Lately, Cheng Zhu was always out early and back late, and whether at the restaurant or home, he was always on his phone.

Most importantly, he just used his phone, often avoiding family members so they could not see the content of his phone.

It was so like dating!

Xu Yun and Cheng had been attentive to this for a while now, and today, since he actively invited a group of friends to dine, Cheng decided to personally serve dishes in the private room, to observe closely!

Cheng Zhu was of age already; they weren’t opposed to him dating during his adolescence, they were just a bit curious.

The surveillance team was hereby established, and they resolved to uncover their son’s true colors tonight!

However, Xu Yun and Cheng had agreed that even if they had solid proof tonight, they would not reveal it in front of their son, acting as though they knew nothing.

When it was five-thirty, Cheng Zhu saw through the restaurant’s glass that a white Land Rover was reversing into a parking spot at the door.

As the host for today, he stood up to greet them.

Xu Yun, busy doing accounts at the cashier, subtly sideways glanced, secretly observing.

As Cheng Zhu stepped out of the restaurant, the window of the Land Rover’s passenger side slowly slid down, revealing Lin Lu’s delicate face.

She waved at Cheng Zhu with her usual smile, her cute dimples showing, her eyes curving into a smile, and cheerfully said,

“Cheng Zhu, hello! Hello there!”