On the digital tablet, a handsome ancient man in flowing white clothes and ink-black hair gradually took shape under Wei Ming's pen.

The last bit of coloring is done.

Wei Ming put down his pen, packed the documents, and sent them to the client via Penguin.

"This is the Seventh Husband you asked for. The last one is finished. Let's pay the balance."

Wei Ming said in Penguin, rubbing his sore wrist, twisting his neck and stretching his body.

He worked continuously for more than ten hours today and completed three and a half original character drawings, which is equivalent to three days' work.

Even he himself felt very surprised as to why he suddenly became so diligent and worked so hard, just like the person he was when he just graduated from college.

Could it be that the little black thing in my body swallowed up the lazy and lazy me?

Or because you suddenly have some hope, so you want to become more proactive?

Regardless, it's always a good thing.

Didi~

The client Tao Su quickly replied, "Received. This original painting is of very good quality and meets all the standards! It is indeed the work of the famous original artist 'Lumin'. I believe that book fans will like it!"

"By the way, the balance of 1,200 for the seven original paintings, I'll transfer it to you right away!"

After a while, Wei Ming received a payment of 1,200 into his Alipay account.

This expedited order, which took him two days to complete, was finally completed.

"Tao Tao, your new book 'Did My Husband Admit the Wrongness Today?' is gaining momentum. It is very likely to be another hit. It is entirely possible that you will get a contract from a big name with this book. Congratulations."

Wei Ming said again in Penguin.

He and Tao Su are good online friends and have collaborated many times. As a minor god-level online writer, Tao Su asked Wei Ming to draw most of the original paintings in several novels he wrote, and they have been quite familiar with each other for a long time.

Naturally, Wei Ming pays attention to the development momentum of each of Tao Su's new books.

However, Tao Su is a female author who writes female-oriented literature. Wei Ming generally cannot appreciate her books, just like this book "Did My Husband Admit the Wrongness Today?" The heroine in the book actually has seven husbands, and their styles change every day, seven days a week. It is really unbearable to read.

But among female readers, this book is very popular and is showing signs of becoming a huge hit, just like some male readers are extremely fond of harem novels.

"Hahahaha, thanks for your good words."

Tao Su laughed heartily, and then said modestly: "It doesn't matter whether you are a great god or not, as long as I can make a little money. Besides, you have contributed a lot to my current success. The original paintings you drew have increased my popularity."

"It has nothing to do with me."

Wei Ming shook his head. “Besides, I was paid for every original painting I drew. If you spend the same amount of money looking for other original artists, you can get works of similar quality. Your success mainly depends on yourself.”

"Ming, you should be more confident~"

Tao Su said: "A lot of my readers became interested in my novels after seeing the original paintings you drew. Some readers collected my books without even thinking about it after knowing that the original artist was you, Liu Ming... Ming, don't underestimate your talent."

Talent?

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Wei Ming muttered, Am I a talented artist?

"By the way, Ming, you said you wanted to develop in Hanghu City. I happen to be a local. Why don't we make an appointment and find a place to meet? I want to meet you in person."

Tao Su suddenly said.

"Meet, meet offline?"

Wei Ming was surprised and quickly typed: "Why do you want to see me suddenly?"

"We've known each other for a few years, so we should be considered friends, right? And we're in the same city, so isn't it natural for me to treat you to a meal when we meet?"

“This, this…”

"Also, we want to discuss cooperation. A cultural company wants to buy the copyright of my comic book "Did My Husband Make a Mistake Today?" It is likely to be adapted into a comic book. Aren't you my exclusive original artist? You can also participate in the comic book adaptation and complete some work to help promote the smooth progress of the comic book adaptation. You can even learn some knowledge about comic book creation from it. It is not certain that you can change your job from being a simple original artist to a cartoonist."

"I believe that if you, a well-known original artist, and I, a relatively well-known writer, join forces and work together in depth, we will definitely achieve greater success!"

"Cooperation is fine. If we meet..."

Wei Ming shook his head and said, "I don't think it's necessary. Besides, in my profession, I can work according to written requirements without face-to-face communication. I'm not very good at interpersonal communication."

"Fool!"

Tao Su was furious and stamped her feet in anger: "I am a girl, do you really have to make me say that I want to see you in person? Can't you have a higher EQ and understand what we girls think? Besides, I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

"I know."

Wei Ming explained: "It's mainly because I don't have much confidence and I'm afraid of disappointing you."

"What are you disappointing me about?"

"I'm not very handsome, I'm a bit ugly." Wei Ming said.

"you!"

Tao Su became even angrier and typed quickly: "Am I, Tao Su, such a superficial woman in your eyes?"

Yes, from the hundreds of pictures of various handsome men you drew when you placed an order with me, I can tell that you are a superficial woman who only cares about appearance.

Wei Ming really wanted to answer like this. He remembered very clearly that Tao Su had a strong ability to judge handsome men. She could describe the characteristics of different handsome men in great detail and even down to many small details. During the description, her infatuated tone and deep yearning were no less than men's fanatical pursuit of beautiful women.

If Tao Su saw me with my looks, his enthusiasm would probably cool down instantly, and he would be unable to conceal the disappointment on his face.

This is definitely not an unwarranted slander against Tao Su's character, but a conclusion based on her nature.

"No, no, you know, I'm a bit socially anxious, and I've been busy lately, so I can't spare the time to meet offline... Let's do it next time, definitely next time!"

Wei Ming laughed it off and made up various excuses. In the end, he relied on "surely next time" to temporarily cancel Tao Su's invitation to meet.

The two ended their chat.

Wei Ming picked up his phone and ordered a takeaway. After eating the takeaway, he played on the computer for a while and watched a few episodes of anime. It was past 11 o'clock in the evening before he rubbed his sore eyes and went to the bathroom to take a long bath.

After taking a shower and changing into loose pajamas, Wei Ming paused when passing by the mirror above the sink and looked at his image in the mirror.

A question popped up in my mind: Am I really ugly?

If he were to answer this question himself, the answer would definitely be “not ugly”. After all, we have become accustomed to seeing it, and even ugly things are no longer ugly.

But it has absolutely nothing to do with being handsome.

He has delicate eyebrows, sharp features, handsome face and fair complexion. However, due to genetics, his face is relatively large, his chin is thick, and his whole face is round.

Small ears, narrow and squinty eyes.

He is 30% similar to the famous crosstalk artist Yue Yupeng, but Wei Ming is thinner than him, so Wei Ming is still more handsome.

In addition, although Wei Ming stays indoors most of the time, the skin on his face is still yellowish, and there is a bean-sized fleshy mole in his right eyebrow, and a peanut-sized black mole under his chin, with several fast-growing hard hairs on the black mole... Although it is difficult to notice these on the surface, once they are seen, the sensory experience will definitely be greatly reduced, as if a serious flaw has been discovered.

In this age where appearance matters, it is precisely these flaws in appearance that made Wei Ming lack the confidence to meet Tao Su offline - he had seen Tao Su's photos, and she was a beautiful woman with a 70% appearance and an 80% temperament. She was also a native of Hangzhou, with a good family background, a high level of education, and outstanding talents and abilities.

For a high-quality girl like this, he doesn't need to have any fantasies in his mind at all.

Tao Su took the initiative to invite him to meet her, but it was just because she imagined him to be a weak and handsome guy with outstanding painting skills and a shy personality, which made her very curious about meeting him.

but……

"Is there really no room for improvement in my face?"

"The skin is yellowish because there are too many pigments in the skin cells. If the face is too round, you can thin the cheekbones to make it square. If the chin is too fleshy, remove the excess fat cells. As for the mole in the right eyebrow and the black mole under the chin, it is easier to deal with them. You can just remove them as a whole."

"After all this work, it shouldn't be a big problem to increase the four-point appearance to six points, right?"

And the most important thing is that Wei Ming doesn’t have to spend a penny to achieve the adjustment effect that would cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars at a plastic surgery hospital.

Because there is a little black thing in his body that can devour everything.