Chapter 31: Would You Be Willing?
Chapter 31: Will You Say Yes?
Zheng Huibin was the quintessential night owl, perpetually lurking on Weibo and all kinds of forums. Her job was to draw comics, and to boost her popularity, she usually followed trending CPs (couple pairings) and created fan art to attract fans of those CPs.
However, everyone who followed Zheng Huibin’s account knew one thing: she had a principle — no shipping real people. But recently, this principle had started to waver. The culprit? The "Chao Cai" (Stir-fried Veggies) CP.
Unlike most others who were fans of Meng Chao, Zheng Huibin was a fan of Lin Qin. She had been a loyal fan ever since Lin Qin won Best Newcomer at a domestic film festival.
The problem was, Lin Qin was so low-key. As the saying goes, "fans mirror their idols," so Zheng Huibin was also low-key — so low-key that, even as someone with three million Weibo followers, not a single one of them knew she was a Lin Qin fan.
She first noticed Meng Chao through Lin Qin. After binge-watching several of Meng Chao’s films overnight, she ended up being charmed by him too.
Still, at that point, she wasn’t into shipping real people.
But then, earlier today, the production crew of *We Are Together* uploaded a photo of Lin Qin and Meng Chao watching a meteor shower. It hit her like an arrow to the heart — these two were way too perfect together.
In that moment, she couldn’t hold back her creative impulse. With an uncontrollable burst of energy, she started drawing a piece of real-person CP fan art. She enhanced that photo of them watching the meteor shower, turning it into a beautifully illustrated comic-style piece.
Zheng Huibin adored that photo, and she poured her heart into the drawing. While she was carefully coloring, her bestie sent a chat window shake to grab her attention.