[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 17

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Yuan Yuan Yuan walked with hastened footsteps. 

Her head was lowered. She turned into an alley. When she heard the sounds of footsteps from a distance behind, her heart sank. 

It’s already been two hours since she left the supermarket. It was completely dark outside now.

Despite so, Yuan Yuan Yuan still had not made it home.

…the footsteps tailing behind her at a consistent distance was the reason. She didn’t dare to go home.

She clenched her teeth, checked the time and continued making her way forward. She had already however produced a dagger in one of her hands. 

She seemed to have been surrounded by demons. 

Two hours ago when Yuan Yuan Yuan first made her way out of the supermarket, she’d made a headless dash towards the direction of her home. After realising that she’d gotten herself into a dangerous situation, she decided to take the more secluded routes home. Even so, she still caught some demon’s attention. 

After all, she was not the only demon that chose to live here, there were quite a number of other demons that resided in this area. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan had thought that she was already careful enough, but she didn’t account for the fact that there were a number of sharp-eyed demons around.

She tried to rein in her demon scent as much as possible so that she could pretend to be a normal human being. Holding in her scent evidently worked, because some of the demons that noticed her slowly left after a period of observation.

Yuan Yuan Yuan continued taking careful notice of what;s behind her. When she saw that the bunch of them left, she sighed in relief. Despite so, there were still a persistent few that tagged a distance behind. 

There was no way she could go home in this state, it was too dangerous.

She was afraid that the demons tailing her would tag her all the way home and find out where she lived. 

With this thought in mind, Yuan Yuan Yuan made two full rounds near her place in an attempt to throw off the demons on her tail. However, one demon behind her didn’t get thrown off, but instead shortened the distance between them.

She couldn’t let this drag on… Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the familiar alley a distance away.

Fuck it, she didn’t give a damn any more. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 17 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢

Given the state of things, she’d already ran out of options, and so she could only fall back on the dumbest method. 

And that was — run all the way home. According to what Ji Qiu had said earlier, she should be able to turn her face back once she’s home. By then, even if the demons tailing her made their way over, she could insist that she didn’t know anything. After all, they were two completely different demons, the demon tailing her wouldn’t have any other evidence otherwise either.

…enh. But at the same time, she would end up in a precarious situation in the future, load of questions and suspicions would find its way over to her.

That’s why Yuan Yuan Yuan said this was the dumbest method.

Yuan Yuan Yuan suddenly sped up. The demon tailing her didn’t expect her to start running. After a moment of surprise, he followed suit and ran after her.

Yuan Yuan Yuan made a mad dash forward. She reached the lobby of her apartment very quickly. Feeling that she was finally gonna end this nonsense, she quickly climbed up to her window. What followed next stopped her short in her tracks.

She stood before her window, her limbs going cold.

An unprecedented wave of despair crashed towards her.

On the window, a bright rune shined. The purple veins of the pattern was intertwined, making the rune out to appear a little more eccentric than the conventional. The rune was printed on the clean window pane, as though a pretty flower.

…

This rune was the symbol of an identity. The rent she paid to Sister Xue was what funded this rune.

This rune was somewhat like a doorbell in the demon realm. If a stranger demon were to try to enter her house, this rune would appear.

But what the fuck! This was her house! How did her rune not recognise her! All she did was change a face! 

Yuan Yuan Yuan was this close to flipping off her own apartment…

The black figure behind closed in. By now, he’d have roughly figured that the person he’d been tailing was the “black shirt guy” on the bounty list. After coming to such a realisation, his footsteps hastened. 

Three minutes later, a black silhouette zipped past Yuan Yuan Yuan’s estate, and stopped before the building.

There were only a handful of demons staying in this area, and Yuan Yuan Yuan was one of them.

The black silhouette walked towards the area that had to most remnant demon scent, and slowly found his way over to Yuan Yuan Yuan’s door. 

Just as he was about to push the door open, a purple rune suddenly appeared on the door.

After a moment of pause, he dropped his hands.

…

Yuan Yuan Yuan was currently laying down on her side in a very strange location. 

She was expressionless, not a single emotion was visible on her face. Her entire being seemed to be emitting a cold chill.

She was starting to feel a little suffocated. This really wasn’t the best situation to be in right now. She had been holding in her demon aura for a long while now, she was at the verge of giving up now.

…holding in your demon aura was a little different from holding in a fart, but there were many similarities between both actions. And that was, it’d leave the said person short of breath, and it was very possible that whatever they’re holding in might inch its way out any time.

Yuan Yuan Yuan threw off the blanket covered over her, and stuck her head out to inhale deeply. Suddenly, a hand pushed her head back down. 

Not only so, the person that pushed her back down was evidentally concerned that she might stick her head out again, and so another layer of thick blanket made its way over Yuan Yuan Yuan’s head…

Yuan Yuan Yuan could feel the weight of the blanket on her increasing and increasing in weight. As it did, she heard a variety of sounds from above, in clashes and clangs, as though the things that had been layered on her was no longer just blankets.

After half and hour or so, she inhaled deeply, and prepared to get up. The person outside however pressed her back down. Yuan Yuan Yuan spoke in what seemed to be a mix of frustration and amusement, “it’s fine now, the person’s gone.”

…she was met with silence. Yuan Yuan Yuan finally crawled out of the little cave. As she moved, a huge pile of things fell from her.

At the corner of her eyes, Yuan Yuan Yuan noticed there were blankets, clothes, and books.

Enh, and if she didn’t see wrongly, there was also a soft toy and a back scratcher…

Cough cough.

Before her sat two girls, one of them was Xiao Ying, and the other was Xiao Ying’s classmate.

The expressions that donned their faces were particularly amusing as the two girls watched Yuan Yuan Yuan slowly extruded herself from the blanket of mountains.

…

Earlier, just as the black figure was catching up to her, Yuan Yuan Yuan was freaking out in front of the window of her unit, the window next door suddenly opened. Out popped Xiao Ying’s head, and the latter turned to see a wild Yuan Yuan Yuan squatting at her neighbour’s balcony. 

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T/N: a little explanation on the rune just to job your memory, in case you’ve forgotten – the monthly rental that Yuan Yuan Yuan pays to Sister Xue is her “protection fee” to the demon head that manages the area. In return, the demon head covers for all the demons under his/her wing. And each demon that is “protected” would receive a rune engraved on their residence. The rune that Yuan Yuan Yuan has is the symbol of identity, it indicates that she is a “legal citizen” of the demon realm in this demon area, and is “protected” by the demon head of this area

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[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 16

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She looked around, but there was no one around, no humans no demons; she didn’t sense any other creatures nearby either.

The voice from earlier was almost as though a hallucination, invisible and intangible, she couldn’t identify its source or where it went.

Yuan Yuan Yuan knew that it was time to finally conclude everything that had happened to her over the past few weeks.

She slowly pushed the door open. The toilet was completely empty. The lights above was bright, and it reflected off the opposite mirror, as well as the line of words written in red lipstick. 

【I want to play a game with you.】

Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the words that appeared out of nowhere, and glanced at the tightly closed toilet door. 

The toilet was quiet, even the air seemed to have frozen.  

She clenched her fists, and then relaxed. She slowly nodded. “What game do you want to play, I’ll hear you out.” 

The red words from previously were roughly wiped away, staining the mirror in a messy smear of red. A new line of red words appeared. 【Increase the times you use this identity, and allow me to finish my manga.】 

…Yuan Yuan Yuan nodded again. 

The person communicating with her through the red words seemed incredibly happy at her agreement. The previous line of words was once again wiped away; the mirror was only left with the crimson remnants of the lipstick. 

Suddenly, countless red lines appeared on the mirror; they clouded the mirror in the most haphazard manner, as though a child drawing randomly, or perhaps as though someone was practising writing. 

The images that appeared out of the red lines were very strange and confusing, they were unrelated things that seemed to be linked together, forming a puzzling depiction; they were as though an image but at the same time not an image. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan’s gaze followed the red line as it moved. The drawings on the mirror appeared, got wiped away, drawn on again, and wiped away again. 

She was only able to make out some parts of the information; the rest were wiped away before she had time to think about it. 

Moreover, she hadn’t completely digested the situation she was in right now. A line of clear words appeared above all the drawings. 

【Why don’t you start by going home with this face.】

…

In a blink of an eye, the mirror before her magically cleaned itself, and the conventional sound of the toilet and passers-by gradually returned. 

It felt as thought Yuan Yuan Yuan was suddenly jolted awake. 

Her thoughts were still lingering on the last line of words she saw on the mirror. 

【Go home with this face.】♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 16 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

She calmed herself down as the vague noise from outside gradually increased in volume. Her mind spun for a long while before she turned to look at the window. 

…no can do, there’s too many people outside. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan tsked. Fortunately there were no surveillance within the toilet, but there would be security cameras once she exited the toilet. 

She lowered her head, pushed the toilet door and walked out. She turned towards one of the shelves based on her memory of the supermarket. 

She seemed to recall there was the rack that sold hats…

Even though she only had fifty or so dollars (USD) left, she had no choice given the situation. Yuan Yuan Yuan carefully avoided the crowd. But this was a supermarket after all, there were really too many people. 

She walked towards the pet food rack. There were less people there. When she passed by an aisle, she sensed that there were only two people behind the rack. 

She lowered her head while walking past. As she did, one of the girl’s voice sounded.

“Is this brand better, or should I get that one…”

“I don’t know, I heard that this brand healthier for cats though?”

As Yuan Yuan Yuan walked silently past behind the two girls. To her surprise, one of the girls suddenly turned around. After a short exclaimation, the girl quickly turned her head back.

“What’s wrong?” Her friend beside her asked.

“Look behind, behind, I think there’s someone cosplaying…” The girl that had turned earlier pointed behind carefully as she spoke to her friend.

“Where? Aye? The person in black clothes?” The friend turned around to look.

“I think it’s a manga character.”

The girl turned around again, sneaking a glance in Yuan Yuan Yuan’s direction as she whispered: “He’s kinda hot…”

Meanwhile, Yuan Yuan Yuan was shocked out of her skin at their sudden glances. She quickly zipped through the cat food row and made it to the rack of hats.

She gradded a baseball cap from the rack, paid for it and turned to leave the supermarket. 

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T/N: it just suddenly occured to me that i have no idea how long is Yuan Yuan Yuan’s hair, i think she has mid/long hair though iirc, i supposed the length of her hair changes when she switches face…?

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[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 15

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…To be honest Yuan Yuan Yuan didn’t want to think about something like this to break her previous chain of thought, but this was becoming a real problem that will proceed to plague every part of her life. After she bought the cup noodle, she only had around fifty or so dollars* left. 

* original: hundreds of yuan; the fifty or so dollars is already converted to USD for easy reference 

The first twenty years of Yuan Yuan Yuan’s life was incredibly ordinary and conventional, but her recent years have been absolutely turbulent, least to say. She still remembered how she got her first job with her degree. However, a few days into her job, things got out of hand, because she became a demon. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan had been quite a noob back then… of course that’s not to say that she’s become much stronger or more powerful now, well long story short, she chickened out, quit her job and decided to float around and eke out a living, and that situation continued until today. 

Over the few years, Yuan Yuan Yuan and taken up all sorts of strange jobs, but most of them paid at the end if the shift. She wanted a job that made it easy for her to pack up and leave at any moment’s notice. 

Now that we’re on the topic of jobs, Yuan Yuan Yuan had not had a proper job in a really long time. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 15 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

Yuan Yuan Yuan cupped her chin and sat with her legs crossed on her bed. It’s difficult to settle down given her current situation… she’d managed to tide through all these years with the savings that her parents had left her, together with some money she’d earned from her part-time jobs. Even though she’d tried her best to save on her spending, she still ran out of money. 

After all, even though she was a demon, she was a… very different demon from the other demons around. After all these years, she’d managed to learn how the other demons survive; there were a few different categories of demons out there, but none of them were in such a terrible state as she was. 

Demons that were powerful enough would have managed to get themselves in some sort of leadership position, either that or they would confidently mix with humans, and no one would say anything about it — these demons would even be complimented as “wild”. Demons that were on the weaker end of the spectrum would be competiting against the other demons to fight their way up. The weaker demons didn’t need to worry about rent or food, because they would grab a sleeping bag a plop themselves down in a random alley to spend the night; as for food… there’s plenty of humans and other demons around to prey on; who knows, they might just get lucky with their meals once in a while. 

Even the weakest of the demons that preferred to stay out of trouble would have their own cliques or organisations that they would stick to. There wasn’t any other demon that stuck out as much as Yuan Yuan Yuan; she’d never been able to assimilate into the demon community.

Enh… everyone seemed to be doing pretty well, except her. Unfortunately as a half-demon, she was stuck in limbo between demons and humans. And also because of this, she wasn’t particularly welcomed by both communities. 

As compared to the “Ji Qiu” issue tugging at her from the back of her mind, Yuan Yuan Yuan felt that… enh, this month’s bills was a more imminent headache.

She bit her fingernails, stood up and walked over to the window. She pulled the curtains aside and saw the shop that was lit up downstairs, deciding that she should check out the shop and ask if there’s anywhere around that’s taking part-timers. 

The cafe that she’d dropped by earlier seemed like a pretty good option, the Sichuan restaurant beside the cafe may also be taking part-timers…

…

“Oh you don’t allow that? You can only draw your salary after working for a full month?” Yuan Yuan Yuan spoke into the phone: “Oh, alright, thanks.”

After hanging up, Yuan Yuan Yuan starting worrying. As she watched the passers-by on the street, the only thing that was filling up her head was the word “money”.

Fortunately for her, having undergone proper 21st century education, she was a morally upright person. If she wasn’t, she’d be verging on committing crimes or other unharmonious activities to get her hands on some cash.

Yuan Yuan Yuan rubbed her head. The shops that she’d asked required workers to report to work regularly, and they would only give out salary at the end of the month; if the part-timer were to quit before that, they would not pay the salary. Given her situation, she wasn’t sure how long she would be staying here for, so she didn’t want to or dare to take up such commitment-heavy part-time jobs. 

After she exited the shop, Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the long street ahead, her mind occupied with all sorts of worries and concerns. She’d been out and about for an entire day, her legs were dying on her, she needed a break to rest. 

It was already getting dark; the rosy red glow of the setting sun spilled down on the pavement from between the buildings.

Just as she was walking, she passed a street that had a large supermarket. She figured that she could blow some free air-con inside, and use their toilet while she was there. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan knew where the toilet was in this mall, so she made her way there directly. She walked to the sink and washed her face. She was drenched in sweat; she’d been walking around the entire morning. 

After she rinsed her face, she raised her head and looked at herself in the mirror.

The person before the mirror was dressed in black shirt and jeans; there were some beads of water lingering on her face, and a few strands of wet hair sticking to her ear.

The pair of dark eyes reflected by the mirror was emotionless; her face was simiarly void of expression.

Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the mirror for a while before she bent down to wash her face again. 

As she was doing so, she heard a few female voices from behind, “what else do we need to buy?”

“We’ve got the pork ribs and bamboo shoots, what else are we missing… yogurt and water?”

After Yuan Yuan Yuan washed her faced, she looked up again. But this time, she froze.

She remained frozen for a solid five or so seconds. When the sound of toilet flushing sounded, she immediately returned to earth. Yuan Yuan Yuan instantly turned, dashed into one of the empty cubicles and locked the door. She’d been in a mad rush, so the cubicle door slammed close with a loud bang.

“What the hell!” The girl in the cubicle beside hers was startled. Yuan Yuan Yuan heard their low remarks, “what the, do you need to slam the door.”

Yuan Yuan Yuan couldn’t give a damn about what the girl had said. She was currently inside the cubicle, her heart hammering away in her chest.

…her face.

Even after the girls had left for a very long while, Yuan Yuan Yuan remained in the cubicle, dazed. She covered her face, trying to remove the glamour. 

…but for some reason, her face didn’t change. She couldn’t return to her original face.

Yuan Yuan Yuan’s heart thudded away. She surveyed the surroundings. She was circled by the cubicle walls in all four directions. She asked softly: “Ji Qiu, was that you?”

The toilet was silent; not a single sound could be heard. 

She carefully observed the surrounding before she asked gingerly: “Can I know… why you’re doing this? …you should at least give me a heads up, I won’t know anything otherwise…”

She waited for a long time, but there was still no reply. Yuan Yuan Yuan’s heart was still galloping away.

She’d been playing around with glamour for a very long time now, but this was the first time something like this happened. She’d now completely transformed into the black shirt guy. Her height had increased, her chest had flattened, even her voice became a male voice. 

“I mean… what you do you mean by all this, are you drawing me now? C’mon this obviously isn’t the right time, I’m in a female toilet, are you sure your readers won’t explode if they see the male supporting character walking out of a female toilet?” Yuan Yuan Yuan had no idea what she was saying either, she was just spewing nonsense; her mind was completely blank.

“Hehe…”

Just after Yuan Yuan Yuan was done speaking, she suddenly heard a peculiar laughter that sounded out of nowhere.

It was a very strange voice, one of the strangest Yuan Yuan Yuan has ever heard in her entire life.

She couldn’t tell if belonged to a male or female, if it was from an old or young person, but she was sure that it was a human voice.

For a moment… Yuan Yuan Yuan almost wanted to replay what she’d heard earlier just to find out.

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[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 14

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Yuan Yuan Yuan bit her fingers as she read on. This entire situation was getting more and more strange. Who exactly was the artist? Why did he know where she stayed and everything about her, but didn’t reveal it, and instead even helped her to hide these facts? 

Why did he do it? 

… 

【The black shirt guy has reappeared after several chapters of radio silence, what is he planning to do?】

【I don’t know… but the black shirt guy is so hot!!! He’s so freaking hot!! And he’s so nice!!!】

【Is that the personality of this character, the more I read on the more I feel this demon would end up tragically, mangas these days loved ending characters like these to jerk some tears from readers…】

Yuan Yuan Yuan skipped through comments, picked up the drink on the table and sipped a mouthful before she continued reading. The black shirt guy was just here to make a quick appearance in this chapter, and a coquettish one at that. The limelight for the rest of the chapter was back on the main character. 

To a certain extent, you could say that the main character was truly a kind, sweet and gullible person… he was incredibly naive and righteous. 

Having grown up in a well-known sect, he was a very mundane, inconspicuous disciples. Yuan Yuan Yuan would have just skimmed through the manga if this was previously. Now that she’d gone through everything in detail again, she paused to wonder who this “Fa Ning” actually was. 

Since he hailed from quite a well-known sect, could it be that the real person behind this character was also from this same sect? 

He had a very strong sense of justice, and often wore a white demon slayer robe. There were a number of demon slayers from several established sects that often wore white robes too, but according to the manga, this main character was evidently a very small fry; he was unexceptional even within his own sect. 

If “Ji Qiu” depicted him like how he’d depicted her, then the artist must have also concealed a lot of information about the real person behind the main character too, so that people in real life would not be able to locate him…

Yuan Yuan Yuan’s mind kicked into gears. She’d originally wanted to buy a rucksack and make a run for it. But now that she’s figured things out, she wasn’t in such a hurry anymore. Because she realised that this “Ji Qiu” knew who she was, so she probably won’t be able to successfully hide from him. And what’s more, the things that she’d been worrying about were no longer an issue — where she stayed and her identity were censored. 

With that said, what exactly did this “Ji Qiu” want to do? Was he really… just trying to draw a manga?

While Yuan Yuan Yuan was thinking about this, a hard slap slammed down on her shoulder. She trembled at the force and almost fell from the chair from the impact. She whirred around, only to see a guy standing behind her. 

“Ah? Sorry, wrong person.” When the guy saw Yuan Yuan Yuan’s face, he immediately apologised.

“…it’s okay.” Yuan Yuan Yuan shook her hand. She recognised this guy, he was a demon that lived around this area as well. They’d bump into each other occasionally and would even chat once in a while. Now that she had another face on, he probably wouldn’t be able to recognsie her. 

Hence she was a little confused as to why this demon came up to her. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan perked her ears. She heard the guy returning to his own seat before complaining to his friends, “I thought that’s the demon that the higher ups had been looking for, but I checked and realised he wasn’t…”

“You sure, didn’t you say their silhouettes looked very similar.” His friend asked. 

“No it’s not him, I saw his face earlier, it’s a real face, not glamour.” The guy replied.

Yuan Yuan Yuan finished the drink in her cup and stood silently as she walked out the cafe, ready to head home. 

…were the silhouettes really that similar? ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 14 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

Yuan Yuan Yuan had never realised something like this. Now that she’d overheard someone commenting about this, she couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat. 

After leaving the cafe, she went to the shop downstairs to buy a cup noodle before heading back home. 

On the way back, she looked at the surrounding trees and flower; her surroundings suddenly felt familiar, intimate, yet foreign. 

She felt that everything came in on her one after another, every time she finally had a few peaceful days, she’d end up in another situation. She had no idea what Ji Qiu’s intentions were, she didn’t know what she should do next; everything was shrouded in fog. 

It was as though Ji Qiu had suspended a blade above her head, and she had no idea when this blade would drop and land on her. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan walked to her unit, took out her keys and opened the door. Xiao Ying’s mother was keeping an eye on Xiao Ying to make sure the latter doesn’t sneak out. The entire hallway was quiet. She opened the door and looked at everything that was inside her apartment. The streetlight spilling in had tinged everything in a dusky glow. 

She slowly walked to the kitchen, boiled some water, cooked her cup noodles, switched on the television and found a channel to watch. 

Aye… things would eventually straighten itself out, she’s just surviving as best as she could every day.

Whatever the case was, from what she’d gathered, this Ji Qiu… didn’t intend for her to die anytime soon. 

She picked up her cup noodles and slurped it all up. 

There was a more urgent problem now though. 

She’s broke. 

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[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 13

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For a moment, Yuan Yuan Yuan really wanted to grab all her belongings, jump out the window and escape this place altogether…

Of course this was all just a thought that had flashed in her head, there was no way she’d dare to flip out her unit window, but given the situation, she ws really considering if she should do it.

Even though she’s only one page into the update, Yuan Yuan Yuan quickly came to a new realisation.

First, the sliver of hope that she’d been clinging on to was completely dashed. She didn’t manage to hide from the artist; he knew that she was the black shirt guy, and had even somehow tailed her all the way home. 

Second… this artist was crazy fast, he could finish drawing something that just happened earlier in the afternoon today. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan inhaled deeply and looked at the moonlight shining in from outside. She grabbed a thick jacket, covered herself from head to toe before she grabbed her phone and headed out. 

What exactly was all this. 

No wonder people always said not to stick your nose into other people’s business — look at her now, this was the consequence of her own actions.  

Yuan Yuan Yuan spent half a minute skimming through the entire manga; she didn’t read the chapter in detail. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan wasn’t in the best mood; she left in a hurry. The moment she opened her door though, she came face to face with two other people to her surprise. 

“Sister Yuan Yuan, you’re heading out?” Xiao Ying seemed to be in a rush to head off too. As she did, she said to her friend: “Quickly now, let’s check out the alley…”

Yuan Yuan Yuan grabbed Xiao Ying by her collar and pulled her back, “It’s so late, have you finished your homework? Where are you planning to head off to? After you got lost the other night, don’t you know that your parents spent all night looking for you?”

Xiao Ying was dragged back to the door. She paused before looking at Yuan Yuan Yuan: “It’s nothing much, I’m just gonna walk around…” 

The other girl behind her sighed visibly. Evidently, she felt that Xiao Ying was too hotheaded too, but she didn’t manage to stop her, and so she could only tag along.

Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at Xiao Ying, and watched as the latter’s eyes flickered around as she glanced at Yuan Yuan Yuan, obviously trying to figure out how to sneak her way past Yuan Yuan Yuan. 

“Be a good girl and go back home, stay in at night, you hear me?” At that, she turned to knock on Xiao Ying’s door, “Aunt? Aunt? Your daughter was planning to go out again in the middle of the night, don’t let her go out on her own so late at night…”

“Ah? Xiao Ying where are you going?” Xiao Ying’s mother’s voice immediately sounded from inside. Yuan Yuan Yuan pushed Xiao Ying and her friend back into their house, closed their door behind them and turned to head down.

All she wanted to do was to find a quiet place to hide for a bit.

After making her way down, she found a really secluded and quiet cafe. 

She had an oversized shirt on; the shirt came with a hoodie. The hoodie was currently pulled down low across her head. 

The face beneath the hoodie wasn’t hers; it was another face, a face that she’d not once used before. You can say it’s a new face altogether.

While Yuan Yuan Yuan knew glamour, the skills she knew was probably only enough to scratch the surface of this magick. She could only create a handful of faces given her current skill level. The face of the “black shirt guy” was one, this was another one. 

As though a thief, she found herself a corner to sit, took out the phone and went through the rest of the manga. 

【”All of his friends say that I’m being overly dramatic… but how am I dramatic, we’ve been together for so many years, I just want to marry him…”】

The car in the manga slowly drove into an alley. Yuan Yuan Yuan looked at the alley, before a light frown appeared across her forehead. 

【”Don’t dwell on it.” In the manga, the black shirt guy replied slowly. He turned to look at the ghost in white. At her sudden lack of response for the longest time, he slowly reached his hand out to hold hers…】

The beginning of the chapter illustrated what she’d done this afternoon; the remaining chapter followed the main character and what he had been up to these few days.

Yuan Yuan Yuan went through the chapter carefully again.

She’d been incredibly anxious in the beginning, she had to force herself to calm down; she was literally prepared for someone to dash at her, and drag her out of this cafe. After meticulously going through the chapter again, she came to a stunning realisation…

The artist didn’t draw anything that would reveal her identity to the readers; everything personal was censored. 

Everything.

…

First, was where she stayed. The artist didn’t draw just any random location, but the details he had in the manga wasn’t enough to reveal where she’d actually lived. 

During the conversation with the female ghost, the perspectvie of the interaction was from within the car; the passing scenary was not included. The angle that the readers read was a half-blocked perspective, where the car seat took up half the frame. 

Even the words that she’d told the driver at the end was deleted; the artist didn’t draw it. Then the scene changed before that. 

The artist didn’t draw the surrounding background details between the drop off point and her way back home either. It was a largely simple, common backdrop, topped off with some artistic flair. 

The second thing the artist censored was — her face. ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 13 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

The face the artist drew was a male face, the face that she’d magicked out with glamour previously, also the face that she liked the most. 

To be honest, after 2D-fying this face onto this manga, it was a very handsome and good-looking face.

When Yuan Yuan Yuan first picked up glamour, she’d tried to copy the faces of certain manga characters that she liked; hence as to why this face that she’d magicked up was so nice, and also why this face was also super hot. 

How hot was super hot you say? Well… back when Yuan Yuan Yuan was literally in the depths of despair, when life could not get any harder, she could silently place a mirror on the table and glamour herself into this face, and she’ll stare at this face for half an hour. And suddenly, life would feel so much better, and she’d suddenly feel much more motivated… 

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[ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DRAWING ME ]

CHAPTER 12

last edited on ZLT: 05.10.22

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To be honest, Yuan Yuan Yuan did think that she was quite similar to a “traitor”, like the kind in the dramas, to a certain extent… While she enjoyed the protection from demons and lived amongst demons, she was in fact a human inside.

With that in mind, when the readers remark that this “black shirt guy” will die a tragic death… their predictions did make some sense.

However, this was how Yuan Yuan Yuan lived for all these years; there was no one around to teach her how to survive this jungle, no one to guide her. Even her combat abilities and glamour was something she slowly figured out on her own.

The buzz around the black shirt guy among the readers had slowly calmed, after all, he did only appear once, before he disappeared completely from the novel. Together with this disappearance, Yuan Yuan Yuan felt that her life seemed to be returning to normal. Hence as to why she was in quite a cheerful mood these few days.

Just as she placed the novel in her hands down, she heard Xiao Ying coming back from school. Ever since the incident, Xiao Ying stopped attending tuition, and headed straight home after school.

School ended pretty early these days, and Xiao Ying had also managed to find herself a friend to go to school with. They had quite a number of things to chat about, and this friend would even stay at Xiao Ying’s place for dinner sometimes.

Yuan Yuan Yuan turned to rest on her other side. This was an old building, so the units weren’t exactly soundproof. On top of that, she had an above-average hearing, so she could distinctly make out Xiao Ying’s voice.

“I swear it’s real! I’m not lying to you!” Yuan Yuan Yuan could vaguely hear Xiao Ying’s voice from the hallways, “you don’t believe me? You’re the only person I’ve told.”

“Alright alright.” The other girl’s voice could be heard, sounding as though she gave up, “even if what you’re saying is real, that’s not something we should be involving ourselves with, can you calm down?”

“How can I be calm!” Xiao Ying’s volume increased again, before she crushed it back down. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan listened in on their convo, thinking to herself how youthful and energetic they were.

She recalled her junior high period, she’d chat about all sorts of things with her best friend, they’d gossip about teachers, students, and once in a while chat about the BL* novel that they’ve secretly read last night. 

* referring to (literature about) romantic relationships between boys; this genre is known as shonen ai, or “boy love” and sometimes abbreviated as BL

Yuan Yuan Yuan would cling on to her best friend and go on and on and on. She still recalled she had no idea why her best friend always spoke to her in a tired, half-dead voice. It was only afterwards did she realise that she could be quite an annoying chatterbox at times…

She turned around again as she continued listening to their conversation. “Read it with me, and we can go through the details one by one, and see if it’s exactly the same.”

“It is the same, but what I mean is, don’t get involved in this, whether it’s real or fake, you should stay out of it.” The other girl’s voice sounded. “If you try to get involved, you won’t even survive a single chapter; the fact that you’re still alive after so many chapters is already a huge blessing, go to sleep, don’t think about this anymore.”

“…I just wanted to say thank you.” Xiao Ying’s glum voice sounded, “I mean he did save me after all. I didn’t even see his face, I don’t know his name either.” ♢ YOU LOOK LIKE YOU’RE DRAWING ME, CHAPTER 12 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

Yuan Yuan Yuan who had been lying in her bedroom slowly placed the book in her hands down and silently glanced in the direction of the corridor, her ears perked high. She was this close to pressing against the door to hear better.

“I mean you’re really smart, I was thinking maybe you could help me figure something out.” Xiao Ying’s voice sounded from right outside Yuan Yuan Yuan’s door. “Come to my place for dinner, we’re having stewed pork ribs tonight…”

“Sister Yuan Yuan! Are you in? We’re having stewed pork ribs tonight, you want some?” Yuan Yuan Yuan had still been meticulously eavesdropping on them. Xiao Ying’s sudden knocks on the door had her jumping. 

She was so startled she immediately got off from her bed, walked over to open the door, and saw Xiao Ying and another girl in the same uniform standing at the door. 

“Xiao Ying, I see you brought your friend back with you.” Yuan Yuan Yuan was still a little dazed, and asked instinctively.

“Yes Sister Yuan Yuan, you’re on your own today?” Xiao Ying asked.

“Enh.” Yuan Yuan Yuan replied. “The pork ribs you’re saying… I’ll sit out, you should eat it with your friend.”

She watched as Xiao Ying brought her friend back into her house, her head still reeling from the information.

Xiao Ying read Demons too?

She remembered she wasn’t allowed to read anything, even her phone was an ancient device; they were completely removed from all external happenings, that was how isolating school had been during her time. 

She didn’t expect things to have changed so much; students nowadays were so lucky. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan really didn’t expect Xiao Ying to have read Demons. It’s only been a month since this manga debuted, so it wasn’t exactly the most popular one in the market yet. Not only so, she recalled that during her time, the majority of the literature that circulated among the students were limited to hard copy mangas or novels that could be easily hidden and shared around to read; anything that the shop sold would popular among the students…

Enh… so back when she’d been schooling, DreaManga wasn’t very popular.

…Probably because DreaManga had started printing hardcopies, so the manga must have started circulating among the students too. 

Yuan Yuan Yuan continued eavesdropping on the conversation next door.

“Do you think the black shirt guy is a good guy or a bad guy? Why would a demon help a human?”

“Enh… that’s why he’s a good demon.” The girl that Xiao Ying brought back with her said: “Don’t worry, that black shirt guy seems pretty powerful, he’ll definitely be able to hide himself properly. What you need to do now is to zip your mouth and bring this to the grave with you. I’m afraid there’ll be people looking for you if you accidentally spill something.”

Yuan Yuan Yuan couldn’t help but nod her head in agreement. Xiao Ying’s finally found herself a reliable friend, this girl’s got things figured man, she reckoned this friend had also gotten Xiao Ying out of a lot of trouble too in the past.

After returning to her bedroom, she looked at the yellow light at her bedside, recalling that there was probably a Demons chapter update tonight. She should check out what happened in the manga, who knows, she might just get some useful information from the update.

With this thought in mind, Yuan Yuan Yuan opened the DreaManga app.

The moment she clicked into Demons, she froze.

In the manga, a guy in black windbreaker was seated in a taxi as he gazed out the window quietly.

Behind him was a floating ghost dressed in white. Said ghost was chattering on and on, ”and then I told if, if he doesn’t want to break up, then let’s get married soon. But he didn’t want to break up, neither does he want to marry me, what the hell does he intend to do about us then…” 

“What the fuck!” A loud curse sounded from next door, it was so loud even Yuan Yuan Yuan could hear it from her unit. Despite so, she was too distracted to dwell on what had happened next door, she was instead staring at her phone screen, dazed.

Only she herself knew that these three words were the exact words that she’d wanted to blurt out; not only so, her entire head was filled with an endless phrase of these three words, in bold and caps…

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T/N: hohohoh things are starting to get spicy XD *fire emoji* 

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