CHAPTER 458: CHAPTER 104 XIA XIYAO: IS XIYAN PRETTIER, OR AM I PRETTIER?

After eating and drinking to their heart’s content, it was just past midnight.

Xu Lin sent a message to Ning Yuhuan to let her know he was safe, but Ning Yuhuan didn’t stay up late. At this time, she was usually asleep, unless Xu Lin was by her side.

"Xu Lin, when are we going to the provincial capital?"

"Let me think... The day after tomorrow!"

"Oh."

Rong Xiyi checked the calendar.

Then Xu Lin went to take a shower.

When he returned to the room, Rong Xiyi was waiting for him inside.

At this time, Rong Xiyi was wearing just a t-shirt and panties, lying on the bed and playing with her phone.

Seeing this scene, Xu Lin’s heart stirred. He thought about how he had only been sleeping with Ning Yuhuan these past few days and hadn’t done anything else, as it was inconvenient.

"Babe, give me a kiss."

Xu Lin decisively got on the bed, hugged Rong Xiyi, and started kissing her. Sensing the change in Xu Lin, Rong Xiyi understood what he wanted to do.

"Didn’t sleep enough with Ning Yuhuan these few days?"

Rong Xiyi couldn’t help but pout in a sulk.

"We’re just sleeping normally, really didn’t do anything else, it’s inconvenient."

"Hehe!"

Xu Lin said nothing more, just chuckled and quickly stripped Rong Xiyi of her clothes.

He smacked Rong Xiyi’s big cheeks twice with a slap.

"What are you doing?"

"Not being sensible!"

That night turned into a stormy one, as Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi carried on until late into the night, seemingly making up for all the fun they had missed out on recently.

The night passed in silence.

The next day’s weather was very cold, as a cold wave arrived. The temperature in Jiangdu was only 2 degrees, and it was raining with a dark sky.

Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi stayed at home, not leaving the house all day.

Rong Xiyi, seemingly on a whim, decided to learn how to bake a cake at home. She bought all the necessary ingredients and tools for baking a cake on a shopping app, then started searching for video tutorials to learn.

"Xu Lin, once I’m done, you’ll get to taste the delicious cake made by this beautiful lady!" Rong Xiyi exclaimed eagerly from the kitchen.

"Get it done first, then let’s talk!"

"Hmph!"

"I’ll head back to the room to get busy as well."

Xu Lin went back to the gaming room and turned on his usual computer.

Some things had happened over the past few days. Regarding the novel’s copyrights, according to a website notice, the novel’s adaptation into a manga was searching for an illustrator and was expected to be released in April. Meanwhile, the novel’s publication was set for May this year.

Xu Lin couldn’t oversee the publication.

What about the manga?

Xu Lin wondered what the character designs in his novel’s manga adaptation would look like. He wondered if he could give any input.

So Xu Lin logged into his work account and opened Ranzhi’s account.

Xu Lin asked, "Rye, can the original author give some input on the manga adaptation?"

"Of course, you’re a well-known writer, so you should definitely be able to give your input."

Usually, when authors sell their rights, they’re completely bought out, meaning they have no rights to interfere even if the book’s genre changes. But Xu Lin was different; every industry is lenient with their top creators.

"Got it, now I know."

"What’s on Mr. Xu’s mind?" Ranzhi was curious.

"Just regarding my novel’s character designs, I’d like to provide some input. Not sure if the manga side would take it."

"Mr. Xu, feel free to provide your input, and I’ll pass it on."

"Ok."

Xu Lin considered his work like his cherished child and didn’t want others to mess with it.

So, feeling inspired, Xu Lin took out a full set of drawing tools he had bought previously and sketched out the main character designs from his novel.

For instance, the male and female protagonists and the male protagonist’s mother.

For the male protagonist, Xu Lin sketched a comic version of himself based on his own appearance.

Similarly, for the female protagonist Chi Linyue, he did the same.

Xu Lin had the skill of "Good Drawing," so drawing was not a problem. He was like a seasoned master in the field.

As for the male protagonist’s mother, Xu Lin drew a comic-style version of Ms. Ren.

Xu Lin drew them in a relatively mature style. As is well known, many novel adaptations into manga have characters that look very young.

Xu Lin really couldn’t stand that.

For adults, they should look like adults.

So, what Xu Lin went for was a mature style that could still be accepted by people.

Xu Lin spent two hours drawing all the main character designs and then sent photos of them to Ranzhi.

"Check this out, I hope you can bring it up with the manga team to reference my character designs."

"Who made these works, Mr. Xu? They’re amazing!"

"I drew them."

"Wow! Awesome! Mr. Xu, you can draw too?"

"Just a small skill."

"So impressive!"

Ranzhi replied, "I’ll forward them and see how the higher-ups respond."

Xu Lin: "Ok, thanks for the trouble."

"Haha, no trouble at all."

Xu Lin stretched fully before getting up to have breakfast.

For lunch, he also had pickled beans. Have to say, the taste of those pickled beans was really top-notch.

"Haven’t started baking the cake yet?"

This morning, Rong Xiyi had been clamoring to bake a cake, but now that Xu Lin came out at noon, she still hadn’t started and was watching video tutorials instead.

"I’m still learning, it’s not that simple, you know?"

Rong Xiyi pouted her lips, "Anyway, before the night is over, I’m sure I can make a delicious cake!"

"I’ll look forward to it then!"

In truth, Xu Lin didn’t have high hopes because he knew Rong Xiyi all too well, and her hands-on skills were actually quite poor.

After eating his fill, Xu Lin returned to his computer.

Xu Lin began handling messages on his work account, including those from Wu Chengfeng and Xie Ting, a total of twenty messages, which was quite a lot.