Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me
Chapter 249 : Visiting Dou Dou’s Manhua College

Chapter 249: Chapter 249 : Visiting Dou Dou’s Manhua College

Shen Dou Dou, who idolized her elder brother, lit up from joy after hearing the question.

"Big Brother! Are you finally developing some interest in my college life???"

Shen Dou Dou’s answer filled Shen Jingwei’s heart with guilt.

"I am always interested," he argued. "I just couldn’t find the right time to..."

"It’s fine!"

Shen Dou Dou clurche Shen Jingwei’s hands, her eyes sparkling in delight.

"In that case, Dou Dou invites you to accompany her to the college tomorrow!"

"..."

The alternative was lying on the bed the entire time and let his mother baby him, so this visit to manhua college sounded very appealing to Shen Jingwei.

When asked about the kind of students who went to manhua colleges, Shen Jingwei had a specific picture in his mind.

A cute, freckled young woman with glasses, wearing a loose sweater, skinny jeans, with a pencil tucked behind her ear.

Shen Dou Dou did not fit the image because she liked to wear fancy, fashionable clothes that made her look like a young woman heading to a summer garden party.

Nevertheless, Shen Jingwei couldn’t help but look for a manhua college student that fit his description of a serious manhua artist.

For some reason, he failed miserably.

The manhua college boasted a hundred or so new students every year, most of them young women who dressed and walked like Shen Dou Dou.

"Dou Dou, good morning!" One of those students waved at Shen Dou Dou as she walked past. "Oh, is it your boyfriend? So handsome!"

"He is, isn’t he???"

Shen Dou Dou quickly latched onto her elder brother’s arm like a koala clinging to an eucalyptus tree’s branch.

"... Boyfriend?"

Shen Jingwei frowned at Shen Dou Dou.

"What was that for?"

Shen Dou Dou clicked her tongue while wagging a finger at her elder brother repeatedly.

"Big Brother, you are too careless."

"?"

"Look at you. A handsome actor in flesh and blood. Even with all those disguise, men and women alike will fall in love with you within a heartbeat!"

"..."

Shen Dou Dou smacked at her chest.

"Therefore, Dou Dou here must protect you from all fox vixens that are trying to ruin your marriage with Brother Yan!"

"...."

"As long as you pose as my boyfriend, no one will dare as much as shoot you a side glance!"

"....."

Sigh.

Shen Jingwei came to a devastating conclusion.

Shen Dou Dou was broken.

She couldn’t be fixed*.

The manhua college was actually a cool place to be.

Other than learning sketching and coloring techniques, the students were told about the latest trends in the manhua world, the popular, and the unpopular tropes in storytelling.

There was also a plot management course to ensure that future manhua artists did not develop the habit of leaving their work on hiatus.

The lectures finished after only two hours, followed by two hours of drawing practice.

Afterward, the students were dismissed with a lot of homeworks.

Some went home right away, while some chose to enjoy some food at the college canteen first.

Shen Jingwei and Shen Dou Dou belonged to the latter group.

The manhua college had several eateries where students could gather and discussed. Some even had their drawing tablets on their tables, drawing as they ate cake and drank coffee.

"The lecturer just now kept talking about a semester end project. What’s your semester end project?" Shen Jingwei asked after they took their seat outside a busy cake shop.

"A manhua of course," Shen Dou Dou replied excitedly.

"A manhua, really? So early?"

"Yes! Of course we are not required to submit a finished manhua. We only have 10 Chapters to submit every semester. The plan was to have all students publish at least one manhua each before graduation. The college is going to help us handle the bureaucracies, so this is a wonderful chance to learn."

"I see."

Shen Jingwei stabbed into his orange meringue pie.

"And what is your first manhua about?"

The siblings’ eyes locked onto each other for a split second before Shen Dou Dou averted her gaze in a sigh.

"Big Brother won’t like it."

"... It better not be a smut manhua."

"No, it isn’t."

Shen Jingwei heaved a sigh of relief. Even someone as bold as Shen Dou Dou wouldn’t draw NSFW arts for her first manhua. Shen Jingwei was endlessly relieved.

"But it does contain a lot of mature drawings."

"...."

Never mind. He spoke too soon.

"How much is a lot?"

"Every Chapter."

"....."

It was a smut manhua, alright! Shen Dou Dou was drawing a smut manhua!

Shen Jingwei was about to break into tears.

"Dou Dou, you should really..."

Shen Dou Dou reached out and grasped Shen Jingwei’s hands in hers.

"Big Brother, do not worry. I will not disappoint you in any way."

"I think you already have," Shen Jingwei weakly said.

Shen Dou Dou’s selective hearing effectively filtered out everything she did not wish to hear.

"In fact, I am using your and Brother Yan’s love story as reference for my story."

"..."

Lord, have mercy.

"Dou Dou, I think..."

"What the hell is happening here???"

A sharp female voice sliced the air like a hunter’s blade, silencing all chatters in the cake shop at once.

Both Shen siblings turned their heads and came face-to-face with a scowling woman.

"Who are you?" Shen Dou Dou blinked at the woman in confusion.

Shen Dou Dou did not recognize the woman, but Shen Jingwei did.

It was Song Xiaoling.

Judging from her attire, it was apparent that she was working at the cake shop as a waitress.

Instead of answering Shen Dou Dou’s query, Song Xiaoling shot Shen Jingwei a row of hateful glares.

Without a warning, she picked up a glass of warm water from the tray she was carrying and splashed it at Shen Jingwei’s face.

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Author’s note :

*LOL just a fun fact this author wants to share with her readers. As I finish typing to this point, the word count is exactly 404 words XDDDD.