After being reborn, I'm no longer going to play the role of a spoiled rich kid.

Chapter 99 Black Material
Yusja paused for a moment, "...My knowledge of shonen manga is limited."

"Mr. Harai, you're here too?" Just as Yu Sijia was subtly indicating that she might not have read Harai Ichi's manga, a male voice interrupted.

A man who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old walked over.

Harai Ichi: "Zhou Qishuang."

"Who is this?" When Zhou Qishuang came over, he noticed Yusjia standing next to Yuan Jingyi.

"Our site's author, what? What do you want with me?" Harai didn't seem too enthusiastic about the person in front of her. After saying this, she turned to Yusjia and pointed out Zhou Qishuang's identity, "Have you heard of the comic 'Twin Shadows in the Moon'?"

Yustya shook her head.

Harai suddenly laughed, "It's okay, you don't watch much action manga anyway, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it."

Zhou Qishuang, who overheard their conversation, smiled and said, "It's true that fewer girls read this kind of comic."

"Don't give me that." Harai retorted without any politeness, "What does this have to do with men and women? Isn't it just a matter of personal preference? Our website's biggest spenders are female users, and when you calculate it, female users also spend the most money on shonen manga."

Zhou Qishuang quickly reached out his hands in a pleading gesture, "Teacher Yuan is right, I was wrong. I almost forgot that our Teacher Yuan is also a big fan of shonen manga, sorry."

Harai Ichi didn't bother with his glib apology. "Is there anything else?"

Her intention to kick him out was quite clear.

Zhou Qishuang chuckled, "I just saw some newbies. We're considered veterans of the website, and the editors said we veterans should mentor the newbies, so I came to join in the fun." He then changed the subject, "You guys chat, I won't bother you. Monkey's calling me."

After Zhou Qishuang left, Yuan Jingyi whispered, "Some of the artists on our website have achieved quite a bit and even have some works that have gone viral, but their achievements have nothing to do with their character."

Yuska took another sip of the lychee-flavored sparkling wine. She had to admit, she really liked the taste; it was sweet and seemed to have very little alcohol content, like sweet water.

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Yuan," Yusijia said with a smile.

She didn't realize that when she smiled at people like this, she looked like a proud little kitten, having let go of her pride, appearing soft, cuddly, and incredibly cute.

Harai suddenly raised his hand and touched her face.

Yuska was startled.

Harai Hajime had already reached out to explain, "You have colored glitter on your face."

She showed the yellow colored film in her hand to Yustia.

Yustia exclaimed "Ah!" as if somewhat annoyed, "I didn't even know..."

This is so damaging to her image!

Harai chuckled, "Actually, she's quite cute too."

Yusia didn't take the other person's obviously friendly compliment to heart and chatted about the annual meeting's schedule.

A short while later, Harai was called away by her editor, seemingly to confirm the award ceremony. As soon as Harai left, the seat next to You Sijia became empty.

One by one, quite a few people came over to chat with her.

Yuska showed little interest in the male authors; she wore a large pink diamond ring on her ring finger, but the men seemed oblivious to it.

But none of the people who approached her explicitly said anything inappropriate, which annoyed Yuska. Was she supposed to tell everyone who came up to her that she was married? That would sound so silly.

Fortunately, after Yuska coldly dismissed yet another man who came to chat her up and ask for her contact information, the two girls she had met in the elevator earlier came over.

"Ah, it's you, Little Squid?" The bespectacled girl in the puffer jacket greeted Yusjia with a smile. "I'm Mochi, not Mochi. We met in the elevator, do you remember me?"

Mochi, without glutinous rice balls, heard Ma Zuozuo calling You Sijia by her pen name as soon as she came out of the elevator. She seemed a little reserved in front of You Sijia. "At our annual meeting, we usually call everyone by their pen names. If you want to call me by my name, that's fine too. My name is Liu He."

The girl next to her, who looked like she was from an anime, nodded in agreement. "My name is Abao, my real name is Liu Bao'er. Ah, please don't call me by my real name, I have name-shaming syndrome."

Yusjia found the two of them quite amusing, and she couldn't help but smile, "Hello, my name is Yusjia."

"I was just talking to Mochi about your 'Newlywed Diary' yesterday, wow, it's sooooo sweet! I've been following it all along!" Abao said. "Hehe, and I also snagged a big red envelope during your Weibo giveaway last time!"

Mochi nodded. "We're both following it. I'd call it the sweetest shoujo manga on our website this year. We love it! But don't take what some people say online to heart."

Yu Sijia hadn't been paying attention to online comments lately, so when she heard this, she was a little confused. "What comments?"

"You didn't know?" Mochi was a little surprised.

Yusjia: "I've been quite busy lately and haven't been online."

Mochi exclaimed, "Ah! We thought you stopped updating because you were upset about what people said online."

Yusjia realized that the time the other party mentioned should be exactly the half-month around the time of her wedding, which was indeed a misunderstanding.

Seeing this, Abao reached out and tugged at Mochi's clothes.

Yuska didn't seem to care. "It's alright, you guys tell me, I'm curious about what happened too."

"After you posted red envelopes on Weibo last time, many readers cheered in the discussion area of ​​our website. Some people learned about your work through this method and then went to read your comics, which greatly increased your popularity. If you followed us, you were ranked number one on the newcomer list for a while," Mochi said. "But this ranking increase certainly couldn't be due to your red envelopes. For all the rankings on our comics platform, the most important factor affecting the ranking is retention rate. No matter how much external traffic you can attract, it's the people who stay that affect the ranking. In other words, your work still needs to be good for your ranking to rise."

Yu Sijia had no idea that sending red envelopes would attract traffic; she sent them simply because she was in a good mood.

“They’re just jealous,” Abao said. “They’re jealous that you’re ranked number one, so they’re picking on you, saying you’re doing online marketing and attracting readers by giving out red envelopes. Then, some people even went and dissected your comics…”

"Huh?" Yusjia was genuinely surprised. "You copied my comics?"

If someone really found out who she was, Meng Weiyuan and Chairman You would definitely have heard about it by now, and she should know it too.

“Hmm.” Mochi nodded. “Some people say you’re using real people’s stories as material, which is copyright infringement. Pah, those people are talking nonsense. I think they just like to fabricate things because they can’t find any dirt on you.”

(End of this chapter)