At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

I feel uneasy without realizing it, unsure of what to say to start the conversation or what to talk about so that she won't find me boring.

In an instant, various thoughts flashed through my mind.

But it was too late.

The goddess-like woman had already pushed open the door, carrying an exquisite handbag, and walked straight towards me.

"Wait a minute, teacher. Sorry to keep you waiting."

"!"

Su Che opened his mouth, then remembered that his identity was that of a single master.

Today's game is with the artist, who has a single opinion.

But this artist... is someone I can't possibly hire, Da Hong.

He painted three paintings free of charge, with a total value of over 30 yuan, and he owed the other party a lot of favors.

"Sister Ari..."

Su Che was at a loss for words and tried to get up to greet her formally.

But she kindly waved her hand, indicating that he didn't need to get up, and instead sat down opposite him and took off her mask.

At that moment, as the screen moved frame by frame, Su Che finally saw a scene he would never forget—

Her face... why does it remind me of the older sister next door when I was little?

Her features were almost too perfect, her makeup skills were unparalleled, her skin was naturally fair, and she possessed an innate allure even while sitting down.

It makes one feel that today's trip was somewhat like a dream.

"What's wrong? Wait a minute, teacher. Why are you so reserved?"

Ari smiled and admired his expression, seemingly very satisfied with the reaction.

"Reverse Disparity" is a concept never mentioned in the guide to the Heavenly Sea, originating from Ari's own memos on her understanding of the opposite sex—"The Theory of the Goddess".

It refers to intentionally lowering the other person's expectations before meeting them in person, thereby creating a stunning surprise and unexpectedly shocking the other person.

The tactical rating is 40.

This move has extremely strict conditions for use. If the caster does not have stunning good looks, it will only have the opposite effect, making the other party think "you are really just average" or "really". Therefore, it is not recommended for girls with low innate stats to use it.

At this moment, Su Che recovered from the attack of her beauty and dared not look at her face for too long, as that would disturb his mind and cause him to talk nonsense later.

He tried his best to calm himself down and feign composure:

"It's nothing, just a bit of a surprise. I wonder what Miss Ari's definition of 'just average' is..."

"Oh... this."

As Ari ordered using a QR code, she replied, "If I didn't win over Teacher Deng at first sight, then I'm pretty ordinary, aren't I?"

"..."

Su Che thought to himself, "Thank goodness you can't see into someone's heart. Otherwise, if she knew about this, she would have been completely stunned and would have been utterly humiliated."

"Ahem. Anyway, I'm very grateful to Miss Ari for creating three paintings for me free of charge. I wonder why you called me here today...?"

He cleverly changed the subject and tried to figure out the goddess's purpose.

Honestly, with his looks and charisma, even girls would probably be genuinely attracted to him, let alone men.

He couldn't understand the point of the goddess helping him for free.

Could it be that I really am one of her "lucky clients" among her more than 100,000 followers, and that I was accidentally selected by her?

Is there such a good thing in the world?

Su Che remained wary and kept his distance from her.

"Well, we mainly wanted to talk about the changes made to the settings in Teacher Dengdeng's OC, as well as some trivial matters in life."

Aristotle, quite naturally, indicated his intention to go to the future.

"!"

Upon hearing this, Su Che narrowed his eyes slightly.

Looking back, it is true.

She seems to have made some changes to my original character design... especially the clothing. She designed a unique outfit based on Rojita, with a similar style. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when the final draft came out, if you looked closely, you could see that the face also seemed to have been altered...

He is not slow-witted.

It's clear that Ari's "free drawing" isn't truly "I'll draw your OC for free."

Strictly speaking, it should be "I will draw your original design for free, but I have the right to make some changes to your original design".

As is well known, once the original character design is altered, any subsequent artist must design the character entirely based on the altered design.

Su Che took out his phone and re-examined the character illustration, half-body ambient illustration, and costume design submitted by the goddess. It was obvious that the girl's face was approaching... that of the goddess herself.

Although her clothes weren't the same style the goddess wore today, it's safe to assume that the goddess has the same style as OC at home...

What exactly is her intention...?

Su Che hesitated, unsure how to bring up the topic of negotiation with the goddess.

He wanted to preserve OC's face. After all, you can change OC's clothes and hairstyle, but you can't change the facial details. Otherwise, it would no longer be his own OC.

OC becoming someone else, although it looks good, is still... different from my original idea.

"Miss Ari, regarding the setting..."

"What? Wait a minute, teacher, are you not satisfied with my manuscript and need me to revise it?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Su Che's heart skipped a beat.

He thought to himself: How dare you?

Da Hong draws her portrait for free, which is incredibly generous. Most people wouldn't dare utter a single word of dissatisfaction, not even with a paid order of 10 yuan, for fear of upsetting their idol and causing them to cancel the order.

Everyone treats and fawns over someone of her caliber; who would dare ask her to revise her manuscript?

Now that she has taken the initiative to say such things, it is tantamount to testing me, and at the same time, it carries a sense of coercion.

Su Che hesitated, somewhat stumped by her skill level of 40 or so strikes at a time.

"It's okay, wait for me, teacher. You can talk to me about anything you want to adjust. After all, I'm not some kind of demon."

Ari chuckled as he looked at his face, a playful expression flashing across his face.

At this moment, the female barista brought over two new cups of coffee—

"Miss, your daily premium hand-drip coffee and Ruestrido coffee are ready. Please enjoy."

"Thank you."

Ari smiled and nodded, took the coffee, and pushed the limited-edition hand-drip coffee in front of Su Che, inviting him to drink with her:

"Don't be nervous, let's have something nice to drink first, and then we'll wait for the teacher?"

"……Um."

Su Che took a deep breath, feeling immense pressure in front of the goddess.

He's in a problematic situation right now. He owes someone a favor of 30 yuan. If he can't even agree to do something as "small" as changing OC's face, then in anyone's eyes, he's being far too stubborn and ignoring the goddess's hard work.

But if it really changes, then...

[Then An Qing's cosplay became nothingness.]

That's right.

The persona that An Qing wanted to become would disappear.

The original concept came first, then the story.

He first sought out An Qing, which allowed a replica of An Qing, almost identical to OC, to sneak into his home.

In a sense, OC also represents An Qing.

In Su Che's heart, An Qing and OC had long been one.

It can be said that An Qing is OC, and OC is An Qing. If the female lead of the next book is to be written, it will definitely be An Qing.

Then, a huge problem arises.

The fact that the goddess modified OC means that the goddess wants to turn OC into—a new female lead.

The new female lead bears a resemblance to herself...

In other words, the goddess is determined to become her own new leading lady.

【is that so?】

Am I just imagining things?

Su Che wasn't sure if this guess was correct.

From his perspective, the goddess would never know that he was still writing a novel. Even if she deduced from the commission that he was commissioning the female lead of a novel, she would not have any need to "replace" her.

A life-or-death question is looming before us.

Now, on the left, An Qing's existence has completely disappeared from the river of memory, turning into nothingness;

On the right is the goddess's disappointment and dissatisfaction, the unpleasant and even unsuccessful process of revising the manuscript.

Faced with a choice, Su Che's choice was—

...

“Miss Ari, I think your idea is excellent, and the costume design is absolutely flawless. But I'm a very sentimental person, and I can't bear to part with my previous OC look… So, if it's possible, could I…”

"You want them all?"

He said seriously.

……

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