Love Apartment: The All-Around Comedian

After all, there are relatively few comic book professionals in China, unlike in neighboring Japan where they are everywhere.

Everyone expressed their great anticipation and desire to see Su Mingyang's work.

But when Su Mingyang showed them the One-Punch Man artwork, they were surprised.

None of them knew how to describe it.

Because the art style is just too peculiar...

The comics they read generally featured exquisitely drawn characters and dazzling battle scenes.

But look at Su Mingyang's—the crooked lines, the simple yet slightly silly character design, so sloppy and casual that it's like a child's doodle.

"Mingyang, I'm not trying to discourage you, but are you sure anyone will actually look at your drawing?" Hu Yifei looked at the sketch and stared at Su Mingyang in disbelief.

"There should be," Su Mingyang said with a smile.

Because of laziness, he chose ONE's original work over Yusuke Murata's remake.

In addition, his pursuit of speed resulted in drawings that were even simpler and more direct than ONE's!

"Mingyang, is this a draft?" Lu Zhanbo asked, puzzled.

"No, this is the final draft. I'm ready to submit it to the magazine." Su Mingyang raised an eyebrow.

"..." Lu Zhanbo was speechless.

Su Mingyang had anticipated their reaction and didn't care.

Actually, he was also speechless when he first saw the original One-Punch Man manga.

However, as he patiently watched more, he gradually fell in love with this art style.

I found Yusuke Murata's exquisite remake rather bland.

There are quite a few comic book readers who share his thoughts.

He believes that many people in this world will like him.

“I think Mingyang’s drawing is quite cute, I like it very much,” Lin Wanyu said with a smile.

Su Mingyang's eyes lit up: "Really? Wanyu?"

"Of course, Mingyang, can I take it back and take a look?" Lin Wanyu asked expectantly.

"Sure, feel free to look."

Su Mingyang waved his hand.

"That's great." Lin Wanyu's eyes curved into crescent moons.

Hu Yifei and her brother exchanged a glance, defeated by Lin Wanyu's naiveté.

Su Mingyang was in a great mood, as his first reader had appeared so quickly.

Just then, a knock sounded on the door, and Zeng Xiaoxian appeared before everyone.

"A new tenant has moved in here, and he said he wants to treat us to a meal. Would you like to go and meet him?"

New residents? It must be Lu Ziqiao and Chen Meijia, those two.

Su Mingyang thought to himself.

"A meal? Great! I've been busy all day and I'm starving. I didn't expect the new residents to be so welcoming." Hu Yifei was so excited when she heard that someone was treating her to a meal that she almost jumped for joy.

"I knew I smelled a fancy meal," Lin Wanyu said.

"Then let's go. You know this new resident."

Zeng Xiaoxian raised an eyebrow and led the group to room 3602 next door.

……

Room 3602.

"With four extra mouths to feed next door, let's just eat mala tang (spicy hot pot) instead."

Lu Ziqiao paced back and forth.

Just now, Zeng Xiaoxian handed him the rent list, and when he looked at it, it was seven or eight hundred yuan more than he had expected.

Only after Zeng Xiaoxian explained did he realize that the rent for the extra room had to be split equally among the three of them.

The rent deposit is one month's rent plus three months' rent in advance, which means you have to pay several thousand dollars more upfront!

He couldn't come up with that money right away, so he quickly discussed it with Zeng Xiaoxian, inviting him to dinner at Xiao Nan Guo to make an exception.

Zeng Xiaoxian agreed, but told him it would be best to invite the neighbors too, to make it more lively.

Upon hearing this, Lü Ziqiao immediately shook his head. How could that be? Adding a few more mouths would be the death of him, not to mention he didn't even know the people next door.

But Zeng Xiaoxian mysteriously told him that they knew each other and had even had a misunderstanding, so this meal would be a good opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings between them.

He had no idea who it was, but after hearing Zeng Xiaoxian say that, he could only agree.

At this moment, Zeng Xiaoxian arrived with Su Mingyang and the others.

When he saw Hu Yifei and the others, his eyes widened suddenly: "It's you?"

"No wonder Zeng Xiaoxian said we all know the new residents, it turns out it's you!" Hu Yifei was also surprised to see Lu Ziqiao. She was angry when she thought about how he had caused the priest she had invited to have diarrhea and even pretended to be a priest.

"Uh, let's not bring up the past anymore. Let's bury the hatchet over a meal," Zeng Xiaoxian quickly tried to mediate when he saw the atmosphere getting tense.

“Yes, Teacher Zeng is right. We’ll all be neighbors from now on,” Su Mingyang said with a smile. “When Teacher Zeng told us you were treating us to dinner, we rushed over immediately. We have to eat something good, Yifei, what do you say?”

"Of course, you have to eat well!" Hu Yifei said resentfully, her eyes flashing with malice as she stared at Lü Ziqiao. "Otherwise, I'll never forgive you!"

"So what if it's not over? It's nothing compared to money."

Lu Ziqiao thought to himself that eating spicy hot pot was still the best deal.

Su Mingyang immediately guessed what this guy was thinking. With a thought, he pulled him aside and whispered, "Ziqiao, don't think you can just get away with this. You've offended Hu Yifei. If you don't treat her to a nice meal to appease her, you'll have a hard time in the future. It won't be worth it if you can't pick up girls then."

"What should I do?"

When Lu Ziqiao heard Su Mingyang speak so solemnly, he was terrified, especially by the part about not being able to pick up girls, which sent a chill down his spine.

Su Mingyang laughed and said, "Didn't you hear what she said? Just treat me to a big meal."

"OK then."

Lu Ziqiao was on the verge of tears. He had originally planned to save some money and have some spicy hot pot, but after hearing what Su Mingyang said, how could he dare to do that?

Su Mingyang almost burst out laughing. This Lu Ziqiao has tricked so many people, let him experience what it's like to be tricked.

"I'll treat you to Xiao Nan Guo, okay?"

Lu Ziqiao walked up to Hu Yifei and said with some reluctance.

"That's more like it." Hu Yifei was quite satisfied.

"Oh, right, call your girlfriend and invite her too," Zeng Xiaoxian reminded him.

"Let's not," Lu Ziqiao quickly shook his head. "She doesn't like socializing, so let's just have the few of us."

Zeng Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment. Didn't he just say that his girlfriend went to visit neighbors upstairs and downstairs? Does that mean she doesn't like socializing?

"Let's hurry up and leave, or it will be too late." Lu Ziqiao quickly led everyone out the door.

He was genuinely worried that Chen Meijia might suddenly return later.

And so, the group went to eat at the nearby Xiao Nan Guo restaurant.

They gave Lü Ziqiao a severe beating.

On the way back, Lu Ziqiao's legs felt weak.

……

Chapter 10 Yifei, your family is raising piglets!

The next morning.

After scanning the One-Punch Man manuscript he had drawn, Su Mingyang cast a wide net and sent it to the email addresses of all the well-known comic book publishers in China.

Waiting for the other party's reply.

With nothing else to do, they went to the living room to watch TV with Lu Zhanbo and Lin Wanyu.

Su Mingyang noticed that Lin Wanyu was in a good mood today, which meant that the rent issue had probably been resolved.

While watching TV, Lu Zhanbo kept trying to talk to Lin Wanyu, but only received perfunctory responses like "uh-huh" from her.

Instead, he kept discussing comics with Su Mingyang.

This made him very embarrassed, so he simply stopped talking and watched TV quietly.

Just then, the sound of the door opening rang out.

The three of them turned around and looked.

Hu Yifei was seen with a droopy face, carrying a vegetable basket and looking completely listless.

"Hi, sis."

"Hi, Feifei."

"Hi, Yifei."