Is this cartoonist mentally ill?!

Chapter 8 Cartoonist?

"Haha, my house is very simple, please forgive me."

Lin Qingshan held Pochita and put him in one of the few corners of the room where nothing was placed.

He also put the doghouse in place, opened a packet of food for Pochita and put some canned food in it.

Gu Qianli looked at this familiar action and immediately said, "Mr. Lin, have you ever had a pet before?"

"I raised a kitten called Lv Shui. I got it from the mother cat in exchange for catnip strips."

Lin Qingshan said.

To be precise, the Lv Shui kitten he raised in his previous life was entrusted to him by the mother cat - the mother cat was hit by a car on the road and almost died.

Seeing how pitiful she was, Lin Qingshan often took the cat's strips to feed her during her last period, and the mother cat finally entrusted Lv Shui to him.

Lv Shui... Gu Qianli suddenly thought of Lin Qingshan's name and Lv Shui, the pet's name and the owner's name simply matched.

It sounds a bit strange.

but...

"Where's the kitten?"

Gu Qianli was surprised for a moment and asked.

"In my other house..." Lin Qingshan scratched his head, "It's just that I can't go back now."

Fortunately, my family bought a timed cat food dispenser for Lvshui in my previous life. Cat food placed in advance can last for half a month without any problems.

And Lv Shui is so intelligent, but he's still a spotted cat. If there's no cat food, he'll probably look for food outside.

Although Lin Qingshan was a little worried, he still believed that Lv Shui would live well after he left.

"It turns out that Mr. Lin isn't local."

Gu Qianli suddenly realized.

"You can be considered half local. I'm from Gusu, my hometown, but my mother is from Pudong, the magic city."

Lin Qingshan said with a smile.

He was talking about his previous life, but the identity card of the original owner in this life was also from Mordu.

"So why does Mr. Lin want to rent a house by himself instead of living with Grandpa?"

Gu Qianli asked again.

"My father and mother are long gone."

Lin Qingshan shrugged his shoulders and said.

To be precise, he has no relatives in this life, so where can he find his grandparents?

"Ah... I'm sorry..." Gu Qianli immediately clasped his hands together and apologized quickly.

"It's okay, there's nothing to apologize for." Lin Qingshan didn't mind.

At that moment, Gu Qianli suddenly saw drawing papers on the old table next to him.

She picked it up curiously and there were beautiful, vivid drawings on it.

"Is Mr. Lin still a cartoonist?"

Her eyes sparkled and she asked.

"Barely. Actually, the main thing is to make a living."

Lin Qingshan thought for a moment and said.

He probably can't be called a cartoonist. After all, you can't be called a cartoonist just by drawing a few pictures.

Cartoonists still need to know how to create, right?

But he's just an imitator and he's still a bit self-conscious.

But he wasn't stupid and didn't tell you directly that he traveled to another world and became an imitator.

Although he has a brain problem, mental illness and stupidity are two different things, right?

"You're very good at this painting... and this is your job, right?"

Gu Qianli looked at the plots of the drawings and said.

This is the content that Lin Qingshan has just drawn at the end of the 23rd chapter. The corresponding plot is probably the end of the sixth episode of the previous life animation.

That is... the plot of David's older brother Mann becoming a Cyberman and finally being killed by a terrorist mobile unit.

What Gu Qianli saw was the scene in which Mann asked David to run.

"David... this is the end for me..."

"But you have to survive..."

"Aren't you faster than anyone else?"

"Now... let's run..."

...

This plot, as well as Mann's extremely numb eyes, even people like Gu Qianli, who have never watched "edgerunners", can't help but feel a little emotional.

At the end, the scene freezes on David holding Mann's remaining arm in the car, his eyes open and numb, and weeping silently.

"That's over."

After reading the drawings, Gu Qianli didn't hold back: "Mr. Lin, are the first drawings of your work here?

Lin Qingshan can be said to have drawn the most impactful plot and scene in the first half of "edgerunners". Mann's numb face and David's face crying silently in the car after escaping are extremely impactful and narrative. It's almost as good as the pained face of Agni, the protagonist of another masterpiece "Fist of Fire".

It gives people watching the feeling of wanting to read the whole comic.

However, Lin Qingshan scratched his head when he heard Gu Qianli's request: "Sorry... I only have chapters 7 to 23 here... well, those are the parts of the drawings you just saw, the first chapter before I handed over the sixth chapter."

"Ah, so Mr. Lin, your work is going to be serialized in a comic book? What's the weekly magazine?"

Gu Qianli asked with an expression of surprise on his handsome face.

"Comic World, it seems?"

Lin Qingshan said, "But it looks like the series won't start until next month."

"Next month... what's the name, please..."

Gu Qianli felt a little sorry, but still asked.

"Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners."

Lin Qingshan replied.

"Cyberpunk 2077? Is this story set in the future?"

Gu Qianli asked curiously again.

She is now full of curiosity about "Edgerunners".

Because the latest storyline, no matter the plot, the images or the drawn lines of the characters, is so good.

"Yes, the setting is a story that takes place in the future 2077."

Lin Qingshan said.

"So, what does cyberpunk mean?"

Gu Qianli asked again.

Lin Qingshan thought for a moment, he really knew that, after all he had a disk-based memory.

"It's cyberpunk in English... It seems the word doesn't exist yet, so think of it as a new vocabulary I've formed using cyber and punk."

"Cyber is the Internet and computers, and Punk should be music, right?"

As a university student, Gu Qianli's English vocabulary isn't bad.

"It's almost the same thing, but Punk doesn't mainly refer to music. It refers to their thoughts which are more inclined towards ideological liberation and anti-mainstream stance."

Lin Qingshan went on to explain: "Cyberpunk mainly means that in a world of extreme development and powerful capital, people have become insignificant creatures not worth mentioning. Due to the development of high technology, the dividing line between humans and machines begins to disappear, and artificial intelligence development has given rise to thoughtful androids, and conflicts have arisen between artificial intelligence, hackers and large companies that control wealth. Marginal characters use high technology to escape the collective conscience and achieve individual freedom ... ".

He had checked the encyclopedia entry on cyberpunk in his previous life, and his disk-based memory allowed him to remember the entry's description clearly, and he recited it directly on the spot.

"That means dystopia and anti-capital, right?"

Gu Qianli's eyes sparkled and he said.

"Okay... I guess so. It's mainly reflected in high-tech and low-life."

Lin Qingshan scratched his head.

Wait... It seems that there really is no concept of cyberpunk in this world. He won't become the founder of the cyberpunk genre, right?

"That's good... In this world the protagonist is David, right? He's going to stand up against those capitalist bastards?"

Gu Qianli said excitedly.

"That's right."

Lin Qingshan thought there was nothing wrong and said.

"That story must be exciting! No wonder, Mr. Lin, your work could be serialized in Comic World!"

Gu Qianli raised his thumb and said.

"Then I'll read Mr. Lin's work in Comic World. I'll definitely vote for his works on the official website!"

She was a loyal reader of the comic book industry and subscribed to Comic World every month. Lin Qingshan's "edgerunners" was serialized in the magazine, which allowed her to read it.

When it came to the reader poll on the official website, she simply voted for "edgerunners".

"That's it... haha, you don't have to force it."

Lin Qingshan didn't pay much attention to this and said.

"All right... Mr. Lin... it's getting late, I should go."

At that moment, Gu Qianli suddenly remembered that he was only here to familiarize himself with Lin Qingshan's home address so that he could visit Pochita later.

However, the sketch of "edgerunners" that Lin Qingshan had put on stage just now and Lin Qingshan's identity as a cartoonist had aroused curiosity. After talking to Lin Qingshan for a long time, he had almost forgotten that he had to go back now.

At that moment, she touched Pochita's cute little head, feeling a little reluctant.

Pochita obediently stuck out her tongue and licked her palm, seemed reluctant to let go and roared twice: "Wow!"

"Okay, Miss Qianli, walk slowly."

Lin Qingshan nodded and said.

"Okay... there won't be any classes then. I'll go and see Pochita again."

Gu Qianli walked to the door and left after speaking.

(End of chapter)