On this day, the C&K comic convention kept trending nonstop.
The scale and projects of the C&K comic convention are the largest ever, making comic fans who couldn’t attend celebrate wildly online.
The most eye-catching rising manga artist, UU, appeared at the signing event. Surprisingly, they were a charming little beauty. Another artist attracting attention, Florence Locke, predicted to be a gentle classical beauty due to the ancient style manga, turned out to be a neutral, cool beauty, forming a sharp contrast.
These two alone caused a sensation with their looks, attracting many fans.
Additionally, rumors say CC Comics is full of handsome men and beautiful women. The artists attending the signing event were all attractive, leading netizens to joke they could form a group to venture into the entertainment industry.
All day, the C&K comic convention trended without repeating topics, and all was backed by genuine evidence.
However, as night fell, a topic suddenly shot to the top trends—
[Zero appears at the C&K comic convention].
Initially, netizens thought it was a gimmick and didn’t take it seriously until they clicked into the trending topic...
Finally, they exploded.
Two pictures, the front and back of a folding fan.
On the front: a picture from ’Death Legend’ with no female lead, depicting Summer City and Manuel fighting side by side, occupying the left and right of the fan surface, simple coloration, strong visual impact, undoubtedly by Zero.
On the back, a line: A visit. —Zero.
The words were written with a calligraphy brush, with strokes as bold and strong as dragons and phoenixes, clearly practiced.
Since the raffle began, Zero kept trending, especially with the New Year’s gift drawing a lot of fans. Now that they saw this, netizens were thoroughly excited.
"Hahaha, this visit is a bit too cheeky. Both sly and adorable, I’m a fan now."
"I’m at the comic convention! Ahhh, maybe I brushed past Him!"
"Kneel begging for convention site photos, maybe I glanced at Him in the crowd."
"Cursive script? This beautiful handwriting must have years of foundation. Is your Him a versatile genius?"
Besides the netizens, many manga artists within the industry were also stirred and expressed their sentiments.
"Is it true I spent time at the same convention as my idol?"
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!"
"Is this a surprise set up by the C&K comic convention, or did Zero really make a low-key appearance? Can those attending the signing or internal staff reveal anything?"
After nightfall, the official Weibo of the C&K comic convention reposted a statement, completely unaware of the situation, stating they were pleasantly surprised by Zero’s presence.
Implicitly confirming the speculation of ’Zero’s low-key attendance.’
Nora Scott, who went offline and slept after coming home, sluggishly got out of bed after sleeping until evening.
As soon as she left the bedroom, she heard sounds at the entrance. Looking up, she saw Marcus Shaw entering with a backpack, carrying a shopping bag in one hand and a rolled-up drawing in the other.
Upon seeing Nora, Marcus instinctively hid the drawing behind his back, but soon realized it was pointless and openly displayed it.
Nora didn’t pay attention to the rolled drawing but noticed the shopping bag he carried, slightly raising her eyebrows in surprise, "You can cook?"
Marcus paused slightly, his thin lips pressed into a sharp line, appearing quite cold.
After a while, he squeezed out a sentence, "I can a little."
Indebted for meals, having been freeloading from the neighbors’ meals, he found it hard to adapt.
For him, cooking equated to a survival instinct.
"What are we having for dinner?" Nora asked, as if it was a given.
Her nonchalant demeanor choked Marcus a bit. Tightening the plastic bag, he replied awkwardly, "Just stir-fry a few dishes."
"Then no need to freeload next door."
Nora said frankly, heading toward the heap of gift boxes from Cool Ridge Media brought back that afternoon.
At this moment, Marcus also noticed the mountain of gift boxes, furrowing his brows, "What are these?"
The excessively cartoonish, cute gift box packaging did not match Nora’s vibe at all.
Casually opening two boxes, Nora glanced at the adorable stuffed toys inside and said, "Others sent it, some toys, stationery, keyboards, etc. They’ll go in your room."
Having to depend on others, unable to refuse, Marcus secretly ground his teeth.
These things, do they have any resemblance to him?
While Marcus cooked, Nora went back to her bedroom to wash up and turned on her phone.
She sent Jack Carter a message, letting him know there was no need to prepare dinner for her and Marcus.
Then she saved the photos Pedro Langley had sent one by one.
Before parting that afternoon, she forced Pedro to change his WeChat profile picture, replacing the previously sneakily captured sketch with the gifted folding fan picture.