Chapter 367
Four years ago, the comic book Cloudland Winery was the hottest intellectual property of that summer.
Audio dramas, short plays, movies, and peripheral products of this book were everywhere. But its copyright was never sold. Its author, May, kept a tight grip on it herself.
Rumor had it that May was even willing to take a pay cut when signing with the platform just to keep the copyright for
herself.
With all the hype and her attitude, its copyright became hotter than ever, and plenty of people were lining up, ready to pay top dollar for it.
Many people believed May was willing to lower her price back then to hold onto the book’s copyright just for this very
move.
However, no matter how high the offers were, May turned them all down.
She mentioned that before Cloudland Winery finished, her friend had sketched out all the characters for the comic book.
She had promised her friend the role of its illustrator, but due to some special reasons, Cloudland Winery still hadn’t been published.
Just when everyone thought the comic book would never see the light of day, May suddenly announced she was openly recruiting an illustrator for Cloudland Winery.
As soon as the news broke, everyone seemed instantly transported back to that summer four years ago, and the entire internet went wild.
Even Emily, who was too busy to have time to go online, heard the news and felt a little dazed for a moment.
She had only spent two years locked up at St. Gabriel Reform Academy, but those memories from the past felt like they belonged to another lifetime. She was starting to forget past things.
Emily was the only one, besides May, who knew the entire story of Cloudland Winery, because she was the friend May had insisted on keeping the copyright for, even if it meant lowering her price.
The painting set Emily had treasured at the Bennett residence had also been a gift from May.
Emily hadn’t started out drawing in a comic style, but May was willing to give her the time she needed to learn.
May was so adamant about holding onto the copyright because she was waiting for Emily to get the hang of it, so she could hand over the adaptation of Cloudland Winery to Emily.
Emily didn’t let May down. She taught herself to draw in comic style and, together with May, painstakingly refined the designs for several key characters of Cloudland Winery.
But just as Emily had finished compiling all the character designs into a portfolio and was ready to hand them over to May, the Bennett family dragged her off to St. Gabriel Reform Academy.
Those two years had been so painful that Emily had forgotten many of her memories before she was sent to St. Gabriel Reform Academy.
The portfolio she had compiled for Cloudland Winery disappeared, and she had lost May’s contact. Now, May was openly looking for an illustrator, not waiting for Emily anymore.
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Maybe their friendship had reached its end.
The fact sent a wave of melancholy washing over Emily, as if someone had carved out a piece of her heart, leaving nothing but emptiness and a dull ache behind.
Before Lydia’s reunion with the Bennett family, Emily had never lacked friends around her.
But all those friends had only stuck around because of her status as the heiress of the Bennett family. Once Emily lost that title, they all left without a second thought.
Only May became her friend because of who she was, instead of her family name.
They didn’t know each other’s names or appearances, but they treasured their friendship.
However, St. Gabriel Reform Academy was always watching Emily, so there was no way she could ever shake off those two years of hell.
