Haiyue Bookstore.
This is the home of the Writers Guild and one of the largest bookstores in the neighborhood.
Unlike other bookstores, this bookstore is not just a bookstore. The top two floors are used by associations.
Today's award process is to award awards upstairs first, and then directly conduct a book signing downstairs. Coupled with the electronic screen promotion outside the building, it can be said to be a good way of publicity.
After seeing the award ceremony and the book signing announced later, many passers-by would queue up temporarily to buy a copy of the work signed by the author.
After all, if the author becomes famous in the future, the autographed novel may increase in value.
Of course, the reason why Karasawa mentioned so much was simply to explain to Ayako why the association arranged it this way.
The two of them entered the uppermost venue while chatting.
After the staff gave the two people simple name tags, they quickly took them to Kuwano Meimi's lounge.
"Please come in!"
Following the response from the room, the staff on the side left with a smile, and Karasawa and Ayako entered the room.
"Teacher Karasawa!?"
The short-haired girl in the room was writing in a notebook. She turned around and glanced at the door when she heard the door opening.
But when she saw the person coming, she stood up suddenly with excitement.
But I don't know if it was because she was too excited. Sanye Meimi lost her balance and fell to the ground with her left foot and right foot.
"It's okay!"
Seeing the other party fall, Ayako, who was still at the door, quickly stepped forward to the other party and asked.
"it's okay no problem."
Sanye Meimi covered her ankle with some pain: "I feel like it was twisted, it shouldn't be anything serious.
I'm really sorry, Mr. Tang Ze is my idol, so I was so excited to see you appear."
"Sit down and rest first."
Karasawa and Ayako each supported one side and let Kuwano Mimi sit on the sofa to rest: "I'll ask the staff to help you buy a bottle of bruise medicine."
"Sorry for the trouble, Teacher Karasawa." Kuwano Mimi thanked her.
"You're welcome, the handwriting is very good. I'd like to ask you to sign it for me later." Tang Ze said with a smile.
"Really!"
Sanye Meimi couldn't help but feel happy when she heard this, "It's an honor for me to be recognized by the teacher!"
While talking, Tang Ze had already arrived at the door and called a nearby staff member to come over and ask him to help buy a bottle of spray for treating bruises.
At this moment, a long-haired man wearing a suit and holding flowers came over and congratulated happily before he even entered the door: "Meimi, congratulations on winning the award, and I wish you a great crowd at the autograph session behind you!"
"Sakamoto!!"
When Sanye Meimi saw the man holding flowers and blessing him, not only was he not happy, but his handsome face showed an angry look.
"Sakamoto! What else are you doing here!"
Kuang Yemei was so angry that she couldn't help but stand up, but because her feet were injured, she unconsciously fell back to the sofa.
"Meimi, what's wrong with your feet!?"
Seeing Kuwano Mimi sitting back with a painful look on her face, the man with the "Sakamoto Mamoru" nameplate quickly stepped forward and expressed concern.
"It's none of your business!" Sangye Meimi said harshly.
"Just forgive me, okay?" Sakamoto Mamoru flipped up his hair and looked at Kuwano Mimi with a gentle look on his face.
"Please don't come to me again."
But Sanye Meimi didn't accept the other party's tactics, and said in a cold tone: "You dumped me once, and now I'm an adult and you come back. What's your intention!"
"What's wrong, Meimi, calm down and don't be so loud."
At this moment, another young man wearing glasses walked outside the room door, and he had the name tag "Nakamori Kazuo" on his chest.
"You asked me what's wrong, how did you become an agent!"
When Sanye Meimi heard the man's words, she hugged her ankles and shouted angrily: "Why did you let him in?"
"What does it matter? We all belong to the literary club." Nakamori Kazuo said with a smile.
"It does matter, and it matters a lot!"
After hearing Kazuo Nakamori's words, Mimi Kuwano said angrily: "You all go out now. I have to focus on writing a book before the award ceremony. Don't bother me!"
"Then I put the signature board here. Remember to sign it when you have time." After Kazuo Nakamori put down the signature board, he hugged Mamoru Sakamoto and left.
"It really made you two laugh."
After the two left, Kuangye Meimi smiled apologetically: "I can't help myself when I meet my ex-boyfriend."
"it's okay no problem."
Tang Ze smiled and waved his hand: "Are those two just your classmates?"
"Yes, we are a club."
Kuwano Meimi smiled and said: "After all, I haven't graduated yet, and Zhongsen happened to be an accounting major, so he helped me take care of my schedule and property."
"But don't you need to tell Nakamori about your injured foot?" Ayako asked worriedly.
"It's useless to tell him."
Sanye Meimi laughed at herself: "He won't worry about my feet. If my hand is injured and I can no longer write a book, he will definitely come over and express my regards."
Ever since I won an award and became a best-selling novelist, I have been surrounded by people like this.
It’s really annoying, maybe this is the price of fame.”
Speaking of this, Sanye Meimi sighed, looking a little lonely.
Thinking about it, she was just an ordinary college student, but when she became famous for her novel, she was surrounded by people who wanted to benefit from it, which naturally made her anxious.
"Sorry, I said a little too much."
After speaking, Mimi Kuwano took out her signature pad and signed her name: "Teacher Karasawa, please accept this. This is my signature.
I hope to become an excellent mystery writer like you in the future, and I also hope that my signature will be worthy of your collection!"
"you are too humble."
Hearing the other party's low-profile words, Tang Ze smiled and said: "I read your book. Although the writing style is a bit immature, it is overall very good.
I believe that as long as you persist, you will definitely get better results."
After chatting with each other for a few more words, the two of them didn't stay long and said goodbye to each other.
After all, with the atmosphere just now, the other party probably wanted to stay alone for a while, and it was not good for the two of them to stay for longer.
Could it be that after leaving each other's room, the two found the previous staff again and met with each other backstage for the awards ceremony.
As for Ayako, she sat in the audience in advance, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.
The overall process of awarding awards was very smooth.
Kuangye Meimi is also strong enough. Even though her ankle is sprained, she still has to go on stage normally.
Only Tang Ze, who was very close, saw the other person's unconscious frown and knew that he was completely forcing himself on him.
Fortunately, the award ceremony was not too big. After the other party gave his acceptance speech, Tang Ze planned to leave.
After all, he only has so much work to do, and the rest is the other party's autograph session, so there's no point in him staying here.
"Oops, I forgot to ask for Yueshui's autograph."
Just as the two were about to get in the car and leave, Karasawa suddenly remembered his promise to get Koshimizu Nanatsuki's autograph after getting in the car, and he quickly stopped.
"I remember you didn't bring a book with you?" Ayako was surprised when she heard this: "Why are there no books?"
"Miss Kuwaye fell down just now, so I put the book on the coffee table."
Tangze slapped his forehead and said, "Later, her ex-boyfriend came over again, and the atmosphere was very unpleasant. She took the initiative to give me a signed copy, and I forgot about it."
"Then go back to find her now?" Ayako suggested: "The autograph session hasn't started yet."
"That's all. You can wait for me in the car." Tang Ze smiled and said, "I'll go back quickly."
Ayako: "Okay."
However, when Karasawa arrived at Kuwano Mimi's lounge, he found Mamoru Sakamoto standing in front of the door.
"Sakamoto, you are too persistent."
At this moment, Nakamori Kazuo also came over and looked at Sakamoto Mori: "You'd better not come, we will be at the autograph session soon."
As he spoke, Nakamori Kazuo opened the valve and stepped inside.
But the next moment he saw the scene in the room, Nakamori Kazuo screamed in horror and backed away.
Seeing his frightened expression, Tang Ze had a bad premonition in his heart, and at the same time, he kept walking towards the door.
After seeing the scene in the room, Karasawa's face couldn't help but darken, because Mimi Kuwano, who had just received the trophy from him on the stage, was now hanging from the pipe in the ceiling of the lounge.
There were tears in the corners of her eyes, her slightly open mouth was drooling, and she no longer looked that youthful and beautiful.
At her feet, a round stool fell to the ground, creating a scene of suicide.
That's right, it's just to create this illusion.
The moment Tang Ze saw the scene in front of him, he judged that the scene in front of him was definitely not suicide.
Instead, someone killed Sanye Meimi and hung her from the water pipe on the ceiling to pretend to commit suicide.
"Call an ambulance quickly!"
Karasawa shouted to the two of them, and Nakamori Kazuo panicked and took out his mobile phone to call the ambulance.
As for Tangze, he lifted up the stool that had fallen on the ground and stepped on the round stool to put the opponent down.
However, as soon as Karasawa stood on it, he realized that the stool was a little unstable. Fortunately, Mamoru Sakamoto saw this and immediately held the stool from below, which prevented it from becoming stable.
Holding Kuang Ye Mei Mi in one hand, Karasawa held the ceremonial dress in his other hand and popped out a sharp blade to cut the rope.
And below, Mamoru Sakamoto saw this and immediately offered his hand, smoothly laying Kuwano Mimi down on the ground.
"There is still a pulse, maybe we can be saved!"
Tang Ze knelt down and checked the other person's neck. After finding that there was still a slight pulse, he immediately started cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the other person.
"Take out the cell phone from my right trouser pocket."
With his hands occupied, Karasawa shouted to Sakamoto Mamoru next to him. Although the other party was surprised and didn't know why Karasawa asked him to take the phone, he still subconsciously did it.
"Call Ayako's number."
Tang Ze shouted, and the [Detective] on the phone immediately executed the order and followed it.
"Hey, is the autograph coming?"
After the call was connected, Ayako's words came through the phone.
"Something happened here, Ayako, please get the small medicine box from the passenger seat immediately!" Tangze shouted towards the phone: "Hurry!"
"I, I know!"
After Ayako on the other end of the phone heard Karasawa's words, there was a sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and soon Ayako's voice came again: "We'll be there soon!"
Soon Ayako was panting and ran over carrying the first aid kit, while Karasawa asked it to open it, took out the [Powerful First Aid Needle] and gave it to the other party, and then continued to perform cardiac resuscitation again.
With the feeling of an ambulance, Kuwano Mimi was carried to the ambulance and the doctor took over. Tangze breathed a sigh of relief.
"what happened?"
Ayako looked at the ambulance that was moving away, and couldn't help but ask: "You were fine just now, why did it suddenly become like this?"
"Look, there is a suicide note written by Meimi on the computer!"
At this moment, Kazuo Nakamori, who was standing in front of his laptop, suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention.
[I’m tired of the busy life surrounded by hypocrisy and profit-seeking. I want to go to the free world! Goodbye! - Meimi Kuwano]
"Is this a suicide note typed with a word processor?" Ayako couldn't help but ask after reading it.
On the other side, Tangze's super sense of smell quietly activated.
Soon he noticed the strong fragrance in the room, and immediately turned to look at the many cosmetics beside the dressing cabinet.
Although there was such a smell before, it was not as fragrant, which means it was sprayed by the prisoner after committing the crime.
And its purpose is to cover up another smell under this perfume!
That's right, Karasawa's super sense of smell also smelled another smell, and this smell was also stained on one of the men in this room.
Seeing that the name on the opponent's brand had many white dots, Tangze's eyes became darker.
"I can confirm that this is a fake." After putting on his gloves, Karasawa picked up the suicide note from Ayako and said directly: "This is just a little trick of the criminal."
"Eh!?"
Hearing Tang Ze's words, everyone couldn't help being shocked and looked at Tang Ze one after another.
"Before awarding the award, Ms. Kuwano also said that she hoped to follow my example and write more good works. Although she was also tired of people around her who were unfaithful for profit, she didn't have too much trouble."
Tang Zedan said calmly: "Besides, Miss Kuwaye's foot was injured, so it is impossible for her to commit suicide by standing on an unstable stool.
In other words, the prisoner did not know that Miss Kuwano had injured her ankle, otherwise he would never have disguised it as a suicide by hanging.
Because it's too easy to reveal the secret.
When Mr. Sakamoto entered this room, Miss Kuwano
The only one left is you, Mr. Kazuo Nakamori."
After the words fell, Nakamori Kazuo's face couldn't help but panic, and he immediately retorted subconsciously: "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if I don't know that Kuwano's foot was injured, there are so many people who don't know, so why do they think it's me."
"I'm not talking nonsense."
Tangze shook his head and said: "First of all, not everyone can disturb Ms. Kuwaye, I think the staff all know this.
Secondly and more importantly, you knocked over something during the murder, which forced you to use a lot of perfume to cover it up.
To be honest, your response plan is good, but it is a pity that you seem to have forgotten my existence.
And this move of yours has exposed more flaws in you!"
This chapter has been completed!