Xia Zhi returned to his seat. He thought the two of them would communicate with each other when he left. After all, girls have many things to talk about, and they have their own way of establishing a good relationship with strange girls.
After all, as long as you are a girl, no matter how strange the topics you are interested in are, you are very interested in things like clothes and cosmetics.
But in fact, it didn't happen. Tachibana Aya put on a look that Natsuki once desperately wanted her to look like, but she didn't. However, now that she needs someone to liven up the atmosphere as much as possible, she has become solemn.
, with a faint smile on her face that was really just beautiful, she held the edge of the cup with both hands and said nothing. She was probably nervous, and this was probably the only time she had ever seen her in her life.
And what about the other side? The editor named Yuka Yagami was even better. After she handed them their business cards, she made no other moves. She just repeatedly observed Natsuki and Tachibana Aya. And her face
There is no expression on her face, which makes it difficult for Xia Zhi to guess what she is thinking in her heart. To a certain extent, what Tachibana Aya just said, that it is not easy to deal with people with facial paralysis, can indeed be applied to all kinds of things.
of people.
There is an awkward atmosphere on the table now. Because there are other purposes for coming here today, this situation needs to be broken after all, but the person who broke this situation is actually Xia, who should have nothing to do with this matter.
Just know.
"Since everyone has introduced themselves, without further ado, let's hurry up and get started." Xia Zhi broke the awkward silence on the table: "I almost forgot to introduce myself, although it is not relevant.
My name is Xia Zhi. I am an international student from China. I am friends with this guy. I came with her today to have some food. My friends can either call me Xia Zhi or Xia Zhijun. It’s up to you, Ms. Yagami.
That’s fine. Can I call you Miss Yagami?”
"Don't mind, just call me Iori." The other party nodded.
"Then I'm not welcome." Xia Zhi looked at Tachibana Aya and found that she was secretly looking at him and winking at him. But there was no context. If Xia Zhi could see the wink she was giving,
It’s strange to understand.
"As for her, Miss Yagami can just call her Tachibana Aya. If you call her Takezuki Ryo-sensei, she will probably be so proud that she floats to the sky."
"I don't know how!" Tachibana Aya slapped the table, and the dignified expression on her face disappeared in an instant, and she glared at Xia Zhi: "Can't you help me maintain the character atmosphere that I worked so hard to create!"
Xia Zhi chuckled.
"If you have anything to say, hurry up and hurry up. I have to get back to work."
Tachibana Aya looked at Xia Zhi with her mouth bulging.
"I see." Miss Yagami, who had been keeping a wait-and-see attitude, suddenly spoke, although her tone remained unchanged: "Teacher Takezuki..."
"Forget it. I don't care about the image anyway, just call me Tachibana Aya." Tachibana Aya picked up the small spoon placed next to the cake plate and stretched it towards the matcha cake on the plate.
"Okay." Ms. Yagami nodded: "I have read Mr. Tachibana's work. It is a very excellent work. If you hand it over to our publishing house, we will do our best to promote your work.
However, we have a few questions here. I hope Mr. Tachibana can answer them if it is convenient. This will not affect our cooperation. It is only done for the purpose of deepening our understanding. If Mr. Tachibana
If you don’t feel comfortable answering, you don’t have to answer.”
This is really polite. Sure enough, once a person has an identity and status, the treatment he receives will change dramatically. Now, if we replace him with another writer who does not have the outstanding ability and works of Tachibana Aya
If so, Xia Zhi doesn't think the publishing house would be so polite. After all, the purpose of the publishing house is to make money. If all writers adopt this attitude, then most of them will not be able to complete their work, right?
"Question? Okay, you can ask." Tachibana said nonchalantly while eating the cake.
She really tore off all her previous disguises and revealed her true nature.
"Well, I'm sorry. In Tachibana-sensei's previous works, he only wrote one story at a time. Our publishing house has actually already made a promotion plan. When Tachibana-sensei's works are sent, we will make more detailed plans after reading them.
promotion plan. But Tachibana-sensei’s work this time is different. We have found many clues from your work that can continue to develop the story. Are you planning to write a long story this time? Have you ever expected the specific length?
Is there a syllabus that has been formed? Can it be fixed to issue one volume every six months or one volume a year?"
Tachibana Aya stopped eating the cake and looked at Miss Yagami in confusion: "Strange, did I write it so obviously?"
"This was determined together by our editorial team, so it seems there is nothing wrong."
"Yeah, that's right. I want to write a long story this time." Probably because there is no pressure to pretend, and Miss Yagami has already started talking about business, Tachibana Aya is no longer as reserved as she was at the beginning.
: "Writing one volume every half a year or one volume a year is actually not a problem for me. But if you have to consider the quality of the content, I think one volume a year is actually better."
Natsuki glanced at her, and he felt that Tachibana Aya simply wanted to be lazy.
"I see. I understand." Miss Yagami nodded.
"As for the length of the article, and the outline, I haven't thought about either of them, so I don't have to look forward to it." Tachibana Aya looked at Xia Zhi who was holding her chin and drinking coffee next to her: "Because I don't know how long I can write.
, I don’t know what will happen in the future. However, if nothing unexpected happens, it will probably be over after writing thirty or forty volumes. Except for some parts that I don’t want others to know, human life span is actually only that long.
.”
"I see, is this the story?" Ms. Yagami turned to look at Xia Zhi: "I actually saw it just now. Although the names are different, Xia Zhijun should be the male protagonist of the novel, right? After all, including the background of the character,
Most of the settings in it can basically be said to be completely overlapping.”
Xia Zhi was drinking coffee next to him, almost spitting out a sip.