Chapter 60 Your style of painting has become so sudden that I don't know what to say.
After the welcome party was over, it was almost six o'clock, and Mayumi left first. The store manager and his family were a little tired after playing in the zoo all afternoon, so they took the family home to rest. Before going back, she asked Xia Zhi what she wanted to do today.
Don't go back early, Xia Zhi refused.
"There aren't many guests anyway, so I'll stay until eight o'clock."
The store manager was a little embarrassed to keep people here at first, but after Tachibana Aya said, "You can stay and help," he left with a strange smile on his face. Natsuki knew very well that he was thinking of something strange, but he was too lazy to explain.
. This kind of thing cannot be explained by one person alone, let alone if there is a lunatic next to him who never takes it too seriously. The possibility of explaining it clearly is extremely slim.
In the next two hours, although Tachibana Aya said she would stay and help, Xia Zhi would not really let her help, and there was no need to let her help. He asked her to find a place to type out the manuscript and deal with it by herself.
There were customers in twos and threes. But she didn't seem to be interested in writing a manuscript. She just sat on the edge of the counter, holding her head up and observing Xia Zhi, making the latter feel uncomfortable all over.
"If you have such free time, go and play. Don't sit there and stare at people."
"How do you know I'm staring at you if you don't stare at me?"
"I've seen this kind of sentence pattern too many times, don't try to get away with it."
Xia Zhi poured her a glass of juice in a compromising manner and motioned for her to play by herself.
"How insincere. I don't like drinking apple juice."
"Do you still dislike it when I treat you for free?"
"Well, since you invited me, I'll accept it. You have to thank me for my magnanimity."
"Yes yes yes."
Natsuki was perfunctory, looking in the direction of the store door, and continued to wipe a cup that had been wiped for more than ten minutes. Tachibana Aya took out her mobile phone, lay on the table, and wandered around on the Internet in a slightly bored manner.
"Xia Zhi, this apple juice is too sour..."
"You are too picky."
After a short silence, Tachibana Aya spoke again.
"I didn't expect you, Xia Zhi, would actually treat me to something to eat. You are so poor that you have to work every day."
"Are these two different things? Besides, I don't even have money to treat people to food, right?"
"But, you should know that I am very rich, right?... I should be considered very rich."
"Yeah, so what's the matter?" Xia Zhi glanced at Tachibana Aya, who couldn't be said to be an elegant lady.
"Generally speaking, when it comes to treating guests, shouldn't the party with more money do it? It's a bit embarrassing to ask poor friends to treat guests."
Xia Zhi turned his head and looked at her in surprise.
"I didn't expect you to be embarrassed."
Tachibana Aya gritted her teeth and glared over.
"Your style has changed so suddenly that I don't know what to say."
"Just say whatever you want, I can bear it."
Xia Zhi paused, stopped what he was doing, and put the cup on the counter.
"The purpose of your visit is to draw material for a novel, right?"
"Well, that's basically true."
"The expression just now was very strange, the expression was not very professional."
"...you noticed?"
"That's right."
Feeling that it was not interesting, Xia Zhi took another cup and started cleaning it.
"Writing a novel is actually very troublesome... You see, it's already very troublesome just to come up with an interesting plot. You also have to polish the main plot, think of some interesting writing methods, foreshadowing, and make up the word count.
It’s very troublesome. Sometimes when I’m writing and writing, something suddenly goes wrong in the front, and then there are definitely more than just a few changes that need to be made. If you don’t arrange the plot well, it will be very hard.”
"Sometimes when I have inspiration, I can type out half of the plot with just a click. Sometimes when I don't have inspiration, I have to think about a name for a long time. If the story I write is good, I will be very happy. But that is the result. Writing
The process of writing a novel is not that happy.”
"It's true that I write a lot of stories, and they cover a wide range of topics, but I don't know that knowledge from the beginning. I also have to spend a lot of time looking up information. Sometimes I look up information online and find out
It’s still wrong and it’s very troublesome.”
"Even now, if I want to write a character like that, I have to at least know what that character looks like, right? But where can I find such a person? I am the only one who knows about writing novels. Ah.
, plus you. How do I know what a character is like?"
"I've read other people's novels and anime, but I still don't quite understand it. So I can only do it by myself. But doing it by myself is boring and not interesting at all. If I'm not interested, it's nothing.
As for motivation, let’s just leave it like this.”
I can understand her a little bit. After all, I am a Chinese international student. Although it is very different from writing a novel, Xia Zhi can also understand her a little. In China, many students are not keen on studying and they are not interested in learning, but even if
Even so, they will still go to school and force themselves to study, because it is necessary.
Tachibana Aya's current state is similar. She doesn't think writing novels is an interesting thing now, at least she doesn't think it's interesting to prepare for writing novels, and she can't get excited about things that are not interesting, but
She still had to write, just like a student had to study. Even if she was bored, she still had to make these preparations. That's why she had that expression just now.
"But, that's my own reason. If I can't solve it myself, it means nothing. What about you? Why did you suddenly invite me to drink coffee?"
"Huh? Why else? Aren't you experiencing the role? I'm just helping you a little."
Tachibana Aya was still lying on the table, but her eyes were scanning Xia Zhi's face. Xia Zhi's eyes fell on the cup in his hand, but he didn't see it.
"You want to know the thoughts and feelings of that character, and I am not a person with this kind of personality, so all I can do is help you a little bit. That's all I can do."
"...Do you want to help me? Why?"
Xia Zhi gave her a strange look.
"Why why? Is it weird to help a friend?"
At that moment, Tachibana Aya's heart beat rapidly. Then, her face turned rosy, she slapped her hands on the table, stood up, and glared at Xia Zhi.
"You, you, you, you, do you want to imitate the male protagonist of the light novel?"
"What's wrong with you again?" Xia Zhi turned around and continued to look at the cup in his hand. After confirming that it had indeed become smooth and shiny, he put it back on the cutlery rack, then picked another one and held it in his hand slowly.
Wipe slowly.
Tachibana Aya curled her lips and sat down again.
"You will lose my lovely self if you do this."
"I almost laughed out loud."
That said, Natsuki didn't mean to laugh. And there's nothing funny about it. As far as Natsuki is concerned, Tachibana Aya can indeed bear the word cute, but compared to cute, maybe beautiful
The words should be more appropriate.
"So, what are you going to do next?"
"What to do?"
"Asking knowingly." Tachibana Aya lay down on the counter again, and Governor Xia turned his head away again after looking at it. To be honest, the deformation caused by pressing the chest on the table is a bit destructive, and it can destroy Yuhua Gao's dignified and tidy school uniform.
Dressing like this is considered a talent. He is truly worthy of being a son of the plane.
"Let me ask you, will you continue to help me next time?"
"Well, if I can do it and it's not too much trouble."
"Won't you help if there is trouble? What kind of prince is this?"
"I never said I was a prince, right?"
"A girl as cute and beautiful as me is the princess in any story, right? Then, aren't you the prince who saves the princess? Feel honored for that."
"To boast so much can be regarded as a kind of talent."
Xia Zhi put the clean cup on the counter, took out the bottle of bright red watermelon juice from the refrigerator, filled it up, threw two pieces of ice in, and put it in front of Tachibana Aya.
"Here you go. After you drink it, just stay quietly for me."
"Hey~um...it's not very sweet. Did you mix it with water?"
"How can there be such sweet watermelon at this time? Are you stupid?"
Xia Zhi poured himself a glass of cold water and drank it. Even at night, it was still very hot, and the store was not very small. Even if the windows were opened, there would be very few phoenixes that could blow in. The space in the store was not big.
But it's not too small and there's no way to use the air conditioner. The fan used to blow the air is trying its best to take care of the guests. It's still quite stuffy here at the counter.
It's already past seven in the evening. If we hold on for a while, we can almost go back. Moreover, the last guest is already packing up and preparing to leave.
"Xia Zhi, what kind of place is China?"
"You ask me? Then I won't let you blow it to the sky."
"That's right...so what do you think of Japan?"
"Japan? It's not bad...it's very convenient to go to hot springs and the beach. The food is delicious, the novels and anime are also good, and I've met a lot of nice people. But it's really a headache not being able to pay with my mobile phone."
.”
"Well, if you put your wallet full in your pocket, you will feel happy."
"Who would..."
Wouldn’t that be too troublesome? Stuffing bank cards, banknotes, change, etc. into your wallet and pockets will easily be stolen, and it will not be easy to notice if something is missing. Compared with modern people’s day-to-day
The mobile phone and wallet I hold in my hands at night are more symbolic.
"Well, overall I like that you can like this country."
"I'll try my best."
"I will also like China. It's a fair deal, right? It's better to say you made a lot of money."
"Don't trade things like this."
But in terms of individual quality, it seems to be a bit of a profit. After all, the two parties to the transaction are one who is a son of a plane who is loved by thousands of people, and the other is an ordinary ordinary person who cannot be more ordinary.
"I would be very happy if you like this place."
Joking words appeared from Tachibana Aya's mouth, and she was imagining the interesting reaction that Natsuki might have.
"In that case, I will try my best."
Caught off guard, Tachibana Aya was silent for a moment, then clapped her hands on the counter and stood up again.
"I told you not to say such powerful words again in a state of unconsciousness like the male protagonist of this kind of light novel!"
"...Did I say anything strange?"
Xia Zhi gradually gave up trying to figure out the thinking of this crazy light novel writer.