Shiina Mashiro

Rubbing his wrist, Asahi bid his last book fan farewell, and it was past 4 in the afternoon.

There were still some fans of the book, but after seeing that the author was clearly tired, they expressed their understanding not to sign and chose to leave.

Asahi is very grateful to book fans. If he hadn't stayed up late last night, he would definitely have been able to survive.

Just signing was so tiring, after going through it a few times, he still wasn't used to it, and his right hand felt like it was useless.

As he lay down on the chair, closed his eyes and let go of his thoughts, suddenly a pair of hands rested on his shoulders.

"Thank you." Sonoko massaged it gently, her slow tone was very gentle.

"This is what I have to do." Asahi heaved a sigh of relief, paused for a moment and said, "By the way, I heard that you recently took over the light novelist."

As an editor, there was never just one writer in charge, but because the pseudonym Hasegawa Sensei was too well known, Sonoko focused most of his energies on him.

Moreover, in the process, she herself with the two-person relationship mode.

Because it's so relaxed, it's not just outside the scope of the editor and writer's duties, but more like a friend or sister.

"The news is quite well-informed, hehe, she is a beautiful young woman who is two years younger than you, would you like a photo? Call me and I'll show it to you, how's that?"

While rubbing her temples gently, Sonoko mysteriously took out her cell phone and hung it in front of her.

"Could it be prettier than Sonoko-san?" With flattering compliments, Asahi looked at Sonoko and said: "Let me tell you beforehand, Sonoko-san is a temperamental beauty 90% in my heart.."

"You have become bolder, even daring to tease me." After glaring at him, Sonoko pinched him hard to express her dissatisfaction.

She wanted to talk about something off topic to relax Asahi, but she didn't expect this person to speak so fluently.

"I apologize for what I just said!"

"What about sincerity?"

"You make a condition, as long as it's not too much, I will accept it."

"Hah?" Hearing this, Sonoko showed a smile with everything under control: "Since you know that I took over the newcomers, I won't hide it from you. She's stuck in an impasse, if possible, can you as a senior guide one or two people?"

She?

Had the girl Sonoko mentioned who was two years younger than him asked him to tutor her writing...

Seeing Asahi hesitate, Sonoko added fire: "That girl is your loyal book fan."

"Ah, so there's no other way." Asahi immediately agreed.

Sonoko smiled happily: "That's settled, I'll tell her the good news later!"

There was a notification sound from the cell phone next to his ear, and Asahi thought it was his cell phone ringing, but then a vibration from his pocket let him know it was his cell phone.

When he opened it, the sender of the email showed the name "Sengoku Chihiro".

"Hi! I was in a hurry when I left in the morning and forgot to say, can you help me pick up my cousin at the station? Because I have to accept a new female teacher but I don't have enough time. So please, the appointment is at 6 p.m. My cousin's name is Shiina Mashiro, and if you want me to pay you, I'll think about it. I want to use the new female teacher's sleeping face when she's drunk."

"Secretly tell you! The new teacher is so young and beautiful!"

"If you're interested, I can help you match. How? Do you want to give the exciting teacher-student relationship a try?"

"Wait... I almost forgot, this is a photo of my cousin!"

After roughly reading the information above, Asahi looked directly at the photo below.

It was about a five- or six year old girl, the little white girl wearing a big straw hat and a pure white dress.

There was no expression on her face, and she didn't smile for the camera. Her transparent eyes seem to be looking into the deeper end of the camera. I don't know if it's because of the feeling of emptiness, like a broken object.

Is that true...

Asahi smiled faintly, and lived in Sakurasou Dormitory for two years, almost forgetting about this "pet girl" with the aura of a world-class talented painter.

Right, counting the time, it was almost time for him to move here, it seemed his future life would be even more interesting.

"You look happy?"

Sonoko ends the email exchange with the new author, turns her attention back to Asahi, and guesses: "Did something good happen?"

Asahi didn't answer directly: "Sonoko-san is also tired today. Would you like to have coffee together but I have something to do around 6pm. Unfortunately, I can't accompany you to come home at night."

"I don't need to drink coffee, as a breadwinner exploited by capitalists, I am not idle like you, and..." Sonoko clutched his ear and said, "Send me home at night, what do you want to do?"

"Of course doing something like climbing the ladder of maturity, picking and tasting the sweet forbidden fruit."

"I see you are getting bolder."

Blushing and spitting softly, Sonoko rolled her eyes at him, realized that it was almost 5 p.m., and thought that she should go back to the editorial department to sort out the material later, It was too late to teach her a lesson, so she stepped out of the bookstore in high heels. and hurriedly got into a taxi and left.

Seeing Sonoko's figure getting into the taxi and waving at him until she disappeared into the traffic, Asahi returned to the bus stop he had come from.

For an hour, even if it takes... Cough, forget it.

Back at the station, Asahi saw that there was still half an hour left, and couldn't help but wonder how he was going to spend this difficult time.

The shortest shortcut from Sakurasou Dormitory to the station is the route that goes through the shopping street. This is a great place full of retro, old fashioned street style.

Normally, this is the time for middle and high school students to flock off the bus, but this was spring break, and passengers were also in pairs and threes.

People with unclear identities, ages, and occupations left the station.

At the same time, a black taxi drove into a circle and stopped at a taxi stand less than 100 meters away from Asahi.

He glanced there inadvertently, and then a young girl came into his view from the backseat.