Crossing the line

Chapter 81 Actions Speak Louder Than Words
"I got two today. Wen's Bank is really generous in its promotion. You can get them at every subway entrance."

Every time someone walked past her, Yun Yuwan looked at the fish balls in their hands.

It’s so big, bigger than a fist. How can a fish ball be this big?

It has nothing to do with Umi Sonoda.

Of course not.

Because this is not Umi Sonoda's surrounding area.

This is the surrounding area of ​​Yun Yuwan.

She realized something and got off the subway a little slowly. Lin Chu, wearing a mask and sunglasses, had to look at her and hold her arm as he walked, to ensure that she could slow down.

Yun Yuwan thought of that sentence for no reason.

facta non verba.
Actions speak louder than words.

Crowds of people were coming and going, and in the underground passage after getting off the escalator, there were dozens of large electronic screens, all of which showed a big-headed cartoon character with round eyes and cherry lips, holding the hem of his skirt, some sitting, some standing, some lying on the ground, or crying.

Office workers were rushing around with coffee in hand and headphones on, tourists were pulling suitcases and excitedly discussing their itineraries, senior citizens were carrying canvas bags, and children going to school were in groups of three or five wearing international high school uniforms, occasionally discussing characters in advertisements.

Yun Yuwan passed by the first large electronic screen among the crowd. In front of the wide screen, she looked particularly thin and graceful.

The Q-version little girl with short arms and legs has a gardenia hairpin on her head. Her thick hair is blown by the breeze, and there is a straw raincoat maple on her head.

His expression was very cold at that time, and she thought he didn't care. It turned out that he remembered that the hairpin she wore that day was a gardenia.

The second picture shows a round-faced little girl falling to the ground with her legs up in the air. Her eyes are dazed, represented by a horizontal cross, and her tongue is sticking out. If you look closely, you can see blue fragments around her.

Some people are also looking at the anime co-branded posters, and some even come here specifically to check in.

"What is this blue thing? Is there a plot like this in anime?"

"Since it's Umi, the choreography next to her should be that of the stage."

"Yes, after all, she often performs on stage, and this collaboration actually includes so many scenes that we haven't seen before."

There is no mention of co-branding in the advertisement, but everyone just agrees.

The sound of taking photos rang out. Yun Yuwan's profile was as cold as frost, her neck was slender and white, and her white bamboo-leaf pleated long skirt was like a lotus. She was beautiful and outstanding. The crowd came and went, but she seemed like the protagonist frozen in a movie. Just standing there motionless was enough to attract passers-by to look at her twice.

"Hey, the beauty next to you looks a bit like Umi."

"It's quite similar."

Yun Yuwan looked at the blue fragments and had some guesses in her mind.

Not choreography.

It's blue coral.

She broke the blue coral.

Lin Chu had already let go of her hand, but she didn't realize it and was just staring at screen after screen of electronic posters.

The little man was tired from running and was panting heavily, holding the roadside railing with his hands outstretched.

Sitting on the carpet, with his elbows also propped up on the carpet, he rested his face in his hands while reading a comic.

Her hand unconsciously rested on the edge of the big screen.

If this painting was for her, there should actually be another person here.

Because she was being held in someone's arms while reading comics.

The crowds of people rushing past in the subway were shoulder to shoulder, but Yun Yuwan was the only one walking slowly, as if he wanted to see every detail of every painting clearly.

The little person was shaking her butt in a little sea salt cake blue skirt.

He was lying on the window slyly, staring at someone with his big, bulging eyes.

Those comics are not drawn one-to-one, but Q-version avatars with big heads and short hands and legs.

She didn't know this style of painting.

But just now, she met him somewhere else.

She knew where it came from.

She always wanted someone to paint her portrait. In fact, there was a very talented painter who had already painted it, without her knowing, during the years when she was feeling sorry for herself and homeless.

What she had always longed for was actually within her reach. The person she loved also loved her in a complicated way, but he just didn't express it to her.

Why didn't you tell her before?
When we got down to the train stop, the train roared in and the electronic announcement sounded at the same time:

"Passengers, the train will arrive at the station soon. The final stop of this train is Fengbang. Please wait in an orderly manner." She followed the crowd and lined up in the waiting area.

But when she entered the subway, she found that Line 14 was reserved, and the subway cars were filled with the cartoon character with no earlobes, big round eyes and a round face.

The walls of the subway, next to the seats, are covered with advertising stickers.

The whole carriage looked like a comic convention.

Yun Yuwan was extremely surprised.

She had already entered the carriage and stopped.

A little girl pointed at the cartoons in the car with her short round hands: "Mom, it's a doll."

The young mother's voice rang out: "Yes, she is as cute as our daughter."

Nanny.

"Nannan, eat your meal obediently. After dinner, I'll buy you an art gallery as a reward."

"I never thought it would be in the closet. Nannan is really creative."

"Nannan sent it to me herself. Why do you think I have it?"

Yun Yuwan's figure stood in the carriage. All those girls who had loved him intentionally or unintentionally flashed through his mind in an instant, his unintentional favor to them.

Others on the train also noticed the ad: "The subway is so cartoony..."

Someone sent a message on his phone: "Baby, I'm telling you, today Line 14 is all about your favorite anime character."

Most people didn't say anything, after all, they didn't know the niche anime characters, but they all noticed the stickers, their eyes would linger for a moment, and then look away silently.

Suddenly a boy came up to her and said, "Sister, you look like this character, as if you were cut out of a picture."

Several children with school bags surrounded her.

Yun Yuwan curled the corners of her lips: "It seems like there is a little bit."

The mechanical female voice of the subway announced.

"Wen's Commercial Bank reminds you that the train is arriving at the Great World."

The children holding basketballs and carrying schoolbags smiled brightly at her, waved goodbye, and discussed getting off the bus.

She smiled in response.

Another wave of passengers came up, and some of them accidentally discovered the young girl and the cartoon character standing in front of them. They couldn't help but look at Yun Yuwan, then at the stickers, but no one said anything.

The subway announcement sounded again: "We have arrived at Huangpi South Road. This stop will take you to Wen's Commercial Bank. Please open the door on the left and be careful when getting off the train."

Yun Yuwan felt a lump in her throat just by hearing about Wen's Commercial Bank.

People in the subway got up from their seats one after another. Yun Yuwan also let go of the handrail in the elevator. The crowd surged, and tears were looming in Yun Yuwan's eyes. She got off the train with the crowd, but saw that it was still Sonoda Umi outside the train.

There are countless Umi Sonoda, from escalators to subways, from inside cars to outside cars.

Posters and large screens covered the entire subway station.

For a moment, I had the urge to cry.

The phone in her hand rang and she glanced down.

Chu Chu: "Baby, let's get off at Xujiahui. I'll wait for you at Xujiahui~"

She was changing trains at the station, and people kept passing by her, occasionally hearing a word or two of discussion.

"…like."

"My childhood friend likes Master Hai. If he sees this beauty, he will probably go crazy."

"You don't even need to wear makeup to cosplay, you're so pretty... your eyes are so big."

People who didn't know Umi Sonoda would whisper to Yun Yuwan when they passed by her: "This beauty is so pretty. She looks like the cartoon character in the car."

“There really are people who look just like in the cartoons…”

"so beautiful."

Halfway through the journey, someone came up to us and asked politely but excitedly, "Beautiful lady, can we take a photo with you? We love Umi Sonoda so much. We are so happy to take this subway today. We didn't expect to meet a beautiful lady who looks so much like Umi."

She hesitated slightly: "Okay."

The two girls were overjoyed.