Akizuki Takazo will never get hurt

"It's been a long time since I've contacted you, Akizuki-kun, I'm Okumura, should you still remember?"

"Of course, Editor Okumura, who is calling today?"

"I've almost prepared your book here, and it will be ready for sale next month."

"Is there no problem?"

"Don't worry, I've used my small network, and it's almost there, so Lord Qiuyue can rest assured, you just need to wait until next year's awards with peace of mind."

"Since it's the editor of Okumura, then I can rest assured."

Although he doesn't completely trust that fat middle-aged man, in this industry, Xiaosan really has no one he can trust. The only one, Kagurazaka Iris, does not involve traditional literature. .

No matter what Xiaosan is, he can only pray that this editor Okumura can help him a little bit, even if it is just a simple release.

"Anyway, this is related to my future, isn't it? Don't worry, Mr. Qiuyue, you and I are a community of destiny."

Xiaosan didn't know how to answer the speech that was slightly in the second grade, and he used a low smile to perfunctory Okumura, but at the same time, Xiaosan was thinking about other issues in his mind.

"After the release, there shouldn't be anything about me, right?"

"Our publishing house is responsible for everything, so Qiuyue-jun doesn't need to worry about anything, and you are a rare newcomer, so the publishing house is still taking care of you."

"I understand."

"Then, I've told you everything that needs to be told, and I'll contact you for the rest when it's released."

"Please edit Okumura."

"Where."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao San sat on the sofa, thinking about the content of the conversation with Okumuragawa, and then meditated quietly.

After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with a reason. He really knew too little about the things in this industry.

"At least in terms of distribution, there shouldn't be any problems. For the rest, we all rely on the other party. As a newcomer, in this respect, we have a natural disadvantage."

Sighing, he put the phone back into his pocket, Xiaosan sat in the living room for a long time, staring at the TV screen in a daze, until after a long time, he slowly came back to his senses, full of thoughts, and returned to his own in the room.

At first, Xiaosan was very confident about his own works.

Just like most authors, when completing their works, there is a sense of self-confidence that knows no bounds.

But with the passage of time, the confidence in Xiaosan's heart gradually calmed down, and after Okumuragawa called today, he became even more worried about other people.

"If you can win an award, the future will naturally be smooth, but if you can't win an award, no matter how good your writing is, it may be difficult to improve. Compared with those writers who have not won an award, only those works that have won an award , it will be easier to gain the attention and respect of ordinary people."

Closing his eyes, Xiaosan once again felt the heavy pressure in his heart.

At this moment, he seemed unable to do anything except wait.

With a long sigh, Xiaosan stood up, changed his clothes, left the house, went out, and continued to stay at home, probably not waiting for a reason to come.

After going out, Xiaosan didn't have any planned destination, just wandering around in the street casually.

It's just that when he came back to his senses, he found that he seemed to have wandered to the door of the Shogi Association. Perhaps it was because of the news in his mind that he had some feelings for Dongxiang [-]'s best shogi, but he himself didn't Thinking of it, he would come to the door of the association like this.

"Oh, isn't this the one from last time? What? Are you ready to join our association?"

Hearing the voice, he looked back and saw that it was someone he didn't know. After thinking for a while, maybe it was the last time he had a game with the girl named Kong Yinzi, so that the other party remembered him.

After all, he is not a member of the association, but he has played chess with the few female chess players who are the most popular at the moment in the association. He is probably the only one. It is not surprising that people feel impressive.

Facing the other party's curious gaze, Xiao San just smiled faintly, and did not take the other party's words seriously.

After a moment of silence, he still didn't enter the association, but stayed at the door for a while, then turned and left. He didn't have such a deep interest in shogi, and he chose to contact it only because of Dongxiang Yi Er San.

"Since Dongxiang has reached a considerable height in this industry, as an amateur, it's better not to join in, otherwise..."

As for shogi, in Xiaosan's heart, at most it is just an amateur hobby, nothing more.

But once he joined the association, Xiaosan himself was worried that he would be immersed in it, and once he was immersed, he would become concerned about his shogi level or something...

Immediately afterwards, he would care about his rank, the gap between himself and Dongxiang by one, two, three.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary things from happening, he does not plan to get involved in this hobby in depth.

"If you can play chess, it's enough. As for the high ground, it's completely meaningless."

Said softly to himself, Xiaosan turned and left the association, and when he was thinking about where he was going next, he found a figure standing beside him at some point, watching him with subtle eyes. with him.

"Are you trying to say that what Senior Dongxiang and I have done, as well as those other seniors, are meaningless?"

"what......"

Looking at the girl in a sailor suit holding an umbrella, Xiaosan suddenly had a headache. He didn't expect that when he said something that was easily misunderstood, he was actually overheard, and the worst thing was, it was someone he knew.

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I feel like I'm gradually dehumanizing

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Chapter 288 Nothing Happened, What a Pity

Xiaosan feels that he is usually more sensitive to color, but when standing in front of Kong Yinzi, Xiaosan has doubts about whether he is color blind.

'Is her sailor suit black or dark blue? '

She stared at Kong Yinzi silently for a long time, until the girl wondered if Xiaosan was in a daze, her delicate and lovely brows couldn't help but frown.

His eyes gradually moved away from the sailor suit, and after he put the question of what color the sailor suit was in his heart, Xiaosan looked at the girl in sailor suit who inexplicably appeared beside him.

"What are you looking at? Disgusting."

"Huh? Well, shouldn't you be practicing at home and then thinking about shogi? Why did you appear here?"

Seeing Kong Yinzi appearing next to him, Xiaosan's eyes were only on the girl's slender black silk long legs full of temptation, he paused slightly, and then asked the reason why the other party appeared here.

As the other party, he shouldn't have appeared here, even if something really happened to appear here, such a chance meeting, for Xiaosan, is really too coincidental.

"Meeting me, is it such an unpleasant thing for you?"

"That's not true, it's just a bit of a surprise."

"yes."

The answer that contained the word 'accident', Kong Yinzi didn't feel so surprised, after all, since she met Xiaosan last time, she often came to this place to wander around in her spare time.

It's just that after that day, she never met Xiaosan here. She thought that Xiaosan would never come here again, but unexpectedly...

"Are you here, what's up?"

"No, I just happened to pass by, what's the matter? Can't it?"

When the existence of a woman said, "What's the matter, can't you?", Xiaosan had already sensed the dissatisfaction in the girl's heart, so he didn't touch the inexplicable anger of the other party.

"Of course not, then, I'll take my leave first, and there are other things..."

"and many more."

When Xiaosan sensed possible troubles and was about to say goodbye and leave, the girl standing in front of him spoke out directly, interrupting Xiaosan's excuse to leave.

"Ok?"

He just picked up the footsteps to turn around, and slowly put it down, Kong Yinzi's slightly hasty and anxious tone made Xiaosan a little puzzled, looking at the girl whose face seemed to be reddish, he couldn't help feeling a little strange in his heart.

"Is there anything else?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Go home and rest?"

Xiaosan thought about it carefully, and found that when he returned home, he actually had nothing to deal with, other than finishing the contents of those manuscripts as soon as possible, probably only spending time at home.

"Isn't there nothing to do at all?"

Kong Yinzi took a deep breath after hearing Xiaosan's answer.

"So, are you interested in playing chess with me for a while?"

"I am fine too."

I wanted to refuse, but looking at the girl's eyes that contained some kind of expectation, Xiaosan swallowed the words that he was about to refuse, and then the corners of his mouth slightly raised, agreeing to the girl.

Seeing that Xiaosan didn't refuse, the girl didn't show any smile, she just turned around silently and walked in a direction completely different from the association.

Xiaosan, who thought he was going to take him to play chess in the association, felt a little confused by the girl's behavior.

"This is, where are you going?"

When the girl in sailor uniform took Xiaosan out of the gate of the association, and even walked into the subway station, Xiaosan finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart, and asked.

Seeing Xiaosan's curious appearance, Kong Yinzi did not remain silent, but he did not give a clear answer either.

"The place where I usually play chess."

"..."

After entering the subway, the two found a relatively clean place and sat down. The two were very close to each other.

For this young girl who is younger than herself, but whose achievements have reached the level that Xiaosan can only look up to, Xiaosan can't tell what kind of feeling it is.

It's not the kind of feeling that is too complicated to express, it's just that there may be some that cannot be expressed.

He felt a little envious.

Carrying a faint fragrance, the girl sitting next to him seemed to be a little closer to him when he wasn't paying attention, and could vaguely smell the girl's scent, making Xiaosan involuntarily glance sideways at his side.

The undisguised neckline, slightly lowered, seems to be able to see the looming pink...

"What are you looking at?"

When Xiaosan's eyes were gradually attracted, and his mind went blank, the faint voice of dissatisfaction sounded, making Xiaosan's consciousness return to him, and he saw the gloomy-faced girl.

"..."

Sometimes making mistakes is not such a strange thing. No one can avoid making mistakes, but the important thing is whether you are caught on the spot when you make a mistake.

Stared at by Kong Yinzi's clear eyes that seemed to know everything, Xiaosan didn't look too embarrassed, but was silent for a moment, and then he opened his mouth to answer.

"It's nothing."

"is it?"

As if with a trace of ridicule, the girl chuckled, but did not pursue further, and Xiaosan did not look at the girl next to him, quietly waiting for the subway to arrive.

After walking out of the subway station, he followed the girl and walked forward.

Walking, walking, when Xiaosan had forgotten how far he had gone and where he had gone, Kong Yinzi stopped in front of a rather dignified apartment building.

"It's here."

Then under her guidance, Xiaosan walked into the apartment without hindrance, and the two boarded the elevator.

"This is... your house?"

"Ah."

Kong Yinzi's answer was so concise that Xiaosan almost felt that he had asked some stupid question that he shouldn't have asked.

Although I really want to ask about the price of the apartment here, Xiao San, who always feels that such a question is too vulgar, swallows the doubts in his heart back to his stomach, and after the elevator arrives at the floor, he quietly walks with Kong Yinzi Get out of the elevator.

Seeing the girl stretching out her slender fingers at the door, and lightly touching the fingerprint lock, there was a mechanical sound of 'click'.

The door opened.

Xiao San followed the girl and entered the house together.

The spacious room is completely different from Xiaosan's slightly damp and aging living room. In the bright living room, there are many books related to shogi and similar handicrafts. In the glass cabinet not far away, there are many Trophies and awards.

After Kong Yinzi pressed a switch, the curtains in the distance gradually opened, revealing the huge floor-to-ceiling windows and the blue sky.

"Really nice apartment."

"is it?"

Hearing Xiaosan's exclamation, Kong Yinzi was stunned for a moment, but he was not too surprised. After nodding slightly, he walked into the living room, and moved out a seven-inch plate from nowhere, and put it in the living room.

He found two cushions, put one under his body, then knelt and sat in front of the seven-inch plate, and placed the other opposite her, looking at Xiaosan in the distance.

"Then let's begin."

"..."

Xiaosan, who had just walked into the living room and hadn't finished visiting the living room thoroughly, felt an astonishing aura from Kong Yinzi.