designer who lives in the next room

Li Zixi rubbed her face with her hands, and pointed to the sea behind her, "When I was in China, I didn't live in a coastal city, so I rarely saw the sea. Liangzi told me there was one here, so I'll come and see it. I didn't expect to see you here."

It was only then that Nanako realized that Li Zixi was from an inland city in China, not to mention the sea, some cities in China hardly even have rivers, just like Xi'an, which was once known as "eight rivers around Chang'an", there are not many rivers.

"You just said that there is a celebration here? Is the celebration here like the one in the animation?" Li Zixi sat next to Nanako, "It's the kind that has a lot of snacks, then wears a yukata and eats apple candy, and finally watches fireworks. Is that kind?"

Nanako nodded resolutely, "It's similar to what you said, but the apple candy is not as delicious, so don't expect too much."

Nanako explained to her that the celebration here is the same as what Li Zixi said, but there must be some special programs, which Nanako doesn't know, so she came here to interview.

But Nanako suddenly remembered something, she turned to look at Li Zixi, "In your country, are you allowed to set off fireworks casually?"

Li Zixi shook her head, "You should know that the air pollution in our country is usually too serious, so fireworks can only be set off during the Chinese New Year. It is illegal to set off fireworks at ordinary times, and in recent years, few people will set off fireworks during the Chinese New Year. , Besides, the fireworks in our place are not so organized, they are all set off by our own homes, and the most popular ones are firecrackers."

Li Zixi explained a lot to Nanako. Nanako still knows about the serious air pollution. She usually reads a lot of news reports, and of course they must talk about China's environmental problems.

"But our country has improved a lot in recent years." Li Zixi smiled at Nanako, "Our air is also very good now."

Li Zixi is the kind of person who thinks her hometown is very good. Although she likes Japan very much, she still likes it after all. China is her home. Although she sometimes mutters about how bad China is, if If others say that China is not good, she is afraid that she will turn her face in an instant.

"I feel that China is very good. I will visit it when I have time." Nanako also looked into the distance, looking in the direction of Li Zixi's hometown.

Li Zixi didn't know if what Nanako said was true, but she was still very happy, "If you come, you might fall in love with China, after all, we eat a lot there."

Li Zixi is like a child now, her mood is easily displayed on her face, she is really cute when she smiles.

"No wonder you can eat so much." Nanako laughed, she looked down at the watch on her wrist, it was almost ten o'clock, "Then I still have work to do, I have to leave."

Nanako stood up and tidied her clothes. She didn't want people to see where her clothes were messed up when she was going to interview. It would hurt her work very much.

"Eh? Let's go now?" Li Zixi didn't want to let Nanako go, no matter how she walked here, she couldn't meet anyone she knew. Li Zixi was born to be a chatty person, so she was a little bit embarrassed to let her walk around alone without talking. Not too fond of, "Your next job is to chat with people, right?"

Nanako nodded, "It's almost just a chat, don't say you want to follow me."

Seeing that Nanako saw through what she was thinking, Li Zixi planned to beg her for nothing, she looked at Nanako eagerly, this is the measure she often takes to Nanako, "You see, I don't mean to be alone, take me on the road There's still someone to talk to."

But Nanako turned her head away, "I have a lot to say in the future, being with you will make me unable to work in the future."

Nanako didn't want to take her with her, who knew what trouble Li Zixi would cause if she took her with her.

"I promise I won't affect your work. I just want to see what the people here are like. While you're working here, let me familiarize myself with the environment. I promise I won't bother you." Li Zixi's face was almost pressed against Nanako's. On the next day, Nanako suddenly inhaled a scent in her nostrils, and it was true that this smell belonged to Li Zixi.

Seeing that she was going to be late, Nanako really couldn't resist Li Zixi, so she nodded, "Okay, I'll take you with me, but if you interfere with my work, I'll let you go back immediately, is that okay?"

When Li Zixi heard that Nanako agreed with her to follow, she immediately nodded vigorously, and then helped Nanako pick up the handbag that was still on the stool, "Then let's go."

The number of people on the street gradually increased. It could be seen that these people were all here to prepare for this celebration. They all started to make various signs and signs. Li Zixi couldn't recognize these fancy hiragana characters at all. When she came out, she wanted to ask Nanako beside her, but seeing that the latter was writing something in a notebook, she couldn't open her mouth.

But her attention was immediately attracted by the sign of a store behind.

It was just an unassuming little shop, but it said "Chinese Snacks" in square bold Chinese characters.

Volume [-]#In Chinese, "Stupid" is used to praise others

This store with the words "Chinese snacks" is not very eye-catching. It is located at the corner of the commercial street. .

"Well, do you want to interview that store?" Li Zixi bumped Nanako's stomach with her elbow, because if she didn't bring Nanako there too, Li Zixi wouldn't dare to run around, and if Nanako got angry, she could send her back. Not good.

Nanako also just finished interviewing a store, and she simply wrote down the food sold in this store and the selling points of this store. There are only so many things to remember. The newspapers published by local newspapers, people will only In this kind of newspaper, you can read some trivial things happening between neighbors, and you can also see if there is a discount in that store, or look at the recommendations of the food column.

Of course, for celebrations, in addition to the selling point of fireworks, it is food.Watching fireworks and eating delicious food with your family, friends or lovers at the celebration, no one would want to participate in this kind of thing, right?

So Nanako plans to learn more about the selling points of the store, and plans to report these in detail to attract tourists.When Nanako was looking for the next interview target, Li Zixi happened to point to the Chinese shop on the corner of the street.

Nanako, who had no goal, also agreed with Li Zixi's simplicity, and followed behind Li Zixi to look at the bouncing guy in front of her.

"You said, is this store owned by a Chinese?" Li Zixi suddenly turned her head to look at Nanako, "Do I speak Japanese or Chinese when I go in?"

Nanako thought for a while, "There are many Chinese restaurants in Japan, but most of them are opened by Japanese."

Nanako wasn't sure either, but she gave an answer from the side because Li Zixi mocked her in order not to make a mistake.

"That means I still speak Japanese, right?" Li Zixi obviously didn't notice what Nanako was thinking, and now she only had curiosity about this store.

"Don't talk nonsense, do you hear me?" Nanako repeatedly emphasized that she couldn't let go of the daredevil next to her no matter what.

Li Zixi looked at Nanako's face, smacked her mouth, and then walked into the shop.

It is a very ordinary shop with only four tables inside. Behind the tables is the kitchen. The names of the dishes are written in Chinese characters on the paper on the wall, and some of the names of the dishes are marked in hiragana next to them.

Li Zixi can recognize the names of the dishes here, after all, they are just home-cooked dishes of some Chinese families, except for a few Li Zixi who have eaten them all.

While Nanako and Li Zixi were staring at the menu, a girl about Li Zixi's age hurried out from the back kitchen, hurriedly straightened the hat on her head, and bowed to Li Zixi .

"Well, I'm really sorry. We won't open the store today because we have to prepare for a celebration. I'm really sorry." The girl said in very standard Japanese, and Li Zixi's heart suddenly turned cold. She still expected the boss here to be a Chinese. .

It could be seen that Li Zixi was a little disappointed, but Nanako didn't have time to comfort her, so she quickly waved at the girl, "I'm not here for dinner, I'm here for an interview."

The girl froze for a moment, it turned out that she didn't come to eat.

"Interview? Do you want an interview because of the celebration?" The girl took the business card handed over by Nanako with one hand, confirmed that she was a newspaper reporter, and then took out two bottles of iced drinks for the two of them, signaling them to sit down.

Nanako nodded, "Yes, our newspaper office plans to report this grand ceremony in detail. If I remember correctly, this year is the tenth anniversary celebration here, right?"

It turned out that this celebration was an anniversary celebration, no wonder it had to be reported carefully, Li Zixi finally understood the purpose of doing this, logically speaking, there should be no one who came here who didn't know that there was a celebration at this time, so there was no need to report it.But if it is an anniversary celebration, it is different. For this kind of anniversary celebration, it must be well reported and achieved a very ideal state.

And this very ideal state is that there are so many people who come to the celebration.Because this can bring out the success of the celebration, it must be attractive.

Nanako also understands this truth. The newspaper sent her to be responsible for the report of the celebration. It is obvious that she trusts Nanako. Although she has not worked for a few years, she has always had a good writing style from a liberal arts university. From any point of view, Nanako The written manuscripts are all beautiful, almost perfect except for her typesetting problems.

"Does this store mainly sell Chinese food?" Nanako took out her small notebook again, and was about to write something down.

The girl shook her head, "It's not 'main', my store only sells Chinese food."

Nanako had an expression of "I see", then she looked up at the menu again, "I've been wondering since just now, is the name of this dish written like this? It doesn't seem to be like this in Japanese, right?"

Before the girl could speak, Li Zixi answered first, "That's right, it's like this in Chinese, Nanako, look for yourself, everything in this store is written in correct Chinese characters, boss Really careful."

Nanako, who didn't understand Chinese at all, looked into Li Zixi's eyes, "It's true, I don't understand Chinese, so don't lie to me."

Li Zixi quickly shook her head, "How can I tell lies, Chinese is my mother tongue."

Li Zixi had an embarrassing face, every time she spoke Chinese with Nanako, she always had a look of "come and worship me".

Li Zixi, with a proud face, suddenly saw the girl in the store staring at her, and the girl's eyes shone as if she had discovered a new world.

Li Zixi was a little bit stared at, she quickly avoided the girl's sight, "What's wrong?"

Only then did the girl feel that it was inappropriate to stare at the customer like this, so she looked away in embarrassment, "You just said that Chinese is your mother tongue?"

Li Zixi nodded, "Yes, why do you know Chinese?"

The girl suddenly breathed out very reassuringly, "No wonder you can understand these menus, some things Japanese people don't understand at all."

The girl spoke this sentence in Chinese, very standard Mandarin, which feels better than her Japanese.

"Eh? Your Chinese is so good? I've never seen a Japanese with such a standard pronunciation." Hearing her mother tongue, Li Zixi suddenly became excited. The girl in front of her had a really good pronunciation.

"That... I'm actually Chinese." The girl scratched her face, probably because her Japanese pronunciation was also very standard, which made Li Zixi mistakenly think that she was a Japanese.

This time it was Li Zixi's turn to widen her eyes, she looked at the girl in front of her in disbelief, "Really?"

The girl nodded, "I am indeed Chinese. My parents and I have lived here for almost seven years, so my Japanese pronunciation is also very good."

It's been seven years, no wonder the pronunciation is so good, Li Zixi couldn't help thinking that she still had some bad pronunciation, and looked away a little embarrassed.

The whole conversation between the two was in Chinese, and Nanako was confused. She poked Li Zixi's leg under the table, and then whispered to her, "It's Japanese, I don't understand."

Although the voice was very low, the girl still heard it. Realizing this, she hurriedly apologized to Nanako, and then gave Nanako a discount coupon, "Half price for dinner next time."

Nanako was relieved to finally switch back to Japanese, but she could always feel Li Zixi's mocking eyes, what Li Zixi was thinking in her heart could easily come out to Nanako, this guy was probably thinking "I can speak three languages Genius girl, Nanako is such a scumbag." Something like that.

So she turned her head and glared at Li Zixi, only to find that the latter was pointing her thumb at her. When she saw that she was looking at her, Li Zixi said two words, "Idiot."

It was spoken in Chinese, she was sure Nanako couldn't understand.

Nanako raised her eyebrows, "Although I don't understand, you must be calling me 'idiot', right?"

"Eh? I said this word to praise you for being cute." Li Zixi suppressed a smile, and deliberately shook her standing thumb, "If you don't believe me, ask her."

Li Zixi pointed to the girl on the opposite side, the girl's eyes wandered back and forth between Nanako and Li Zixi's faces, and she finally nodded, "En... that's what it means."

Hearing what the girl said, Nanako also believed what Li Zixi said, picked up a pen and started writing.And Li Zixi turned her back and started laughing wildly, but she didn't dare to laugh out loud in order not to reveal her secrets.

"Well, can I make a friend? I just came to Japan more than a week ago, and I don't have any friends." Li Zixi finally stopped smiling, wiped away the tears she laughed, and said to the girl opposite, "My name is Li Zixi."

The girl nodded quickly, "Well, of course, I don't have many friends here. Well, my name is Jia Mai."

"Wheat? What a cute name." Li Zixi sighed, this was the first time she had seen someone named after a crop.

"Because I was in the countryside when I was young." Jia Maimai scratched her head. She was about the same age as Li Zixi and had a very cute face. Unlike Li Zixi, although she was white and cute, she exuded a more mature feeling than Li Zixi. I don't know how much stronger Li Zixi is, Li Zixi is completely a child who hasn't grown up.

"Well, Miss Kuriyama Nanako, can I make friends too?" Jia Xiaomai asked Nanako with a smile.

Nanako, who was writing something, was a little surprised on her face, "Can I do it too?"

Jia Maimai nodded, "Yes, Miss Li Shan is also very nice."

Jia Maimai seemed serious, so Nanako nodded, "Just call me 'Nanako'."

After that, Jia Xiaomai introduced some things about this store to Nanako, including why this store was opened, and some previous stories. Nanako simply wrote down three pages of paper.

But just investigating one store is not enough, so Nanako is ready to go to the next store.

Jia Maimai was still a little bit reluctant. Although she had been here for a long time, she really didn't have many friends with whom she could chat. After finally meeting Li Zixi, she really hoped that Li Zixi could talk to her more.

But Jia Xiaomai also knows that this is the work of two people, so even if there is more reluctance, Jia Xiaomai can't disturb them, but she hopes to let them come over during lunch, saying that she wants Nanako to taste Real Chinese food.

The skinny and shameless Li Zixi agreed directly, in her opinion, there is nothing better than eating delicious food without spending money.

So Li Zixi was looking forward to the arrival of noon very much. She was still bouncing and walking in front of Nanako, while scanning the surrounding stores, observing where the next store was going, but at this moment, Li Zixi felt the sound coming from behind A chill.

"Li Zixi, please explain to me what this is." Nanako handed the phone to Li Zixi's eyes, and let her read the short message.

The person who sent the message was Jia Xiaomai, and she found Nanako's phone number from the business card.

Li Zixi just glanced casually, and then all the smiles on his face disappeared.

The text message from Jia Maimai reads, "Miss Nanako, I am Jia Maimai, thank you for coming to interview my store today. I am waiting for you to come over at noon. Also, the word Li Zixi said just now is actually 'stupid ' means oh."

Volume [-] #Hoax

Just crossed the passing line, Feng finally passed the exam this time, and the pressure in his heart was finally released.

Whether in the eyes of teachers or classmates, Feng is a person with a low sense of existence. Although she looks good, she hardly talks to others. Even if someone asks her questions, she will lower her head and speak in a low voice. "Sorry, I didn't know" and hurried away.

Feng habitually lowers her head when she walks on the road. She doesn't like to look at other people's faces or the expressions on other people's faces. She is too shy.

It's the same today, even though I'm very happy, I can't wait to go back and celebrate.But even so, her expression on the way home was very silent, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

She was thinking about whether to buy something to bring home for everyone to eat, but she didn't know what to buy. To be honest, she didn't know what other people liked to eat. Ryoko and Yui only needed wine, and the chef usually She brought some things back from her shop, Nanako and Li Zixi, she still doesn't know what they like.

Li Zixi should be the kind of character who just wants to eat something delicious, but Nanako is a little unsure, wondering if that kind of person who has already stepped into the society would like that kind of cute cake?

Just when Feng was thinking, the phone rang, and the caller was Li Zixi, who asked her where she was, and then told her to go home quickly, there was something to do.

But she didn't say anything, but she was quite anxious when she heard the tone. She was a little worried that something happened, so she hurried to the station, and gave up the idea of ​​buying something.

Anyway, you can buy it at any time, so it will be better next time.

Feng, who was very weak in physical strength, got out of the car and trotted all the way back to the apartment. The sky was getting dark, but the lights in the house were not turned on. She was very surprised. Li Zixi said she was waiting for her at home, why didn't she even turn on the lights, and the living room was also dark. There was no light, not even in Li Zixi's room.

It stands to reason that everyone should have returned by this time, especially Yui. Usually, this time is when she is lying on the sofa and watching TV.

What happened?Feng felt more and more uneasy, she gently opened the door, but the door was not locked.

She walked in very carefully, the sun had almost set, the brightness of the room was no longer enough to see objects clearly, she tried her best to adapt her eyes to the brightness of the house, she could hear her heartbeat, naturally timid She felt a little uncomfortable.

When she was about to go into the living room to turn on the light, a black figure suddenly appeared behind her, resting its chin on her shoulders, hair that looked like it hadn't been washed for a long time stuck to its pale face, and a very long tongue stick out from the mouth.

Before Feng could react, this ghost-like thing hugged Feng's body with its hands, and put its face close to Feng's ear, "You are back, I have been waiting for you for a long time..."

The soul-like voice ran through Feng's whole body like an electric current, she shuddered, and then yelled out, the voice could be heard even walking on the street.

"Don't! Don't! Let go of me, don't eat me. I don't taste good!" Feng yelled almost crazily, her sanity had already flown away, she tried hard to break free while yelling, but with her I'm afraid it's impossible to break free with such strength.

The ghost rubbed Feng's face with his face, "How can it be so delicious, it's so delicate and tender."

"Hey!" Feng looked at this face, feeling a little disgusted, "I don't have anything to eat, oh yes, you know that there is a woman named Yui who lives here, she has a lot of flesh, look at her breasts. It's so big, it must be stronger than me!"

Feng was terrified, her body shaking was almost the same as when her cell phone was vibrating.