Chiba Salted Fish Legend

Chapter 60: Your style of painting has changed so suddenly. I don’t know what to say.

By the time 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, he asked Xia Zhi if he wanted to go back early today, but 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," she left with a weird smile on her face.Xia Zhi 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 a lunatic 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, Natsuki would not really let her help, and there was no need for her to help. He asked her to find a place to type out the manuscript and deal with it by herself. Guests 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 and observing Xia Zhi, making the latter feel uncomfortable.

"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 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 generosity."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Xia Zhi 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 slightly bored.

"Xia Zhi, this apple juice is too sour..."

"You are too picky."

After a short period of silence, Tachibana Aya spoke again.

"I didn't expect, Xia Zhi, you would actually invite me to eat. You are so poor that you have to work every day."

"Are these two different things? Besides, I can't even afford 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?" 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.

"Your style has changed so suddenly that I don't know what to say."

"What to say, 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. It was not very professional."

"...you noticed?"

"That's it."

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 techniques, 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, so the changes that need to be made are definitely not just at 01:30. If you don’t arrange the plot properly, it will be very hard.”

"Sometimes I have inspiration, and I can type out half of the plot with just a click. Sometimes I have no inspiration, and it takes me a long time to think of a name. 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 the 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, it's very troublesome."

"It's the same 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 going to be 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 very boring and not interesting at all. As a person like me, if I'm not interested, it's nothing. It’s about motivation. Let’s just say this is the setting.”

A little more understandable.After all, she is a Chinese student studying abroad. Although it is very different from writing novels, Xia Zhi can understand her a little bit.In China, many students are not keen on learning. They are not interested in learning. However, 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 it was boring, she still had to make these preparations.That's why he 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."

Li Huacai was still lying on the table, but her eyes scanned 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 a small, rapid beat. Then, her face turned rosy, she slapped her hands on the table, stood up, and glared at Xia Zhi.

"You you you you you, are you trying to imitate the hero of the light novel?"

"Why are you so nervous?" 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.

Li Huacai curled her lips and sat down again.

"You will lose my lovely self if you do this."

"I almost laughed out loud."

Just saying that, Xia Zhi didn't mean to laugh.And there is nothing ridiculous. As far as Natsuki is concerned, Tachibana Aya can indeed afford the word cute, but compared to cute, maybe the word beautiful is more appropriate.

"So, what are you going to do next?"

"How to do what?"

"Asking knowingly." Tachibana Aya lay on the counter again, and Governor Xia turned his head away again after taking a look.To be honest, the deformation caused by pressing the chest on the table is a bit destructive. It is a talent to be able to wear Yuhua's school uniform that emphasizes dignity and neatness like this.He is truly worthy of being a son of the plane.

"I ask you, will you continue to help me?"

"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, threw two pieces of ice in, and put it in front of Tachibana Aya.

"Here you go. After you drink it, just leave me alone."

"Hey~M...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 window was opened, there were 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 air does 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...then what do you think of Japan?"

"Japan? It's not bad...it's quite 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 super troublesome?Stuffing bank cards, banknotes, change, etc. into your wallet or pocket is easy to get stolen, and it is not easy to notice if something is missing.Compared with the mobile phones that modern people hold in their hands all day long, wallets have more of a symbolic meaning.

"Well, overall I like that you can like this country."

"I will 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."

However, in terms of individual quality, it seems to be a bit profitable.After all, the two sides of the transaction, one is the son of the plane who is loved by thousands of people, and the other is an ordinary person who cannot be more ordinary.

"I'd be glad if you could like this place."

Joking words came out of Tachibana's mouth, and she was imagining the funny reaction Xia Zhi 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 thinking about the thinking of this neurotic light novel writer.

(End of this chapter)