designer who lives in the next room

The Designer Who Lives in the Next Room Author: Big Board Smoked Chestnuts

Book introduction:

Nanako is just an ordinary reporter from a Japanese magazine. One day, a Chinese designer who moved into the room next to her gave her a headache. I was screwed by this Chinese designer once we met.

The story of a reporter and a designer begins here.

Journalists and annoying designers

Volume [-] of #The First Encounter of a Reporter and an Annoying Designer

The coffee on the table has not yet cooled completely, and the hands of the watch have passed four o'clock.

Because it was early in the morning, everything was quiet.If it was normal, at this point, there should be the voices of fans who had just finished drinking and discussed the results of the early morning football match.I don't know what happened today, there is not even a sound outside.

The electric fan in the room was still whistling, and Nanako fell asleep lying on the table in her pajamas.The computer screen was still on, hadn't entered the screen saver system, and had an unfinished magazine report on it.

It has been two years since Nanako graduated from university, and now she is a reporter for a small newspaper. She has no money and can only share a villa with others.Although it is a villa with many rooms, the rent is astonishingly cheap, and the people living here have various occupations.There are bar owners, restaurant chefs, and a girl who stays at home and plays cosplay all day.But overall everyone is pretty good.

There are also people who are about the same age as Nanako, and they are relatively easy to talk to.But the majors are different. Nanako can only work on the manuscript late at night alone, and no one can help her.

She fell asleep just now, but she also fell asleep very soundly. She knocked the magazine on one side to the ground, making a loud noise, but she didn't respond at all.

She must be very tired. Working overtime for three consecutive days to catch up on manuscripts made her very tired, and there were many empty cans of energy drinks in the trash can at her feet.

She is a newcomer, and she is not familiar with many things, including typesetting and titles. The promotional pages she makes are always taken down by the boss and remade.She herself was also very puzzled, since she had studied advertising typography in college and had excellent grades every year, but she was said to be worthless when she joined the company.

She slept soundly and didn't feel uncomfortable at all from sleeping on her stomach on the table.But this kind of time is always very short. She felt that she hadn't slept much before the alarm clock set on her mobile phone rang.

Sleepy-eyed Nanako touched her face, her face was full of saliva, she glanced at her phone with a displeased expression, and immediately widened her eyes. It was already 07:30, half an hour before work time, and her manuscript was still If she didn't finish writing, if she went to the company like this, if she was late, she would definitely be scolded. After all, the manuscript handed to her should have been completed last night.

To go is to die or not to die, so Nanako decided to call the boss to ask for leave, even if it is dead, she will sleep with him in the room for a day.

Of course, the phone call was full of scolding, but fortunately, the boss was very kind, knowing that Nanako had worked overtime for three consecutive days, and after scolding her, she was allowed to leave, but the price was that the wages for two days of overtime work would be deducted.

Nanako hung up the phone, smacked her lips, and threw the phone on the bed. Just as she was about to lie down, the landlord pushed open her door.

"Why don't you lock the door when you sleep at night?" The landlord looked at Nanako lying on the bed angrily, "What if some dubious person comes in?"

While talking, the landlord put a piece of paper on Nanako's bedside table, "I heard you called to say that you asked for leave today?"

Nanako, who was extremely sleepy, didn't even want to say anything, she closed her eyes and nodded, with an impatient "hmm" coming out of her throat.

"That's just right, another newcomer is moving in today and lives in the room next to yours. I was going to pick her up, but I have something to do, so please help me, Nanako-chan." The landlord said playfully, and sat on Nanako's bed , patted her.The landlord is not very old at all, but she is only three years older than Nanako. She said that she decided to rent out some rooms because she felt lonely living in such a big house by herself.

Nanako's eyes widened when she heard this, and she looked at the landlord next to her with a face full of reluctance, "Okay, I've been working overtime for three consecutive days, so you can't let me take a day off."

The landlord gave Nanako a white look, "Come on, who doesn't know that you spend two-thirds of the time sleeping when you work overtime, you young people, you play so late every night, and you can't get up in the morning. Hurry up , Seeing as you usually take so much food from me."

"Then wait until I get up, I was really working on the manuscript last night." Nanako picked up the note on the bedside table with the word "airport" written on it, "Why do I have to go to the airport? Where did this come from?" people?"

Before Nanako could reply, the landlord answered the phone. While smiling and talking to the person on the other end of the phone, she pointed to Nanako's hand and made a "9" sign, telling her to arrive at nine o'clock. Rush to the airport to pick up the plane.

Seeing the landlord walking out with a smile on her face, Nanako knew that she had no way to get rid of this matter, and now she really regretted not locking the door.

Nanako stared at the ceiling for a long time, and finally put the note on the table neatly, and picked up the phone to set an alarm clock for 08:30.Nanako lives not far from the airport, and it only takes 10 minutes by car, but the taxi fare is very expensive.

She suddenly remembered that the landlord didn't leave any money for her, so Nanako touched her face again and closed her eyes.

The summer in Japan is still very hot, and Li Zixi felt the heat wave blowing in her face as soon as she got off the plane.

She came to Japan to study her major. She just graduated from university this year. She majored in design. The teacher told her that if she wants to go further, she should go to Italy or Japan for further study.Li Zixi considered for a week and finally chose to come to Japan. She told her teacher that she gave up Italy because Italian was too difficult to learn, and it was her wish to go to Japan.

But she is not good at Japanese at all, and she can only understand a few words after watching animations and Japanese dramas often.She was going to move into Nanako's villa today, everything had been arranged, her teacher told her that the landlord there was his schoolgirl who used to study in Japan, so Li Zixi was told not to be afraid.

Originally, Li Zixi wouldn't feel scared even if she was someone she didn't know, after all, she was a carefree person.It's just that the only thing that worries her now is why the person who picks up the plane hasn't come yet.The teacher showed her a picture of the landlord, but she never saw that person in the crowd at the airport, not even a resemblance.

Li Zixi had a note with the landlord's address in her hand, but it was written in Chinese, so passers-by might not be able to understand it, and she was not very good at Japanese, so she could only use the wireless network at the airport to communicate. Keep scrolling Weibo.

It has been half an hour since Li Zixi got off the plane, and the person who picked him up still hasn't shown up. Li Zixi is a little unhappy. She is hungry and thirsty, but she is too lazy to exchange yen at home. Now she has RMB in her pocket .She put down her mobile phone, sat on the stool and clasped her fingers. She was originally a typical figure, wearing black stockings and a small white skirt, which attracted many people to realize, but no one came to talk to her. Everyone can see that she is not happy.

Just when Li Zixi started to feel hopeless, the crowd who picked up the plane started to commotion. Along with people's complaints, a girl rushed out of the crowd, holding a pick-up card with the name of Li Zixi's villa in her hand.

Nanako overslept, the phone alarm didn't wake her up at all, and when she opened her eyes, the plane had already landed for half an hour.Nanako's head was covered with sweat, her black hair stuck to her face, and she was looking for someone everywhere, panting.

"What are you doing, let the pick-up person not even leave a name and phone number, is he still there..." Nanako muttered softly while searching for the person waiting for the pick-up.She was still a little worried. The person who asked her to pick up the plane must not be familiar with the area. It would be bad if something happened to her alone.Even if you are lucky enough to find a place, the landlord will definitely scold you for not picking up someone because you overslept, or even be fined for cleaning for a week.

But the landlord didn't tell Nanako the name of the person who came. She left in such a hurry that she didn't even bring her mobile phone with her, and she couldn't call the landlord to confirm. put on her shoulders.

Nanako was startled, she turned her head in surprise and saw a girl who was half a head shorter than her and looked at her with a smile. Asked her in very non-standard Japanese, "Are you...the...the one who came...to pick up the plane?"

It took Nanako a month to learn Japanese by herself, and she probably learned a little bit, but both the words and the tone made people feel uncomfortable.

Suddenly hearing such bad Japanese, Nanako hadn't reacted yet. She looked at the girl in front of her, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, "Ah, yes, I'm here to pick up the airport...you're the one who wants to move in?"

Li Zixi nodded, took out a letter of introduction and handed it to Nanako, "This letter...is to be given to...the landlord...you are not..."

"The landlord said she won't be able to come today. There are some things. My name is Nanako, Nanako Kuriyama. Why are you not Japanese?" Nanako took the letter of introduction from Li Zixi, but she was a little embarrassed when she opened it. There were so many Chinese characters that she couldn't even read it. don't know.

"That's right...my name is Li Zixi, I'm from China..." Li Zixi knew that her Japanese pronunciation was very bad, so she purposely acted cute to ease the embarrassment caused by her pronunciation.

The corners of Nanako's mouth twitched. She never expected that foreigners would move in. No wonder the landlord told her to arrive at the airport on time.But seeing that Li Zixi was still standing in front of her, Nanako also let go of her worries, but this guy didn't run around, just by his Japanese level, he could tell he was a foreigner, and if he was worse, he would be sold out She probably has to count the money for others.

People are standing in front of her in peace, but Nanako, like some Japanese people, doesn't like Chinese people very much, but looking at Li Zixi with a smirk on her face, she also feels that she is a bit harmless to humans and animals.

Nanako wiped the sweat off her face, tied up the hair sticking to her face, helped Li Zixi get a small schoolbag, and pointed to the taxi outside, "Fortunately, you stayed in the airport obediently. I ran out and I really don’t know where to find you, and I don’t know how you found this place, if you have any questions, you can ask the landlord, and there should be a welcome party tonight... What are you doing?!"

The arm of Nanako who was talking was suddenly embraced by Li Zixi, and the intimate movement attracted the attention of the people around her.

Li Zixi looked at the fast food restaurant not far away, and acted like a cat, "I... I'm hungry, treat me to a... hamburger!"

She said, and handed the suitcase in her hand to Nanako. She only left a very small satchel. Mike strode towards the fast food restaurant, leaving Nanako standing blankly.

Nanako slammed her mouth, "Why do you want me to treat you? And what else are you doing, please leave it to me?"

Li Zixi turned around and looked at Nanako eagerly, "That...please...speak slowly...too fast...I...don't understand..."

After finishing speaking, Li Zixi had already turned around and entered the fast food restaurant, and began to point out the menu to the waiter.

Nanako can't wait to buy her another plane ticket back to China and send her back. Nanako, who didn't have a good impression of Chinese people, dislikes Chinese even more after meeting Li Zixi.

Just when she was thinking about something, a waiter came out from the fast food restaurant, holding a small ticket, "It's 3200 yen in total, and your friend said you paid for it."

Nanako was furious when she heard the amount of money. 3200 yen was enough to eat her own lunch for a week, but this guy ate it all in one meal.Nanako picked up the receipt and wanted to see the details, but this made her even more angry. Not only was there food, but Li Zixi also ordered a limited-edition doll key ring. Everyone knows that buying such things at the airport will definitely be rejected. Zai, this is something that exists no matter which country you are in.

Nanako suddenly wanted to cry, she reluctantly handed over 3200 yen to the service boy, then gritted her teeth and walked into the fast food restaurant, and sat opposite Li Zixi.

Li Zixi was biting the hamburger with a happy face, as if she didn't see Nanako's biting lips, and handed her the half-eaten hamburger, "Do you want to eat..."

Nanako herself is quite beautiful and gentle, but her current expression makes people dare not approach at all.She opened Li Zixi's hand, and said in a bad voice: "I don't want it, and I didn't pass half of the food to others."

Li Zixi didn't seem to care about the hand being beaten at all. She put down the hamburger and took a sip of Coke, with a satisfied expression on her face, "I said it all...speak slowly...I don't understand..."

Nanako suddenly felt as if she had been tricked. The landlord was fine at all. She must have known what kind of person came. Because this guy was difficult to deal with, she returned it to me. No wonder no information was left for me.Nanako clenched her hands tightly in her pockets, and secretly decided in her heart that she must ask the landlord for the money she spent today when she went back, or else she would not be given next month's rent.

Nanako stared at Li Zixi who was full of happiness in front of her, she was just a child, not at the same age as her height and appearance.

After Li Zixi ate the last French fries, she hiccupped in satisfaction, and handed the key ring to Nanako, "Thank you for inviting me...to dinner, this...for you..."

Nanako, who was in a better mood at first, became extremely unhappy after seeing this key ring, because it was obvious that she paid for it herself, so it is nothing to give it to herself now.

Nanako picked up Li Zixi's luggage and followed her, squinting at this pretty good-looking girl, she was obviously pretty and cute, but why did she hate her so much.

On the way back, Nanako didn't say a word, and Li Zixi didn't talk about it because she was tired from the plane. She always looked at the buildings on the street, and took out her mobile phone to take some photos from time to time.

Nanako really couldn't afford the money for a taxi, Li Zixi only had some RMB in her pocket, and there was no bank nearby where she could exchange money. Fortunately, the villa was not far from the airport, and the two of them walked slowly and had nothing to do.

Because it was noon in summer, the two of them were already sweating profusely. Li Zixi suddenly discovered that some convenience stores in Japan can use Alipay to pay. Out of curiosity, she actually used Alipay to scan out two bottles of iced drinks, although she couldn’t understand what was written on it What, I don't know what it tastes like, but it's better than nothing.

Nanako almost drank it all in one gulp, the cold drink immediately refreshed her, but Li Zixi couldn't take it anymore, she took a sip and felt that she would not dare to take another sip if she drank the rag water again.

Nanako looked at her embarrassing look, thinking that someone bought it for her, she didn't ridicule Li Zixi, but continued to carry her schoolbag and walked in front, Li Zixi behind took another sip and threw the drink into the side of the road in the trash can.

The two continued to be relatively silent, Nanako stared at the ground and walked forward without looking back, Li Zixi looked around with a curious face, but did not forget to follow Nanako closely.

Finally, it was almost here, Nanako turned around and looked at Li Zixi who was exhausted from walking all the way. Li Zixi had put her phone back in her bag 10 minutes ago, and she stopped looking around. The weather was so hot that she wished she could get into the refrigerator right away.

"It's here." Nanako pointed to the villa behind her, and deliberately slowed down her speech.

Li Zixi, who had a frowning face at first, heard it, and immediately returned to her original state, picked up her phone and ran to Nanako's side, hugged her arm, put her face next to Nanako's, and took out her phone to take a group photo.Before Nanako figured out what was going on, Li Zixi pressed the shutter, and Nanako in the photo looked stunned.

"It's really... Your photo... doesn't look good..." Li Zixi showed Nanako the phone, and then walked in with a smile.

Nanako wished she could kick Li Zixi away, this girl is too annoying, like a princess, she doesn't consider other people's feelings in everything she does.

"It's really pampered..." Nanako crumpled up the note in her hand and threw it into the trash can, "I absolutely don't want to talk to her anymore."

Volume [-]#I really can't help but hate this person

After entering the room, Li Zixi sat obediently on the sofa as if she had changed into a different person.

My own luggage is also neatly placed in the corner, so that it will not affect others in the slightest.

Nanako looked at her watch. It was just after lunch time. The landlord probably didn't come back. If she was here, she would have prepared tea to entertain the guests, because she just moved here like that, and everyone else was working. She just graduated from university and found this villa alone with her luggage.

When Nanako first arrived here, the young-looking landlord warmly received her, made tea, and gave her some expensive snacks, and after everyone came back, the landlord organized a welcome party, and everyone took money I bought some items needed for hot pot, and Nanako had a good meal that day.

She was very happy that day, and since then hot pot has become a must-eat for welcoming newcomers.The landlord hasn't come back yet, so he probably went to buy hot pot ingredients.Everyone except the house girl should be in the company and ready to start work. Nanako doesn't know if the house girl is at home, after all, she is a guy who doesn't go out unless there is an emergency.The only time I can see her is when I eat, because the landlord said that he would be happy if everyone eats together.

Everyone has a good relationship, so Nanako is more in favor of this idea, but this is simply too difficult for a house girl who stays at home. She didn't even dare to look at people when she was eating, let alone talk Yes, the whole person is too shy, even if he says a word, his face will turn red.

But over time, the otaku has become familiar with everyone, especially Nanako. After all, the otaku is also a college student, and her age is about the same as Nanako, so she and Nanako can talk to each other more or less.But Nanako is really not interested in cosplay, she always feels that she has nothing in common with otaku.

The current appearance is more similar to when Nanako first arrived, but Nanako is really not happy now, because she is full of anger all the way.

Li Zixi sat upright just like the elementary school students in class, without the slightest thought of reaching for the biscuits on the table.

Nanako also didn't intend to make tea for Li Zixi, she probably wouldn't be able to drink such a big cup of Coke.

Nanako thought so in her heart, when she was just about to go back to her room to sleep, she suddenly felt someone watching her at the corner of the stairs on the second floor.

Nanako, who had only watched a horror movie before, was really taken aback. She turned her head to look, but fortunately, the person at the top of the stairs was not Sadako, but the house girl who usually stayed at home.

Nanako let out a sigh of relief, and the house girl leaned on the wall to block most of her body, beckoning for Nanako to pass.

"That... who is that?" The house girl was always shy, and now an unknown person came to their place, which made her even more nervous.She is trying on the character's clothes for the comic exhibition in a few days later. The character she wants to COS is Thor in the recently popular "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid". With a thick dragon tail, she is going to a He went to the refrigerator upstairs to get the barley tea that had been put in last night, only to find a person he had never seen sitting on the sofa.

Nanako turned her head and glanced at Li Zixi, who had her back turned to her, and smacked her mouth, "New here, Chinese."

Nanako didn't want to talk about Li Zixi at all, so she answered very simply.

The home girl froze for a moment, then nodded, she pointed to the refrigerator on the first floor, "Can you go get me some barley tea, I'm afraid..."

Nanako looked at the house girl's appearance, "It's so troublesome, you have to go out and show others if you look like this, what the hell are you afraid of..."

"But I don't know those people, this is the person who will live with us in the future..." The house girl looked at Li Zixi who hadn't found herself yet, "Then it's okay to go with me..."

Nanako looked at the nervous home girl in front of her, rubbed her temples, and nodded, thinking why everyone around her was so troublesome.

The house girl followed Nanako, trying not to make a sound, she didn't want Li Zixi to see her.

But thinking of taking things from the refrigerator, Li Zixi will definitely find out.Li Zixi sensed someone approaching, turned her head subconsciously, her eyes lit up, she jumped up suddenly, and yelled "Tor-chan!"

The sudden sound not only scared the house girl, but also scared Nanako in front of her.When did Li Zixi's Japanese pronunciation become so standard?

The house girl didn't react as Nanako thought in her heart, she thought the house girl would run back to the room directly, but the house girl behind her looked at Li Zixi who rushed over as if she had discovered a new world.

"How do you know..." Before the house girl finished speaking, Li Zixi threw herself into her arms and gave her a big hug.

Li Zixi stretched out her hand and pinched the dragon's tail behind the house girl, "I... like... Tor-chan the most!"

"Huh?" The house girl was a little surprised, and made a loud voice, "How do you know?"

"Of course I know... this animation... I've watched... several times..." Li Zixi stared at the house girl's face, causing the latter's face to turn red instantly.

Just when the house girl was about to say something, Nanako pulled Li Zixi away, "That's enough, stay away from her, this child is very shy, didn't you see that she was reluctant?"

Before Li Zixi could figure out what Nanako meant, the house girl held Nanako, "It's okay, I don't hate this Chinese..."

"Eh?" This time it was Nanako's turn to make a loud noise, "Aren't you afraid of strangers?"

"Everyone who likes animation is a family!" The house girl held Li Zixi's hand tightly as if she had found a long-lost family member, "Well, my name is Feng, Kurokawa Feng, a local!"

Seeing such an enthusiastic house girl Nanako was really startled. She thought she and Feng were already very familiar, so Feng, who usually speaks in a low voice, would introduce herself to someone she just met.

Li Zixi, who only understood the sentence "I don't hate this person", didn't quite understand the situation, but she still held Feng's hand.Li Zixi usually watches animations, and she is an out-and-out manga fan. Although she doesn't play cosplay, she also likes to watch the cosplays made by beautiful young ladies, which are very eye-catching.

The house girl in front of her, Feng.She didn't have the unkempt, malnourished look of the house girl in her imagination, she hadn't put on any makeup, she looked white and tender, Li Zixi wanted to bite down.