I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 374: Even the sharp-tongued and tsundere girl can be tamed. This is the charm of "The Little Prince"!

The next morning.

"Ah~"

Jabami Rei opened her eyes slightly, adjusted to the sunlight shining into the living room, and couldn't help but let out a comfortable moan.

She felt like she hadn't had such a good rest in a long time.

Even though I slept on the sofa all night, I didn’t feel any back pain at all. Instead, I felt much better!

"Are you awake? Do you want rice dumplings or coffee and bread for breakfast?"

Kitagawa Hide sat at the table in the living room, still writing with the pen in his hand. The draft paper in front of him was scattered all over, all covered with densely packed Japanese characters.

"Hmm, coffee and bread." Jaburi was startled to see that he was still there, and quickly switched from lazy mode to home mode.

She straightened her clothes and looked down, finding manuscripts all over the floor. She couldn't help but ask, "Wait. You, you didn't write a new book overnight, did you?"

She remembered that before going to bed, Kitagawa Hide mentioned that he wanted to write a new book.

But I didn't expect that his execution would be so terrifying. He would start writing as soon as he said he would, and he stayed up all night to write so much!

"Yes. So it's already daybreak?"

Beichuan Xiu rubbed his sore eyes, looked up, and found that warm sunlight was shining into the living room.

These days he was woken up by the crying of the two little ones.

I don’t know why, but the two little ones didn’t cry today. Plus, they were so engrossed in writing “The Little Prince” that he didn’t even notice that it was daybreak.

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Jabami Rei rolled her eyes at him, speechless.

Kitagawa Hide put down his pen, picked up the scattered draft papers, and then crumpled up the waste drafts and threw them into the trash can.

When he saw the discarded manuscripts, he suddenly remembered the time when he was chatting about books with the editor-in-chief of the Nikkan Sports News. The editor-in-chief collected the discarded manuscripts he had thrown away, and unexpectedly auctioned them for over a million yen.

After thinking about it, he picked up the waste manuscript from the trash can.

Although I am not short of money, I would like to keep it within the family!

Watching his mysterious actions, Jabami Rei was extremely confused. She subconsciously thought that he might have been sleepy from staying up late, so why was he picking up something from the garbage dump?

"I'm going to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and check on the two little ones. Since you are free, please help me take a look at this new manuscript."

As Kitagawa Hide said this, he handed the manuscript of "The Little Prince" which he had written all night to Jabami Rei, and without waiting for her to say anything, he walked straight to the children's room opposite.

"I you."

Seeing him acting on his own, Jabami Rei couldn't help but roll her eyes a few times, but in the end she still picked up the manuscript and read it carefully.

"The title of the book is The Little Prince?"

Jaburi Rei hugged her legs and sat on the sofa, her chin resting on her round, white knees. As soon as she saw the title of the book, she was deeply attracted.

"A pilot who made an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert met a little prince who had 'run away' from his own planet. The little prince was pure, melancholy, and loved to ask questions, but he never answered other people's questions. Our fairy tale story began from then on."

Last night, Kitagawa Hide said he would write fairy tales for the two little ones, but Jabami Rei didn't think he would go back on his word.

He is a guy who does what he says and delivers on his promises efficiently.

There is no doubt about this.

But fairy tales are a more niche track after all, and are different from all the genres he has written before.

Jabami Rei felt that if he wanted to write a good fairy tale, he would have to collect materials for a few months at least, and then let the story settle down and polish it to be exciting enough before he could start writing.

Since it is an enlightenment book written for my two children, I will definitely not be careless.

Now it seems that Kitagawa Hide is still the same Kitagawa Hide.

Over the past three years, she has gone from being a top student in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo to a top female star known throughout Japan.

But he seems to be completely unaffected by the years and time.

He was extremely talented three years ago and he emerged out of nowhere. Three years later, he is still the same and has never changed at all when it comes to writing.

Genius, extreme speed, high quality, and constantly climbing to the top.
Moreover, every time I change the track, I can adapt smoothly and break the best score of that track.

Is this guy really an ordinary human? !
Jabami Rei sighed, and suddenly realized why she suddenly chose to enter the entertainment industry in her senior year instead of studying literature with Professor Takeuchi Osamu.

Anyone who stays with such a super genius for a long time would not choose to continue to be bullied by him on the same track, right?
"Can't you fail once and let Yumeko, Reina-san, and Shizuko-san have a little presence?"

Jabami Rei rolled her eyes at Kitagawa Hide's back a few more times, then she returned to watching "The Little Prince" with contentment.

The language of "The Little Prince" is simple and the plot is fascinating, which soon made Jabami Rei obsessed.

At the end of the first chapter, after seeing my second work, the adults, as usual, criticized me, leaving me with no motivation to continue painting.

Kitagawa Hide's draft did not include those paintings, but he used vivid language to describe the content of the paintings.

He should be looking for a famous painter to help him draw the picture.

This was the first time that Jabami Rei had seen a writing style that materialized the "I" in the book and even showed "my" paintings.

But I have to say that this fairy-tale-like writing style is indeed very attractive, and young children will definitely like it very much.

Because such novels are not as difficult to understand as textbooks, children need to develop an interest in the novel first before they can think about and discuss the content of the book.

If you can't even attract them, what's the point of talking about education?
“My parents were like this before, no matter what I did or said, I was always wrong and they were right.

I know they do this for my own good, but in their eyes, I will always be just a child who will never grow up.

They never thought that maybe I don’t need their so-called love at all.”

Jabami Rei couldn't help but mutter to herself, she could relate to the content of the first chapter of "The Little Prince"!

Because of her personality and appearance, she has been treated as a "bad girl" by her parents since she was a child.

No matter what achievements they have made, they always answer: "What is there to be proud of? When we were your age, we would have already achieved it."

As a result, Jabami Rei became more rebellious and more sensitive.

In middle school and high school, she started to become androgynous, punk-style, and even began to deliberately maintain ambiguous and intimate relationships with women.

If it weren't for the little angel Yumeko who healed her, she would probably have become a famous lesbian in the University of Tokyo.

And all this is because of the original family.

".The adults advised me to put aside these drawings of pythons with their bellies open or closed.

They suggested that I should focus my interest on geography, history, arithmetic and grammar so that I could become a useful person to my family and society in the future.

So, at the age of six, I gave up the wonderful career of being a painter.

The failure of my first and second works discouraged me.

These adults only think about money and interests.

They always oppose and reject dreams and expectations.

I have wasted so much time explaining this to them, it's really annoying.

Later, I had to choose another career that adults were satisfied with - I learned to fly a plane and flew to almost all parts of the world. Indeed, geography helped me a lot in this regard.

I can tell China and Arizona apart at a glance.

If I had lost my way at night, geographical knowledge would have been even more useful and it might have saved my life.

But this didn't change my opinion of adults much.

When I meet an adult who seems to have a slightly clear mind, I take out my No. 1 work that I have kept and test him.

I wonder if he is actually capable of understanding.

But the answer I always get is: "It's a hat."

Then I won't talk to him about giant pythons, primeval jungles, or stars.

I had to adjust myself to their level and talk to them about bridge, golf, politics, and ties.

So the adults were very happy to meet a reasonable person like me."

The first chapter simply wrote about "my" story and outlook on life, but the more Jabami Rei read, the more she felt trembling and recognition.

Isn’t this the law of the jungle in modern society?

Adults pursue money and interests, and only like to talk about cars, watches, golf, politics, etc. In their eyes, there is no "python that swallows the elephant", only a hat with a little monetary value.

“What they lose is not the ability to understand, but the imagination that has been there since childhood.”

Jabami Rei turned the page of the manuscript, sighing and unable to help but continue reading.

“Draw me a sheep”

“Please draw me a sheep”

"It doesn't matter, please draw me a sheep!"

When I saw the little prince for the first time after the plane crash, I heard him repeating this sentence.

Since I had never drawn a sheep before, I re-drew for him the one of the only two paintings I knew how to draw: the one of a giant python with its belly closed.

What surprised me was that the moment the painting was handed over, the little prince exclaimed: "No, no! I don't want a python. There is an elephant in its belly."

The little prince's words left me stunned.

This was the first time in more than 20 years that someone felt that it was not a black hat, but a python with an elephant in its belly!

At that moment, I seemed to feel that the world had become different.

Jabami Rei, who was reading the simple words, seemed to feel the throbbing in my heart at that moment.

It's a feeling of finally being understood and recognized!
The little prince then said to me: "The python is too dangerous, and the elephant takes up too much space.

I live in a very small place and I need a sheep.

Draw me a sheep."

Draw a sheep for the cute little prince!
Jabami Rei also shouted this in her heart.

So, following the little prince's instructions, I drew several pictures of sheep.

But no matter how I drew, the little prince was not satisfied, until I perfunctorily drew a box and told him, "This is a box, the sheep you want is inside."

At that moment, the little prince happily replied: "This is exactly what I want! Do you think the sheep inside will need a lot of grass?"

"Why do you ask that?" "I" didn't quite understand.

Jabami Rei could understand the little prince's train of thought.

Because those young children who are still young and full of imagination and enthusiasm have this kind of thinking mode!

From this point of view, Kitagawa Hide really knows children well.

Now Jabami Rei was finally convinced.

This guy may not look like he is very good at taking care of children, but he actually cares about and understands children very well!
This is also consistent with the character of Kitagawa Hide in her mind - no matter what he does, he will do his best without any regrets.

And in the process, others will be surprised to find that Kitagawa Hide is much stronger than ordinary people in every aspect!

"This guy is really a favorite of God!" Jabami Rei was a little jealous of him.

"Because my place is very small," answered the little prince.

"I drew you a very small lamb. Even if there is not much space, it will be enough to feed it."

The little prince moved his head closer to the picture, as if he could see through the cardboard box and see the non-existent sheep inside.

He smiled and said, "It's not as small as you said. Look! It's asleep."

In this way, "I" and the little prince met, and the second chapter ended.

It is indeed a children's short story. Each chapter is surprisingly short, yet very enjoyable to read.

Jabami Rei reached out and turned the page of the draft paper again, continuing to read with fascination.

"Hot coffee, buckwheat bread, and a poached egg.

Sorry, this is the best breakfast I can make. It shouldn't affect your body shape, right?"

Beichuan Xiu walked out of the kitchen with a piece of bread in his mouth. He went to see the two little ones and found them sleeping soundly.

I guess it was because he was so noisy in the past few days and didn’t get enough rest. After Jabami Rei helped him put him to sleep last night, he finally relaxed completely.

"Oh thanks, it's so hot!"

While Jabari Rei was flipping through the draft paper and drinking coffee, a small blister instantly appeared on her lips!

"Are you stupid?! Didn't I say hot coffee? And it's so hot."

Beichuan Xiu rolled his eyes at her and handed her a glass of cold water.

Jabami Rei quickly suppressed the pain in her throat with cold water and blinked at him innocently.

This guy!
Isn't it because the novels you wrote are so interesting? !

Of course, she would never admit this.

"Can't you let it cool down a bit before giving it to me?"

Originally, her tone was a bit tsundere, but considering Kitagawa Hide's personality, Jabami Rei changed the subject and it became a bit like acting like a spoiled child.

"It's bullshit. A big star is so irritable. I don't know how you survived the paparazzi."

Kitagawa Hideko will not tolerate her. He has to criticize her when necessary. After all, he has been criticized by her a lot before!
"Okay, okay, I know, I know!"

Jaburi Rei didn't want to dwell on this matter any more. She returned all the manuscripts to Kitagawa Hide and couldn't help asking,

"Only five chapters? What about the sequel? There should be more, right?"

"What about the follow-up?" Kitagawa Hide originally wanted to ask her about her thoughts after reading the book, but when he saw her reaction and expression, he immediately understood.

The Little Prince is indeed a world-famous work of children's literature, as it can convince even the most picky Jabami Rei!
(End of this chapter)