I am a literary giant in Japan

"'Children in the Dark'. This book title sounds like another extremely heavy story." Takeuchi Osamu frowned.

He once became a victim of the power struggle game because he spoke out against the government and the financial groups.

Therefore, Osamu Takeuchi really did not want Kitagawa Hide to involve too many political themes in his novels.

He hopes that this pearl, which comes once in a century in the Japanese literary world, will shine forever and never be covered in dust.

"I heard from Jingzi that it is still a literary work with deaf-mute children as the background theme, but this time the main stage of the story will be set in Thailand. It seems to be more bloody and violent than The Crucible."

When Keiko Kimura thought of the first five chapters of "The Crucible" and the possible plot that might happen afterwards, her heart ached.

After listening to Shizuko Kawaide's introduction to the novel "Children in the Dark", she was considering whether to read the novel.

The problem is, if I don’t watch it, I always feel that it will be a big regret in my life.

After watching it, I’m worried that my body and mind won’t be able to take it.

What a headache!

Takeuchi Osamu is not afraid of this.

Ever since he was stunned by "No Longer Human" once, he developed an inexplicable "antibody" to Kitagawa Hide's novels.

No matter how cruel the plot of the novel is, Takeuchi Osamu can quickly adjust his mentality and not let it affect himself.

Therefore, he was not worried that Kitagawa Hide would do something weird again and make him, the Dean of the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo, dizzy again. He was just afraid that Kitagawa Hide would cross the line while writing and give someone with ulterior motives a handle on him.

"There's no point in saying more. Let's wait until Beichuan is released on the 15th to see what kind of story he wants to write."

Takeuchi Osamu shook his head. His current focus is still on researching the novel "I Am a Cat". He cannot be distracted by other things for the time being.
"If the content of the novel is indeed inappropriate, I will go and talk to him in person."

"Yes. But Azhi, there is an old saying next door, 'When the enemy comes, the general will stop him; when the water comes, the earth will cover it.' Although Kitagawa is a few years younger than Shizuko, his calmness and calm personality are not as good as Shizuko's. He must have a sense of propriety in his heart."

Kimura Keiko patted Takeuchi Osamu's back gently and shifted the topic back to him.
"You, you should take care of your own body."

"I know, I know. This month I will apply to go to the Affiliated Hospital of Dongda University for a full physical examination. That should be ok, right?"

Osamu Takeuchi has no wife or children, and his parents have passed away long ago. The only ones who still care about him are his childhood sweetheart Keiko Kimura and her granddaughter Shizuko Kawaide.

And people like Jabami Rei who no longer work in literature but still come to see him from time to time.

He is a person who is easily influenced and has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. After Keiko Kimura mentioned it many times, he took the initiative to ask for a spot for a physical examination from Director Ukai of the Tokyo University Hospital.

After all, for writers, the body is the capital of revolution. If a person dies, everything will be in vain.

At the same time, in the Kitagawa Entertainment Headquarters Building in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, the editor-in-chief's office of the "Dazhong" editorial department.

After receiving the text message from Ishida Yasujun, Tomoyo Kobayashi immediately dropped the work at hand and took the subway from the University of Tokyo to rush here.

After seeing his girlfriend, Ishida Taijun was delighted at first, gave her a warm hug, and then smiled bitterly and said, "Tomoyo-chan, why are you in such a hurry?"

"You still say, you still say, you still say." Tomoyo Kobayashi, who is less than 1.5 meters tall, had to stand on tiptoe to punch Ishida Yasujun's chest with her small fist.

She cursed and hammered at the same time, and as she cursed, she couldn't help but choke up.

This was the first time that Yasushi Ishida saw his girlfriend in this posture. He was instantly panicked, with his hands floating in the air, a little at a loss.

"I'm sorry, Tomoyo-chan, I shouldn't have hidden it from you. I shouldn't have made the decision without telling you anything." He sighed, and finally hugged his girlfriend in his arms.

After feeling the other person's strong arms, Tomoyo Kobayashi's fists gradually calmed down. After venting all the emotions in her heart, she turned back into the studious and eager-to-learn doctoral student in the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo.

"Do you think I'm angry because you hid it from me? Idiot!"

Kobayashi Tomoyo rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

She felt that what Mengzi-chan said was right.

The boys who follow Teacher Beichuan seem to have been infected with the "Beichuan virus" and they really know nothing about matters of the heart!
"Ah, why is that?" Ishida Taijun was stunned.

He always thought that the reason why Kobayashi Tomoyo was in a bad mood a while ago and went to Mrs. Kitagawa to complain was because she found out that he was hiding something from her, and it was such a big thing that made her feel like an outsider.

Xiaolin Zhiyo sighed, snuggled in his arms, and stopped being a riddle man, but said word by word: "Taechun, I'm angry, not because you are hiding something from me.

It’s no big deal. Everyone has their own little secrets and privacy. Even for couples, there is no need to be honest about everything.

I was angry because you were ready to go to Yamanashi Prefecture alone to 'open up new land' without even asking me a question.

Then let me ask you, if by the time I graduate and start working, you still can’t come back from Yamanashi Prefecture;
If the transfer lasts for three, five, or even longer, what should we do? "

Every word of Kobayashi Tomoyo's was full of gems, and Ishida Yasujun was speechless.

He had thought about these questions and considered them, but there were no solutions or answers.

Yasujun Ishida could not go against his own conscience and allow the scourge like the Charity Group to continue to erode those special groups.

He also didn't want to stay in Tokyo forever and become the next Muramatsu Tomoshi who completely lost confidence in life and work.

It was for the future that he wanted to go to Yamanashi Prefecture to try his luck.

But with such uncertainty, he really couldn't tell Kobayashi Tomoyo.

He didn't want Tomoyo Kobayashi, who had finally become a doctoral student at the University of Tokyo, to give up everything, even her beloved home, and run away with him to the remote Yamanashi Prefecture.

So he could only remain silent, and then find an opportunity to confess to his girlfriend after things were settled.

At that time, whether to go or stay was entirely up to Tomoyo Kobayashi.

"You, Tae-chun, you are really an idiot, a big idiot, a super big idiot!"

Kobayashi Tomoyo couldn't help but want to punch him with her fists again.

She took a deep breath, leaned into his chest and whispered, “Taechun, I’m angry because you don’t trust me.

I know that many young couples are forced to separate when this happens, and then time flies by and maybe everything changes.

But you and I, we, are not like that, right?
If you want to go to Yamanashi Prefecture, to fight for those deaf and mute children, and to do something for your ideals, then why can't I go?
Do doctoral students in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo have to stay in Tokyo?

Without a high salary, a good social status and a good background, are you destined to be an inferior person?

We all love to read Beichuan's novels. In his novels, aren't the winners those who are willing to pursue their true ideals? "

"Taechun, I do! Do you understand? No matter what you say, do, or where you go, I am willing to follow you!
Even if I have to give up this degree and everything I have, I am willing to do it! ”

Tomoyo Kobayashi's words were like a hammer that repeatedly hammered into Yasushi Ishida's heart.

Listening to her heartfelt confession and determination, he suddenly felt an infinite sense of pride in his heart. At this moment, he felt the joy that Mr. Kitagawa felt when he was with Mrs. Kitagawa.

It turns out that true love is just like what is written in "Norwegian Wood".

"It's not about romance, it's not about me, it's not about anything, it's just you and me."

At the same time, he suddenly remembered the movie "The Crucible" which he had just watched recently.

In the fourth and fifth chapters of the novel, Kitahara Hiroshi felt extremely guilty and powerless when he learned that he had obtained his job by paying "education donations".

He originally thought that this job at least had something to do with his own efforts and abilities.

Although he got the position thanks to his wife's close friend, the school would definitely not accept him if he didn't have the ability.

But in fact
Without money, they really wouldn't want him!
"When did you know you had to pay that money?"

In a phone call to his wife, Kitahara Hiroshi spoke carefully, trying not to raise his voice.

The wind muffled his voice, but made his displeasure sound clearer.

"I wanted to tell you before you left" the wife's voice sounded a little choked.

Kitahara Hiroshi had been fighting the guilt since morning and was exhausted. He didn't want to notice his wife crying.

"Why didn't you tell me? If I had known the conditions were like this, I wouldn't have come here," he said stubbornly.

The wife was silent again.

His heart felt as if it had been covered with a strong ointment and began to feel hot.

While talking to his wife, Kitahara Hiroshi tried to focus on the beach that stretched to the horizon, the puddles that sparkled silver, and the reeds.

"What should we do if we don't go there?" The wife's voice sounded unexpectedly calm.

If his wife cried, if she yelled at the top of her voice, then the humiliation he felt in the principal's office that morning might burst out in an argument with his wife.

However, after hearing his wife's calm words, he felt powerless all over.

Ishida Taijun still remembers these plots clearly because he watched them over and over again no less than ten times.

Especially the latter part of the conversation was praised by many readers and netizens as a textbook-level conversation between couples.

However, Ishida Yasushi, who was not married, did not quite understand this at first.

However, when the older colleagues in the editorial department saw this passage in "The Crucible", they all expressed their empathy and praised Mr. Kitagawa's astonishing depth of knowledge in the details of the novel.

These are the exact words that the wife said to Hiroshi Kitahara.

"I have nothing against you. Even after being out of work for six months, you're still a great husband and a great dad.

But it's a bit tiring that you occasionally look at things in the world as strictly as a moral teacher.

If we were rich at the beginning, we might also donate money to the school for the disabled.

What's wrong with paying this? Just turn a blind eye and pay the money! Do you think it's so easy to be a teacher nowadays?
Also, I decided to send Shimei to the nursery tomorrow. I found a job.

Please don't ask what my job is. If I tell you, you will ask me why I do this kind of job.

Anyway, I'm not going to sell myself, and I won't do anything bad, so don't worry.

I love you as much as you love me."

When his wife said those words, Kitahara Hiroshi in the book looked at the cliffs outside the window. Below, he suddenly felt that it was indeed a very suitable place for suicide.

This is the daily life of most ordinary couples, and their difficulty in understanding each other.

Kitahara Hiroshi worked hard, but his abilities were limited.

His wife loved him very much, but she couldn't bear to see him go on like this, so she chose to hide it, chose to work, and chose to do things in a way he didn't like.

The two people had a conflict, just like Ishida Yasushi and Kobayashi Tomoyo.

At this moment, Yasujun Ishida, who was holding his girlfriend, could especially understand the plot in "The Crucible", and could fully feel Tomoyo Kobayashi's dissatisfaction, anger, sadness and discomfort.

No wonder Mr. Kitagawa said, at least tell someone close to you.

If Kitahara Hiroshi's wife had communicated with him in advance, even if this matter would damage her husband's self-esteem, since things have come to this point, Kitahara Hiroshi would have agreed quickly and nothing would have happened.

The reason why the two of them had such a big conflict and could not understand each other was because of the concealment.

Fortunately, Tomoyo Kobayashi is not Kitahara Hiroshi's wife, and he is not Kitahara Hiroshi.

So the two of them wouldn't have ended up in such a fight.

“Sometimes, only through personal experience and sufficient understanding of life can one write a truly good book.”

Ishida Taijun deeply agreed with what Mr. Kitagawa said, so he became more determined to go to Yamanashi Prefecture!

Just when Ishida Yasujun and Kobayashi Tomoyo finally resolved their conflict, Kitagawa Hideya finished the first draft of "Children in the Dark" and submitted it to his editor at "Kitagawa", Kaoru-chan, as quickly as possible.

Kaoru, who will be attending the Faculty of Literature at Kyoto University in April this year, has long been a recognized full-time employee in the editorial department of Kitagawa.

Like Ishida Yasujun, she is considered by her predecessors to be the future successor to Saito Rena.

However, Ishida Yasujun is a man and seems to have a brighter future, while Kaoruko and Saito Rena are unpopular working women and are relatively disadvantaged.

Of course, Xunzi, who has always focused on literature, doesn't care about these things at all.

The only thing that has been bothering her recently is that she didn't expect to be admitted to the University of Tokyo, which she had always dreamed of, just by a few points.

But there is always a silver lining. She was admitted to the Faculty of Literature of Kyoto University, which had independent admissions.

Kyoto University also held a literary exchange meeting in the past. At that meeting, Professor Kitagawa debated with many scholars and defeated people like Ichiko Sadajū.

Kaoru doesn't have to go to the University of Tokyo. It would be a happy thing for her to study at Kyoto University.

Before she left for Kyoto, she unexpectedly received a new manuscript from Mr. Kitagawa.

"Children of the Dark? This title is a bit scary."

Thinking this, she couldn't wait to open the manuscript. (End of this chapter)