My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

The two drank tea for a long time before Kouta put down his teacup, stood up, and gave a standard apology: "Auntie, I'm sorry for what happened earlier!"

Misa looked at the bowing boy in front of her and said, "Kouta-kun, raise your head!"

“I don’t mean to blame you, but… young people should be more careful.” Then, as if she was struggling with something, Misa slowly asked, “Kouta-kun, what are your requirements for your partner?”

Kōta's palm tightened, thinking: Could this be the legendary test from his mother-in-law?

Many thoughts flashed through my mind as I carefully considered the meaning behind Misa's question... but I still couldn't figure it out, so I just went for it and answered, "Well, I think someone like Hui is perfect."

"So... what do you think of Hui?" Misa asked again.

"Uh..." Kouta thought to himself: What kind of question is this?! How am I supposed to answer it?!

Reluctantly, I could only answer based on my own impressions: "Pure, beautiful, lively, and strong!"

After listening, Misa hesitated for a while before slowly saying, "Hui suffered an incident before that hurt her deeply. Although she didn't say it on the surface, she kept it buried in her heart."

Kouta immediately understood; this referred to the kidnapping and violence that Hui had suffered.

With a determined look in his eyes, Kōta patted his chest and said, "Auntie, don't worry! I will not let Hui suffer any more harm. I will protect her with my life."

Looking at the boy before her, who, despite being only 17, already exuded a mature air, Misa said with satisfaction, "Since Mr. Kouta says so, I'm relieved. However... please don't look down on that child in the future..."

"Ding dong!"

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Meisha got up to open the door, where a woman dressed in a professional manner was standing.

"Hello, I'm Mao Aoki, an editor at Kadokawa Bunsha's Aomori branch. This is my business card. Nice to meet you." Mao Aoki introduced herself to Misa with a smile and elegant demeanor, her attitude very friendly.

Misa carefully examined the business card, observed Mao Aoki closely, and then politely welcomed Mao Aoki in: "Please come in."

"Sit here!"

Mao Aoki went inside and found a place to sit down.

When Kōta saw a guest come in, he felt that he had already seen his wife and it was not appropriate to disturb her any further, so he said, "Auntie, you go ahead with your work! I'll head back now."

"Won't you sit for a while longer?"

"No, I'll come another time."

"Oh, alright then, have a safe trip!"

Misa saw Kouta to the door, then turned and came back in, politely asking Mao Aoki, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

After entering the house, Mao Aoki didn't say a word. But when she heard Misa's question, she immediately replied enthusiastically, "Oh, I see. Are you the 'queen'?"

"I've read your work, 'The Girl in the Shell,' at least ten times. I think your light novel writing is on par with a rising star, and you're sure to become a huge hit in the near future..."

“Queen? Oh, you misunderstand, I’m not the queen?” Misa interrupted, realizing the other party’s purpose.

Mao Aoki was taken aback: "A misunderstanding? Then... could it be your husband? Well, science fiction is, after all, a man's favorite..."

Misa interrupted again, embarrassed, "No, actually... you should be looking for my daughter!"

Upon hearing this, Mao Aoki asked in surprise, "My daughter? You mean 'Queen' is your daughter?"

Looking at Misa, who appeared to be in her thirties, Mao Aoki thought to herself: Her daughter is probably only in high school at most!

So, he asked uncertainly, "Excuse me, but is your daughter currently in high school?"

“Yes! My daughter is a first-year high school student this year,” Misa replied.

"A high school student!?" Mao Aoki was taken aback, because if this was really written by a high school student, then that person must be incredibly talented!

“Okay, I’ll ask her to come down and talk to you!” Misa said, then called upstairs, “Keigo, the editor from Kadokawa Bunko is looking for you.”

Hui heard her mother's voice and remembered the novel she had long forgotten.

I opened the door and went downstairs.

Seeing an unfamiliar woman sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs, Hui looked around and then asked her mother, "Where's Geng Taijun?"

"Still thinking about your Geng Taijun! Don't worry, your Geng Taijun won't run away, he's home now."

Hearing her mother's teasing, Hui blushed slightly and retorted, "What do you mean, 'missing my Mr. Kō'? I was just curious."

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, it was just simple curiosity." Misa had an "I see" look on her face.

Hui looked at Misa's helpless expression.

Aoki Mao was taken aback when she saw the stunningly beautiful girl in front of her; she had never seen such a beautiful girl as Kei in real life before.

At the same time, she never imagined that the person who wrote "The Girl in the Shell" was such a beautiful girl.

Originally, she thought that such a beautiful and ethereal girl must be very difficult to approach, but watching her playfully bicker with her mother, she had the illusion that a fairy had fallen to earth.

She couldn't help but think that the boy was really lucky to have such a stunning beauty.

Her strong professionalism brought her back to her senses, and she smiled and said, "Hello, you must be 'Queen' teacher. I am Mao Aoki, an editor at Kadokawa Bunko's Aomori City branch. Nice to meet you!"

After listening to Mao Aoki finish speaking, Kei said, "Just call me by my name, 'Kei'! 'Queen' sounds weird."

"Well... Ms. Hui, let me explain in detail why I'm here."

As she spoke, Mao Aoki took a document out of her bag and handed it to Hui, then said, "The headquarters is very satisfied with your work, teacher. If your work can reach the same level as before, then our headquarters is willing to sign this A-level contract with you."

"Although the teacher's works do not have a wide audience due to the subject matter, they are undoubtedly the best in this genre. Therefore, we will also allocate some promotional resources for packaging and promotion, and we will also ask outstanding illustrators in our library to provide illustration services."

"In addition, we have two options for revenue sharing: one is that we directly buy out the novel for 3000 million. This method is faster and the money will be paid out regardless of whether the novel's final profit reaches 3000 million. However, the comic book rights, animation rights, etc., of the novel belong to Kadokawa Bunko."

"Another method is to split the profits 50/50 between the novel and the teacher. This method is slower to pay out, but the higher the profit of the novel, the higher the teacher's income. However, all the copyrights of the novel belong to you, teacher."

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Mao Aoki rattled off a long list of things, then smiled and asked, "Ms. Kei, do you have any comments?"

“I have no objections. Come along, and I’ll give you the rest of the novel,” Hui said.

"Teacher, have you finished the rest of the content?" Mao Aoki asked.

"Yes, it's already finished."

Mao Aoki followed Kei to Kei's room.

Looking around, the pink-toned girl's room wasn't anything special, not what I had imagined: a room filled with books and exuding a literary atmosphere.

On the contrary, there were very few books in the room, but plush toys were piled up all over the floor.

"The manuscript is only available in electronic format, is that alright?"

"Oh, no problem, teacher, you can just copy the manuscript to this tablet." She said, taking a tablet out of her bag.

Hui turned on her computer, preparing to copy the electronic version of the manuscript.

Mao Aoki looked at Kei's computer screen and said, "Kei-sensei's computer screen is so modern!"

However, the instant the connection was established, a message popped up on Hui's computer screen: "Worm XG711 intends to generate a child worm virus on this machine. The system has intercepted it and placed it in the virtual sandbox..."

"Uh..." Hui looked at the computer prompt and understood that the other party's tablet had a virus.

Mao Aoki was taken aback by the warning and couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Kei, what's going on?"

"It's nothing, it's just that your tablet has a virus," Hui said calmly.

Aoki Mao exclaimed in surprise, "What? Nothing?! Ms. Kei, how did my tablet get a worm? What's the purpose of this XG*** virus?"

"It didn't do much good. It just secretly transferred some data from your tablet," Hui said, waving her hand.

Aoki was internally screaming, "What do you mean 'useless'? If this virus can really secretly transfer the data from my tablet, this... this is going to ruin my reputation and leave me with no place to be buried!"

"Then teacher, can you help me get rid of this virus?" Mao Aoki pleaded hurriedly, "Minimize as much damage as you can now."

Hui rummaged through the files for a while, opened a hidden folder, found the virus file, and then forcibly deleted it.

"Okay, it's been cleared."

Mao Aoki took the tablet, then, as if remembering something, said, "Teacher, do you know where this virus sent the data?"

"Oh, I'll give it a try." Hui fiddled with the Aries system, her fingers tapping away rapidly, boxes appearing and disappearing in an instant...

Mao Aoki exclaimed with an expression of admiration, "Teacher, you're a hacker too!"

"How could that be!? You're overthinking it. I only know some basic operations. I would never dare to call myself a hacker," Hui said modestly. This was genuine modesty, because Hui's computer skills were inherited from Misaki Shokuhou, and Misaki Shokuhou's computer skills were indeed only basic in the entire Academy City.

Finally, a map appeared on the computer screen with a red circle on it.

Hui pointed to the red circle and said, "This is probably the place!"

Aoki Mao stared at the red circle, her face darkening. "I know who it is. I didn't expect her to be such an ungrateful wretch."

Then, with a grateful smile, she said, "Thank you, Queen Teacher. If it weren't for you..."

After saying that, he performed a very formal gesture of thanks.

Hui politely declined, saying, "It's nothing. I was only able to find out because the other person was also a newbie. If they were an expert, there's nothing I could do. By the way, do you still want to read the novel?"

Mao Aoki then remembered the important matter. She looked at the manuscript that Hui had copied over, carefully flipped through it for a while, and then said, "Teacher Hui, there's no problem with your work. I think we can sign a contract now."

"Aren't you going to read it carefully?" Hui asked curiously.

"No need, I trust my instincts. Besides, the teacher just did me a huge favor, so I trust the teacher," Aoki Mao said firmly.

"Oh, okay! Whatever you like."

Hui then signed her name on the contract and chose the second profit-sharing method.

"The teacher is very confident in her work!" Mao Aoki said, watching Kei choose the second division.

"Of course," Hui replied succinctly.

Mao Aoki carefully put the contract away, then smiled at Hui, stood up from her seat, leaned slightly forward and extended her hand: "Teacher Hui, from now on I will be your editor-in-chief. It will be a pleasure working with you."

Huiye stood up, leaned slightly forward, and grasped Aoki Mao's outstretched hand: "It's a pleasure working with you."

"By the way, Ms. Hui, now that 'The Girl in the Shell' is finished, are you planning to start a new book?" Mao Aoki asked again.

"I don't have any ideas right now, but I might start a new book when I have some free time!"

"Oh, I see. Then let's exchange contact information. Please be sure to contact me if you have any new works." Mao Aoki said enthusiastically.

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The two exchanged contact information, and then Mao Aoki left with a smile...