I will never give in to Miss Death

In general... there seem to be more Cosplayers related to Genshin Impact. Because of certain body size restrictions, characters like Nashida, Klee, and Zaoyou are popular, but their share in comic exhibitions is not very high. Most of them are characters with adult female bodies such as Keqing, Ganyu, and Qiqi.

Of course, there were also many Cosplayers of popular mobile games such as Arknights and Honor of Kings. When I saw them passing by, I would take the initiative to take photos with them and exchange contact information, enriching my contact list. Unlike the last light novel and comic convention where they directly stood in the store as mascots, this time I had a more enjoyable time.

Only after truly experiencing the comic convention did I understand that a person seems to behave as innocently and kindly as a child only in front of his or her favorite things.

These past few days, when I was using QQ on my phone and reading messages on the Internet, I felt that the world was like a battlefield. Any random word could set things off, and people would greet each other's parents and use the most vicious curses and verbal attacks on each other's hobbies. But when it comes to the real world, everyone can laugh so loudly and play things that seem a little "childish" at ordinary times.

"How about Nashida try hopscotch?"

"Is this gun of yours real? I remember your character was a steel plate... Awooohoooooooooo!"

"Miss, your over-the-knee socks have fallen down. The left and right sides are different. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder."

"Come on, come on, Klee and Nashida Zaoyou, are there any children? Come over here quickly, Captain Qin has called our names!"

"Destroyers, stand over here... Destroyers from Azur Lane and C and R, come over here. Submarines are also fine... Miss Albacore, you're really hardworking."

"There's also Kohiruimaki Karen. Your grandmother was fighting with Kirito over there just now!"

"..."

After a round of shopping, I bought some small hairpins, small bows, hair bands and other things for girls to decorate. Under the coercion of Xiaomo, who was beside me, I bought a lot of weird "cute" clothes, such as white stockings with cat claws, patchwork tights with cat ears, etc. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiaomo and I arrived at the last store of the comic exhibition with our backpacks full of things.

At this time, our schoolbags could hardly hold anything else. Although we bought a lot of things here, we surprisingly didn't spend much money. Small hairpins and hairbands were only a few dollars each, and after a little bargaining, we could buy a lot of things for less than a few dozen dollars. Only the socks were a little more expensive.

In addition to these things, Xiaomo and I also carried the "Huadan Niang" keyboard that we bought at a computer peripheral store in our bags. With 87 keys and unique key positions, the keyboard is quite small and can be easily taken anywhere.

In fact, the "keyboard" and I have had some kind of "inseparable relationship" for a long time.

As a half-writer, when I was not yet a full-time author, my time for writing was very limited.

During that time, I lived in a very remote rental house in a village in the city. I went out early and came back late every day. The company stipulated that we had to get off work at 6 p.m., but the boss would usually delay letting us go until 7 or 8 p.m. Sometimes he would even hold a meeting to chat and it would be past 9 p.m., and it would be almost 10 p.m. when I got home from get off work.

The time from ten to twelve o'clock is when I write. If I am too hungry, I will eat while writing. If I am really too sleepy, I will buy some spicy food on the way, such as those extra spicy spicy strips that cost a few cents a pack. The spiciness will make me forget all my sleepiness, and then I will write.

There is a problem with typing during this time period. That is, if there is any "accident" in the community, such as a power outage in the rental house, the community, or an Internet outage, it will easily lead to the "interruption of updating" of the novel, and you will not get the full attendance reward.

I’m not a big author and I don’t have many subscriptions, but the attendance award is still very important to me, so my only choice at this time is to go to a nearby Internet cafe, turn on the computer and continue writing.

The environment of urban villages has always been poor, and the equipment in the surrounding Internet cafes was not much better. At that time, the Internet cafes near my rental house were all of very low configuration. The keyboards in the Internet cafes were the type that "as long as the main keys WASD, QER, and space are fine, you can use them all the time." I often went to the Internet cafe, turned on the computer, found a seat to sit down, opened the typing software, and before I could type a few sentences, I found that this key was malfunctioning, that key was wrong, or some keys simply could not be pressed.

Most people wouldn't care if one or two keyboards broke when they go to an Internet cafe to play games, as long as they can play games. But I can't do that. I have a huge demand for keyboard keys when writing books. After a power outage, I went to an Internet cafe and found that my keyboard was broken. I changed to another machine, but found that the keyboard of this machine was also broken. I had to keep changing machines, which eventually led to the loss of the full attendance award for my novel. So I gritted my teeth and developed the habit of bringing my own keyboard every time I go to the Internet cafe.

As an author, I need to adapt to any new keyboard. I will probably need a day or two to get used to this Huadan Niang mechanical keyboard that Xiaomo and I bought today. The reason I chose this keyboard that can be easily put into my schoolbag is because I have suffered losses in this regard.

Although with the current development of my destiny...it is unlikely that I will need to carry a keyboard to the Internet cafe to type in the future, but on the one hand, I have become accustomed to the fact that the keyboard must be able to fit in my schoolbag, and on the other hand...the coffee shop has computers, and if the business in the store is not busy in the future, I can carry a keyboard to work every day, and use the computer there to type when I am free.

The keyboard at home has been with me for several years. Now it is time for it to retire. I have also replaced it with a new, cute, small keyboard suitable for girls. However, I still decided to keep the habit of "carrying the keyboard when going out". Even if I don't carry the keyboard with me when I go out, the keyboard itself must be able to fit into my bag.

"The last store seems to sell candy and jelly!"

After walking around the comic convention, I came to this last small shop near the second bathroom, which was a bit remote. I looked at the goods in the store.

Candy, biscuits, pork jerky, shredded squid, maltose, star cups, and various jellies and canned fruits.

Hmm...it seems like they sell a lot of different things?

It feels a bit like the branded candy section in a supermarket that is displayed on a counter.

"Noer wants to eat this?"

Seeing my eyes fall on the jelly section of this store, Yin Xiamo smiled and said, as if to a kitten who wanted to eat this flavor of cat food, "Do you like green apple flavor or peach flavor?"

"Ah... no, these are usually very expensive, forget it."

I shook my head. "We've finished shopping at the last store. Let's go back! Xiongxiong should have installed his computer by now."

In fact, when I think about "traveling with a keyboard", I still feel a little lonely.

After all, when I lived in the urban village, "power outages" and "internet outages" were low-probability events, only seven or eight times a year, and not every time they happened at night. Moreover, after I moved to the small apartment, even if there was a power outage, maintenance personnel would come quickly to repair it, and I didn't have to go to an Internet cafe.

The reason why I developed the habit of bringing a keyboard to the Internet cafe to type was... there was a power outage and it happened to be my birthday.

Then that night I took my ID card to a nearby Internet cafe and swiped my card - "Ding, happy birthday to you! The balance on the card is 12.5 yuan."

"Wow! It's your birthday today! I've got a special gift for you."

A young lady was working as a cashier that day. After hearing this reminder, she habitually took a bottle of herbal tea from the counter at the back and said it was a specialty of the Internet cafe and there would be a prize on my birthday.

Maybe for her, this happens every month.

However, for me, "Happy Birthday to you" is really a great blessing.

Even if it came from a machine.

And...that was also the first time I received a birthday present after I became an adult.

Even if it's just a bottle of drink that costs less than a dollar.

I used to sit in the "ordinary area" when I went to the Internet cafe, but that day I went to the "private room" and placed the drink brought by the Internet cafe cashier in the most conspicuous position on the table.

From that time on, every birthday I would run to the Internet cafe with my keyboard, put my ID card on the time clock, hear the words "Happy Birthday to you", then take the drink handed to me by the waitress, choose a better seat, and with a happy mood, plug the keyboard into the host, start the power, and then write novels for a whole day.

"Really don't want it?"

In a trance, I saw Yin Xiamo running towards the jellies beside me: "If I remember correctly, these snacks are very popular among the beautiful girls on Earth, right?"

"what……"

I was a little embarrassed: "That's true, but it's too expensive..."

Whether it’s pork jerky, beef jerky, shredded squid, jelly pudding, or tortoise jelly, they are all my favorite snacks.

But there is one disadvantage of this snack, which is that it is expensive.

Not to mention the meat, even jelly puddings like these, if you just pick up a few, it will weigh one or two kilograms, and when you pay, you will have spent dozens of dollars.

The handwriting screen in Xiaomo's bag costs five or six thousand yuan. Buying jelly once costs fifty or sixty yuan. I can buy Xiaomo an identical board a hundred times.

"What are you afraid of? I can feel that Nuoer has a strong desire for this, right?"

Xiaomo, who can directly sense a person's heartbeat, body temperature and other "vital signs", decisively pulled me over and said, "Okay! It's a rare opportunity for us to come out, and Nuo'er's stomach doesn't hurt anymore, so let's buy some and take them back. I'll pay for it!"

"Eh?"

I was dragged to the table full of jellies and I came to my senses instantly: "That...really, there's no need for that!"

"What do you two want?"

At this time, the owner of the store came over and said, "Would you like some jelly? Or some fruit cans..."

Before the young man could utter the word "head", his voice seemed to be interrupted by something and was stuck on the spot.

"You...you are..."

Then, the young man walked towards us quickly, his voice trembling slightly: "You are the one who was…"

"Eh?"

The shop owner's strange movements made me turn around subconsciously: "What's wrong?"

This person... seems familiar?

I looked at the clothes the boss was wearing and then at his face.

Hmm... He does look familiar. I must have seen him somewhere before.

This snack stall at the comic convention is located at the very edge of the venue. It occupies a small area and is just a small tent with many tables and counters inside with snacks on them. In addition, there is a toilet not far away, so the geographical location can be said to be quite bad, and not many people come here to buy things.

As for the boss... the young man in front of him looked to be about 27 or 28 years old, wearing glasses, and a light yellow T-shirt with "I? Human" printed on it, which was the type that Sora often wore in "No Game No Life". He wore jeans on his lower body. He looked very young and full of otaku vibe.

The young man’s face looked particularly familiar to me. I guess I had met him once, but we didn’t have much interaction.

Maybe... he was a customer who had dined at the coffee shop?

"Are you the...little angel from that day?"

Under my curious gaze, the young man spoke. He took a step towards me, then scratched his head as if he remembered something and explained, "Sorry, I...see that you are a little excited. I...let me introduce myself first. My name is Zheng Zisheng."

Zheng Zisheng? I don’t remember this name…

Although I didn't know why this boss would introduce himself as soon as we met, out of politeness, I nodded and pointed at myself: "I'm Yin Nuoer, Nuo as in promise, and she is my friend, Yin Xiamo."

"Hello, hello."

The boss nodded and said, "Would you like to buy some jelly? How much do you want? Today our store... ahem, our store is having a promotion, and we can give away two kilograms."

Send two kilograms?

I looked at this person with some confusion.

"Don't get me wrong, it's just... uh, you are lucky customers, you can... you can get two kilograms for free, or as much as you want..."

The boss seemed to be very nervous when I looked at him like this. He added a few more words, then laughed at himself again in embarrassment and patted his head: "Ah... forget it, it turns out that I am still... too socially anxious. Do you still remember me?"

"you……"

I looked at the young man in front of me again.

Familiar indeed.

"Well……"

I felt a little embarrassed: "Wait a minute, I can't remember it."

"Our little cat is always like this. He plays around carefree every day and forgets a lot of things."

Yin Xiamo, who was standing next to me, heard this and came up to me and scratched my chin with both hands: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

"Don't make trouble, I really feel very familiar..."

Next to a pile of jelly, I stretched my body with the rabbit backpack on my back.

Then I was attracted by the sound of the keyboard shaking in my backpack.

Um...keyboard. The reason why I used to carry a keyboard with me was because of my birthday, and then...no, no, why did I think of this?

Almost as soon as I thought of the word "birthday", a picture suddenly appeared in my mind -

The bus suddenly braked, the young man was confusedly holding a small cake in his seat, the young man was crying while eating the cake...

There was also the song that was playing on the bus at that time: [Actually I really want to see my parents quarrel again, but the family photo of 94 will no longer exist. Dad, mom, and sister, are you all okay? I miss you very much and I want to go back to our old home...]

"You were the one that day..."

At this moment, I remembered who the young man was and my eyes widened: "Why are you selling jelly here?"

This person is the young man who was celebrating his birthday and whom I met on the way back when I took Ouyang Xue to the hospital after she fell ill.

I think he went to the hospital alone that day, saw the doctor alone, then bought a small cake next to the hospital and got on the same bus with me.

I don't know what he remembered that day. He started crying while eating cake on the bus. Then the bus driver braked suddenly to avoid a delivery boy, and his knife and fork fell out. I went over to help pick it up in a maid outfit and said happy birthday to him.

If I hadn't met this person at the comic convention today, I would have probably forgotten about it.

"Hehe, I...I quit my previous job and borrowed some money from an uncle to open a small shop to sell this. Although I don't make much, I don't have to get up early and work late like I did back then."

Seeing that I recognized him, the young man became even more embarrassed, and even avoided my gaze, lowering his head like a little child: "When you said 'Happy Birthday' to me, I felt like I was dreaming, because I... I had never seen such a beautiful girl, and you were like an angel to me at that time, I felt like I was saved, so... I made up my mind not to fight for my life, but to live well, because if I don't live well, I won't even have the chance to see an angel girl like you in the future, right..."

It can be felt that the young man does have a certain degree of "social phobia". His sentences seem a bit awkward and intermittent to me, and he seems particularly "shy".

"Where is the angel? I am just an ordinary person."

I smiled and pointed to my cosplay costume: "Nashida, the god of wisdom in the game."

"I know. I've played it."

"So you changed jobs, is that okay?"

I picked up an oversized pulp jelly next to me. “Does it make more than your previous job?”

"It's a little less, and I also borrowed money from my uncle. I have the pressure of paying it back every month, but since I manage it by myself, I don't have to worry about my superiors, so it's relatively easy."

The young man seemed to have mustered up his courage: "Do you want to buy this? Pick whatever you want. What I just said is true. If you buy it, it's free."

"No need, I can't take this for free."

I looked around the shop and said, "How about this? You are more familiar with these snacks. You can recommend some delicious and affordable ones. I will buy some."

"Then I'll give you a 20% discount."

The young man took a big bag and said, "Don't refuse. If it wasn't you, I might have really given up. I took that bus to go to Kamihama Bridge and then... and then, well, let's not talk about it. At least everything is over now."

"Well, give us some recommendations."

I held Xiaomo's hand.

"Also, congratulations on cheering up."