How rude, we are pure love!

"Yeah." Qingye briefly explained what happened in the morning.

"Eh, ah, well..."

The series of interjections revealed the girl's delicate mood. She placed one hand on her hip and said dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't you invite me? My good friend's happiness is also my happiness!"

"There's no need for that, and you must be sleeping at that time." Qingye looked helpless.

"Hmph, forget it this time."

Banai saw that she had returned to her usual lively and energetic girl in the blink of an eye. She stuffed the hairband into her pocket and prepared to return it to Lemon next time, while Qingye helped her lift the plastic bag - it was so heavy!

The blue-haired girl put her hands behind her back. After the two returned to the lounge, she sat aside, frowning and looking at her phone.

"Good afternoon, Xiaoju-san." Qingye greeted the gloomy loser huddled in the corner.

"Afternoon..."

Biting my tongue.

He smiled and did not continue to provoke Xiaoju Zhihua. He picked up a book on the table and read it with relish.

The socially anxious lady who had been secretly glancing at Qingye also saw the cover of the book clearly, "Falling Stars"... This, this is a light novel she likes very much!

Xiaoju Zhihua stared at him, her cheeks slightly flushed. In her eyes, Qingye was undoubtedly a very popular and sunny person. There was a huge class gap between them. But she didn't expect that Qingye actually had the same hobby as her...

I couldn't help but laugh foolishly.

Qingye heard the noise and turned his head slightly, and saw Xiaoju Zhihua coming quietly behind him... Why are you walking without making any sound!

However, for someone with social anxiety to actively approach someone, it must have taken a lot of courage. He tried to keep his tone as natural and gentle as possible: "Are you interested in novels, Xiaoju-san?"

Eyes facing each other.

Xiaoju Zhihua quickly shrank back and hid behind a chair.

Great! He announced that the cute manga that's being serialized before my eyes every day has a new heroine!

Just when the atmosphere became slightly awkward, rumbling footsteps sounded in the lounge. When Qingye looked up, Yanai saw that the bow tie of his uniform was hanging in front of his cheek, trembling slightly with his breathing.

The girl was standing in front of the table, leaning forward slightly, looking at him seriously.

She said slowly: "Young senior, when is your birthday?"

——Normally speaking, an adolescent girl asking a boy about his birthday is a rather ambiguous event, which can easily lead people to think of gifts, divination and the like.

But Qingye didn't think so at all.

Because Ba Nai Jian's expression was more like "a doctor asking about a patient's age" than "a girl shyly giving a gift silently."

Qingye thought for a moment and replied, "September 14th..."

"Yeah, that means Virgo, right?"

Banaijian immediately took out his cell phone to search for something, then turned around and accurately took out an orange jelly and a red bean pie from the huge plastic bag.

"What's wrong… Ugh!"

Just as Qingye opened his mouth in confusion, the girl stuffed a big piece of pie into his mouth. The pie seemed to still have the fragrance of the girl's fingers.

While feeding, Yanaijian looked at him, his lake-blue eyes gleaming with anticipation: "Qingye-kun, eat quickly!"

On the contrary, it belongs to Tiangang.

Qingye ate the piece of cake with great difficulty and felt dizzy. He didn't know why Banaijian suddenly went crazy.

Xiaoju Zhihua, who was standing by, was silently observing the unusual interaction between the two people, and her face was full of confusion, because Yanaijian's mobile phone was right in front of her. She couldn't help but be curious and took a look at the phone screen.

"Today's lucky items for Virgo are: jelly and pie... Mmmmm!"

She softly read the words on the phone page word by word, but before she could finish, her mouth was forcibly covered by the ashamed and angry Banaijian from behind.

"Idiot, don't say it out loud, it won't work if you say it out loud!" Banaijian made a hushing gesture, her pretty face blushing.

Quick! Let me go! I can't breathe!

The hand on her mouth finally disappeared. Xiaoju Zhihua slumped to the ground, gasping for breath, while Yanaijian quietly took out a piece of colored paper printed from a fortune-telling website and carefully confirmed something:

"Hmm, if I face southeast and take three deep breaths, then eat the dried eel, I'll be blessed by the God of Novels..."

"Is it this direction?"

"wrong."

"Should be this……"

Qingye performed the above actions like a puppet being controlled.

At this point, after being fed continuously, he finally understood why Yanaijian had bought that large bag of snacks. They were ingredients for a sinister ritual! He was going to be sacrificed by Yanaijian! Xiaoju, save me!

In the setting sun, Qingye made a desperate sound like a humiliated knight.

*

The evening twilight dyed the lounge a tangerine color, and the breeze gently flipped the pages of the book on the table.

After a period of chaos, Qingye weakly gulped down a big mouthful of water and immediately felt his stomach even bloated - just now, Banaijian had tirelessly fed him a lot of snacks.

"You look so excited, are you a primary school student on a spring outing?" he complained.

Banaijian let out a lazy hum through his nose.

Qingye's gaze inadvertently moved to Yanaijian in front of him.

She seemed tired too, sitting in a chair in a trance, her chin resting on her folded palms. The setting sun slanted in through the window, coating her hair in translucent maple syrup. Her cherry-red lips glowed transparently in the sunset, as if permeated with fragrance, and there was a hint of snack crumbs on her cheek.

She seemed to notice Qingye's gaze, turned her head and smiled gently.

...I felt like I was struck by something.

Qingye couldn't help but turn his face away.

"It will be tomorrow." The girl spoke, her voice clear and ethereal.

Qingye instantly understood what the girl was referring to. He walked back to his chair, covered his face with the pages of the book, and after hesitating for a while, he answered vaguely:

"It will probably take another day or two."

He lied a little. He knew that the day to decide whether the manuscript would be accepted was tomorrow, but... he still didn't use a firm tone because he was afraid that Banaijian would ask to go with him.

Although he has great confidence in himself, what if the editor is blind and fails...it can be regarded as a man's persistence!

He can accept failure and can accept comfort after failure, but he still doesn't want to be seen in failure.

"That's it."

Banai seemed not surprised at all, and the smile on her pretty face remained gentle.

In fact, she understands everything.

Although she felt a little dissatisfied with Qingye for lying to her, she could understand his mentality.

It's ok.

She said quietly in her heart.

I'll wait for you.

Whether you succeed or fail, I will be with you.

She gently closed her eyes and buried her cheek in her arms. The setting sun covered her with a veil, and the wind blew slower, gently brushing past her ears, and the corners of the girl's lips curled up quietly.

It's ok.

It will definitely succeed.

She prayed so in her heart.

...

ps: There is one more chapter, but it should be very late, so you can read it when you get up tomorrow.

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037.Success and Distance (Remastered Version)

"This damn rainy season..."

When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I saw was the mold on the ceiling and in the corners of the walls, like skin covered with blue-gray blood vessels.

However, this did not affect Qingye's mood. He barely suppressed his excitement and lifted the blanket.

Wash up.

Drink water in big gulps.

Grab your backpack.

After everything was ready, he put the amulet given by Banaijian into his trouser pocket and patted it from the outside as a blessing.

With his sports bag on his shoulder, he walked out of the Internet cafe.

In the corridor, Qingye turned his head and saw a girl in front of him who was wearing makeup and practicing the wink of "Good Morning to My Idol" in front of a small mirror. After feeling his gaze, the girl shyly let go of the mirror, and her blush was clearly visible.

Qingye gave her a thumbs up, saying she was cute.

After walking out the door, the sky was still covered with dark clouds. The clouds hung very low, pressing heavily on the city skyline, and the smell of earth rose from the cracks in the asphalt road.

A refreshing cool breeze blows towards me.

Qingye got on the bicycle and pedaled leisurely.

"Even though the weather forecast says there's no rain, I have a strange feeling it's going to rain... Should I buy a raincoat?"

When he arrived at the convenience store near the restaurant, Qingye subconsciously slowed down the car and muttered something. Just as this plan arose in his mind, a familiar girl's voice suddenly came from the front.

"Young senior!"

Qingye stopped his bicycle and looked ahead.

"Banaijai?"

He looked in surprise at the blue-haired girl who was waving at him in front of the convenience store. She was holding a meat bun in one hand and a plastic bag in the other. She had a bright smile on her pretty face. Although she looked a little silly at first glance, the more he looked at her, the more beautiful she became.

"What a coincidence." Ba Naijian said slowly, with a look of joy on his face as if he had met an acquaintance on the roadside.

"Why are you up so early?" Qingye was a little surprised.

"hungry."

The blue-haired girl smiled with narrowed eyes, seemingly giving an impeccable reason - if you ignore the fact that her home is half an hour away from here.

"Here, take this and use it."

Banaijian suddenly took out a raincoat from his bag and placed it in the front basket of his bicycle: "I'm lending this to you, huh?"

She always seems to be like this, appearing in the right place at the right time.

"Are you a character from some RPG game? Waiting here for me to complete a task?" Qingye complained with a smile.

"Yes, yes, brave shining knight, go and defeat the demon king and save the princess!"

Banai tilted her head and smiled like a real princess.

Qingye was moved by what he saw and nodded.

At the blue-haired girl's beckoning, he rode forward again.

He rode to Chiyoda Ward. While waiting for the red light, he looked at the advertisement on the building next to him. The slogan of a newly published light novel seemed to be shining: "Your story will eventually shine--"

I walked the same path I walked last time, facing the cold wind blowing against my forehead.

Standing under the tall building again.

This place is still brilliant, gathering money, dreams, passion and hope.

Qingye stepped onto the stairs and faced the posters of novel characters on the company's outer wall. He stopped and stared at them silently. Many of them were characters he had seen recently and even liked very much.

Suddenly, their lines seemed to travel through time and space and reach his heart.