Chapter 361: Invited
Miss Sakurai returned the next morning. Originally, according to her plan, she should have returned in the afternoon, but thinking that there was still a little blonde at home, she decided to come back early. This little girl had nothing to do at home alone. It was better to go back and accompany her, teach her a few words of Japanese, and start a new day.
When she returned home, what she saw was a floor scattered with paper. These papers were the design drafts of Yu Linna’s new novel, many of which had been crumpled into balls. This blonde girl was quietly lying on the floor, asleep, amidst so many papers. Miss Sakurai casually picked up a piece of paper to look at it. The character design inside was drawn quite beautifully, although the written text was in Chinese.
“You’ll catch a cold sleeping like this.”
She shook her, trying to wake her up, so she could go back to bed.
Yu Linna rubbed her eyes and slowly saw the worried face of Sakurai Reina. She looked around again, at the manuscript papers she had made a mess of yesterday. Many of them were still useless, with not many that could be used. Yu Linna pressed her temples, feeling a headache.
Did she fall asleep just like that yesterday?
How did she become so crazy again?
“What’s wrong, Little Linna? If you’re sleepy, you can go to bed. Why sleep on the floor?”
She patted her head and asked with concern.
Yu Linna slowly got up, picked up all the papers on the floor, and put them back on the table. Although she tried hard to remain calm, her eyes were full of fatigue.
“Sumimasen.” (I’m sorry)
She was full of apology, bowing to her.
“Gomeiwaku wo okake shimashita.” (I’ve caused you trouble)
This country, Japan, had always paid great attention to etiquette and had instilled the concept of not causing trouble for others. Yu Linna had lived in this country for a month. She more or less knew that Japan attached importance to this aspect of things. She still decided to apologize to her. In any case, this was her home. For her to have fallen asleep here, causing trouble for her, was a very impolite thing to do.
Miss Sakurai was stunned for a moment, then she patted her head and smiled at her.
“Sonna koto wa arimasen.” (There’s no such thing)
They had been studying together for a month, and Yu Linna could also speak basic Japanese. Her learning ability was very strong, and her language talent was also good. Her Japanese had also improved very quickly. Yu Linna could still speak some simple daily phrases, and Sakurai Reina would also sometimes speak a few words of Japanese with her.
But after she had said those words just now, she thought for a moment and decided to answer her in Chinese.
“Little Linna, I have never felt that you would cause me any trouble.”
Miss Sakurai’s Chinese level was really terrible. Although she had learned it, it was not an easy thing to learn it well. Even to this day, her Chinese level was not much better.
The two of them exchanged a few short sentences and still decided to communicate in English. This was their usual way of communication.
Yu Linna began to prepare breakfast in the kitchen. She had also learned some Japanese cuisine since coming to Japan and could now make a Japanese-style breakfast. Although she liked Chinese-style breakfast, it did not suit Miss Sakurai’s taste, so she had learned to make a Japanese-style breakfast, making it once every one or two days.
“Little Linna, were you worrying about something yesterday? You seemed to be lost.”
The hand that Yu Linna was using to make breakfast paused for a moment, but she still continued to make it. Indeed, she was now like a person who couldn’t find her way, blindfolded, completely unable to find the road.
“Hey, Miss Sakurai, have you ever been lost?”
“Of course.”
“I wish someone would tell me where I should go.”
Yes, where on earth should she go? Whether to move forward or backward, she didn’t know how to walk.
In the beginning, she had wanted to become famous to find her relatives in this world, at least to know if she was alone in this world. Later, after being betrayed by Nangong Ying, she had given up on this idea. The reason she had worked so hard after that was no longer to find her relatives, but simply to find a place for herself in this world.
She had no home, so she wanted to create one herself. She had no family, so she wanted to treat her works as her family to accompany her for a lifetime. She had never been needed by anyone before, but writing novels was different. When she was writing novels, everyone would need her.
This was also the reason for her hard work.
Now, no one needed her anymore. No one was reading her works anymore, and she began to be afraid. Afraid of failure, afraid of having nothing.
“Little Linna, if you’re always thinking about failure, then you really won’t succeed.”
Sakurai Reina said with a smile.
Yu Linna didn’t say anything more and quietly made breakfast. Her schedule for the day was the same as usual: study Japanese diligently, and then work hard. This was her schedule for the day. Since she couldn’t write a work, then she would just try her best to settle down.
“Miss Sakurai, thank you.”
“Mmm. But I think our relationship can be a little closer. You’ve known me for a month, and I can be considered your senior. How about this? You call me by my name.”
“Call you by your name?”
In Japan, only people who are very close will call each other by their first names. Usually, people call each other by their surnames. This is also a characteristic of Japan.
To call someone by their first name means to be close to them.
“Then, Reina-nee?”
“Mmm, sounds nice. Let’s just call me that.”
Sakurai Reina seemed to be quite happy. After being called “nee-san,” she felt a great sense of satisfaction. If her Chinese were more fluent, she might have said a few words of Awei’s random burial ground to express her current mood.
“Hi~ Linna-chan, Reina, I’m here again~”
When the clock pointed to seven-thirty, Hase Yuki came over on time, as usual, for a free breakfast. They were used to this. Hase Yuki was also a pervert and always liked to get handsy with the not-yet-twenty-year-old Yu Linna, and was listed as a first-class dangerous person by Yu Linna.
“Did you miss me? A hug~”
Hase Yuki opened her arms, wanting to hug Yu Linna. It took Yu Linna a while to understand her Japanese, and she immediately had a disgusted look on her face.
“Disgusting. Get lost.”
“Ah~~ Why are you disgusted with me? Why don’t you want me anymore… but your voice when you scold me is so nice.”
“…”
Perhaps this person was a masochist by nature.
It wasn’t her fault. Because Hase Yuki was a pervert, a very high-level one at that. If this person were a man, she would definitely have to be invited to the police station for a cup of tea. If it weren’t for the fact that she was good-looking, Yu Linna would have really sent her to the police station.
“Hey, hey, I’m going to a signing event today. There will be a lot of people there, and also the voice actor for the protagonist of the anime team. Do you want to come along?”
After fooling around for a while, Hase Yuki finally got serious and talked to them about the signing event.
No matter which country it was, a writer’s signing event was always a grand affair. Many readers would come from far and wide, and it was not uncommon for people to queue up all night for their autograph. Although Hase Yuki was a pervert, she was indeed a great writer, with high fame. Just the works she had animated were two. The first work that had been animated had even had three seasons of animation, and the merchandise sold like hotcakes.
Her signing event would naturally have many attendees.
“Sounds good. Little Linna, are you going?”
Miss Sakurai seemed to be very interested. It seemed she had never been to a friend’s signing event before, because she was always busy with something at that time and had missed the opportunity to support her friend. And Miss Sakurai herself had held many signing events and was quite experienced in this. And Hase Yuki had also supported her signing events many times. This time, it was a rare opportunity to have time. She had to go.
“Alright, if Reina-nee is going, I’ll go too.”
Yu Linna also felt that it was fine.
Speaking of signing events, she, Yu Linna, had never held one. During her most popular period, her readers had been eagerly waiting, but they had never gotten the chance for Shion-sensei to hold a signing event. Although later, Shion-sensei had sent out autographs, and at some events, her autographs were also sold. Shion-sensei’s fans were probably the most miserable fans. Their favorite idol never interacted with them, nor did she ever show her face. These fans didn’t even know what their idol looked like. It was really quite miserable.
Now, after her popularity had declined and her attention had decreased, everyone was no longer as enthusiastic about hyping her news as before.
Even if she held a signing event, it wouldn’t be very meaningful.
Hase Yuki was very happy and drove her car over early. After they had gotten everything ready, they got in the car and she took them to the signing event.
The signing event was at the Tokyo Dimension Venue. This place was already filled with a line of people that was so long it was like a divine dragon whose tail was not in sight. You couldn’t see the end. Many people were queuing at night, waiting for today’s opportunity. It was their dearest Watase Mako-sensei’s signing event. They didn’t want to miss it no matter what.
The author who had written this kind of sis-con, pseudo-harem, male-oriented novel was actually a beautiful woman. This was a great blessing for otaku. It was said that Watase-sensei and Yamada-sensei were also friends from the same period. This was another blessing for the otaku who liked to imagine yuri.
Yamada Yui and Watase Mako were both authors who had debuted in the same period, and both were from Jigen Bunko. They had been competing from the very beginning, and the quality of their works was needless to say. As long as it was their name, the work would not be bad. After debuting for so many years, everyone had also imagined the relationship between these two, and even produced many yuri fan-made books.
It could be seen that everyone was very enthusiastic about the CP of these two. Even the question of who was the seme and who was the uke had lasted for many years without a result. The faction wars were quite fierce.
“You have a lot of fans.”
Through the car window, Yu Linna saw these fans queuing under the sun. The venue hadn’t even opened yet, and they were already waiting. Looking at their expressions, they seemed to be enjoying it. Yu Linna had to admit that this person, although a bit of a pervert, was indeed an amazing writer.
At the same time, she was also thinking, if only she could reach this level one day.
“Watase-sensei, you’re so late. Quick, go in and get your makeup done. It’s almost time.”
As soon as she got out of the car, the staff who had come to receive her immediately took Hase Yuki to the makeup room, preparing for the initial work without stopping. Such a signing event, if there was any mishap, it would be a disaster. There must not be any mistakes.
“Ah, Yamada-sensei, and Watase-sensei’s… friend, please come this way. We will arrange a better seat for you.”
The staff had just wanted to say “Watase-sensei’s younger sister,” but looking at this blonde girl, who was clearly not Japanese, they had to give up on this wording.
Yu Linna followed Miss Sakurai into the venue and was arranged in a good seat. Soon, the venue officially opened, and the signing event also began.
