Chapter 398: Shion, Identity Revealed
The lights on the stage gathered, the cameraman’s lens was aimed at her, the audience below was restless, and the bullet comments in the live stream room kept scrolling, all because the girl on stage had said one sentence. She said she was Shion. Just this one sentence was enough to make many people go crazy.
Shion-sensei had been in the industry for more than a year and had never appeared in public, let alone revealed her name and appearance. Everyone only knew that her name was Shion, that she was a novelist, and that was it. For so long, everyone had wanted to know what this mysterious Shion-sensei’s true self was, what her name was, but no one had ever known. Even for interviews, she only accepted QQ online interviews and never took private interviews.
Now, she was standing on stage, telling everyone, “I am Shion.” The inherent impression that everyone had had for so long was also broken. All along, everyone had imagined Shion-sensei as a literary youth, with a scruffy beard, wearing a trench coat, with a melancholic young man’s appearance. And now, when this little blonde loli was standing on stage, she had completely shattered the inherent impression that everyone had formed over the past two years.
“Ahaha, hello, Shion-sensei. If I remember correctly, this is your first time appearing in public, right?”
Guest number three, after all, had seen the world and quickly calmed down, cleverly picking up the topic. To them, Shion-sensei’s sudden appearance was an accident, but as a program effect, it was quite wonderful. Such a big shot, who wouldn’t want to interview her, who wouldn’t want to invite her? But no one had ever succeeded. Now that there was this opportunity, no matter what, they had to let her say a few more words.
“Mmm, it is indeed the first time.”
Yu Linna had a faint smile, calmly talking to the host on stage. She was not nervous at all, nor was she flustered. She was quite natural.
“Shion-sensei is my good friend. We have a very good relationship in private~”
At this time, Xiao Yanhan interjected.
The audience recalled how Xiao Yanhan had so directly called out Shion-sensei’s name and had her come up. No matter how you looked at it, it was not an ordinary relationship. Some of the people who knew Yu Linna of course knew that Yu Linna and Xiao Yanhan were roommates. They didn’t have much of a thought about her words. On the contrary, those in the audience who didn’t know the truth were all in a daze.
“Shion-sensei, how did you come to the scene today? If you had just said so, we would have immediately arranged a seat for you.”
“Well, because it was Yanhan… your Yan Yu-sensei who invited me, so I came. Originally, I hadn’t even said hello. You don’t have to mind. I’m just an audience member like everyone else.”
“That’s what you say, but Shion-sensei, you’ve still underestimated your own fame. You’re still very famous.”
“Is that so? I’ve always thought I was very ordinary. After all, I’ve always been very low-key.”
She said with a smile.
“Speaking of which, Shion-sensei, you’ve never been willing to show your face until now. Is there a reason?”
“Regarding this, it’s purely my personal reason. But the protagonist of today is not me. You should ask Yan Yu-sensei and Baihua-sensei more. I’m just an audience member.”
She said with a wry smile. This was also to remind the host not to forget whose main stage it was today. She definitely shouldn’t let her, a single Yu Linna, change the protagonist of the whole event. After all, her appearance was just an accident.
The audience watching the live stream was also very moved and spammed the bullet comments one after another.
“What a heartwarming Shion-sensei. She doesn’t want to steal her best friend’s thunder, right~”
“Shion-sensei’s EQ is so high.”
“Like. Shion-sensei is so cute.”
The host, of course, knew this. He quickly pointed the microphone at Xiao Yanhan and winked at her, telling her to ask Shion-sensei a little more.
“Actually, I was also a little selfish. But today’s opportunity is rare. I wanted to invite Shion-sensei up, although I had promised her not to call her. I’m sorry, I broke my promise.”
Xiao Yanhan said with a wry smile, bowing her head slightly to apologize to her. Yu Linna didn’t mind, and held her hand, telling her to stand up straight. This small gesture made the audience feel very warm.
“Shion-sensei, thank you~ I’ve always wanted to thank you. I have what I have today thanks to you for giving me courage, thank you for letting me persevere. Today I have succeeded. I especially want to thank you in front of everyone.”
Xiao Yanhan said with a smile, holding her hand, incomparably sincere. This scene, of course, was also frantically spammed in the live stream room. Some people even sent bullet comments saying, “I will protect Yan Yu-sensei’s smile” and “So moved I’m crying, a true fan without a doubt.”
This scene today was Xiao Yanhan’s intention. She just wanted to say these words in front of so many people. Yu Linna couldn’t help but recall when she had first met her, when she had also said these words to her. But to say them in private and on stage were completely different things. It was amazing that this person had the courage to say them in front of so many people.
But it was quite happy to hear.
“You have what you have today because of your own hard work. I didn’t help you,” she said.
“But I know you’ve always worked very hard, very desperately. I’ve been watching. I have no doubt that you will have this day. Congratulations. you’ve taken the first step of your dream.”
Yu Linna had not given her any substantial help. She was just her object of admiration. But Yu Linna also knew that Xiao Yanhan was very hardworking and desperate. She had seen it all. Today, she had succeeded, and Yu Linna was also very happy. For some reason, Yu Linna thought of her past self, who had worked so hard but had no results, who had worked so hard but could not succeed. Seeing Xiao Yanhan succeed today was like seeing her past self.
Because the event had a time limit, Yu Linna took the initiative to say that it was about time to go down. The host had no choice but to let her go off stage. After all, strictly speaking, Yu Linna was not a guest invited by the organizers. Just as she herself had said, she was just here as an audience member. No matter how much the host wanted to keep her, there was nothing he could do. The rules were set like that. The organizers’ side was full of regret. If they had known that Shion-sensei was here, they should have invited her at the first opportunity. Just now, the effect of Shion-sensei and Yan Yu-sensei on stage was particularly good. The bullet comments in the live stream room had increased several times, and the audience’s response was also particularly good. This could be said to be a sure-fire deal. Sigh, what a pity, what a pity.
The organizers’ side had of course also thought of drawing lots again to get Yu Linna as a lucky audience member, but unfortunately, this segment of the event was over. They could no longer use this trick. This Xiao Yanhan was really something. She didn’t even say it in advance. If she had said it in advance, they would definitely have taken it seriously.
The subsequent programs had no more highlights, just a plain and ordinary ending. At the end, they promoted the release of the single volume a bit. But in any case, the most eye-catching part of this event was undoubtedly Shion-sensei’s appearance. Although she had only appeared for a few minutes, she had also attracted a lot of attention, and the subsequent cameras had been intentionally or unintentionally aimed at Shion-sensei’s position, also capturing Fang Jiangning and the others.
After that, in the Weibo hot search, Shion-sensei was on the list again. “Shion-sensei appears at an event” occupied the topic of most people. To them, the mysterious Shion-sensei was finally willing to show her face and generously admit her identity.
After the official Wenqing learned of this, they even specially promoted it a bit. To them, Shion-sensei was also a brand of their Wenqing. They absolutely could not let go of any opportunity to promote her.
Wenqing Official Weibo V: The beautiful and cute Shion-sensei has appeared at the manga promotion event of Yan Yu-sensei~ The two of them are very good friends in real life and are roommates in the same university~ Your beautiful and lovely Shion-sensei is here. Are you surprised and unexpected? She’s beautiful, can write novels, and can also draw. You’ve definitely never seen an all-rounded Shion-sensei. [Picture] [Picture] @Shion V.
The official also specially posted a few photos of Yu Linna herself taken at the event, including an intimate group photo of her and Yan Yu-sensei, a total of ten photos.
After the official posted on Weibo, the people who had been unsure whether Yu Linna was Shion-sensei finally ate a reassurance pill. Now that the officials had confirmed it, what else could they say? It turned out that Shion-sensei was really a cute girl!
All along, everyone had been imagining, thinking that Shion-sensei was a literary youth. In fact, that was not the case. Shion-sensei was a cute little loli. How could he be a scruffy young man!
“awsl, Shion-sensei, how can you be so cute? I don’t have enough blood bags…”
“My male god has become a goddess? But Shion-sensei can’t be considered a goddess. Such a cute creature is clearly my angel. Ah, I can’t control myself anymore…”
“Selling melon seeds in the front row. From today on, I am a die-hard fan of Shion-sensei.”
“Watching the interaction between Shion-sensei and Yan Yu-sensei is really touching. Yan Yu-sensei really likes Shion-sensei. Her story is really inspirational. It makes me want to be a manga artist too!”
“Wake up! You’re not Yan Yu-sensei! Yan Yu-sensei has been living in the same dorm with her beloved idol since university and has become a manga artist through her own efforts. Such a story can’t happen to you.”
“Wuwuwu, I also want to be roommates with Shion-sensei, but I applied to a university in Shanghai during the gaokao. Wuwuwu, I really want to go to Guangnan University now!”
“I have to say, Guangnan University is really a magical place…”
The people online had been expressing their opinions, all of which revolved around Shion-sensei. Originally, Shion-sensei had made a comeback to the heat ranking with the heat of her new book. Now she had appeared at an event and had publicly revealed her identity. Her popularity had also soared in a short period of time. This was the first time since she had become a hit with Ballad of the Enchantress.
Now her Weibo followers were rising crazily, and no one knew to what extent they would rise.
As the saying goes, with fame comes trouble. Shion-sensei had become popular again, which naturally attracted the attention of many haters. The haters had no place to flame, so they went for the point that Shion-sensei was a foreigner.
“To be honest, Shion-sensei is indeed an outstanding writer. But do we have so few outstanding novelists in our country that we need a foreigner to write novels in our country, and the key is that she writes quite well? It would be even better if it were written by a Chinese person.”
After such a statement came out, it was naturally like a rat crossing the street, with everyone shouting at it. But in this way, this Weibo post had also successfully made it onto the hot search, and the blogger’s purpose had also been achieved.
“Blogger, eat shit! Shion-sensei’s real name is Yu Linna. She’s Chinese, at most just a mixed-race! What the hell is a foreigner? Can a foreigner write this kind of thing!”
“This kind of person is just looking for a beating.”
For a time, Yu Linna’s Weibo was also flooded. Publicly revealing her identity had put her in a vortex, and she herself could not decide where to go. Every time Yu Linna looked at Weibo, she would be troubled. Although her popularity had gone up, there were more people flaming her.
