While waiting for his flight at Magic City Pudong Airport, Gao Sijin’s mind was in turmoil, filled with both longing for his life as an international student and anxiety about the unknown. But in the end, he still embarked on the journey, heading to that land he had never set foot on.
Following his plane ticket seat number, Gao Sijin found his seat, and his heart immediately skipped a beat.
Gao Sijin noticed that the person sitting next to him was unexpectedly an incredibly rare beauty. Her nearly perfect S-shaped figure was very eye-catching, and she wore an expensive-looking women’s trench coat, exuding a heroic and valiant queen-like aura.
Due to his personality, Gao Sijin had been a bit of a shy pervert since childhood, and he didn’t even dare to glance at the beauty beside him.
After taking his seat, he forced himself to act relaxed and closed his eyes.
But his heart kept pounding against his chest, as if about to jump out. In Gao Sijin’s brief twenty years of life experience, the appearance and temperament of the woman next to him definitely ranked in the top three, far surpassing those vulgar and seductive female celebrities.
Not long after, the plane took off.
Gao Sijin’s gaze also moved away from the beauty, settling on the floating white clouds outside the window, trying to free himself from his nervousness as soon as possible. After a while, once the plane stabilized, he took out his iPad from his carry-on backpack and started using it.
Even though on international flights, passengers are usually allowed to use electronic devices at any time and Wi-Fi is even provided, turning off his phone and electronics upon boarding was practically etched into Gao Sijin’s DNA. He lit up the screen, then opened the article he had pre-cached on Pineapple Bun Light Reading.
“Oh? Do you also read ‘In the Name of the Maid’?”
After flying for about ten minutes, the beauty beside him initiated a conversation.
Gao Sijin’s heart tightened, and he instinctively wanted to put away the iPad. That was a yandere reverse-push story he had written himself; if someone noticed his peculiar fetish, Gao Sijin would wish to find a crack in the ground and disappear forever.
That was careless.
He originally thought the beauty beside him was a J-Country citizen; who knew she would open her mouth and speak genuine standard Mandarin?
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing…”
“So, were you reading ‘In the Name of the Maid’ just now?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s a really good story, isn’t it?”
The beauty next to him introduced herself with familiarity. From the conversation, Gao Sijin learned that her name was Yu Qingxue, also an international student coming to University of Tokyo, currently twenty years old, single, blood type B, Virgo, interests in travel and esports, her height, weight, and measurements were…
Gao Sijin was utterly speechless. This beauty who looked like an aloof ice queen was actually a chatterbox, so regretful for not having met earlier. The way she acted, she practically wanted to grab Gao Sijin’s arm and swear an oath of brotherhood in the peach garden.
“We just met, and you’re even telling me what your parents do for a living. Isn’t that a bit too much…”
“What’s so exaggerated about it? Our reading tastes are similar, which means we get along well. Since we get along well, naturally we should get along harmoniously.” Yu Qingxue patted her large and round chest and said, “In short, if there’s anything you don’t understand in Tokyo, just ask me. I’ll have your back from now on.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Yu.”
“Don’t call me Miss Yu, just call me Qingxue. Why must you act all prim and proper? Are you the CEO from an 8 o’clock soap opera?”
“Qingxue, from now on we’re friends. I’m Gao Sijin.”
“What? You’re Gao Sijin?” Yu Qingxue was greatly surprised. “So you’re the famous best-selling author of ‘In the Name of the Maid’?”
Gao Sijin nodded with a smile.
Over the next two hours, he also shared some things about himself, and the two exchanged contact information on the plane.
At 10 PM, they arrived at the airport and got off the plane together.
“This way!”
Yu Qingxue pulled Gao Sijin’s arm and walked out from the bustling crowd. Facing some customs questions, with Yu Qingxue’s help, Gao Sijin answered fluently and was quickly let through, without the difficulties he had initially imagined.
“Sijin, welcome to Tokyo.”
Inside the terminal, Yu Qingxue raised an eyebrow and smiled brightly.
“Hiss—”
Gao Sijin held his head, furrowed his brows, and looked around the terminal.
“What’s wrong, Sijin?”
Yu Qingxue anxiously supported Gao Sijin’s arm with both hands, being very careful, as if afraid he might be hurt.
“It’s nothing. Just now, my head had a strange feeling for some reason.”
“What kind of strange feeling?”
“Forget it, it’s nothing. Maybe I wrote too late last night, causing my mind to be a bit sluggish.”
Gao Sijin gently massaged his temples.
In the terminal lobby, travelers hurriedly left the terminal.
It was already 10:30 PM.
“Qingxue, let’s go too.”
“Yeah, after all this trouble so late, we should go back and rest early. By the way, Sijin, where are you planning to stay tonight?”
“For the first night, I plan to just find some random inn to stay at and look for a house tomorrow.”
Gao Sijin took out his phone, which had the hotel information he had booked earlier.
“That hotel is quite far. Why not stay at my place for the night? My house is pretty big, so you can just go straight to sleep after having fun. No problem.”
“How could I do that?” Gao Sijin quickly shook his head in refusal. “I’m at least a hot-blooded young man full of vigor. How dare you let a big guy like me stay at your home?”
“What’s there to be afraid of? You’ll be my schoolmate from now on, and you’re a famous author. My admiration for you is like the ceaseless waves of a great river. Or are you, a grown man, afraid I’ll eat you up?”
Yu Qingxue winked and made faces at Gao Sijin, adopting a provocative posture.
Gao Sijin thought for a moment and felt he couldn’t stand this grievance.
So he raised his chin and said:
“Looking down on me? You don’t understand at all.”
“Understand what?”
“The gold standard of a twenty-two-year-old mature man.”
“Then you’ll have to shoulder the responsibility today and let me thoroughly understand.”
“Let’s go, Qingxue. I’ll stay at your place tonight.”
Nowadays, Gao Sijin was not as self-deprecating as before.
During university days, Gao Sijin never dared to confess to the girl he liked. Back then, Gao Sijin had no money and was also tepid in reputation.
It was only as graduation approached that Gao Sijin earned his first pot of gold through writing, which amounted to a full 250,000 when converted to Renminbi. And that was just the content of the first volume; the later ones were probably even more limitless.
It was precisely because of this that Gao Sijin accepted Yu Qingxue’s request without any hesitation. Now Gao Sijin was not just an international student at University of Tokyo, but also a heavyweight light novel author.
“Compared to the first time, you’ve become much more confident.”
Yu Qingxue murmured softly.
“What did you say?”
“Ah, no, nothing. Don’t mind it.”
