In Tokyo, I just want salted fish

Chapter 537 Light Novel Writer

"Your Majesty, here you are."

Hanamaru Hanabi waved to Uesugi Kai with a smile beside a bookshelf in the light novel section.

Her outfit today is a beige padded jacket, a blue scarf around her neck, and her favorite beret on her small head.

Her smile and frown are very cute and girly, making people feel that she will always be that innocent girl who can't grow up.

But yes, this year she is too.

It is also completely worthy of the title of a girl.

Kaoru Uesugi walked towards her, at this moment Hanamaru Hanabi was picking up a copy of "Hanabi no Koi ①" and observing.

The cover is an illustration drawn by her. The contrast and color are extremely vivid and full of the heroine Hanabi Chiwa.

It's not that Uesugi Kai deliberately belittled his colleagues, but that his book is very conspicuous at first glance on the shelf.

If you want to blame it, blame this illustration for being so good, top-notch in the industry.

"It feels pretty good."

Hanamaru Hanabi took the first volume of "Hanabi no Love" and looked left and right, and finally his eyes fell on the upper right corner.

"Hey, Kai-kun's pen name is Hanabi-sama? Isn't it Hanabi-sensei?"

"It was changed later."

Kaoru Uesugi knew it was a bit weird.

Book title, pen name, heroine name.
Everything has the word "Huahuo", like a fan of "Huahuo".

But, isn't he a big fan of Hanabi?
It's not impossible to ask him to call Hua Huo Jiang as the captain in the audience.

Kai Uesugi also picked up a self-written light novel, and carefully looked at the heroine jumping up on the cover, Chiwa Hanabi.

She draws Huahuo very carefully, her hair is brightly colored, her facial expression is delicate, she pulls her shoulder bag, and the jumping movements of stretching out her hands make this girl look full of youthfulness.

Kaoru Uesugi raised his head and glanced at the place where the book was placed. There was an explosion label on it stating that this was the best award for this year's light novel newcomer award. If you look carefully, there are also marked buying points on it.

[Real and emotional brushstrokes, written in a prose style so that all judges can feel the delicate style, highly recommended! ! 】

Even though Kai Uesugi wrote light novels, he was embarrassed to read out the promotional slogans of the Second Secondary School.

This passage was edited by the chief editor, Kai Uesugi doesn’t know what the evaluation of his book is among their libraries, but as far as the current situation is concerned——

Should be pretty good?
Alas, forget it, in order to sell more, there is nothing wrong with it.

Hanamaru Hanabi blocked "Hanabi no Love" in front of her face, covering half of her face, only a pair of eyes, and then said to him:
"I feel like Kai-kun is a pervert."

"what?"

"That's the kind of pervert who will follow Hanabi and keep chanting Huahuo's name."

"What, I'm definitely a fanatic fan of Hanabi, alright, I'm normal." Uesugi smiled, "In the past, some black fans deliberately criticized you on the Internet, and I used your account to delete them all one by one. "

"Your Majesty, have you ever done something like this?"

"I've done it. I can't see them saying you're bad. Even though you didn't do anything wrong, you still have to be scolded."

"Mr. Zhao."

"Ok?"

"There are many people with different viewpoints in this world. Even the most perfect person has to carry something on his back. It's not that Hanabi didn't see what those people said, but Hanabi will choose to ignore them. Now Kai-kun has become a light The writer of the novel can also be regarded as a public figure in a certain sense. From the plot story at the beginning, someone will definitely say something about you."

"I know, I don't care about other people's evaluation of me, what I mean. I mainly can't bear it when people say you, even though Hua Huo Jiang is so good, you have to face those people's unreasonable malice."

Hanamaru Hanabi tilted her head at him, and said with a happy smile, "Is this Kai-kun subconsciously protecting Hanabi?"

Her smile is like a blooming flower, even in this December snowy day, it still warms people's hearts.

Kaoru Uesugi still didn't know how to answer her.

Good answer, inexplicably stunned.

The answer is yes, a little perfunctory.

The answer is yes, and a little too formal.

Therefore, Uesugi Kai returned a smile to the girl holding the book.

Looking at her beautiful smiling face on the book cover of "Hanabi no Love", it is almost the same as Hanabi Chiwa.

Kaoru Uesugi seemed to be caught in the warm April wind again.

Hanamaru Hanabi held the book in her arms with both hands, turned her head sideways, looked at him and said, "Speaking of which, Hanabi hasn't read Kai-kun's revised version seriously, and as Kai-kun's first reader, the book must also be the first one. I bought one."

Uesugi Kai: "This is the first time I wrote it, so I'm afraid it's not perfect."

"It doesn't matter, even if Kai-kun's writing is not good-looking, Hanabi will read this book word by word, because reading Kai-kun's book is not only to read the stories composed by Kai-kun in it, but also to experience Kai’s emotions when he wrote this plot.”

After Uesugi Kai heard Hanamaru Hanabi's words, he could feel an inexplicable thrust on his back.

This thrust was warm, and as soon as he turned his head, he could see a girl smiling at him.

She supports herself unconditionally, likes herself, and falls in love with everything about herself.

When she was down, she would be by her side to give her comfort and encouragement.

If Uesugi Kai himself is not the kind of person who will give up because of setbacks, he really seems to have been throwing himself on Hana Huo's knee pillow, feeling her gentle touch and her soft words.

"There shouldn't be many people coming to buy books now, it's so early." Hanamaru Hanabi looked around to see if anyone else had been here.

"The bookstore has just opened, we must be the first batch to come here."

"Then Hanabi is really the first reader to buy Kai-kun's book?"

"That's it."

Hanamaru Hanabi held all three volumes of "Hanabi no Love" in her arms with one hand, and held him with the other hand: "Then Kai-kun, come quickly with Hanabi, let's go to the front desk to check out first."

The price of a light novel is around 700 yen.

Very cheap, in Japan is the price of three bottles of happy water.

Also because of this cheap price, light novels have become popular and loved by young readers and student readers.

Not so many literary hints, not so many arcane storylines.

Although light novels are developing towards deeper social attributes with the passage of time, it is undeniable that the current light novels and funny youth love are still the mainstream.

Uesugi Kai didn't know if his novel, which didn't have too many funny elements and paid more attention to plot and emotional development, would be popular.

Hey, with the blessing of Huahuo, and the status of the newcomer king of this novel, the sales shouldn't be too bad, right?

Uesugi Kai didn't want to be cut in half just after writing three volumes. Although the book was released, he hadn't started writing the fourth volume yet.

"what!"

"what happened?"

"Front! It looks like someone is holding Kai-kun's book!"

"where?!"

Kaoru Uesugi looked forward, it was closer to the counter, where there were people queuing up, there were indeed people holding their new books.

The cover of Hanabi Chiwa is quite conspicuous, the kind of bright color that people can't forget at a glance, so they can be found immediately.

No, I'm just a little-known author, even with the blessing of a famous painter like Xiao Huahuo, no one should come to the bookstore early in the morning to buy his own books.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao!"

"what?"

"Hanabi's No.1 reader status is about to disappear!"

"What should I do?"

"Hanabi is asking Kai-kun, Kai-kun quickly think of a way!" Hanamaru Hanabi looked anxious.

Think of ways to.
Even if Xiao Huahuo asked him to think of a way, could he still rush over and make the fan who bought his book give up?
"Mr. Kai!"

"Okay, okay, I see."

Seeing Xiao Hanabi's anxious expression, Uesugi Kai couldn't help but agree, "I'll ask."

"Okay, Kai-kun, go and go!"

Hanamaru Hanabi pushed his back with one hand, pushed him forward, and watched him communicate with the customer in line.

During the period, she also saw Kai Uesugi said a few words to the man, and then pointed to her position.

Hanamaru Hanabi poked her head curiously, wondering what was going on.

After waiting for a while, she saw Kai Uesugi bringing the male customer over.

The other party is slightly fat and wears round glasses.

"Mr. Hanamaru!" The other party seemed extremely enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that he was a little at a loss.

"Huh?" Hanamaru Hanabi glanced at Uesugi Kai next to him.

Uesugi Kai just spread his hands, saying that this matter is out of my control.

He was also a little sad.

What is my own fan? It is clearly a fan of Hanamaru Hanabi.

"Hanamaru-sensei! Is it really Hanamaru-sensei? I didn't expect... I didn't expect to see you here!!!"

"Ah, hello." Hanamaru Hanabi hugged the book and nodded politely to the man in front of her, "Excuse me, are you...?"

"Sorry, I hope I didn't scare you, my name is Kawai Taito, and I'm Hanamaru-sensei, your die-hard fan! Since you released your first work 2 years ago, I have followed you."

Two years ago, if Uesugi Kai remembers correctly, it should be the account that Hanabi opened when Hanabi was in the UK.

She has accounts on Twitter and Illustration Station.

But at that time, she only uploaded some artistic watercolor paintings, and almost no one paid attention to them.

That being said, is this Kawai Taidou really an old fan of Hua Huo Jiang?

"Hello." Hanamaru Hanabi, who was not very talkative when meeting fans offline for the first time, really didn't know how to respond at this time.

"that. that"

Kawai Taito excitedly put the book cover of the first volume of "Hanabi Love" in his hand and showed it to her, his hands were still trembling, "I heard that you recently cooperated with this book. I found on the Internet that this book is on sale today, and in order to support you, I came here and bought 9 copies."

"Nine? Didn't there just come out three volumes?"

It was only then that Uesugi Kai realized that the canvas bag hanging on Kawai Taito's arm was also full of his own books.

It is also a diehard fan.

"It's like this, one for collection, one for Amway for my friends, and one for myself to read. That's what I plan to do. Of course, it's definitely not because of this novel, but because of the illustrations drawn by you, Mr. Hanamaru."

Hey, this is going too far, it makes the novel I wrote seem worthless.
Uesugi Kai rolled his eyes behind him.

"I don't know, I don't know. I don't know, Mr. Hanamaru, can you sign me! Please!"

Kawai Taito bowed his head excitedly to Hanamaru Hanabi.

It was the first time for Hanamaru Hanabi to face such a person, but she still used her weak voice to say to the person in front of her: "This. No need to do this."

"Hanamaru-sensei's voice is really gentle!" Kawai Taito suddenly raised his head, almost scaring Hanamaru Hanabi again.

"Hug! Sorry!!"

"No, it's okay." Hanamaru Hanabi said, it was only at this time that she realized that Uesugi Kai was hiding behind Kawai Taito and smiled at herself.

Bad Master!
"May I ask Hanamaru-sensei to sign for me? I will be very grateful!! I will support you for the rest of my life!!"

"It's okay, but, life or something, is it a bit too exaggerated?" Hanamaru Hanabi carefully asked the fanatical fans in front of her.

"Not at all!" Kawai Taito retorted immediately, almost startling Hanamaru Hanabi again, at this time, it seemed that his head was tied with a bloody white turban, "Hanamaru-sensei, in fact, I have not made any achievements in my life. , is an existence of more ordinary people than ordinary people. After graduating from university, he just squatted at home and lived only on his parents forever. However, the appearance of Mr. Hanamaru and the works of Mr. Hanamaru made me understand what it means to like, What is love."

"Ah? Is that an exaggeration?"

"When I look at your paintings, I often fall into thinking, what is it that prevents me from getting the life of the beautiful girl in the painting."

No, no, the beautiful girl in the painting, you will never get it in your life, okay?

Uesugi Kai complained from the side.

"I also learned to draw in high school, because I love animation, but I still can't be firm in my belief, and there is nothing to support me. Intermittently, my hobby disappeared. In the past few years, I have also lost my love for life. It's getting boring."

"It was the role of Mr. Hanamaru that inspired me. The passion that had been lost for a long time, the love at first sight, and all the emotions seemed to return to me in Mr. Hanamaru's paintings."

Hanamaru Hanabi wanted to understand the fan's feelings, but he seemed too excited
"So Kawai-san, you want to sign, right?"

"correct!"

"Do you need all nine copies?"

"No, no, only one copy is enough to prove my uniqueness."

"If it's just this requirement, it can still be done."

"Thank you! Thank you Hanamaru-sensei!!" Kawai Taito handed her the first volume of "Hanabi no Koi" in his arms, "Please!"

Uesugi Kai casually touched a pen and handed it to Hanamaru Hanabi.

Of course Kawai Taito also saw Kai Uesugi, but Kawai Taito only thought he was Hanamaru-sensei's little assistant.

Although he had heard rumors that Mr. Hanamaru was married, he firmly believed that Mr. Hanamaru was not married.

As for the wedding ring I see now, it must be a prop left by cos!

That's right!

"Thank you! Thank you!" Kawai Taito hurriedly put away the book. He thought that he must take pictures and post on Twitter when he went back today. Among other things, the group of fans and like-minded people who belonged to Mr. Hanamaru, Surely envious that he got his autograph!
"Then can you give me the chance to buy this novel for the first time later?" Hanamaru Hanabi suggested slightly.

"Of course, of course."

Before coming here, Kawai Taito had heard about it from the little assistant beside her.

After Hanamaru Hanabi settled the bill at the front desk and received a bow from Taito Kawai, she watched him walk out of the bookstore briskly.

"Pfft!"

"Kai-kun! What are you laughing at!!" Hanamaru looked at him with a pouted face, "It's so annoying! I just kept looking at it just now!!"

Kai Uesugi greeted her little face, and said in the tone of the fan just now: "I was wrong! Teacher Hanamaru!!"

"Mr. Zhao is looking for a fight!"

"Haha."

(End of this chapter)