tokyo writer

7 pm.

Mantansha "New Fiction" editorial department.

Asano Aiko leaned against the office chair with a cup of instant coffee, looked at the words "Akihara Yuto" on the document bag in front of her, and sighed in distress.

She has been a magazine editor for 3 years, and her main job is to plan topic selection and recommend excellent manuscripts.

But for some unknown reason, the editor-in-chief has never arranged for her to become a specific writer, but just let her find newcomers by herself.

Those potential new stars who won the Newcomer Award are not staring at literary magazines with more influential circulation.

For a small magazine like "New Fiction" with a weekly circulation of less than 3 copies, it takes a long time for someone to come to submit a manuscript, and it is often unsatisfactory.

She opened the document bag in front of her, ready to go over the manuscript briefly and then write a rejection letter.

This is actually not her job, but a job requested by a friend who works in the editorial department of "Tokyo Literature" on the same floor.

Just when Aiko Asano was about to go home from work, the other party ran over, put her hands together and asked with a smile: "Asano-chan, can you write a rejection letter for me, I have an important date tonight, next time I'll treat you to a sundae this time."

Then she confusedly got an extra job.

Reluctantly, work is work after all.

The editor's job is to correct newcomers, so that they can write things that meet the needs of the market, and at the same time dig out "geniuses" with real talents.

Like this manuscript in her hand, it is said that it was not approved by Takei Kohei, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Tokyo Literature", so there must be some problems.

In line with her responsibility as an editor, she carefully took out the manuscript and placed it gently on the table, planning to read it and write the rejection letter as tactfully as possible.

But she looked at it and couldn't move her eyes.

Is this article really written by a newcomer? !

[3.Chapter 3 The story is poisonous]

The story happened to a pair of twins named Xiaoshi and Yoko.

Despite being twins, the two are treated quite differently at home.

Her mother treated her sister Yoko badly, not only letting her sleep in the corner of the living room, but also letting her eat leftovers.Not only that, but her mother broke her teeth and burned her body with cigarette butts.

Her mother loves her younger sister Xiaoxiu very much, favors her everywhere in life, and even buys her the gifts she wants.

Under the different treatment, the younger sister Xiaoxiu is well-dressed, but the elder sister Yoko is dirty and sloppy. The two of them don't look like twins.

Because of this, the younger sister Xiaoshi also dismisses her elder sister Yoko, even if she sees Yoko being bullied on campus, she just pretends that she doesn't know her.

One day, Yoko sat alone on the bench in the small park downstairs of the apartment building. She was very sad and didn't know why she was treated like this.

At this time, a stray dog ​​ran up to her feet and rubbed her. Yoko was a little surprised when she saw it. She felt that the dog seemed familiar.

Through trying to recall, she remembered that she had seen a dog hunting notice on the telephone pole before, and she was looking for this dog.

She thought about it, picked up the dog, and sent it to the address on the notice.

When she arrived at her destination, she knocked on the door, and a mother-in-law named Mitsuko came out to greet her.

She is the owner of the dog. She was very happy when she saw Yoko bring the dog, so she invited her to the house as a guest and treated her to the snacks she made.

Yoko took a bite and found that she had never eaten such delicious food, so she couldn't help but gobbled it up a bit.

Seeing Yoko eating, the mother-in-law was full of sympathy, and she invited Yoko to come back next time.

Yoko was very touched, she had never been treated like this before.

……

After leaving her mother-in-law's house, Yoko returned to her normal life.

On this day, she was taken by her younger sister Xiaoshi to have dinner with two other classmates. Except for Yoko who was empty-handed, everyone else had a hamburger and a serving of French fries.

Xiaoxiu took a bite of the hamburger and found it unpalatable, so she spat on the palm of her hand with a "Yah".

She saw Yoko who was sitting across from her, and she reached out and handed the vomit mixed with saliva to her mouth, beckoning Yoko to eat it.

The classmate next to him felt disgusted and stood up to persuade him, but Xiaoxiu laughed, "Yoko will eat anything."

Hearing what sister Xiaoshi said, Yoko took the ball of vomit, closed her eyes, opened her mouth wide and ate it with a "satisfied" expression.

Seeing this scene, everyone felt extremely disgusted and left.

When Yoko was left alone, she had a painful and lonely expression on her face.

……

In the evening, Yoko came to Mitsuko's mother-in-law's house, and she found that her mother-in-law had prepared a sumptuous dinner to welcome her.After the meal, the mother-in-law helped her change into clean clothes and combed her messy hair.

Yoko was happy, she had never felt so happy.

The two chatted about life, and Yoko said that she was not liked by others. After hearing this, her mother-in-law encouraged her: "You know, if you want to change, you can change it."

After listening to Yoko, she thought about it, can she really change?

When leaving, the mother-in-law gave Yoko a book and a key, told her that she could come whenever she wanted, and made an agreement with Yoko: "One day we will go on a trip together!"

Hearing this sentence, Yoko couldn't help smiling, and she felt that she had sunshine for the first time in her life.

After thanking her, she began to return home, but her mother saw the book in her hand.Mom's first reaction was that Yoko had stolen, so she beat her right away.She told her that it was not easy to give birth to Yoko, and at the same time punched her.

Sister Decoration said from the side: "She was impulsive."

This sentence sounds like persuasion, but it acquiesced to the fact that Yoko stole.After hearing this, the mother beat her harder and even tore Yoko's hair.

Yoko put her head in her hands, and in grief and anger, she passed out.

After waking up, she found that her books had been confiscated by her mother.

Mom glanced at her and said indifferently: "If you dare to enter Mom's room, I will kill you."

Yoko remained silent, but made up her mind to take it back. That book was very precious to her.

Inside, there is the key given to her by her mother-in-law.

……

The next day, while her mother was away, Yoko sneaked into her room and began to search around.Because the room was so messy, it took Yoko a long time to find the book beside the bed.

Opening the book, she couldn't help but feel lucky, because the key was still there.