[pseudo] what happened

A few days before the start of the third semester, Wujiang received a call.

The call was from Wujiang's mother Shinagawa Chie. Wujiang originally thought it was just a call from his mother to talk about family matters - after all, this is also a normal thing.

But who knew the news brought by the other party, almost made Wujiang think it was a tricky call.

"Mom, are you... sure?"

I don't know if it was because the news was too shocking, but when Wujiang asked, his tone was full of hesitation and uncertainty.

This can't be blamed on Wujiang, after all, it is because the news brought by Shinagawa Chie is simply a fantasy to Wujiang.

Perhaps the Arabian Nights aren't so outlandish.

"Of course I'm sure," Shinagawa Chie said with a hint of teasing in her voice, "You don't think I'm kidding you, Wue."

"No, no."

... In fact, she did think so.

Shinagawa Chie also seemed to hear the reluctance in her daughter's tone, but she didn't say anything more, after all, she still put the important things first.

"By the way, Wujiang, are you free to come to my place now? I just happen to be going to the editorial department this afternoon."

Wujiang, who was so bored that he was winding the phone line with his fingers, paused, but began to review today's arrangements in his mind.

Because of the earthquake, there was no holiday homework for this winter vacation, and the cleaning was done before the phone call. She didn't have any extra arrangements, but Meizi's lunch might not be in time.

But...she can't take Meizi with her.

It seems that I can only trouble someone.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Wu Jiang looked at the buildings on the other side of the yard, but what he remembered was the same layout as his own.

"Okay, I'll go out in half an hour, I don't know if it's too late."

"You don't need to worry," Shinagawa Chie smiled as if she understood something, "Then, I'll make lunch and wait for you to come, Wujiang."

Wujiang also heard the ridicule in his mother's tone, but didn't argue any more.

More words and more mistakes, this is the experience she summed up.

"Okay," she nodded, "then I'll see you later, Mom."

"Well, be careful on the road."

After hanging up the phone, Wujiang immediately started to prepare lunch, but what she prepared was not her own lunch, but Meizi's.

Well, and by the way, someone else's.

It took nearly 10 minutes to reheat the dishes I planned to eat at noon today, and then made a dessert after dinner. Wujiang came to the place with plums and someone's lunch box in one hand, and plums that had gotten fatter in the other. someone's door.

She never thought that she would come to someone's house again in a short time.

After ringing the doorbell for a while, the closed door was slowly opened.

Yunque, who was also wearing a school uniform at home, pushed open the door, and when he saw Wujiang outside, his murderous expression suddenly became a little weird, but it seemed more like he was puzzled.

Although he had already prepared his speeches, when he saw Skylark, Wujiang still felt that it was difficult to say these words.

If possible, she didn't want to ask Hibari for help, but she only had a few acquaintances in Bisheng Town, and each of them was more or less related to a certain aquatic family.

And among them, the only one who can let her entrust Meizi with peace of mind is Skylark.

"Good day, Senior Skylark."

Since it is asking for others, etiquette is even more indispensable.

Wujiang knows better than anyone that the seemingly unfettered Skylark actually pays great attention to etiquette.She also knew that Hibari Kyouya had extremely good patience with children and animals.

Fortunately, Meizi also sticks to Skylark, otherwise she really doesn't know what to do.

"……What's up?"

Although he was surprised by Wujiang's arrival, Yunque was very useful for Wujiang's initiative to come to him.

"This one……"

Wujiang looked at Meizi in his arms, but what he met was Meizi's innocent expression, those eyes like topaz blinked and blinked, just like being coquettish.

"My mother just called and asked me to go to her place once, but she doesn't allow pets in the apartment."

Wu Jiang paused, and although he hesitated, he continued, "So I would like to trouble you to take care of Meizi for a long time. Of course, I have already prepared lunch for you and Meizi."

Saying so, she picked up the bag in her hand, indicating that it contained their lunch.

"As for dinner... I'll try to get back and prepare it."

After watching Wujiang for a long time, it was so long that when Wujiang thought that the other party would not agree, Yunque opened his golden mouth.

"Bring it."

Although he spoke concisely, Wujiang also understood the meaning of Yunque's words, and immediately handed the plum and the lunch in his hand to Yunque.

Skylark stroked the plum along its hair, then put it on the ground, let it run into the room, and then turned to look at Wujiang.

"And your phone."

Wujiang was taken aback for a moment, but still did as Yunque said, took out the mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Yunque's outstretched hand.

Skylark's fingers quickly pressed something on the phone's keyboard, and when it was handed to Wujiang, there was another name in the phone book that originally only stored Wujiang's mother's number.

——God knows how many girls who are in the midst of prosperity can't dream of this.

As if bewitched, Wujiang clicked on the business card that said "Kyoya Hibari", and found that besides the landline number of Yunque's family, there was also Yunque's mobile phone number.

"Call if you have anything to do, don't be like last time."

Yunque didn't speak the last half of the sentence very loudly, but Wujiang listened to it earnestly.

She didn't realize what Skylark was referring to at first, but then she remembered that he was referring to the earthquake.

"I see, Senior Skylark."

The corners of the mouth were slightly raised, and the smile that had been hanging on the lips seemed to be a little more real.

"Thank you."

"……Humph."

He didn't care about Skylark's answer, perhaps for Wujiang, this was the best answer.

"I'm still in a hurry, so I'm leaving first, Senior Skylark," she bowed again, "Meizi will trouble you. Ah, that's right."

Skylark raised her eyebrows, as if waiting for her next words.

"There is still dessert in the lunch box...don't worry, it's not baking cookies this time. And I tried the taste, it should be pretty good."

After thinking about it for a while, Wujiang added worryingly, "However...you'd better not let Meizi see you when you eat, otherwise it will become Meizi's dessert."

She was too careless last time, she just turned around, and Meizi "touched" all the snacks.

"Then, I'll go first, Senior Skylark."

Repeating the previous words again, Wujiang bowed again.

"Goodbye."

Goodbye tonight.

When Wujiang arrived at his mother's house in Tokyo, it happened to be lunch time.It's just that while solving his own food and clothing problems, what Wujiang is worried about is Bingsheng's affairs.

Not long after lunch, the mother and daughter went out early as agreed on the phone.Their destination today is the Emerald editorial department in charge of girl manga at Marukawa Shoten.

In fact, when Wu Jiang was working as an assistant with his mother, he also met his mother's editor-in-chief Gao Ye a few times.It's just that Wujiang has no other impression except that the other party is stricter in work.

In fact, until they came to Marukawa Bookstore, Wujiang felt a little uneasy.

Perhaps it was because the news she received from Chie Shinagawa in the morning made her feel too shocked, and even now she has not recovered.

At the beginning, the mission was not half as uneasy as it is now.

However, after seeing the editor-in-chief Takano—or the so-called "newcomer editor" standing behind him, not to mention Wujiang, even Shinagawa Chie was stunned there.

"By the way, this is a newcomer to our editorial department, Onodera."

The editor-in-chief Takano seemed to notice that both mother and daughter were looking at the person behind him, so he took the initiative to introduce.

"Because you left early at the New Year's party, I couldn't see you."

Then he turned sideways and said to Onodera who was also frozen there, "This is Teacher Bichuan."

"It's really... It's been a long time, Mrs. Shibata, and Wujiang." Since many cartoonists use pseudonyms, Onodera didn't notice anything wrong at once.

Wujiang nodded, but didn't say much.

This is not an occasion for her to intervene.

It's just his tone and what he said surprised the editor-in-chief Takano.

"Do you know?"

Although he said so, he remembered that the information on "Bi Chuan" did not say that she was married, and her surname was not Shibata but Shinagawa.

"That's right," Chie Shinagawa said with a smile, "But it's been a long time, Onodera-kun. But I'm Miss Shinagawa, not Mrs. Shibata."

Onodera was taken aback for a moment, but soon understood the meaning of Chie Shinagawa's words, "Oh, that's right, I'm sorry, I mentioned this."

"It's nothing, it's all over."

Chie Shinagawa waved her hand, expressing that she didn't care about it.

She was not the kind of person who would stick to the past. Since they were all divorced, it made no sense for her to keep thinking about that man in her heart.

In fact, the reason why Shinagawa Chie knew Onodera Ritsu was very simple. In the final analysis, it was because of her ex-husband, Shibata Keishi.

Regardless of character, from the perspective of an outsider, Keishi Shibata is also a popular writer under Onodera Publishing House, and Ritsu Onodera was the editor in charge of Keishi Shibata before that.

Since the conflict between the husband and wife intensified before the divorce, Shinagawa Chie naturally didn't care about the other party's career and whether she changed the editor. Therefore, I don't know why Onodera Ritsu, who was originally in charge of literature, came here to work as a manga editor.

Editor-in-Chief Takano didn't say much when he saw this, he just took Shinagawa mother and daughter to the meeting room, and Onodera followed him, as if explaining something.

Seeing this, Shinagawa Chie narrowed her blue almond eyes slightly, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

This time the meeting lasted for two hours, and the topic was nothing more than the reason why Shinagawa Chie called her daughter today.

"Official... novel?"

Wujiang blinked, and when all the adults in the room were looking at him, he pointed his index finger at him.

"I?"

The cause of the matter was that the higher-ups decided to publish an official novel for "Bi Chuan"'s comics.

Although Shinagawa Chie is a newcomer, it has to be said that her current serialized comics are in the limelight, and even faintly surpass the works of several popular cartoonists, so it is a fool not to take advantage of the opportunity to make money.

Just let a junior high school student write an official novel for the current popular manga...

"Are you kidding me?"

Looking at the so-called high-level people in the room with green eyes, Wujiang felt that they probably ate too much rice cakes in the first month, so their brains were all blocked at the moment.

Otherwise, how could he agree to such a ridiculous proposal.

"Don't be humble, Wujiang, this is an opportunity I managed to get for you."

Shinagawa Chie was the first to speak, she patted Wu Jiang on the shoulder with a smile, and then gave her a thumbs up.

"Mom likes you."

Wujiang has long been used to his mother's intermittent convulsions, but others...

"But this is too unbelievable, right? You don't worry about performance? What if it affects the sales of comics?"

She turned to look at the editor in charge of her mother, then at the one who was said to be from the sales department, and finally at the so-called executive.

"Don't worry," the manager said casually, resting his chin in one hand and turning the pen in the other, "Bi Chuan said she only rest assured that you will write."

Looking at Wujiang who almost ran away and threw the table, he added like adding fuel to the fire, "Besides, you are Shibata Keishi's daughter, so we don't worry if you write about it."

Like a father, like a daughter, isn't it?

"...I have nothing to do with that man."

Wujiang turned his head away, but met his mother's eyes.

"Wujiang, I believe you can do it."

A faint smile appeared on Wujiang's similar but more mature face.

"Just think of it as helping mom once."

Although she is very reluctant to admit this, her daughter's literary skills are indeed inherited from her father Keishi Shibata.

Besides, instead of letting an outsider who doesn't know anything write it, Wu Jiang, who has been helping her all the time, might know her comics better.

Chie Shinagawa thought so.

Seeing that no one in the room objected, Wujiang thought for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Okay, I'll try my best."

Even though she said so, Wujiang herself knew very well that since she promised to try her best, she would definitely do her best.

Just like she did before.