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Hualichun was still thinking about Shier in the Zen garden, but he suddenly asked: "I've finished what I should say. So now I'm a little curious, how did you become like this?"

"Eh?" Hualichun came back to his senses, "Don't you know? After taking over Hoshinosha..."

"It's not this." Chanyuan Shi'er shook his head, "You know, this is the first time I've looked at it seriously. What about you? When was the first time you looked at it seriously?"

"For the first time..."

Hualichun couldn't help rubbing the steps of the stairs with his heels left and right, trying to remember: "If I really want to say it, the first time I read it was in the orphanage..."

"At that time I was very young, about six years old. Before that, I could still read books. But those were picture books and children's cartoons that had been kept in the small library of the orphanage for a long time." She recalled Said, "Those books have been in the library for a long time, and the content is very simple. The children in the orphanage have read them, and they feel a little boring over time."

"Until the day when I was six years old, several boxes of books suddenly arrived in the orphanage. Those books seemed to be donated by others. The library was expanded because of this." Hua Lichun said, "Everyone was attracted, and I Same."

"I still remember the first book I took out of the box, it was called "Wuhua Splendid", which was about the life of an oiran named "Wuhua". That was the first time I read the Eight Classics of."

"If I really want to say, since then, I probably like reading." Hua Lichun held her face and sighed, "But I also finished reading the new books in the orphanage very quickly. Because of myself I had no money, so I had to work part-time every day in order to go to school and live, and I didn’t have the money or time to read, so until I inherited Hoshinosha, I lived a life without it, and gradually forgot that I actually like books.”

"It wasn't until I took over Hoshinosha and saw the excellent works of the teachers that I gradually recalled the feeling of overwhelming emotion!"

"Is that so?" Zenyuan Shier nodded thoughtfully, then his expression changed, "Boring. I'm going back."

Huali Chun, who was talking happily, stopped abruptly: "..."

Seeing Zenyuan Shier getting up with "Monthly Literature" No. 17, Hualichun thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "Then what are you going to do in the future? Do you want to continue to live that blasphemy life?"

"In the future..." Chanyuan Shier stopped in his tracks.

He took the magazine and thought about it, and finally replied: "Actually, I haven't thought much about the future. Because of your outrageous behavior, I have been reading all this time, and it feels like the entire universe I have never seen before It’s like being forced into the brain, and it can’t process so much information at all.”

"So I can't answer your question right now."

Zenyuan even turned around.The man against the light turned his scarred lips towards Hualichun: "You can be as happy as you want, kid. Because the only thing I'm thinking about now is to go home and read the book in my hand."

Hualichun was stunned at first, and after realizing it, beads of sweat appeared on his temples, but a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Well!" she said, "If you want to read any books, you can come to Hoshinosha, and if you don't want to come, you can call me. There is a library in Hoshinosha, and I will send you the books you want to read!"

"But before that..." Hualichun suddenly remembered something, and shouted, "Fill out the book materials for admission to Hui Elementary School!"

Zenyuan Shier didn't look back, but raised a hand and waved it.

Did he agree?It should be agreed.

Because the current Chanyuan Shier is no longer the Zenyuan Shier of the past, Hui now can enjoy a life that he did not have in the past.

……

Zenyuan Shier ended his career as a conjurer killer at the age of 30.

During the three years from the age of 30 to 32, the fearsome magician killer suddenly disappeared from the sight of the magic world.It was rumored that during this period, someone accidentally saw a large number of books piled up in the home of the Sorcerer Killer, and nothing else.

At the age of 33, Zenyuan Shier changed his surname and became a staff member in the sales department of the publishing industry. Soon after, he was promoted to minister and held 15% of the publishing company's shares.He has a venomous vision and swift and resolute methods. The books on sales strategies formulated by him include many best-sellers and masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, which have influenced countless people of all generations. He is known as the uncrowned king of publishing and sales.The autobiography published by him has sold close to one million, and is regarded as the bible by many salesmen.

Shi Er never remarried in his life and only had one son. He was healthy in his later years and died in a dream at the age of 106.

***

Watching the figure of Zenyuan Shier disappear, Hualichun finally stood up and re-entered the bookstore.

Just now, because she ran into Shier in the Zen Academy by chance, she bought the "Monthly Literature" and left. She hasn't checked the condition of the bookshelf yet.

While thinking, Hualichun walked through the art section of the bookstore.

One step, two steps, three steps...

It took a total of six steps before she passed all the bookshelves in the literature section.Afterwards, the purple-haired girl stopped and muttered to herself.

"One more step..."

The literature and art area of ​​this "Utopia Bookstore" used to be just five steps away.But now, it took her six steps to walk from the front shelf of the literature and art area to the back shelf.

Hualichun turned her head and looked at the art district.

——I don’t know when, the literature and art section of Utopia Bookstore expanded, and there was an entire row of bookshelves for literary works.And that means—

"The sales of literary works have increased compared to the past." Hualichun looked at the spines of books of different colors on the bookshelf, her heart beat faster and thumped in her chest, "there are more books published."

This is an extra step in the literary section of the small bookstore.But it is also a literary step.

The expansion of this step may allow more people like Zenyuan Shier to find the meaning of their lives from books.

As far as Hoshinosha is concerned, although the single volumes of "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" that were first released more than half a year ago are no longer compared to when they were just put on the shelves, they are still everywhere in the bookstore and have become evergreen trees in the store. .This is especially true for books such as Rashomon, which were released later.The recently released "Yasha Pond" occupies one of the most conspicuous display stands.

A promotional banner made by the bookstore clerk hangs above the display stand, with the words "new book on sale" written in conspicuous colorful words.At the end, a conspicuous arrow light board points straight down.

Next to it is an obvious slogan: [Runo Kisaragi × Star Theater Troupe, please look forward to the performance of "Yasha Pond" stage play! 】

Seeing "Yasha Pond", Hualichun subconsciously walked there, but her eyes suddenly fell on the new book next to "Yasha Pond".

[Highly anticipated new work by Mr. Kaya Koyama, the way to survive in the world of ice and snow]

Hualichun was stunned, subconsciously walked to the display stand, and picked up one of the new books.

——It’s really Kaya Koyama’s new novel, the novella “Snow Blindness”.

"Mr. Xiaoshan has also published a new work. And it's not a short story that he is good at, but a novel, and it has never been published in a magazine." Hua Lichun was a little dazed.

On the display stand, the books of "Yasha Pond" and "Snow Blindness" are displayed side by side.Alongside it are more new books from other presses.

"Red Lake", "Incarnation of a Wolf", "Sins of the Day", "Flying on the Wind", "Summer Without Fireworks"... one after another new books are placed on the bookshelves.From the literary section of a small bookstore, Huali Chun can see what the literary world looks like now.

These books will definitely be read by more people, and will surely make more people find comfort in their hearts.

Holding the book "Snow Blindness" in her hand, Hualichun walked to the cashier: "Please help me pay the bill."

While sitting on the return tram, Hualichun opened the plastic cover and opened "Snow Blindness".When she arrived at the station, she suddenly came back to her senses and ran out of the tram at the last moment.After returning to Hoshinosha, she sat down at random in the rest area where she entered the door, and continued to read.

"Snow Blindness" is about explorers.When challenging the Daxue Mountain, the protagonist suffered from sudden snow blindness.During the crisis, his eyes that could not see anything suddenly saw a wonderful scene, and he entered a maze-like fantasy kingdom.There, scenes that don't know whether they are reality or illusions appear in front of him like a kaleidoscope, making him lost in the gap between life and death.

After reading "Snow Blindness", Hualichun closed the book in a daze: "Mr. Xiaoshan's new work is too powerful... There is no scene or sentence that is useless, and every picture in the illusion has a meaning."

"This is writing a novel with the quality and concentration of information of a short story... and Mr. Koyama's technique has also evolved compared to before. Ms. Aoyama must have helped a lot."

She still didn't understand why Kaya Koyama suddenly published a new work at this time?

However, compared to this...

Hualichun lowered her head, looked at "Snow Blindness" in her hand, and couldn't help but smile after a while.

"It's really well written."

***

When a "bang" sounded in Hoshino Club, the dogs were alarmed and gathered towards the place where the sound came from.Especially Zhongye dogs.The orange-white puppy seemed to recognize what the sound was, and swung its four paws violently to create an afterimage. Its small body quickly surpassed all the dogs that were bigger than him, and rushed out like a whirlwind of dogs.

Rushing to the first floor, Chuya Quan's eyes lit up, he raised his head and shouted excitedly: "Wow, woof!"

"Wow! Hell Dog!?" Seeing the green-eyed dog rushing towards him, Hualichun was startled and almost dropped the wine bottle in his hand.

Zhongye Quan heard it right just now, it was the sound of a wine bottle being opened!Moreover, what Hualichun held in his hand was his favorite wine - Petus!

But obviously he doesn't like to drink, why did Hualichun get a bottle of Petus?

After the Zhongye dog, the dog heads popped up from all directions like mushrooms after a spring rain, looking at Petus in Hualichun's hand with puzzled eyes.

"Ah, this is..." Hualichun raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her temples, her expression a little nervous.She glanced at the wine bottle in her hand, thought for a while, and then explained, "I want to toast with the teachers today to celebrate."

Poured a glass of wine each for the adults and juice for the puppies.After that, Hualichun looked at the wine, then at the juice, and finally poured himself a glass of Petus.

Seeing this scene, Zhongye Quan was taken aback for a moment, then showed a gratified expression, stretched out his paw like an old father and patted the back of Hualichun's hand: "...Wow."

But even Chuya, who likes Petus the most, was a little confused when he was about to toast.The dogs all raised their heads, waiting for Hualichun's toast.

"This time the toast is for," Hualichun thought for a while, with a smile on his face, "to respect that 'extra step'!"

Although the Wenhao dogs still didn't understand, the purple-haired girl had already raised the cup in her hand, closed her eyes tightly, and took a sip of the wine with her head raised.

Zhongye Inu, Dazai Inu and other dogs who had seen Hualichun drinking all stretched their necks and opened their mouths in a daze, waiting for her reaction after drinking this time.

Under the watchful eyes of the dogs, Hualichun raised her head, her white and slender throat rose and fell slightly, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

I respect the extra step, and there will be extra steps in the future, the second step and the third step.

more steps.