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Time flies.The last few days of the end of the year are fast approaching.

In the editorial department of "Literary Times" of Bailang Club, Chieko Aoyama, who went out to meet and discuss with writers, came back with a huge express box.

When she placed the courier box on an empty desk in the editorial department with a bang, the huge object caught the attention of all the staff in the editorial department.

"It's a Noguchi editor... something sent by the former editor-in-chief." Although she carried it up from downstairs, Chieko Aoyama also had a puzzled face, "It seems to be a New Year's gift."

"Really..." Nishimura was a little unbelievable, "When he was in office, he never picked a gift for us. Every time he either went to an izakaya for a year-end party, or simply applied for funds and bonuses directly from above. Now Why did you come here all of a sudden?"

"It's simply unprecedented..."

"Noguchi-san has changed too..."

Amidst the noise, Haneda, who was sitting in the chief editor's seat busy with the annual report, raised his head to take a look, then looked back calmly, and looked at the bookshelf dedicated to the recently published booklets.

His eyes fell on a dark blue spine, and the title "Traveler" stood out.

Noguchi Satoshi used to be an enthusiastic editor who would personally choose gifts for the writers in charge and those who took care of him every New Year.It's just that his taste is too earthy, and he just gives the things he likes as gifts, and sometimes it makes jokes.

The editors had temporarily put down their work and gathered around.At this time, Chieko Aoyama had found a paper cutter, opened the box, and took out the contents one by one.

"Beef, oysters, yokan, senbei, steamed buns, shochu..." She took out the sent items one by one, and couldn't help laughing, "What, although it looks delicious, but the choice is completely like a country uncle. Taste of..."

When the editors gathered around the box, looking curiously at the gift, Haneda finally spoke.

"Don't patronize to look at the presents." He said, "Even if the New Year is coming soon, we can't relax at work. At the end of this year, we also have unsold inventory that will be destroyed? Next year, we will release more works. Let every book be delivered to the reader."

The voices of the editors sounded: "Understood!"

New Year is coming soon.

The Hoshino Club is also more lively than usual.

On the last day of the year-end, the rest area was full of boxes, and Huali Chun was finally counting the New Year's cards and gifts to be sent to those who had taken care of Hoshinosha in the past.

All the greeting cards were written by Hualichun herself, and she chose different patterns of greeting cards based on her impression of these people.If there is any one of them who likes a certain writer from Hoshinosha, she will ask Mr. Dog to sign it with colored paper and send it together.The package sent to Koyama Kaya contained the original copy of Akutagawa Dog; the package sent to the person in charge of Date Bookstore contained the signature of Lovecraft Dog...

"For the Star Theater Troupe, Miss Kisaragi, Teacher Xiangkai, and Gojo Satoru who helped me inherit the Hoshino Club, Jiansang who has taught me a lot. I also want to thank the Zaomen family for their help..."

Hualichun took the list and checked the content and filled in the mailing address, while reading: "Mr. Xiaoshan, the store manager and his wife of Sanxianya, Mr. Sato from Date Bookstore, and the Utopia Bookstore..."

"There are also distributors who are in charge of sales in bookstores outside of Tokyo, and the shop assistants who have helped..."

After confirming that all the things that were urgently needed to be sent were all right, Huali Chun moved several times in a row before putting everything in the mailbox and sending it out through the delivery program of the handheld.

Standing in front of the mailbox, Hualichun slapped her hands a few times as if praying at a shrine, then put her hands together, closed her eyes and prayed: "I hope that everyone who received the New Year's card will continue to help us sell more books next year. I hope that next year the teacher will We must also write more new works that change the world, I hope that Hoshinosha's will be a big hit, and I hope that other works in the literary world will also be a big hit!"

After expressing a series of wishes in one breath, Huali Juncai turned and returned to the small building of Hoshinosha.

After dealing with the gifts to be mailed, it's Mr. Dog's turn.Since taking over Hoshinosha, Mr. Dog has been sending masterpieces to the world, so they should also get New Year's gifts.

Thinking of this, Hualichun opened the Hoshinosha warehouse in the handheld, looked at the gifts and New Year red envelopes he had prepared, and the corners of his mouth curled up high.

Give it to them tomorrow morning.

This day of New Year's Eve is neither the end nor the beginning, but a slightly less routine, everyday day.

Even on New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve, there are bookstores that are always open, and there are sales networks that will not stop because of holidays.This day, every day, books continue to sell.

Sanxianya does not have a break on New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.Not many people came here to buy books these days. The shop manager and his wife gave the shop assistants a holiday, so the two of them simply looked after the bookstore.

"It feels the same as before." The boss wiped the dust on the bookshelves with a feather duster, and said to the proprietress sitting at the cash register with a smile, "When you first inherited this store, we often used to be two people. Check out the store."

"In a few years, we will also retire." The proprietress looked at the New Year decorations on the street outside, feeling a little emotional, "I still want to sell one more copy before retirement."

The two were chatting, and a mother and daughter walked into the store.The little girl was about eight or nine years old, dressed in warm clothes, and asked her mother in a low voice, "Can I choose any book?"

"Yeah." Her mother nodded, "It's a New Year's gift for Tsumiji."

The little girl let go of her mother's hand, ran to the bookshelf to pick and choose, and finally put her little hand on "Traveler".

"I want to buy this!" She picked up a copy of "Traveler" and said to her mother, "I saw my uncle downstairs reading this book two days ago."

The girl's mother took the "Traveler" and put it on the cash register together with the "Setting Sun" she picked out. "Setting Sun" is her New Year's gift to herself.

Watched by the smiling proprietress of Sanxianya, the little girl walked out of the bookstore holding the paper bag containing the books and followed her mother towards home.

In Hoshinosha's library, Huizheng nestled on the ground in front of the bookshelf, flipping through the books in his hand.

"Hui, it's time for dinner, come over in 5 minutes." Hualichun poked her head out from the door of the library.

"it is good."

Hui continued to read a few more pages, and then reluctantly left the library.

At dinner, tables are filled to the brim with sumptuous osechi dishes ordered from restaurants.The Wenhao dogs who filed forward also found their seats and sat down.

After eating Osechi cuisine with the Gouzi teachers, watching the New Year's song party, and eating the hot New Year's Eve soba noodles made by myself, until lying on the bed, Huali Jun still thought so.

In half a month, the new issue of "Monthly Literature" will be released as usual.So the first day of the new year can't be slack.

The Chuya dog next to the pillow was fast asleep as always, and the little dog was snoring loudly.Dazai Inu lying on the other side wrapped his body in the quilt, only showing a pointed dog nose.

The dog hooks like writers are sleeping in various rooms of this publishing house.Tomorrow they will still wake up as usual and write works that shake the world.

Hoshinosha’s lights dimmed.

On New Year's Eve, the national book sales rankings are still being updated.

The numbers keep jumping."Setting Sun", which has been reprinted six times in more than a year, has continued to rise in sales of a series of publications such as stand-alone editions, library editions, and e-books, and has exceeded 400 million copies.

Finally, at a certain moment, the total sales volume of "Setting Sun" quietly surpassed the current top-selling book - Kaya Koyama's anthology "Murder in Blue" published more than five years ago.

In the next second, the handheld on the desk in the office area lit up.

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[System upgrade, please wait...]

The handheld screen went black.

The next day.

Hualichun sat up from the bed and rubbed her eyes.

The figure of the little orange dog and the black top hat he never left was gone by the pillow, and the place where the Dazai dog slept was no longer warm.

"Teachers got up so early..." Hualichun muttered to herself, pushing away the quilt and getting out of bed.She walked out of the room, feeling something was wrong.

"Are there any mornings this quiet?"

This morning, there was silence in Hoshinosha, only the sound of the girl's footsteps echoed in the empty building.

The room, the library, the courtyard... No matter how many times I searched, Hualichun still couldn't find a figure of the literary hero Gougou.

No matter how many times the handheld is pressed, it will only pop up the same line: [System upgrade, please wait...]

On the morning when the snow fell, the prepared gifts were sleeping in the warehouse, but she stood alone in the empty courtyard.

***

Overnight, the Gougou teachers who had been living in the Hoshino Club suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Hualichun sat on the porch, pressing hard on the case on the phone.But the handheld that has been used for a long time has suddenly become a dull appearance that will only jump out of the system upgrade prompt no matter how it is operated, just like a brick.

Looking at the motionless reminder text, Hualichun threw the handheld aside, covered her hair and let out a bewildered whimper: "What the hell is going on..."

This happened suddenly on the first day of the new year.If it weren't for the fact that Hoshinosha, which was established through handheld devices, was still there, and all the published books were still in the library, she would have thought that everything that happened in the past two years was just a dream.

Just as she was holding her head and looking at the ground blankly, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Could it be that the Gougou teachers are back...?

Hualichun stood up abruptly, turned around and passed through the first floor of the small building of Hoshino Club, and rushed towards the door.

"Teacher...!" As soon as she opened the door, she stopped abruptly before she could finish speaking.

What appeared in front of Hualichun was not the long-awaited teacher Gougou, but the dark camera lens.

"Someone really came out!" Under Hualichun's stunned gaze, the reporter on the side held a microphone and said loudly to the camera, "Just like the content of the news, this is indeed the address of Hoshinosha, and the girl who opened the door is Is Miss Huali the current president of Hoshinosha?"