After that day, Shimizu Tetsu returned to the day when he was judging whether Nanami was still there by sound.

Just as there is constant speculation, Christmas has passed and the New Year is approaching.

On the last day of 2012, Shimizu Toru was called to Hayami Study, who had not been to the for a long time, and Masaaki Kishida, who was in charge of him, was there.

"Qingshui, I've finished reading the manuscript you sent a few days ago."

"Is there any problem?" Sitting on the swivel chair opposite Kishida, Shimizuki glanced at the lead-gray sky outside the window, looking a little absent-minded.

"Ha? Question?" Kishida Masaaki pointed at the manuscript on the table, pulling the corner of his mouth, "It's more than just the problem."

"Um?"

"Also 'um'?" Looking at Shimizu Tetsu's expression, Kishida Masaki's forehead twitched, and he slapped his palm on the manuscript, causing a muffled sound, "Don't you notice Shimizu yourself? This time the manuscript is obviously deviating from the outline? The plot twist is too stiff, the character image becomes strange, and even the writing level is not as good as before. Even if you have collected twice the number of pages, such a manuscript is useless at all!"

"Feel sorry…"

"What's the use of telling me? Let's tell readers who support you! In short, I can't accept this manuscript. Qingshui, please take it back and rewrite it. Regarding the serialization, we will say in the magazine that you go out to retrieve materials, suspend it once, and resume it next month, and that's it!"

"I see."

He reached out to take back the manuscript, and Shimizuki subconsciously looked out the window again.

"well…"

After venting his anger, Kishida Masaaki was also helpless. He sighed and pulled the swivel chair to him, slowing down his tone: "Qimizu, have you encountered something recently? Or is there no inspiration? No matter what, we can find a way to help you solve it."

After working as a literary editor for more than ten years, Kishida has known many young writers who have had enough talent. He is most worried about this situation in Shimizu Tetsu.

"No," Shimizu Tsuki spoke for a few seconds, "I haven't encountered anything special..."

"Qingmizu-kun is not without inspiration. But it happened to be a little conflict with the source of inspiration~"

"Sister Cai?"

Kiyoshi Kiyoshi turned his head and looked at the door. She stood by the door, Ai Ueni who had just pushed the door in. She turned the key ring with her fingertips, and the smile on her face was very subtle.

"Tomorrow is New Year, Sister Cai, why are you still here?"

"I'm doing something upstairs. I happened to hear Kishida Sang's roar, so I came down to take a look. It's Kimizu-kun, you are here."

"Is there anything wrong with Sister Cai looking for me?"

"Hey~ Can't you come if you're fine?"

He walked in a few steps with his hands behind his back. Seeing that he had no reaction, Aya Waves his hand and looked disappointed.

"Okay, I've just recruited a newcomer and processed some text materials. By the way, the newcomer is someone you know in Shimizu-jun~"

I know it? No way... Shimizu Tetsu's heart suddenly had a bad premonition.

"It's Koyoshioka~ How about it? She doesn't have a firm yet, so I agreed as soon as I asked."

Yoshioka...

Shimizu Tetsu couldn't help but press the corner of his eyebrows and felt a faint pain.

"Are Qingshui Jun unhappy? But I remember that Qingshui Jun said at that time that no matter who I look for..."

"I'm not happy...but..."

Going around to him, Aya Kamiya repeated the words "No matter who he is looking for" with her mouth shape.

It was said by myself... OK, as long as she doesn't cause trouble...

Sighing, Shimizu Tsuki nodded helplessly: "It's all this time, but Sister Cai, you can at least tell me about this kind of thing in the future..."

"Understand President Kiyomizu!" Aya Kamii raised her lips again, "But I didn't look for it casually. Our office has too few people, and we lack the ability to fight. It's too late to train newcomers from scratch. It just so happens that Koyoshioka's acting skills are good and his personality is relatively mature, so that's it."

"I know, it's not your problem with Sister Cai... so is there anything else?"

Seeing Aya Uei shook her head, Kishimizu turned to Masaaki Kishida again.

"Kishada, then I'll go back and modify it first, and I'll leave it to you at the end of next month."

"Time doesn't matter, the key is quality..."

“Yes, yes…”

As Kishida's advice, Shimizu Tetsu got up and picked up the manuscript to leave. When he just walked to the door, he suddenly heard a sound behind him.

"Oh, Kiyomizu-kun, I forgot to tell you something."

Looking back, "Sister Cai?"

"I have a surprise waiting for you today~"

Surprise or something...

I still remember what the "surprise" she said last time, Shimizu Tetsu nodded slightly, then passed the strange smile on her face, pushed open the door and walked out.

I took the tram back to the apartment, and it was all the way to it that it had not completely disappeared after Christmas, and the atmosphere of joy gradually became stronger due to the arrival of the New Year.

Merchants who are fully promoting, couples who are lingering, and children who are fussing about New Year decorations, seem to have the ability to infect their surroundings.

Breathing like this, Shimizuki couldn't help but think of something.

Qi Jian mentioned that he went to Kyoto to spend the New Year before, but now it seems impossible... But in fact, I have seen her for a few times during this period. If I continue like this, I might really have to... no matter what, at least I have to explain it to her in person...

Stepping on the golden paper confetti on the streets of Xuanqing, Qingshuichi accelerated his pace and walked towards the apartment not far away.

A few minutes later, when he opened the door with the key, there was still silence filled with the room.

After changing into his shoes, Shimizu Tetsuki came to Nanami's bedroom door, took a deep breath, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally knocked on it.

"Qi Ji, are you here? I want to tell you something."

The sound reflected between the walls several times, but there was no movement behind the door.

After all, I don't plan to pay attention to me...

After a bitter smile, Shimizu Tetsu stretched out his knuckles again.

"If you don't object, then I'll come in first."

He grabbed a blank space with his ears. Qingshuiche put his left hand on the door handle, and used a little force. Unexpectedly, he did not encounter any obstacles, and the lock core rotated smoothly.

Take the action lightly, Shimizuchi is ready to welcome everything, slowly pushing out the crack in the door, "Qijian..."

The crack in the door widened, but the picture in his eyes made him stunned for a moment.

The curtains were tightly closed, and under the dim light, the bedding was neatly stacked in the corner. The small table she often used stood beside the wall, and other items were also neatly tidy. Not only did Nanami, but she couldn't find the atmosphere of someone living here.

Suddenly remembering something, Shimizuchi hurriedly took out his cell phone and dialed out a number.

After a few long tones, the phone was connected.

"Sister Cai!"

"Oh, Kiyomizu," her voice was a little distorted through the radio waves, but a subtle tone still came, "It seems you discovered that 'surprise'~"

"Do you know where Qi Jian went?"

"I think about it...she did tell me before," Ai Uei spoke slowly, as if she was thinking about it, "By the way, she said something else at that time..."

"What!"

"If you don't ask, you will never tell you where she is. Kiyomizu, do you understand this?"

After a moment of silence, Shimizu Tetsuki asked the most important question again.

"Where did she go?"

"Otaru. Let's see...it's 2 pm now. If you catch the last flight, you still have it..."

He could no longer listen to what she was behind, Shimizuki threw the apartment door and rushed down the stairs.
Chapter completed!