Just like the simple character of the black cat, her room is also very simple, only four and a half stacks in size, which is a very orthodox Japanese-style room.

In front of the room is a study desk. Desk lamps, pen holders, laptops and much more are available. The bookcase sits in the corner and is filled with black cats' collection of comic books, magazines, figurines, and more. As for the closet, it is used for bedding and pillows.

"As usual, let's take a look at the pre-sale first. ”

Habitually talking to himself, the black cat came to the table and sat down and flipped up the screen cover of the laptop, and then skillfully opened the web page and knocked out the official website of Kadokawa Bunko.

Since the successful publication of the second volume of "One Hundred Pa of Innocence" some time ago, the publication of "A Friend of a Week" has finally been put on the topic by the library. In addition to the pre-sales that have been open on the official website, there have also been many online and offline promotions.

And Black Cat is also involved as the author.

Of course, although the scale of publicity is not small, there is still a lot of gap between Kasumigaoka Shiyu and even Xia You's previous battle when the new book was released. After all, Liuliye - that is, the black cat is just a budding writer. has neither fame nor fan accumulation, so it is naturally impossible to let Kadokawa Bunko tilt too many resources to her.

In addition, this is also related to the theme of "Friends of the Week" itself.

As a small fresh style of pure love, it is contrary to the style of works popular on the market today, neither pretending to slap the face nor opening the harem, even the stomach medicine is pitiful, the whole text is a very warm atmosphere, so relatively speaking, there is a lot less topicality.

Up to now, after more than half a month on Kadokawa's official website, the pre-sale results of "Friends of the Week" are only more than 1,300 copies.

I can't say how good this is this result. Not to mention anything else, there are many excellent results in pre-sale on the official website at the same time as it, so it is almost at the bottom.

This also disappointed the black cat a bit. According to what Xia You told her before, with the creativity and publicity of "Friends of the Week", coupled with the gimmick of "Qingkong Xia as the original", the pre-sale results should be at least 4,000 copies.

But now there are only more than 1,000 copies.

I have to say that the gap between the ideal and the reality is really a bit big.

Speaking of which, as of now, Black Cat has not told his family about the publication of "Friends of the Week". It's not that she doesn't want to say it, but considering that the pre-sale results are not very good and the official sale has not yet been officially released, she decided to wait a few more days for the time being, so as not to let her parents and sisters comfort herself when the results are dismal.

Black cats don't want to be so ashamed.

"Forget it, I don't think about it so much, it's actually very good to have this result. ”

The black cat shook its head, banishing away the superfluous negativity that kept gurgling in his head.

In fact, if you put aside the ingredients that you want to respond to Xia You's expectations, Black Cat is already very satisfied with the current pre-sale results.

It's true.

Don't lie to others, and don't lie to yourself.

You must know that before writing "Friends of the Week", she worked hard for three years and couldn't even publish it - no, more accurately, she couldn't even squeeze in the final review of the newcomer award. Each time it was brushed either in the first round or in the second round.

And this time it was not only successfully published, but also more than 1,000 people pre-ordered in advance, and the overlapping of the two joys brought more joy to the black cat.

How could she not be satisfied with this?

That's right, no matter what happens in the pre-sale, as long as you work hard to write better. ”

Quietly clenched his fist, the black cat thought seriously with a tense little face. The light in her pupils flickered, and it was full of high fighting spirit.

Speaking of which, in addition to the fact that the pre-sale results of the new book did not meet the expected goals, there was another incident that made Black Cat very unhappy recently.

That is, "Friends of the Week" was sprayed badly on the Internet.

It's obviously not on sale yet, but it's generally not optimistic, and the vast majority of people think it's going to be a dung work - in fact, this has also lowered the pre-sale results to a certain extent.

When this was first discovered, the black cat was at a loss. As a budding author, when her reputation is not obvious and she has not offended anyone, she can't understand how so many people can maliciously smear her.

It wasn't until Xia You's apologetic explanation after a while that the black cat finally understood. It turned out that the reason why those people came to discredit her was purely because the original work of "Friends of the Week" had the name of Natsu Aokong on it.

It's also easy to understand.

There are very few people who are unhappy at night, but there are many people who are unhappy with the blue sky and summer. In particular, the fact that SAO and RE0 both broke sales records in the second volume made those who were jealous of him even more unhappy, and they really couldn't swallow this breath if they didn't smear it.

Just at this time, "Friends of the Week" was about to be released again, which was considered to have hit the muzzle. Moreover, Kadokawa Bunko also focused on the gimmick of 'Aokong Natsu served as the original work' in the promotion process, which made those trolls come in a flood, and finally caused the reputation of "Friends of the Week" to plummet.

“…… These imbeciles, who don't have any skills, will only type on the keyboard on the Internet and spray others. ”

Squinting his eyes slightly, the black cat pursed his lips and said. There was a smack of contempt in her tone.

If those trolls were just aimed at her, then the black cat probably wouldn't really say anything, and would only think that she was doing something bad. Due to the repeated failures of submissions in the past, she really has little confidence in this matter.

But if those people are here to target Xia You, it will make the black cat very unpleasant. And if she is unhappy, she will naturally fight back!

So these days, when it comes to the leisure after eating and bathing in the evening, the black cat will fight on the Internet with great joy.

And today, of course, is no exception.

"-Bang Bang!"

With the crackling sound of the keyboard, the black cat once again threw itself into the battle of network spraying.

When it comes to keyboard combat effectiveness, she has a talent for poisonous tongues. These days, a lot of trolls are squirming about life.

At the right time, Hinata, who had made an old mistake again, habitually got lazy, and he got tired of throwing the pen aside after less than half of his homework, and then tiptoed to the door of the black cat's room, with a grinning expression on his face, wanting to peek at whether his sister Liuli was holding some funny soul calling ceremony again.

However, when she quietly opened a crack in the door and looked inside, she couldn't help but be stunned.

I saw the black cat with his back to the door, and his waist-length long black hair hung down on the ground. She tapped frantically on the keyboard as if she had gone mad, and every now and then let out a penetrating sneer.

This scene instantly scared Hinata into peeing. Her face turned pale and her calves trembled.

'Ryu... Is Sister Liuli finally crazy? It's terrible!'

Although I have long known that my own sister is a very eccentric person, not only lonely and pitiful, but also very gloomy in dress, and from time to time she even holds some inexplicable ceremonies, but Hinata still didn't expect her to become like this!

Should I go and have a good talk with Sister Ruri - this idea was vetoed by Hinata as soon as it came out.

Because there is a similar plot in the recently popular police drama she watched at dinner in the evening - in the story, her sister found out that her sister had killed someone and persuaded her to turn herself in, but she was killed by her sister (although it was a miss)

Although she doesn't think that Sister Ruri will kill herself, she has always been a good sister, but considering that her current state doesn't seem to be good, Hinata thinks it's better not to approach it first.

If you want to talk about your heart, you can't choose this point in time!

As for telling Mom and Dad about it - this idea was also vetoed by Hinata. As a good sister, she didn't want Sister Liuli to be kicked out of the house because she went crazy.

In this way, I am the only one in the family who can save Sister Liuli.

'For the sake of Mom and Dad, and for the sake of not making Xiaozhu sad, I will definitely let Sister Liuli return to the way she was!'

Hinata thought to herself. She clenched her fists as if to show her determination.

Oh, and that way, you have to finish your homework well.

God knows if the current Sister Liuli will kill me because I didn't write my homework.

Terrible.

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"Hoo ......"

After fighting the trolls on the Internet for an hour, and once again outnumbering everyone and squirting them speechless, the black cat breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, she looked back as if she remembered something, and the door was closed.

This made the black cat's face look a little puzzled. For some reason, she always felt as if someone had just been there.

But the black cat didn't think much about it, and after stretching, he left the room. After taking a glass of water from the kitchen and drinking it, she checked the homework of her two younger sisters by the way.

Joo-hee has always been very well-behaved, and she writes it seriously - to be precise, she draws her painting homework. The picture depicts a family of five, Xia You, Megumi Kato, and her two friends in kindergarten.

If I'm not mistaken, the black cat remembers that one of them is called Xiao Hina and the other is called Jinghua, and they are all good children. I used to meet their respective parents at the kindergarten graduation ceremony.

And Hinata, who has always loved fishing, not only wrote her homework for the first time this time, but also was obedient and well-behaved like a mystery, which made the black cat feel confused. But confusion is confusion, and it's always good to be able to do your homework obediently, so she took a knife and peeled an apple for Hinata to eat.

It's just that when he saw Hinata taking the apple with both hands in fear, the black cat was even more confused. But she still didn't think much about it, and walked back to the room after telling her two younger sisters not to watch TV for too long.

Close the door and return to the table.

"Hmm...... It's almost time to start drawing the original art. ”

Muttering to himself, the black cat stretched again. She had been sitting in front of the computer for more than an hour without moving, which made her body a little stiff and uncomfortable.

Moving the mouse to close the web page, she skillfully opened the drawing software on the desktop.

Since the previous online video conference, I have been inspired by Xia You's ability to meet any of the requirements, not only in the game script, but also in the drawing efficiency of the original art. Coupled with the fact that Rita joined as a new member, it added a very reliable boost and greatly accelerated the work process.

Compared to the English pear, the true white, or the rita, the painting technique of the black cat is much greener. After all, she was only born in painting, and she never received professional training, so she relied on self-study.

Therefore, the work she is responsible for is relatively simple, just coloring the original drawings drawn by Yingli and Lili, or sketching and blacking out the lines and other odd and miscellaneous tasks.

"Alas......"

The black cat sighed abruptly as he opened the software but did nothing, looking at the stunning drawings on the screen. That little face was a little melancholy.

To be honest, she's been a little lost lately – not because there's not much she can do to help, but because she doesn't know what she wants. Or maybe you don't know what you're really thinking.

On the one hand, the black cat also wants 'Xia You's request' like everyone else, but on the other hand, she doesn't know what the use of asking for that request is.

Well, well, it's not really unknowing. Secondary two is secondary two, as a girl, the black cat is still a little cautious.

What's the use of just knowing, she never dared to admit it - because of the little inferiority complex in her heart.

"A person as powerful as Xia You's predecessor, the only person who can be worthy of him is probably Senior Sister Hui, right?"

The black cat whispered half wistfully, half enviously.

Especially Sister Hui, who recently put down her ponytail and turned into a black long straight, is so beautiful that she has nothing to say, so beautiful that no one can ignore her.

"Alas...... How can I be as good as Sister Hui?"

After muttering to himself, no one could answer the question, so the black cat decided not to think about it anymore. She shook her head to banish superfluous thoughts and emotions, and threw herself into her work.

Only in this way will she be able to alleviate some of her worries a little.

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(Nearly 6k, two chapters)

(The matter in reality has finally come to an end, and there will be no more interruptions in the future, and I can't be a sincere pigeon anymore.) Strive to the end of the country OvO)