Chapter 32: The Adventures of Miss Aosaki
"Although Ms. Ii is habitually called a teacher by the editors, she is actually two years younger than me, and she is still a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, but she only looks like a cute female high school student with a petite body, and even so young, Miss Ii has vaguely become the supernatural popularity of the next generation of weekly girls, and she has created many beloved manga characters, and she herself is even the idol of many girls and even teenagers like the characters she created. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Does it have anything to do with a late-night alley? Of course, I just complained in my heart and didn't interrupt Miss Aosaki's storytelling.
"Ah, I'm sorry, because I like Mr. Ii a lot, so I'm talking a little more, and her cuteness has ...... Ahem, late that night, I went to Mr. I's house to pick up the original manga manuscript for the next day, because the next issue of the magazine would be released in a few days, and that was the deadline for the deadline. β
It's hard work for both the cartoonist and the editor-in-charge to work late into the night.
"Mr. Jing Yi rarely delays until the final deadline to hand in the manuscript, well, thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the only time, there was occasional procrastination in the past and personally sent the manuscript to the editorial department before getting off work in the afternoon, that time I thought that Mr. Jing Yi would also be sent on time so I didn't go to her apartment in advance, but I didn't receive her email or phone call until I got off work, and the phone call has been prompting to shut down, so I decided to work overtime and wait for a while, but I didn't get her news until nine o'clock at night, I hesitated for a long time, Finally, I decided to visit Ms. Jing Yi to see if she had encountered any inconvenient changes that caused her to delay the manuscript, and by the way, to see if she could receive the manuscript on time, if she delayed the manuscript and handed it over to the printing department early the next morning, it would delay the progress of the work a lot. β
It seems that overtime is not the norm? And this situation sounds somewhat familiar, according to the general clues, Mr. Jing Yi has either suffered an accident and is lying in the hospital, or has he been kidnapped by a crazy suitor? Oh, I suddenly felt that I hadn't read those foreign books in vain, and of course I couldn't interrupt Miss Aosaki in my thoughts, and my thoughts only turned for a moment, and I continued to listen carefully to the story.
"When I took the train to the vicinity of Mr. Iyi's house, the night bus was about to stop, and although the train would be later, it would take some time to get from the platform to Mr. I's house, so I took a shortcut to Mr. I's house so I didn't miss the last train."
I thought the story was about to change from a weird tale to an ordinary youth drama, but I ended up going back to the alley late at night.
"I've been to Mr. Jing's apartment many times and I'm familiar with the nearby terrain, and there were many places on the route I chose that night where the street lights weren't lit, perhaps because it was in disrepair. Normally, I don't think about it, but that night I don't know why the closer I felt to the teacher's apartment, the more shady and cool I felt, as if there was an air conditioner blowing nearby, but it was outside, and it was impossible for someone to put the air conditioner outside to supply air to the street. However, when I crossed the last alley to the door of the apartment building, the cool feeling disappeared. β
Say good alley weird talk! It turns out that the first scene is not the main character! I felt that my expectation was too naΓ―ve, and Miss Aosaki's calm but still mysterious tone continued.
"In the last alley there were many telephone poles, and between the two gambling fences, I thought the shining eyes on the top of the pillars belonged to owls that went out to forage at night, but before leaving, I found a bat hanging upside down on the wire, and it didn't seem to be a frequent occurrence of bats in that place."
Bat?
"I'm sorry that the front seems to be too much foreshadowing, anyway, I rushed all the way to the door of Ms. Jingyi's apartment, and the light was on in the crack of the door, and I believe that she was still at home rushing to the manuscript, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. After standing outside the door for a while, I thought that although I shouldn't disturb the teacher's work, it was a little cold outside even in early summer, and although the feeling in the alley disappeared, it accompanied me mentally to the teacher's door, and I felt a little uncomfortable to be alone outside, so I rang the doorbell. β
Doesn't seem to be what I expected? I don't think it's surprising that it has developed into a bloody plot where the editor personally goes into battle to help the cartoonists stay up late and do their jobs.
"I stood outside the door and waited, and it wasn't until a few minutes passed that I realized that there seemed to be no movement in the house, and no one was coming to open the door!"
Hey?
"So I rang the doorbell again, then knocked on the security door, and after a while, there was still no answer."
Could it be a sign of the arrival of the climax?
"Just when I thought there was a burglar in the house and planned to find the property to get the key to open the door, there was finally movement behind the door, and I heard the slightest sound of the soft-soled slippers hitting the ground, but the door was still not opened, and then I shouted, 'Mr. Jingyi?' You okay? The person behind the door did not answer, and I shouted several times, but a stack of papers stretched out from the crack in the door at the bottom, and before I could take it out, I already knew that it was comic manuscript paper. β
Is I-sensei a petite female high school student who is super careful and doesn't like to talk? This is the impression I got based on Ms. Aosaki's previous introduction.
"The comic manuscript paper is the original manuscript required for the next day, and after a cursory flip, I judge that the quality of the manuscript is not only not declining as expected, but very high, so I don't think Mr. Jing is sick and has delayed the manuscript."
Uh-huh.
"But even if she doesn't care much, she is a person who pays attention to etiquette when needed, and she won't ignore people without saying hello for no reason, and I'm sure I haven't offended Mr. Jing Yi in those days, I like Mr. Jing very much!"
This is an untimely announcement, but it also proves that the editor in charge is unlikely to have a disagreement with the cartoonist in charge.
"I wonder if she has a voice problem, or other inconvenient little problems, and said a few more greetings, and finally came after the door was covered, 'uh-huh' a few responses, the voice is very soft and can't be heard, it seems that Mr. Jing Yi doesn't want to be disturbed, so I said goodbye to her, took the manuscript home, and handed it over to the printing department early the next morning without delaying the work."
No way? Is this the end? The touching story of a responsible editor who worked hard and finally did not delay the progress of the work, which made the leader very satisfied?
"What kind of eyes are the two of you, they look quite disappointed, the focus is on the following, and they haven't finished talking yet."
I looked at Patsy, who, like me, was interested again, straightening herself up and listening to the story.
"After that, I didn't contact Ms. Jing Yi for several days, I felt that she needed to rest and rest, and it was not suitable to disturb her, until the weekend, I received a call from Ms. Jing Yi, ah, it should be said that it was a call from Ms. Jing Yi's phone, because the other end of the phone was not Mr. Jing Yi, but a strange female voice, and the female voice told me that she was a nurse at the district hospital, and that Mr. Jing Yi was living in the intensive care unit of the district hospital, and hoped that I could go."
It was all foreshadowing before!
"I was startled, immediately took a taxi to the district hospital in the district where Mr. Jing Yi is located, and soon found her single intensive care unit, I first saw the nurse outside the door, she told me that the patient was sent to the hospital last night, but the strange thing is that I can't find any records of the escort, but the hospitalization procedures have been completely handled, and a large amount of monitoring fees have been prepaid, today the patient woke up and didn't seem to be able to say why, so I had to call someone closer to me to come and have a look, and the result was to contact me, I wondered why I hadn't contacted Mr. I's relatives and entered the ward. β
Don't see unreliable strangers, I've finally found the suspense.
"Teacher Jing Yi was closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, her face looked good, and she didn't lose weight as I thought, so I hurriedly asked Teacher Jing Yi what happened...... But! β
But?
"She said she couldn't remember when or why she came to the hospital!"