In the blink of an eye, half of August had passed, and it was the scorching summer season, and there were five or six French plane trees near the house where she lived, and the sound of cicadas outside at this time made her feel a little irritable.

Shen Yin sat on the floor of the living room while painting and eating watermelon, and Xiao Jin lazily lay at her feet to take a nap, it has grown up a lot now. At this time, her mobile phone rang, and she hurriedly opened her mobile phone to see the message sent to Xiang Fan, "I still have twenty minutes to arrive!" ”

A week ago, Xiang Fan called her and said that his unit was going to arrange for him to go to a hospital here for an inspection, and Shen Yin readily agreed to be his guide, so she now had to pack her things and go to the station to pick up Xiang Fan.

"Xiaojin, stay here obediently, I'll come back and buy you good cat food." She rubbed Xiaojin's soft belly, picked up a white sunscreen and went out.

Jin rolled over and went back to sleep.

In order to entertain Xiang Fan, she went to a nearby car rental market to rent a white Volkswagen. After arriving at the airport, she parked her car near the exit, and Xiang Fan was already waiting for her at the door.

"You bought a car?" Xiang Fan didn't know that she could drive, and she learned to drive recently.

"No, it's a rental car that I want to return back." She opened the trunk, Xiang Fan had already put the suitcase in the trunk, he sat in the passenger seat and looked at her, "Can you do it?" ”

"You underestimate me?" She started the car and drove in the direction of her home.

"Shen Yin, I didn't expect you to be very powerful! Looks like you're doing well. Xiang Fan combed his forehead bangs with his fingers and smiled heartily.

She looked ahead, keeping a proper distance from the car in front of her, "I want to thank you so much, thanks to the medicine you prescribed me, I was able to recover so quickly." ”

Passing by a pet snack shop, she parked her car on the side of the road, "Xiang Fan, you wait for me, I'll buy some snacks for Xiaojin." ”

Xiang Fan waited for her in the car, and after a month of getting along, she found that Xiaojin liked to eat shredded squid, and bought three cans of canned cat food and four bags of pet bags.

"You still have a cat?" Xiang Fan tilted his head and looked at the plastic bag she was holding.

"Yes, its name is Little Gold, a very cute little one." When it came to Xiao Jin, her tone was a little proud, "I have some pictures of it on my phone, do you want to see it?" ”

Xiang Fan took her phone, and inside was a photo of a black and white tabby cat lying lazily, "It's really cute!" ”

When she was about to get home, she realized that Xiang Fan hadn't told her the address of the hotel he had booked, "Are you going to the hotel first?" ”

Xiang Fan smiled lightly, "I haven't booked a hotel yet, do you want to recommend it to me?" ”

She searched her mind desperately for a hotel near her home, "Why don't you go to the Star Hotel?" There is an underground car park and it is easy to drive. ”

"Okay, then I'll bother you."

She drove the car to the side of the road at the Star Hotel, "You go check in, I'll wait for you here, so you don't have to go to the parking lot." ”

Xiang Fan dragged her suitcase towards the Xingchen Hotel, but she saw a bookstore nearby, and suddenly remembered to buy a copy of Xia Yu's recent new work "Flowers in Dreams", in order to buy this comic, she ran to four or five bookstores and said that it was sold out.

She was ecstatic and returned to the car with "Flowers in a Dream", but Xiang Fan hadn't come out yet. She reversed the direction of the car and flipped through the comic book in boredom.

"Is this "Flowers in a Dream"?" Xiang Fan suddenly sat in the car and said.

She flipped over the cover, and there was no text on it, "You read comics too?" ”

Xiang Fan smiled mysteriously at her, "Yes, I also painted, don't you know?" ”

"Really? But I really don't know, so can you tell me the name? ”

"Although I have painted it, it is just for entertainment, and it is not on the stage." Xiang Fan said modestly, in fact, he is the catcher of the wheat field.

She changed the subject, "Have you read this one?" ”

"Yes, the content is quite engaging."

They chatted and had reached the downstairs, she parked the car under a plane tree, and the grandmother downstairs smiled at her, "It's back!" ”

"Yes, my aunt, you are drying clothes here."

She led Xiang Fan into the room, there was only a pair of slippers on the shoe rack at the door, "No need to change shoes, just come in!" ”

Xiang Fan looked around and saw that there was a watermelon she hadn't finished eating on the table in the living room, and after Xiao Jin smelled the stranger, he stretched out and walked to her feet and called at Xiang Fan.

"Xiaojin, this is a guest, don't scream." Behind her, she took the shredded squid on the sofa and pulled three slices and put them in Xiao Jin's rice bowl.

"What are you going to drink? Drink or beer? She opened the fridge and found that there was only beer in it.

"Beer." Xiang Fan sat down in the empty place on the sofa, and a few books and clothes were messy elsewhere.

She brought two cans of beer, and the bottles had layers of mist on them, "You wait for me for a while." She looked awkwardly at the messy couch and brought the fruit plate, "This is the fruit I washed before I went out." ”

Taking advantage of Xiang Fan's time to drink beer, she hurriedly began to tidy up the things on the sofa, "I'm sorry to let you see me like this." ”

"It's okay, that's what I usually do at home."

The three kittens are soft and waxy, two of them have a black and apricot coat, and the other has a black and white coat. She stretched out her hand, the black and white cat licked her fingers, and the other two lay lazily in Xia Yu's arms, as if they hadn't woken up.

"That's it, I think it likes me." Shen Yin picked up the little cat and touched its soft body.

"Okay, then I'll tell you some more precautions, after all, this cat is still young, you have to put more effort into it." Xia Yu smiled and sat aside, "By the way, I don't want to add your WeChat, so that it is easy to contact." ”

Shen Yin readily agreed, took out her mobile phone from her trouser pocket, Xia Yu looked at her with some surprise after seeing the avatar she set up with anime characters, "You also like comics?" ”

"Well, that's what I'm in." Although she didn't introduce herself, she was already excited.

"This is a character from "Canglin Fury"?" Xia Yu agreed to her friend application, and looked at her thoughtfully after seeing the avatar clearly, "You also like this comic?" ”

"Well, after all, it's also the first work I created with my friends."

Xia Yu exclaimed, "What? Are you the author of "Canglin Fury"? ”

She nodded slightly, "This work was created by me and Xu Bin, and it was also the first time I really got in touch with this industry." ”

"You...... It's a little shadow! Xia Yu blurted out, smiling excitedly.

"Hello, Xia Yu, I'm Shen Yin, my pen name when I was young." She stretched out her hand and introduced herself to Xia Yu.

"I've heard of your pen name, but I've never seen you in person, and I didn't expect you to be so gentle."

They sat on the sofa and chatted, and suddenly Xia Yu took a tablet from the bookshelf, "Have you participated in this competition?" ”

The screen was displayed on the event promotion page of the 28th Rising Star Cup Original Comic Contest, she nodded, found a work in it and handed it to her, "This is my entry "Rebirth", and I hope you can give me some suggestions." ”

Xia Yu clicked on "Rebirth" and it seemed that she sat quietly on the side teasing the cat, and ten minutes later, Xia Yu put down the tablet, "Have you changed your style?" ”

"I guess so, this work is a rebirth for me."

Xia Yu's bookshelves also have her works, and I have seen a lot of Shen Yin's works, those paintings are gentle and delicate, and they seem to be made by women, but this "Rebirth" is mainly narrated with images, and it is conveyed appropriately, smoothly and accurately through pictures, which is not at all the same as her previous works.

"Now that the industry is very competitive, I think we should form our own unique style, and I think that storyboard language, which is the highest standard of comic storytelling." She continued firmly, "I hope this 'Rebirth' brings me good luck. ”

"I support you, two years ago, I saw you win the third prize, I thought you would go on in this industry, but after that, your works have been very few, and now you are regrouping, I believe that your efforts will not be perfunctory."

"Thank you, I really didn't expect to meet you in this way, maybe it's all fate." She hugged the kitten and got up to say goodbye.

"Wait a minute!" Xia Yu grabbed her and said, "This is the domestic comic technique book I compiled before, I think you should be able to use it." ”

Her gratitude to Xia Yu couldn't be expressed in words, so she could only bow deeply to her, "Thank you!" I'll make good use of it. ”

Xia Yu put his hand on her shoulder, "Shen Yin, I'm looking forward to us standing on the same stage." ”

After saying goodbye to Xia Yu, she hugged the kitten and walked happily on the way back, suddenly a flash of inspiration, she decided to give the cat a name, "Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin" She shouted twice in a row, feeling that the name was very atmospheric, Xiao Meow was still adding her fingers, she touched the cat's head, "Xiao Jin, are you hungry?" Shall we go back and drink milk? ”

As if in response to her, Xiao Jin raised his head and called twice.

When she got home, she first put the milk in the rice cooker and heated it and poured it into a small bowl, Xiao Jin stretched out her little pink tongue and licked it carefully, she sat on the sofa and looked through the notes that Xia Yu had sorted out. There are some comic clips cut out of the tree in this notebook, and lines of small characters are written with colored pens next to it, she can't help but sigh at Xia Yu's carefulness and perseverance, because what is sorted out is the development process of the domestic comic industry in the last 20 years and the representative works of famous comic masters, and there is Xia Yu's analysis of the techniques of the comic masters, which can really be described as a "comic encyclopedia"!

She looked like she forgot about anything else, and it wasn't until Kim came over and licked her toes that the clock in the living room showed that it was six o'clock in the evening. She closed the book and picked up Xiao Jin, "Xiao Jin, are you hungry again?" ”

Kim yelled at her.