As I said before, today's awards dinner is also the annual meeting of the comic department of Yingcai Media, and Yingcai Media is also one of the leaders in the industry, and the comic magazines under its name will naturally not only have two books, "Shonen Weekly" and "Shonen Magazine", so there are also many female cartoonists who create shoujo comics who are invited to participate in the annual meeting this time.

Compared to the table full of male cartoonists who heard laughter from time to time, the women's camp here was much quieter, and when Anna pulled Tsukiya to find a table with acquaintances to sit down, there were only a few friendly greetings.

It seems that Anna is still well-known among female cartoonists, and as soon as she sat down, the people at the table greeted each other.

"Teacher Asanatsu, who is this?"

Sitting next to Anna was a short-haired woman who looked to be in her twenties, and she looked like she had a clean bookish air, she approached Anna affectionately, put her left hand on her shoulder and pointed at Tsukimi and asked.

"She is one of the protagonists today, and she is the Chuan Chuan of the Sanchuan group that won the silver award this year." Anna generously introduced Yuemi, just as Yuemi felt subtle nervousness because the people at this table were staring at with curious eyes, and nodded with a slight red face after Anna's words were finished.

After all, she pulled it by herself, and although she had just met, Anna could see that Yuemi should be the type who was not good at interacting with people, so she took the initiative to introduce Yuemi: "This is the teacher under the snow who painted "Confucian Knights". ”

She pointed to the short-haired woman who had just accosted her, and the other party also smiled politely, and she didn't seem to be the type to talk too much.

"And then this is ......"

It seems that Anna's social skills should be very high, and she introduced all the cartoonists at this table to Yuemi, although most of them seem to know each other's names and hear a little, but this is enough for Yuemi.

Because the two of them were seated late, they didn't chat a few words and started to serve the food officially.

The protagonist of this table is undoubtedly Anna, a blonde girl who lives up to her self-proclaimed elite status, directing the conversation while dining with impeccable grace.

And Yuemi listened quietly to their conversation and took care of their own small food, after all, they were talking about gossip about various cartoonists in the industry, and Yuemi, who was completely unclear about this, had no place to interject at all, not to mention that Yuemi herself didn't like to chat with strangers.

The dishes arranged by Yingcai Media are quite sumptuous, and the level of the chef in this hotel is also very high, all the dishes are very delicious, but the amount of food in Yuemi is quite small, and each dish is just a light taste, even then the dishes are already full before they are finished.

"Yuemi, Yuemi, I'm going to eat that!"

Lin Lin, who was floating beside Yuemi, tried his best to swallow the piece of beef in his mouth, and pointed to the squirrel osmanthus in front of him with a look of excitement, and then burrowed into the table and only let his head show off the table, as if it was embedded in the dining table.

Yuemi didn't make a sound, threw her a look that she really couldn't do anything about you, and then took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention to a chopstick and sent it to Lin Lin's slightly open mouth, looking at Lin Lin's extremely satisfied appearance, she smiled unconsciously.

Fortunately, Anna, who was sitting next to her, could be said to have attracted all the attention of the others at this table, so that Yuemi could blatantly make some small movements.

Just as Yuemi was playing feeding with Lin Lin with great interest, Lin Lin, who had gotten to the dining table, suddenly stretched out his finger and pointed at Yuemi's back, and said vaguely: "The editor is looking for you." ”

Yuemi hurriedly put down her chopsticks and turned around, and sure enough, Weng Ruyu was walking in her direction not far away, and saw Yuemi turn around and wave her hand.

"Editor Weng, what's wrong?"

felt that Weng Ruyu should be looking for something to do, so Yuemi gave Anna who was watching her an apologetic look, left her seat and walked a few steps to Weng Ruyu's side.

"It's okay, how do you feel about today's food?" Weng Ruyu smiled gently, as if she had come over to find Yuemila's home.

"Well, it's delicious." Yuemi nodded and told the truth, but the rest of her personally felt that she preferred to eat Lin Lin's dishes.

Weng Ruyu bent down and touched Yuemi's hair, and continued: "I'm really sorry to disturb your meal, but I have something to tell you, when everyone is almost finished eating, the host will say a few words, and then let the cartoonists who won the award at the Newcomer Cup go to the rostrum to receive the award, which can be regarded as letting other cartoonists know you, okay?" ”

Although it was expected that there would be such a process, Yuemi was still a little resistant when she was actually explained, and being stared at by so many people was definitely not a wonderful experience for a person who was extremely afraid of life.

However, he had already made a lot of mental preparations, so Yuemi nodded obediently.

"Well, then I won't bother you to eat with other people, it's good to communicate more with other cartoonists, come on~" Weng Ruyu was about to leave as he spoke, but he was pulled by Yuemi's sleeve: "That...... Please wait a minute......"

"Huh?" Turning around, Weng Ruyu looked at Yuemi with a little puzzlement.

"Please wait a moment...... That, the original manuscript of the comic, I want to hand it over to you......" Yuemi said what she wanted to say a little anxiously, after all, if she missed the present, it would be very difficult for Yuemi to go back and find Weng Ruyu in the banquet hall where so many people were staying.

Then she loosened the sleeve of Weng Ruyu's shirt, trotted to the place where Anna and herself put her things, and took out the file bag with "Death Note" from Anna's bag covered under her shawl - just now Anna deliberately asked her to put it in her bag in order to prevent Yuemi from accidentally losing it, and then covered the shawl that Yuemi had taken off.

"Is this a new manga created by you and Miyama-sensei?" Taking the document bag handed by Yuemi, Weng Ruyu did not rush to open it, but confirmed it.

Yuemi nodded vigorously.

"Well, I see, I'll watch it with a few editors in the editorial office in a while, don't worry." Holding it carefully, Weng Ruyu was not in a hurry to leave this time, but asked again, "Is there anything else going on?" ”

"No...... If there are any problems, please let me know and I will try to fix it! Because there was a little bit of "cutting corners" in the process of drawing comics this time, I was still a little uncertain and added another sentence at the end of the month.

Weng Ruyu naturally responded to such a request, she liked this kind of author with a humble attitude, compared to some cartoonists who firmly believed that their original manuscript absolutely did not need to be modified without any problems, such as a certain blonde girl, Yuemi looked more and more cute in Weng Ruyu's eyes.

That's right, Anna's editor-in-charge is also Weng Ruyu, after all, it is more convenient for female editors and female cartoonists to communicate, so the female cartoonists who signed contracts with "Shonen Weekly" are generally Weng Ruyu in charge.

After making sure that Yuemi had nothing else to do, Weng Ruyu left with the original comic manuscript that Yuemi had given her, while Yuemi returned to the dining table, stammering to satisfy the curiosity of the female cartoonists who had seen Weng Ruyu come to her.

It didn't take long for the voice of the host of this dinner to resound through the microphone in this banquet hall, and Yuemi, who knew that he was going to be on stage soon, suddenly stiffened, praying that the host's lines could be spoken for a longer time.

But after all, it was such a celebratory dinner, and the host also knew that talking too much would only make these cartoonists feel bored, so he quickly ended his words and beckoned the award-winning rookie cartoonists to the stage.

I was almost nervous and kicked the chair and fell, but fortunately, Anna, who was paying attention to her, helped her in time, and Yuemi reluctantly thanked Anna with a smile, and then walked slowly in the direction of the rostrum.

"Yuemi, are you nervous?"

Lin Lin, who was following Yuemi, asked casually, and the afterglow stayed on Yuemi's feet to prevent her from falling because of what she kicked again.

Yuemi bit her lip hard, her already overly fair little face looked pale under the chandelier, she hummed faintly, and tried to take stiff steps.

"If you're nervous, I can lend you my hand."

Holding Yuemi's slender hand, ten fingers interlocked, Lin Lin felt the temperature of Yuemi's palm, and showed her the same smile as usual.

“…… Lin Lin, thank you. ”

"I'm almost tired of saying thank you or something."

"Hmm."

Gradually, the heavy steps became lighter, like the heart that regained its smooth beating because it felt a temperature different from that of ordinary people.