Ding~Dong~

There was a melodious doorbell at the entrance, and Yuemi, who thought that the two people were almost there, and Lin Lin, who was still making tea, glanced at each other.

"The black tea will be brewed right away, Yuemi, you can bring the two of them in and take them out in the kitchen."

Lin Lin's tea-making technique is still as smooth as ever to the point that it can almost be said to be pleasing to the eye, so much so that Yuemi once thought that she had opened a black teahouse or worked in a black teahouse or something before her death, of course, this was later decisively denied by Lin Lin.

didn't prepare to make the two people outside the door wait longer, Yuemi wiped his hand that was still slightly stained with water and walked straight towards the entrance.

"Welcome~"

When the door was opened, the two people standing at the door were staring at each other awkwardly, it seemed that He Qiuzhi had finally pressed the doorbell, of course, Yuemi didn't know how long the two of them had been grinding outside, so she greeted the two with a smile.

Although he was a little nervous, this was the first time that a friend had come to his house to play, so the rare Yuemi was quite down-to-earth and generous, which made He Qiuzhi and Ji Kaiwei stunned for a moment, but they immediately came back to their senses.

"Morning, Yueyue, I'm here to play~"

He Qiuzhi was still full of energy as always, and now Yuemi's dress made her eyes light up, so she hugged her without the slightest hesitation and kept rubbing it.

Usually soft and very cute Yuemi not only does not have that timid little animal-like feeling today, but looks very calm, and she is wearing a cute pink ruffled apron in home clothes, which inexplicably gives people a feeling like a young wife, and the cuteness is simply doubled.

"Yuemi is very troubled, please respect yourself," for the envy of hugging Yuemi when they meet... Ahem, troublesome behavior, Ji Kaiwei rudely tore He Qiuzhi open without hesitation, and then handed the box in his hand to Yuemi, who smiled gratefully at her, "This is, the dim sum I bought, please accept it." ”

"Well, thank you, open micro~" Yuemi was slightly stunned, but immediately accepted it with gratitude, and then stood slightly away from the door and made a gesture to the two of them to invite in, "Anyway, come in first, the heating is turned on at home." ”

"So, excuse me~"

"Excuse me."

The two shouted out of etiquette, and then walked into the entrance together, took off their shoes and put on the cotton slippers prepared by Yuemi, and followed Yuemi into the hall.

The air conditioner was rarely turned on in the hall, and at the same time, there was a sweet fragrance that poured into He Qiuzhi and Ji Kaiwei's noses.

"It smells so good...... Tsukimi: Are you making dim sum? ”

It can probably be judged from Yuemi's apron dress, but He Qiuzhi still asked.

"Well, Qiu Zhi, you and Kaiwei sit casually, and I'll go to the kitchen to serve tea and biscuits."

Yuemi smiled and nodded, now that she has won the prize money of the Rookie Cup, she is no longer so financially constrained, so she also has the spare time to make dim sum - in fact, Yuemi likes to make dim sum very much, after all, black tea is more delicious when paired with dessert.

In the kitchen, Lin Lin had already poured the brewed black tea into the cup, and then put all the remaining black tea into the thermos, and by the way, he thoughtfully helped Yuemi take out the matcha cookies in the oven with anti-scald gloves, put them on the plate, and now I don't know where to go.

Probably upstairs, right?

Yuemi guessed, anyway, Lin Lin helped her make all the preparations, and she was happy, as long as she put the teacup and the plate with cookies on the tray and took them out.

When they returned to the hall, He Qiuzhi and Ji Kaiwei sat face to face on the sofas on both sides of the hall without saying a word.

"I don't even know where you put cookies if you're sitting so far away...... Wouldn't it be nice to sit a little closer? ”

The relationship between the two is still not very good as always, but Yuemi really still hopes that the two can be a little friendly, anyway, she complained, and then divided the black tea between the two of them, put the tray in the center of the coffee table, and added: "It's Assam black tea, if you want to add sugar or milk, you can talk to me." ”

"Don't bother, I don't drink much black tea......"

He Qiuzhi hurriedly waved her hand to signal that it was not so troublesome, but Ji Kaiwei took a sip of the teacup, and praised it without being salty: "It's delicious." ”

"Thank you for the compliment~" Although she didn't make it herself, she was also very happy that Lin Lin's black tea could be praised by others, but as soon as she sat down, Yuemi stood up again, "By the way, I'll go to the studio first and bring you Kaiwei's painting." ”

"Huh? Studio? Yueyue, can I go in and have a look? Hearing Yuemi talk about the studio, He Qiuzhi suddenly became interested, not only He Qiuzhi, but even Ji Kaiwei looked at Yuemi expectantly.

“…… It's said to be a studio, but it's actually just my study, and it's messy, doesn't it matter? ”

Although there is nothing unsightly, Yuemi is also telling the truth, the study is really messy, because it involves Yuemi's paintings, so Lin Lin rarely cleans up the study, unless it is to the extent that he can't stand it.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just because I haven't sorted it out~"

“…… Can I think Qiu Zhi, are you deliberately bad at saying this? ”

"Yes~"

Anyway, since it's all about this, and Yuemi doesn't mind showing others the things in his study, so he takes the two of them to the study upstairs.

Yuemi's study should not be much different from other people's homes, there are two bookshelves side by side in the deepest part, in front of the bookshelf is a neat desk with manuscript paper and pen holder, some photos are pasted on the wall on the right side of the desk, and on the left side is a floor-to-ceiling window, and the curtains are opened to allow good light into the room.

The only difference is probably the easel in front of the desk and the used manuscript paper everywhere.

"This is Yuemi's studio...... There is an unexpected feeling! ”

He Qiuzhi stood beside the easel and looked around.

"In your mind, the studio should be messed up like this......

Yuemi, who was picking up the waste manuscript paper on the ground to avoid He Qiuzhi and Ji Kaiwei stepping on it, complained with tears and laughter after hearing it.

"I know there must be very neat studios, but don't you think it's easy to feel like this kind of messy studio? It's the feeling of forgetting to sleep and eat for the sake of painting. Without hindering Yuemi's tidying up, He Qiuzhi walked to the bookshelf that was basically not littered with manuscript paper, and looked at the trophies and certificates on the shelves, "Sure enough, Yueyue, you are very good at painting, there are so many certificates or something." ”

"Hmm...... Okay, I'm just a little bit better than the average person. ”

Yuemi smiled and said modestly.

In fact, the ordinary person in Yuemi's mouth has already included most of the people, you must know that Yuemi will participate in various painting competitions in the first two years, but Yuemi has been called a prize-winning machine, which means that as long as Yuemi participates in the competition, she can get back at least one silver award, even if it is a national or even world-level painting competition.

However, two years ago, when she was promoted to junior high school, she did not participate in any painting competitions, although in addition to Miss Xue Yi, those who paid attention to Yuemi, a new star who had just appeared in the eyes of the world, had countless speculations about it, but the real reason was only known to Yuemi and Miss Xueyi.

After all, it was when Yuemi's parents had just disappeared, and as a child, there was no good way to find her parents who even the search and rescue team couldn't find, so she could only rely on such a passive method to use her painting talent to continue to participate in those painting competitions, so that the world would know her name, so that her parents who didn't know where could know their news and know that they were looking for them.

However, even if Yuemi participated in more competitions and won more trophies, his parents still had no news at all, so Yuemi, who realized this, finally gave up this futile behavior.

"Yueyue, your general range is not too wide, I remember Iron Man said that Yueyue, you are the winner of the first prize in the national painting competition!" He Qiuzhi looked very calm, she looked at the trophies on the bookshelf, and pinched the face of Yuemi, who also came over, "And I can see more than one national trophy on it...... Wait, what is this? ”

He Qiuzhi, who was still talking, suddenly paused, looked at a certificate placed in the middle of the bookshelf and then looked at Yuemi, with a suspicious expression.

Looking at He Qiuzhi's line of sight, it was the silver award certificate of the "Youth Weekly" Newcomer Cup that she got a few days ago, and suddenly Yuemi's face turned red: "That, Qiuzhi, that is ......"

However, without waiting for Yuemi's panicked explanation, He Qiuzhi grabbed Yuemi's shoulders and showed a "kind" smile: "Yueyue, are you hiding something from me~"

“…… Ahaha......"

Yuemi suddenly remembered that Lin Lin had also helped her put the certificate of the Rookie Cup on this bookshelf before, and now that she had been arrested by He Qiuzhi, it seemed that there was no point in concealing it, so she honestly told He Qiuzhi about her participation in the Rookie Cup.

After slowly explaining for a while, Yuemi explained the matter completely, and then called tentatively: "That, Qiu Zhi......?" ”

"Don't say it, let me ...... quietly" It's not because of anything else, He Qiuzhi remembered how the comic "Beginning" was said in front of Yuemi, the original author, in the bookstore before, and it was a little strange to think about Yuemi's appearance at that time...... Now that I think about it, He Qiuzhi feels that her shame is about to explode.

So He Qiuzhi looked at the smiling Yuemi with a resentful face: "Yueyue, you are not kind!" Don't tell me about this kind of thing! ”

“…… I'm also shy to tell people about participating in a manga contest...... "Don't overdo it."

"Hawkers, yes, after all, Yueyue is a person in the traditional art world, I heard that the relationship between the traditional art world and the comic book world is not very good." This is He Qiuzhi's own brain supplement, in fact, Yuemi just thinks that people she knows will feel very shy when they see her comics.

“…… Let's just think of it as this......" Yuemi didn't bother to explain this kind of thing, but as she spoke, she suddenly felt that she had forgotten something.

Wait, aren't you going to hand over the illustrations that Ji Kaiwei said before to her today? Why did you forget that Ji Kaiwei was also in the study when she talked to Qiu Zhi!

Yuemi, who reacted, hurriedly looked at Ji Kaiwei, who was standing in the distance and looking at the photos on the wall, and then found the illustration that Ji Kaiwei asked for and walked to Ji Kaiwei's side: "That, I'm sorry Kaiwei, I patronized and talked to Qiu Zhi...... This is the illustration you want......"

Wouldn't it be hated to do such a faux pas...... Yuemi raised her head slightly, and paid attention to Ji Kaiwei's face that had always been expressionless with the residual light of her eyes.

…… Well, I still can't see anything as usual, but I don't have that angry look that makes Tsukimi somewhat relieved.

"It's okay, look at the photos, I think it's interesting." Ji Kaiwei stretched out his hand to take Yuemi's illustrations, and put them away without even looking at them, as if he didn't care about how the painting was done.

Noticing her movements, Yuemi was a little deflated - because when she talked about Christmas gifts before, Ji Kaiwei's words were drawn by Yuemi, who was full of gas to draw this illustration, and it was also a return gift for Christmas gifts, but she didn't expect her to put it away without looking at it.

"I was a little concerned before I said it, Yueyue, is it you and your parents on this?"

He Qiuzhi also walked over, looked at the photo and asked curiously.

"Well, basically."

Yuemi nodded.

Those photos are basically a pair of young, somewhat similar to Tsukimi's men and women and young Tsukimi, and the three of them all have happy smiles on their faces.

"By the way, speaking of which, Yueyue, what about your parents, could it be said that they are still ...... on the weekend" He Qiuzhi suddenly mentioned it casually, but before she finished speaking, Ji Kai covered her mouth slightly and scolded coldly: "Shut up, idiot." ”

“…… What are you doing? Sudden swearing! Breaking free of Ji Kaiwei's hand, He Qiuzhi's eyebrows furrowed, and her face was not good.

"That! Don't be noisy! But before the two quarreled, Yuemi's voice suddenly raised and interrupted them, and then Yuemi glanced at Ji Kaiwei gratefully, and then resumed her usual tone and said, "Thank you, Kaiwei, but I don't care......"

After a pause, Yuemi grabbed He Qiuzhi's hand and smiled slightly: "Qiuzhi, don't be angry, okay, although I don't know where she found out, but my parents disappeared five years ago." ”

“…… Sorry, month ......"

With a gasp, He Qiuzhi opened her eyes wide and looked at Yue Mi who was smiling and Ji Kaiwei, who was standing straight beside her as if she was protecting her, and apologized with a complicated expression.

"It's okay, don't care...... Anyway, don't talk about it, although I don't care about it anymore, it's still not a pleasant topic. Noticing that He Qiuzhi's mood was a little low, Yuemi naturally comforted her.

At this time, Ji Kaiwei suddenly asked, "Yuemi, who is the person in that sketch?" ”

Most of the walls are full of photographs, but in the center is a sketch of Tsukiya and others.

In the sketch, Yuemi looked a little unhappy, but she still stuck to another person, and the other person hugged Yuemi with a heartless smile.

The man looked a little older than the few people present, about the age of a college student, and his shawl hair fluttered in the air as if it had no gravity, not how beautiful it was, but the smiling face was very attractive.

But the point is that in Ji Kaiwei's understanding, there doesn't seem to be this person around Yuemi.

Hearing Ji Kaiwei's question, a little helplessness appeared on Yuemi's face, she looked back and forth a few times, as if she was alert to whether there were other people in the room, and then slowly spoke: "That person's name is Lin Lin, and he is the most important existence for me now." ”

…… The most important existence?

Ji Kaiwei and He Qiuzhi glanced at each other, and at the same time found that the other party's eyes instantly sharpened.