Chapter 680: Finally Seeing Dongcheng Aya
Ji Kong finally went to the signing meeting of Aya Tojo. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
If he didn't go, he wouldn't be Ji Kong.
This is probably a flaw in his character.
When he sees a friend in difficulty, he always wants to help, especially a girl like Aya Higashijo, who makes him agree, knowing that he shouldn't go now, but he just can't control himself.
After hanging up Aya's phone, there was a voice in his head urging and reminding him all the time, like obsessive-compulsive disorder.
So he finally drove to the place where Tojo Aya signed the sale.
However, after arriving at his destination, he did not show up, but stood around the corner and secretly observed.
Strictly speaking, Aya Tojo's "Your Name" is actually not a light novel, it should be regarded as a pure love novel with science fiction elements.
In Japan, there is actually a big market for this kind of novel, such as the previous "Love Photo", which sold very well.
What's more, the novel "Your Name" is indeed of excellent quality, and the content is also very novel and interesting, and now it has been on sale for two months, and the sales have exceeded 300,000 copies, which is definitely a very good result for newcomers who have not received much promotion.
So Aya Tojo still has a lot of fans now, although it is the first time to hold a signing meeting, but she doesn't have to worry about no fans to participate like other newcomer authors.
For example, now, there is still half an hour before the signing starts, but hundreds of fans have already gathered in front of the bookstore.
Ji Kong shrank in the corner of the wall without showing his head, if nothing happened, he was ready to hide like this, but even if there was an accident, he would not show up in person.
But he was found anyway.
It wasn't Aya Tojo who found him, but Aya Tojo's editor, Machida Enko.
Machida Yuanzi is also nominally the editor-in-charge of Ji Kong, but because of the particularity of Ji Kong's identity, all his affairs are handled by Suzuki Kazuchi, the editor-in-chief of Dengeki Library.
However, her patient and serious work attitude was still recognized by Ji Kong, and then she recommended Kasumigaoka Shiyu and Tojo Aya to her.
It wasn't by chance that she was able to find Ji Kong, or that her embarrassed appearance like a headless fly was originally like she was looking for something.
When she saw Ji Kong, she showed a look of surprise, and walked over and asked, "Teacher Kong, have you seen Teacher Dongcheng?" ”
Ji Kong replied no, so she stomped her feet anxiously and said, "What the hell is going on?" The signing party is about to start, but Mr. Dongcheng hasn't come yet. ”
"Maybe there's something delayed on the road, just call and ask?" Ji Kong said casually.
"I called, but Mr. Dongcheng's mobile phone was turned off!"
This next time Ji Sora realized the seriousness of the matter.
It is impossible for a delicate girl like Aya Tojo to happen to have such a bloody thing as a dead mobile phone, let alone on such an important occasion.
At the same time, Ji Kong's mobile phone rang.
After connecting the phone, Kasumigaoka Shiyu said on the phone, "Tojo-san is now lingering in front of our house...... She was in a strange state, and she didn't listen to me when I called her...... You'd better come and have a look. ”
Ji Kong didn't answer, and hung up the phone directly.
"Is there any news from Mr. Dongcheng?" Machida Yuanzi was next to Ji Kong, and naturally heard the content of the conversation, but he didn't really listen to it.
"Hmmm......"
Ji Kong nodded slightly, hesitated, and wrote a note and handed it to Machida Yuanzi, "She's right at my doorstep...... You know the location of my house, and when the time comes, find her, and if she still refuses to come, give her this note. ”
Machida Enko took the note and nodded her head in agreement.
She is a thoughtful person, and from Ji Kong's words, she has guessed many things, but this kind of thing is not something she can intervene in after all, so she didn't ask anything more, and drove away.
……
After Machida Enko left, Jikong found a bench to sit on in a nearby park.
He knew that he was a little hypocritical, even a little cruel, but the sad eyes of Nankoto Ri and Mahime when they left that day echoed in his mind day and night, forcing him to make such a choice.
More than forty minutes later, Jikong received a call from Machida Yuanko.
The other party said on the phone that Aya Dongcheng had been sent to the signing by her, and she now wanted to talk to Ji Kong about some things related to "Sword Art Online" and asked where Ji Kong was.
Ji Kong told her the location.
Five or six minutes later, a car pulled up at the entrance of the park, the door opened, and it was not Machida Enko who got out of the car, but Aya Tojo with a ponytail and black-rimmed glasses.
Ji Kong stood up and left.
Dongcheng Aya was originally flustered, and after seeing this scene, she was even more anxious, and when she got out of the car, she fell on the road with a bang because she didn't stand firm under her feet, and then she didn't run a few steps when she got up, and stepped on her right foot with her left foot, and came to an amazing flat fall.
This fall was very heavy, and Machida Yuanko, who was driving, couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to come down to help him, but Tojo Aya immediately got up again and staggered forward.
Then he fell to the ground with a thud.
As she was about to stand up again, a hand appeared in front of her.
If Ji Kong could turn around and leave without hesitation at this time, then the fate between him and Dongcheng Aya might really end here.
But even though he told himself a thousand times in his heart that "I should leave", he finally came back and stretched out his hand to Aya Tojo, who fell to the ground.
This is the season sky.
After pulling Dongcheng Aya up, before the tearful Dongcheng Aya could speak, Ji Kong put his left hand in front of her forehead and made a snap of his fingers.
Dongcheng Aya was so frightened that she closed her eyes, and the next moment she only heard a "bang", and Ji Kong's middle finger flicked on her forehead.
"It hurts!" Dongcheng Aya hugged her forehead and said pitifully.
"Then it doesn't hurt if you fall?" Ji Kong said viciously.
"It doesn't hurt."
Dongcheng Aya shook her head and said in her heart: Because it hurts more in my heart to watch you go away, I don't feel the pain of falling.
At this point, Ji Kong no longer thought about avoiding Dongcheng Aya, and pulled her to sit on a long chair in the park.
Seeing this scene from afar, Machida Enko, who knew that he had no need to stay, chose to drive away.
In fact, she knew that it was very wrong for her to do so.
As far as the public is concerned, the signing has now begun, and hundreds of fans are waiting at the door of the bookstore, so she should bring Aya Tojo to the signing site.
Privately, her actions are likely to offend Ji Kong, and with Ji Kong's identity and influence, she is likely to be expelled afterwards.
But if she was given another chance to choose, she would still choose to help Aya Higashijo.
Because when Aya Tojo asked her for help in tears, she really didn't know how to refuse.