This evening.

——"We feel like a couple when we buy household items together like this~"

——"Then everyone in Sakurasou is my partner...Also, that Okamoto 0.02 is not needed, put it back."

After finishing their shopping together with this feeling, Li Nian and Nayuta returned to Sakurasou.

I saw everyone in the dining room, gathered together around the table, with a solemn atmosphere.

"What's going on?" Li Nian asked puzzledly.

"Is everyone so hungry that they are waiting for the senior to feed them?" Nayuta blinked.

"I'm so nervous that I don't even feel hungry." Kanda's expression was as stiff as what he said. He pointed to the letter on the table and said, "The results of Qingshan's selection are here."

Li Nian's eyebrows twitched slightly. He knew why everyone had such serious expressions. At this time, his expression was also converging.

This is the result that everyone is paying attention to. They are waiting for Aoyama to come and dismantle it personally so that everyone in Sakurasou can confirm it clearly.

Qingshan is still working now and will be back late.

Misaki had been staring at the letter for a long time, and suddenly jumped up and shouted, "I can't stand it anymore! I have to open it and read it!", pretending to pounce on it.

As a result, he was caught by Senior Ren: "No, only Qingshan is qualified to open the package."

Even though Nayuta had just moved in, she had heard about Aoyama's situation and knew what the letter meant to the lovely and upright senior Aoyama, so she obediently sat aside and waited with everyone else.

Li Nian didn't say anything. She stared at the letter for a while, then went straight into the kitchen with her things and started cooking, because she knew that no matter what, life had to go on, and whether it was to celebrate or to relieve pain, she needed to eat and drink well.

When Aoyama came back and saw everyone in Sakurasou gathered around a letter with serious expressions, he was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what was going on.

Li Nian walked out of the kitchen at this time, watched Qingshan walk to the table, picked up the letter, and wanted to confirm whether the delicious meal she was having today was for celebration or for pain relief.

Holding the envelope and confirming that it was sent from the voice actor agency, Aoyama's expression became very stiff and he couldn't calm down. In the silence, the girl closed her eyes, took several deep breaths, and said "OK" as if to cheer herself up. She tore open the envelope in one breath, took out the exquisite notice and began to read it.

Everyone was very quiet during this period, even Misaki didn't make a noise at this time. Kanda held his breath and was so nervous that he had a stomachache.

Li Nian just watched calmly, waiting for Qingshan to tell the result himself.

Qingshan read the notice carefully.

Then, a blank expression appeared on his face.

That expression didn't seem right, and everyone thought it was a bad sign, and they all started to look sad.

Qingshan said.

"I passed."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then burst into cheers.

A huge joy spread.

It seemed that it was Kanda who passed the selection. He was so ecstatic that tears came out of his eyes and he shouted, "Great! Great!"

Senior Ren's eyes softened: "You got what you wanted, Qingshan..."

Nayuta smiled and said, "Congratulations, Aoyama-senpai."

Misaki crossed her arms and looked arrogant: "Humph, I don't know what you are so excited about. Isn't it a natural result that Nanami can pass the selection!", as if she was not the idiot who was so restless and wanted to open other people's letters.

Everyone's cell phone rang with the cheerful voice of the maid AI, indicating that the programmers huddled in the room were also paying close attention to the situation. On the screen, the little maid was dancing happily: "Well done, the ponytail---Ryunosuke-sama did not frankly offer his blessings to Aoyama-sama."

Shiina stood beside Aoyama, with no expression as usual and didn't say anything, but suddenly hugged Aoyama.

Qingshan, who was hugged, still stood there in a daze.

She had already prepared for failure, and these days she had gradually become more determined to try again.

But in the end, I successfully passed the selection.

After the initial confusion, Aoyama took some time to comprehend the fact and hugged Shiina back. Joy arose in his heart, but it was not as strong as he had imagined. He just revealed a gentle smile.

"You succeeded, you succeeded Aoyama!" Kanda shouted excitedly.

"...Yes, I seem to have succeeded."

"Let's have a celebration party!" Misaki yelled, "We won't go home until we're drunk tonight."

Without her saying anything, Li Nian was already preparing the feast.

Later, when Teacher Qianxun came back at lunchtime, she heard the good news and actually took out a beer and pretended to throw it to Qingshan: "It's a day worth celebrating, why don't you get drunk?"

Li Nian took over and said, "Don't let minors drink." Then he opened the can of beer and said, "If you want to drink, I'll drink with you."

On this day worth celebrating, Li Nian also felt like having a drink.

Qianxun curled her lips, but did not point out that Li Nian was also the minor. She bumped the can with him, and the two of them took the lead in raising their glasses: "Celebrate Qingshan's passing the selection! Cheers."

After a celebratory banquet, everyone was in high spirits, except Qingshan, the person involved. The one who should have been the happiest, although he was also smiling happily, seemed quite gentle and not as excited as the others.

While eating, Qingshan received a phone call. When he saw the caller, Qingshan stopped smiling and his expression became calm. He left the table to answer the phone, which took a long time. When he came back, he still had a smile on his face, but one could feel that there was a hint of loneliness in that smile.

After dinner, Li Nian was washing dishes. Qingshan took the initiative to send away Shiina, Kanda, and Kamiigusa who were sticking to him, and came here on the pretext of helping to clean up the mess.

Li Nian knew that she had something to say, so she kept working and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Qingshan? You don't seem very happy."

"No, of course I am happy."

“You can’t tell from your expression.”

“…But, there’s still a feeling of unreality.”

"You've passed, and the notification letter has been sent to you. From today on, you are a voice actor affiliated with the agency? I don't quite understand the specific process, but the call you received earlier should be from the agency, right?"

"No, it was my friend who called. He's in the voice actor training class."

Li Nian was stunned for a moment after guessing wrong, but then he thought about it and realized that Qingshan was not like some eccentric socially anxious people. Such a gentle and kind girl could make friends with strangers wherever she went, and of course she would have close friends at the cram school.

And they should have been notified of the selection results today.

Li Nian asked knowingly: "Did they pass?"

"No."

"...That's it."

"Yeah, she was crying a lot on the phone."

"…Have you told them that you were selected?"

"Of course I did."

"What's the reaction?"

"I cried, congratulated her, and told her to keep working hard for her."

"We are good friends."

“A very good kid who works very hard.”

"Just like you."

“So, the feeling of unreality is getting stronger and stronger.”

"It's true. You've been chosen. Don't doubt it anymore."

"I originally thought that I would not be chosen, and I was thinking that when I failed, I would go to everyone and cry my heart out."

"I didn't expect that I would be the one being complained about?"

"It's quite emotional."

"Things in the world are unpredictable... not in this case. You performed well and were considered capable enough by the people in the office, so you were selected. Others didn't perform well enough, so they were not selected. That's all."

"It seems so."

"So, at this moment, you just need to be happy about your success. There is nothing to be confused about."

"...That's right, come to think of it. I used to complain that the world was unfair."

"This is true."

"But now that I think about it, I'm not the unlucky one. I was helped by everyone at Sakurasou and have come this far. I'm actually lucky. That's why I didn't become the crying loser."

"Lucky? It's too early to say now. I passed the selection and became a new member of the firm. This is just a new beginning."

"A new beginning. I can finally start as a voice actor."

Until this time, Qingshan couldn't help shedding tears, tears of joy. The strong girl didn't say a word, but just wiped her tears silently.

Chapter 480: When the Lazy Dog Stops Slacking Off

That day, Li Nian came to school and saw that Wu Geng's behavior was a little abnormal.

This girl who always had an angry expression as if someone owed her money, was now looking at her phone with a bright smile, which was contrary to her usual behavior. Only at this moment did she look like a beautiful girl, looking extremely cute.

"What are you looking at that makes you smile?"

After hearing Li Nian's question, Wu Geng calmed down a little and sobered up from his joy. He still had a smile on his face and did not hide it. He took the initiative to hand the content on his phone to Li Nian and said proudly, "I'm watching the believers offer faithful praises to God."

Li Nian was puzzled. When she saw the comment section of a book displayed on her mobile phone screen, she realized that Wu Geng was reading the readers' comments on her book and understood why she said that.

Just with a quick glance, I can see that the latest book reviews are indeed full of recognition. Although not as crazy as Wu Geng said, such evaluation is already extremely high. Readers have expressed that they were moved and interesting during the reading process. They had a very refreshing experience, and they were deeply impressed by the characters in the book and started discussions on the plot and roles... Just looking at such book reviews made Li Nian want to find a book that can get such evaluation.

Knowing that the book that received such good reviews was written by Wu Geng, Li Nian instantly lost that impulse - it was not because the story written by Wu Geng was so bad, but because he had already read those hundreds of thousands of words over and over again countless times in these days, and could even recite them backwards, and he was about to vomit after reading them.

Because of this, Li Nian was not surprised at all that Wu Geng had received such favorable comments. The manuscript had been thoroughly revised and updated on the website. The reading experience, character creation, and plot arrangement had all been improved after the revisions, given that the first draft was already of a certain quality. Now that readers have seen it, isn't it a popular story? If it didn't receive such favorable comments, it would only mean that Li Nian, Wu Geng, and Xia Zhiqiu were all incompetent, and that they had spent so much effort to revise the book for so long but couldn't produce a good book.

It’s still a short time now, the popularity hasn’t fermented and heated up yet, and Wu Geng’s book hasn’t received higher attention. After some time, such comments will grow faster.

Li Nian was not surprised by this development, but he knew that Wu Geng's expression of grinning from ear to ear at this moment was because he had never thought that he could get such a high evaluation, so he asked with a smile?

"How is it? Doesn't it feel good to be praised to the sky?"

"It's so cool." Wu Geng nodded frankly.

"It's good. That's what you deserve for your hard work. It means that you have something that is recognized by others. You can be more proud to hold up your almost curvy breasts in the future."

Then Li Nian caught the dictionary thrown to her with a smile.

"Go to hell." Wu Geng rolled her eyes, but she was still very happy, with a smile on her face. She was in a good mood and could temporarily forget about Li Nian's ridicule of her figure. She put down her phone and didn't read the new comments that she had read over and over again during this period of time. She turned around and said, "But you are right. Maybe I can feel proud now."

"Be more confident. Maybe you can remove it. The Gogen I know should be more proud. For example, stand on the table right now, laugh up to the sky, and announce to the world that he has ascended to the throne of God."

"…Who do you take me for?"

"There is no cure for Chuunibyou."

"…I wanted to do that, but unfortunately, I don't have the intelligence to realize that it's not all my own fault that I received such praise."

"Of course, 50% of the credit should go to me and Kasumigaoka. You have to repay us." Li Nian thought of the few coins in the girl's wallet that he had occasionally glimpsed, and added: "After you get the prize money."

"...The grand prize money." It was a word that seemed so unattainable before, but now Wu Geng still had the courage to think about it: "Okay, I will."

Wu Geng also figured it out and no longer doubted her chance of passing the review of this library award and getting a chance to be published. That work was not only her own, but also the work of two other great writers. There was no reason for it to be left unnoticed.

Li Nian knew that after reading these book reviews, Wu Geng had realized the excellence of the results of his hard work.

Wu Geng's expression of joy was because these good reviews were what she had always wanted but could not get. Li Nian was also happy for her and said nothing more, letting her be happy for a while longer. This child had suffered enough in the entire process of completing and revising this book, and now she finally tasted the sweetness. Even if she became too proud of herself, Li Nian felt that at least she could turn a blind eye to it today.

So he shut his mouth, and didn't make any weird sarcasm or say anything to deliberately make Wu Geng angry. Instead, he simply closed his eyes and rested.

But Wugeng had been happy for a long time, having been following the book reviews since last night. However, he suddenly calmed down a lot when he saw Li Nian. He no longer immersed himself in the joy of the rave reviews for his revised manuscript, but became silent, staring at Li Nian's face in a daze.

Li Nian could feel the gaze. After being stared at for such a long time, he couldn't help but open his eyes and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me? Can you continue reading your book reviews for a while? Or do you feel uncomfortable if I don't say a few words to you?"

Gogen thought for a moment and said, "If you don't say something weird, I'm not used to it. If you don't mock me, I'm like you've forgotten the contributions of you and Kasumigaoka-senpai and become arrogant?"

"Do you really want to hear me say that? I didn't realize you have some potential to be a masochist." Li Nian waved her hand in disbelief: "Since you feel that way, do I need to say more? Okay, just have fun. Today I will let you have fun to your heart's content. Don't worry about me."

"No, when I'm happy, I want to annoy you to death."

"...Be careful or you won't be happy later."

Wu Geng was not afraid of the threat at all. He laughed and suddenly said, "You said at the beginning that only when I succeed can I stop feeling uncomfortable and confused... Now, I seem to understand what you meant."

"Isn't it a bit early? It hasn't been published yet. You shouldn't wait for the review results to come out. It won't be too late for you to start being open-minded after you win the grand prize."

"…I just admit that I have no future, and say that my goal is to make money. Now that I can be praised for my writing, I feel very satisfied, as if I am very successful."

"That's really useless - just kidding. Being able to write something that people like is proof of success."

"I feel quite relaxed now, as if the fear and confusion I had before have become a joke."

Wu Geng felt that she was very cheerful today. She was extremely happy to receive such rare praise. At the same time, she felt as if she had thrown away some shackles and burdens that had been weighing on her for a long time, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

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