There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

In a hurry, Li Nian hurriedly freed his right hand to hold the two boxes steadily. At the same time, he moved sideways to hold Qingshan to prevent her from falling.

Qingshan hit the boy's solid chest.

Her first feeling was that her nose hurt!

"Well……"

After Qingshan stood firm, she immediately stepped back in a hurry, squatted down, covering her nose, and felt like she had hit a piece of steel. The pain made her close her eyes tightly, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Why is it so hard..."

Li Nian was stunned. He felt as if he heard Japanese with a Kansai accent, but he didn't think too much about it. He still asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"it's okay no problem."

It doesn't look like everything is alright.

Qingshan rubbed his nose and took a long time to open his eyes. He saw the boy in front of him holding two stacks of boxes, one tall and one short, firmly in his hands. He was stunned for a moment and thought the scene was a bit fantastic.

She couldn't help but start to question whether she felt something was wrong because she had been hungry for too long. In fact, the things in the box were not that heavy?

Li Nian smiled bitterly, threw the two boxes in his right hand onto another pile with a thrilling movement, and then held them in both hands. The scene finally looked a little normal.

"So, just let me do it and move all these over, right?"

"Eh? Ah, yes..."

"Understood, Qingshan, go and do your own thing. I'll find you when I'm done."

"Okay... I'm working at the front desk, you can find me there."

Qingshan had the illusion that she was being disliked and was in the way... Or maybe it wasn't an illusion. After what happened just now, she realized that staying there would only make things more complicated. She smiled awkwardly, covered her nose, and left the warehouse.

Her back looked a little desolate. Li Nian heard someone muttering "Something seems to be wrong..." from the other side and shook her head helplessly.

Apart from this small incident at the beginning, everything went smoothly at work afterwards. No matter what Qingshan asked Li Nian to do, he would complete it quickly and well. During this time, the boss came over to take a look and was very satisfied with the work efficiency of this new employee.

When Li Nian got off work, he was paid a little more because of this, saying that Li Nian had done a lot and it was what he deserved.

There was an opportunity to chat after work. After an afternoon of chatting, Li Nian and Qingshan became a little familiar with each other. From the conversation, Li Nian had a preliminary understanding of this girl named Qingshan Nanami.

Nanami Aoyama is in the same class as Kanda and is a student at Sobu High School, but her hometown is actually in Osaka... Li Nian asked why she heard Japanese with a Kansai accent, and it turned out that she was born there.

When Li Nian wondered why she had to travel so far to study in this school, she smiled somewhat lonely and said that she came here to pursue her dream.

It sounded like there was some hidden story behind it, but Li Nian didn't ask any further questions at the time.

After get off work, Li Nian said goodbye to Aoyama and returned to Sakurasou. She told Kanda about how she met Aoyama while working.

"You ran into Aoyama while working at the supermarket?" Kanda was a little surprised at first, but then he understood: "But Aoyama works in various places, so it's not that strange that you ran into her..."

“Working in various places?”

"Yeah, it's not a secret..."

Kanda told Li Nian about Qingshan with emotion. Li Nian then learned that she had decided to go to another place to study far away from her hometown because she had signed up for training at a voice actor agency here.

"Qingshan's family doesn't seem to support her idea. It seems that Qingshan needs to pay for the training class tuition and living expenses by herself. At the end of the month, she is often so poor that she can't even afford to eat..."

Li Nian stroked his chin, thinking of what Qingshan had said.

That's why I said I came here to chase my dreams...

Li Nian couldn't help but admire Qingshan. From Kanda's words, he could imagine how much sacrifice Qingshan had made for his dream.

"Since Li Nian works in the same place as her, please take care of her."

"I see... So you have such great financial pressure, so you want to move to Sakurasou..."

Li Nian muttered to himself, and Kanda captured some of the words.

"Wait, what did you just say? The idea of ​​moving to Sakurasou? You mean Aoyama?"

"Yes, she asked me about the charges at Sakurasou, and it seemed like that was the intention."

"That's right." Kanda thought about it, clapped his hands, and seemed to suddenly realize: "If Aoyama moves to Sakurasou, the accommodation and food here are not that expensive, which can save her a lot of expenses. I think this is ok..."

He fell into deep thought and suddenly looked in a certain direction.

Li Nian looked over and saw a girl named Shiina Mashiro looking at a white cat named Xiao Guang. The girl seemed to want to reach out and touch the kitten's fur, but for some reason, Xiao Guang, who should not be shy, stood up his fur and tail and bared his teeth at her in a threatening manner.

"…But if Aoyama knew that I was taking care of Shiina…I don't think that would be ok!"

I don’t know what he was imagining, but Kanda’s face was filled with despair.

His face turned pale and blue, wavering between despair and hope. Li Nian didn't quite understand.

Leaving Kanda alone and struggling, Li Nian returned to the room. Suddenly his cell phone vibrated. He took it out and saw a message on the communication app LINE.

——An Yi: At the book signing event tomorrow, what time and where do we meet?

Li Nian didn't understand what he was talking about. She searched her memory and remembered that An Yi was talking about the autograph session of "Kasumi Shiko".

He almost forgot about this matter and immediately replied, "You decide the place."

Got a reply quickly.

Li Nian put down his phone, feeling a little excited.

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PS:

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

Chapter 63 Uninvited Guests

The meeting place was set at the cafe where Li Nian and An Yi had met before.

When Li Nian arrived on time, they were already there.

As for why we use the plural form of them...

Li Nian was a little surprised when she saw the blonde girl with blue eyes and twin ponytails in front of her with a peaceful smile.

Naturally, An Yi, who brought the third person, asked Li Nian to introduce him.

"Finally here, come sit down. By the way, as you can see, I brought someone with me. Let me introduce her. She is..."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Sawamura Spencer Eriri. Hello, you must be the Li Nian classmate that A Yi has been talking about, right? I've heard him talk about you all the time."

Before An Yi, the girl greeted Li Nian with a gentle and sweet smile. She seemed extremely polite and cultured. Her tone was soft, and it sounded like a spring breeze, making people feel close to her.

Li Nian raised his eyebrows, but heard another meaning in her words.

Pretending not to know each other and saying it was our first meeting... that means the previous meeting doesn't count, is that what you mean?

He couldn't help but snort in amusement.

It was also in this place that when Li Nian met An Yi for the first time, he discovered that this young lady seemed to have followed him secretly to observe the situation. Later, she had a conflict with the third-year gangsters. Sawamura, who saw the scene, reprimanded her, thinking that Li Nian's brutality during the fight was a sign of hiding her true nature from An Yi.

Sawamura has always been a celebrity in Sobu High School, known for her beautiful appearance and the image of a kind young lady. But that day, her casual dress and stern attitude were far from the image she had always shown, and yet it was obviously a true expression of her feelings, as if that was her true nature.

but now……

She was wearing a light dress and had obviously put on light makeup, which highlighted her golden hair and porcelain-like skin. Any normal man would be instantly attracted to this beautiful girl, who was looking at him with an angelic smile on her face.

However, Li Nian felt a strong sense of alienation from that smile, and felt that he was seeing a false face... This thought might be a bit excessive, and it was also his fault that his mind was too sharp and he would magnify his intuitive feeling of anything unnatural many times.

I see, this is the “young lady’s way of treating people”, right?

In short, her attitude seemed to indicate that she didn't want An Yi to know that she had met her - perhaps the fundamental reason was that she didn't want people to know that she had dressed up like a pervert and stalked An Yi.

Li Nian understood what he meant and pretended to be surprised and honored.

"Isn't this Sawamura-san? He's a celebrity. I know, I know. Nice to meet you. I'm Li Nian... So what about An Yi? What brought this person here?"

An Yi had an uncomfortable stiff smile on his face.

"Eri also wants to be with us... eh!"

An Yi's facial features suddenly became distorted.

Li Nian felt some movement under the table and realized that this guy's foot had been stepped on hard by his female companion.

Sawamura coughed, took over the conversation and spoke softly.

"I ran into Tomoya-kun by chance while I was shopping. I heard him say that you guys were going to some autograph session this afternoon. It seemed like a lot of fun. I kind of want to go. Can you take me with you?" She then gave Tomoya a kind smile: "Is that right? Tomoya-kun?"

"Yes, yes...you are right." An Yi was sweating coldly due to the pain and nodded repeatedly with a grin.

Li Nian watched the farce they were performing with his brows twitching, and felt that Sawamura was trying to hide something from him.

He thought about it and decided that it didn’t matter, it was just a chance encounter, right… Okay, let’s just leave it that way.

"That's it." An Yi turned to Li Nian, her face full of resentment, and moved her legs uncomfortably. "As you can see, this guy wants to go with us. I'm sorry I didn't inform you before. Is it okay to add one more person now?"

"Of course." Li Nian had no objection. After thinking for a while, he asked tentatively, "...I also want to ask, is it a hindrance for me to stay here? Why don't we split up and act separately?"

"Huh? Why?"

An Yi didn't seem to understand the meaning of his words and asked back in surprise. However, the eldest lady seemed to understand Li Nian's implication very well. Her perfect smile froze for a moment, but then disappeared in a flash, replaced by an expression of "I don't understand what you are talking about" and she blinked blankly.

"Being in the way? How could that be?"

"Oh, forget what I said."

Li Nian shrugged.

Don't give assists then forget it.

Although there was one more person, attending a book signing event was not a group activity and had no impact. Li Nian and this classmate Sawamura had a little conflict when they first met, but he did not have any ill feelings towards her and took a nonchalant attitude.

At this point, there was still some time before the book signing event officially started. There was no rush to move, so they decided to meet at the coffee shop. An Yi had originally intended to invite Li Nian for afternoon tea, so Li Nian called the waiter and ordered some things, and he began to discuss excitedly with Li Nian.

"I will see the true face of that [Xia Shizi] soon! I am looking forward to it. I wonder what a person with such a delicate writing style would look like..."

"You'd better not expect a writer to be good-looking, or you may end up with a bigger disappointment." Li Nian shook her head and reminded him. She continued, "People who write good-looking articles may not be handsome. You never know if the author who writes in a delicate style is actually a big and strong man."

The basis is himself... Of course, the articles he wrote are just so-so and cannot be considered good, let alone delicate in style. It is not a good idea to use them as examples. He said this only because he remembered that when he first wrote the articles, there was a trend in the comment section where readers asked the author to dress up as a woman... He didn't think about whether the real scenes would be too shocking to the eyes.

Was it because Li Nian's analogy was not quite appropriate? Sawamura, who was listening, opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't.

"I know that too... It's not the first time I've attended a book signing event. I understand what you're saying, Li Nian." An Yi said with a wry smile: "It's common knowledge in the industry that the great writers in the light novel world don't look that good... But [Kasumi Shiko] is different! Because..."

"She's a beautiful writer who debuted as a high school girl, right?"

Li Nian knew that Wenku had used this gimmick to promote the book "Love Metronome" and that this book signing event was also paved with the excuse of "the debut of the beautiful young writer", but Li Nian didn't care about it and even sneered at it: "Gimms are something that can be listened to for fun, but it's stupid to take them seriously. Once it involves commercial packaging, people can always turn black into white."

Li Nian said this not because he thought [Xia Shizi] was really ugly, but he thought that the library's statement was too exaggerated. Maybe the actual situation was that she was of average appearance, and she might look better if she dressed up and appeared on the screen... Of course, he didn't care whether [Xia Shizi] was really beautiful.

"Don't you think that the library is using this to promote her work, which is a bit derogatory, Aki? It feels like they got the selling point wrong, as if they're saying, 'This book has no special features other than the author being a beautiful high school girl.'"

Sawamura nodded in agreement. Li Nian looked at her, and she shook her head vigorously as if she had suddenly come to her senses.

"I don't quite understand what you are talking about..."

Li Nian was speechless.

From what Amaki said, he knew that it was Sawamura who wanted to come to the book signing event, which meant that she was also a loyal reader of "Love Metronome". Seeing her hesitant to talk when listening to him and Amaki talking about this topic, it was obvious that she wanted to join in, but had some reservations.

Aren’t you tired of pretending like this?

"Hmm... now that you put it that way, it seems to make some sense." An Yi nodded thoughtfully.

Of course, Li Nian himself understood that his idea was a bit extreme. Commercial packaging was a normal and useful part of attracting customers. He was just pessimistic about this gimmick and didn't care. At this time, he shrugged and said.

"I've said a bit too much... It doesn't really matter. Anyway, an author should be judged by their works rather than their appearance. Personally, I know that her works are interesting enough."

"...When did you become such a highly conscious person?" An Yi looked at Li Nian in surprise, feeling that his remarks were very arrogant.

Li Nian avoided the topic and said with a smile.

"...It doesn't stop you from having expectations, right? Maybe she will be a beauty on the same level as Sawamura-san next to you, and we can feast our eyes on her."

Chapter 64: Breaking the Gap

Li Nian threw a topic over at the right time, hoping to give her a step to get into the topic.

But Sawamura smiled shyly, as if a little embarrassed, and didn't say anything. I don't know whether he didn't hear it or didn't want to cooperate.