【Jiu Ci】It's all true love, don't compare

"Om-"

The phone vibrated on the table. After a while, no one answered, and the vibration stopped, but within a few seconds, it rang again.

A hand stretched out from the sofa cushion, fumbled to grab the phone, and pressed to answer.

"Mr. Ibaraki Doji, what time is it?" A female voice said calmly, "Did you stay up late again yesterday?"

"...What are you doing..." Ibaraki buried his face in the sofa, his voice was low and indistinct.

"...That's right, Flame Wine, the author you like so much, isn't it from our company. Their business department plans to make "Dajiangshan" a cartoon, and they may intend to cooperate with us."

"……Oh Ha???????"

Ibaraki stared wide-eyed, sat up from the sofa suddenly, and dropped the books and cushions on the floor.

"Are you awake?" The other side laughed, "You know, our painters are all busy, but your work has just finished, and the original work is serious, the author himself doesn't seem to want to be too cute, your style is just right It is also more suitable, so I discussed it with Boya, and if there is no problem, I may let you try this project first... In short, you should get up first, wake up, and I will go to your house in half an hour."

Ibaraki hangs up the phone in a daze, the room is quiet, and the afternoon breeze blows the curtains.

He lowered his head, and there was a copy of "Da Jiang Shan" spread out on his body, which was the last volume that he fell asleep halfway through reading last night.

Ibaraki sat for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and slapped his face frantically.

"I'm not dreaming...Ah!!!"

He fell back heavily on the sofa, rolling back and forth excitedly, feeling like his face was about to crack with laughter.Qiuqiu poked his head out of the small house, and Heidou blinked at his mad master.

"No, calm down, Ibaraki Doji, calm down, I haven't said it must be you, calm down."

After posting two consecutive status exclamations about this incident, he finally came back to his senses, turned over and got up from the sofa to wash up.The over-indulgent face in the mirror made him very dissatisfied, and he made up his mind to go to bed early and get up early today.

There was still a while before the appointment time, he made himself some cereal, picked up his phone and started checking unread messages.

"Sorry to bother you, my hamster started to grind his teeth, I don't know if it's okay?"

The time of sending the letter was last night, after Ibaraki started to read the book.

This neighbor lived two floors up from Ibaraki's house. Ibaraki had never seen him in the building before. The man's appearance was handsome, with high browbones, piercing eyes, and a distinctive foreign-like facial contour. He had red hair. A ponytail was tied behind his head, so beautiful that he wanted to draw a portrait of the other party.If he met such a person, he would definitely have an impression.

But there is nothing strange about this in itself. Even if you live in the same building all your life, you may never encounter it once in your life.

Ibaraki bit the milk bag and began pressing the keyboard with his fingers.

"I had something to do yesterday, so I didn't check my phone, sorry. Did you just start grinding your teeth?"

The other party replied quickly: "Yes, since yesterday morning."

"If it's convenient, take a picture of the cage and show me."

The picture was sent, a yellow fur ball nestled in a small mushroom-shaped house.

"Uh, it may be that the environment of the new home makes it too stressful. I still have something to grind my teeth, otherwise I will bring it to you later. If it doesn't work, I suggest you buy more toys for it. When is it convenient for you?"

"At any time, today at home."

"Okay, I'll be there in the evening."

Not long after the doorbell rang.Ibaraki opened the door, Aoyuki walked into the room familiarly, put the bag in his hand on the table, and started to make tea for himself.

"What about the project?" Ibaraki leaned against the wall with his arms folded.

"What Qingming and the others mean is that since it's the same company and the resources are nearby, it's okay to solve it internally. I know you like that author. If you are interested, I will show him your work later," Qingxing Dengduan Picking up the teacup, "I think at your level, this project can be held completely, but the workload is a little bit heavy. I will assign you an assistant later, and just concentrate on this project. How about it?"

"Let me think about it..."

"What are you thinking about? Are you afraid that you won't be able to pass the test..." Qing Xingdeng paused, then turned around, "Wait, are you nervous?"

Ibaraki didn't speak, sat on the sofa, grabbed a cushion and hugged it in his arms, rubbing it expressionlessly.

Qing Xingdeng was amused.

"Oh, why are you so nervous?"

She also sat down and began to tease Qiuqiu in the cage, "I have the opportunity to cooperate, and I will definitely be able to meet and communicate with myself. Isn't that a good thing? You have been clamoring for someone's autograph all day long."

"I'm not..." Ibaraki gritted his teeth, "Of course I want to take it! I dream of painting for Teacher Lie Yan, okay! But he has such big hands! His works are so good! What if he doesn't want to cooperate with me?"

"I don't want to cooperate with you. We don't have any other suitable painters here." Qing Xingdeng took a sip of tea, "Mr. Ibaraki, don't always think that you are a small fan of others, you are also a big fan, okay? Take out your usual tall Is it cold?"

"I... oh-"

Ibaraki fell into the sofa and began to sigh, Qingxing Deng patted him affectionately, got up and turned on the computer.

"I brought all the plans, come on, let's study carefully, and my sister will help you hook up this author."

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After typing out the last few words, Jiu Tun edited the layout of the article and sent it out.

He switched accounts and looked at the artist's homepage, and there were still two updates on it:

"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"I actually had the chance to hook up with you!!!!!!! Am I living in a dream!!!!!! So happy!!!!!!"

He stared at the screen indifferently for a moment, took off his glasses, got up and moved around, and started making dinner.

The doorbell rang just as the pasta was cooking.

Shuten opened the door, and Ibaraki stood at the door holding a small paper bag.

"For grinding your teeth," he shook his hand, "do you want me to see your hamster?"

"Okay, come in and sit down." Jiu Tun took the bag and let him in, "What would you like to drink? Water or juice?"

"No thanks."

Ibaraki seemed to pay attention to his apron for a moment, then quickly looked away.

Jiu Tunbu didn't care, brought the hamster cage over to show him, took off his apron, started to eat, and paid attention to Ibaraki's movements while eating.But Ibaraki just observed the cage naturally, and didn't try to touch the shrunken yellow fur ball.His arms were casually resting on his knees, and being in a stranger's home didn't seem to make him nervous at all, or maybe the novel narrowed the distance between the two of them, in short, he looked relaxed and happy.This made Shuten also relax, thinking that the other party was his reader, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

"It feels normal. Just don't put it in a place that is too bright or too noisy. Play with it more often, and it will get better gradually."

Ibaraki didn't speak until the end of the game was reached.

"Okay, thank you." Jiu swallowed the last bite of food, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm not very good at raising this thing, it was a gift from a friend, I think she probably wants to punish me."

"Really? What a coincidence, mine was also a gift from a friend," Ibaraki laughed, "She said she was afraid that I would die at home alone, which gave me some motivation to live."

"You live alone too?" Jiu Tun said, "Me too."

Ibaraki smiled, just as the hamster crawled out of the nest and began to bite the cage restlessly.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Ibaraki shrank back and raised his hands, "The hamster is more exclusive, it may smell my ball."

Jiu Tun was amused by this overly cute name, he resisted the urge to tease the other party, came over and lifted the mouse cage away, and put it under the window.The mat under the cage slid open, and he tidied up obsessively for a moment.

There was a short gasp from the sofa behind him, as if the scream had been suppressed in his throat.

"what happened?"

Shuten keenly caught it and got up to look.

"Ah—it's okay, it's okay!" Ibaraki stood up from the sofa in a panic, "That's right, I just brushed something interesting."

His face was a little flushed, trying to hide himself, he looked very uncomfortable, and he was a different person from a moment ago.

Shuten inexplicably felt a little funny.

"What is it? Can you show me?"

He casually walked over, pretending to poke his head to look at the cell phone in Ibaraki's hand.

Ibaraki was really a little nervous this time, he put his hands behind his back, subconsciously took half a step back, his calf bumped into the sofa behind him, and staggered.

"feed me--"

Shuten wanted to reach out to help him, but was caught by his outstretched leg, instantly lost his center of gravity, and fell down together with Ibaraki.

The air is quiet.

Jiu Tun grabbed the back of the sofa with one hand and supported the sofa with the other, trying not to let himself be pressed down.

Ibaraki was completely shrouded in his shadow, his expression looked a little dazed, his eyes were wide open, and he froze there.

"—I'm joking, don't be nervous..."

Shuten reflexively completed what he had just said.

"Oh……"

Ibaraki let out a breath, and his whole body relaxed, sinking into the sofa and watching Shuten, as if waiting for him to do something.

Shuten is also a bit confused, what should I do at this time?His brain seemed to be shaken into a mess, and his thinking slowed down by half a beat, and all his attention was focused on the messy white hair in front of him that looked good to the touch.

"That." After a while, Ibaraki finally couldn't help but say, "Why don't you get up first?"

"……okay."

It was only then that Shuten came to his senses, propped himself up on the sofa, and Ibaraki also walked away from the sofa and stood up.

"Then I won't bother you. I'm going back. I'll contact you if you need anything?"

Ibaraki said, and looked down at the phone again.

"Okay, thank you for today."

Jiu Tun cleared up his mood, put on a polite smile again, and sent him out the door.The other party briefly said goodbye and left quickly.

Jiu Tun closed the door, stood in the living room for a while, and then began to clear the dining table.

He was washing the dishes absently, still replaying the expression on Ibaraki's face that seemed eager to escape in his head.

The accident was too embarrassing, and Ibaraki's reaction made him even more concerned.Ibaraki seemed to be a friendly and enthusiastic person, and he didn't want the other party to have any unpleasant thoughts because of this matter.

After thinking about it, he just felt that he really shouldn't make that frivolous joke.

On the other side, Ibaraki entered the house, didn't even bother to change his clothes, and threw himself into the sofa, the excitement in his eyes was about to overflow:

"Damn it, it's all about that woman Qing Xingdeng. It took me so long to make me miss the update!! Mrs. Passerby, I'm coming!!"

tbc