mousepad-d2 Chapter 13 13
Chapter 13 13
"My friend, let's have dinner together! Today, my assistant and I are having hot pot at home!"
Jiu Tun stared at the screen for a while, moved his fingers, typed a few words and then deleted them, typed them again, and deleted them again.
After repeating this several times, he decisively dropped his phone to feed the hamster.Huang Maoqiu is not as cold as before. Seeing him reach into the cage to get the feeding trough, Jiu Tun's heart was irritated when he saw him reach into the cage to get the feeding trough, and Jiu Tun felt agitated. With a quick swipe, Huang Maoqiu immediately fell backwards on his back, kicking his four little paws Turned over and got up, stood there staring at the trough in the master's hand.Jiu Tun had seen it like this for a long time, filled it with rat food and put it back, the yellow fur ball immediately picked up a corn and squatted on the spot, and Jiu Tun also squatted on the spot to watch it finished eating the corn and oats, and it took a long time before he got up and went back to his phone. Press the light to see the time, only 5 minutes have passed.
He sat back on the sofa with a depressed face and started typing.
"It's summer, why do you suddenly eat hot pot?"
"The little assistant has helped a lot these days. Treat her to a meal while the manuscript is over. It's more lively to eat at home!"
As long as he is not sleeping, the other party will always reply to his messages quickly.
"You are hungry."
"...It was exposed by you again. It really deserves to be Jiu Tun. How about it, come?"
"I'll forget it. I have something to do tonight. You can eat."
Jiu Tun stared at this sentence for a while, and quickly pressed send as if he was afraid that he couldn't help agreeing, and after thinking about it, he added: "Don't make it too late, it's not safe for girls to go back."
"Know it!"
Jiu Tun put down the phone and began to lose consciousness.
He lied to Ibaraki, in fact, he had nothing to do today, but he didn't intend to disturb Ibaraki and his little assistant - he thought this way, and then realized that he was lying to himself again.What am I doing... It's meaningless, he thought, it's just that I have been with Ibaraki too often recently, and I just want to control it... It's nothing strange, is it?It's okay to be irritable alone here, but it's really not good to find excuses to add drama to yourself.
The more Jiu Tun thought about it, the more annoying he became, so he simply opened a can of dark beer, turned on the computer, and prepared to bury himself in his work, but a new email popped up from the lower right corner of the screen, and Jiu Tun's brain was still recognizing the "single-book propaganda" With the words "plan", the hand has already opened the email involuntarily.
The first thing that catches the eye is the effect picture of the cover of the book. Half of the sleeves of the man are folded at the waist, revealing a strong arm, sitting cross-legged, with a pair of hawk eyes looking over from behind the wine bowl. want.The same is true of his red hair blown up by the wind, as if the flames of hell are rising from behind. Beside him, under the flames, there are countless shadows swaying in the dark night. The dazzling red is the only eye-catching thing in the whole picture. s color.
Ibaraki’s painting skills are really good. As far as this cover is concerned, the brush strokes are strong, the texture is simple, the details are full, and the sense of magic and the sense of the times is ready to come out. As such a young painter, Ibaraki can control this kind of theme with a strong sense of history It's not difficult. If the two fans first expressed their intention to cooperate, the fans of both sides still had some worried voices. The high quality of the finished comics completely extinguished the last doubt of all parties.For this sake, the work is inseparable from the close cooperation between him and Ibaraki. Fans also jokingly call them the "two relatives" of the manga...Unknowingly, his and Ibaraki's names have been often mentioned together.
Jiu Tun's eyes quickly scanned the entire plan, and finally returned to the cover picture, and stared at the red-haired ghost king: that appearance was very similar to himself.Ever since I knew Ibaraki's views on this character, when he looked at every picture—there were probably some psychological hints in it—he always felt that he was similar to himself, hair, eyes, and even the outline of the face, every part was like this Familiar and real, as if the "ghost king" of Dajiangshan had really lived in this world.
"When I saw you, I felt that the ghost king himself might be like this."
That person's voice poured out from his heart, with undisguised warm affection, Shuten's heart was once again comfortably wrapped in this pure affection... It was so comfortable, it made him recover quickly , I found myself thinking about Ibaraki again somehow.This is too much.He looked at the ceiling and wondered, how could there be such a terrible guy who unknowingly filled his life and squeezed into his heart, but he just smiled at him unknowingly, overly trusting and A happy smile always makes Jiu Tun feel hot.
Shuten hadn't had this feeling of being touched by something for too long.He has been single for some years, at first he was busy with work and had no time, and then he gradually got used to it. Occasionally, people would come by his side, and most of them would leave after a short trial.This is generally the case between people. When you are young, you come and go with your passion, and you are quite desperate, but adults are used to weighing, and you always give priority to reserving a way out for yourself.Shuten accepted such a world very early on, and lived in it with ease, enjoying the maximum freedom and indulgence.For the first time in such a long time, someone came so close to him, forcing him to seriously look at the other person, pay attention to the other person, accept the pure comfort and warmth from the other person, and give birth to the thought that he had avoided before: think and give The other side the same thing.
...I almost forgot that liking someone is such a troublesome thing.
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Ibaraki wiped off the water on his hands, put the last dish into the cabinet, and opened the refrigerator.He looked at it for a while, and finally took out a can of oolong tea from among the cold beer.
Beer is now a regular item in his fridge.Ibaraki seldom drank alcohol before. He always believed that such addictive substances would erode people’s mind. Once he indulged in desire and indulged in pleasure, he would degenerate. Aoyuki Deng laughed at him for this many times, saying that his lifestyle is too old-fashioned , but Ibaraki still firmly refuses to go to the bar with her - except for collecting materials.Later, he got acquainted with Shuten, and he found that Jiuten not only wrote good stories, but also had a deep knowledge of wine. The wine cabinet in his home almost occupied the entire wall, and the collection was full of beautiful things. Many of the wines were named Ibaraki He hadn't even heard of it before, seeing him curious, Jiu Tun explained to him bottle by bottle: the year of this bottle, which estate it was produced in; Although the rough earthen pots in it are inconspicuous in appearance, they were brought back from remote villages and towns in foreign countries during his travels; the ones in the white porcelain jug here are brewed by friends themselves, with limited energy and scarce production, so he does not exceed a small pot every year ... The expensive high-quality wine and the little-known local wine lie safely in the same cabinet, and the owner tells the stories behind each of them in his ears. Ibaraki is infected by this strange atmosphere and thinks it's no wonder Shuten can write intriguing stories—half of the vitality of his creation comes from his boundless imagination, and the rest is supported by his own experience, or limited by it. He himself often goes out to collect stories, but he is as knowledgeable as Shuten , casually talking about an ordinary past, all of which are interesting scenery that he has never seen before. The world in Jiu Tun's eyes is just like what he presents in his pen: all living beings have thousands of appearances, what they want is different, and what they want is different. Different routes lead to the same goal, everything is normal, behind the subtle irregularities in the normal, the hidden and complex human nature is very interesting.
Jiu Tun's attitude towards alcohol is also very ordinary, like drinking water, drink as much as you want, until you enjoy yourself, if there is nothing important the next day, it's okay to just get drunk-although with his drinking capacity, the usual way of drinking is It's hard to get drunk.Ibaraki did have an experience similar to being drunk. One time they were discussing storyboarding at home, and halfway through the chat, they watched an old movie without doing business, and swallowed a bottle of red wine. The taste was so delicious that he didn’t pay attention to drinking more However, just after halfway through the movie, I started to feel drowsy, and fell asleep on the sofa. When I woke up, it was evening, and the afterglow of the sun filled the room. Jiu Tun sat next to him and read a book. He made fun of him for sleeping unconscious, but he put down his book and got up to pour a glass of warm water.Ibaraki always feels that Shuten himself is also like wine, because of the long age, it is mellow and spicy, and the taste is extremely complicated, and he borrows the convenience of his work to see more and more unknown sides of the other party. This person feels that this person is far better than he imagined—indulging in it, unable to extricate himself, until he is very drunk.
He also occasionally drinks some wine now, but he is more used to drinking it with Shuten, after all, it is more interesting.
The fresh and sweet smell of food was still wafting in the room, Ibaraki opened the window to ventilate, sat on the window sill and started playing with his mobile phone.Qiuqiu felt the approach of its owner, rolled down the small slide, and looked out while holding on to the railing.
It still refused to move, and spent most of the day paralyzed in the nest. Ibaraki had to control the amount of rat food, and at least it didn't let it continue to gain weight.A few days ago, Jiu Tun also mentioned to him that the hamster had become fatter. He also comforted him by saying that it was because he was familiar with the environment. Now that he thought about it, he could eat while lying still, and he would not get up to work.
Ibaraki began to think about how to install a device in the mouse cage that would only eat food when it moved.
For people who are busy during the day, it is very important to have a night in which they can relax. It has been a long time since Ibaraki went all the way from the health problems of pets to the expression of animal hair in paintings, and read a few manga up.
He opened a familiar column habitually, then sighed.
No updates today.
Just about to reread the previous article in its entirety, a push message popped up on the top of the screen.
"Are you going to the company's annual meeting next week?"
It's Jiu Tun's message, he must have just returned from dealing with things.
"Go? Actually, I don't usually go to events, but the editor said that Dajiangshan Manga is now the main project, and I'm not allowed to be absent. I guess there's something wrong. How about you?"
"Same, there may be other actions in the future, then we will go together at that time, let's wait and see."
"it is good"
After Ibaraki replied, he continued to read the text.After reading a few chapters, the information jumped out again.
"What are you doing? The assistant went back?"
"Leaving early, I'm reading a novel. It's really uncomfortable to follow the serialization... I'm afraid that the author will abandon the pit and run away"
"... There is no way to do this, there are always times when I can't write."
"But the author will change his vest and run away at that time, and the readers can only wait and see. It's too miserable."
"That's right, but what can you do? Don't worry, there will always be pitfalls, and worrying is useless."
"... My friend is so proficient, has he cheated a lot of literature?"
"...What does it have to do with me, anyway, even if I cheat, you won't know that it's my cheat."
"...,, burst into tears.jpg"
"looking at what?"
"Uh, colleagues from Dajiangshan"
"..."
"It's not badly written! Do you want to read it?"
"What a good idea?"
"It's very original. It's very long. The writing style and plot taste are very similar to yours! Maybe it's for the pursuit of restoration, imitating your writing style... By the way, there are also branch plot expansions for each character..."
Ibaraki typed the elder's words in one breath, still waiting to add more, Jiu Tun quickly replied:
"...Oh, don't read it."
"??? Ah, don't you like being imitated by others?"
"It's not this problem, it's very strange, so I don't read it."
"……All right"
"Why, you like that article very much?"
"Yeah, I've been chasing after it for a long time... It's really amazing to write it like this, especially the feeling of the original work"
Jiu Tun made a meaningful expression.
"Oh? It feels like the original work... Which one is better than the original work?"
Izuku's heart skipped a beat.
"Do you even need to ask! Of course it has to be the original work! If there is no original work, there is no comparison! ! ! ! ! ! !"
"Oh."
It's over, it's over, Shuten is so indifferent, I'm absolutely upset, I'm going to die, how can I blow up fanfiction in front of the original author, I can't let my guard down just because I'm too familiar, Ibaraki Doji!
Ibaraki was so anxious that he didn't know what to say. He typed and deleted "I'm not" and "I didn't". Let him brush it up.He pulled back in fear, and saw this sentence:
"...Okay, I'll just tease you, I'll scare you."
……
Ibaraki let out a long breath.
"Scared me to death... But I did say something wrong just now, I still like your writing the most, no one else can compare with you"
Shuten's reply was also quick.
"...What are you talking about? It's just a joke. What are you thinking about so much? I'm really going to be angry?"
"You retracted a message"
"I didn't say anything! I'm going to read the article!"
Ibaraki quickly finished the last sentence, and closed the dialog box guiltily, but Shuten's reply still popped out from the push bar.
"Go, go to bed early, good night."
Ibaraki wanted to laugh a little, but also felt inexplicably lost.
He stared blankly at the push for a while, until it disappeared from the screen, and then reopened the article interface.
After the commotion just now, he was a little restless, he read a few lines hastily, but still couldn't read it, so he went back to Chapter 1 and tried to read it from the beginning.
Sure enough, they are still very similar, he thought while watching, the character's personality, the way of choosing words and making sentences, the seemingly insignificant details and metaphors, and even the cutscenes...
"...It's so restored, it's almost like it was written by the same person!"
Ibaraki stared at this comment and was stunned.
"Impossible, impossible, what am I thinking, it's too strange for Jiu Tun to do this. Yes, he himself said it was very strange."
He shook his head vigorously, trying to get the strange thought out of his head, but another vague thought came to his mind:
Mrs. Passerby seems to be updating every day... Since when did it start to update randomly... Come on...?
This idea was fleeting, and he always felt that he had grasped something, but he had no clue.
"...Forget it, forget it, it's impossible, impossible."
tbc