Sighing faintly, Fang Qiu picked up the nightdress at hand and put it on.
"Mm."
Feeling the sense of constriction brought about by the sudden tightening of the nightdress, Fang Qiu clamped her pearly white teeth tightly over her tender red lips, wanting to hold back from making a sound. Although she tried her best to suppress it, Fang Qiu still couldn't restrain herself and let out a soft, watery hum.
Her fingers, like jade scallions, gently hooked the folds at the waist, and the area around her chest immediately loosened up considerably.
"Phew."
Feeling the sense of liberation at her chest, Fang Qiu gently exhaled a breath.
Speaking of which, although sleeping in undergarments or sleeping naked offered a greater sense of liberation than wearing a nightdress, wearing a nightdress provided a greater sense of security than the former options.
Just think about it: what if some natural or man-made disaster happened in the middle of the night?
For example, an earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunami, landslide, or fire... wouldn't one have to run outside to seek refuge?
If one were sleeping stark naked under the covers, or just curled up in undergarments, one would have to run out wrapped in the quilt...
The scene would be extremely awkward.
Back in her past life, when she was still in university, there was a day when she returned to the dormitory after class. Just as she walked downstairs, she heard the fire alarm go off.
Then she saw quite a few people running out of the dormitory wrapped in quilts.
Later, she found out that there wasn't actually a fire. It was just the school leaders leading a team to inspect the school. On a whim, a leader wanted to test if the system worked, and thus triggered that building's alarm device.
Later, to compensate the people in that dormitory building, the leader gave everyone in the entire building one hundred yuan.
Hmm... the kind that was deposited onto the meal card.
Although it was deposited onto the meal card, it was money that could be used for real, so it was quite honest.
The most important thing was, she had freeloaded it too.
Thanks to the leader's itchy hands.
After sighing with emotion for a bit, she washed up and then nestled into the blankets.
The happiest time of every day was the time spent lying in bed waiting to fall asleep after everything that needed to be done was done.
Of course, having this feeling was probably because, in her past life, due to her poor mental state, she would basically lie in bed typing away until late at night every day, and then fall asleep from exhaustion...
The blankets were so warm.
Nestled in the blankets, Fang Qiu nuzzled the soft pillow. She cast her gaze out the window; the night scenery outside was blurry and the moonlight was truly beautiful.
The Milky Way, like a white ribbon, carried resplendent starlight as it traversed across the vast starry sky.
Fang Qiu suddenly remembered a line from an anime in her past life that was bursting with chuunibyou energy.
"Someday, I will tear apart this hypocritical starry sky."
Consequently, Fang Qiu discovered a very serious problem.
Not only had she forgotten to use the folding screen to block the window, but she had also forgotten to even close the window...
But, her sleepiness had already brewed to just the right point...
Sigh.
Melancholy.
Fang Qiu weighed her options and decided to get up and close the window.
After all, if she didn't close the window properly now, the rising sun tomorrow would be just as torturous as when she was in university in her past life, where the school required all students to gather on the playground at seven in the morning to do the Second Set of National Broadcast Gymnastics for Primary and Secondary Students, "The Rising Sun."
Speaking of which, hearing the reminder bell for exercises while sleeping soundly every morning really made one want to let out a marmot scream.
The so-called "Mask of Pain" was nothing more than this.
Moreover, if she didn't close the window, it was highly likely she would catch a cold from the wind in the middle of the night.
So, after only hesitating for a moment, Fang Qiu helplessly got up to close the window.
She glanced at the boundless ocean outside the window, then silently closed it, unfolded the folding screen, and blocked the window.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean.
On Mt. Yougou.
At the Grand Narukami Shrine, the night scenery was just right, and the lights were bright.
A pink-haired woman with a beautiful face, wearing magnificent shrine maiden attire and hair accessories primarily in pink and purple tones, was leaning on a lounge chair under the Sacred Sakura.
"Why do I feel that the quality of works has generally declined recently? Are the editors at Yae Publishing House really working properly?"
The pink-haired woman read the book intently, lifted a cup of sake, took a shallow sip, sighed lightly, and continued, "This one is considered somewhat interesting, but compared to that little girl named Fang Qiu from Liyue, it falls quite short."
As she spoke, the wind blew, and cherry blossoms fell.
A single petal drifted gently into her bowl.
The pink-haired woman looked up at the shrine maiden sitting opposite her and asked, "Kano, have you found any good books?"
"Lady Yae, there are a few decent books, but compared to Miss Fang Qiu's works, they are indeed lacking."
Kano Nana shook her head and said.
Back when she read Miss Fang Qiu's books, Your Lie in April made her cry for a full day, leaving her listless for three whole days.
She cried so sadly that day that even Sayu felt too embarrassed to slack off and sleep.
Although, later she heard that Sayu presumably disappeared for two full days to make up for the lack of sleep caused by working diligently that day, before finally reporting back to the shrine.
The Eternal was the same; it made her cry for a long time.
They could be said to be the two best novels she had ever read.
"It seems it's time to give the editors at Yae Publishing House a little pressure."
Yae Miko narrowed her eyes slightly, a faint smile hooked at the corner of her mouth, speaking playfully.
"Lady Yae, this isn't something that can be solved just by giving the editors pressure, is it?"
Kano Nana said helplessly.
"Relax, I'm joking."
Yae Miko smiled and said, "Of course I understand that kind of thing."
Kano Nana looked at the smile hooked at the corner of Yae Miko's mouth and felt that this Lady didn't seem to be joking...
"Rather than pressuring these editors, it would be better to send someone to Liyue to tie that little girl up and bring her to the Grand Narukami Shrine. Then, lock her in a small dark room and train her into a writing maiden who knows nothing but writing books."
Yae Miko picked up the chopsticks on the table, picked up a piece of Fried Tofu, and put it into her mouth. She tasted it, covered her red lips with her hand, and said with a face full of enjoyment, "The Fried Tofu is cooked just right, fresh, tender, and juicy. Not bad, really not bad."
Looking at Lady Yae who was attentively enjoying the food, Kano Nana felt somewhat helpless.
The matter Lady Yae mentioned about tying that Miss Fang Qiu up and bringing her to the Grand Narukami Shrine to train her into a writing maiden who only knows how to write books—that should be a joke, right?
After all, this should be much more outrageous than pressuring the editors of Yae Publishing House.
But what if Lady Yae Miko was serious?
What if one day, after she came back from catching Sayu, she saw Lady Yae bring a woman tied up with ropes back to the Grand Narukami Shrine, and then say, "I have matters to attend to recently; do not disturb me unless it is important."
And then she would drag a terrified Miss Fang Qiu into the room, and before long, mournful cries would come from inside...
"No... don't... I beg you, let me go, I don't want to write books, I beg you, spare me..."
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