Fang Qiu played and strolled along the way, and it wasn't until around ten in the morning that she finally arrived at the Liyue Publishing House.
Just as she reached the entrance of the editorial office, she saw a young girl walking out.
She was wearing a... hmm... cheongsam? Predominantly dark blue and black.
It also looked a bit like a shortened changshan.
The frilly white sleeves were quite loose, giving off a feeling that they contained some Mondstadt elements.
In short, since she hadn't researched much in this area in her past life, she couldn't quite figure out what kind of clothes the girl was wearing.
Regardless, it looked expensive.
Her ear-length hair was combed very neatly. Her appearance was very delicate and clear, not the soft and feminine kind, but rather a neutral, heroic kind of beauty.
Although her figure was thin and her chest flat, her waist was slender and flexible, and she had a pair of good legs.
Slender, straight, and fair.
A pair of beautiful legs exposed to the air.
It made Fang Qiu involuntarily recall a very wretched phrase she had seen online in her past life, which could nonetheless be considered the highest praise for legs:
"I could lick her legs until they fracture..."
Fang Qiu subconsciously lowered her head to look at her own legs.
Hmm...
Blocked by her chest...
Sorrow.
However, based on what she saw in the bronze mirror, her own legs were still somewhat better looking.
Just as Fang Qiu was recalling how her body looked when she changed clothes this morning, the young girl stopped in her tracks and stretched her waist.
"I've stolen half a day of leisure from this floating life. The weather is nice today. After being in seclusion for so long, I finally handed in the follow-up. Let's go for a walk at Wanwen Bookhouse; perhaps I can find a good book."
The girl's tender body stretched to its fullest under the bright sunshine, revealing the beauty of her delicate posture without reservation.
"That movement is too bold."
Fang Qiu sucked in a breath of cold air. Fortunately, there was no one around, only a few female secretaries. It didn't matter if they saw.
This was simply too defenseless.
A simple-minded little girl.
"Miss, may I ask if something is the matter?"
Seeing Fang Qiu looking at her, the girl couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare at you."
Fang Qiu hurriedly shook her head and smiled with a hint of embarrassment.
"Is that so? Then it was this humble one who was abrupt," the girl said without showing the slightest trace of awkwardness.
"This humble one?"
Fang Qiu was slightly stunned, but she immediately threw the doubt to the back of her mind. She looked at the girl and said, "I'm the one who was abrupt."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries before the girl bid farewell and walked away into the distance.
"What a strange girl."
Watching the girl's graceful retreating figure, Fang Qiu couldn't help but mutter a couple of sentences.
That girl just now used self-referential terms like 'this humble one' when speaking to her.
Very strange.
Forget it, why care about that?
She probably immersed herself too deeply in writing a book.
In the author groups of her past life, this kind of situation had happened before. There was one writer of classical Xianxia who often referred to himself as 'this deity' or 'this seat.' Every time he appeared, the whole group became awkward.
Of course, that was actually considered mild.
There was a male author before who wrote Danmei. As he wrote and wrote, he immersed himself into the role of a Danmei protagonist and was eventually successfully captured by one of his male readers.
It is said they already ran off to a country where same-sex marriage is legal and got married.
It was just terrifying.
It's no wonder an author friend from her past life went on a blind date and was asked by the woman if authors were prone to mental illness.
Thinking about it this way, it seems true enough...
Writing books is an act against the heavens; dying on the road is normal.
Suffering Qi deviation is naturally nothing new.
Thinking like this, Fang Qiu pushed open the door to the editorial office.
As soon as she entered, waves of noise washed over her.
"Sister Li Ling, come over and help me look at this. Check if there's a grammatical error in this sentence; I'm somewhat unsure."
"Which sentence? Let me see. Hmm... it is indeed a bit tongue-twisting, but it shouldn't count as a grammatical error. However, there is a syntax error in the preceding text here that you didn't check."
"Huh? It really is. I guess I've been too tired recently and my concentration is a bit scattered. I'm finished, I'm finished. Could the parts I proofread before also have problems...? I'm getting more and more worried."
"Go back and check. If something goes wrong, it will be troublesome."
"But I've already spent two hours proofreading this book... It's too difficult to proofread it all over again."
"Sigh, what can you do?"
"Wuwuwu, I can only start over."
The editors were busy as bees. Some were busy continuing to proofread new books from Inazuma, while others were busy reading works by local Liyue authors.
There were also a few authors discussing plots with editors with serious faces.
When the discussion went deep, some authors even revealed expressions of pain.
There were also two editors discussing going to the tavern for a couple of drinks after work to relax.
Her arrival did not attract the attention of others.
Only as she walked toward Bai Qing's desk did she gradually attract the attention of quite a few people present.
At this moment, Bai Qing was holding a book, reading earnestly.
However, her brows remained tightly furrowed, as if she had encountered some difficult problem and was pondering carefully.
The sudden gradual silence in the office also caught Bai Qing's attention. She put down the book in her hand, raised her head, and saw Fang Qiu standing in front of her.
"Sister Bai, good morning."
Fang Qiu gave a shallow smile and spoke.
"Good morning."
Bai Qing relaxed her furrowed brows and said with a smile.
After speaking, Bai Qing cast her gaze toward the manuscript held in Fang Qiu's arms and asked tentatively, "Is this a new book?"
"Mm."
Fang Qiu nodded.
"That fast? If the writing has no issues, it looks like we can make it for this issue's release date," Bai Qing mused.
Having said that, she looked at Fang Qiu again and said, "You should still remember what you promised me before, right?"
"Don't worry."
Fang Qiu nodded with a faint smile.
"That's good then."
Bai Qing smiled shallowly and accepted the manuscript.
Taking the manuscript, she looked at it.
Your Name. Another very strange title.
She didn't rush to read it but placed the manuscript aside.
"I have a lot of work on hand right now. I'll find you after I finish reading it."
Bai Qing pinched the space between her eyebrows and spoke with some fatigue.
"Mm, thank you for your hard work, Sister Bai."
Fang Qiu smiled shallowly and said.
While speaking, Fang Qiu subconsciously looked at Bai Qing's desktop.
A stack of manuscripts lay there.
Book title: A Legend of Sword.
A follow-up volume to A Legend of Sword?
Fang Qiu couldn't help but be stunned.
Isn't this the book that exploded in popularity in Inazuma?
She remembered the beginning content of the book was... interstellar war...
It was written by that author named Xingqiu.
"Sister Bai, has that author named Xingqiu been here?" Fang Qiu asked in confusion.
"Yes, he just left. Judging by the time he left, you two should have just run into each other, right?" Bai Qing said.
"No."
Fang Qiu shook her head, somewhat puzzled.
The Second Young Master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, a top-tier rich second generation.
Most importantly, she hadn't seen any men on her way here...
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