A newbie's anime life diary

Emmmm~ Her drawing skills are just average. Based on Yuki's understanding of his family, Shizuka and Yukino wouldn't be so bored as to play a prank. As for Haruno, her skill level is a bit higher. So there's only one conclusion.

Eriri's dog-face doodle is Utaha's masterpiece.

Although it was a prank, I have to say it was quite cute and funny.

Eriri, who had been laughing non-stop, suddenly started laughing when she saw Yukiteru, and she was a little confused about what was going on.

But gradually, looking at the graffiti on Xuehui's face, thinking about how he had almost collapsed from laughing so hard earlier, and then looking at Xuehui's smile again...

Hmm~~~~~~

She immediately reached out, grabbed the phone from a small stool next to the recliner, and turned on the phone's selfie mode.

Then, Eriri's smile gradually twisted.

Although Eriri is usually a bit ditzy, she is quick-witted when it comes to certain things. Within seconds, she realized whose handiwork was on her face.

"Kasumigaoka Utaha!!!"

After putting down her phone and climbing off Yukiteru, Eriri stormed upstairs. A little while later, Yukiteru heard a commotion upstairs, along with Eriri and Utaha's shouts.

"Ha...it's really lively." Shaking his head, Xuehui picked up his phone and suddenly saw the clown-like graffiti on his face in the camera lens.

With one eye closed, Xuehui saw that an eye had also been drawn on his eyelid. The technique was really good.

"Yes, I've decided on the first thing I'll do after I get up."

After putting down his phone and stretching his arms, Xuehui headed towards the second floor to find Yangnai.

During dinner, Shizuka and Yukino were eating when they stared blankly at the different styles of graffiti on the faces of the four people in front of them, completely bewildered.

What are they doing without their knowledge?

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Last night, after a series of discussions, Xuehui finally decided on the clothes to pack in his suitcase. He was quite relaxed; he didn't have to worry about what to bring and could just rest until the day of departure arrived.

Finally, on the second day of the Spring Festival holiday, the day arrived for me to set off for China for work, and also to travel and relax.

Because they were going abroad, they didn't drive themselves today, but instead called a guard to bring the car, which took them directly to Tokyo Narita Airport.

The group consisted of six people, one man and five women. Although they were all wearing sunglasses, you could tell from their clothes and figures that the five women were all beautiful, and one of them even had striking blonde hair with pigtails.

As for Xuehui, the boy, he was ignored by everyone. After all, boys and girls are different, and there was nothing to see after he put on sunglasses.

After passing through security, storing their luggage, and proceeding through the passageway to the business class section of the plane, Xuehui and the others finally took off their sunglasses.

"Phew, wearing sunglasses was definitely the right thing to do. Xuehui almost got recognized before. Seriously, how come a boy like you gets recognized?" Sitting in her seat, Eriri looked at Xuehui's grinning face, completely puzzled.

In response, Xuehui shook his finger, looking as if he had seen through everything, and said, "Why can't I be recognized? First of all, the news that I was going to China for promotional activities was released half a month ago, didn't you see it? There are a lot of fans online saying they want to go with me. It's not wrong for some people to wait for me at the airport. Besides, in these three months, the Sword Art Online SAO anime only has one episode left. Asuna is undoubtedly the most popular female protagonist of this January anime, and she will even continue to be the most popular in the April anime. The popularity boost brought by the anime is naturally huge. Hasn't your manga also benefited during this period? The sales of the collected volumes have skyrocketed."

"Ugh... I guess you're right. Ugh, I'm so unhappy. I'm going to have a big meal when we get there!"

While listening to the instructions on the radio and fastening her seatbelt, Eriri said with a dissatisfied look.

Her words were echoed by everyone else, especially Yang Nai, who kept muttering about wonton noodles, roast meats, rice noodle rolls, double-skin milk pudding, and a whole host of Cantonese dishes—it was practically a menu recitation. It seemed that Yang Nai had truly devoted herself entirely to food this time, aside from her work, and had thoroughly investigated all the culinary delights included in their first stop.

That's right. After all, we're going to China, it would be a shame not to enjoy the food. Although Xuehui cooks an increasingly variety of Chinese dishes, experiencing them in person is the best way to truly appreciate the experience.

After helping Xiaojing fasten her seatbelt and checking her over, Xuehui asked her, "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Don't worry, your teacher sent someone to check me out, didn't she? I haven't been idle these past few days; I've been learning about health and wellness, so my body is much healthier than the average pregnant woman. Besides, I'm only three months along, so flying is perfectly safe. You can always ask the flight attendants later." Xiao Jing pinched Xue Hui's cheek and said with a smile, though she quite appreciated this almost nagging concern.

Although Xuehui knew that the person her teacher had found was truly professional, she was still worried. So she actually found a flight attendant. After receiving a positive reply and being told to call immediately if there were any problems, Xuehui finally breathed a small sigh of relief and held Xiaojing's hand, saying, "Tell me if you feel unwell, okay?"

"I know! I'm almost an old man."

Feeling the warmth of Xuehui's palm, Xiaojing nodded in agreement after teasing him for a while.

After chatting with everyone for a while, and then 15 minutes later, the plane finally started moving slowly after the flight attendants announced over the loudspeaker.

Then, after a short taxiing distance and a sudden feeling of ascent, the plane finally left the ground and flew into the sky.

The journey to China has officially begun.

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Chapter 356 Arrival

Xuehui and his group took a flight around noon, and had airplane food for lunch. Although the food in business class wasn't bad, they were all quite picky eaters, so they found it just so-so and barely enough to fill their stomachs.

After finishing her meal, Xiaojing, as usual, went to sleep. After asking the flight attendant for a blanket and covering her with it, Xuehui also dozed off; the journey would take more than four hours, so she needed to rest.

On the other side, Yukino also started to rest, but Haruno, Utaha, and Eriri were very energetic and were talking about what they wanted to do after arriving.

Eriri said excitedly, "I want to eat dessert! Like that double-skin milk pudding, I want to try the authentic one! And the roast meats, char siu, poached chicken, roast duck, roast goose, hehehe..."

Seeing Eriri's drooling expression, Shiho pouted speechlessly. But to be honest, she was also a little excited. After all, she had always traveled within China. Going abroad, and not with her parents, was a first for her. However, compared to nervousness, Shiho felt more anticipation than nervousness about traveling together.

After chatting for a while, Eriri and Utaha got a little bored and fell asleep one after the other. Haruno, after reading for a while, also felt sleepy and closed her eyes to rest. After all, she had received special "care" from Yukiteru last night.

After a flight of more than four hours, and after everyone had taken a nap, we finally arrived at our destination.

Looking out the window at the city faintly visible below, Xuehui felt a surge of emotions.

This was once his hometown, but his identity is different now. Although he still possesses the soul of a Chinese person, he must admit that he has completely adapted to his current life. Furthermore, this is just a parallel world of China, making it unlikely that he will settle here permanently.

Upon arriving on this land, Xuehui planned to do nothing more than work, travel around, and enjoy food and drinks. As for the things in novels where one is reborn into a parallel world to find their old address, Xuehui couldn't be bothered with that; it was pointless.

After a slightly bumpy landing, the plane finally came to a slow stop at the airport.

After collecting their belongings, disembarking, and completing immigration procedures, Xuehui and his group spent another half hour waiting for their luggage to appear. Six people, six suitcases—it certainly took some time and required a bit of patience and sharp eyesight.

Finally, after getting all the suitcases, everyone prepared to go out and find the person who was supposed to pick them up.

In addition to his own company's business, he also came to China to promote the sales and distribution of his novels. So the person who picked him up at the airport was a staff member from the Wenku office in China. It seems that he was assigned a girl.

Upon arriving at the airport terminal, Xuehui and his companions felt a headache coming on as they looked at the massive crowd of people waiting to pick up passengers. They had initially found it amusing to watch others find their own partners waiting to be picked up, but now that it was happening to them, it was truly a hassle.

Fortunately, Xuehui's name has four characters, making it relatively easy to find. Soon, at a spot on the side, we spotted a cute girl, about 1.5 meters tall, with a single ponytail, holding a sign.

"Aren't you afraid that having a girl like that pick you up at the airport will cause her to get lost in the crowd?" After complaining to Yukino and the others beside him, Yukiteru led everyone to the girl and said, "Hello, I am Hiratsuka Yukiteru."

The cute girl was anxiously waiting when she suddenly saw a man and five women appear in front of her, and Xuehui speaking fluent Chinese. She was instinctively stunned for a moment, then immediately exclaimed with delight, "Ah! Teacher Kong! Hello, I'm Hao Meng, here to pick you up at the airport today!"

"Hmm, she is indeed quite cute." After praising the girl with interest upon hearing her name, Xuehui said to the slightly blushing girl, "Alright, let's go out first. By the way, has your accommodation been arranged?"

Squeezing through the crowd, the cute girl led Yukino and the other three girls out of the airport. She glanced at the five beautiful girls, including Yukino, suppressed a hint of doubt, and began to answer seriously, "Teacher Sora, you said you didn't want to stay in a hotel and hoped to rent a villa, but our budget was limited. However, after you said you would pay for your own accommodation, we spent a few days finding you a high-end villa in a good location. We also used some connections to get the villa's rent 30% cheaper than the original price, as a small compensation from us."

"A 30% discount? Looks like you have good connections around here." Raising an eyebrow, Xuehui didn't mind the rent, but their actions were still quite reassuring.

"Hehehe, it just so happens that one of our managers has a relative who is in charge there. After a little talk, he gave us an insider price." The cute girl obviously considered Xuehui one of her own, and she blurted out all this inside information.

Upon arriving outside the airport, in front of a van, the cute girl said to Xuehui, "Teacher Kong, if there's nothing else, let's head out for dinner to welcome you! It'll be almost dinnertime once we leave the airport and get to the city center."

"Well, nothing else, I'm heading out..."

Just as he was about to agree, Xuehui's phone rang. He picked it up, puzzled, and saw it was an unfamiliar number. Who could it be?

"Hello, is this Hiratsuka Yukiteru-kun?"

As soon as the call connected, a somewhat deep-voiced male voice came through, speaking in Mandarin.

Xuehui raised an eyebrow, instantly remembering that this was someone his teacher had mentioned—a member of the cooperative organization in China. Ryougi Shiki wasn't one of those old fogies who thought their own strength was the strongest and they didn't need to rely on or cooperate with anyone. Ryougi Shiki was well aware of the strength of her own territory; in China, she was at best only above average. There were plenty of powerful figures on the other side.

So over the years, Ryougi Shiki has made many trips here and established cooperative relationships with some friendly organizations. Recently, she has even reached a higher level and reached some cooperation agreements with the government, including in terms of information and resources.

So when Xuehui arrived here today, the Chinese organization attached great importance to the arrival of their friendly personnel, saying they would help deliver some travel documents to facilitate his travel.

"It's you guys. I should be at the airport entrance. Have you arrived?" Xuehui asked immediately after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, I've arrived." The voice came not only from the microphone but also from outside. Yukiteru turned around and immediately saw a young man in a suit with short hair walking towards him. "Hello, Hiratsuka-kun."

"Hello, what's your name?" Knowing that Xuehui could speak Chinese, the other person didn't use Japanese as a formality. Xuehui didn't mind and shook hands with the other person.

"My surname is Chen. I've come to deliver some documents to you." With that, he handed the file bag to Xuehui.

"Inside, besides the Chinese driver's licenses and a series of passes prepared for any eventuality, there are also two sets of car keys. Since you've already taken care of the accommodation, we didn't go to any extra trouble. So we found two cars to make it easier for you to travel, and they've already been delivered to the villa where you'll be staying."

Did you prepare this much?

Xuehui took the bag with some surprise and said to the man surnamed Chen, "Thank you."

“It’s nothing, we’re all partners, it’s only right.” The man shook his head and said, “My number and some phone numbers you can call if you encounter any problems are inside. Hiratsuka-kun, enjoy your trip for now, and contact me the day before you leave. I’ll take you to meet my superior, and I think the head of the Ryougi family has already told you about it.”

"I know, I'll contact you then."

"Well then, have a pleasant trip." With that, the man immediately turned and left.

Yuki weighed the file bag in his hand; it was quite heavy. After giving Yukino and the others an OK sign, he said to the somewhat stunned cute girl, "Alright, it's just some materials prepared for me by a business partner. Let's go, let's go get something good to eat first."

"Oh! Come on, let's go get something to eat!" The cute girl immediately realized what was going on and, adhering to the principle of "don't ask what you shouldn't ask," focused on being a tour guide.

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I wrote this last night, so the update time today is on time.

Chapter 357 The First Night, Forget Sleeping, Get Up and Party!

Hao Meng, who temporarily served as Xuehui's tour guide, was not a local of Guangzhou, but she went to university here and worked here for more than a year after graduation.

As a girl who also loves to eat, she has become very knowledgeable about the city and its surrounding areas, especially the food scene, over the past few years. She knows exactly where the best food is and where it's both cheap and delicious.

Worried about Xuehui and the others' long journey, the cute girl found a hotel not too far from their villa that had great reviews and delicious food. The food at this restaurant was really good, especially the roast meats, though it was a bit pricey. Luckily, her boss had given her some budget for the event, allowing her to treat some teachers to a nice meal; otherwise, she would have had to wait a while before she had extra money to eat there.

There's no way around it, girls always have a ton of things they want to buy, and foodies are no exception.

Xuehui and the others thoroughly enjoyed their dinner, especially Eriri and Yangna, who both loved meat and didn't have to worry about gaining weight. Even Shizuka, whose appetite had increased since becoming pregnant, ate slightly less than them. However, Shizuka drank an extra bowl of soup; the soup here was quite good, and she really liked it.

Yukino and Utaha, having companions with them, remained quiet throughout. Utaha maintained her aloof demeanor in front of others, while Yukino ate while pondering the preparation process, seemingly trying to learn the technique.

While eating, Yukiteru also kept an eye on Shizuka, reminding her not to eat too much oily food. He was quite laissez-faire about Yukino's actions. If she succeeded, great; if not, he could always teach her again later.