All the people who like me are other people’s girlfriends! ?

When Qingye came to his senses, the whistling wind slightly blew his bangs, and a girl ran in front of him with great momentum.

The slightly breathless girl placed her hands on his autograph table.

"Hehe, I'm definitely number one this time, Aqing!"

The sunny and beautiful girl smiled and spoke, revealing her neat white teeth. That bright smile without any haze was very pleasing to the eye.

"...burning salt?"

Qingye looked at her in surprise, as if he didn't expect her to come so early, but he soon put away his surprise, stretched out his fist and showed the same smile.

"Is this the bond between comrades? I'm so touched."

Shaoyan Lemon bumped fists with him, then sat down and chattered:

"I was so scared just now. When I first ran here, the bookstore wasn't open yet, so I thought I'd go to the convenience store next door to get something to eat first. But when I came back, someone had already gone in... Luckily, they weren't your fans!"

"Hmm? Don't say hurtful things to me with such a cheerful look on your face!"

Qingye complained, then continued, "Did you come here running? I remember your home is quite far from here."

"No, don't get me wrong, I didn't get up early to queue up just for you..."

Shaoyan Lemon crossed her arms, turned her face away, and then burst out laughing again. She playfully stuck out her little pink tongue at the boy in front of her:

"—Hehe, I was kidding. Actually, I woke up early just for Qing and even ran here! Here, an energy drink! You'll probably be talking a lot today, so you can't ignore the water."

The girl revealed her feelings without reservation. She took out the sports drink she had prepared long ago from her bag and placed it on Qingye's right hand side.

"Thanks, but you probably have something else to give me, right?" Qingye smiled and stretched out his hand.

Hearing this, Shaoyan Lemon thought for a moment, then quickly reacted. She took out the sample book that she had treasured from her backpack and handed it to the boy.

Qingye casually flipped through the book in his hand. What surprised him was that the sample book he gave to the girl had obvious signs of reading. One or two pages of the paper were a little yellowed, and it was obvious that the girl had read it repeatedly.

"Has this athletic, stylish girl finally fallen into the trap of being a 'homebody'?"

Qingye smoothed out the wrinkles on the cover of her novel and said jokingly.

"Well, I just like reading A-Qing's novels. To be honest, I was skeptical at first, but I couldn't stop reading halfway through. I read it all in one go that day and couldn't help but read it a second time in the middle of the night..."

Shaoyan Lemon's pretty face flushed slightly, and her words were full of excitement and sincerity.

As she spoke, she inexplicably felt something strange - her relationship with Qingye seemed to have changed a little bit. Before, they were friends and companions who moved forward together, but now, they had a relationship of fan and creator.

"Ah, is it not so good for me to chat with you like this? After all, there are other readers waiting." Lemon glanced behind him and saw someone running towards them from the stairs with a clear goal.

"The first reader must have some privileges."

Qingye wrote his name on a blank page of the book - next to it was a picture of a Q-version girl running and smiling.

"I'm the first one... That's enough. I don't want to cause you any trouble. Let's talk again tonight!"

Burnt Salt Lemon stared at the little man in the book and smiled.

She held the book carefully, then stood up, gave her seat to the reader waiting behind her, and waved to him playfully from a distance.

While Qingye was communicating with this real reader, she did not leave in a hurry, but stood aside and watched for a while with interest.

Is this what Qing looks like when he works seriously...

Looking at the gentle and elegant young man in front of him, Shaoyan Lemon suddenly had an idea.

Before, she liked intellectual and gentle boys. After meeting Qingye, she found that she preferred passionate people. But now she discovered that these beautiful characteristics can be combined in one person.

He can be elegant and passionate, and at the same time, he can run with her and have a pleasant chat with her...

The girl slapped her face hard, not daring to think about it any further.

*

Gradually more and more people came.

The readers were more enthusiastic than Qingye had imagined, and the number of books on the table was decreasing one by one, which made Qingye a little flustered. However, the essence of the book signing event was to chat with readers, and he was quite experienced in this aspect.

The male reader activates the two-dimensional form.

Female readers will start acting like male PR.

The world where everyone is happy is complete.

After entertaining the fortieth reader, Qingye picked up the sports drink at hand and gulped down a large gulp. This job truly required both physical and mental strength. He had to chat with the readers while also satisfying their needs, trying to come up with some unique and creative messages, like writing a sentence in the voice of a different character...

Up to now, he has written the following, including but not limited to: 'To the reader whose soul is about to be harvested', 'Your soul has been immortalized between the pages of my book', and 'Can you give me your LINE account', which was written by a junior high school girl...

He moved his wrist and prepared to continue signing autographs, but at this moment, his eyes were suddenly attracted by someone in the queue in front of him - he saw someone wearing a cute panda headgear, who was out of tune with the people around her. The only way to tell that she was a girl was from the skirt she was wearing.

Every time the team moves forward, the panda mask will vibrate a few times.

The corner of Qingye's mouth twitched. He had heard that some bold readers would cosplay characters when attending book signing events, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such a situation!

In the blink of an eye, it was the mysterious Miss Panda's turn in the queue.

"Guess who I am." A muffled voice.

Qingye thought for a moment: "Old Eight?"

With a "pop" sound, the girl took off her hood in an instant, and her dazzling blue hair fell down. The girl widened her eyes in shock.

"How did you find out!?"

"Intuition..."

It came out very naturally.

And why wear such a meaningless headgear? Even if it is cosplay, at least cosplay something related to the work!

Banaijian blinked, made a subtle "oh" sound with a long ending, and his eyebrows inadvertently raised slightly. The familiar citrus scent mixed with the chemical fiber smell of the doll's headgear came towards him.

"Didn't you say last time that it was too far and you wouldn't come?" Qingye coughed.

"I just passed by and took a look at the situation..."

The blue-haired girl gently played with her hair.

The atmosphere between the two of them was incredibly stagnant for a moment, but Banai glanced at the people queuing behind her and felt embarrassed to dawdle as usual. She temporarily put the headgear on the autograph table and took out the paperback she had just bought, which still had the warm body fragrance.

"Draw me a Death Seal quickly." She pushed the book over. Everyone else used 'please' when talking to Qingye, but she was the only one who used this commanding tone.

"I see...By the way, don't you already have one? Why buy another one?" Qingye asked while drawing.

“If I don’t buy books, people won’t let me queue!”

The girl's eyes flickered and she said it as a matter of course.

"All right."

"And, page 134..."

Under Qingye's gaze, Yanaijian took the book and expertly turned to a certain page. His slender finger pointed at the paragraph that read, "The God of Death said: Your body temperature and soul are far more fiery and vivid than those of others." He said seriously,

"Author, could you explain to me the purpose of this paragraph?"

Qingye raised an eyebrow. "Why don't you ask me normally?" But he still explained to her that this was the line said by the Grim Reaper in the book when he touched the heroine's hair.

"That's it, I understand!"

The girl nodded with a smile, and then, without wasting anyone else's time, she hurriedly stuffed something into Qingye's hand, stood up with the hood in her hand, walked to the bookshelf on the side, and her hair swayed gently.

Qingye spread out his hands, only to see two strawberry candies and... a folded piece of paper quietly lying in his palms. On the paper was written "No peeking! You can only see after work is finished!", and at the end of the words was a serious little portrait of Hanaijian himself.

He raised his head and looked at Banaijian, and suddenly noticed the hair tie on the girl's hair.

This is……

Qingye was stunned, and the paragraph that the girl had pointed out before appeared in his mind - in that plot, the male protagonist noticed the hair tie tied in the female protagonist's hair for the first time.

*

Banaijian stood in front of a bookshelf that gave him a clear view of the book signing event, observing the situation there carefully.

—Oh my! Ten more copies sold! Amazing!

She kept counting, and the little man in her heart screamed.

She didn't know whether the current situation among writers was good or bad, but the long queue still shocked her.

——Ahhh! So many people are looking at that guy in admiration!

Ba Nai clenched her fists unconsciously, feeling a sense of joy at a bountiful harvest. But weren't there too many girls? Not just high school students, but even middle school girls... Ah! Her eyes welled up! She even pulled out her phone!

Private connections are not allowed!

The girl made a big cross with her hands.

She just watched silently in the corner.

Looking at the smiling Qingye, the Qingye surrounded by people, the Qingye who turned into an outstanding adult.

He is at the front.

Gradually, the smile disappeared.

Facing such a Qingye, for some reason, a complex emotion gradually emerged from the depths of my heart, including blessings, bitterness, jealousy, and a hint of... inferiority.

She has never been very confident about her true self. She does not have the athletic talent and family background of Lemon, nor does she have a firm goal like Qingye, and she does not even have the courage to change like Xiaoju. She... is just an ordinary high school girl who grew up and went with the flow.

And Qingye seemed to have distanced himself from her. When she was still a student and working in a restaurant, Qingye was already more powerful than the adults in society. Editors, security guards, and fans were all around him.

All she could do was to contribute a tiny amount of sales and care to him.

He was no longer the weak boy who needed her help - at this moment, she realized this deeply.

Although she was genuinely happy for him, besides happiness, she also had many other emotions in her heart that could not be called positive at all.

"Ah... am I such a dark person?"

Ba Nai was shocked when he saw this.

But she couldn't control herself... If only she could be more carefree.

The girl's fingers clenched around her book. Could they continue working together and riding their bikes home together like before? After they made some money, that guy probably wouldn't have any reason to continue working.

Qingye is constantly changing.

How could she keep up with him?

The upset Banaijian picked up the panda mask on the ground and put it on his head to hide his expression.

*

At four o'clock in the afternoon, all 300 copies of the library book prepared by the publishing house were sold out. Qingye collapsed in the chair, feeling his right wrist aching and his eyes dull.

He thought he was a hardworking man, but after a day like this, he still felt drained. Now he just wanted to use the beautiful girl's lap to heal himself.

"Thank you for your hard work."

The editor quickly walked up behind him and massaged his shoulders, his tone full of joy - Qingye's performance was much better than he had imagined, and the sales of other bookstores on the first day were also very encouraging, exceeding his expectations. This was a man who had the potential to become an emperor!

"A little harder." Qingye said lazily.

"Yes."

"It hurts, be gentler."

"Okay... do you treat me as a masseur?" The editor looked helpless.

After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Qingye felt much better, and the first thing he thought of at this moment was... to take out the note that Banaijian had secretly slipped to him before.

"What's written on this? It's mysterious."

He unfolded the paper.

The words shine like sunlight.

——"From now on, can we spend an eternal summer together like the one described by Seino-kun?"

*

Xiaoju rushed out of the tram anxiously, not even caring about the constant bumps on her petite body. She just silently recited the address she had memorized and hurried over.

Is it still too late...?

Ahhh, why do I always encounter such things at critical moments...

Xiaoju fiddled with her bangs in front of her eyes in annoyance. Since she had come to inspect the location in advance, she arrived at her destination smoothly.

"..."