I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 565

Li Yan is very grateful to Ying Lili. He has been in this mood for a year.

In this year's creative experience, no matter how many volumes he published, he always met the deadline and submitted the manuscript. As his partner, Ying Lili always tensed up his nerves to design illustrations. The two of them were noisy and like a roller coaster. He also dealt with so many creative crises.

Li Yan has never been disliked or abandoned by his partner, who is becoming more and more famous...

"...Well, it seems that the teacher is really happy this time."

Kagurazaka Iris held her chin with her hand and smiled, thinking happily.

Two years ago, the new author who had been burdened with heavy debts and had his works rejected twice, and who seemed determined but worried, is now a truly well-received author. Kagurazaka Iris recalled this scene with a seasoned mind. I feel somewhat nostalgic and sentimental. It is indeed more appropriate to express such achievements in person.

In the afternoon, there was light snow in the sky. Li Yan drove his car and quickly arrived at the mansion.

However, I don't know why. After ringing the doorbell, no one opened the door for a long time.

She called Yinglili, but found that Yinglili's mobile phone had been shut down.

It was now the 11th, and the New Year celebrations had basically calmed down. According to his understanding of Eiri Sawamura, Eiri would basically stay in her room and work at this moment. If she went out, she would probably come back during meal time. .

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was cold, and Li Yan stood at the door of Sawamura's house and waited quietly.

Although it was light snow, the flying snow fell all over the sky and accumulated a layer of snow on the roof of the Supra. Li Yan, who was afraid of the cold, unknowingly had his hair and shoulders covered with a layer of snow.

As a result, Ying Lili still did not come back, the phone was still offline, and there was no reply to the line text message. However, while waiting for a while, I received congratulatory text messages from Senjumura Sei, Izumi Masamune, Kasumi Shiko and others.

"...Where did Yinglili go?"

Under the increasingly dark sky, the street lights were on. Li Yan leaned against the wall and looked at the magazine in his hand. The pen names of Uesugi Yan and Kashiwagi Eri were registered in the author and illustrator columns. He always felt that today seemed hard to wait for. The look of his partner coming back.

Occasionally, Li Yan will appear extremely persistent and emotional.

A year ago, his slightly immature personality was regarded as a paranoid existence by Kagurazaka Iris and Kasumigaoka Shiu...

Li Yan stood for a while. The vehicles and wealthy people coming and going around him were naturally wary of the stranger driving a modified car and looked sideways.

At first, Li Yan just looked away and did not attract attention, but gradually, the surrounding people became more and more wary, and finally Li Yan returned to the car and continued to wait.

As a result, at 5:25, the Supra parked for too long and was eventually reported by nearby residents, attracting the security guards of the neighborhood. In the end, Li Yan had no choice but to return without success.

Until the end, Li Yan's dream of sharing the joy with his partner also came to nothing.

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10:10pm.

Apartment building in Shinjuku district, Tokyo.

【Dong dong dong! 】

Li Yan was starting to write the draft of Volume 11 on his desk when the cell phone next to him suddenly rang.

The number of the incoming call is the landline number.

Li Yan answered the question and asked, "Who is it?"

——[It’s me, Otaku Li. 】

"Eiriri?"

Li Yan quickly stopped moving the mouse and asked in surprise.

"Have you gone home yet?"

——[Go home, what are you talking about? My house should be empty today. My family is on a business trip. As for me, I will come to Aomori Prefecture with my friends from the art club to look for beautiful scenery and sketch, and practice sketching by the way. I have been here today We all stayed in the car until we just stayed in a classmate's private villa and took a hot bath... Sorry, there was no signal along the way, and I didn't see your text messages and calls until not long ago. 】

Li Yan was stunned, Ying Lili actually went on a trip.

He quickly remembered that he seemed to have heard her casually mention her past sketching on New Year's Eve, but he did not expect that she would go to the Northeast region.

A vague feeling of uneasiness lingered in Li Yan's heart.

After all, he did not take it lightly when Lianhua reminded him on the subway. He also called Yinglili to remind her, hoping that she would not go to some remote and weird places and pay attention to the female friend who drew the notebook.

At that time, Lianhua was extremely shy about the name of that place, but it seemed that there were many secrets of hell that could not be revealed, so she avoided talking about it.

"Are you over there in Aomori? Why are you so far away?" Li Yan's face changed slightly and he asked.

——[It’s a bit far, but the scenery here in Aomori is indeed pretty good. 】

"...Um, Yinglili...that girl you help sell doujinshi with, is she with you?"

Li Yan asked with a somewhat complicated mood.

After taking a bath and wearing a bathrobe and a scarf, Yinglili looked at the freckled high school girl not far away. She stood in front of the villa's landline, smiled and said, "You asked. It’s Katori, she’s here too, Katori is responsible for the planning and expenses of this trip, she’s the daughter of a gaming boss.”

Li Yan's body was half cold for some reason.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of daily life when friends travel is nothing, but Lianhua's reminder, especially the pair of emerald green eyes, did see something. This hint made him feel lingering fear.

Although he did remind Eiri, he could not explain a specific and credible reason. How could he persuade Eiri to keep distance from the girl named Katori who had a close friendship and declared that Eiri should not go to suspicious and dangerous places? The initiative was decided, and Yinglili was taken to a dangerous area without knowing it, and Yinglili had no idea about it.

Li Yan was at an intelligence disadvantage from beginning to end.

"Yinglili, tell me your address now." Li Yan was conservative and asked the name of the place first.

--【Um? Why are you suddenly asking this? 】

Yinglili blinked and asked curiously.

"...Maybe I know that place and want to know more about it." Li Yan quickly found an excuse to fulfill his obvious purpose.

——[I just know that this area is located in a forest in Aomori Prefecture. I accidentally saw the place name "Hikari" written on a rusty sign on the road. I don't know much about the situation here. There is a village nearby. , but most of the residents have vacated. 】

"..."

When Li Yan heard what Ying Lili described, he vaguely realized something was wrong.

——[Hey, Otaku Li, I always feel like you are weird. Is there anything you want to tell me? 】

Ying Lili was silent for a long time. Suddenly, she was keenly aware that Li Yan had something on his mind and asked immediately.

Li Yan couldn't care about too many suspicious situations and reminded: "Listen to me, Eiri, you must pay attention to that classmate named Katori, and no matter what happens, don't go anywhere with her again, you know? ?”

However, at Li Yan's prompt, there was silence on the other side of the phone.

——[Why do you say that, Otaku Li, do you know something? I felt a little strange about what you reminded me before. Now, are you hiding something from me? 】

Yinglili's expression became serious, she held the phone in both hands and asked in a low voice.