I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 652

In the early morning, the sun shines brightly on the street, but there is still some mist. The potted plants of residents on the street begin to sprout new shoots, making life here seem a bit comfortable.

Suddenly, as Rita was walking down the street, she couldn't help but notice a figure swaying like her out of the corner of her eye, and a picture from her subconscious flashed into her mind.

"!"

Rita turned and looked.

In front of her, the young man in white clothes turned his back to her, walking in the cold morning wind.

Deserted, firm, mysterious, silent...

That back view gradually became exactly the same as the "Back View of Sherlock Holmes" oil painting painted by Mashiro Shiina...

Chapter 317 Li Yan’s “true face”

In the early morning, it was cloudy and the temperature was 5°C. On the corridor glass of the apartment building, wet water droplets were flowing down the glass.

In Room 505 of the apartment building, Li Yan, who had finally returned to his apartment, quickly went out, looking very bad.

Just after Li Yan came back from a sleepless night, as he expected, the kitchen was basically in a mess, and all the ingredients, cans, and sauces in the refrigerator were missing. Even the salt was wet and inedible. However, the cause of the food poisoning has still not been found. His kitchen and refrigerator are filled with absolutely safe food. Even he, who is good at chemistry, can't figure out what kind of dark cuisine Alice and Victoria have alchemically synthesized. , so that they can all be sent to the hospital.

Fortunately, Alice and Victoria were able to be discharged from the hospital this afternoon, so he came back to tidy up the room first to prevent it from being unusable when he came back.

When I just took my bicycle out of the bicycle parking place, the bicycle made a metal cracking sound, the entire front wheel became crooked, and the metal screws fixing the wheel finally became overwhelmed and broke into two halves.

"..."

Li Yan stood at the door of the apartment, staring blankly at his fallen bicycle, feeling that these days were not suitable for travel.

While Li Yan was distressedly checking his bicycle which was less than a year and a half old, Rita in a hidden corner of the apartment building was secretly staring at the figure of this oriental man.

"Very good, seems to be going out..."

Rita watched secretly, thinking silently.

After all, she is also an outstanding professional art student. In British art schools, her grades are second only to Mashiro Shiina. For current students, she is already regarded as a top student, but her roommates and classmates are Shiina Mashiro...a genius who has begun to hold art exhibitions in various countries, making people despair. Therefore, it is easy to recognize the prototype of "The Back of Sherlock Holmes" that Mashiro recently became interested in creating.

"Holmes' Back", although artistically not the best among Zhenbai's paintings, seems to have taken a lot of effort to create a new work. Black is mixed with a bit of dark red. Although the structure is simple, at first glance, , that indescribable impact is still fresh in Rita’s memory, as if the oil painting has become a channel connecting the painting and reality... The darkness of the world, the gloomy unknown, but the back in the white coat is bravely blending in. Fighting, this kind of oil painting that hits the audience's heart no matter how many times they are recalled, allows Rita to once again see the gap that is difficult to catch up...

This person is the man standing behind Shiina Mashiro...

Therefore, no matter what, she wanted to understand the oriental man himself and his relationship with Mashiro Shiina.

However, now it seems that Li Yan's luck is not good...

She waited in the corner for several minutes, looking helplessly at the foreign student who could repair a bicycle. She always felt that she could not understand the value of repairing this broken bicycle.

After Li Yan identified some bicycle parts that needed to be replaced, he finally put the bicycle back to its original position and was officially ready to set off on foot.

7:25 minutes.

Rita waited for several minutes again, observing Li Yan who didn't know what he was doing.

After disposing of the bicycle, the international student from the university went to an empty parking lot and muttered something to himself in a black car.

"...What is going on? Is it because I am so lonely that I behave like this...I always feel that it looks dangerous." Rita, who was hiding behind the telephone pole, thought with some worry and fear.

However, this period of time was also very fast. Li Yan patted the black supra and left. From the looks of it, Rita also breathed a sigh of relief. The behavior of people talking to themselves for a short time about objects and animals is nothing. , is considered in psychology as a sign of loneliness and hope for a partner.

"!"

However, when Rita was about to follow her, inadvertently, the black Supra parked in the parking lot of a residential area suddenly flashed its lights twice. Rita was slightly startled and looked at the unoccupied car. Supra in the car.

"...Illusion?" Rita thought to herself.

What's going on... That flash just now, it seems like this car is saying goodbye to Li Yan...

At 7:41, after taking the train and arriving on an unfamiliar Tokyo street, Li Yan, who was minding his own business in front, and Rita, who was following furtively behind, have always attracted the attention of passers-by.

In such a situation, it is extremely easy to guess that it was a live broadcast of the hatchet incident.

However, Li Yan seemed to have encountered a new situation on his way to the supermarket.

The international student's face suddenly became horrified, and he immediately fled into the alley of the residential area as quickly as possible, hiding himself tightly.

"Huh?" Rita looked curiously at what happened to Li Yan in front of her.

However, she soon noticed that there were no conspicuous passers-by or scenes in front of her. There were only two black and white police cars parked on the roadside. A group of police officers were standing on the street talking about things. Among them, there was one There is a middle-aged male police officer with a serious and ferocious face, and a beautiful female police officer beside him who looks gentle and serious.

Li Yan's nervous performance made Rita suspicious.

"It's so dangerous..."

Officer Saito and Officer Miyazaki, those police officers from Koto District who have the habit of reading novels, unexpectedly appeared in this area, which really let Li Yan know that he was not going well today, and that they could meet again at such a long distance. Li Yan thought silently.

Although there was a shortcut ahead, after careful consideration, Li Yan could only take a detour to reach his shopping destination.

Rita blinked when she saw Li Yan clearly avoiding the police.

...Why did you suddenly avoid the police? !

How could she not suspect that Li Yan's background was fishy at this moment?

She once again remembered that in order to explain Mashiro's experience of studying in Japan, Mashiro's cousin Chihiro Sengoku took a plane to Mashiro's house in London to explain the incident. In Sengoku's words, he talked about the housing care for international students in the One-Yuan Apartment. things.

When Mr. Sengoku rushed to the airport, Mashiro was first taken to the company by the staff of Sanwa Bunko. They tempted Mashiro to sign a cooperation contract without the permission of Mr. Sengoku, who was the temporary guardian. More importantly, there was a Mashiro, who was deceived into signing a contract, did not get the job of illustrating Uesugi's new work as he wished. This is what Rita is most dissatisfied with. What is even more suspicious is that Mashiro suddenly refused to move into the student dormitory of Suimei Art High School and lived directly in Shinjuku, which is far away. In the words of Nanami and Sengoku teacher, it is indeed inseparable from this international student...

"Sure enough, Mr. Li's background is not just as simple as an international student..."

At the end of the wet street, Rita stood in a hidden spot, staring at Li Yan with a frown. The girl, who had long been hostile, did not want Li Yan to get too close to Mashiro Shiina...

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【Dong dong dong! 】

Near eight o'clock, Nanami, who had prepared breakfast, knocked on the door of Mashiro's studio and said, "Mashiro-chan, get up, it's time to have breakfast."

After waiting for a while, Nanami Aoyama, wearing an apron, opened the unlocked door and walked in.

Under the golden light, the studio was as messy as ever, with white papers everywhere on the floor, a pile of girls' clothes, and even a pink bra thrown under the chair.

"Still the same as before, I like to sleep naked..." Nanami thought as her cheeks turned red.

However, what is a bit special today is that there is a piece of clothing that is quite special, and Nanami picked it up and looked at it.

This is clearly a pair of boxer briefs that men like to wear, but they are a smaller version and look out of place among the cute clothes of girls...

"...What did you buy this for?" Qingshan Nanami looked at it awkwardly and asked.