Shi Yin spent an unusually comfortable year at home.

Although they were in the same city, the number of times she went home after graduation was limited and could be counted on one hand. Most of the time, her mother came to see her.

In the evening, when I came back from seeing Gu Congli off, I saw Shi's father sitting on the sofa in the living room drinking tea as soon as he entered the door.

Shi Yin touched his nose, took off his shoes, hung his coat on the hanger in the entrance hall, and went straight into the house without saying anything.

Halfway through, my father coughed twice.

Shi Yin paused in his footsteps.

She looks soft, but is actually not easy to get along with. Shi's mother once said that her temperament is exactly the same as Shi's father when he was young.

Shi's father did not support her drawing comics at that time, and the two of them had a fight in the study with teacups and vases. When Shi's father dropped his harsh words, she really refused to come back. To this day, the father and daughter have not even had a single phone call.

It's not like she doesn't have any relatives, including Shi's mother, who is saying that she is the junior and that is her father. She can never let her elders surrender to her and take the initiative to reconcile with her.

Shi Yin felt that in some cases it was necessary to separate things.

If Shi's father now says that he can respect her career and hobbies, then he can even ask her to kneel down and apologize.

The lighting in the living room is bright. The apartment Shi Yin rents is not big and the decoration is simple. Because she has always lived alone, many places are different from home.

The Suzhou embroidery paintings on the walls, the calligraphy in calligraphy, the historical books on the coffee table, the wool basket on the low table in the corner of the sofa, and the smell of the house were all familiar to her, the smell of home.

Shi's father was sitting on the sofa, his head slightly bowed, holding his favorite purple clay pot and teacup in his hand, his eyes looking everywhere but not at her.

Shi Yin suddenly wanted to laugh.

After laughing, my nose felt a little sore again.

It is said that a daughter is her father's lover in his previous life, and little girls generally have a better relationship with their fathers.

Shi Yin didn't know what other people's daughters were like, but in comparison, she did seem to have a better relationship with her father.

He was very old-fashioned and didn't like to laugh much. When she was a child, she always thought he was strict. He would watch her do her homework and wouldn't let her go out to play.

He is also gentle. He will read the instructions and bake a cake for her on her birthday, even though the baked cake is very delicious. He will scold them at Christmas for celebrating these foreign festivals, and then secretly give away the gifts at night.

Stuff it in her desk drawer and pretend not to remember it the next day.

He has an extremely awkward personality.

From graduation to now, Shi Yin has never seen Shi's father once.

Sometimes I wonder if he is in good health recently, but then I turn around and get busy with other things and forget about him.

Shi Yin blinked, hesitated, walked to the coffee table, and said in a low voice: "Dad..."

Shi's father withdrew his wandering eyes and looked up at her: "You still know how to talk to me?"

Shi Yin lowered his head and picked at his fingernails, saying nothing.

Shi's father rolled his eyes at her, frowned, and said with a very angry expression: "Now that you are older and have graduated, you will become more capable if you can make money by yourself? What did I say to you? Didn't I just say that I don't like your job? I said

What's wrong? You've been at odds with me until now. Who do you think you are with this temper?"

"You also told me to go out and paint, and not to go home until I finish painting." Shi Yin whispered.

Shi's father was choked by her and slapped the table: "I just said these two words to you, but you haven't spoken to me for a year!"

Shi Yin weakly defended: "You didn't pay attention to me either..."

"I'm a fucking dead person, and I still have to go and apologize to you?!" Shi's father's eyes widened, and veins popped up on his forehead.

"And what do you mean by bringing your boyfriend back today? Who are you showing your sweetness to on purpose? Don't you just want to make me angry?! Ignore me, and then you kiss me with that guy, and give it to you

Boots? And a scarf? You’re in your twenties and you don’t know how to tie it yourself? It’s not embarrassing for you!”

"..."

Shi Mu sat next to him and rolled his eyes.

Shi Yin opened his mouth, closed it again, blinked, and said tentatively: "Dad, are you jealous?"

The master jumped up: "I'm so jealous! How old am I that I'm still jealous?"

Shi Yin obediently lowered his head and said "oh".

No one spoke for a while, and Shi's father stared at her for a long time, then suddenly turned away from her and said, "When you have time, let that friend of yours come over and sit at home. There are so many people today that we don't have time to talk."

Shi Yin: "Huh."

"Eh, what are you doing? What time did you come back?" Shi's father pointed at his watch, "You can go downstairs to see someone off until the Spring Festival Gala starts. Then hurry up and take a shower and go to bed."

Shi Yin: "..."

When talking about this matter to Fang Shu, Fang Shu felt that he understood it very well.

"Isn't that what Uncle Shi's character is like? He loves you so much. His precious daughter who was the only one in the past has a boyfriend. It doesn't matter. She has such a good relationship with her boyfriend. It doesn't matter. She kisses her boyfriend.

How annoying it would be to be intimate but not say a word to him."

Shi Yin thought it made sense. The next day, he seemed to accidentally reveal the quarrel between himself and Gu Congli during breakfast. He stated that Gu Congli apologized to her in a humble manner, but she was scolded.

In the process, as expected, Shi's father was immediately in high spirits at the happy event and secretly enjoyed himself all day long. He even cooked by himself at noon and sang while killing chickens.

Men are truly an amazing species.

The New Year passed, and on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Shi Yin returned to his puppy house.

Her single volume of "Hongming Longque", the double-page color illustrations, the jacket, and the inner cover had all been drawn and handed in years ago, leaving only one unfinished poster that was to be given as a gift with the book. Shi Yinliu

Painted during the Chinese New Year.

She and Shi's father finally reconciled. The two of them knew each other tacitly. Shi Yin didn't want to get into trouble. He never mentioned anything about his work at home. Even the posters were painted in coffee shops when he went out.

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Shi Yin has always liked that cafe. It's not far from her home. It's on a very exotic street in the city center. The location is a bit remote and there aren't many people. If you're alone, you can leave your things there and go to the bathroom or something.

no problem.

The production cycle and process of a single volume is only a lot more steps than that of a magazine serial. The original comic author sends the manuscript to the editor, who confirms it and then divides it into pages, making it into a file called "Taiwan Cut", and then photocopies it.

, resend it to the original author for author correction, and it can also become a preliminary proofreader.

After the initial proofreading is completed, the revised manuscript is sent to the editor, and the designer carries out the layout design of the catalog, title page, cover, etc. In this process, what the editor and the original author have to do before the deadline is to repeatedly proofread and correct the manuscript until it is confirmed that the manuscript is complete.

No problem, after finalizing the color calibration of the envelope, inner cover and girdle, hand it over to the printing shop for printing.

The whole process is actually very long and cumbersome. In addition, the printing shop is closed on weekends and holidays. Any problems that need communication and exchange of opinions can only be done during normal working days, which often makes the cycle very long.

When Shi Yin published the single version of "echo", he revised the manuscript with editor Zhao every day and did color correction on the jacket. After working through it day by day, a lot of hair fell out. Now that Gu Congli has replaced him, Shi Yin feels a lot more relaxed.

The man fully demonstrated his terrifying mobility and was very efficient. Shi Yin was too lazy to do many things, such as the introduction of the main characters in the comics and some small theater cuts, so he simply left them to him.

Gu Congli was very happy to accept it, and would even offer to do the work on his own initiative and collect some "labor fees" along the way.

So, one night, when a certain person once again received a huge sum of money and sat by the bed with his laptop in his arms to help her layout the introduction of the protagonist, Shi Yin was lying on the bed and suddenly felt a little melancholy.

I always feel like I'm at a loss. Even though editors would do many of these little things, she seems to have somehow acquiesced that it's her own job, and then sold herself out.

Shi Yin silently climbed up from the bed wrapped in sheets, stretched out his long legs, supported the head of the bed with his arms, straddled Gu Congli, and looked at him through the laptop: "Why do I feel a little shortchanged?

"

Her voice was hoarse and her lips were slightly swollen, as if she had just been bullied.

Gu Congli didn't raise his eyes and said lazily "Yeah". After the bed incident, his voice was slightly lower than usual: "What's the loss?"

Shi Yin raised his hand and tapped the edge of his notebook with his fingertips: "For my previous single books, the character introduction editor would sometimes help me write them. Why do you have to charge for them?"

She was so tired that she couldn't use any strength, so she lay limply on top of him, with a melancholy and sad expression: "Drawing comics is such a sacred thing, how can it be traded, how can I do such a dirty thing with you?"

What about the dirty and dirty transactions? My conscience hurts, and my professional ethics have all been stained by you."

As if he didn't hear anything, Gu Congli ran his hand from her knees to her thighs, and patted her butt gently through the sheets: "Are you tired?"

Shi Yin shook his head: "It's okay."

He has been taking good care of her lately, usually just once. Although he is still a little tired, he can at least save her life.

From a beast to a gentle beast.

Gu Congli nodded, saved the file, closed the computer and put it on the bedside, hooked her waist and lifted her up, and inserted the tip of his other finger along the edge of the sheet.

Shi Yin was so frightened that she scooted back, jumped out of his arms, sat on the bed, and kicked him: "Gu Congli, don't push yourself too far!"

Gu Congli turned over, raised his hand to hold her feet and pulled her back under him. He smiled softly and bit her lip: "I have been too gentle to you recently. I didn't hear you cry. I'm not happy. I want to do it again."

"..."

What kind of weird fetish do you have?

Gu Congli got his wish that day, and Shi Yin cried until early in the morning, successfully satisfying his perverted fetish.

Before falling asleep, Shi Yin thought that when she got up tomorrow morning, the first thing she would do was to enter Gu Congli's thirtieth birthday into the major events on her phone's calendar, and set a hundred alarm clocks to remind her that she would do it day by day.

reciprocal.

Then on that day, gongs, drums and colorful cannons were played to celebrate his precious thirtieth birthday, which had finally arrived.

After the Waking of Insects, the weather began to warm up.
To be continued...