Chapter 119: Please Leave Mantanshe

Satake Maki stood at the door of Akiwara Yuto's house and pressed the doorbell. Soon, the "ding-a-ling" doorbell rang.

In her right hand, she also held a light green handbag, which contained the bento she had made today.

After the bell rang, she put down her hand and waited quietly for Akiwara Yuto to open the door. At this moment, she suddenly thought of a question.

How should she hand this bento to Mr. Akiwara later?

Just say it was President Anjiu's arrangement. After all, President Anjiu did say that she was responsible for taking good care of Mr. Akiwara.

After thinking of the reason, she said "Sorry" to Anjiu Jin Gangyi in her heart again. After all, every time she used him as an excuse, she felt a bit embarrassed……

Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, the door was opened. She was about to smile and say "Mr. Akiwara," but suddenly saw Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko behind the door.

The two were wearing coats, looking like they were ready to go out.

Seeing this scene, the words Satake Maki wanted to say were stuck in her throat, and she only spat out a "Good evening."

On the other side, Akiwara Yuto saw that it was Satake Maki who came to the door, so he greeted her with a smile and introduced both sides.

"Miss Asano, this is Satake Maki from Anjiu Bookstore, currently serving as the responsible editor for my new book. Editor Satake, this is Asano Aiko from Mantanshe, my partner during the serialization of 'New Novel'."

Hearing the other party's identity, Satake Maki immediately understood the other party's identity and bowed to greet her immediately, and Asano Aiko also politely bowed back.

When bowing, Satake Maki couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

The other party is a partner, so she must be Mr. Akiwara's previous editor.

But why would she come to Mr. Akiwara's house so late? Do the two have any other relationship?

When she raised her head, Satake Maki couldn't help but look at this Miss Asano.

The other party is about 24 or 25 years old, 1.6 meters tall, has a good face, has shoulder-length short hair, and is wearing a black professional cardigan. The whole person has an intellectual charm.

Compared with her, whether it is appearance or temperament, she can only be considered ordinary.

For a moment, her mood was a bit complicated.

Akiwara Yuto saw that Satake Maki didn't speak, so he asked, "Editor Satake, is there anything you came for so late?"

Satake Maki just wanted to say that she came to deliver dinner, but she hesitated subconsciously and even told a lie.

"President Anjiu asked me to come, wanting to ask if Mr. Akiwara has understood the situation of the signing event the day after tomorrow."

"Signing event? There's nothing to prepare, right?" Akiwara Yuto touched his head, a bit puzzled, "Just make a phone call, right?"

Satake Maki "smiled" and said, "You are right, haha, President Anjiu is too careless."

Then, she asked in an indifferent tone, "Mr. Akiwara, have you eaten dinner? It won't be instant noodles again, right?"

If Akiwara Yuto hadn't eaten, she planned to hand the bento in her handbag to Akiwara Yuto and then find an excuse to push it to Anjiu Jin Gangyi later.

Akiwara Yuto didn't know her intention, just said, "I am preparing to go to a family restaurant nearby with Miss Asano. Editor Satake, have you eaten? Would you like to come together?"

Satake Maki's hand preparing to take the bento paused. She thought for a while and "smiled" and waved her hand.

"No need, Mr. Akiwara, you guys go first."

After saying this, she bowed and said, "I have something to do, excuse me."

Before Akiwara Yuto could reply, she turned around and walked towards the motorcycle parked at the courtyard gate.

When she left, her right hand had been holding the bag containing the bento tightly.

I don't know why, but she felt her heart was very uncomfortable.

……

After Satake Maki drove the motorcycle away, Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko also walked out of the door. The two walked one after another for more than 20 minutes and arrived at the "Garden" restaurant near their home.

After walking into the store, the two were arranged by a waitress in the non-smoking area and ordered a pork cutlet rice and a pasta respectively.

Akiwara Yuto handed the menu to the waitress and said to Asano Aiko, who was sitting opposite, "Asano, it has been quite a while since we ate together last time, right?"

Asano Aiko hesitated and replied, "Almost 2 months."

"How is Mrs. Asano's health?" Akiwara Yuto asked casually. After all, when he was a guest at Asano's house, the other party had always taken good care of him.

Asano Aiko replied with a smile, "Mom's health has always been very good, thank you for your concern."

"That's good, please say hello to your mother for me."

Asano Aiko nodded, "Thank you, I will tell her."

After saying this, the two fell into silence, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while.

Akiwara Yuto picked up the water glass in front of him and took a sip, then made a suggestion: "Asano, actually I want to ask you a question. Have you considered leaving Mantanshe?"

"Leave?" Asano Aiko was a bit puzzled.

Akiwara Yuto nodded and said seriously, "Yes, I hope you can serve as my assistant and help me deal with some work."

"Are you joking?" Asano Aiko was a bit puzzled.

As far as she knew, writers rarely have assistants or aides; often only manga artists have them.

Akiwara Yuto shook his head, "No, I don't mean to joke."

In the process of cooperating with Anjiu Bookstore, he found many problems.

For example, Anjiu Bookstore's proofreading ability is limited. Many times, they can only find problems with typos, and the exploration of some grammar is not very detailed.

This doesn't affect the reading of ordinary readers, but in the eyes of professionals, it will undoubtedly be considered that he is not rigorous enough when writing.

Besides that, Akiwara Yuto also wants to find someone to be responsible for specifically managing the promotion on the internet. After all, although there are not many users on the internet now, according to his past life's memory, in a few years, Japan will further increase the construction of the internet.

At that stage, the role of the internet might not be inferior to newspapers now.

As for other aspects, there are film and television copyrights, dealing with publishing houses, etc., all of which need someone who understands this line to take over.

If he puts his energy into the above, it will undoubtedly be a loss.

Looking at it this way, Asano Aiko knows proofreading and has experience working in large publishing houses, which is completely the best candidate.

And no matter what, Akiwara Yuto hasn't forgotten the other party's kindness of knowing him, and it just happens that he can repay it through profit sharing.

At this time, the waitress walked over and served the two dishes just ordered, but Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko, who were sitting opposite each other, had no intention of using chopsticks at all.

Akiwara Yuto thought for a while and told Asano all the work he would arrange for her to do later.

After listening, Asano Aiko didn't speak immediately but fell into thought.

Before this, the reason she hadn't seen Akiwara Yuto was that besides feeling that Mantanshe let Akiwara Yuto down, there was also what Wujing Hangping said.

After all, what can she help Akiwara Yuto with?

But now, she might really be able to help with some things. Maybe she can't do the best, but she is not useless at all.

And she will do her best!

Thinking through this problem, she found that her mind suddenly relaxed, and she even suddenly felt that she was so stupid before.

Akiwara Yuto didn't wait for her reply for a long time and asked puzzledly, "Asano, can you tell me your reply?"

Asano Aiko laughed, and the bright smile even made Akiwara Yuto lose his mind for a moment. Soon, he heard an answer.

"Sorry, Akiwara, I refuse to leave now." ===== CHAPTER 120 =====