Chapter 154

8:00 AM the next morning, as the alarm clock rang, Asano Aiko opened her hazy sleepy eyes and sat up from the quilt.

Yesterday, after she and Akiwara Yuto finished singing at the KTV, they went to the food street to eat, and also went to find a bar at night and drank a little wine.

At 10:00 PM, the two said goodbye and took the car back to their respective homes.

Asano Aiko pressed the key of the alarm clock, making the noisy bell stop, then hugged her bent legs, lowered her head, and fell into deep thought.

Yesterday at the KTV, after she finished singing the song Akiwara Yuto wrote, she had no small touch in her heart. In her view, the lyrics inside were too consistent with her state of mind.

All along, her feelings for Akiwara Yuto were very complicated. The two were friends, partners, and had experienced various events together.

And in this constant getting along, she found that she already found it very difficult to treat Akiwara Yuto with a completely friendly relationship.

Although she had different thoughts, she found frustratingly that Akiwara Yuto didn't have any thoughts in this regard at all. Even if she hinted repeatedly, it was the same.

Everything that happened made her couldn't help but waver.

It's not that she hadn't thought about pursuing it actively, but she also understood a truth.

If she was still rejected, then the relationship between the two would be very awkward, and even the basic friendship they had now wouldn't be able to be maintained...

If it reached that step, where should she go?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hum the song Akiwara wrote yesterday, "... Even if it is a love that ends in luxury, is there a day that reflects in the mirror..."

Why could Akiwara write such a song?

Does he really not understand my heart?

Asano Aiko sighed and buried her head in her arms again.

Just at this time, a knocking sound came from outside the room door, followed by a gentle female voice, "Aiko-chan, come and eat breakfast quickly. Aren't you going to that new workplace later?"

Hearing these words, Asano Aiko's thoughts were interrupted. She shook her head and replied: "I know, I'll be there in a while."

Forget it, don't think about so much for now. Perhaps as long as time is enough, Akiwara will still be able to notice me.

She got out of bed, put on slippers, and prepared to go to wash up.

Next, she was going to represent Akiwara Yuto and go to Anju Bookstore to talk about the distribution work of the book *Death by Negligence*.

Setagaya Ward, Anju Bookstore.

Satake Maki sat at the desk and put down an order call from Yokohama Bookstore.

She looked at the trees outside the window, and her eyes were somewhat lost for a while.

After that demonstration, she had been worrying about whether Akiwara Yuto would have any other trouble. After all, Mantanshe was a giant in the publishing industry; just hearing this name could make President Anju tremble with fear.

But what was unexpected to her was that immediately after, Mantanshe held a corresponding press conference, and Mr. Akiwara also published a relevant statement in the newspaper, proving that everything that happened before was only the responsibility of some people.

Satake Maki was still somewhat confused, but she also saw that this matter had basically subsided.

And this also made her breathe a sigh of relief.

While she was thinking, a female voice suddenly came from behind, "Ah, I'm exhausted, why are there so many order calls recently!"

Satake Maki's thoughts were interrupted. She turned her head, saw Itakura Naka, who was complaining, and smiled helplessly, "Senior Itakura, many order calls mean that our publishing business is getting better and better."

Itakura Naka waved her hands, and then looked to the side. After finding that there were only her and Satake Maki, she said in an indifferent tone: "Business is good, but I haven't seen the President increase wages. Instead, the workload has increased a lot."

For her, mixing days was the normal operation. As for the time of working overtime, it was better to find a few reliable men.

Finding a rich man to marry and then living a life of a lady was her real plan.

Satake Maki "sighed" and continued to lower her head to fill in the recent shipping list.

To tell the truth, she didn't have as many thoughts as Itakura Naka. With the time for these complaints, it was better to do her own work well.

Itakura Naka saw that Satake Maki didn't pay attention to her, but took the initiative to sit opposite her and gossiped: "Satake, Nishijima Zongtai seems very depressed recently, do you know anything?"

Satake Maki's hand filling in the data paused subconsciously, but she quickly reacted and continued to write, "Sorry, I don't know much."

Itakura Naka looked at her with suspicious eyes and pursued: "Really? You two have had a lot of work handover recently."

After saying this, Itakura Naka took out a makeup box from the drawer, and while applying lipstick, said: "Satake, Nishijima seems to have that meaning for you. Have you considered dating Nishijima? By the way, he has received a lot of business commissions as a salesperson recently!"

Satake Maki smiled reluctantly, "Senior Itakura, sorry, I think you might think too much. Nishijima only communicates with me because of work."

Satake Maki lied. In fact, she understood Nishijima Zongtai's attitude toward her.

For the past year, from her birthday to every holiday, Nishijima Zongtai would give various gifts, and sometimes would take the initiative to ask her out for dinner.

Although she refused repeatedly, Nishijima Zongtai still sent gifts directly to her home in the form of express delivery.

And because the time was too long, the other few people in Anju Bookstore also saw it more or less.

But to tell the truth, Satake Maki didn't have that idea for Nishijima. Maybe feelings are something that can't be forced.

And for her, she already had someone she liked.

Thinking of this, Satake Maki suddenly remembered that she sent a bento to the one she liked that night, but saw him with another beautiful woman.

She put down the pen and touched her chest with her hand.

Every time she thought of this scene, she felt very uncomfortable...

Itakura Naka didn't know Satake Maki's thoughts, but after applying lipstick, she looked at her makeup in the makeup mirror and said in a casual tone: "Satake, as a senior, I tell you a truth: women, only when they are young, can they attract men's attention the most. Otherwise, when you are old, it will be too late to regret."

She said while feeling sad, "Don't learn from me, I'm almost 30 years old, and I've dated 7 or 8 boyfriends, none of them are reliable."

Listening to Itakura Naka's bitter history, Satake Maki could only nod silently.

Just at this time, a "creaking" sound came from outside the door. Itakura Naka immediately closed the makeup mirror and put it back in the drawer.

Immediately after, the door opened. In the gaze of the two, Anju Jin Gangyi and another short-haired beautiful woman wearing a gray professional suit walked in.

When seeing the face of the short-haired woman, Satake Maki felt a trace of surprise.

Anju Jin Gangyi stopped, coughed, and introduced to the other two who stood up in the office: "I'll introduce you. This is Ms. Asano Aiko. In the future work, she will fully represent Mr. Akiwara and be responsible for the docking work with our publishing house."

After saying this, Anju Jin Gangyi turned his head and introduced the two people on the field to Asano Aiko, "Ms. Asano, this is Satake Maki, who is mainly responsible for proofreading work, and this is Itakura Naka, who is responsible for administrative affairs."

After listening to his introduction, Asano Aiko stepped forward two steps, bowed politely, "Nice to meet you, I am Asano Aiko, please take care of me."

Because of the long time, she had forgotten that she had seen one of them at Akiwara's house. And the night was too dark, and she didn't see it clearly.

On the other side, Satake Maki grabbed in front of Itakura Naka, also walked up, bowed, and responded with a "polite and courteous" voice: "Nice to meet you, I am Satake Maki, please take care of me!"

When saying this, a special complicated feeling surged in Satake Maki's heart...