Chapter 507

He was even a bit impatient to see the moment when the evening sales data came out.

Gao Gao Qiaochun and Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi arrived at the subway station exit early.

The flow of people in the station was like weaving, with footsteps, announcements, and conversations mixing into a noisy background sound.

They originally wanted to contact Xia Xia Xia Mujun immediately; after all, in such a dense crowd, it is common to brush past each other and miss each other.

However, just as Gao Gao Qiaochun had taken out his phone and his fingertip was about to touch the screen—

Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi suddenly grabbed his sleeve and whispered:

"Senior! Look over there!"

Gao Gao Qiaochun subconsciously looked in the direction of his finger.

His gaze passed through the moving heads and over the hurried travelers.

Then, as if attracted by an invisible magnet, it instantly locked onto a figure.

Xia Xia Xia Mujun was walking slowly from the direction of the exit gate with the crowd.

In the somewhat noisy subway station in the afternoon, the surroundings were filled with gray uniforms, hurried expressions, and tired figures.

Only he seemed to carry his own soft-focus filter.

Exquisite features, calm temperament, upright posture...

Even if he was just walking quietly in the crowd, it was like the protagonist of the stage suddenly being lit by a spotlight.

He was instantly stripped from the background, attracting the faint gazes of those around him.

Even though it wasn't their first time seeing him, Gao Gao Qiaochun and Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi couldn't help but feel a brief moment of amazement and distraction at this overly outstanding appearance and temperament.

Immediately, the two came back to their senses, piled enthusiastic smiles on their faces, raised their hands, and were about to call out loudly—

"Teacher Xia—"

The sound hadn't fully rushed out of their throats.

Another clearer, sweeter, and unmistakably joyful female voice took the lead, piercing through the noisy background sound like a silver bell, and clearly rang out in front of them:

"Teacher Xia—finally found you!"

This voice was too familiar!

Gao Gao Qiaochun and Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi were stunned at the same time, the smiles on their faces freezing.

They saw a slender and beautiful figure, with extremely agile steps, almost "sliding" past them, bringing a faint scent of perfume.

Uda Ayaka.

That beautiful editor from Group A who was famous in the editorial department for her looks and methods, and whose performance was equally excellent.

At this moment, her face was filled with a bright and moving smile, and she ran directly to Xia Xia Xia Mujun, who had just stopped and looked over with some surprise.

She panted slightly, her cheeks flushed with a healthy glow from the run.

Her movements were smooth and natural, as if it were just a "coincidental" encounter here.

Gao Gao Qiaochun and Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi looked at each other, both seeing the "bad" and "as expected" expressions in each other's eyes.

The scene where Uda Ayaka tried to "intercept" Teacher Xia in the editorial department last time was still fresh in their minds!

Alarm bells rang in their hearts, and they didn't dare to delay any longer, quickly following up.

"Teacher Xia, good afternoon!"

Gao Gao Qiaochun took the lead, squeezed to the front side of Xia Xia Xia Mujun, bowed slightly, his tone respectful but urgent.

"Teacher Xia, you've finally arrived. You've had a hard journey!"

Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi also followed up immediately, trying to minimize the "accidental" influence brought by Uda Ayaka.

Xia Xia Xia Mujun looked at the three editors who had surrounded him almost at the same time, his face showing obvious surprise and confusion.

His gaze swept over the three faces with different expressions, all filled with "eagerness."

"You... why are you all here?"

Uda Ayaka put her hands behind her back, her body leaning forward slightly, an action that made her already proud curves even more prominent.

She looked up, her big eyes with exquisite eye makeup blinking, and when she looked at Xia Xia Xia Mujun, her smile was as sweet as if it were dipped in honey.

"We knew you were coming today, Teacher Xia, so we waited here specifically for you~"

Her voice was soft and glutinous, carrying a natural sense of intimacy.

Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi heard this and the corner of his mouth twitched, unable to help but complain:

"Senior Gao and I had agreed in advance to come and pick up Teacher Xia."

He looked at Uda Ayaka, his tone carrying helplessness.

"Editor Uda, you were clearly following behind secretly, right?"

Hearing this, Uda Ayaka's smile remained unchanged, and it even became a bit brighter.

She tilted her head slightly, making an innocent and cunning expression.

"Xin Yuan-kun, you can't just talk nonsense~"

"What do you mean by 'secretly' following?"

"It's clearly that you two were walking too fast. I followed behind, but I wanted to say hello to you several times."

She blinked, righteous and confident.

"It's you who didn't hear, or didn't notice me~"

"Then I had to assume you agreed to let me come along~"

Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi: "..."

He knew very well that once this woman started arguing, there was no reason to talk to her at all, so he simply rolled his eyes and stopped talking.

Gao Gao Qiaochun's mind had long since flown to the new manuscript Xia Xia Xia Mujun was about to bring and the sales situation at the bookstore.

He quickly interrupted this meaningless "dispute," piled the most sincere smile on his face, and said to Xia Xia Xia Mujun:

"Teacher Xia, the car has been prepared for you."

He turned to the side and made a guiding gesture.

"Shall we go back to the publishing house first?"

Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded; he didn't want to stay at the subway station entrance for too long either.

"Hmm, okay, thank you for your trouble."

The group walked toward the publishing house's official car parked on the side of the road.

Uda Ayaka followed naturally, without any self-consciousness of being "uninvited."

The vehicle started smoothly and drove into the somewhat crowded afternoon traffic in Shibuya.

Uda Ayaka seemed full of curiosity about Xia Xia Xia Mujun.

She turned to the side, looked at Xia Xia Xia Mujun, and asked in a light tone:

"By the way, Teacher Xia~"

"Did you... go to the bookstore today to see the sales of your novel?"

Xia Xia Xia Mujun shook his head.

"Not yet."

"I plan to go later."

Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi, who was on the side, immediately turned his head, his face filled with excitement, and suggested:

"Then how about... we go to the bookstore on the way now?"

"To be honest, I'm super curious about how your book 'The Devotion of Suspect X', Teacher Xia, is selling today!"

Xia Xia Xia Mujun himself was of course very curious, and nodded:

"Hmm, let's go now."

Immediately, he thought of a question and looked at Gao Gao Qiaochun.

"But... shouldn't you editors be able to know the sales data?"

Hearing this, Gao Gao Qiaochun immediately sat up straight, his face showing a serious explanation.

"Teacher Xia, the situation is like this."

"Our publishing house can get detailed sales data, but it's usually not real-time."

"Generally speaking, we have to wait until the end of the business day for major bookstores."

"The bookstores will take inventory and make reports based on the sales of various books for that day, that week, and that month."

"Then, they will upload the data to the corresponding publishing house, and at the same time, decide which books need to be reordered based on sales trends."