Chapter 8 Signing and Selling Books

  "Nan Ge, guess who I am? Hehe......"

  No need to guess, it's obviously Leng Xue's voice. "How did you get my phone number?" Xiao Nan was surprised and thought carefully, realizing that she could have gotten it from Wu Rui, and for convenience, the department had kept each of their mobile numbers on file, making this question a bit silly.

  "Leng Xue, what's so urgent that you're looking for me this early?" Realizing her mistake, Xiao Nan quickly changed the subject.

  "How's the progress on finding Yun Qi?" On the other end of the phone, Leng Xue spoke while seemingly having something in her mouth, making a "baa-baa" sound similar to a piston movement. Hmm! She should be sucking on a lollipop or something. Ugh! I have some here at home, why bother spending money on that thing?

  "It's not looking good. The master Wu Rui found is a scammer, not reliable at all. As for Cheng Jie's relative, Wu Ma, there's still no news, I'm waiting."

  "Nan Ge, do you want me to help you?" Leng Xue's mysterious tone immediately piqued Xiao Nan's interest.

  "Speak up, I'll judge how big the hope is." Xiao Nan held the phone with one hand and picked an apple from the fruit basket with the other, taking a big bite while speaking.

  "What are you eating? You're a greedy person." Leng Xue was attracted by Xiao Nan's eating sounds, and the hungry worm in her stomach was stirred up.

  "Good sister, if you help Brother Nan accomplish this matter, whatever you want to eat, Brother Nan will treat you."

  "Alright, no backing out." On the other end of the phone, Leng Xue paused for a moment, cleared her throat and said: "There's an opportunity to meet Yun Qi face-to-face, are you going or not?"

  "Go, of course go. You tell me in detail." Xiao Nan agreed without hesitation.

  "This afternoon at 10 o'clock, Yun Qi will be holding a book signing event for her new book 'The Stories I Must Tell Men' at the Hua Cheng Bookstore. I managed to get two tickets and have already bought two copies of the book. We can just go in, line up, and wait for her to sign them. That way, we'll have a chance to see her, right?"

  Xiao Nan got excited, looked at his watch and saw it was almost 9:30. He had agreed with Leng Xue to meet up, so he quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the house.

  The road was quite smooth, no traffic jam. When I arrived near the Hua Cheng Bookstore, I saw Leng Xue from afar, sucking on a lollipop, looking around and waiting eagerly.

  "Hey!" Xiao Nan turned around, lightly patting Leng Xue's left shoulder, but his head popped out from the right side, hehe, and said: "Sorry to keep you waiting."

  "Ah! You scared me to death!" Leng Xue pretended to throw a punch, but Xiao Nan dodged it with a smooth mudskipper-like movement, jumping out of the way.

  "Hurry up, there are many people today."

  It's no wonder that Leng Xue said so, as nearly a thousand fans of Yun Qi gathered in front of the Hua Cheng bookstore, densely packed in three layers inside and out. Most were young men and women around twenty years old, many holding up Yun Qi's portraits and shouting slogans like "Yun Qi, I love you!" All for just one glimpse of their idol's lovely face.

  Ordinarily, Xue looks frail and weak, but this little girl really has a burst of energy. Grabbing Xiao Nan's arm, she led the way forward, with Xiao Nan following behind her, pushing and shoving to the left and right. Amidst the crowds of people, they actually managed to force their way through and squeeze to the very front of the crowd.

  There are already over twenty security guards facing the crowd and maintaining order.

  "Let us through!" Leng Xue shouted, pulling out two tickets from her bag and holding them up high. The security guard saw that they had tickets and hastily stepped aside, allowing Leng Xue and Xiao Nan to enter the Hua Cheng Bookstore.

  This place, Xiao Nan doesn't often come, mainly because there's no use for it. Nowadays the internet is so developed, looking up information and whatnot, just ask Baidu, really no need to run to a bookstore and waste money, also wasting time.

  As soon as they entered, wow! There were still over a hundred people standing in the house. Xiao Nian didn't expect Yunqi's welcome to be so high, greatly exceeding her expectations.

  "Good sister, I see that many people are being stopped outside. Is this ticket hard to get?" Xiao Nan looked around and took the ticket from Leng Xue, examining it carefully.

  Leng Xue held a lollipop, her agile little tongue licked it a few times, and she said with relish: "That's natural, among thousands of fans, there are only a hundred tickets available, it's really gotten to the point where one ticket is hard to come by."

  "How did you get this ticket?" Xiao Nan asked curiously.

  Her eyes sparkling with a hint of mystery, she gave Xiao Nan a sly smile and said, "It's a secret."

  Just then, there was a sudden commotion in the house. It turned out that people who were originally fighting each other in twos and threes suddenly gathered together in one direction.

  Leng Xue quickly pulled Xiao Nan's hand and ran in that direction, excitedly shouting: "It must be Yun Qie who has arrived, hurry up! It's going to be late and we won't be able to squeeze in!"

  Unlike those infatuated fans' surprised expressions, Xiao Nan only felt that Leng Xue's small hand was warm and thick, and he really wanted to take the opportunity to pinch it. But with Leng Xue's current state, she wouldn't even notice. However, Xiao Nan thought about it and didn't do it. Because Leng Xue was helping him out, doing so would be taking advantage of her, which was too despicable.

  Even if Leng Xue was sprinting at a speed of 100 meters, she was still a bit late and was blocked by a group of people. Even jumping on her toes, Leng Xue couldn't see the shape inside.

  Xiao Nan suddenly had an idea and pulled over Leng Xue, saying: "Why don't you ride on my neck instead?"

  Leng Xue nodded in agreement after a moment of thought.

  Today, Leng Xue wore a light yellow chiffon dress that just passed her knees. When she parted her legs and rode on Xiao Nan's neck, the secret place was tightly pressed against Xiao Nan's nape, Xiao Nan's hands grasped her snow-white thighs, his neck immediately felt the plumpness of that part, as well as the breath-like sensation brought by the gasp, a dizziness, almost making him unable to stand up.

  "Nan-ge, go a bit further forward." Leng Xue was completely unbothered, and excitedly patted Xiao Nan's head, urging him on.

  Xiao Nan is 1 meter 83 tall, looking inward naturally doesn't take any effort, no need to tiptoe, can see everything at a glance.

  Xiao Nan squeezed forward and saw a young male host standing in front of a table, holding a microphone and saying to everyone: "There are still ten minutes left before international movie star Yun Qi arrives here for an on-site book signing. However, due to Yun Qi's extremely tight schedule, the original plan for 100 people has been changed to 50. So, I regretfully inform you all that the 100 ticket-holding Yun fans (this is a shortened term for Yun Qi fans, don't get it confused with drugs) will have to re-draw lots. The first 50 Yun fans who are drawn can stay on site. Those who aren't drawn, sorry! Please go outside."

  I thought I saw Yunqi was nailed on the board, but when I heard that something had changed, there was a commotion in the crowd.

  "We came all the way from afar just to catch a glimpse of Yunqi's beauty up close. You, the organizers, intentionally deprived us of our right to meet our idol, and this will bring negative news to Yunqi, it's simply a commercial scam! We won't stand for it, we'll sue you!" A male Yun fan clenched his fist and shouted, his neck veins bulging with excitement.

  "Right! We won't agree. I spent 4,500 yuan to buy this ticket from a scalper, if I don't get to sign the book, I...I'll die here." The speaker was a female Yun fan, wearing glasses with lenses as thick as the bottom of a bottle, and speaking in a way that revealed her unpleasant teeth. Looking at her, one really had the urge to fight to the death.

  "Right! We also oppose the organizer's approach!"

  ……

  Even the cold snow on his head joined in the opposing voices, making Xiao Nan shake his head repeatedly, unable to understand the foolish behavior of these star chasers, all for a Yun Qi, is it worth it!

  "Nan-ge, don't move! I... my center of gravity is unstable, it's so scary that I might fall down."

  Forget it, there's still a cold snow on my head! Xiao Nan patted her thigh lightly and comforted her: "Good sister, don't worry, Brother Nan won't mess around anymore, you can rest assured."

  Public opinion cannot be violated. Perhaps the organizer did not expect such a big reaction, and a fat man quickly came out to put out the fire. He waved his hand and said: "Everyone, don't get excited, let me contact Yunquei and see if we can satisfy everyone's wishes to the greatest extent."

  Originally scheduled for 10 o'clock, it's already more than five minutes past the time, and there's been another short delay due to this little episode. The commotion in the crowd is still ongoing. After a while, the fat man returns, excitedly announcing: "Yunqi deeply understands everyone's mood at this moment, after communication and negotiation, she has postponed the participation time of the following activities, and agreed to give you one hundred Yun fans representatives to sign. However, in order to save time, when signing, please try not to talk to Yunqi, move quickly, and hope everyone will cooperate."

  "Good! Clap clap!" The crowd suddenly erupted in a burst of applause and cheers.

  "Now, we are honored to invite Yunqi on stage." The exciting moment has arrived, everyone held their breath and looked up with anticipation. Amidst the cheers and applause, Yunqi walked out wearing a stunning black dress, her captivating appearance and elegant demeanor absolutely deserving of the description "overturning cities and overturning countries".

  Yun Qi slightly bowed to everyone, tucked the hair behind her ear and smiled: "Hello everyone, I'm Yun Qi. I'm thrilled to see so many cloud fans here at my new book launch event."

  "Woooo..." The whistling and cheering in the crowd swelled up again, lasting for a long time. Many people jumped up excitedly, wanting to rush onto the stage if not stopped by security guards.

  "Okay, now the signing session is starting. Everyone has a number on their ticket, so let's line up in order of the numbers and one by one come to get your new book signed by Yuki." After the host finished reading out the rules, the fans were very obedient and quickly formed a long queue that snaked all the way to the entrance.

  Xiao Nan put down Leng Xue, and the two tickets in their hands showed that Xiao Nan was number sixty-one and Leng Xue was number sixty-two.

  "Ugh! Too far back!" Leng Xue looked at the ticket number and pouted, her face full of discontent.

  "Don't be discouraged, at least we're luckier than those thousands of people outside. We're still in the top 1,000." Xiao Nan placed her hands on Leng Xue's shoulders to comfort her and guided her to stand in front of him, in the 61st position.

  "Nang ge, thank you." Leng Xue looked at Xiao Nang with gratitude and didn't forget to tell him: "When I see Yun Qi later, I'll talk to her about the endorsement contract. You can rest assured that I'll take care of it." She gave a playful smile, revealing a pair of cute dimples.

  What are you doing? Can I rest assured? What exactly are you doing?! If it's that thing, I won't be able to rest easy. Xiao Nan is having another fantasy...