Shi Jin hung up the phone and nodded slightly: "Are we going to start?"

"Not yet." Shi Yi put away his phone and looked at Shi Jin, his eyes full of amazement: "It seems that Ai Qing is still quite good. This dress suits you very well."

He stilled his words. This was more than appropriate, it was simply perfect.

The young man was wearing a smoothly cut and neatly ironed white dress-style suit. The suit was in the shape of a tuxedo, with a slightly longer hem at the back, which better showed off the young man's tall and straight figure.

A pure white suit itself tends to be monotonous, so some patterns are embroidered on the hem with silver thread. It is not noticeable at first glance, but it sparkles when exposed to light.

Following the thin line all the way up, the elegant white dress was covered with a tightly bound shirt collar. The delicate neckline lightly pressed against the young man's protruding neck, looking restrained and noble.

Further up is the young man's cold face with slightly drooping eyelashes. The cold white skin failed to obscure his thin jawline, but instead highlighted his cold aura.

Shi Yi once again marveled in his heart at the wonder of the Creator.

How much favoritism does one have to have to add appearance points to a person as if one's life depended on it?

He looked at her a few more times before speaking, "The official start time is two o'clock. There is still half an hour left. You can rest in the rest area for a while."

Shi Jin nodded: "Okay."

"Oh, right." Shi Yi added, "We're going to walk the red carpet at the start of the show. I looked at the list of people who will appear, and you're the last one on the list of authors, followed by the people from the sponsors. You have to pay attention."

Shi Jin frowned slightly: "Shouldn't I be last in the list?"

He had learned before coming that the order of appearance at previous author conferences was generally based on a comprehensive ranking of the authors' achievements and qualifications. The more famous the author, the later the order of appearance would be.

Many of the authors present have been writing for many years, and are superior to him in both seniority and age. So no matter how they are arranged, he should not be the last.

Shi Yi also knew this, but he was somewhat helpless: "There is no way, this is arranged by the organizer."

"Because this is your first public appearance, the organizers think it's a gimmick worth promoting, so they moved you to the end of the list."

Other authors of the same level have more or less had their appearances photographed by the media at offline book signing events, but Shi Qian's book signing event did not involve the media, so his appearance has never been photographed.

In addition to on-site media filming, the authors' conference will also cooperate with live broadcast platforms to broadcast the entire event live, so some thought will be put into the order of appearance.

"But don't worry." Shi Yi comforted him: "Not only your order has been disrupted, but the order of other authors has also been disrupted, so don't worry about causing any bad voices later."

Shi Jin was not worried about this.

But since Shi Yi had said so, the order of appearance could not be changed and they had to follow the process.

Shi Jin pursed her lips: "Okay."

Shi Yi wanted to say something when he noticed Shi Jin's gaze looking through his shoulder and behind him.

at the same time.

"Brother Shi!"

Cheng Ke trotted all the way to the door, his fair and tender face full of joy, his big eyes curved: "Brother Shi, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Where have you been? I waited for you at the door of the publishing house every day, but you never showed up."

"Wait." Shi Yi interrupted him: "You go to the publishing house every day to wait for Shi Jin? Why haven't I seen you?"

It was normal that Cheng Ke couldn't wait for Shi Jin, because Shi Jin basically didn't go to the publishing house. When there was something, he would ask people to chat in the coffee shop.

But he has to go in and out of the publishing house every day, so how come I haven’t seen any of the process?

Cheng Ke answered as a matter of course: "Because I always hide in the stairwell."

Shi Yi suddenly felt a little creepy: "You said...you hide in the stairwell every day? Just to see if Shi Jin went to the publishing house?"

"Yes." Cheng Ke blinked and looked at Shi Jin again: "But I haven't seen Brother Shi, and he didn't tell me where he lives. I haven't seen him since the variety show."

Shi Yi silently smoothed down his raised hairs and looked at Shi Jin: Is there something wrong with his brain?

Shi Jin was silent.

After a while, he nodded slightly.

Shi Yi: “!!”

He suddenly woke up: "Well, I suddenly remembered that I still have to take Shi Jin to the scene. We'll excuse ourselves first."

Shi Jin also pursed his lips: "Excuse me."

Cheng Ke said "oh" obediently.

Shi Yi walked stiffly in the corridor. Even though he had walked ten meters away, he could still feel the gazes following him: "What's going on?"

Shi Jin paused: "I told you before, he lived next door to me before we moved."

Shi Yi's eyes suddenly widened: "He is the pervert who knocks on your door all day long!!"

His voice was a little loud and everyone around looked over.

Shi Jin pursed her lips: "Yeah."

"He wasn't like this at the beginning." That's why he was able to live in the previous house for so long.

"But later..." Shi Jin hesitated for two seconds, thinking about how to explain: "His mother was traumatized and was unwilling to admit that her son had mental problems, so she never let him receive treatment."

Then, Cheng Ke's mental state became worse.

"This is really a sin." Shi Yi sighed, and suddenly said: "But I think he seems fine normally, and Wei Yu has been signing him all the time, so they probably didn't notice his problem, right? So is this disease not serious?"

After saying this, Shi Yi shook his head again: "No, there are people squatting in the stairwell. This disease must be very serious."

Shi Jin wasn't sure either.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Just stay away from him in the future." Shi Yi warned him, "I heard that this kind of person is mentally unstable and may kill someone with a knife if provoked."

Shi Jin pursed her lips: "Okay."

There was already a sound in the venue, it was the host introducing the author.

Shi Yi walked out of the corridor and looked around: "It's almost time, let's go and get ready."

"good."

Shi Jin followed Shi Yi to the waiting area. Standing in front of them was a woman wearing a long red dress.

Shi Jin discovered that Shi Yi seemed to pause for a moment.

He looked at Shi Yi: "What's wrong?"

Shi Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's okay, let's go over there."

The two walked to the waiting area.

Hearing the movement behind her, the woman turned around, and then her upturned fox eyes curved, and her painted red lips curled up: "What a coincidence, we are just in front and behind."

She was talking to Shi Jin, but her eyes were fixed on Shi Yi.

Shi Jin glanced sideways slightly.

Shi Yi's gaze was somewhat evasive.

The two of them just stared at each other and hid from each other, and the atmosphere was inexplicably stagnant.

"Next, let us welcome our beautiful writer Little Fox, her representative works include..."

The little fox curled her lips, glanced at Shi Yi, said nothing, and walked onto the red carpet in ten-centimeter high heels.

Shi Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Shi Jin looked at him: "You guys..."

"Nothing." Shi Yi denied it quickly: "I don't know what happened to her that she suddenly chased me. I didn't do anything."

Afraid that Shi Jin would continue to ask him, Shi Yi spoke first to stop him from saying, "It's your turn soon, stop talking."

Shi Jin pursed her lips and said nothing.

Shi Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and his relaxed gaze naturally fell on the curtain beside Shi Jin.

On one side of the waiting area were seats, and on the other side was a curtain that hung from the ceiling to the ground, held up by curtain ropes. On one side was a small round table with a small champagne tower prepared by the organizer.

The reason why Shi Yi's gaze stopped here was because he saw the curtain beside Shi Jin - the curtain was tied with a curtain rope, but at this moment the rope was loose and was about to slip off.

Once the rope slips, the loose curtain cloth will inevitably sweep onto the champagne tower on the table, and Shi Jin, who is standing next to the champagne tower, will definitely have her dress stained by the splashed wine.

It only took a second for this thought to appear in my mind.

Seeing that the curtain rope was about to slip, Shi Yi made a quick decision and strode forward quickly.

At the same time, Shi Jin's waist was suddenly grabbed by a big hand. Under inertia, he was pulled back a few steps by the big hand, and his back hit a hot chest.

The owner of the big hand took him a few steps back, then quickly let go and looked down to check on him.

The heat on his shoulder suddenly disappeared, and Shi Jin came back to his senses. His eyes fell on the face of the person in front of him, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Yu Ci?"

Yu Ci withdrew his gaze from him and turned to his face: "Are you okay?"

Shi Jin hesitated a little: "...What's the matter?"

"Champagne tower..." Yu Ci just started to speak when he realized that the champagne tower, which should have collapsed due to being hit by the curtains, did not seem to make any breaking sound.

He paused, and looked at the round table with Shi Jin.

Shi Yi, who was standing in front of the curtains at the round table and grabbing the curtains with both hands, said: "......"

He picked up the curtain rope that had fallen on the ground and tied the curtain up again. Worried that it would slip off again, he deliberately used some force to tie a knot in the curtain rope.

After finishing this series, Shi Yi scratched his head and said, "It just happened."

One saves people, the other saves the champagne tower, it's just right.

Shi Jin reacted.

He looked at the champagne tower stacked on the round table and thanked the two of them.

Shi Yi walked back again. He looked at Yu Ci, then suddenly turned around to look at Shi Jin and smiled: "Isn't this a coincidence? The two of you are wearing matching clothes today. At first glance, it looks like a couple's outfit."

Shi Jin was slightly stunned, then followed Shi Yi's gaze and looked at Yu Ci.

Perhaps because he was attending an event like an authors' conference, Yu Ci did not dress very seriously, but simply wore a black casual suit.

Coincidentally, the hem of the suit was also embroidered with dark patterns using the same color thread.

He was tall and had a handsome face. He easily attracted the attention of people around him just by standing there casually.

Also, because black suits are very picky about a person's temperament, if one doesn't wear them well, one can easily look like an insurance salesman, so in this huge venue, Yu Ci was the only one wearing a pure black suit.

At this time, he and Shi Jin, one in black and one in white, stood opposite each other. Their equally outstanding faces did nothing but looked in one direction, which attracted many people to look back at the waiting area.

"...couple outfits?"

Yu Ci's eyes moved around their clothes and he raised his eyebrows: "I think it's pretty good."

As he spoke, he suddenly tilted his head and looked at Shi Jin with smiling eyes: "What do you think?"

What do you feel?

Are you talking about clothes, or...people?