Chapter 33
"Hurry up, Mr. Zhaohe's book signing event is about to begin."
"There's no rush. You're talking about the opening hours. We've already secured seats, so we can just queue up before the show opens."
"I just have to queue up. I don't want to be late for admission because of the queue."
Zhou Yu's face was pale, and he was surrounded by his three roommates, making it impossible for him to get any shelter.
He raised his hand and pushed the three of them out.
"Zhou Yu, what are you doing? It's dangerous if you don't stay among us properly."
"Yeah, yeah, you're so good-looking, someone's bound to think you're a cosplayer and take pictures with you, and then we won't be able to stop you."
"Yes, I must stop you."
Zhou Yu was finally able to breathe smoothly, and his face showed a little color.
"I need to breathe," he said.
The roommates then realized that they seemed to have been too nervous and squeezed Zhou Yu too tightly.
They immediately readjusted their positions, still surrounding Zhou Yu in the middle, but at least they knew to leave some space for him to breathe.
After all the commotion, their positions became a little messed up, and their sense of direction also became lost.
"Damn it! There are so many people at the convention, I'm a bit disoriented."
"It doesn't matter. You can't go wrong by going to the most crowded places. Look, there are so many people over there, all of them are young ladies. You can't go wrong by following them."
“But we seem to have taken the wrong path.”
They followed the crowd and did arrive at a book signing event, but it was a book signing event for voice actor Hu Guang.
The place is not open to the public yet, but it is already crowded with girls.
When Zhou Yu saw the poster on the stage, his expression twisted and he turned around decisively, "He's going the wrong way."
"Zhou Yu, how did you know that? I thought you hadn't done any homework on the comic convention."
"Why does your tone sound so bad? Is it because there are too many people at the comic convention?"
"Still need to take a break?"
Zhou Yu: "No need."
He absolutely didn't want to rest near Huguang's book signing event.
Zhou Yu quickened his pace and his roommates hurried to follow.
"Okay, let's go."
They had originally come from the less crowded area outside the exhibition hall, but now to get to the other end of the comic exhibition, they can only go straight through the booth area in the middle.
Four grown boys walking together not only looks very strange, but also easily blocks the way.
Zhou Yu's roommate apologized along the way, but insisted on not changing the way he walked. He escorted Zhou Yu to Zhaohe's autograph session despite the subtle looks from passers-by.
"Thank you." Zhou Yu said sincerely.
"You're welcome. Why are you being so polite to us?"
"Just consider it a thank you gift for us eating your sister Yao's snacks every week."
"You don't need to thank me if you consider us your friends."
Zhou Yu's lips curled slightly, which made his roommates stunned.
They immediately looked around nervously, "Wait, you're not allowed to laugh like that. This is a comic convention. It's too dangerous."
"Hurry, put away your smile and be the cool guy you are."
"Yes, stop laughing, let's go line up to enter."
The roommates didn't lower their voices when they spoke, and many people's attention was attracted.
The feeling of being pierced by the gaze made Zhou Yu breathless, his heart rate soared, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
He forced himself to suppress the trembling of his body and reached out to pull the corner of his roommate's clothes.
After being pulled, the roommate realized something was wrong, and quickly tightened the string of Zhou Yu's hat, then quickened his pace to take him to the queue area.
Because admission was already open, the line moved very quickly and basically no one had the time to pay attention to the people nearby.
Zhou Yu's condition improved after he no longer felt the thorn in his side.
Only when he finally found a seat and sat down did he completely return to normal.
The roommates also breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to the book signing event officially starting.
"I didn't expect that we would be meeting Teacher Zhaohe."
"I really want to know what Mr. Zhaohe looks like."
"Zhou Yu, you have really good facial expression control. You don't look excited at all."
Zhou Yu chose to remain silent. In a few minutes, it would be their turn to be speechless.
Sure enough, the moment the figure they had been longing for walked onto the stage, they were blown away.
Facing his roommate's condemning gaze, Zhou Yu simply mouthed, "Let's talk about it when we get home."
As soon as Yao Yingmo came on stage, he noticed the presence of Zhou Yu and his roommates.
Zhou Yu had messaged her last week, so she wasn't surprised to see them.
Zhou Yu seems to be in good condition. It seems that his roommates have taken good care of him.
Yao Yingmo felt relieved and stopped paying attention to them, turning his attention back to the book signing event.
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhao He."
The host's question-and-answer session went by very quickly. Since the questions were too basic, the fans' reactions were not very enthusiastic. It was not until the host announced the start of the fan question-and-answer session that the audience erupted in excited shouts.
In order to maintain order, fans were asked to write down the questions and put them in a cardboard box when entering the venue, which was then drawn out by the host on the stage.
"The first fan question is a question that I think everyone wants to ask. Mr. Zhao He, what made you decide to stop being mysterious?"
Yao Yingmo knew she would be asked this question, and she calmly gave the answer she had prepared in advance.
"I think my fans all know that I started writing at a very young age. Back when I was still in school, it was really not appropriate to show my face. After graduating from university, it took me some time to adjust to life after graduation, and it was only recently that I finally settled down. Once I settled down, I came to see you all, right?"
There was a burst of screams from the audience, and Yao Yingmo waved gently.
"Wow, it looks like this is a two-way street between Mr. Zhaohe and his fans." The host walked back to the center of the stage. "Now, let me interrupt with a piece of news. In the short time since you came on stage, you've already become a trending topic on Weibo."
Yao Yingmo was surprised: "So fast."
"Teacher, you have a lot of fans," the host said. "Let me read the trending headline for everyone: 'Zhao He Beautiful Sister.'"
Yao Yingmo was stunned on the spot and leaned over to look at the mobile phone screen shown to her by the host.
It was a full-body photo taken from under the stage. The fan who took the photo obviously had professional photography skills. She seemed to be glowing, and her figure and hairstyle were at perfect angles.
The host was so considerate as to open the comment section for her.
"Teacher Zhaohe is so beautiful."
"Mr. Zhaohe can debut right here."
"Look at me more, sister!"
"Am I the only one who thinks Ms. Zhaohe has a very strong aura? She doesn't seem like the author of sweet, healing novels, but more like a female investment bank executive."
"This kind of teacher Zhaohe is even more likable."
Yao Yingmo nodded with satisfaction, turned to the audience and asked, "Everyone, is this the right point?"
Host: "Book fans in the audience, Teacher Zhaohe asks you, are you focusing on the right thing?"
Yao Yingmo heard a resounding, unanimous response: "Yes."
Yao Yingmo picked up the microphone: "Okay."
There was another burst of laughter from the audience. After the atmosphere recovered a little, the host took out another cue card from the cardboard box.
Host: "Next fan question, what are your thoughts on the collaboration between Mr. Zhaohe and Mr. Huguang?"
After the host finished reading the title card, he paused for two seconds and then said, "Teacher Hu Guang is also here today, holding a book signing event on the other side. Does Teacher Zhao He have any words for Teacher Hu Guang?"
Yao Yingmo's answer was very official, "Teacher Hu Guang is a very dedicated and excellent voice actor. He interprets Song Han very well. I believe that everyone will not be disappointed when the finished product is released."
At this moment, a staff member suddenly ran up to the stage and handed over a host card. The host looked down and looked surprised.
"Teacher Huguang also mentioned Teacher Zhaohe just now."
Yao Yingmo raised an eyebrow.
"Teacher Hu Guang has reached out to you, saying he hopes to be the male lead in each of your novels. Teacher Zhao He, do you have any response for Teacher Hu Guang?"
Yao Yingmo said bluntly: "That's impossible."
There was another commotion under the stage.
Yao Yingmo ignored it and continued, "After all, the radio dramas of several of my books are already online. He's speaking too slowly."
When Yao Yingmo said the first sentence, the host grabbed the microphone and made public relations preparations for an emergency speech. Fortunately, Yao Yingmo was just panting when speaking, and after the subsequent explanation, no one could say anything.
The radio drama adaptation completed a few years ago did not have the opportunity to be passed on to Huguang. Yao Yingmo's answer was completely correct.
The host quickly continued to take questions from fans to bring the atmosphere back to the main topic.
Yao Yingmo stood on the stage for an hour and a half before finishing all the performances. She was then led back to the lounge by the staff to wait for the signing space to be set up and for the book fans to line up in an orderly manner before she was led on stage again.
Xiao Su came up to her immediately and stuffed the thermos and a lozenge into her hands.
"Thanks."
Yao Yingmo had just finished drinking the water when she saw the makeup artist being brought in by Xiao Su. Two seconds later, she was pressed into a chair to touch up her makeup.
She quietly tilted her head back and let the makeup artist work on her face.
The makeup artist worked very quickly and stopped before Yao Yingmo had even finished applying the throat lozenge.
"Teacher, your makeup isn't seriously coming off. There's nothing to adjust," the makeup artist explained. "When I go to Teacher Hu Guang's place later, it won't be that simple. He can't help but touch his face, and every time his makeup comes off, it's pretty serious. Sometimes I have to reapply his makeup, and it takes quite a while to touch it up."
Shi Xuze was a talkative person who made a lot of small movements, so Yao Yingmo was not surprised at all to hear the makeup artist's harmless complaint.
She laughed out loud and comforted him, "Thank you for your hard work."
The makeup artist waved her hand, took her tools and went out to Shi Xuze's lounge.
Because he likes to interact with fans and has many game sessions, his stage activities ended half an hour later than Yao Yingmo's. When the makeup artist came in, he had just sat down for less than two seconds and was being scolded by Sister Chang.
"No one asked you about Mr. Zhao He, so why did you bring it up? Didn't you promise not to cause trouble? Luckily, Mr. Zhao He's response was respectful, otherwise you would have been ridiculed by everyone."
Shi Xuze shrugged, "Teacher Zhaohe is a very good person. The kind of thing you are worried about, Sister Chang, will never happen."
Sister Chang was so angry that she wanted to hit him on the head with the script, but she stopped because he had his hair styled. "Be careful during the book signing later and don't talk nonsense."
Shi Xuze: "I have never said anything nonsense."
Sister Chang: "You'd better be."
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