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"Boss, why did you buy so many goods?"

The new clerk looked at the bookshelf full of "White Night Journey", which was placed in the most conspicuous place, and asked with some confusion.

The author of this novel has almost never heard of his name. He is not a famous writer, so it is unlikely that many readers will buy it.

But for such a novel whose name I had barely heard of, the young boss Ono Nagaharu purchased a large number of it, a total of three to four hundred copies, and put them for sale in the most conspicuous place of the bookstore.

"I bought some of the new books published by Spring and Autumn Society when I saw them." Ohno Nagaharu said while reading the comics.

"This is not just a few...can you sell so many of them?"

"Who knows? It's probably difficult." Ohno Nagaharu said.

"Huh?" The clerk looked at him puzzled, thinking it was difficult to buy so much?

Sure enough, only one copy of the book was sold on the first day.

A little more were sold the next day, about three copies, but "Aurora Murder 2" had already sold dozens of copies, and the sales gap was almost visible to the naked eye.

At this time, the "Yomiuri Daily" once again serialized Chiba Shinichi's article: "White Night Journey" - one of the best socialist works in history.

In the article, Chiba Shinichi overturned the previous statement of "half a masterpiece" and claimed that the ending of "White Night Journey" is also shocking. This novel is not "half a masterpiece". It can be called a masterpiece from beginning to end.

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In addition to Chiba Shinichi, other book reviewers have also given evaluations one after another. There are many tricky critics among the reviewers. They can find faults in no matter how good a work is: they will criticize commercial works that are not profound, and they will criticize profound works.

If it is not romantic, they will criticize romantic works for not being popular...

However, "White Night Walk" has received unanimous praise in a short period of time. Firstly, because Fujiwara Kei has the aura of a newbie, critics prefer to target well-known writers rather than making things difficult for newcomers;

Secondly, "White Night Walk" is a socialist work. To a certain extent, it reflects social phenomena and to a certain extent, it achieves "writing to convey the truth", so it naturally has a high-level style.

Driven by various reasons, the reputation of "White Night Walk" is increasing day by day. Among the works released at the same time, almost no other work can surpass it.

However, "Aurora Murders 2", a work from the same publishing house, was criticized at this time. Many book reviewers criticized Watanabe Ikema for overstating the matter. As a sequel to the first part, the second part of the Aurora series has a lackluster plot and narrative.

There is nothing new, and it is far inferior to the first one. This is a work created purely to make money, and it is simply a third-rate novel.

In major literary magazines and newspapers, the evaluations of the two works "Aurora 2" and "White Night Journey" are almost the same but opposite. "Aurora 2" is full of accusations and criticisms, but "White Night Journey" is not at all

Stingy with kind words.

However, reviews are reviews and cannot truly reflect the market. After only half a month, the first printing of 100,000 copies of "Aurora Murder 2" was almost sold out, while "White Night Walk" only sold 10,000 copies.

Keigo Higashino was already a well-known writer before he wrote "White Night Walk". However, Keigo Fujiwara did not have such a reader base, so he could only wait patiently for sales to slowly increase.

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Togada Nanako came to Ohno Bookstore.

She is a sophomore student at Tokyo University of Literature and Art and a member of the literature club. She has had a fanatical love for novels since she was a child, especially mystery novels.

In Japan, reading mystery novels is a national hobby, almost second only to comics. Especially in this era, light novels have not yet captured the youth market, and mystery novels almost dominate all major literary categories.

She came to buy "Aurora Murders 2". Although the reviews of this novel seem to be poor now, she still decided to buy it because of her love for the first one.

She picked up a copy of "Aurora Murders 2" and was about to leave when she turned around and saw "White Night Journey", which was placed in the most conspicuous position. She felt a little strange for a moment. This book didn't seem to be very popular.

Why is it placed in such a high position?

She vaguely remembered seeing reviews about this book in the newspaper. It seemed to be good, and it seemed that it was recommended by teacher Mika Miyano.

After some hesitation, Togada Nanako took the book away after some hesitation.

After paying the bill at the counter, Togada Nanako put the novel in her bag and prepared to take it home to read.

In the evening, Togada Nanako took a shower and dried her hair with a hair dryer. Then she sat on a chair and waited for the tips of her hair to dry. Reading novels was the best way to pass the boring time, so she took the hair dryer from her bag.

Take out the two novels I bought at Ohno Bookstore today.

She first picked up "Aurora 2" and started watching it carefully for about half an hour, when the first murder case appeared.

Togata frowned. The method of committing the crime didn't seem complicated. She immediately saw the murderer's trick - it couldn't be that simple, right? Didn't she guess it right away?

She hesitated for a while, finally couldn't restrain her curiosity, and turned directly to the last few chapters. After a quick glance, she was immediately disappointed: there didn't seem to be any reversal, and it was no different from what she had guessed.

"What..." Togata complained a little, no wonder the review was not good! This level can only be used to deceive a newbie.

Just when he was lamenting that he had spent a lot of money to buy a novel that was not that exciting, Togata turned around and saw Byakuya Go again, so he put down "Aurora 2" and opened the first page of "Byakuya Go".

The murder case described at the beginning of "White Night Journey" does not seem to be difficult, but the highlight of this book does not seem to be the true identity of the murderer...

Togata became more and more engrossed as he read, and his pupils suddenly dilated when he read the third chapter.

She turned back page after page, and the closer she got to the end, the closer she got to the core mystery of the novel. Until the end, all the truth was revealed, and Togada's scalp went numb for a moment, and when the last sentence of the book came into view,

, a line of clear tears slipped down unconsciously.

"She never looked back once."

She never looked back once.

The man who sacrificed his life to protect her died, and she never looked back.

The man who was willing to desecrate her body and soul to protect her died, and she never looked back.

Does Karasawa Yukiho love Kirihara Ryoji?

And what kind of feelings does Kirihara Ryoji have towards Karasawa Yukiho?

Is it love, obedience, or guilt?

she does not know.

Perhaps no one can know except the author.

This is the ultimate mystery of this book.

Togata felt her heart beating faster. She hadn't read such a shocking novel for a long time.

No wonder the book reviewers praised this book so highly. She had thought it was some special treatment for socialists. Although many socialists have good reviews, they are not good-looking!

But this book is very exciting. Among the many novels she has read, she is even willing to put this novel in the top three.

No wonder the owner of Daye Bookstore would put this not-so-popular book in the most conspicuous position. It seems that the bookstore owner is a potential master and has foresight!