Backdoor

  Twenty years old is an unbreakable boundary, must abide by the law properly.

  This time the interview was very simple, just letting them recite a famous passage. Yu Guo drew the ending of "Gone with the Wind". The heroine Scarlett's long description after the male lead Rhett left, which of course included the most famous line "After all, tomorrow is another day."

  When she got this content, Yu Guo felt a bit down. Not to mention that she had no emotional experience at all, even if her mother He Zi came to read it, she might not be able to fully express the rich emotions.

  Yuuko glanced at the green leaves beside her and felt a little envious.

  Qingye read out the content, and it turned out to be a tongue twister. The tongue twister wasn't difficult, and Youguo quickly read through it in his mind.

  Because Ono had scheduled himself last, Yuka was even more disheartened after hearing the trial readings of everyone present. If he were to sing and perform songs, he might still have a chance. But as for voice acting, it seemed that he really couldn't make a living from it.

  She didn't think too much and just used her own voice to recite that sentence. She wasn't being reckless, but she really couldn't fake a soft and cute tone!

  "Pffft!" Someone burst out laughing the moment Yuuka opened her mouth. Even Aoba, sitting next to her, was suppressing a smile, his mouth twitching upwards.

  She paused for a moment, but Yu Guo continued to read on. She stared at the black text, making an effort to keep her eyes wide open, not letting those warm tears fall.

  "Don't be discouraged, Senaka." Aoba smiled sincerely, taking out her phone from her bag. "Let's exchange email addresses first, who knows, we might meet again during the re-exam."

  "Hmm." Having resigned herself to having no hope, Yuka still politely exchanged email addresses with Aoba. She watched as a luxurious black van came to pick up Aoba before slowly leaving Atomic Ape.

  Because I was preparing for the exam, I haven't gone to work at Otsukisakura for a long time. But now that I'm free, I have to go back to work again. Yuuka's heart hasn't completely given up on taking the university entrance exams, she just wants to earn enough money for the first year's tuition before retaking the exam.

  Cherry blossom season is just around the corner, and it seems like the whole nation's desire for entertainment has been stirred up. The customers at the izakaya are not only ordinary office workers, but also university students from nearby who come to grab a bite to eat. It's clear that many of them are freshmen who have just entered university and are under 20 years old, so they can't drink alcohol yet. The owner doesn't particularly like these kids either, because they make more noise than the average customer, but don't spend much money.

  As for Yūko, she didn't want to see people of the same age appearing in the store either. Envy, jealousy, and so on, it's hard to say. She just didn't like being stared at all the time, and then having them talk about her height and voice behind her back.

  Young people gathering together will always be too unrestrained in expressing their thoughts, completely disregarding others' feelings.

  One has to work and earn money.

  Her face couldn't help but smell a bit, Yu Guo picked up the menu and walked towards the position of the new customer assigned to her by the store owner.

  "Good evening." Yu Guo placed the menu on the table, her head lowered, not looking at the customer's face. Anyway, they were all those who would get drunk and wouldn't mind even if she had a bad attitude.

  "Ah, I remember your name is Quan Shui... what was it again?"

  Suddenly heard a familiar voice, Yuuka quickly lifted her head and saw Kaji Ichiro, whom she had just seen this morning.

  "Kan... Kan-senpai." Yūka only remembered his surname, but now she felt that this one call of "senpai" was quite embarrassing.

  "Haha, you still remember my name." Guan Zhi patted the shoulder of the man sitting next to him and laughed.

  "Senior? You're taking advantage of the newcomer again." Sugita shook his head, looking down on Seki's behavior. However, he didn't say the words in his heart out loud; just one glance was enough for Seki to understand his disdain.

  "Alright, I get it since you haven't had your coming-of-age ceremony!" Kōichi stretched out his hand and picked up the menu. "Egg drop soup, grilled ox tongue, salmon salad, salt-grilled sanma fish, buckwheat noodles, char siu ramen, potato pancake, eel tempura roll, roasted pork skewers..."

  "Hey!" Sugita snatched the menu away and slapped it shut.

  Yu Guo stood on one side, looking at the two of them with some confusion. She suddenly felt that the other man's voice was also very familiar. And it seemed that she had seen him somewhere before.

  "Just these four dishes will be fine, thank you." Sugita returned the menu to Yuka and also gave Koji a dirty look.

  "Okay, just a moment." Yūka took the menu and met Sugita's gaze as he looked up. He seemed to have an unusual amount of white in his eyes; was he rolling his eyes at her?

  With the pen in his hand scratching his hair, Yu Guo didn't understand where he had offended this customer.

  "Ah, roasted beef tongue!" After returning to the kitchen, Yu Guo saw the chef stringing up the beef tongues and suddenly remembered that it was the man who had handed him a second business card.

  Won't it be his own fault for calling him senior, yet he can't even remember that and gets angry? Although I don't think I can be a voice actor, but thinking about it, it's indeed somewhat unsettling.

  What's his name again? What did those people call him last time?

  Kawada?

  Sugimoto?

  Is it Sugita?

  When delivering dishes to the next table, Yu Guo deliberately stopped beside them and paid attention to their conversation, wanting to hear the man's name from it.

  "By the way, how did you know that Izumi is working here? Did you follow her today?" Kōji asked curiously. He had actually planned to go and talk to Izumi after the interview today, but something unexpected came up and he was delayed. And then, unexpectedly, he ran into Yūka when he came to this izakaya with Sugita.

  "I know she's working here because I've eaten here before, and Nakamura knows about it too. It's not like I'm stalking her. You know my principles - never hit on a girl under 20." Sugita said with his hands crossed over his chest, speaking sincerely.

  "Just wait for two more years, Sugita. I understand." Sekiichi raised his hand and patted Sugita's chest with the back of it.

  "Hmm, she may not necessarily join the industry after all. You also saw how it went at today's audition." Sugita felt a bit of a pity, as Yuka's vocal condition was good, although not currently in vogue, but definitely could develop into a power vocalist.

  After hearing the conversation between the two, Yuka learned about Sugita's surname, but at the same time, she was also shocked. As expected, she wouldn't be able to participate in the next re-examination after all; it would be better for her to focus on working and saving money to take the university entrance exams instead.

  She still had to express her gratitude for the business card exchange with Sugita and Seki Tomokazu. She specially asked the chef to bake an extra beef tongue, and Yuka quickly presented it to them while it was hot.

  "Eh, Sugita, you ordered two portions?" Seki Tomokazu looked at Yuka carrying two identical dishes and couldn't help but ask.

  "No," Sugita shook his head in denial.

  "This is a meal I invited two... seniors to have." Yuka couldn't find a suitable title either, so she just went along with what Kaito had said.

  "Senpai...?" Sugita didn't hesitate either, he directly grabbed a string and started eating, "Are you free next Wednesday?"

  "Next Wednesday?" Yuka didn't know what Sugita meant by asking this question, but she still answered honestly, "I have to work after 6 pm in the evening, but I'm free in the afternoon."

  "Then you come again for another interview." Sugita turned his head and looked at Seki Tomokazu.

  "Another interview?" Youguo was even more confused, "Is it a re-examination?"

  "It's not." Seki Kazuichi let out a sigh, this guy made his own arbitrary decisions and yet he had to be the one to carry them out. "The interview you attended today was for our company's project called 'Voice Actor Idol'. From the name alone, you should already know what it entails. But clearly your voice isn't suitable, so you're not on the callback list. And next Wednesday's audition is a regular voice actor training class tryout, which is much more professional than this one."

  "But I'm not a professional." Youguo was suddenly excited, but then immediately fell again. She hadn't participated in any training at all, and she definitely couldn't compare to others.

  "It's not professional, but it's not a big problem either. Your voice quality is good, the company can give you some special training." Sugita kept staring at Seki Tomokazu, exerting an invisible pressure on him.

  "Right, Sugita-san can give you individual guidance." Although he was one of the founders of AtomicApe, Seki Tomokazu's authority was still limited. He had to drag someone along as a scapegoat every time he made an exception like this.

  "Eh, can it be like this?" Yu Guo's family background was simple, and she had never encountered such a good thing before. Being taken care of by the teacher alone, receiving individual tutoring and all that, she hadn't even thought about it.

  "Of course." Sekiichi raised his hand and put it on Sugita's shoulder, "Don't look at this guy with a gloomy face, he's actually a kind-hearted person. When you turn twenty, you'll understand that the world of adults is also full of love."

  Sugita silently rolled his eyes and didn't dare turn around to look at Yuka's sparkling big eyes.

  "Thank you, senior! I'll definitely work hard!" Suddenly invigorated, Yuka grasped Sugita's hand and shook it up and down excitedly.

  "Uh..." Sugita still didn't speak, he let out a muffled sound and fell forward into Kazuki's arms.

  The author has something to say: Qingye You, this is the female lead, directly spoiling it

  The setting is a young lady from a prestigious family who wants to become a voice actress for some reason.

  As for Xiao Guan, he is indeed the second-in-command of the Monkey Society, so he can be so reckless and open his H-mode...

  But the team leader... cough, after all, they are popular.

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