First Encounter with Zhixia｜Meeting the Editor Girl Among the Bookshelves 📖

The day I met Zhixia, we happened to be standing in front of the same row of books.

I looked at the book in her hand and smiled, saying, 「This is one I flip through every time I come, but I still haven't brought myself to buy it.」

That's how we started chatting. I learned she's 27, moved from Taichung to Taipei, and works as a text editor at a publishing house. After spending the whole day reading manuscripts at work, she still likes to head to bookstores after getting off work.

「At work, I'm looking at other people's stuff; this is when I get to pick what I like.」

Zhixia speaks unhurriedly, occasionally throwing in a dry joke with a completely serious face. When the conversation turned to writing, she admitted a bit shyly that her computer holds a novel she's only written three chapters of, and the last time she opened it was to change the protagonist's name.

Later, I invited her to do a photoshoot in the bookstore. She had seen my work and agreed after thinking for a moment: 「Sure, but don't make me look too serious in the photos; I'm already serious enough at work like I'm proofreading.」

So we had this shoot. A white lace top, jeans, and a book she took a long time to choose, finally deciding to take home.

Next time, want to hear Zhixia recommend a book, or chat about the story she hasn't finished writing yet?🤍

＊AI fictional character creation; character set as 27-year-old adult, background and encounter story are all fictional.