Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 258 Kasumigaoka Utaha's True Purpose
"Ahhh! Jingpu, are you still a human being? How dare you write Xiaoxun to death?"

"Wow, wow, Xiaoxun is so pitiful, you inhuman guy, quickly give my Xiaoxun back to me!"

As soon as school was over, Iura Hide was stopped by Ayazaki Reimi, who had just finished reading the second volume of "April" and burst into tears in class.

In addition, Kyoko Hori, Yuki Yoshikawa, and Sakura Kono also looked at him angrily, as if they wanted to bite him to death.

Even the naive Mashiro had a dangerous light flashing in her eyes.

This made Jingpu Xiu feel numb.

"Shh! Shh! This is a school, okay!"

Jingpu Xiu hurriedly reminded them.

Then, Sakura Kono, who was the most sensible, glared at him again, and finally helped him cover Ayazaki Reimi's mouth.

But even so, other people walking in the corridor couldn't help but look over curiously, especially when they saw Ayazaki Reimi crying loudly, they couldn't help but have many strange thoughts.

For example.
"Huh? What happened to Reimi-san? Did Iura-kun do something bad to her?"

"But isn't her boyfriend Sengoku-kun?"

"Could it be that she dumped Sengoku-kun and wanted to be with Jingura-kun, but was rejected by Jingura-kun?"

This idea is actually quite outrageous, but many people, especially girls, still like to think about it. This made Jingpu Xiu, who had been listening with his ears perked up, blush when he heard their whispers.

He has absolutely nothing to do with Ayazaki Reimi!
Iura Hide couldn't help but look at Kono Sakura with resentment.

Sakura Kono noticed his gaze and immediately gave him an apologetic look.

At first, he actually had no intention of telling Ayazaki Reimi that he was "Luffy". It was Sakura Kono who felt that Ayazaki Reimi's social account had a lot of fans following it, so she instigated him to tell Ayazaki Reimi.

Fortunately, although Ayazaki Reimi is sometimes a little willful and likes to play pranks, she is not the kind of ignorant girl.

After Sakura Kono's consolation, and Iura Hide's stubborn excuses like "literary quality" and "artistic quality", he finally dragged Sakura Kono away angrily.

That's right, in order to prevent her best friend from getting further trapped, Ayazaki Reimi took the opportunity to pull Kono Sakura away as well.

After Ayazaki Reimi took the lead and left, Hori Kyoko, Yoshikawa Yuki and Mashiro naturally became obedient.

The rest, like Ijichi Kouka, also cried after watching "April" and wanted to send a razor blade to Iura Hide, but they just thought about it in their heads. They didn't even send a message to reprimand Iura Arata.

However, the situation online is much worse than offline.

"Oh my god! Kaoru is dead!"

"Roll rough!"

"All spoiler dogs deserve to die, but this dog author deserves to die even more!"

"That's right! You bastard, hurry up and make amends by seppuku!"

"Before you commit seppuku, give my Kaoru back to me, wuwuwu."

"Does anyone know the author's identity and address? I have a gift that I want to deliver to him personally!"

"That's right, does anyone have the address? I have a gift to give too!"

"Let's go together! I want to go too!"

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When Iura Hide received the call from Kagurazaka Ayame, he was a little confused about the purpose of her call.

I was thinking to myself, would a gold medal editor like Kagurazaka Ayame also complain about him for writing Xiaoxue to death?
But Kagurazaka Ayame didn't complain when the manuscript was submitted, so isn't it too late to complain now?
However, when he logged into the publisher's official website at the reminder of Kagurazaka Ayame and took a look at the comment section below, he suddenly felt unwell.

"Oh my god, it can't be that serious, can it? Do these people understand what is the meaning of regretful beauty? Only in this way can "April" become a classic!"

"It's useless for you to tell me this. After all, readers are not editors and authors. They don't care whether April can become a classic or not."

The helpless voice of Kagurazaka Ayame came from the other end of the phone, which made Iura Hide feel a headache again.

However, he also knew that readers only cared about their favorite characters. As for whether the work itself could become a classic, although they did not completely ignore it, the degree of their concern was definitely lower.

"Also, there are a lot of comments in the comment section, calling on you to hold an offline autograph session as soon as possible~"

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Offline autograph session! ?

This is going to kill him!

Jingpu Xiu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

He used a pen name and carefully concealed his identity, so ordinary readers could not find him at all, so he came up with the "bad idea" of an offline book signing event.

"These guys are really smart!"

Iura Hide couldn't help but complain.

Although he knew that Kagurazaka Ayame would definitely not agree to hold any offline book signing event, after all, it was no exaggeration to say that he was a cash cow for the publishing house as a talented light novel writer who became a bestseller as soon as he debuted.

But he still couldn't help but ask.

"Don't worry. The book signing event is said to be a way to give back to the fans, but its biggest role is to increase popularity and sales. As soon as the second volume of April was released, the popularity and sales skyrocketed. There is no need for a book signing event to increase them."

Kagurazaka Ayame's words made Iura Hide breathe a sigh of relief and he finally felt relieved.

"But just hiding is useless. It's better to find a way to change the readers' emotions." Kagurazaka Ayame continued.

But after hearing this, Jingpu Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. How could it be so easy to turn the situation around?

If it was so easy to change the situation, would he still watch the anime every April and cry his eyes out every time?

"I think you can try to write another ending, one where both Kaoru and Tsubaki marry Kousei Arima." Kagurazaka Ayame said after thinking for a while.

"Then do we have to write another ending where only Xiaoxun and Arima Kousei are together, and Xiaochun leaves the stage sadly?" Iura Hide couldn't help but ask back.

Unexpectedly, Kagurazaka Ayame's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and she praised directly: "You are really a genius! I think this is a good idea!"

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Jing Pu Xiu was speechless. Multiple endings? Do you think this is a Galgame?
"Okay, let me think about it!"

Iura Hidemoto was planning to refuse directly, after all, he had other plans later. However, after hesitating for a while, he still did not say no directly. He planned to wait and see the situation on the Internet before making a decision.

Although he can still make money by writing songs, the income from light novels and comics is no less than that from writing songs, so he still has to consider the readers' feelings to some extent.

"OK, I'll contact you if there's any latest news. Of course, you can also pay more attention to readers' feedback." After saying that, Kagurazaka Ayame hung up the phone.

Then, Kyoko Hori, Yuki Yoshikawa and others came over and asked with concern: "What's wrong, Xiu, is there something wrong?"

"That's about right. They say that many readers left messages on the official website after reading the second volume of April, asking me to hold an offline book signing event and to compete with me in person~"

Jingpu Xiu smiled and shrugged.

Before she could finish her words, Kyoko Hori and the others couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, attracting the attention of passers-by around them.

However, they ignored the strange looks, and each of them had a worried look in their eyes.

"Is that an exaggeration?"

"Then are you in danger?"

"Dumb tape, as long as I don't reveal my identity and don't hold an offline autograph session, there will be no problem~" Jingura Hide smiled and comforted, then quickly changed the subject.

"Okay, let's go buy some food~"

It was Friday, and to celebrate the release of the second volume of "April", Iura Hide had forgotten who took the lead, but in the end everyone unanimously requested to have dinner at his house tonight.

And this time, in addition to Kono Sakura who was just pulled away by Ayazaki Reimi, and Takasago Chie who has been "strictly guarded" by Sugaya Noha recently, even Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo will come.

Fortunately, the two of them will not stay overnight, otherwise two more people will have to squeeze into one room.

"How about some high-grade beef? This is to celebrate the release of the second volume of April."

"You can also buy a few chicken wings. I recently learned how to make cola chicken wings from a food UP host."

"Half a head of cabbage might not be enough, why not buy a whole head?"

"By the way, let's buy some fruit. Eh? Do you have watermelons already?"

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First, Motoko, Hoshino Ai, and Kitagawa Umi met at the entrance of the supermarket, and then this large group of people rushed into the supermarket and started large-scale purchasing mode.

I have to say that girls seem to be born with unlimited passion and physical strength when it comes to shopping.

I was just shopping in a supermarket, clearly just buying food for tonight and tomorrow, but I managed to shop from four in the afternoon to six in the afternoon, a total of two hours.

This is outrageous!
Fortunately, they still maintained enough energy and enthusiasm during the cooking process, and managed to fill up such a large kitchen. The lively scene was just like a group of novice apprentices entering the kitchen of a five-star hotel, which made Iura Hide scratch his head.

"It's fine that Kyoko and Nijika came to help, but why did Osora, Noha and the others come to join in the fun? And Umi and Pochi-chan also want to show off their skills. Are they sure they are really showing off their skills and not cooking some dark dishes?"

Of course, Jingpu Xiu only dared to complain about these things quietly in his heart and never dared to say them out loud.

Otherwise. As we all know, anyone who angers the public usually does not end up well.

It took another hour or so to prepare dinner, and by the time the dishes were placed on the table, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

“I wish the second volume of April will sell well – Cheers!”

“Cheers~~~!”

Because this dinner was to celebrate the second volume of "April", everyone talked about the explosion in the comment section, and countless readers wanted to send razor blades to the author Iura Hide because of Xiaoxun's death.

At the same time, Iura Hideya mentioned the suggestion given by Kagurazaka Ayame to write a special ending.

"Eh? How about a special ending where Kaoru doesn't die and ends up with Arima Kousei? That sounds like a good idea!"

"Yes, yes, Xiaoxun is so pitiful. She had rekindled her faith and courage to live under the encouragement of Arima Kousei, but the operation failed. Xiuzhen is too much."

"I really want to see Kaoru and Arima Kousei together! As for Tsubaki, if it doesn't work out for him, then Arima Kousei should just take both of them into his harem~!"

"." Before he finished speaking, everyone, including Iura Hide, couldn't help but take another look at Kitagawa Umi, who proposed to start a harem, and a strange look appeared in their eyes.

"Oh, but I have to record and rehearse three new songs, prepare to start a new book, and go to school. I don't have the time at all." Jingura Hide was the first to come to his senses and said helplessly.

Now everyone was silent.

Although they all hope that Xiaoxun can have a happy ending, Jingpu Shu's next job is obviously more important than writing a sequel.

But at this time, Kasumigaoka Utaha took a sip of juice and said, "This is easy. Why don't we just ask Eriri to draw a fan fiction for the extra story?"

"Eh? A side story?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and turned to look at Eriri, all showing an interested look.

"If I remember correctly, Eriri just finished her previous work this week, right?"

"Well, this Tuesday, the doujin comic that I had been serializing was finished." Although Eriri didn't understand why Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly brought up this, she still answered honestly.

"It just so happens that I have just finished writing the third volume of Love Metronome, and I am planning to take a break and change my mind recently, so we can have Shuu give the outline and supervise it, and I will be responsible for filling in the specific plot and character dialogues, and then Eriri will draw it, and create a side ending in the form of a doujin comic where Kaoru, Arima Kousei, and Sawabe Tsubaki are together."

"Although my writing skills may not be as good as Xiu's, but if it's just the dialogue, it should be fine."

"This will not affect the literary and artistic qualities of April itself, while also calming the anger of readers and fans."

"And if I just give the outline and supervise, it won't take up much of Xiu's time and energy."

After listening to this, everyone suddenly realized and felt that Kasumigaoka Utaha's idea was very good.

Only Ozora, Sugaya Noha and Hoshino Ai immediately realized the real purpose behind Kasumigaoka Utaha's death, which was to take advantage of the opportunity to create fan fiction of "April" to stay at Iura Hide's house for a long time.

"This Kasumigaoka Utaha is really good at seizing opportunities."

All three of them were muttering secretly.

However, the three of them had long known that Iura Hide was having an affair with Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri, and they knew that the two would move in sooner or later, so they didn't waste their time or do anything tricky. They pretended not to notice and supported this proposal together with the others.

(End of this chapter)