Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

“You seem to be in a good mood today,” Katsuhiko said, squatting down next to Kotoha and putting his hands into the basin to wash the rag with her. “You’re not happy just thinking about how I might be in a difficult situation, are you?”

Qin Ye's hand, gripping the rag, trembled slightly, but she didn't pull it away. She tilted her head slightly and said, "Is it not allowed? You're such a jerk..."

Last night, Kotoha had dinner with Mrs. Kudo and Sayuri.

The meal was relatively peaceful.

After dinner, Mrs. Kudo asked Sayuri to go to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Then she specifically sought out Kotoha and began to subtly inquire about how Katsuhiko and Kenta met and what their relationship was like, as well as how Kotoha and Katsuhiko met and what their relationship was like...

Because Kotoha had been informed by Katsuhiko beforehand, she immediately realized that Mrs. Kudo was probing her attitude towards Katsuhiko.

Kotoha originally wanted to lie and say that her relationship with Katsuhiko was just ordinary. But when she thought of the speech Katsuhiko had written about his crush on her, her heart started pounding, and she couldn't say a word. She was afraid that if she said they were just ordinary, they would really become just ordinary.

He hesitated and didn't want to respond.

Then Mrs. Kudo stared straight at her with a half-smile in her eyes.

The long silence made Qin Ye feel unprecedented pressure, and she couldn't help but cry because of the shame and grievance in her heart.

To Kotoha's surprise, Mrs. Kudo not only did not make things difficult for her, but also patted her on the back and comforted her. Then, Mrs. Kudo simply said, "Get some rest," and left with the innocent Sayuri.

After the two left, Mikoto came to visit, saying that Mrs. Kudo had asked her to come and take care of things.

Kotoha thought that Mikoto was also Katsuhiko's legal wife, and that she would not interfere in Katsuhiko's love life.

She then recounted to Mikoto the situation of being silently bullied by Mrs. Kudo earlier. She asked Mikoto what Mrs. Kudo meant, and whether she would use Sayuri's status as Mrs. Kudo's legal wife to drive her away.

Mikoto thought for a moment, then her face lit up with joy, and she said, "Mrs. Kudo seems to have no interest in our affairs at all..."

Qinye was stunned for a long time. The more she thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Xiaobaihe. Everyone was lying to her, even her mother was pretending not to see it...

Conversely, she also felt that Katsuhiko was quite despicable, but as a beneficiary herself, she was also quite conflicted.

She tossed and turned all night, the thought of making Sheng Yan suffer a little kept popping into her head, but she also felt guilty for having such a thought, feeling quite ungrateful. She even considered confessing to Xiao Baihe, but when she thought of how happy Xiao Baihe looked, she couldn't bear to ruin it.

Of course, in Sheng Yan's opinion, Xiao Baihe would find out sooner or later, and he never intended to keep it a secret indefinitely. However, Xiao Baihe's happiness index had been off the charts recently, and there was really no need to break it so soon. After all, how many days of happiness can one have in a lifetime? Wouldn't it be better to let her be happy for a few more days? Besides, he was busy starting the company and had so many things to finish. What if something went wrong with her and he forgot to comfort her? He couldn't bear to make her sad.

Are you standing up for Sayuri-chan?

Katsuhiko casually put a coin with a gold edge that had popped out of his palm into his pocket, and then grasped Kotoha's wet hand.

Her hands were soft and growing warmer. Her face was flushed, and she was looking down, breathing heavily, her chest rising and falling.

Next, we need to accumulate enough gold coins over time. It takes an hour to get one gold coin, which seems a bit difficult...

"Anyway, you're such a jerk, it's infuriating," Qin Ye said softly, her hand twitching slightly. "Could you... please stop holding on like that? It's really awkward..."

"How can you control matters of the heart? You've seen that speech that was written specifically for you."

"You were holding my hand while playing with coins, which seemed very casual..."

“Then let’s not play with coins,” Katsuhiko put the coins in his pocket, and then said, “You’ve been mopping the floor all morning, you must be tired, right? Want me to give you a shoulder massage?”

"You're not going to do anything weird to me, are you?"

There are only two of us at home right now, and I'm so panicked...

Last night, as Qinye was sleeping, certain images kept flashing through her mind...

I was still groggy when I woke up this morning, and I tried to distract myself by wiping the floor, but of all times, Katsuhiko showed up...

Katsuhiko sat cross-legged behind Kotoha, rubbed his hands together to warm them, and gently massaged her stiff neck and shoulder muscles, saying, "Don't worry, I promise it won't happen."

Qin Ye's heart pounded wildly, her head spun more and more, she felt breathless and unsteady on her feet.

Qinye whispered, "Don't press it anymore, it's not convenient here..."

"Then let's go to the bedroom."

As soon as Sheng Yan finished speaking, Qin Ye felt dizzy and light as Sheng Yan picked her up in his arms. In her hazy peripheral vision, she saw the furniture and decorations around her moving rapidly backward.

When I came to my senses, I was already on the mattress in the bedroom.

Qin Ye felt extremely hot all over, and subconsciously curled up her legs, then turned her back and covered her eyes with her hands.

Katsuhiko didn't say anything, but began to perform medical massage.

Qinye kept her face covered, biting her pillow and covering her head with it.

Katsuhiko spent half an hour preparing to take care of Kotoha's feelings.

“Katsu...Katsuhiko-kun…”

Qin Ye moved the pillow down a little, revealing a pair of hazy, watery eyes. Her gaze was unfocused, filled with trepidation and shame, and her voice trembled.

She really didn't know how to express what she wanted to say...

Sheng Yan didn't say anything, but gave her a "don't worry" look. Qin Ye pursed her lips, nodded slightly, and quickly covered her head with the pillow.

A soft hum... Katsuhiko was taken aback, but fortunately, the preliminary preparations were very thorough.

Considering Kotoha's condition, Katsuhiko didn't have time to think much. He quickly prepared a [Recovery Potion], pulled off the pillow, bit the transparent glass bottle, and brought it to Kotoha's lips, who was dazed and in pain, and made her drink it.

As the glass bottle disappeared automatically, Qin Ye's pained gaze regained its clarity, only to fall into a daze once more.

To Shengyan's surprise, another line of timers appeared in his field of vision.

When the number reached one hundred, a gold coin with a face value of 500 yen appeared in Katsuhiko's palm, shining brightly, even more dazzling than the Golden Legend.

Upon touching the gold coin, one immediately understands its purpose: it can be exchanged for a personal storage space.

It's probably a patch that addresses the limitation of not being able to store coins.

This type of coin seems to appear randomly...

Sheng Yan didn't hesitate and immediately exchanged it.

The space is roughly the size of a normal suitcase. As long as it can fit, you can store anything inside. If coins happen to appear in the future, you can store them directly in the carry-on space.

That means we'll be much safer producing functional beverages in the future, and we won't have to worry about spies popping up in the factory and raw materials being stolen anymore.

Although the space is a bit small, it's not impossible to expand it later...

After that, the 500-yen gold coins stopped appearing. Instead, a gold coin appeared every half hour. The speed at which the reward coins appeared seemed to be related to Kotoha's emotions. Was this a positive response to the obsession in "his disappearance" heart?

Of course, when you accumulate the third one...

This led to a tender moment between them. Katsuhiko lay on his side next to Kotoha, gently combing her soft hair, which was sticky with fine sweat and flushed her cheeks...

A moment later, Qin Ye slowly opened her eyes, her hazy gaze tinged with shyness. She bit her lower lip, turned her head away, and stammered, "I, I..."

"Take a break and don't talk."

"Ah."

Qin Ye nodded obediently, making a slight nasal sound, then rolled over, curled up, and buried herself under the covers.

What if Chapter 54 is exposed?

Around noon, Qinye woke up again.

Sheng Yan sat shirtless with his back to her at the low table, busy with something.

There was the rustling sound of pencils hitting paper, and next to him was a pile of drawings, which looked like comics...

Kotoha's eyes swept over the exquisite drawing, then couldn't help but linger on Katsuhiko's back.

His back was broad, with clearly defined muscles. As his arms moved, the lines of each muscle on his back rippled rhythmically, as if each muscle were alive...

Qin Ye stared blankly for a moment, then got up, wrapped in the sheet, pressed her body against Sheng Yan's back, wrapped her arms around his waist, rested her chin on his shoulder and neck, gently rubbing it, and whispered, "What should I do? I want to report you..."

The depression that had been weighing on my heart for nearly a week vanished completely because of the satisfaction I felt just now.

Furthermore, Katsuhiko's various considerate actions made her feel deeply loved like never before. It seemed that even if she acted out, he wouldn't care. He probably knew how excessive she had been, so he tolerated her little temper tantrums... No wonder Eitai always scolded him and even bit him... I envy that carefree attitude.

"Are you going to become a yandere too?" Katsuhiko placed the pencil on the drawing, then reached under Kotoha's armpits, stroked her smooth back, and pulled her in front of him. "Eiyo bites her nose, Mikoto bites her ear, where are you going to bite?"

"I'll bite wherever I can catch it." Kotoha found this way of communicating really easy, unlike the respectful relationship she used to have with Kenta.

“Then let me recommend a spot to you,” Katsuhiko said, cupping Kotoha’s face in his hands so she was facing down with her cheek pressed against his chest. He patted his leg and said, “How’s this spot? You should be grateful for how I treated you just now.”

Qinye's face quickly flushed, but she didn't say anything, instead tucking the hair that had been falling across her cheek behind her ear.

Katsuhiko continued to pick up his pencil and draw on the comic paper... which is basically tasteless copying.

The main task is to redraw the Naruto artwork that I redeemed.

He had just spent a gold coin to redeem the first volume of the artwork, and the moment he touched it, he immediately realized that it would disappear automatically in 12 hours, just like the glass bottle of the potion.

Fortunately, I didn't exchange them all at once; I've almost finished copying them.

As for submitting short stories, although Katsuhiko already possessed superb drawing skills and manga creation techniques, he had no idea what kind of short stories to draw, and he had no stories in his mind.

The current plan is to directly submit the opening and creative concept of "Naruto" to the "Newcomer of the Year" column of "Weekly Shonen Jump," which should be more than enough.

That's enough to get an invitation from the JUMP editorial department.

However, there's a small problem: I can't collect all 73 volumes of the complete set. I've only managed to save up about thirty gold coins so far.

Qinye's lock time was less than two hours left. Even though she hadn't used up that much time, it had been "strangely" stolen.

You can only get a maximum of four more gold coins.

But this situation continues...

Since we can't collect them all anyway, we might as well hope for the 500 yen Easter egg. I remember when it appeared, Kotoha's mood seemed to be at its happiest and most joyful... So, to get the Easter egg reward, do we need to make the target happy?

"Thank you for your hard work, Kotoha-chan!"

Three gold coins arrived and were automatically deposited into my personal storage space. When I was about ten minutes away from receiving the fourth gold coin, the doorbell rang.

Ding-dong! Ding-dong~ Ding-dong!

Kotoha's previously dazed eyes suddenly cleared, and then she panicked with shame, pushing Katsuhiko and saying, "It must be Mikoto-neechan. Quick, quick, find some clothes."

When Mikoto left last night, she said she would come here for lunch.

"She's not an outsider, let her wait outside for ten minutes."

"No, no..." Qin Ye said repeatedly, scrambling to her feet and picking up her clothes as she spoke, "Keep it a secret, we can't let them know..."

Although everyone knew what the future held, Qin Ye still felt a chill run down her spine at the thought of how quickly things were progressing.

Seeing Kotoha's flustered state, Katsuhiko didn't make things difficult for her. However, the room was still hot and stuffy, filled with the scent of hormones from a busy morning. Anyone who came in would be able to smell it.

Sheng Yan specifically reminded her to open the window, let it air out, and ventilate the room.