My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

Hui looked up resentfully, about to speak, "You—"

The sound stopped abruptly.

It turned out that while Hui was in a daze, Kouta kissed her cherry-red lips directly. His slightly cold tongue slid into her mouth, greedily capturing her scent, tasting the sweet saliva in her mouth, and exploring every corner with all his might.

In that instant, Hui and Kouta forgot everything around them; everything was understood without words.

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After a long while, Hui finally came to her senses.

"Ugh—! You, you let go! What are you doing? Why are you doing this?"

Hui made a symbolic struggle, pushing Gengtai with all her might, but she couldn't push him away no matter what she did.

In that instant, all the thoughts and anxieties in Hui's mind paled in comparison to the tender warmth between the two of them, their lips pressed together... Hui had long forgotten her previous anxieties.

After a long silence, Kouta said, "Hui, there's nothing between me and Maeda Chie-senpai. I will only love you for the rest of my life. Don't overthink it!"

Hui nestled in Kōta's arms, unwilling to get up, and softly replied, "Mmm!"

Kouta silently gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

After lingering for a while, Kouta stood up and said, "Alright, Hui, I'm going to go earn the money for your dowry."

Kouta originally intended to tease Hui.

After all, in Japan, it's common for boyfriends and friends to split the bill on dates. In order to have a good date with Hui and to buy her small gifts to make her happy, his part-time salary is necessary.

However, what he didn't know was that Hui had no idea how much the bride price was in Japan; she was still stuck on the rumors of exorbitant bride prices in her hometown from her previous life.

Then I consciously brought the neon lights into the scene.

Suddenly, I realized that what Kouta said was true. After all, I had often heard in my previous life that without one or two million RMB, you couldn't even get through the door to meet your mother-in-law.

After I figured it out.

Hui felt both sweet and heartbroken, thinking that Geng Tai was working so hard because the dowry he wanted to give her was too much.

Finally, as if she had made a decision, Hui tugged at Kouta's sleeve and whispered, "Um, Kouta, actually... actually, marrying me doesn't require spending money. I can give you the dowry money first, and then you can return it to my parents when you marry me!"

His voice grew softer and softer, and his face grew redder and redder.

Hui blushed deeply at his eagerness to get married.

If Misa knew her daughter said that, she would probably be very upset. She had raised her precious daughter for over ten years, and she wasn't even married yet! And she was already completely siding with outsiders.

Kōta was taken aback by Hui's words. Was Hui really that lacking in common sense?

In Japan, proposing marriage costs around 150 million to 200 million yen, which is about 14 RMB.

However, upon hearing Hui's attention, Kōta couldn't help but smile wryly, his heart filled with pity: 'Silly girl! So adorably silly!'

Kōta didn't doubt Hui's financial strength, because he had also bought books written by Hui and knew that Hui had indeed made a lot of money from writing books. But even if Hui married him in the future, Hui's money would still be Hui's money, and his money would be Hui's money together with him.

Kouta cannot accept being forced to live off Hui's money.

This isn't about male chauvinism, but rather that raising a wife and children is a man's inherent responsibility.

If a man needs a woman to support him, it's understandable if he's bedridden. Otherwise, if he's not a scumbag, then what is?

Of course, this doesn't mean that you shouldn't rely on your wife at all. After marriage, husband and wife are one entity, so can you use your wife's money?

Absolutely, you can use it without worry.

After all, in the relatively traditional social consciousness of Japan, one's wife is part of one's property, an appendage.

However, the premise for using your wife's money is that you cannot let your wife make all the sacrifices. Your income can be less than your wife's, but you cannot have no income at all.

"Fool, how could I possibly do something like 'using your money as a bride price to marry you'?"

Hui felt incredibly sweet inside and shyly whispered, "Hmm—then, I'll go get a part-time job too!"

"No, no, I can manage on my own. Hui, you just stay at home."

Kōta naturally wouldn't let Keiya do a part-time job; he couldn't bear to.

Being a waiter isn't easy. When things get busy, it's common to stand for one or two hours straight, and sometimes you have to put up with some rude customers.

Seeing Kōta's determined look, Kōta lowered her head and said softly, "Well, alright then, I'll wait for you to come home."

"it is good."

After saying that, Kouta got up and left.

Chapter 132 Agree

That evening.

It's rare for Hui's family to eat together.

So Mesa's dinner was very lavish, featuring rare dishes such as beef stew with potatoes, stewed flounder head, honey-glazed pork, tempura, and various vegetables.

It's worth noting that Mya, who usually believes in healthy eating, rarely cooks meat in the evenings, and in small quantities.

At the dining table, the four family members were clearly separated.

The grass lantern and the stone figure watched TV, drank some wine, and chatted.

Meanwhile, Misa and her daughter Hui sat side by side, eating in silence.

When Soto and the others' glasses were almost empty, Misa would immediately pick up the bottle and pour more wine.

Hui is currently feeling very conflicted.

She was trying to figure out how to get her family's approval to let her and Kouta attend that award ceremony together.

The point wasn't that she agreed to participate, but that she agreed to let Kouta accompany her.

This is a difficult problem.

Because of the previous kidnapping incident, the parents and grandfather are now like frightened birds, very worried about Hui's safety. They almost never let the original owner go out alone, let alone this time when she went out for three days straight.

As for the simplest way, is it to directly use your abilities to rewrite the memories of your family members who truly love you?

Hui couldn't bring herself to do something like that.

The best way is to persuade your family and get their consent.

After thinking about it for a while...

Hui gritted her teeth and had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

"Um, Mr. Old Man, my novel won an award, and I need to go to New Domain to collect it between the 24th and 26th of this month, so—"

The grass lantern and the stone man stopped chatting and looked at their beautiful daughter (granddaughter).

In Cao Deng's memory, his precious daughter was not only beautiful, but also... quiet, liked to read, didn't like to go out, didn't have many friends, rarely spoke, and rarely made requests to the family. She was his sweet little darling!

Especially after the last kidnapping incident, Kusaburo was very worried that his daughter would develop a severe mental illness.

Fortunately, my daughter is not mentally ill, and she has been smiling more often in recent weeks.

Upon hearing his daughter's words, Soto remembered that his wife had mentioned a week ago that their daughter's books were selling well, earning 320 million yen in the past month.

When he heard this, he felt ashamed, as the main breadwinner of his family.

Although the noodle shop business was booming this month, and since it was their own property with no rent and they didn't hire any employees, after deducting costs such as utilities, food, and taxes, the shop was still quite small.

So this month's estimate is around 300 million yen.

This is because it's peak season this month; normally, it's only around 90 yen a month.

Two grown men and a woman worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, without a single day off, and their combined monthly salary was roughly equivalent to their daughter's monthly royalties.

When Cao Deng heard about his daughter's royalties, he was stunned for several seconds.

He was thinking, could he also... write a book?

This idea kept swirling in Soden's mind at the time.

My wife, Shiren, looked at her son and knew exactly what he was thinking. She immediately went up and slapped him awake with a veil over his head.

"What are you thinking! Look at yourself, writing a book? Do you even have the talent for it?"

Looking at his father's stern face, Cao Deng thought it over carefully and went to diligently prepare the soup base, giving up his daydreams of becoming a literary legend with a single book.

Then, I was so busy these days that I completely forgot about it.

indeed.

Hui's success is something that cannot be replicated.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Hui's book sold hundreds of thousands of copies in its first month; you should know that it was rewritten by Hui using her memories from her past life.

When Tow Ubukata was creating "The Girl in the Shell" in the original world, it took him three years from conception to completion. During that time, he made countless revisions and was completely unknown before. He failed and flopped countless times, accumulating a wealth of experience before finally leaving his name in the world with this book.

Hui's success was entirely due to standing on the shoulders of her predecessors and reaping the fruits of their labor.

Another important factor was that Hui's submission was submitted to a good editor.

Even the best wine needs advertising. From Maeda of the online submission department at Kadokawa Bunko's Aomori branch, to Maruyama, the head of the 'Online Submission Review Room D,' to Harada, the editor-in-chief of the branch, and finally to the A-level contract.

If any link in this chain had gone wrong, Hui's book would now be in a completely different, bleak state.

A crucial clause in the A-level contract stipulates that Kadokawa Bunko will provide some promotional resources for packaging and advertising...

Kadokawa Bunko's promotional resources are one of the five major light novel publishers in Japan, and even if it's only a part of it, it's still very valuable.

Without this publicity, Hui's book would probably have only earned her a few hundred thousand yen in royalties in its first month.

Of course, the results may improve over time, but that will likely be a year or two later.

Therefore, the norm for writing a book is not to make it a huge hit, but to flop.

Kusaburo, having previously worked as a prosecutor, possessed considerable experience and quickly came to terms with it.

If you honestly inherit your family's noodle shop, you can earn 8 to 90 yen a month.

This is already quite a good life in Aomori City, considering that the cost of living here is not high.

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On the table.

At the dinner table, when Hui mentioned winning the award, Caodeng also thought of it.