In the anime series, Goto Ichiri is actually my childhood sweetheart?

Throwing away the strange thoughts in his head, Takahashi Kaede arrived home just in time. After saying goodbye to Goto Ichiri, he got out of the car.

The dark night sky is like a sea flowing in the sky, covering all the scenery that can be seen when looking up. The sky is dotted with stars, like the eyes of the night, blinking.

The season has entered late autumn. A slight cold breeze blew towards Gaoqiao Feng, bringing him a slight chill. He tightened his clothes and walked back home with a leisurely pace.

He did not open his talent system to check his proficiency as usual when he got home.

In fact, there is absolutely no need for me to spend my time on this. It has no auxiliary effect, and my progress is real even without it. There is no need to focus on it and make myself feel depressed.

My cooking skills have already reached a perfect level, and I have no higher aspirations to reach the top. Instead of paying attention to whether my proficiency has increased every day, or trying to improve my skills in every way, I might as well teach Goto Ichiri a few more dishes and make Ryoko smile more.

He suddenly realized that starting over again was not a challenge for him, but a reward for him. It was enough to try his best and enjoy the process. As for what was the strongest? The peak?

Sorry, not interested.

Takahashi Feng is in a good mood now. He is lying on the sofa and humming a song. His favorite show, Hanzawa Naoki, is playing on TV. Seeing that the table is empty, he took a few bags of potato chips from the kitchen and put them on the table, then opened one and started chewing it with a crunching sound.

This is life~~

No, it seems I forgot something...

It is... a very important thing... something that needs to be done every day——

Ryoko's dinner?!

Takahashi Feng jumped off the sofa with a sprint start, rushed to the kitchen and cooked and heated up the rice in one go. He was so relaxed that he almost forgot about this matter.

I just promised yesterday that I would be responsible for dinner in the evening. If I don’t do it on the first day, how will Ryoko look at me then?

Disappointment? Confusion? Sadness? Or the calmness that Gao Qiaofeng feared the most?

When he thought of the consequences, Gao Qiaofeng couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, as if his mentality had taken a bungee jump at this moment.

In fact, even if he forgot, Ryoko would definitely not blame him, but his unique sense of importance on keeping his word still made him extremely nervous.

The food was soon heated up. Gao Qiaofeng let out a long sigh and collapsed on the sofa. At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Didn’t Ryoko bring her keys?

With doubts, Takahashi Feng opened the door, but found that the person standing outside was Mrs. Togashi from downstairs.

"Xiao Feng, good evening. Liangzi called me just now and asked me to tell you that she has to work overtime tonight and may be back very late, or even not at all. She wants you to eat first and don't wait for her."

It turns out that Ryoko is on duty...

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Auntie."

"Xiao Feng, do you have anything to eat when you're home alone? Do you want to come to our house? We haven't started eating yet."

"No, there's some left at home. It would be a waste if we don't eat it. Thank you."

Politely declining Mrs. Togashi's invitation, Takahashi Kaede closed the door and walked back into the house.

If there was a computer at home in the past, he would definitely play it secretly all night, but now...

He brought the dishes to the table in the living room, served himself some rice, picked up his chopsticks, and got a glass of juice from the refrigerator.

Now is the time that belongs to him alone. Two people have the warmth of two people, and one person has the freedom of one person.

After eating a bite of food, drinking some juice, and laughing at the funny performances of the characters on TV, Takahashi Feng felt that it was great to be able to continue living.

Chapter 22: Togashi Camphor Leaves

In the end, Ryoko still didn't come back. It was so hard. In Japan, this kind of employee job is never something you can control. To put it nicely, you share the honor and disgrace of the company. To put it bluntly, you are tied to the company and have nowhere else to go.

Even if there is a place to go, it is difficult to get good treatment. In this society where seniority is everything, changing jobs means starting over. Even old people in their forties or fifties have to bow and scrape to young people with seniority. Gao Qiaofeng really finds it hard to imagine the scene of elders greeting the younger ones.

He decided to enter the Japanese light novel market for this reason. He might not be able to adapt to the working life here. He also had experience writing online novels in his previous life. At least he had no problem with the routines, but the subject matter...

Fortunately, we have not yet entered the era of toilet paper, and light novel authors still have the time to give their carefully written works appropriate names, rather than the fast-food writing of the past that summarized the content of the novel in just one sentence.

In fact, it is essentially because the mobile Internet has not been deeply explored, and the lifestyle of watching short videos, listening to audio novels, and watching concise variety shows has not yet been integrated into and influenced the public. Now most people still have some patience to watch a work.

"I hope Goto Ichiri won't become the kind of girl who spends her time on her phone while eating with others."

Takahashi Feng was a little worried when he thought that Goto Ichiri's social anxiety might turn into an incurable otaku in the future. It's not that he has a prejudice against otaku. After all, he himself is more or less a senior otaku. It's just that some people who are immersed in their own world will forget the people around them who care about them, which is very sad.

Regarding writing novels, Gao Qiaofeng wants to try the subject matter that he was good at writing in his previous life. Fantasy and cultivation novels may be incomprehensible to people here, so he will go with urban novels, urban pretentious and face-slapping routine novels.

Takahashi Kaede doesn't plan to write the specific story yet. He will wait until he goes to elementary school and asks Ryoko for a computer.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiaofeng glanced at the clock. At this moment, the hour hand was pointing exactly between nine and eight. He didn't pay attention to the time, and it was already half past eight.

After finishing his meal, Gao Qiao Feng felt a little lazy and did not clean up the remaining dishes. Because the weather was cooler, the oil in the bowls had frozen into white lumps, and even some white lumps were floating on the surface of the soup.

These dishes are already overnight. Even if the temperature is low, they are completely inedible after two nights. There are many cases where families have been sent to the emergency room because of eating expired dishes for the sake of convenience.

Gao Qiao Feng took a sturdy black plastic bag and poured all the leftovers into it. There weren't actually many left, so he didn't feel bad at all. He put the dishes in the sink to wash, and then walked out of the door in the night.

Disposing kitchen waste immediately after it is disposed of is the key to ensuring that the house is clean, tidy and odor-free, especially for food like this, which will have a smell if left for a while.

Afraid that the oil in the bag would get on his body, Takahashi Feng moved the garbage bag like doing lateral raises. He was exhausted after throwing it away. When he passed by Togashi's house, he heard loud crying from inside.

"It looks like Zhangye is crying again. What a crybaby."

Thinking of this, Gao Qiaofeng went to visit the family.

The door of the Togashi family's house is always open, but there is a door between the corridor and the staircase to separate them.

There was a gentle knock on the door. Takahashi Kaede was standing there waiting, and Mrs. Togashi soon came to open the door.

"Good evening, Aunt Togashi."

"Good evening, Xiao Feng. Is Miss Liangzi not back yet?"

"Yes."

"She has a really hard time. Speaking of which, I don't know what happened to Zuoye today. She kept crying and no matter how I coaxed her, it was useless. Yuta tried everything to make her laugh, but it was of no use." Mrs. Togashi sighed as she spoke. It was really a headache to be unable to coax a child at home.

"How about I give it a try?" Gao Qiaofeng volunteered. He felt he was good at amusing children.

"Come in first. The weather has turned cold recently. It's not good to catch a cold outside."

"Wait a minute, I'm going upstairs to get something."

Leaving a word behind, Gao Qiaofeng ran upstairs and came down wearing a pair of bear claw gloves.

He likes bears very much. He likes to hang a bear on his keychain, wear it around his waist, hang a bear on his schoolbag, and hug it when he sleeps.

He had liked it in his previous life, but not to this extent. He thought that since he was a child now, it wouldn't be strange no matter what he did, so he just did it casually.

Looking at the bear claw gloves where each claw could move with the fingers, Mrs. Togashi knew what Takahashi Kaede was going to do.

As soon as he entered the room, Takahashi Feng began to get ready. When he arrived at the bedroom door, the sound of Zhangye crying came out in waves, mixed with Yuta's panicked voice of comfort.

Suddenly, Gao Qiaofeng opened his arms and legs, walked in with his teeth bared, and muttered:

"Wow! I'm a bear monster! I'm here to eat the crying kids! Let me see who's crying!"

Although he said terrifying words like he would choose anyone to eat, he looked very funny. Due to his young age and small frame, and the big bear gloves, Gao Qiaofeng did not have the oppressive feeling of a bear monster at all. Instead, he looked like a praying mantis wearing boxing gloves.

Takahashi Kaede's sudden entrance startled Yota, but when Kuzuha saw it she started giggling.

"Hey! I'm a bear demon! I'm here to eat children! Why are you laughing?!"

Perhaps because Takahashi Kaede looked too funny, Togashi Kanazawa laughed even louder and even hiccuped.

Zhangye stretched out her hand, and Takahashi Feng leaned over and let her rub his face. Mrs. Togashi heard someone laughing in the room, so she came in to see what was going on, and was immediately amused by the scene.

"Xiao Feng, it seems that Zhangye likes you very much!" Mrs. Togashi joked.

"Well, it doesn't look like it."

The sound of Takahashi Feng being rubbed became distorted and made strange noises.

"Takahashi! Kaede!"

Perhaps it was because Mrs. Togashi often mentioned his name, or because Takahashi Kaede always came to visit, but Zhangye somehow shouted out Takahashi Kaede's name loudly and then started laughing.

"Feng, Zhangye really likes you." Now even Yangta had to acknowledge Zhangye's love for Takahashi Feng.

Gao Qiaofeng let her rub it, and when she had rubbed it enough, he whispered to her:

"Little Camphor Leaf, the bear monster is going back to its den to sleep. You should also sleep well, okay? If you do, I won't come to eat you."

"You are not a bear monster, you are Takahashi! Feng!" Zhangye could tell at a glance that he was not a monster and was particularly excited when calling his name.

"Okay, okay, I'm Gaoqiao Feng, Xiao Zhangye, go to sleep obediently, okay? If you don't, a real bear monster will come and take you away from your mother!"

Hearing that something would take him away from his mother, Zhangye was a little scared.

"Okay, I'll go to sleep, and don't let the bear demon come and take me away."

"good."

After making an OK gesture to Mrs. Togashi behind him, Takahashi Feng coaxed Zhangye to slowly fall asleep.

Chapter 23 Thinking

Takahashi Feng walked out of the bedroom quietly and then closed the door carefully. The door of the Togashi family was of good quality and there was no annoying creaking sound when it was moved.

Touching the non-existent sweat on his head, Gao Qiaofeng breathed a sigh of relief, finally coaxing this annoying child to sleep.

"It felt like she was making a fuss because she hadn't vented all her energy. I just tossed and turned with her for a while and she fell asleep. Zhangye is still very obedient."

Gao Qiao Feng made a judgment that the reason was that he giggled after Zhang Ye rubbed his face, and after laughing, he could not open his eyes, which showed that he was obviously sleepy. Children of this age are like dogs. If they don't vent their energy during the day, they will make a fuss at night, jumping and making a mess. In fact, they just need to take more walks.

"That's right. I was cleaning the whole day and didn't play with her much. Yuta just got back from school and didn't spend much time with Zuoye." Mrs. Togashi thought thoughtfully and recalled what happened during the day. She found that it seemed to be just as Takahashi Kaede said.

Seeing Takahashi Kaede wiping his sweat, Mrs. Togashi helped him sit down, then went to the kitchen to bring him a glass of water.

"Xiao Feng, you've worked hard to coax my Zhangye to sleep. Come, have some water."

"Oh, thank you."

Taking the water, Gao Qiaofeng took a big sip and almost choked himself. The water had a slightly sweet and sour taste, like lemonade.

"Drink slowly. This is the lemon water I made. It's good for your body and it replenishes your vitamins."

Seeing that Takahashi Feng was almost done with his water, Yuta ran to the kitchen and filled the kettle with lemonade for him.

"Yuta, does your school have home economics classes recently?" Thinking about what happened during the day, Takahashi Feng asked casually.

"Yes, Yuta helped me wash the vegetables today. He wanted to help me cut them, but I thought it was too dangerous so I didn't let him. It turns out that it's better to do this kind of thing when it's bigger."

Mrs. Togashi helped answer this question with a happy smile on her face. As a mother, it must be a very happy thing that her children have grown up to help her share the pressure.

"We really shouldn't have asked him for help. Today, a girl in my group accidentally cut her hand. Luckily the knife was not sharp and the wound was not deep." Remembering that they didn't know Goto Ichiri, Takahashi Feng didn't mention her name and just gave a brief account of the incident.

"Ah? Doesn't the school have any safety measures for this kind of activity? After all, it's too dangerous to let children do this kind of thing." Mrs. Togashi was a little surprised.

"Yes, there were people in my class who hurt themselves, but I didn't."

After saying this, Yuta looked at his mother with a smile. Mrs. Togashi also touched his head and said, "So good, so good."

"This kind of thing has its own learning costs. It's normal for people to get hurt, but... it's better to learn it when you're older."

After thinking about it, Takahashi Feng decided to support Mrs. Togashi's suggestion. Seeing Yuta yawning and looking drowsy, he stood up and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

"It's getting late, so I'll go back first."

"Ryoko is not at home. If a stranger knocks on the door, don't open it. If you need anything, come and find us. Good night."

Mrs. Togashi said goodbye to Takahashi Kaede, and Yuta also waved, yawning as he waved.

"Good night." Takahashi Feng responded.

After returning home, Gao Qiaofeng felt a little sleepy. He walked to the window. A few bright stars blinked at him and flew past quickly with long tails. It turned out that they were the high beams of a car.

There was almost no one on the street, with only a few cars passing by. Gao Qiaofeng leaned on the balcony, propped up his head, and stared into the distance in a daze.

With his eyes unfocused, Takahashi Kaede's mind was wandering. He began to imagine his future. If he successfully became a light novel writer and made a living by typing all day, he would have extra energy to take care of Ryoko. If Ryoko fell in love and got married in the workplace, he would not be a hindrance and could let Ryoko freely pursue the path she wanted.

But he always worries that his writing style will not be suitable for the local environment, that is, the performance will not meet the standards, because the current review in Japan is not screened by readers, but by editors. In this case, the first thing he has to pass is the editor. The editor's evaluation of the novel project is generally based on whether the content is in line with the current hot spots. There are very few self-innovative authors who are spotted by the editors and then become popular. Most light novel authors can only succumb to the market and produce works that satisfy the editors.

But how could Takahashi Feng know what the editors like? Would Japanese editors like the plot of the strongest soldier king in the city returning to start a harem? Starting a harem might be acceptable to the market, but this urban soldier king is a bit shocking.

It would be troublesome if you were eliminated by the market in the end.

"So studying hard is the truth..."

Gao Qiaofeng sighed. In his previous life, he started working right after graduating from high school. After many twists and turns, he finally became an online writer. At that time, his grades were not very good. Even if he took the college entrance examination, he would only be admitted to an ordinary second-tier university, which was far from the level of crossing the class.

"High school, if high school novels aren't picking up yet, then just read books."