Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

After a while, when Hachiman calmed down, he heard Miss Kasumi Shiko's voice coming from the bathroom: "Hikigaya, help me get the towel from the balcony and a pair of underwear from the second drawer in the room."

Hachiman said lazily: "Why don't you come out and get it yourself? Anyway, I'm blind now and can't see anything."

"What's wrong with you? I was in a hurry to take a shower and forgot to take it! Why didn't you say you were blind when you were staring at my butt just now?" Hachiman's shameless words made Shiyu very angry.

"I have Schrödinger's blindness. Every time I blink, I have to wait until I open my eyes to confirm whether I am blind or not." Hachiman continued to lie with his eyes open, and he even started laughing as he spoke.

Maybe Miss Kasumi Shiko was also amused by this guy, and laughter came from the bathroom. After a while, she said in annoyance: "Help me get it quickly, or I will really go out and sit next to you and take pictures to show my cousin Yukinoshita!"

Hachiman said "yes, yes, yes" perfunctorily, then went to the balcony to take down Shiyu's duck yellow bath towel, walked into Shiyu's room, squatted in front of her closet, opened the first drawer, and found that it was full of brand new black stockings of different thicknesses and styles. Hachiman picked up one curiously and took a look, muttering, "I wonder what the effect will be if I let Miss Kasumi Shiko wear white stockings one day. Hmm, will the originality be gone?"

I stuffed the stockings back into the drawer and opened the second drawer. As expected, it was full of exciting women's underwear, including classic black lace and bold red battle underwear. Although Shiyu is younger than Yukino, her taste in clothes is much more mature.

Just as he was choosing from two classic styles, black lace and pure white, he accidentally touched a plastic packaging bag. It seemed that it was something Miss Kasumi Shiko had just purchased and had not yet opened.

The man, out of curiosity, naturally helped Kasumi Shiko open it, his eyes widening slightly: "This means it's you!"

So he walked to the bathroom door with a brand new ball of cloth and towel in his hands and knocked gently.

Shiyu hid behind the door, as if afraid that Hachiman would see something. She stretched out her tender, white and wet wrist, and Hachiman stuffed something into her hand with an expressionless face.

"Thank you!" After an emotionless response, the bathroom door slammed shut with a bang.

Hachiman went to the refrigerator, took out a large bottle of Suntory sugar-free oolong tea and poured a cup. Then he sat on the sofa, took a sip of the cool, slightly bitter tea with a sweet aftertaste, exhaled comfortably, and crossed his legs.

Suntory sugar-free oolong tea is more enjoyable than smoking marijuana.

After a while, Miss Kasumi Shiko came out, wrapped in a duck yellow bath towel, probably only wearing underwear. Perhaps because she had just finished a bath, her cheeks were slightly red at this time. She glared at Hachiman on her way back to the room in a hurry.

When she came out of the room again, she had changed into a nightgown and looked unhappy.

"I say, you did it on purpose," she said with a cold face.

"It was intentional carelessness," Hachiman said seriously.

Shiyu lifted her nightgown and gave her a leg, but Hachiman dodged to the side and said calmly: "Don't lift it too high, or I will take advantage of you accidentally. I didn't expect that the dignified, elegant, noble, intellectual and exquisite Kasumigaoka Shiyu would actually wear a T-shirt in private."

"Shut up!" Shiyu's fist started to itch again.

Hachiman smiled and said, "You didn't buy it specially for me, I see you haven't even opened it yet."

Shi Yu sneered, "Aren't you afraid you won't be able to sleep at night if you think too much about good things?"

Hachiman added, "I say, you didn't just put on a nightgown without changing the clothes underneath, did you?"

Shiyu showed a smug expression: "Guess?"

Hachiman's gaze couldn't help but turn to Shiyu's crotch, but the loose nightgown was not transparent, so there was no way to see what she was wearing underneath, which made Hachiman feel really itchy.

And this is exactly the effect that Shiyu wants, to hold you to death.

Shiyu thought about this, then took her Apple laptop from the workbench and started working.

Feeling itchy, Hachiman leaned over again. Shiyu said contemptuously, "You are born in the year of the dog. You like to cling to people so much."

There was a hint of disdain in his tone, but Hachiman said it didn't matter, he had a thick skin.

"No, it depends on what you are doing, correcting homework?"

"No, I'm thinking about the subject of a new novel recently. Recently, pure love light novels are not popular in the market. I sent the outline to the editor several times, but he rejected it for me. He told me tactfully to try other themes. I'm worried now."

"That's right. The popular love themes now are in the style of 'You in Blue Crotch and Me as a Virgin'. Oh, sorry, it's 'We Are at the Extremes of the Love Spectrum'. Your traditional pure love style won't work anymore." Hachiman said with a smile.

Shiha pointed at herself, then at Hachiman.

Hachiman was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chapter 92: Brave man, tell your mother to be careful

Well, some things can be easily overcome by joking about them, but every author can relate to the pain of writer's block. It is common to sit in front of the screen for days without being able to come up with anything, or to repeatedly compromise on the bottom line of the plot design in order to finish the manuscript.

"Since you don't want to write a love story, then you should just follow the crowd." Hachiman couldn't help but say.

Shi Yu said with some distress: "I'm not that noble, but even if I follow the crowd, what should I write about?"

"Well, how about the different world theme? This is the most popular and commercialized genre right now."

Regardless of Yawata's own preferences, as the president of an Internet company with both technology and entertainment attributes, he is very good at grasping the trend of fashion. ACG in Japan is an important part of subculture, so he also pays attention to the changes in trends.

Of course, more importantly, he likes reading, and he reads a lot of light novels. Although the increasing homogeneity of light novels makes him lose a lot of fun in finding books, but now he has no pressure to chat with Shiyu, a beautiful girl light novel writer.

Shiyu couldn't help but frowned slightly and said, "It's about a different world."

Hachiman seemed to be acutely aware of something, and said with a smile: "You look down on me a little, don't you?"

Ms. Kasumi Shiko wanted to explain something, but she thought that this was not a press conference, so she nodded and said, "It's like this, I look down on the theme of another world. There is no beauty at all, and the plot does not touch people's hearts. That is not what I pursue."

Hachiman said jokingly, "But it's very qualified as a mental anesthetic and nipple pleasure, isn't it?"

Although Miss Kasumi Shiko hated the current market trend, she was not someone who could not accept reality, and said, "That's right."

"To talk about all this, we have to start from the Wall of Masterpieces." Hachiman said with nostalgia.

"Wall of Masterpieces?" Ms. Kasumi Shiko is also a member of the industry, but she has never heard of this title.

"It's nothing. Although I can't help you directly, the company recently sent me several multimedia projects about themes of different worlds. I can give you a reference." Hachiman said slowly.

Shiyu seemed to be interested, and said, "Oh, tell me about it."

"Well, let me tell you about one of the things that left a deep impression on me. You know the "Quit the Team" trend in the Isekai genre, right?"

Shiyu nodded. Whether she liked it or not, as a qualified light novel writer, her reading volume was guaranteed.

"Yes, there is one that was recently adapted into an animation. Generally speaking, the protagonist of this type of story is a team of heroes fighting against the Demon King's army. He either voluntarily or involuntarily withdraws and goes to live on the border of the human kingdom. There are two main selling points for this type of story. On the one hand, excluding the protagonist's special abilities, although he is a drag on the team of heroes, he is a top expert who can be very active in a small border city and can easily stand out."

In fact, it's just a retired soldier in the city, Hachiman complained in his heart.

"On the other hand, it describes the loss of combat effectiveness and various inconveniences that the hero's team will suffer after the protagonist leaves the team. Therefore, the protagonist is often set to have good auxiliary abilities. Of course, I always think this setting is ridiculous. Everyone who plays games knows the most basic triangle of combat, priest and magic, and the auxiliary positions account for two of them. It is strange that the auxiliary positions are looked down upon. Okay, I also know that discussing the setting with the author is a stupid thing. I just can't help but want to complain. In short, it is also a cool point that the other members of the hero's team regret the losses caused by the protagonist's withdrawal from the team."

Yeah, the break-up trend, I understand, I understand. Hachiman also complained in his heart.

As expected of the famous beautiful girl light novel writer, Ms. Kasumi Shiko, she has a relatively accurate grasp of the commercial selling points of her works.

"Ah, if you know, the following story will be easier to understand. This project also contains a type of team withdrawal. Generally speaking, it is also about gathering a team of heroes to fight against the Demon King's army, but there is only one hero, who is also the main force against the Demon King's army. However, the protagonist is not a hero, but a supporting position under the hero. The rest of the team members are all beautiful girls of various templates, such as a flat-chested loli who can only fire a magician with explosive fire, a nymphomaniac paladin, and a red-haired tsundere swordsman, etc."

Shiyu frowned slightly and said, "Let's not talk about the fact that the setting of the beautiful girl is very familiar. But this looks like a harem theme, but the hero who is the main force is a man and not the protagonist himself. Wouldn't it be easy to make readers unhappy? Nowadays, readers of harem themes are very picky."

Hachiman smiled and said, "Well, you are very perceptive. The hero himself also thinks that the people in the team are his harem. Therefore, he became jealous of the protagonist and thought he was an eyesore. He tried every means to drive him out of the team. As a result, those beautiful girls, for various reasons, such as the protagonist is the only main force against the Demon King. Therefore, although they felt it was a pity, they did not object to the hero's decision to drive the protagonist out of the team."

"I originally thought that the story was about these beautiful girls establishing an emotional connection with the protagonist and then defeating the brave hero. Well, although it's a bit old-fashioned, yours is too unconventional. Isn't it really a sad story?" Shiyu couldn't help but say.

"Don't worry. I know that this way of development will make readers unhappy. Here comes the next twist. The protagonist quits the team. So he comes to a small city on the border. It happens that this city is the city where the hero was born. The hero's father is a scumbag. Because of gambling debts, he is auctioning off his wife, the hero's mother. Then the protagonist happens to buy the hero's mother and make her his slave girl."

"Then the protagonist thrives in the border city. In addition to the hero's mother, he also meets a married woman who can only fire one blast, a red-haired tsundere married woman who is a magic swordsman, a nymphomaniac married woman who is a paladin, etc. As you can tell from the names, they are all the mothers of the beautiful girls in the hero's team."

"Thus, a harem group of the protagonists consisting of the mothers of the Brave Team was born."

"When the protagonist's harem meets the hero's team, the hero's regretful expression and the other beautiful girls' surprise are also one of the climaxes in the script."

"The temporary name of this plan is 'Brave Man, Tell Your Mom to Be Careful'."

Suddenly, Shiyu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, wondering if there was something wrong with the plot development. But if she thought about it carefully, although the plot almost broke her back, she didn't expect that the heroines were not beautiful girls, but the mothers of beautiful girls, but it returned to the excitement of normal commercial articles. Even this somewhat rough plot development itself can easily become a selling point.

After saying this, Hachiman himself started laughing.

Chapter 93: The Queen Arrives

Miss Kasumi Shiko couldn't help laughing.

Although this light novel seems very rough from Hachiman's description, it is in line with the core of the medium of light novels, which is interesting.

As long as it is interesting, readers can accept it no matter how ridiculous it is. This is the core competitiveness of light novels, not the novels that can be easily read as defined by Wikipedia.

Then Hachiman said, "I am somewhat interested in this project proposal. It should be a hot topic."

Shiyu did not deny it, and continued: "But the hero is still an unpleasant point after all. Although the climax chapters later can be refreshed, his relationship with the beautiful girls in the hero's team may become a poison point for readers and cause inflammation or something."

In fact, Hachiman even wanted to play the protagonist himself. Then he would let Kiyoyuki, Yui, Kaori, Ming Yezhu and others play the protagonist's harem. Then he would let Yukino Yui and others play the beautiful girls of the Hero Team. But if that happened, the role of the Hero would be very annoying to Hachiman, and he had no interest in being cuckolded.

Hachiman snapped his fingers lightly, and then said, "It's actually very simple. Just change the hero into a beautiful girl. She can use the excuse that she doesn't like the protagonist being in the way to kick him out of the team. Then she can use the excuse that she actually has a crush on the protagonist, but she doesn't want the other beautiful girls in the hero team to get close to him so she kicked him out of the team."

Let Yukino play the role of the beautiful girl who plays the villain.

Hachiman decided happily.

Shiyu looked at the smiling man and said, "I always feel like there's something weird going on in your mind."

Hachiman thought to himself, I want your mother to act, and then ***

"Don't be so sensitive. Just tell me if this project is interesting or not."

"It's interesting, but it feels a bit ridiculous. Are you serious about this?"

There was no problem in implementing this plan, but unfortunately the candidates he had in mind just now could not be used. Regardless of whether Qingxue, Xiangzi and others were willing to film a web drama due to their status as noble ladies, what was more troublesome was that if Hachiman himself was the protagonist, Mushino would probably stab him.

He felt very sorry and planned to let the creative department carry it out on their own.

"We'll talk about it later. But if you're willing to act, that's another matter."

"Don't even think about it. Why don't you let your fiancée act?" Shi Yu said angrily.

"That's a great idea. If Yukino acts, will you follow her?" Hachiman said with a smile.

"Yeah, as long as you can convince my cousin to act, I'll accompany you to the end, so what?" Anyway, they are just bragging, who is afraid of who? After all, Shiyu also knew that this guy would not really ask his fiancée, and her cousin's temper was not much better than hers.

But Miss Xia Shizi forgot one thing: don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night. As soon as she finished speaking, the doorbell rang.

"Who is it? It's already this late." She came to the door in her slippers, then looked through the peephole and was stunned. However, the doorbell didn't stop ringing, so Shiyu hurriedly opened the door.

The person standing in front of Shiyu at this moment was Hikigaya Hachiman's fiancée, Shiyu's cousin, Ms. Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Good evening, Shiyu. I hope I won't disturb you by coming up without prior notice." Yukino said in a slightly distant voice.

Shiyu's expression suddenly became a little stiff, but she still said with a smile: "Cousin Xueno, why are you here?"

Then Yukino said calmly, "Come and find Hikigaya Hachiman."

By the way, Yukino's tone seemed to express that she was catching someone cheating.

"Ah, cousin Yukino, are you mistaken? How could that man be in my apartment? I live alone."

And how did she know that she was here? This was not where she lived in Tokyo, nor was it the Kasumigaoka mansion. A purple old woman appeared in Shiyu's mind.

Damn, that woman must have leaked it.

Yukino chuckled and said, "I was just kidding. I just knew you were here from my aunt. I happened to come to Tokyo today to discuss cooperation. After the discussion, I found out you were nearby. So I came up to say hello to you. You don't want to welcome me, do you?"

Shiyu's smile froze. How could she say she was not welcome? But Hikigaya Hachiman was inside.

Shiyu hadn't thought of telling Xueno about this, and the dog probably didn't tell her either. But because of the tension, Shiyu blurted out that she lived alone. How could she hide this?

Just when Shiyu's CPU was about to overload, a voice came from behind.

"Oh, Yukino, you're here. I was worried that you were lost."

Shiyu felt something was wrong with Hachiman's words. His tone seemed as if he had known that Yukinoshita Yukino would come.

Xueno looked at Shiyu with interest, teasing her with a hint of inquiry: "Living alone?"

Shiyu's scalp felt numb. She turned her head to look at Hachiman and asked, "What's going on?!"

"Ah, Yukino told me this afternoon that she was in Tokyo for business and asked me where I was. So I told her, and she said she would come to see me after the business."

Shiyu's stiff neck looked back at Yukino who seemed to be smiling. So, she was completely fooled just now. Yukino said softly: "Look, I didn't lie, I really came to see Hachiman. In addition, Shiyu, I have a suggestion for you, even if you lie, don't tell the kind of lies that can be easily exposed, it will be very disadvantageous."

She looked like she was teaching me patiently. Damn it, is this the queen's leisure? !

"What's going on?" Hachiman asked curiously.

"Nothing, I was just joking with my cousin." Yukino said calmly.

It’s not funny at all, Shiyu complained in her heart.

And what a joke, this guy is just trying to intimidate her!

Hachiman responded without further investigation. Instead, he found a pair of slippers for Yukino at the entrance.

Shiyu followed behind with a pout.

Just like a servant after the mistress returns.

Obviously, you are the owner of the house.

After Yukino sat down, Hachiman asked, "Are you tired? Thank you for your hard work."