Zongman: Even if I am reborn, I still want to live my daily life

“It’s necessary, Hui. Your smile is very rare and needs to be treasured. After all, it’s so charming.” But Gao Yumo nodded heavily. How could it not be necessary?

Hearing Gao Yumo's words, Kato Megumi blushed slightly, touched her mouth, and wondered if she should smile more.

Chapter 51 'Early Attack' Kasumigaoka Utaha

"I thought you would come to raid me last night, but I didn't expect you to come this morning."

It was a new day. Gao Yumo opened his eyes. Today, he woke up on his own without anyone calling him. This was his usual self. It was rare for him to need to be woken up. He also wanted to stay in bed.

"Well, I'm early enough, aren't I?" Shi Yu, dressed in a light nightgown that partially revealed her figure, entered Gao Yu Mo's room, closed the door, and locked it. She then smiled and said to Gao Yu Mo.

Gao Yumo sat up, stretched his body after waking up, and then turned to admire Shi Yu's figure.

"I bet you didn't come yesterday because Eriri stopped you. She slept with you, right? Otherwise, I can't imagine why you couldn't come up last night." Gao Yumo said with a smile. He guessed it immediately. Eriri wouldn't let Shiyu get ahead. She didn't care about anyone else, but she definitely had to keep an eye on Shiyu. And Shiyu would also keep an eye on Eriri. Although Eriri probably didn't have the guts, what if she did? So the two of them must have slept in the same room last night.

"You guessed right. I have to say, junior, you really understand Eriri, and you understand me too." Shiyu walked to Gao Yumo's bedside and sat down, her body pressed against Gao Yumo's, her girlish fragrance wafting into Gao Yumo's nose.

Gao Yumo pulled her into his arms, and Shi Yu was stunned. This shouldn't be happening. It just shows that she didn't know Gao Yumo well enough. Did she think that Gao Yumo would be shy at a time like this?

He touched her face, and to Shi Yu's surprise, Gao Yumo kissed her directly on the lips.

A kiss!

After the kiss, Shiyu finally realized what was happening and said in surprise, "So you're a carnivore? I used to think you were a gentle herbivore when we chatted. I was wrong."

"Which one do you prefer?" Gao Yumo touched Shi Yu's face, looked at her appearance, and asked with a smile.

"I don't dislike either of you. In fact, I like you more the way you are now. At least it lets me know that you didn't miss my hints before; you were just pretending." Shi Yu laughed too. It was her first impression of Gao Yumo that ruined her. She hadn't seen through him at all. When they first met, she felt that Gao Yumo was a gentle junior. He gave her so much advice on her book later, and comforted her when her new book failed and she was feeling down. These were her impressions of Gao Yumo.

"That's good, as long as you don't hate me." Gao Yumo said with a smile. Such simple words are the most touching. At least Shi Yu's face turned slightly red. The kiss just now hadn't made her shy.

"Let's kiss again." Shiyu eagerly wanted another kiss, and Gao Yumo just smiled and nodded. Just as their lips were about to touch, there was a sudden knock on the door, followed by Eriri's voice and the sound of someone trying to open the door but not doing so.

"Shiyu! You must be in there, right? You sneaked out! Get out here!" Eriri's angry voice came in, but it wasn't very loud. After all, there should still be people sleeping at this time, and she didn't want to disturb them. But her voice was loud enough for the two people in the room to hear.

"Looks like we'll have to do it next time." Gao Yumo shrugged, while Shi Yu's expression turned dangerous for a moment, clearly unhappy that Eriri had ruined her plans. However, she quickly turned into a mischievous smile. Gao Yumo looked at her mischievous smile; he was very familiar with that smile, as he himself had smiled like that when he played pranks.

"I don't know what you want to do, but I guess you need me to open the door?" Gao Yumo guessed. Shi Yu nodded with a knowing look, took off her slippers, climbed onto the bed, and made room for Gao Yumo, who couldn't get off the bed because she was sitting on the edge.

Gao Yumo watched her movements and guessed what she was going to do. He didn't say anything and got out of bed to open the door for Ying Lili.

As he walked towards the door, he heard rustling sounds behind him, and without looking, he could guess that Shi Yu was taking off her clothes.

He actually really wanted to take a look. Well, he turned around as soon as he thought about it. Shi Yu guessed that Gao Yumo would turn around, after all, he had just changed Shi Yu's impression of him by openly letting Gao Yumo admire her body.

Gao Yumo didn't watch it for long. He could memorize everything in a few seconds, so now wasn't the time to appreciate it properly. There would be plenty of opportunities later.

As soon as the door opened, Eriri stormed in, her face full of anger. After she came in, Gao Yumo closed the door again and then locked it.

After entering the room, Eriri ignored Gao Yumo and rushed straight to Gao Yumo's bedside. She lifted the blanket and saw Shiyu naked. Eriri had already guessed it because Shiyu had taken off her clothes and put them on the bed. Eriri had just seen it, but she wasn't sure.

"You, you, you." Eriri pointed at Shiho, her face flushed, whether from embarrassment or anger, she didn't know. She had no experience, otherwise she would have known from the smell that nothing had happened.

"Hmm~" Shiyu sat up, pretending to have just woken up, stretched her body, and looked at Eriri. "Isn't this Eriri? Did you also come to raid Mo-kun at night?"

To deceive Eriri, he even changed how he addressed Gao Yumo, and Eriri actually believed him because she didn't know when Shiyu left after she fell asleep; she only discovered Shiyu was gone when she woke up.

Actually, she started to panic as soon as she woke up. If she hadn't been so anxious, she would have noticed that Shiyu's sleeping spot was still warm and that she hadn't been away for long.

Gao Yumo watched the interaction between the two from the side, and Shi Yu didn't say anything. She wanted Ying Lili to use her imagination, and Ying Lili really did imagine a big drama.

But that's enough, otherwise Eriri would break down and cry later, right?

He walked over and hugged Eriri from behind, whispering in her ear about Utaha, "She just arrived too. It was just a prank. Didn't you notice there was no smell at all? Oh right, you probably don't know what that smells like."

After Gao Yumo finished speaking, Eriri already believed him. She knew that Gao Yumo wouldn't lie to her. At least if something really happened, Gao Yumo wouldn't say it didn't happen, but would openly admit it.

As for the smell of the thing Gao Yumo mentioned later, based on her own imagination and her experience as a fan artist, she naturally knew what he was talking about. She had never seen or smelled the actual thing.

"What are you saying?!" Eriri immediately bristled again. She had just imagined a whole scenario, with Gao Yumo as the male lead and herself as the female lead. She started struggling in Gao Yumo's arms.

Gao Yumo was completely baffled. Were those words really that embarrassing for Eriri? Wasn't she an experienced driver? Was it because of what he said? Gao Yumo, unaware of what Eriri was imagining, was utterly confused.

But he didn't let go of Eriri. Instead, he held her and sat her on the edge of the bed. Although Shiyu's prank was stopped by Takayumo, she was already satisfied. She also showed off her figure to Takayumo and let Eriri be pranked. For her, it was a win-win situation, winning twice.

Asking for flowers

She is currently wearing clothes, although her pajamas are small and see-through, so it feels no different from not wearing anything at all. However, at least she is wearing underwear, and the parts that need to be covered are covered.

Eriri gradually calmed down, but her face was still flushed. After all, she was sitting in Gao Yumo's lap, and she could feel something under her bottom. As an experienced driver, she knew exactly what it was.

Her face was flushed and her head was down. She was very shy, but she felt that this was also very nice, the feeling of being gently held in Gao Yumo's arms.

Gao Yumo only just realized something and asked Shi Yu, "Shi Yu, didn't you not go home to get clothes? Whose pajamas are you wearing? Has anyone in our family bought pajamas like this? Is it Xi's?"

Shi Yu looked at Eriri in Gao Yu Mo's arms with envy in her eyes. When faced with Gao Yu Mo's question, a mischievous smile appeared on her lips. Gao Yu Mo felt Eriri in his arms stiffen, and he knew whose she was.

"Of course it's Eriri's. We share a room, so who else can I borrow from besides her?" Shiyu said with a smile. Eriri wanted to stop her when she opened her mouth, but she was being held by Gao Yumo and couldn't reach Shiyu at all. She was both angry and shy, and finally buried her head even lower.

"Eri, didn't I pack your clothes? Where did these come from?" Gao Yumo asked Eriri curiously. He clearly packed her luggage, but he didn't remember these pajamas.

"Can't I just sneak it in?" Eriri said loudly, having given up on herself. She turned to look at Gao Yumo, then snorted. Gao Yumo found it amusing and patted her head, but she shook him off.

Shiyu, who was standing next to her, was so envious. She should have been happy after hearing this news, but she couldn't smile. Her smile froze on her face, and she became expressionless. She stepped forward to pull Eriri away from Gao Yumo's arms.

"Mo Jun, let her go!" Shi Yu's way of addressing Gao Yu Mo seemed to have really changed, but she herself didn't seem to realize it, it had become more intimate.

"No!" Eriri grabbed Gao Yumo's arm. "Shiyu, you've been sleeping naked on his bed, what's wrong with letting me be hugged for a while?"

Eriri has already given up on herself, she's even said things like that directly. Of course, this should only last for a while. Once she calms down, she'll probably want to die.

Gao Yumo had already let go of Yingli's hand when they started pulling on each other, otherwise it would be easy for her to get hurt if they pulled on each other later.

The two of them rolled around on the ground like tumbleweeds because Gao Yumo let go of them, making Gao Yumo almost burst out laughing.

The two didn't actually fight; they wouldn't fight over something like that. They have a really good relationship, but they're more like close friends who tease each other.

"Get up, it's so cold on the ground." Gao Yumo said to the two of them, but he didn't laugh out loud. Otherwise, Shi Yu might not be too bothered, but Ying Lili would definitely hit him a couple of times.

The two on the ground exchanged a glance. Eriri snorted, turned away from Shiyu, stood up, and sat down on Gao Yumo's bed.

Utaha also stood up, first smiling at Eriri, who crossed her arms and ignored her.

Instead of sitting on the bed like Eriri, Shiyu walked over and sat in Gao Yumo's lap.

Eriri immediately noticed her actions, shouted "Shiha!" and pounced on her.

Now the rolling gourd has become three people.

Chapter 52 Newcomer Competition Review

On their way to school, Eriri and Utaha didn't banter as usual, leaving the others confused and wondering what had happened.

Gao Yumo thinks the other classmates should know him by now, right? After all, his name and appearance have spread quickly throughout the school these past few days, so he can start going to and from school with the girls. You can all be envious, hehe.

Of course, not everyone walked together. Today, Gao Yumo walked with Xiaomai. Xiaomai was very proper outside. When she walked with Gao Yumo, Gao Yumo saw many envious glances.

"If only you could stay like this forever," Gao Yumo whispered to Xiaomai.

Umaru whispered back, "You know how tiring it is for me to pretend like this."

"Then you shouldn't have done that in the first place. You still care about saving face," Gao Yumo commented. Xiao Mai had nothing to say, because it was the truth.

In the morning, during the first period, which was Chinese language class, taught by Hiratsuka Shizuka, she was lecturing. The students below were all listening attentively, and even those who weren't paying attention pretended to be. This was mainly because Hiratsuka Shizuka was known as the "Iron Fist Teacher," though her main method was intimidation. At least in the past few days, Gao Yumo hadn't seen her hit anyone.

Gao Yumo was also listening attentively. Although he knew the material, he was always well-behaved in class, at least to give the teacher some face. Otherwise, given his grades and background, the teacher wouldn't care what he did.

Midway through, Gao Yumo felt his phone suddenly vibrate. It was a call, and he had set it to vibrate. Normally, no one would call him at this time because people who knew his phone number would know that he was in class. Who could it be?

He glanced at it furtively; it was an unknown number calling. Gao Yumo kept his information very private. Unless he gave it out himself, no one could possibly get his phone number. He had the world's best programming skills; setting up security software on his phone was a piece of cake.

In the past few days, he has only made one phone call, and the other party certainly doesn't know his current situation: the rookie competition at Weekly Comics!

It could only be this. Gao Yumo hesitated for a moment, but still didn't answer the phone directly or do anything. He just let the other person think that he was inconvenient. He really shouldn't do anything since he was in class.

Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at Gao Yumo from the podium. Of course, she could see his little actions, but she didn't care at all. Just like Gao Yumo said, he wouldn't be bothered even if he slept. Hiratsuka Shizuka knew more, so as long as Gao Yumo didn't go too far, she wouldn't interfere. But if Gao Yumo had actually taken out the phone to answer it just now, she definitely would have interfered. Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't care much about Gao Yumo's identity; she only knew that she was a teacher.

The class passed by uneventfully.

Rewind to an earlier time, in the editorial department of Weekly Comics, several comic editors were conducting preliminary reviews of a large number of comic manuscripts, all of which were submitted to the newcomer competition.

These editors have to read each one and then use their experience to filter out the unqualified ones.

Those that fail are returned immediately, while only those that pass can proceed to the next stage for evaluation.

Looking at the comic in her hand, Ayano Iida sighed in disappointment. In fact, it wasn't just Gao Yumo who thought the comics in this world were boring; many people thought so too, especially those who had read the four comics he had drawn. When they looked at the comics they had read before, they felt that both the drawing skills and the plot design were lacking.

The purpose of Weekly Manga Magazine in setting up this newcomer competition was to try their luck and see if they could find a few good comics. After all, Weekly Shonen Jump, which is also a weekly magazine, has been leading in sales with the four shonen manga drawn by Takahata Mo.

Meanwhile, the sales of their weekly comics began to decline, with many online comments saying that their comics were boring, uncreative, and not as good as Weekly Shonen Jump.

This forced the executives of Weekly Comics to quickly find a solution, and this was also an experiment.

But the result was terrible; not a single decent comic book appeared.

"This person's drawing is terrible! I knew that in a newcomer contest, there would be a lot of people with absolutely no skills," Ayano Iida said speechlessly.

"Most of these are so bad they make you want to gouge your eyes out. Don't they have any self-awareness?" She threw another book aside, already finding it hard to read anymore, but she had no choice but to keep reading.

Machida Sonoko, who was standing next to her, said, "That's true. Even if the story is good, it's fine. You could find a good artist and the two of you could collaborate on an illustration. I didn't expect there to be no one like it."

Ayano Iida looked at Sonoko Machida and said, "Sonoko, thank you so much for coming here to help us. We really don't have enough manpower here."

"It's okay, we're all from the same company, under the same boss, so we'll just do whatever work we're given. I thought picking out comics would be fun, but it's so boring." Machida Sonoko picked up another book and looked at it, but it wasn't good either. "But I didn't expect you to call us here. We're not professionals, what if something goes wrong?"

"Your light novel editors are very knowledgeable about plots, so it's not a problem to have you take a look. If you see any good plots, just show them to us. And if the artwork is even slightly good, just show us that too. After all, most of these are just garbage." Ayano Iida couldn't continue. Most of these were simply rubbish.

“Indeed…” Machida Sonoko shrugged, picked up another book, flipped through it, and looked at it. She had thought it would be similar to the others, but it was different.

"Look, look! This drawing is so good, such a refreshing art style, such cute characters, they look adorable at first glance." Machida Sonoko quickly patted Iida Ayano next to her, urging her to come and look.

"What, what, there's a more normal one? Let me see." Ayano Iida quickly came over to look, and the two of them looked at the book in Sonoko Machida's hand together.

"This art style is cute yet exquisite. It's obviously not a newbie. Is it a new account of that teacher? As expected of the veteran editor, Ayano Iida saw through it at a glance, and she actually guessed right."

"Let's take a look at the story. If the story is good too, then this book will have been worth it, and this newcomer competition will have been worthwhile," she continued.

Gao Yumo didn't send over many messages, so the two of them finished reading them quickly.

"What a wonderful story! It's full of humor, warmth, and absurdity amidst everyday life. It's a really good story, and it's very healing to read." Machida Sonoko, as a light novel editor who reads stories every day, certainly has a good eye.

"Let me check the pen name, Da Mo. I've never seen that pen name before. It seems like it's either a newbie or some teacher's pseudonym. But I'm sure I could recognize a teacher who can write stories like this and draw so well. But it's not one of them, or rather, none of them are this good. It seems like only those four teachers have this kind of ability, but they are all teachers of shonen manga. It shouldn't be like this. Besides, their manga isn't finished yet, so they probably wouldn't participate in our newcomer competition, right?" Ayano Iida was getting more and more confused and couldn't figure out who it was at all.

"Should we contact them directly?" Machida Sonoko suggested.

"Let's call the editor-in-chief first," Ayano Iida 2.1 said, shaking her head. The editor-in-chief should make the decision.

“I’ll go.” Machida Sonoko stood up and went to find the editor-in-chief.

Ayano Iida smiled, and thinking about the plot she had just witnessed, she wanted to laugh again. It wasn't the kind of story that was particularly funny, but rather the kind of nonsensical humor that wasn't over the top. It had been a long time since she had seen such an interesting story.

The book's title is rather odd; the author chose it. It's called "Together Here and There."

She handed the book to the other editors beside her, who were all drawn to the commotion the two had just made and were curious about what kind of manga could make Ayano Iida praise it so highly.

With hope, Ayano Iida picked up other books to read, and she was confident that she could find good manga again.

"Okay, my expectations were too high. It's the same as before." She put down the book in her hand in disappointment once again, covered her face, and felt even more pain after reading a good comic.

(The picture shows Machida Sonoko.)

Chapter 53 Ayano Iida: So the young master can be this kind after all.

When Machida Sonoko returned with the editor-in-chief, the chapters of "Here and There" had already been reviewed by the editors on site, and they were indeed rare gems! This time, Weekly Comic Books really struck gold!

"Ayano, where's the manga you're talking about? Let me see." The old editor-in-chief was quite excited when she came in. After all, if the plot and art style that Machida Sono had just described to her were true, then this newcomer competition would have been truly worthwhile.

"Editor-in-Chief," Ayano Iida stood up to greet him, then looked around and asked, "Who got it?"

"Oh, it's here. I was so engrossed in it that I didn't hear you." The editor, who was reading, was nudged by his colleague and quickly stood up, handing the comic to the editor-in-chief.

The editor-in-chief didn't blame her. If it was really a great comic, it was normal to get engrossed in it. That would only prove that she had really struck gold this time.

After the editor-in-chief took it, he found a stool and sat down. He first looked at the pen name and realized he had never heard of it before, so it must really be a newcomer.

Then I started reading the work, and quickly finished reading the few chapters that Gao Yumo had submitted this time.

With a smile on her face, she said with satisfaction, "This is great! After reading it, I feel like I've become a few years younger. It's a really good comic."

Turning to Ayano Iida, he said, "Ayano, did you find out? Then you'll be in charge of this project. Go and sign it back."

Ayano Iida was taken aback and asked, "Isn't the rookie competition still going on? Are you signing now?"