I won't be a loser.

"Yes……"

"I just used it, you go ahead."

"..."

Yoshida Saki quietly went into the bathroom, while Kento did not continue to rest. Instead, he poured a cup of tea and sat down in the living room.

Missing a cigarette.

A cup of tea and a cigarette.

Sitting alone all night.

Wow, wow—

As the bathroom door opened, Yoshida Saki slowly closed the door. After washing her hands, she stared at Xianren sitting in the living room. She wanted to go up and communicate with him, but she was a little conflicted.

"that……"

"I can't sleep, so sit down for a while. You have to go to school tomorrow, right?"

"I can't sleep either."

"Then come sit here for a while."

"Ah."

Yoshida Saki came to Xianren's side, sat down, lowered her head, and observed Xianren's expression out of the corner of her eye.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Hmm? No...no!"

"After this year, I'll have to think about going to university. What are your thoughts?"

"I...I'm going to...make Ochanomizu University my goal and work hard."

"Ok?"

When the wise man who was sitting there heard Yoshida Saki's goal, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and slowly turned his head to look at Yoshida Saki who was sitting next to him.

"Ochanomizu... the deviation is quite high, isn't it? Almost the same as Chiba University?"

"The average deviation... the lowest is 58. My last test showed a deviation of 56, so it's not impossible."

After pursing her lips and hesitating for a while, Yoshida Saki finally gave an answer, which surprised Xianren a little. He didn't expect that Yoshida Saki's deviation value had reached this level. He remembered that her grades were quite average when they lived together before.

Is it Rio Futaba's credit?

This should be partly due to the contribution of Rio Futaba. In addition, people like Mari Kazeoka and Sonoko Machida also graduated from famous universities in Tokyo. Under the guidance of these three people, if the grades of two liberal arts students and one science student did not improve at all, that would be a big problem.

"Then I wish you good luck in getting into the university of your choice. There are still about five months left, so keep up the good work."

"Yes!"

Yoshida Saki clenched his fists, gradually raised his head, looked at the wise man sitting beside him, and hesitated.

"Is there anything else?"

"If...if I can enter Ochanomizu...Miyamizu-kun, can you promise me one thing?"

"Huh? Okay."

"real?!"

"There's no need to lie about these things, right?"

Yoshida Saki's eyes were filled with surprise. She quickly stood up and bowed to Xianren as if to express her gratitude. Then she hurriedly left the living room. Xianren, who was sitting in the living room, looked at the girl's back as she left, stretched out his finger and gently touched her forehead.

"At this point, it doesn't matter."

- - - -

Thank you all for your monthly tickets and blades! Thank you all for your recommendation tickets!

Chiba New Story: 455. Fortunately, I was born early

The temperature gradually turned cooler. Xianren, wearing a sweater, sat in the office, looking at the current progress of the game. His face showed no emotion. He thought silently for a while, tapped his forehead with his fingers, and wondered if he was being too rash.

"I can accept the other content by modifying the 'Jiuli' side storyline, but this deviates from the pure love storyline and I will not allow it to appear in my game."

Fujiwara Momoka turned her head to look at Xianren who was sitting behind the desk. After hearing his remarks, her face seemed a little lazy. She sighed and prepared to refute him, but when she met Xianren's sharp eyes, she pursed her lips and still did not dare to speak.

"Well...I know."

Then he quietly modified the 'exciting' plot that he had carefully thought of, and sighed, changed it to the common and ordinary plots.

"Ah... I'm so tired. Hey, Xianren, let's take a break. How about we go on vacation somewhere? I'm kind of craving a hot spring."

Ji Naiyi slowly stretched her body, raised her arms, sighed, turned her head to look at Xianren, and said that she wanted to take a vacation, such as a hot spring vacation. When other people heard this, their expressions became subtle.

"Instead of thinking about vacation, I should do my job well first. If the progress of the game goes smoothly, I can consider it. But if the pace remains the same, I'd better stay home and complete the expected goals before thinking about those things."

He tapped the table lightly. Facing Ji Nai Yi Geng who wanted to act coquettishly with him, his attitude did not change at all. He still spoke in a stiff tone, which made Ji Nai Yi Geng sigh and lower his head to continue working.

Originally, she thought that her relationship with Xianren would be closer, and she would be able to work more easily. However, Ji Naiyi never expected that Xianren's attitude at work was still the same as before, and even seemed tougher than his previous indifferent attitude.

It seemed that the working atmosphere became depressing from that day on. Jinaiyi lowered her head, looked at the computer in front of her, and quietly continued her drawing work.

"It's because of your blunt attitude that Liuli is reluctant to come over during this period of time."

Ji Naiyi muttered even more quietly, but in the quiet office, everyone's words were still clearly heard. However, no one paid much attention and just continued to do their work quietly.

The sage, who was sitting at his computer desk, looked at what he had written for a while, then remained silent for a moment. He saved the newly written content, then stood up and slowly left the office. The others, who were still sitting in the office, watched the sage leave and breathed a sigh of relief...

The virtuous man picked up his coat hanging at the door, put it on, opened the door and walked out of the house from the entrance, closed the door casually, breathed in the fresh air outside, slowly raised his head, looked at the clear blue sky, and the misty white clouds drifted away like smoke.

"Huh—"

With a soft sigh, Xianren lowered his head and walked towards the shopping street. Recently, matters like cooking were handled by Yuanye Ningning, but the purchase of ingredients was still handled by Xianren himself.

I walked to the commercial street near my residence, asked the shop owner about today's fresh vegetables, asked about the price, and after confirming that there was no problem, I started to pick out the vegetables I liked.

Unlike his days in Koishikawa, Tokyo, his life here in Chiba was really ordinary. He chatted about the weather and the recent promotions in the shopping streets. With a formal smile, he praised the store owner and then walked towards the next one with his bag.

Compared to the clearly marked prices of vegetables and meat in supermarkets, the prices set by these shops on the shopping streets have a lot of room for fluctuation. With a little negotiation, they can be bought at a slightly cheaper price.

"You're going to have to go to college soon, right?"

"Yeah, I have to think about further studies soon. It's really unsettling."

"Is your target a university in Tokyo?"

"Yes."

Suddenly hearing other people talking about further studies, Xianren was a little surprised, but he didn't care too much. After buying the ingredients, he went back to his home and asked Yuanye Ningning to take care of dinner. He sat down at his desk again and read what he had written, with a confused look on his face.

I am not satisfied with the content I wrote no matter how I look at it.

It’s not that my writing is completely bad, but I have some doubts about my ability. The content is obviously very natural, but it doesn’t look smooth no matter how I look at it. After deleting it, I don’t know how to continue writing.

The wise man clearly sensed that something was wrong with his condition, but couldn't quite place what it was. He sat in front of his computer for a long time, then casually closed it and returned to the living room. He sat down and stared into his teacup...

"I remember I never told you about my home address, right?"

On the way back to her apartment from the university, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the man standing in front of her apartment door, stopped, stared at the man's indifferent expression, and couldn't help frowning.

"Are you here to show me that you are the winner?"

"Yeah, I wanted to see the current situation of the loser, but I didn't expect that their lives weren't affected that much. It's really regrettable."

"That's truly a pity. My previous royalties alone were enough to cover my living expenses during college. Even if I can't successfully publish my new work, I won't end up in the dire straits you expect, Miyamizu-kun."

Xianren, who was standing in front of the other person's apartment door, slowly walked in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Even though she has a very tall figure among girls, in front of Kento, Kasumigaoka Utaha still has to raise her cheeks slightly to meet his gaze.

"After using your connections to block me, are you now resorting to violence against me?"

"I do have that thought. Among all the women I know, you're the only one I always want to touch."

"Then I'm looking forward to what you will do to me."

Taking out her cell phone from her bag, Kasumigaoka Utaha opened the address book and dialed Machida Sonoko's number.

"Shiyu?"

"Did you tell him my address?"

"I think some conflicts are not unsolvable. The relationship between you two isn't that irreconcilable, right?"

After getting the answer, Kasumigaoka Utaha was silent for a moment, hung up the phone, and looked at the man in front of her.

After a moment of silence, he turned and walked towards the stairs.

Watching her actions, Xianren, who was standing at the door of her apartment, silently left the apartment with her. When they arrived at a nearby coffee shop, they sat down together.

A cup of Blue Mountain and a cappuccino.

The two sat opposite each other and talked for a long time. From Kasumigaoka Utaha's indifference and Kento's disapproval, their emotions gradually became worse, and then suddenly calmed down. They restrained each other's emotions and made slight concessions to each other. The matter ended with conditions that both parties could barely accept.

Obviously, neither of them wanted to end it so easily, but when they thought about their relationship, there was really no need to keep it like this. For both parties, Kasumigaoka Utaha still wanted to continue to release the content of her next volume, while Kento, who was sitting opposite her, didn't want to make things difficult for Machida Sonoko.

In Kento's understanding, it was probably because Machida Sonoko wanted to put this matter behind her that she let Mari Fukaoka find her.

One reconciliation, one solution.

Even though he really didn't like Kasumigaoka Utaha, it wasn't to the extent that he wanted her to disappear. Plus, Xianren didn't want to get himself into any trouble, so reconciliation seemed to be the only option.

The two people who hated each other, after some communication, each gave a way out and let the incident go.

This is the adult world.

Reluctantly, compromise.

"Let this be the last time we two meet each other."

"That's what I wanted to say."

They exchanged a glance, concluding their conversation. After paying the bill for their coffee, Xianren stood up and left the café. Kasumigaoka Utaha sat at her seat, watching Xianren disappear through the doorway. She lowered her head to look at the coffee in front of her, her eyes glum.

"Is it because of that Kasumigaoka incident?"

Feng Xiaochun turned her head to look at the virtuous man who sat down in the living room. Facing the virtuous man's gloomy expression and deep eyes, she sat down and asked casually.

"It's partly her fault, but not entirely. When the seasons change, people's moods also become more volatile."

"Aren't you going to pursue this further?"

"We've already reconciled, so there's no point in pursuing this further. She's just a passing character anyway. That's all she has in my life now."

Faced with Xianren's answer, Feng Xiaochun did not continue the topic of Kasumigaoka Utaha, but asked Xianren about his preparations for this year. It seemed that winter was about to come, and winter would be the New Year.

"I need to go back this year. I'll go back to Itomori, then go to a hot spring there to rest for a while, then return to Tokyo to continue with the things I had planned."

The good things that were originally planned were naturally the games, and the other thing was probably to spend time with some people and do some things.

Sitting in the arms of the sage, Feng Xiaochun raised her face, revealing her fair neck. Her clear and bright eyes stared into the sage's somewhat absent-minded eyes...

With what happened in Okinawa during the summer, the relationship between Kento and Fujiwa Nozomi is no longer a secret among the girls. Kiyoura Setsuna, who lives near Fujiwa's apartment, has been visiting Fujiwa's house frequently recently to take care of the young Elio and behave very gently, which gradually put Fujiwa Nozomi's initial worries at ease.

"Their relationship now isn't like... more like that of an older sister. I wonder how Elliot will view this relationship when she grows up."

With some free time, Fujiwa Ninju brought her daughter to Chiba and met Kento who was working at home. By the way, Elliot also met her father whom she seldom saw. Facing his daughter, Kento naturally stopped his work, a smile broke out on his face, and he picked up Elliot in front of him.

After the father and daughter were intimate for a while, they were surrounded by Himeno Iger and others and handed over to their care. Then Fujiwara Ninjutsu talked about recent events with Kento.

"Is it not good?"

"You think it's okay?"

"Elliot is staying at home right now and doesn't have many friends. If he goes to school, it will be the same. Aren't you worried that something might go wrong?"

"..."

It seemed to be true. Fujihe Nunu started to have a headache. Bullying problems in schools were very serious now. She was a little worried that her daughter would be bullied by others after entering school.

By next year, Elio will be able to go to primary school.

"There should be no problem?"

"Who knows."

"It would be great if you had more children. For example, if Elio had other sisters and went to the same school and class, we wouldn't have to worry about this problem."

"..."