I won't be a loser.

Having no investors and no connections to use is indeed a big problem, but given the current situation, it is not a big problem. If you become an ambassador for a place and something goes wrong, the issue of liquidated damages will be quite a headache.

There is nothing wrong with such a steady development, and he is not envious at all.

"Tsk."

After a while, when it was the fourth year, Xianren seemed to have enough credits, so he spent more time on his career in Tokyo. However, his current career was not that demanding, which made Xianren feel free.

It's not as good as the time before he started his business, when he had nothing to do. But compared to the time when he just started his business, he now has a little more free time. Basically, he accompanies different people every day and goes shopping in various places.

My daughter also went to elementary school. Even though I am a virtuous person now, I don’t have any special relationship with her, but there is nothing wrong with sending my daughter to those famous elementary schools.

I originally wanted to send my daughter to an ordinary elementary school, but after careful consideration, I realized that most of the parents of students in ordinary elementary schools are probably ordinary wage earners. They don't have much time to spend on educating their children, and their quality is generally relatively...

Even if it is not a certain thing, as Xianren himself knows, not all students are good even in those famous and private schools, but the probability is always slightly smaller.

"In an environment like this, most students are a little more mature than children from ordinary families and know the consequences of their actions... without being impulsive."

He sighed. As a wise father, in order to prevent Elliot from being bullied and isolated by other students, he often drove her to the school gate himself.

Later, I heard from Elliot that she met other children in the interest training class in elementary school, so there was no need to worry too much.

But now it's just elementary school. There will be two stages in the future, junior high school and high school. The current level is still not enough. I have to let Fuji and Nunu sign up for some other classes. She must master some self-defense skills. My daughter is so cute, I must do a good job of protecting her!

Recently, when picking up Elio from school, any boy who accidentally approached Elio turned into a red goblin that could attack in Xianren's eyes.

"'If it were for my daughter, I might even be able to kill the first O right now!'... This subject matter is too dangerous in every sense. Of course, if it could be published, it would definitely attract a lot of interest, but... I guess it can't be published, right?"

Machida Sonoko looked at Kento's latest work and fell into silence just by looking at the title. She didn't know how to describe her feelings.

"is it not OK?"

"It's obviously impossible, right? Even though we've always been very lenient with standards, a name like this is still a bit difficult. Changing it to 'If it were for my daughter, I might even sink the island of Japan right now' wouldn't be a problem."

"Isn't this more dangerous than the previous one?"

"But this name can be passed and no one will care."

"No, I just care."

The two of them sat in the living room, chatting about the new work. Looking at the content of the first chapter given by Xianren, they couldn't help but sigh.

"You said you were planning to start an online library?"

"It's mainly an online library, and we can also publish in real life, but our main focus is online services. If there are any interesting works, we can also cooperate with other publishing houses to publish them."

"Then what's the point of you creating this website?"

"That's right. Setting up a publishing house doesn't require a lot of capital. I'd better do it myself."

He has always been a person who listens to advice. Since Machida Sonoko said so, Kento gave up the idea of cooperating with others and prepared to publish it himself. At that time, he can sell it on his own website together with the peripheral products of his agency's virtual idols.

Seeing that Xianren changed his mind after hearing the casual remark, Machida Sonoko couldn't help but want to persuade Xianren. However, when she thought about the fact that the other party didn't seem to have any problems with funds at the moment and could fully support him to do so, she couldn't help but grin slightly, fell into silence, and sighed with some emotion.

"That's amazing! If you were to go public now, what would your market capitalization be?"

"Currently, it's probably over 100 billion yen, and the approximate valuation is around this number. Our competitors' valuations are slightly lower than ours, but they also have market capitalizations of tens of billions of yen. But the specific situation will only be understood after the company goes public."

In response to Machida Sonoko's question, Xianren smiled slightly, which made Machida Sonoko widen her eyes.

"Billionaire?!"

Machida Sonoko was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Xianren would be worth so much now. The way she looked at Xianren became different. Facing the surprised Machida Sonoko, he just smiled helplessly.

"It's just the market value, which isn't actually that high, and as the situation gradually changes, the value will fluctuate."

"But it's unreal. You're still just a college student now, and by the time you graduate... your life will be perfect. It's really enviable."

Sighing, Machida Sonoko thought about her own life. Compared with the wise man, her life was completely mediocre. She picked up the wine glass and took a sip of her favorite wine, but it felt tasteless.

"If I had to create something from nothing, that would be unrealistic. If it weren't for...help, I wouldn't have been able to get to where I am today."

He sighed. His every step of development was mainly due to the financial support of his wife and father-in-law. Without the hundreds of millions of yen in funding, it was not completely impossible for him to become a wise man now, but there was a high probability that he would not be a match for his "friendly competitors".

"What about the new work?"

"I'm going to put it on the new website. I'll take my time. From now on, writing books will be purely for my own entertainment. I'll write about things that interest me."

"Sensory?"

"That's a bit unrealistic. Maybe I'll put it on another website."

"You were just about to write about sex."

Machida Sonoko, swaying her wine glass, looked at the wise man sitting opposite her and couldn't help but sigh.

"Sister Mari, when will you be back today?"

"I don't know if you can just call and ask yourself, right?"

Xianren, who was sitting in the living room, called Mari Fukaoka and learned that she had to work overtime tonight and would probably not be able to return home until around 19 p.m.

"Ah."

Then she hung up the phone and slowly leaned back on the sofa. Machida Sonoko slowly stood up and sat astride Kento's body, looking at the man in front of her who was no longer a teenager, with a glimmer in her eyes.

"Hey~ I'm thinking of changing jobs~"

"I have no problem letting you take charge of the website. I don't know much about it anyway, so you can manage it. Once you're ready, Mari-san, if she's interested, can manage the publishing side of things. I want to focus on translation, taking a different path from other publishers."

"I don't care."

For Machida Sonoko, her current job is really boring and she doesn't see any chance of getting ahead. She might as well follow Kento and leave the current publishing house.

The two chatted a lot about the website and the publishing house. Later, Yoshida Saki returned home and saw the two of them being so intimate in the living room. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but she soon calmed down, greeted them, and went back to her room first.

After a while, Futaba Rio also returned to her residence from school. Carrying her bag, Futaba Rio saw Machida Sonoko sitting on Kento, groaned, and returned to her room.

"Can I get off now?"

"What does it matter? It's okay to wait until Mari sees it before coming down."

"No, I feel like it won't matter if I don't go and comfort you."

After letting Machida Sonoko get away from him, Kento went to comfort Futaba Rio first, and then went to chat with Yoshida Saki for a while. After a while, the three of them sat in the living room. After hearing about things like electronic libraries and publishing houses, Yoshida Saki also became a little interested.

"I remember that you were also interested in literary creation, right?"

"Yes... I've tried to create, but I've never felt quite..."

When Yoshida Saki saw Kento looking at her, she nodded slightly and briefly described her previous creative career. After submitting her work several times without receiving any response, she gave up.

"So, are you interested in helping creators? I think that would be a great job?"

He smiled. The website and publishing house have not come out yet, but Xianren thinks that he can let Yoshida Saki enter these two places in the future to help him deal with some things.

"Can I?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, right?"

Yoshida Saki was not very confident, but with the encouragement of Kento, she nodded and wanted to give it a try.

Later, when Mari Fukazaki returned home, I talked to her about this matter, which made Mari Fukazaki feel conflicted. She personally preferred to stay and work at Kaiyingsha, but there was no big problem working under Kento. It was just that she felt that she could not realize her ambitions in the publishing house under Kento.

"You don't necessarily need to agree to it. It hasn't been established yet. If you're interested in the future, you can consider it again. It's fine."

"..."

Pursing her lips, Mari Fukaoka nodded slowly.

After dinner, everyone returned to their respective rooms, but Mari Fukaoka called out to Kento, as if she had something else to discuss.

He stopped walking towards Rio Futaba's bedroom and looked at Mari Fukaoka. He slowly walked to her side and sat down, his eyes fixed on her face, waiting for her to speak.

"I... still want to stay at Kaiying Society. I've been working there for a long time, and things are going very smoothly..."

"Okay, then when you develop something in the future, remember to share your work experience. I've never developed a publishing house myself, so this is a good experience."

Facing Mari Fukazaki's worried look, Kento seemed quite calm, without any dissatisfaction at all, which made Mari Fukazaki feel a little conflicted.

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Chiba New Story: 476. Do you want to visit your daughter's school?

"There's not even a shadow of a publishing house right now. Under these circumstances, asking you to resign would be irresponsible of you. Everyone has their own goals and ideals. I have no reason to stop you from achieving your goals and asking you to resign from your current publishing house. However, if you decide that my publishing house is a better fit for you in the future, it's fine to leave then."

Looking at Mari Fukazaki who looked a little depressed, how could Xianren allow this person who had helped him a long time ago to feel troubled, so he started to comfort her.

"I'm not talking about this to put pressure on you, Mari. If you're not interested, you don't need to care. Just treat it as an interesting story."

She slowly raised her head and looked at the wise man in front of her. That indifferent smile made Mari Fukaoka's tangled heart gradually calm down. She pursed her lips and smiled slightly, remembering the wise man's character. He would not be troubled by such things. It was just that she... cared too much about the wise man's feelings, which put too much burden on herself.

"I understand. Then, when the day comes that my goals cannot be achieved within the publishing house, I will have no choice but to rely on you, Xianren."

"Don't worry, I will always keep your place for you."

The atmosphere suddenly relaxed. After the two looked at each other, Mari Fukaoka went back to her room to rest, while Kento sat in the living room for a while before slowly getting up and going to Rio Futaba's bedroom.

"Have you appeased your sister?"

"Comfort... We just chatted briefly about the future. 'Comfort' is a bit too much. By the way, do you have anything planned for tomorrow?"

Futaba Rio, wearing pale yellow pajamas, held a fashion magazine in her hands. She hadn't been particularly interested in these things before, but now, for some reason, she seemed to care deeply about them. The so-called "fashion"...

"Nothing's wrong, what's wrong?"

Looking sideways at Kento, Futaba Rio didn't know why Kento asked this. In the past, she might have been looking forward to the other party inviting her out on a date, but now she was almost...despair?

"Let's go somewhere together tomorrow. We've been staying at home and haven't felt like doing anything. Why not go out for a walk? Maybe we can relax and get some ideas for the future."

"……understood."

"So, in terms of time?"

"Yes, but only for half a day. Let's go out for a walk together tomorrow morning. After the afternoon, I will go back to do my own things."

"Half a day... is fine."

Xianren walked to the edge of the bed, sat down, reached out and lifted a corner of the quilt, and lay down on the bed. He looked at Futaba Rio beside him, leaned his head on her shoulder, and looked at the fashion magazine in her hand.

“Are these the popular ones now?”

"Ah."

"I really don't know much about it. Are you interested in this suit?"

"Not particularly interested, what's wrong?"

"Just to ask."

The two of them lay on the bed and chatted for a while. Then, at a yawn from Futaba Rio, Xianren turned off the lights. Their bodies were close together, and they looked at each other for a moment in the hazy moonlight. Futaba Rio closed her eyes, and Xianren also closed his eyes.

Wrapped in the warm quilt, I slowly fell asleep.

early morning.

The two of them got up early, prepared a simple breakfast, woke up Mari Kazeoka, Sonoko Machida, and Saki Yoshida who were still sleeping, had breakfast together, then returned to the bedroom, took out their clothes, put them on, and went out together.

Two people who live together don’t need to go through the trouble of waiting for each other like those who live apart.

At around 8 o'clock, the two left their residence together and went to Ikebukuro in Toshima Ward.

They had no purpose in mind, they just wanted to wander around the streets, but after arriving in Ikebukuro, Kento and Futaba Rio, who seldom came here, didn't know what to do for a moment. They opened the map and saw an aquarium, so they set the aquarium as their destination.

"Like dates, they usually take place at an aquarium, right?"

He turned his head to look at Futaba Rio beside him, and as if he remembered something, he asked her.

"do not know."

However, in TV dramas and movies, there are indeed many scenes like a date at the aquarium. It is not clear whether the relationship between the two can be considered as lovers. As time passes slowly, Futaba Rio can no longer tell whether her feelings for Kento are love or something more special...

It felt like she had adapted to the other person's presence, and it was hard for her to imagine that the person next to her was not Xianren.

After waiting in line for a while, the two bought the tickets.

2,400 yen.

The price is not cheap, to be precise, it is not cheap at all.

But you can see the marine life in the aquarium, as well as the performances of dolphins and penguins, so it doesn't seem too expensive.

"In the past, I really liked penguins, these silly-looking creatures."

"Don't you like it now?"