What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

"Okay boss, thank you boss."

Yan Biegu, ah Yan Biegu, your work is about to be put on the shelves, how can you still be so depraved?

Fishing and playing cards

Fishing and playing cards

"Fuck, it's almost 12 o'clock?!"

Not good. I feel like I'm going to have to send it if I don't motivate myself.

So I'm offering a bounty.

For every 500 subscriptions or 100 blades, a new chapter will be added

That's it, give me some motivation! Let's go write!

Chapter 60 Life is like black tea

Having said that, the worried look on Shiina Mashiro's face still did not disappear.

"Speaking of which," Nanami Aoyama, who was naturally strong-willed and not used to being cared for by others, quickly changed the subject, "What should we do with that guy's paintings?"

Because Fuyu Kishi left in such a hurry, the portrait he painted was not taken away and remained on the easel.

"Just put it away." Shiina Mashiro's attention was diverted: "I'll give it back to him next time."

"But looking at it this way, it's really well drawn..."

After hearing what she said, Nanami Aoyama, who was planning to put the painting away, looked at the painting again carefully before taking action.

It's obviously not a hyper-realistic thick painting, but she just had a close contact with Rikka Takanashi and she always had the illusion that the girl in the picture would come alive at any time.

If I must say something, it is that the charm is so vivid that it is hard to imagine that it is just a quick painting completed in more than ten minutes.

"This," Shiina Mashiro also came to her side, "It can probably be sold for around 20."

"Eh?"

Aoyama Nanami's hand froze as she was about to pick up the painting: "W-what?"

"Sorry." Mashiro apologized quietly.

"It's just a joke. You scared me..." Nanami Aoyama finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Actually it should be two hundred and sixty thousand." Shiina Mashiro said very seriously.

"Is this what you want to apologize for?! No, it doesn't matter what the difference is, Mashiro, what do you mean by that? Is this painting really that expensive? It's obviously just a random drawing by that guy..."

"I had an exhibition in Washington, and the painting that was closest to this one was sold for this price."

The girl nodded. It clearly sounded like she was bragging, but because of her innocent look, she not only didn't make people feel disgusted, but instead had a silly and cute feeling.

"...Japanese yen?"

"It's Daole."

"1, 2... Oh, how much is swords?"

Nanami Aoyama subconsciously counted on her fingers, and her eyes turned into circles like mosquito coils.

"That's about 30 million yen."

"Wow!"

The sudden voice startled Aoyama Nanami. She turned around and found that the person who spoke was Misaki-senpai whom she had just met at the entrance of Sakurasou: "Don't be so scary all the time, Misaki-senpai..."

"Sorry sorry."

Misaki apologized insincerely with a smile that was so hearty that it made people feel stuffy, leaving Aoyama Nanami with only a helpless sigh. She then looked at the two paintings with obvious differences.

"It's indeed a very outstanding painting, but Mashiro-chan should be able to draw to this level, right?" Misaki asked.

"It takes time and inspiration," Shiina Mashiro shook her head without confidence, "maybe one out of ten paintings will succeed."

What made Shiina Mashiro admit that her skills were not as good as others was not the level of the portrait itself. This level of painting was not out of reach for her. What really made her feel that she could not catch up was that Fuyuo Kishige was able to draw a painting of this level in just over ten minutes.

This kind of creativity, which is stable to the point of being almost mechanical but without losing the artist's own personality, is something she can hardly achieve.

"Um, Misaki-senpai, can you help me put away the paintings?"

After realizing how valuable Fuyuo Kishihisa's paintings were, Nanami Aoyama's hands began to tremble as she took the paintings.

"It's just a painting, don't be so nervous." Shiina Mashiro comforted her using the method she saw on TV yesterday, "Take a deep breath, Nanami, hiss, hiss like this."

"That's the breathing method used by pregnant women when giving birth!" Nanami Aoyama complained loudly.

"Oh," Shiina Mashiro's eyes widened adorably, "Nanami is so knowledgeable."

"I don't want to be praised for my erudition in a place like this!"

"Mashiro-chan, Mashiro-chan," Misaki came over, "Did you know? It is said that livestock in New Zealand have to pay a fart tax!"

Looking at Misaki who had a look of 'please praise me' on her face, Shiina Mashiro just said "oh" and said nothing more, which made the former almost run to the corner of the room and draw circles.

"Anyway, Misaki-senpai, come and help!" Nanami Aoyama couldn't help but shout.

"Like Mashiro-chan said, it's just a painting. Don't take it so seriously. Just take it down, cover it with a cloth and throw it in a corner." Senior Misaki said listlessly.

"Even if you say so... this is 30 million yen!" Aoyama Nanami muttered, "How can I not be nervous at all."

"Mashiro's estimate is wrong. Before that guy became famous, this painting couldn't be sold for that price," said Misaki-senpai. Just as Aoyama Nanami felt a little relieved after hearing that, she added, "But it's another story after he becomes famous. And judging by his painting skills, he will become famous in the art circle sooner or later. If such a legendary painting is put on the auction house, it might be easily sold for two or three times the 30 million yen."

"Stop putting pressure on me!"

Nanami Aoyama, holding the painting in her hands, felt like crying but had no tears.

Two flowers bloom, each with its own beauty. Just as Shiki and Rikka Takanashi raided the residence of the British diplomat in Japan and the people in Sakurasou were struggling to collect paintings worth tens of millions, Chris Yamada once again arrived at his loyal sister's house.

"Is Washimiya-kun not home?"

He asked the Yamada fairy who was lying on the table, his whole body gray and looking like he was about to burn out.

He clearly said that he would leave Yamada Fairy to his care, but he disappeared the next day, which made Yamada Chris quite dissatisfied.

"Assistant-kun, he should be preparing dinner for today."

When she thought of the rainbow jelly she had last night, Yamada Fairy couldn't help but salivate. Even though her belly was full from eating so much yesterday, she didn't feel sick of it at all. Instead, she loved the delicious taste from the bottom of her heart.

Unfortunately, Si Ji said yesterday that the ingredients for rainbow jelly are hard to come by, so no matter how greedy you are, you have to endure it.

Seeing that Yamada Fairy had a dazed expression but couldn't help but smile happily, it seemed that the other party had indeed taken good care of his sister, so the resentment in Yamada Chris's heart dissipated a little.

"I've talked to Fuzugawa Bunko, and they want to use the bet between you and teacher Kasumi Shiko as a promotional content. They think this can stimulate sales to a certain extent. What do you think?" he asked the girl.

"What did Kasumi Shiko say?" Yamada the Fairy came back to his senses and asked.

"Teacher Kasumi Shiko doesn't seem to mind." replied Chris Yamada.

"That's fine with me, but there's a prerequisite," the girl said seriously, "Don't mention the assistant's name during the promotion. I don't want him to become part of the hype."

In the girl's opinion, although Shiki has no reputation, once she is sandwiched between two people with the title of "beautiful girl writer", there are a lot of things she can do.

After all, light novel authors are not idols, so even if they have a scandal, it is unlikely to arouse the anger of readers. However, it will inevitably cause trouble for him, so Yamada Fairy said this in advance.

"No problem. Do you have anything else to say?" Yamada Chris nodded. "I have to rush back to the library to arrange cooperation. If you need any help, just tell me directly."

"Well, actually..."

When asked by her elder brother, Yamada Fairy suddenly put her hands together shyly and said, "I want to have a closer relationship with my assistant... but he always looks like he doesn't care about anything. I wonder if he will feel annoyed if I take the initiative like this..."

Chris Yamada was stunned for a moment, not expecting to be asked about love by his sister, but then he looked at his sister with a gentler look: "Everyone's life is determined by themselves. I don't know if you have heard this saying: Life is like black tea, its taste depends only on how you brew it."

The Yamada fairy's eyes flickered, and then she nodded vigorously.

"I understand."

Yamada Chris also showed a relieved smile, it seems that his sister is still smart...

The girl continued, "To put it simply, it means to seduce him, right?"

Chris Yamada: “Ah… this doesn’t have to be so simple…”

Chapter 61 I Have a Friend

Si Ji originally wanted to go directly to the door. After all, he had analyzed it for a long time with great confidence, but in the end, the first one that was eliminated was the correct answer, which really made him feel uncomfortable.

However, after careful consideration, he felt that since Sawamura Eriri was so serious about concealing her identity as 'Kashiwagi Eriri', she definitely didn't want to be exposed. It would be too easy to offend people if he rashly went to her.

Although it is not unsolvable, Yamada Fairy's book will be completed in the next two days. If too much time is spent on illustrations, the latest volume may not be able to catch up with the quota published this month.

So he stopped and said to the bird that followed him closely: "Lihua, we're done here today, you can go back first."

Rikka Takanashi, who was originally looking out to look for the 'enemy', was stunned for a moment, turned back to look at Shiki, and after making sure that the other party was not joking, she nodded with some disappointment.

To be fair, Rikka Takanashi was really happy these two days. The gloomy character of Fuyu Kishige is full of the sense of déjà vu of the additional warriors with deep hatred and deep hatred in special effects dramas, or the powerful shadow masters. This setting itself is the most attractive to those with chuunibyou.

Moreover, in Rikka Takanashi's opinion, Fuyuo Kishihisa is not just a "silent pretending to be an expert". Just like the girl before, she seems to be very talented in painting and must be a member of the art club who has practiced for more than two and a half years. However, Fuyuo Kishihisa can easily draw better paintings than her!

At least until now, the girl didn't see that the other party was stumped by anything.

At the same time, he would not look at himself through tinted glasses.

In the past, while exploring the 'invisible boundary', the girl would occasionally encounter passing patrolmen, who would always question her about her conspicuous attire and overly suspicious behavior.

Rikka Takanashi is not as cheerful and sunny as she appears to be. When encountering such a situation, she can only remain silent and wait for the other party to run out of patience and leave or be attracted by other things, and then take the opportunity to slip away.

But now, even if he met a patrolman, Dongwei Kishihisa could send him away with just a few words. Although he looked sick and frail, walking beside him made one feel unusually safe.

So that's why she was so upset to be told that it was over for the day.

After watching the girl leave while looking back every few steps, Shiki found an empty corner, confirmed through the system that there was no surveillance, changed back to his original appearance, and quickly returned to Washimiya Dormitory.

On the way, he also met Chris Yamada who was just about to leave, but for some reason, the other party apologized to him with a subtle helplessness on his face, which made Shiki confused and he didn't understand why the other party wanted to apologize.

He logged onto the forum and sent a private message to Kashiwagi Eiri, saying that his new work was almost finished.

Because it would take some time for the other party to see the message and reply, Si Ji mixed a cup of mixed drink that could cheer people up, with moderate amounts of caffeine and taurine, and tasted amazing. After sending it to the fairy Yamada, Si Ji fled back to his room in embarrassment under the other party's scorching and somewhat piercing gaze.

When he checked his computer again, he found the other party's reply as expected.

[So fast!!!]

The number of exclamation marks shows how shocked Eri Kashiwagi was.

"I am a genius," Shiki replied politely and modestly, "I can't be compared to Kashiwagi Eri, who takes half a year to draw a book of just a dozen pages."

Kashiwagi Eiji cut his hair into a Q version expression of a golden retriever holding a kitchen knife. It seemed that he was very dissatisfied with Si Ji's words and was furious.

[I want to see it!] Then she sent a letter very faithfully to her desire.

[In fact, there are still a few details that need to be worked out. Since I only know one colleague, Kashiwagi Eri, I want to ask for your advice.]

【Then you should post it! 】

[I believe in the character of Ms. Kashiwagi Eri, but I don’t trust the backend of this website. ]

【…】

Kashiwagi Eri seemed very speechless. After a long string of ellipsis, she continued to reply after a long time: "Then how about sending it via Line or Taoxin?"

[It feels easy to leak personal privacy. ]

[Are you a Showa-era survivor? ]

[I don’t plan to scan the manuscript into my computer, let alone my phone, before I’ve worked out the details.] Si Ji replied with a rather rigid kiss.

[Ahhh, that's too much trouble. Why don't you just send the copy machine over? ]

[Okay, what's your address?]

[…Forget it, I won’t watch it anymore. ]

Kashiwagi Eri, who was very aware of confidentiality, did not follow up with the conversation to give her address, but instead intended to terminate the conversation.

But how could Si Ji let her slip away like that?

So he passed one of the pages to the other party.

That page is the most shocking cross-page close-up in the entire story of "That Snow". The girl reveals her body to the boy who she has feelings for in the sun, but her body, which should be as white as jade, is covered with scars. The smile on the girl's face is caused by endless pain and helplessness. It is hard to refuse, but at the same time, people cannot get over why this scene happened.

【Didn’t you say you didn’t want to scan and upload? ! ! ! ! 】

Even on this side of the screen, Shiki could feel the overwhelming frenzy coming from Eri Kashiwagi.