I refuse to be a plagiarist

But from Hasegawa Hide's words, it can be heard that this guy still insists on the speculation that the other party is secretly in love with a girl.

This instantly broke Baiyin Yuxing's concentration. His hands trembled, his eyes widened, and he tried to refute:

"Hasegawa, I really didn't..."

"Stop talking, Baiyin. I understand, I understand everything..."

"You know nothing!"

He put his hands on the low table frantically.

If it weren't for the only set of tea set left in the house placed on it, Baiyin Yuxing really wanted to open the table and throw it on the head of the guy in front of him.

But in the end he suppressed the devil's impulse.

At the same time, looking at his friend in front of him, Baiyin Yuxing always felt something was wrong.

"Hasegawa, have you encountered any good things recently?

I always feel like you have undergone some indescribable changes."

"Oh, is there any?"

In response to his friends' questions, Hasegawa Hideya stopped acting funny, lowered his head and looked at his hands as if reflecting on himself.

[My own changes...]

"Ok.

Maybe it’s because I no longer need to carry the heavy burden I once did.”

He nodded slightly as if confirming something.

Afterwards, as Shirogane Miyuki looked stunned, Hasegawa Hide shared with his friend the initial success of his novel in the market.

"......That means I won't have to worry about money issues every day for a long time."

Hasegawa Hide quickly came to an accurate conclusion as to why he had been acting so abnormally recently.

——He swelled.

Becomes inflated due to changes in income.

It is said that people become bad when they have money. Although Hasegawa Hide has not done anything harmful to others now, the gap between before and after still makes him feel elated.

For example, his previous lack of guard towards Yukinoshita Haruno, and his unscrupulous teasing of his good friend Shirogane Miyuki just now.

If this had happened in the past, it would have been almost impossible for him to do so.

"Perhaps...I really should look back and reflect on myself."

The tone seemed a little heavy.

If it weren't for his good friend's reminder, Hasegawa Hide felt that he might really do something irreparable one day in the future because of his inflated mentality.

Past and present, fantasy and reality... there are countless examples of people losing their minds due to power.

Think about Gilgamesh, who had his elbow chopped off by Shirou Emiya because of his arrogance. Hasegawa Hide doesn't want to suffer the same tragic fate as him.

However, just as he was falling into self-reflection and preparing to be more self-disciplined, Baiyin Yuxing on the side had a completely different opinion on this matter.

From a friend's perspective, he feels that compared to his previous repressed appearance, although Hasegawa now seems a little detached, he is generally more positive and sunny.

In Baiyin Yuxing's opinion, this change is actually a good thing for his friend.

“…Just like what you said before, Hasegawa.

Now that the conditions are in place, there is no need for you to suppress your temperament."

The tone was filled with sincerity as friends who cared about each other.

Baiyin Yuxing was actually worried that if he remained in a tense state for a long time, his good friend would suddenly turn into a gloomy and paranoid guy one day.

Although he thought this possibility was very small, but...

"Thank you, Silver.

But believe me, what you are worried about will never happen to me!"

Like the blue beast of Konoha, he confidently gave his best friend a thumbs up.

However, facing Hasegawa Hide's confident expression, Shirogane Miyuki couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, and silently complained in his heart:

[What did you say about me just now?! ]

【besides........】

[Have you thought about how to deal with that girl named Yukinoshita? ]

Chapter 23: Yukinoshita Haruno's Date A Live

"Oh, it's in the account."

"what?"

"The editor said before that she would give me a share of the royalties. Now I have a small savings."

The expression on his face became happy again.

Although he had saved this amount of money before, compared with the previous results achieved through accumulation over many years, the experience of achieving it in one step now really gives him an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

"How about we go out for dinner tonight?"

After the joy, the next second, Hasegawa Hide turned a questioning look to the little friend in front of him.

In response to his invitation, Shirogane Miyuki gladly accepted it. After leaving a note for his father and sister at home, he happily ran to the commercial street with Hasegawa.

The two young men walked between the shops arm in arm as if they had drunk fake alcohol.

Looking at the relaxed smile on Hasegawa Hide's face, while feeling happy for his friend's success, Shirogane also felt infinite motivation in his heart.

He believed that one day he would be like the little friend in front of him, tearing apart the sky called embarrassment and running towards a sky that belonged to him!

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After a period of "coolness", the next day, Hasegawa Hide arrived at the day he had agreed with Yukinoshita Haruno.

Last night when he was having dinner with Shirogane Yuxing at a Chinese restaurant, the other party had kindly reminded him that he might have a date with a girl tomorrow.

However, Hasegawa Hide scoffed at his friend's reminder.

“That young lady would want to date someone like me?

hum~

If that Yukinoshita guy is really going on a date with me, Shirogane, I will devour this plate of sweet and sour pork tenderloin right on the spot!"

The tone was full of heroism.

Until now, Hasegawa Hide still remembers what kind of arrogant tone and expression he used to make his prediction.

However, it turns out that he is just an ordinary person; predictions are always accompanied by mistakes and risks.

He looked at the girl in the distance silently.

Unlike usual times at school, the girl in front of him, Yukinoshita Haruno, was wearing a pure white dress with a dark black ribbon gently tied around her waist, perfectly showing off her well-developed female curves.

Standing quietly under the shade of the trees in Central Park.

After noticing the boy who appeared at the intersection, Yukinoshita Haruno instantly perked up, smiled, and waved to Hasegawa Hide from a distance:

"Yo~Hasegawa!"

"........"

[Ah...it seems that Shirogane really guessed it right.]

He gestured in the direction of the girl.

Just looking at the other party's lively posture like a little sparrow, Hasegawa Hide couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart, and the advice given to him by his good friend Baiyin at the dinner table yesterday echoed in his mind.

——Your classmate named Yukinoshita will definitely ask you out on a date this weekend!

【Why? 】

He still can't figure out the reason.

Just from the soft touch on my arm, this time, I'm afraid that what my good friend Baiyin Yuxing said really came true.

"Um, Yukinoshita, what are we doing..."

"It's a date!"

His eyes had been narrowed into two crescents because of the smile on his face.

However, the increasing force on the arm and the unquestionable toughness that appeared on the girl's face made Hasegawa Hide swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Forget it, let’s just go on a date, what’s there to be afraid of?

[Anyway, I won’t be the one who suffers...]

Muttering quietly in my heart.

However, after the initial awkwardness, he gradually got used to the pattern of being held arm by arm and strolling around the street with the other person.

Dating.

For Hasegawa Hide, this is undoubtedly a very old word, even dating back to the time and space before the time travel.

After all, this life was a hellish start for the Iron Orphan. With limited finances, even buying a model was an unattainable luxury.

His eyes inadvertently swept across the game room nearby.

He still remembers that when he asked the girl out to play, he specifically asked her if she had her ID card at night so that they could go to the Internet cafe to play duo together.

My thoughts drifted away inadvertently...

The boy's subtle movement naturally attracted the attention of Yukinoshita Haruno who was standing beside him.

"Hasegawa, let's go there and have some fun together."

Pointing her finger at the game hall not far away, facing the other party's inquiring gaze, the girl shook her head gently and tried to look very interested.

She actually works very hard.

Shopping with Hasegawa Hide, a straight man, is not an easy thing at all. Although he behaved very properly as a gentleman throughout, his almost unconcealed attitude made Yukinoshita Haruno feel resentful.

But the young lady really had no other choice.

While at school, she accidentally learned from the inflated Hasegawa that Hasegawa had made a comeback. As a result, her original strategy of attacking through the advantage of "economic suppression" was no longer feasible.

Thus, in order to be able to turn this guy in front of her into a shape that she could play with at will, she took advantage of someone's apology and decisively planned the events of this weekend date.

In other words, it's overtaking on a curve!

Using her sweetness as a beautiful girl, she made this unromantic guy drown in her tenderness without realizing it, and in the end, he let herself be manipulated...

This is Yukinoshita Haruno's attack route!

But she never expected that, perhaps because they often came into contact with each other on campus, Hasegawa Hide only showed a little surprise at the beginning and then had no other innocent reaction like a little boy towards her carefully matched pure outfit.

Even when I took the initiative to hug the other person's arm, the other person just glanced at it silently, and then focused his attention on the advertisements of various stores on the street.

It was as if he was silently mocking himself - "That's it?"

At this moment, Miss Yukinoshita's self-esteem was ruthlessly crushed by the soul from another world.

Fortunately, she was not the kind of person with a fragile heart. Facing Hasegawa Hide's indifference, the flame of stubbornness in the girl's heart burned completely.

Pulling the other person towards the game hall.

From an angle that the boy couldn't see, Yukinoshita Haruno clenched her teeth, and an oppressive fighting spirit flashed in the depths of her eyes.

[Hasegawa, just watch...]

[I will use my own strength to make you crawl at my feet little by little, and finally! ]

Chapter 24: The So-called “Talent”

Of course, it was impossible for Hasegawa Hide to guess what Yukinoshita Haruno was thinking at this moment.

Even if he knew what the girl was thinking, he would probably just sneer at her and then continue doing what he was doing as if nothing had happened.

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