Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

【Winnie: Eh? 】

【Winnie: Haruno, where do you want to go? 】

【Kiriyama: Macau】

Outside a courtyard at Ginkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto.

Sawayama Haruno casually sent out the two words "Macau" and then fell into deep thought.

Well, going to Macau seems to be the most convenient.

First of all, it is close, and secondly, you don’t need any additional documents to go to Macau.

There aren't many places worth visiting in Asia, and he's not interested in places like South Korea and Thailand. It's impossible for him to go to India or other small countries, right?

From this perspective, my "old club" is actually pretty good, and Macau seems to have a lot of fun things.

With Maki Miyazawa's personality, I guess I just need to go to her house and find a few Macau travel guide videos for her to watch, and she will immediately become excited.

Thinking of this, the corners of Sawayama Haruno's mouth curved up.

I have to say, the other person's personality is actually quite good and easy to coax.

She is the tsundere, spoiled, spoiled type.

Unless you mention Miyazawa Mana in front of her.

However, this time, with the enticement of the training camp trip, I think I can make him reluctantly not mind bringing Mana along.

Just take it one step at a time.

Sawayama Haruno sighed slightly and sent a few messages to Miyazawa Mana.

After they all finished talking, Sawayama Haruno got up and prepared to go back to the house to get clothes and take a shower.

But it was as if someone was deliberately delaying him. As soon as he stood up, his cell phone rang again.

Sawayama Haruno looked down and saw that it was Morikawa Riho calling.

At this point in time, could it be that...

Sawayama Haruno's eyes moved slightly, and he picked up the phone without thinking.

The environment on the other end seemed inexplicably noisy, but Morikawa Riho's slightly mature voice still came from the other end of the phone.

"Congratulations, Kiriyama-sensei"

Her tone was somewhat relieved, yet also somewhat amazed.

Just by hearing her words, Sawayama Haruno knew what had happened.

"It's okay. It's within my expectations." He smiled into the phone, "But I'm still a little surprised that the results came out so quickly."

"It's not just you. I didn't expect that either."

Morikawa Riho paused for a moment and said meaningfully, "Originally, the results would not be announced so quickly, but this afternoon, someone from the Ishizawa family suddenly came over and took the manuscript away. That's why people from other groups had to work overtime to select the preliminary rankings."

"Yeah."

"All in all, I still want to congratulate you, because Norwegian Wood not only successfully passed the initial round, but also received a lot of praise from others."

Morikawa Riho chuckled on the phone and said, "In the afternoon, quite a few people thought you were some great author who had created a new pseudonym to write a book, and they also asked me to help introduce you."

"Excessive praise."

Sawayama Haruno said modestly.

Nonsense, don’t you even look at what book you took out?

If you can't get up, that would be a problem.

He is full of confidence in "Norwegian Wood".

"By the way, I have another piece of good news for you. I just mentioned that the Ishizawa family came to help take away the manuscripts. Your manuscript is one of them."

Morikawa Riho couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Based on the current situation, the final rankings on Tuesday may be a bit complicated. Even we can't say for sure which book will take first place. However, the current situation is very favorable for Kiriyama-sensei."

"favorable?"

"Well, since the Ishizawa family took the manuscript in advance, it means they will read it more carefully. The books they find interesting to read will be somewhat different from the books recommended by others."

Morikawa Riho smiled and said, "In short, Mr. Kiriyama's performance this time will definitely not be too bad. He will definitely be in the top five, so I would like to congratulate you here first. As for the question of recommendation, do you need me to decline it for you?"

She had long seen that Sawayama Haruno was a person who hated trouble, so when other editors asked to meet him, Morikawa Riho always gave very ambiguous answers.

The result was just as she expected. Sawayama Haruno quickly followed her instructions and asked for the task.

"Thank you for your help, Ms. Morikawa."

Chapter 187 I opened the browser while reading

Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 7:30 p.m.

In a luxuriously decorated villa at the foot of a mountain, Kaori Ishizawa had just finished her evening meal.

After returning to the room and telling the servants to bring tea to the door later, she locked herself in the door.

Because the next step is her free time.

Well, that's not right either.

It seems like I am free at all times.

She is a little different from others. She doesn't have to go to school on weekdays. She has a special teacher who comes to her home to teach her.

Perhaps it was because of the lack of additional social activities that she developed the habit of reading to relieve boredom since childhood.

This time is no exception.

"You received five books in advance?"

Kaori Ishizawa looked at the documents on her tablet and couldn't help muttering a few words.

This is the novel document that she had just asked someone to send to her in advance today. After all, her cousin had been mentioning this matter intentionally or unintentionally this morning. Besides, it is the weekend now and she doesn't have to go to cram school.

When there is nothing else to do, I naturally want to read.

It would be too painful to wait until next week. Anyway, the money is paid by ourselves, so there will be no harm in watching it in advance, right?

Thinking of this, Kaori Ishizawa couldn't help but reveal a slightly expectant smile.

She quickly glanced at the titles and introductions of five books. Four of them were obviously about love and romance. Not only were the titles obvious, but even the introductions summarized the stories very clearly.

The only book she found was "Norwegian Wood", which disappointed her a little.

Norway, forest?

She has an impression of Norway, having traveled there before, but does the Norwegian forest have any special meaning?

Unknown reason.

Ishizawa Kaori curled her lips and decided to put this book off until the end.

What she wanted to see was a sweeter love story suitable for 14 or 15 year old junior high school girls, and she didn't want to see anything about forests or oceans.

If she wanted to see that kind of thing, she could always arrange for her family to take her there to see it.

Soon, Kaori Ishizawa, who put "Norwegian Wood" last, found the book she wanted to read first.

It was just the title of the book that confused her.

"'The Gymnastics Teacher in a Girls' School', this is quite interesting. But is this kind of book really related to literature?" she asked doubtfully.

She also didn't want to read those simple love stories in light novels because she found them boring.

It would be best if it is both literary and has some classic love scenes. Only by doing this can you attract her attention.

This book about a gymnastics teacher at a girls' school obviously has the feel of a light novel.

Whatever, it’s better than a forest.

With a make-do attitude, Kaori Ishizawa opened the book.

After just a few glances, her brows quickly frowned.

The text above is not beautiful at all, and has a very rough feeling.

Anyone who has read a lot of traditional literature can feel that this book simply does not have the so-called literary atmosphere. It's not that the writing is not good enough, but that it is not resonant enough for a little girl of her age.

It's not literary at all, and it doesn't have that kind of hipster feel. How can I be attracted to keep watching it?

Soon, Kaori Ishizawa put down the tablet with a look of disappointment.

The content is good. It is simply about the male protagonist, who is a gymnastics teacher, helping to solve various problems of girls at school. In the end, he develops feelings for the girls. After overcoming various difficulties, he finally dates the one he likes the most.

Um.

There is nothing wrong with the narrative, but it just doesn't suit Kaori Ishizawa's taste.

Not literary enough, not sad enough, not having that flavor.

In summary, below average.

"Really? The quality is getting worse every year. How can this be considered a real literary work?" Ishizawa Kaori muttered.

If that's the level, why doesn't she go to Kadokawa Bunko's website?

Do you think your family has too much money, so you spend it on a meaningless competition to make yourself happy?

Although she is still young, she is not really stupid.

Feeling a little irritated, Kaori Ishizawa calmed down a little, went out to bring in the cold tea outside, and then slowly decided to read the next book.

Not too long passed, less than half an hour in total.

The reason I gave up so quickly is because this book was so poorly written.

Perhaps it was the influence of this book that Kaori Ishizawa decided to start reading the second book from the one she liked.

"The Missing Classmate in Classroom No. 7", great, has Mr. Shibata's second sequel finally been released?"

While pouring herself a cup of tea, Kaori Ishizawa excitedly opened the book she wanted to read the most.

The author of this book is very popular with her, mainly because the first work of "Classroom No. 7" was very well written, with both suspenseful parts and romantic parts that girls like to read.

Teacher Shibata skillfully combined these two elements together, successfully turning her, the little princess of the Ishizawa family, into one of her fans.

The main purpose of this competition, of course, is that we heard that Mr. Shibata's new work is about to be released, so we organized this competition so that we can see it in advance.

That's right, Kaori Ishizawa spent a lot of money just to chase stars.

"Didn't it start from the protagonist of the first part? Did you change the protagonist?"

Ishizawa Kaori opened the novel and began to read it while talking to herself.

It is still Mr. Shibata's familiar style. There is a faint sense of sadness in the text. Although it is about ordinary daily life, it has a kind of discomfort that makes people feel heartbroken.

Great, this is exactly what I want!

Kaori Ishizawa became more and more fascinated as she watched, and she became even more focused when she saw the suspenseful part at the end.

Even at this point, the sadness in the text still lingered, and it was worth it for her to spend so much money to host the competition and support the other party.

Mr. Shibata, great!

Perhaps this writer named Shibata is really talented in this area, or perhaps Ishizawa Kaori simply likes his slightly sad writing style. After being fascinated by it, time passed quickly.

Until the night grew late, Kaori Ishizawa was still holding the tablet and couldn't put it down.

dong dong——

There was a knock on the door.

"Miss, do you need more tea?"

The maid asked softly while standing outside the door.

The sudden interruption made Ishizawa Kaori frown instantly, looking a little unhappy.

She was reading the last part and was about to finish when someone suddenly came over to interrupt her.

People who like reading or playing games hate this kind of situation to some extent, and Kaori Ishizawa is no exception.