Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Just think of it as greed, just wanting to hold hands with the other person for a while longer

During the next ten minutes, neither of them spoke again, but chose to remain silent.

The streets of Tokyo were eerily quiet late at night. No car horns could be heard, nor were there any cries of insects, birds or animals. Even the evening breeze had stopped.

It was as if the world was frozen on this path home.

The only two things Miyazawa Mana could hear were the soft breathing of Sawayama Haruno and the pounding of her own heart in her chest.

Ah

This way, she would be just like a girl in her first love, she thought.

You will be addicted to the other person's scent and want to keep touching the other person's fingertips.

My whole body is filled with a feeling of overwhelming joy.

I really want to tell him how I feel right now, but I'm afraid of scaring him.

After all, Haruno is also facing a lot of pressure, and he also wants to solve the problems between himself and Maki, so it is better for him to hide his feelings for the time being and not create too much pressure on him.

"But I just feel like I can't help it," she murmured in her heart.

Home is almost here.

It’s just a short distance to get home.

Miyazawa Mana could even see the light on in her room on the second floor.

Of course, Sawayama Haruno also noticed this, and he even slowed down his pace considerately.

So the two of them walked slowly for a while, until the entrance of the villa was right in front of them, and then they slowly stopped.

"Haruno."

"Mana."

The two called out each other's name in unison, and then turned around to look at each other in surprise.

"You go ahead and say it."

Miyazawa Mana was the first to react and immediately spoke before Sawayama Haruno.

She wanted to hear what the other person had to say first.

"."

Sawayama Haruno was silent for half a minute.

During this half minute, he kept staring at the other person's bright eyes.

After a moment, he whispered, "Mana, are you still used to hugging that Winnie the Pooh doll when you sleep?"

"Ah."

A smile suddenly appeared on Miyazawa Mana's face.

The Winnie the Pooh doll was a gift from the other party for her seventeenth birthday. She had to hold that thing to fall asleep peacefully.

The nicknames on social media accounts are also based on the Winnie the Pooh doll.

Including mobile phone screen wallpapers and lock screen wallpapers, they are all pictures of this Winnie the Pooh doll.

"Yeah."

After getting the answer he wanted, Sawayama Haruno also smiled faintly.

"What about you? What did you want to say?"

"What do you want to say?"

Miyazawa Mana blinked and suddenly pretended to be innocent.

"forgotten."

"seriously"

"I really forgot."

Miyazawa Mana still insisted on her statement.

She indeed forgot what she wanted to say just now. After all, she was just subconsciously calling the other person's name to seek some inner comfort, not that she really had something to say to the other person.

Just like a girl who is deeply in love, she can't help but call her boyfriend's name several times when she is alone with him. It's not that there is really something wrong, she just wants to act coquettishly.

"Really?" Zeshan Haruno looked back at the road he had come up and said uncertainly, "So, we're going to say goodbye here?"

"Ah."

"Good night."

"Good night." Miyazawa Mana said softly.

She did not rush home, but stood at the bottom of the steps at the entrance of the villa, watching Zeshan Haruno turn around and walk out of the residential area.

The other person's steps were very slow, and the street lights in the residential area cast a long shadow on him.

It was when she was looking at the back that Miyazawa Mana remembered what she was about to say.

No, that's not what I meant to say.

It’s something to do.

Without thinking, she took a step forward and walked quickly towards the other person who had not yet gone far.

Although he was just walking, his steps sounded anxious, almost like he was jogging.

Such a big commotion naturally attracted Zeshan Haruno in front to look back.

But before he could figure out what was going on, a pleasant fragrance came towards him and hit him hard.

The girl's long, soft hair like a waterfall accidentally slid across his arm. It was accidentally touched by Miyazawa Mana when she subconsciously stood on tiptoe and put her arm around his neck.

"like."

As these words gradually faded away under the light of the street lamp, Miyazawa Mana moved closer.

She kissed the lips that she was so familiar with without any hesitation.

Unlike Maki Miyazawa who always chooses to close her eyes out of shyness when kissing, Mana Miyazawa always looks at him with her eyes that are extremely hazy, as if there is a lot of mist brewing in them, every time they kiss.

Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but hug her and gently responded to this feeling.

Chapter 213: Ms. Morikawa is restless

It was already late when I got home.

After opening the door, Sawayama Haruno saw Maki Miyazawa sitting on the sofa, engrossed in watching her tablet.

After putting down the takeaway bag in his hand, he asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

"The book you wrote."

Miyazawa Maki shook her pink feet and said absentmindedly, "At first glance, it seemed quite interesting."

"Do you know which file it is under?"

"Why don't we just click on each one and take a look?" Maki Miyazawa put the tablet down and said with a grin, "I wanted to see if you had any 'learning materials' or something like that."

Even if you have it, you won't be able to find it. Those are hidden and encrypted files, Zeshan Haruno thought.

"Come over and eat."

"I've been gone for so long, I don't even know if it's cold."

Maki Miyazawa was lying on the sofa, opening her arms towards Haruno Sawayama who was coming over, and beckoning him to pull her up.

Sawayama Haruno did the opposite and grabbed the other's delicate feet and pulled them back.

With a scream, Miyazawa Maki was successfully "separated" from the sofa by him.

"You don't know how to be gentle with women at all. My legs are still weak!"

"Eat quickly, it shouldn't be cold yet. I'm going to take a shower first."

Sawayama Haruno simply ignored her complaints, went into his bedroom and prepared to pack his clothes and take a shower.

Although I still have plenty of energy, I have been busy all day after all, and it is about time to take a shower and rest.

I have to go to Kodansha to sign the contract tomorrow.

What puzzled him was that the order of some clothes in the closet seemed to be different from before.

But when I thought about the fact that I had been away for a week, it seemed normal that I couldn't remember clearly. Besides, the clothes I often wore were in the suitcase, so the clothes I seldom wore were naturally placed in a conspicuous place in the closet.

So without thinking any more, Sawayama Haruno took his clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

By the time he came out of the shower, Miyazawa Maki had almost finished eating and was lying on the sofa, stroking the snoring Salmon Maru while continuing to watch the tablet.

It's still the same. Sawayama Haruno shook his head.

After taking out his midnight snack, he began to check the messages in the school group chat while thinking about what he would do at the company tomorrow.

When they were almost done eating, Miyazawa Maki had already gone back to her room to sleep, so he picked up the remaining food on the table, cleaned up briefly, and went back to his room to rest.

And so, the first night back in Tokyo finally came to an end.

Time quickly came to the next day.

Kodansha Headquarters, 5LC area, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

Riho Morikawa was sitting in her seat, hurriedly looking through some information.

A female colleague passing by saw this and joked, "Riho, why do you look so much more haggard after returning from Kyoto?"

"Of course, I never rested."

As she rummaged through her belongings, Morikawa Riho casually complained, "I thought I could relax for a while there, but it turns out it's all work, all day long. I have to go back to work after I get back."

“It’s too hard.”

Another male colleague, holding a thermos cup and supporting his waist, came over and said cheerfully, "After a business trip, you already have a vacation, right? Morikawa can use the vacation points he's accumulated to get a few days off. This trick has worked for us time and time again."

Their working hours are actually quite flexible, and Kodansha does not force them to work a certain length of time, but for the sake of their own performance and future, most people will choose normal working hours, and even work the full fixed overtime hours each month.

Occasionally, when there are holidays or special circumstances, there will be instances where you have to continue working normally during the holidays. In this case, you will get something called "leave points".

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is convenient for them to use this thing to ask for leave and rest during weekdays.

As an experienced editor, he will use the points to exchange for a few more days of rest time during the two fixed days of vacation when on business trips or work. The longest time he can take is even a week. If it coincides with the weekend, the rest time will be even longer.

Of course, Morikawa Riho also knew these "little tricks in the workplace", but she had to come to the company because she had other things to do today.

“If only it were that easy.”

She rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "The editor-in-chief asked me to finalize the new contract with the writer as soon as possible. Otherwise, do you think I want to come back to work so soon?"

"what!"

When the female colleague at the beginning heard what Morikawa Riho said, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is that the new teacher who went to Kyoto to compete a few days ago, Kiriyama Fuyumi?"

"I heard from Senior Takiya that he is one of the authors that Ms. Morikawa is in charge of."

"That's him." Morikawa Riho's lips curled up slightly as she pretended to be reserved. "Well, after all, there are actually quite a few people participating in this competition. It's not hard to find a promising talent. It's normal for the editor-in-chief and others to be anxious."

"As expected of Senior Morikawa, it looks like he'll be able to produce some great results this year."

"Luck luck."

Morikawa Riho's smile grew even brighter.

Thanks to Sawayama Haruno, her status in the company has changed.

After returning to Tokyo yesterday, the editor-in-chief, department heads, and other group leaders even came over to have a meal with her, under the pretext of rewarding employees who were on a business trip to Kyoto, but in fact, the main purpose was to reward her.

After all, not only did Sawayama Haruno win the favor of the little princess of the Ishizawa family, but his strength could also be said to surpass that of the older generation of writers, Shibata Shinkai. In addition, he was still so young and it was his debut work, so it was normal for the group's top management to be optimistic about him.

As a result, Morikawa Riho also received some care.

After a few drinks at the party yesterday, the editor-in-chief revealed, intentionally or unintentionally, that she might be promoted by the end of the year.

So it is normal that other colleagues would envy her.