Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Seeing that there seemed to be nothing wrong with the other party, Sawayama Haruno quickly withdrew his gaze and walked towards the kitchen.

He also asked, "Would you like some milk?"

"Then have another drink, please, please~" Ayano Yui said with a smile.

Chapter 124: Suguha's grades are not ideal

After drinking the milk, Ayano Yui stayed for a while before going home.

Haruno Sawayama, who had a rare moment of free time, didn't want to go back to his room to continue typing. After resting for a while, he simply cleaned the house.

I haven't been able to get away from work for a while, and a lot of dust has accumulated in many places in my house.

Especially in areas like the sofa, there are quite a lot of cat hair and Maki Miyazawa's hair, which makes cleaning it a bit dazed.

“It feels like I’ve already started a family.”

Sawayama Haruno muttered.

They do look alike, and he also looks like a househusband.

Normal island men rarely clean the house themselves when they are married, and usually leave it to their wives.

Of course, let Maki Miyazawa handle it.

Forget it. Just thinking about it makes me feel that it would be good enough if the other party doesn’t make the house even more messy.

"Meow~"

Salmon Maru ran out of the room at some point, jumped onto the dining table, and lazily stared at Sawayama Haruno cleaning.

As soon as Ayano Yui left, it seemed to return to normal.

I don’t know what Salmon Ball is afraid of the other party.

"Don't come over here. We need to vacuum the area under the sofa later."

Zeshan Haruno turned around and warned: "Try not to go into places like this. They always get so dirty."

"Meow~"

Salmon Ball yawned, and it was unclear whether he heard what was said or not.

Although it has not lived in the house for very long, it seems to be much more energetic than when it first arrived.

The fur has also become brighter, no longer dull like a stray cat, and the body looks much better than before, no longer looking skinny.

It must be related to the high-end cat food that he eats every day, Sawayama Haruno thought.

The cat food, cat bars, and other nutritional supplements that he and Maki Miyazawa bought for each other were all recommended by Suguha Ezaki from a wealthy family, so they were naturally expensive.

With such delicious food and drinks to serve, it would be strange if the other party was not more beautiful than before.

Although it feels a bit weird to spend so much money every month to raise a cat, there's nothing I can do about it since Maki likes it anyway.

When I think of him, I don't know why the corners of my mouth can't help but rise.

Sawayama Haruno quickly cleaned every corner of the house, and then gathered up all of Miyazawa Maki's bed sheets, preparing to clean them again and change them for her.

I have to change them. If I rely on the other party, I'm afraid I won't be able to see them installed on the bed next year.

Holding a large ball of textiles, Sawayama Haruno walked into the bathroom and only then remembered that he had not taken out the clothes he had washed earlier to dry.

Normally, he would wash his and Miyazawa Maki's clothes in a large washing machine, and wash intimate clothing in two washes in a small washing machine.

"I almost forgot, but I haven't had time to post it because of Wei."

Sawayama Haruno murmured to himself.

He temporarily placed the bed sheet in his hand on the sink, took down the basin and prepared to take out all the clothes. However, as soon as he picked up the basin, he noticed something was wrong.

The color of some parts of the underwear seemed to be different. Although it was so light that it was almost invisible, Sawayama Haruno's observation skills could still notice it.

However, the color change is not very widespread, and it looks like it was accidentally touched by water drops.

Sawayama Haruno looked at his underwear and fell into deep thought. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

But he didn't think much about it. After all, it always felt weird to keep looking at his own underwear.

After taking out all the washed clothes, Sawayama Haruno stuffed his own clothes and Maki's bed sheets into the large and small washing machines.

Choose the normal washing mode for the small one and the wash and dry mode for the large one.

In this way, even if you wash the clothes and take them out to dry at two or three in the afternoon, you don’t have to worry about them not being dry by the evening.

After doing all this, Sawayama Haruno clapped his hands contentedly and decided to go back to the living room to play with Salmon Maru for a while.

Denenchofu, a high-end residential area in Ota Ward, Tokyo.

Suguha Ezaki opened the sliding door of the bathroom and walked outside while wiping her slightly wet hair.

After walking around the long corridor and passing through the flower garden area in the center of the mansion, she arrived at the room where she and Mine Shiori studied.

Room?

It's okay to call it a living room

After all, this is the most luxurious high-end residential area in Tokyo, and the Esaki family's house is located in the deepest part of Denenchofu. The total area is so large that it would scare people to death if it were told to others.

However, Suguha Esaki herself did not care much about it, and even felt that the mansion was too big and sometimes it was inconvenient to walk around.

After opening the door, she looked at Mine Shiori sitting inside and spoke subconsciously.

"Master, I'm sorry I'm late."

"No, I came a little early today."

Hearing what she said, Mine Shiori smiled faintly and explained, "I don't have any classes this morning, so I came a little early. But Suguha just finished his morning kendo practice, right? Aren't you tired?"

"No, I have to continue exercising after studying in the afternoon."

Suguha Esaki put the towel on the cabinet beside her, walked to Shiori Mine and sat down cross-legged.

"To be honest, I'm a little surprised that the master would come here so early." She blinked and asked curiously, "Don't you have tutoring in the evening?"

"We still need to do it at night. Although there are still more than four months until next year, we still have to seize the last bit of time."

Mine Shiori felt a little helpless.

She actually didn't want to, but the problem was that Ezaki Suguha's grades were improving too slowly.

It can be said that it is impossible to move forward.

The two of them started tutoring in April and May this year, but after almost half a year, Ezaki Suguha's improvement is almost invisible.

As for this point about studying, after having dinner with Naoto Esaki yesterday, the other party just asked a few simple questions and made Shiori Mine feel a little embarrassed.

After all, the Ezaki family paid me so much salary, but I still haven't achieved any outstanding results.

Although Naoto Esaki told her not to worry too much, after all, everyone knew Suguha's learning ability. However, as the person involved, Shiori Mine still felt a little ashamed.

That's why I wanted to make time as much as possible to tutor Suguha.

We must find a way, even if it's just a little improvement, at least we have to make Ezaki Suguha make some progress.

If this continues, let alone tutoring for the on-campus exams of major universities, the probability of passing even the unified exam will be very slim.

Chapter 124: Riho Morikawa’s “Good Intentions”

Perhaps for most laymen, it doesn’t matter whether the time is in the 60s, 80s, or even 00s.

After all, "Norwegian Wood" is mainly a best-selling romance novel.

But from the perspective of industry insiders, the difference in generations is huge.

The first is the characteristics of the 60s, what culture was popular at that time, and what people’s general living conditions were like.

It is these insignificant little details that are the key to bringing out the flavor of the era of the entire book.

Fortunately, judging from the current 50,000 to 70,000 words, Sawayama Haruno has brought out the flavor of this part to the fullest extent, and it has been infinitely close to the level of the original work.

This is also what makes Morikawa Riho secretly frightened.

So young, and so good at writing?

This is the first time she has encountered this in all her years of working.

Before the formal meeting, she thought a lot and thought that the other party might be a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, with slightly gray hair but mature and steady.

He never expected that when they actually met, he would find out that the other person was a handsome young man who looked younger than his brother.

This contrast is too strong.

"Mr. Kiriyama, you seem to have a deep understanding of that era."

While Morikawa Riho was trying hard to organize her words, she couldn't help but ask with curiosity, "Can I ask how many words Kiriyama-sensei has written so far?"

"For now, what I sent to you is all I have."

"What about the follow-up?"

"The subsequent writing will probably reach more than 200,000, but I'm not sure about the exact number." Sawayama Haruno said perfunctorily.

"so."

Morikawa Riho immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the sweetness in front of her swayed a few times.

What she was most worried about was that the other party did not have the ability to actually complete the task. After all, just looking at the contents of the first few chapters, it was not difficult to see that the requirements for literary level and literary literacy were very high.

Especially since Sawayama Haruno said that he wrote similar stories because of what his grandfather said, she was even more worried that the other party might not have thought about how to deal with the subsequent content when he started writing.

Fortunately, judging from the other party's appearance, he seemed to be prepared, which made him different from ordinary young people.

As an online editor for Kodansha, she actually received quite a few submissions, most of which were from naive young people who were still wet behind the ears but dreamed of becoming great writers.

"Only caring about the head but not the butt" is the best way to describe that group of young people.

That's why she asked more questions.

"Then, shall I introduce the current literary market and the situation of Kodansha to Mr. Kiriyama?"

Riho Morikawa lifted the hair near her ear. It was just a simple action, but when she did it, she was able to show the charm of a mature woman.

She smiled faintly and said, "Before we confirm the cooperation, we have to let Mr. Kiriyama know what the current situation of the physical market is like."

"I understand."

Sawayama Haruno nodded slightly, his expression normal.

These are all very common things. After all, before confirming the cooperation, they always have to implicitly talk about the conditions that Kodansha can offer, and what level of cooperation contract Sawayama Haruno can get.

Long before he officially started writing, Sawayama Haruno had already learned some knowledge about this subject.

It’s just that researching on your own won’t be as good as hearing from industry insiders in person, not to mention that many things can’t be found online.

In the next ten minutes or so, Morikawa Riho analyzed with him in detail the current physical market and their Kodansha's market planning for this part.

But the more he listened, the more disappointed Sawayama Haruno became.

The reason is very simple.

"In other words," Sawayama Haruno looked at him with a hint of helplessness, and mused, "Editor Morikawa is telling me to avoid publishing the book in physical form."

"Correct."

Morikawa Riho smiled bitterly and said, "If possible, I don't want to say this, but the current domestic physical market is basically publishing light novels or suspense books. There are almost no books like "Norwegian Wood" now."

"Of course, it's not that the physical literature type is no longer popular, but it means that Mr. Kiriyama is a newcomer and it will be very difficult for him to achieve success."

"If I use this book as a blueprint and write a medium-length light novel and submit it online, it will actually be more convenient than going directly to the physical route, and there is still a chance that it will be published as a physical book later."

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Sawayama Haruno's face didn't look good.

What Morikawa Riho said was very good, but the difference between them is worlds apart.

Taking a well-known work from his previous life as an example, it is easy to understand the difference.

That is Makoto Shinkai's previous work "5 Centimeters per Second". This book actually entered the market as a physical publication. Its popularity when it was first released and the movie was popular was not lower than other works.

But this is fundamentally different from romance novels like "Norwegian Wood". The two cannot be said to be of the same level.