Chapter 22

At present, his relationship with Sagiri can be said to be colleagues, or idols and fans, but not friends, because apart from work, the two really have nothing to talk about.

This sense of boundary is well maintained. Although Hikigaya Hachiman likes her very much, he thinks of a possible accident and falls into deep thought again.

Should he ask directly, when will your mother remarry?

Then Sagiri will probably yell at him: "Perverted teacher!"

Or he can only confirm the possible progress of this incident by indirect methods.

So, Hikigaya Hachiman took the initiative to show concern, bringing the two closer together and making himself a friend with whom the other can share secrets.

"Sagiri, how do you feel about your life in school recently?"

"Ordinary."

"Teacher Tsukiro, why do you suddenly start to care about my life?"

Sagiri felt a little strange.

"Nothing, just caring."

He didn't think too much and said casually.

"Wait, Teacher Tsukiro, you are not interested in elementary school students!"

Sagiri suddenly became alert.

Hikigaya Hachiman complained helplessly: "Are elementary school students so precocious now? Sagiri, you must have seen something you shouldn't have seen... right?"

"No."

Sagiri said firmly and righteously.

"If there is nothing else, Mr. Tsukiro, I'll hang up first."

"Oh."

Canceling the video call, Sagiri took off the mask, and her tender face was already blushing like blood.

Some time ago, she did accidentally look at her mother's collection and saw some amazing things.

...

"Don't worry, take your time, there is still time."

The conversation was interrupted, but Hikigaya Hachiman didn't care, anyway, there will be many opportunities in the future.

Next, after the release date of the third volume was set, he still needed a more attractive trailer to make everyone look forward to it more after seeing the promotion.

It took only about ten minutes to think about it, and he thought of the lines.

A few days later, the Undead River Library issued an announcement on the release date of the third volume of "Summer Returns".

The fans who paid attention to it at the first time soon received the news.

『The secret of Shadow Tide and Tide.

The mark left.

A hopeless rival.

At the end of time, there is still only one result

——Death! 』

A little spoiler, but not to be honest, it makes me feel itchy, this is one of the homeworks that the author needs to do.

"Qi Kexiu, this doesn't say anything, ah!!"

Eri was very happy to see the title itself, but when she saw this preview, she couldn't help but think about it. While looking forward to it, she also felt resentful because she had to wait.

Wait and see, one day in the future, I will draw a book about the character you wrote!

Let you taste this involuntary pain!

After finishing the work, Hikigaya Hachiman gave himself a few days of real vacation to relax his mood.

At his current stage, he can try to combine work and rest.

After school in the afternoon, he was sitting on the sofa reading comics.

After a while, a familiar figure came to visit.

"Goko, what do you think is the point of doujinshi?"

After reading it, Hikigaya Hachiman handed the notebook to the other party. Instead of talking about evaluation, he asked this question.

"The point is the regret of changing the original story?"

Goko Ruri was not as ignorant as before, and quickly gave an answer.

"This is indeed a point, but the real point is, ahem... the doujinshi you personally wrote can be sold without such a troublesome review, and those doujinshi readers are naturally looking forward to this."

Hikigaya Hachiman coughed twice.

How could Goko Ruri still not understand after being reminded to this point?

Inevitably, if you want to be competitive, sex is a topic that cannot be avoided. As for works like Shimizu, everyone can read them if they want.

"I, I know."

She stammered.

Turning to go out, the girl's face was stained with a little blush.

It is indeed a bit too shy for a man and a woman to talk about this topic alone. Although relevant education in this area is very early, it does not mean that they really understand it.

She, Gokou Ruri, does not have so much spare money to buy such works.

"Although it is very slow, it should be enough to polish it a few more times... By the way, Gokou seems to know how to draw? If she studies it again during this period, her competitiveness can be improved again."

Hikigaya Hachiman twirled his chin with his fingers, thinking about planning a blueprint for the girl's future.

Do your best for what you promised, this is one of his life creeds!

35 Insights and expectations

"What should I do? Do it as Hikigaya said? But I..."

Gokou Ruri has not made up her mind after returning, and she is still hesitant.

Think about what Hikigaya would do in such a situation. If it were him, would he worry about such a problem?

Thinking of how determined that person was to work hard for the novel, Gokou Ruri couldn't help but ask herself.

In the evening, when she saw her parents coming home tired, she quickly became more determined.

When she found a time, she took the money she earned from her part-time job and went to a doujinshi specialty store to buy the most popular doujinshi novels for reference.

"It's just a lustful trick to fool mortals. It's nothing great."

She took a deep breath and opened the doujinshi novels placed in front of her.

"This... is amazing!"

When she saw a certain plot, Gokou Ruri subconsciously covered her mouth, her pupils widened, and her cheeks flushed.

"Sister Ruri, I'm coming in."

Hinata suddenly knocked on the door.

"Ah... ah ah."

Gokou Ruri suddenly came back to her senses, cold sweat on her back, and quickly put the things in the drawer.

This kind of thing can't be seen by my sister!

"Ruri, your face is red, do you have a cold?"

Hinata looked at her strange expression and felt a little strange.

"It should be because the weather is hot today."

Ruri Gokou pulled her collar.

"What's the matter?"

"Ah, the ingredients in the refrigerator have been eaten up..."

"Well, I'll go buy some later."

After that, Ruri Gokou relieved her worries and used these fan fictions as references to improve her work and add the emotional scenes that everyone likes.

"Please, please, please, please read!"

Ruri Gokou was even more nervous when she handed over the notebook when she visited again.

It's really weird to show a boy the erotic plot she wrote!

"This time it has reached the standard in my mind."

Hikigaya Hachiman commented as if nothing had happened.

As for this kind of storyline, he has seen all kinds of spring, but the fact that the author is a little girl like her is still a little awkward, but he didn't show it, so as not to embarrass both parties.

"Next, you just need to make it more refined, polish it well, and extend the plot to the content of a book. I believe there will be a chance to sell some at the comic exhibition."

He smiled for the first time on his face.

"I understand."

The expression on Gokage Ruri's face was relieved immediately.

After so much hard work, he finally got a decent evaluation. Now that he has a good start, he is more motivated.

At the end of October, the cool autumn wind brought a bit of chill.

The pedestrians on the road all changed into thicker clothes.

Hikigaya Hachiman came to school with a casual look, put his schoolbag under the table, and then entered a state of doing nothing.

After the midterm exam a few days ago, the results were about to be sent out, and everyone seemed quite nervous.

"Start handing out the report cards now."

The head teacher walked in from the door and handed out the report cards in his hand one by one.

Everyone's grades are kept secret, and only you know them, unless you are willing to share them with others.

But if you use facial expression analysis, it will be very obvious who has higher academic ability and who has lower academic ability.

At this age, many people have not learned to hide themselves.

"It's easy to understand."

Hikigaya Hachiman glanced at the expressions of the people next to him.

The grades of the two should be average, not to the point of being a poor student.

"How did you do in the exam, Hikigaya?"

After class, the neighbor asked curiously.

Probably because he noticed his calm and natural expression.

"It's okay, no change."

Hikigaya Hachiman perfunctorily passed it over.

In fact, the ranking on the test paper is actually the first in the class and the first in the grade.

This is a little-known fact, because he didn't intend to show off.

If other classmates knew about it, maybe it would bring him a slight change, such as giving him the nickname of "Silent Scholar"?

Anyway, it shouldn't be a weird nickname like Hikigaya Jun.

After school, Hikigaya Hachiman found a trash can and threw the torn report card into it.

He did not tell the Hikigaya couple about the report card, and they probably didn't care about it.

Fortunately, he didn't care either.

But Komachi was different.