The day when he was called by Hosokawa Koharu was not far off, and it was about two days later that Higashino Tsukasa received a call from Hosokawa Koharu.

"Higashino-sensei, I heard Kuronomiya-sensei say... She wants to learn under you? ”

Hosokawa Koharu was really surprised when he knew about this, and he couldn't help the feeling of confusion in his voice.

Mr. Kuronomiya is also the signature author of "Bad Cold", why was he abducted by Tsukasa Higashino in a blink of an eye? How did the two of them hook up?

And isn't this a waste of resources?

I don't know how many people are begging Kuronomiya Akira to come out with a new comic, but Higashino Tsukasa abducted it with a backhand.

"Mr. Heimiya had already called me the day before yesterday about this matter." Higashino Tsukasa thought about it and explained, lest Hosokawa Koharu have other misunderstandings: "This is what Mr. Kuronomiya took the initiative to ask, saying that he wanted to study with me, and his attitude was very firm, and I persuaded him, but it was useless." ”

"Is that so...?" Hosokawa Koharu was a little suspicious, she had seen Tsukasa Higashino chatting with girls his age several times, and every time she could make those girls giggle, maybe Mr. Kuronomiya would fall into Mr. Higashino's trap.

However, she didn't continue to ask, and politely said, "Mr. Higashino, you have to pay attention to your body, your current work intensity is too great," and then hung up the call.

After all, this is a matter between Kuronomiya Akasa and Higashino Division, and the editor in charge of Kuronomiya Akisa is already persuading her, and Hosokawa Koharu just came to ask about Higashino Tsukasa.

It's just that Hosokawa Koharu's last sentence still makes Higashino Tsukasa feel the same way.

After putting down his phone, he looked at the storyboard picture book in his hand, and then looked at the manuscripts of "Winner is Justice" and "Lonely Gourmet" on the other side, and exhaled.

The workload is indeed a bit large.

Although he did take over the animation script work of "Midnight Bell", it was only when it came to the actual operation that Higashino found it a little difficult.

After all, he still has the original manuscripts of "Winner is Justice" and "Lonely Gourmet" to paint.

Neither side can be stopped.

Naturally, the intensity of the work becomes particularly high.

Tsukasa Higashino has now simply used his class time to draw the storyboard picture book of "Midnight Bell"... After all, you don't need to draw this thing too finely, you can draw it with a pencil.

In this way, the balance of work can be achieved.

In the morning, I spent time drawing storyboard picture books, and in the evening, I drew the original manuscripts of "Winner is Justice" and "The Lonely Gourmet".

The progress is not slow, and Tsukasa Higashino feels like it won't take two months, and there will be another month, the storyboard of "Midnight Bell".

It's also worth mentioning that since Tsukasa Higashino split some of his energy into animation scripts, he has added one more skill to his solitary skill slot.

'Other skills: Tang hand, animation script (1000 well-known points are required to open up the next skill empty column)'.

This incident also gave Higashino Division a little spirit.,It seems that even if you don't use well-known points to open up skill gaps.,You can still increase your skills in addition to painting through learning.。

Higashino Tsukasa rubbed his eyebrows for a while, pressed his temples a few more times, and was just about to continue working when a voice came from the door: "As... I—I made coffee, can I come in? ”

This voice sounded cautious, which made Higashino Tsukasa a little funny: "Come in, Lianghua, you don't have to be so restrained." ”

The person standing at the door was none other than Ryoka Konoe.

It's been nearly a week since Tsukasa Higashino moved over, and Ryoka Konoe will come over from time to time at his request.

Of course, in fact, Konoe Ryoka also prefers the always lively atmosphere of the Higashino house, and she is more comfortable staying here than her empty home where only one person lives.

Hearing Higashino's agreement, a flush appeared on Konoe Ryoka's face, she was actually very happy, but she didn't know how to express it, so she could only purse her lips and smile.

It's just that this expression is very strange, obviously laughing, but it seems to be serious.

"Please."

Ryoka Konoe placed the coffee cup on the side of Tsukasa Higashino's workbench and walked behind him.

She glanced at the thick manuscript in front of Higashino Tsukasa, and then muttered in a distressed voice, "Do you still want to paint?" ”

Ryoka Konoe doesn't like to talk too much about Tsukasa Higashino's work, but every time she comes here, she basically keeps seeing Tsukasa Higashino painting, and several times she thinks that Tsukasa Higashino may be overworked and dies suddenly.

Of course she was distressed.

"yes, survive this month and a half, and then it will be easy." Tsukasa Higashino took a sip of his coffee, his eyes still fixed on the original manuscript of "Winner is Justice", thinking about how to continue to draw.

After five or six minutes, Higashino turned his head in surprise: "Is there anything else?" Cool flowers? ”

Almost every time Konoe Ryoka gave her something like a supper or coffee, she would leave, as if there was something scary in his room.

But today is different, Ryoka Konoe is still in the room.

This made Tsukasa Higashino wonder.

Konoe Ryoka's behavior is not like that of ordinary Japanese girls, she is very polite, and she feels that it is rude to stay in someone else's room all the time, plus she is slender and sensitive, and her face is red when she pokes the center, and she can't speak for a long time, her soft personality is like a marshmallow, and Higashino Tsukasa will not be angry no matter how much she ridicules.

But today it's a little strange.

Marshmallow suddenly hardened, and dared to stay in his room.

Higashino Tsukasa was surprised, but before he could continue to ask, Ryoka Konoe had already whispered, "I can actually massage my head, Ace." ”

Uh-

Only then did Tsukasa Higashino understand what Ryoka Konoe meant.

It turns out that she wants to give herself a massage...

But she was really clumsy enough to say, 'I'll massage,' and there was no sound from there.

But this is also the character of Ryoka Konoe, you have to let her take the initiative again... That's too difficult, didn't you see her just say the sentence just now, didn't you dare to raise your face to see people?

Marshmallows are still marshmallows, and Higashino thinks that if she changes her name to Konoe Marshmallow and then lets herself take a sip, it may be so sweet.

"Really? That's a trouble, give me a little press. Higashino smiled and leaned back in his chair, relaxing.

"Hmm..."

Higashino Tsukasa listened to Konoe Ryoka respond in a soft and waxy voice, and then he felt the slender five fingers of Konoe Ryoka on his head.

Gently and accurately press on the acupuncture points on the head with appropriate pressure.

Tsukasa Higashino only felt that the fatigue was dispelled.

"Ace, how's it going?"

Ryoka Konoe asked softly, rubbing her fingers gently against Tsukasa Higashino's head.

"It feels good, it's better to beg the heavens and the earth than to beg my cool flower god." Higashino closed his eyes and responded happily.

Very comfortable indeed.

Konoe Ryoka's palm is small, but his strength is enough, and he is also very skillful, which makes Higashino Tsukasa feel very good.

She blushed as she pressed it, and looked at Tsukasa Higashino's relaxed state with his eyes closed, and she only felt like she had licked honey.

It's clear that the person who enjoys it is Tsukasa Higashino, and the person who contributes is her, but this silly girl still feels very happy.

Look so close... She found that Tsukasa Higashino was indeed very good-looking, and his delicate and good-looking facial features were like the male protagonist of a morning drama.

It's just that the eyebrows are furrowed, and it looks like he's tired...

Ryoka Konoe touched his head in distress - Ace must be too tired.

But now he looks pretty comfortable... I've got to work harder...

She pursed her thin cherry pink lips, her big soft and clear eyes sparkled, and she lowered her head for a moment, and pressed the acupuncture point on Higashino's head very carefully.

It was as if he was accomplishing some most important job.

After a while, Konoe Ryoka withdrew her palm: "It's all right, Ace." ”

"Hmm." Higashino moved his neck for a moment, and felt that his head seemed to be much lighter all of a sudden, so he thanked happily: "Thank you, Lianghua... That's right..."

He pulled out two movie tickets from a drawer and asked her, "Do you have time on Saturday?" We went to the movies. ”

Until now, Higashino Tsukasa has also cooked for Konoe Lianghua, and the others have been drying Konoe Lianghua.

It's too cold.

Thanks to Konoe Ryoka's good temper, if he were another girl, Higashino Tsukasa estimated that he would have to fall out with himself a long time ago.

"Huh...? But... Isn't there a job for you? Ryoka Konoe pinched the movie ticket, and although she was happy, she still asked cautiously.

Her level of empathy is inevitably too high, the standard type of good wife and mother.

Tsukasa Higashino smiled and beckoned to her, motioning for her to come over.

Well?

Ryoka Konoe tilted her head, cautiously approached, and then...

Then he was pinched on the cheek by Tsukasa Higashino-

"Although work is also very important, shouldn't we husband and wife also communicate our feelings well?"

Tsukasa Higashino smiled.

This marshmallow face is really easy to pinch and feels very good.

Couple...?

When Higashino Tsukasa said this, Konoe Ryoka's eyes widened, and although her face was pinched, her tone was still shocked: "Do you want to get married?" ”

Looking at her stunned expression, Higashino Tsukasa reacted.

This is Japan.

And in Japan in 2003, although it was rare for high school girls to get married, it was not uncommon.

Konoe Ryoka obviously took what Higashino Tsukasa said seriously, and her expression was very happy for a while, but she lowered her head for a while, her face was red - she liked Higashino Tsukasa very much, but she didn't expect this day to come so suddenly, so she was naturally a little worried.

Looking at Ryoka Konoe's appearance, Higashino Tsukasa reached out and patted her head: "Okay, you go back quickly, it's late." It's almost time for you to take a break, so make sure to make time on Saturday. ”

"Oooh..."Konoe Ryoka nodded stupidly, and then went out in a trance.

Obviously, she was still thinking about getting married.

After sending off Konoe Ryoka, Higashino turned around, looked at the original manuscript in front of him, and without hesitation, picked up the dipping pen and continued to draw.

Three days later—

Higashino Tsukasa accompanied Ryoka Konoe to the train, looked at her looking down at the comics, and asked her in a low voice, "How is it?" Is it good-looking? ”

"It's beautiful..."Ryoka Konoe woke up from the new episode of "Winner is Justice", and then replied in a whisper to Tsukasa Higashino, who was beside her.

They were going to go to the movies today and left early.

But it just so happened that "Bad Cold" was released in advance of the winter holiday special, so Ryoka Konoe happily bought "Bad Cold" - even if Tsukasa Higashino told Ryoka Konoe that he had a sample from the publisher there, he couldn't stop Ryoka Konoe.

In Konoe's opinion, this is her only support for Asi, of course, she can't be sloppy.

And seeing his girlfriend supporting him so much, of course Tsukasa Higashino is still a little happy.

Konoe Ryoka watched it for a while, and then finished reading "The Winner is Justice", and when she looked up again, she found that there were advertisements densely pasted in the train.

There are poster advertisements for "Midnight Bells" and advertisements for "Winner is Justice".

In addition, there are advertisements endorsed by certain celebrities.

These advertisements are posted in the tram and look scattered and messy.

In the past, Ryoka Konoe basically didn't know how to take the train, so she didn't know that Tsukasa Higashino's work was so popular.

She was so happy that she was about to get closer to look at the advertising posters drawn by Tsukasa Higashino when she heard the sound of a small discussion among the high school girls next to her.

"Although Mr. Shumoto's "Lawyer Trap" is good, I think Mr. Higashino's "Winner is Justice" still has to win in terms of plot."

"Really? I haven't seen it yet, but I've been seeing it a lot on the Internet lately... The designer of Kumamon drew it, right? Is it good-looking? ”

"Well, it's very good, I've been reading several issues in a row. It feels like I'm watching a TV series... It's really interesting. ”

"Really? In that case, you can lend me a look. ”

"Huh? If I went to buy a copy of "Bad Cold" myself, it would be 400 yen, which is not much. Support Higashino-sensei. ”

"You guy..."

If you look closely, the bags on the bags of this group of high school girls are hung with Kumamon pendants, and they seem to be fans of Tsukasa Higashino.

And one of them seemed to notice that Ryoka Konoe was eavesdropping, and his eyes were looking this way.

And then... At this glance, I saw Tsukasa Higashino, who was standing in front of Ryoka Konoe pulling the ring.

Their eyes lit up all of a sudden, and a few little girls pointed at Tsukasa Higashino and discussed in a whisper, as if they had discovered Tsukasa Higashino.

This made Konoe Ryoka suddenly have a sense of crisis, it was originally Higashino Tsukasa standing, and she was sitting.

But after sensing the gaze, she immediately stood up and blocked the side of Tsukasa Higashino.

But to be honest, Ryoka Konoe is too short compared to Tsukasa Higashino.

So even if she stood on tiptoe, she couldn't stop Tsukasa Higashino's face,

Seeing the group of female high school students curiously walking over here, Konoe Ryoka suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

"Hello, are you Tsukasa Higashino, Higashino-sensei?"

A high school girl next to her with her hair tied up and her forehead bared asked curiously.

Ryoka Konoe hurriedly turned her head and looked at Tsukasa Higashino.

The nervous face made Tsukasa Higashino smile.

But it's a bit of a hassle to deny it.

If it were to be dug up by some media reporter, it would definitely be said that he was indifferent to his fans and a person with a thin nature - this is not a joke, they would really write that.

So Tsukasa Higashino also nodded and replied dryly, "I'm Tsukasa Higashino." ”