"Huh...... Then I'll give this guy back to you! ”

Looking at the three girls with different expressions in front of her, Jiang Yu smiled and patted Yui Hirazawa's head, and then gently pushed it towards her friends.

After meeting Yui Hirasawa in the crowd, of course he couldn't just put this girl here, not to mention that he heard from the other party that all the HTT members were here.

And in the face of him, "So where are the three of them?" Hirasawa's confused smile and uninformed answer made him sweat even more.

This kid ...... How did you grow up so smoothly that you can get to high school? She's a god in her family, right? No matter how bad it is, it must be an angel or something!

Looking at Yui Hirazawa, who was scolded by the three of them with a bitter face, Jiang Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "Since I have also sent the person, and the performance of the muse is over, then I will leave?" ”

"Ahh Qin Fuzhu exclaimed suddenly when he heard this, but quickly adjusted his expression, saluted and said with an impeccable eldest lady's attitude, "I'm in trouble with Yujun today, I wish you a good dream tonight, go slowly." ”

Jiang Yu nodded with a smile and turned to leave. Although he was a little curious as to why he had that exclamation, his instincts told him that it was better not to delve into it.

Looking at Jiang Yu's departing back, Tian Jing Zhonglu's sly eyes turned, gently poked the piano with his elbow, and asked with a smile: "Why did you make that sound just now?" Sure enough, it's still ......"

"Nothing."

"Ah...... Oh...... I'm sorry. ”

Kotofuki responded with a flawless but inexplicably heavy smile on her face, and if she made Tanai Nakari teased, after getting up, there was no follow-up.

Seeing this, Qin Fuki nodded with satisfaction, and then shifted his gaze to Yui Hirazawa, who was still not let go by Mio Akiyama, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, it's really a shame that Xiao Yui was able to bump into Yujun in the crowd?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Tanai Nakari pulled himself up again, touched the headband on his head, and said in a strange tone, "Is that a stunt?" It's like Xiao Wei, you can't do two things at the same time! ”

Hearing the words of these two people, Mio Akiyama forgot to be angry for a while, and also looked at Yui Hirasawa with an ignorant look with a strange expression.

I could only hear the girl who gave people a feeling of lightness, and replied indifferently: "Hmm...... I can't tell, huh? It's just that I feel like I can meet Yujun when I go that way. ”

"What kind of answer is that?" ×3

The other three complained in unison.

……

"Oh~ Brother, you're back, Sister Shiyu is gone."

Xiao Bury, who was talking to Megumi Kato, looked at Jiang Yu's coming figure, smiled and waved, and said so.

After Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, he didn't feel anything wrong, and spread his hands and said, "Well...... Senior Sister Shiyu is always like this, so she shouldn't feel very disappointed so she went back directly, right? ”

"Really?" Megumi Kato's indifferent voice and expression were the same as always, "That's not necessarily. ”

“…… Kato, why do you use such a firm tone? ”

Jiang Yu tugged at the corners of his mouth, and looked at the girl who had just uttered the amazing words with some surprise.

Megumi Kato didn't answer, but brushed the somewhat messy hair under the scarf, and said "Why do you think that?" Or, "Are you really unrealised?" looked at Jiang Yu with strange eyes.

Jiang Yu felt that his head was starting to hurt, so he sighed, pretending not to understand, and said to him: "The game is over, and the snow seems to be fighting, let's disband and go home, right?" That being said, it seems that the train back is the same as the train. ”

Megumi Kato nodded, and also withdrew his meaningful gaze just now. Zhenbai, who seemed a little drowsy before, somehow lifted his spirit, but his eyes were still out of focus, and the whole person stood under the light, standing in the snow, like an unreachable picture of a peerless lady.

Jiang Yu, who had already walked a few steps, immediately noticed that Zhenbai was in the same state of distraction as always, so he reflexively patted the girl's head, and after seeing that it didn't work, he simply pulled the other party's wrist directly and walked to the tram stop.

Megumi Kato, who was dealing with Xiao Bury with ease, looked at Jiang Yu's hand, glanced at it and took it back.

Inexplicably, the slightly awkward mood before has improved a lot.

……

December 25th, Christmas.

Today, Tokyo is still snowing, and everywhere you look, it's white.

In this most important festival of the year in Western countries, the only male friend is far away in Nasu Plateau, and the rest of the girls who know each other seem to be living their own festivals, and the completion of the two pieces of work in the game at the same time makes Jiang Yu have nothing to do for a while.

No...... Just saying this does not mean that Jiang Yu is comfortable in his heart at this time.

Yes, cosy and comfortable.

You don't have to think about how to spend your time today, and you don't have to be like a social animal, and you don't have to bury your head in work during holidays.

After yawning lazily, Jiang Yu's mind suddenly remembered the perfect performance last night.

The video of the competition was naturally recorded and edited by the official staff of the organizer and uploaded to the official website of the competition. After some negotiations, NicoNico, YouTube and other websites have also been authorized to reprint.

As a result, a wave of fascination, combined with the unpredictable mood of the "snow-colored halo", began to spread wildly across the country and even around the world.

However, after returning home last night, Jiang Yu, who had a brief phone call with the group of girls, was keenly aware that they might not have much feeling.

It's because I worked hard to that level before the game that I felt so natural about last night's victory, right?

Yes, the winner.

Even if it is equally excellent, as long as it is a slightly more objective fan, you can easily see who was the bright moon hanging high in the night sky and quietly bathing in the snow last night.

Although the organizers regretted the defeat, the drama of "The Return of the King" staged by the second place in the last competition was no worse than the publicity of "Horizontal Pressure I", and even exceeded.

As a result, under the impetus of the organizers, it is presumably not long before there will be a trend of "mentioning it, and mentioning it is".

As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Jiang Yu's lips couldn't help but hook, and he was sincerely happy for that group of girls.

Hard work pays off.

He liked the word very much, or rather, he had to like it when he was barely "ambitious and unrewarded" in the last world.

If you don't even have this persistence in your heart, then you can really only go with the flow and spend your life ordinarily.

Next, it's to watch the winter comi on him...... No, what kind of answer can I hand in?

……

Today, Megumi Kato woke up quite late.

It was almost 10 o'clock when she slowly crawled out of the bed. This is a rather rare thing for this girl.

Washing, makeup, clothing...... By the time all the complicated steps unique to girls were completed, it was almost 11 o'clock. At this time, Keizai Kato was stunned to realize that although it was Christmas today, he didn't seem to have any reservations?

"Hoo ......"

The girl pulled her beautiful long hair and smiled helplessly.

The bedroom door was suddenly knocked open, and Kato's mother poked her head in a little evasively, took a deep breath and asked, "Xiaohui, are you...... You're going out today, right? ”

Megumi Kato was stunned when she heard this, and her mind inexplicably flashed the appearance of the young man when she invited her out on Christmas Eve not long ago, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart and complain secretly.

But soon, the girl who was quite good at self-regulation got rid of that inexplicable emotion, and responded in a flat tone: "There is no plan to go out." ”

"Huh? Eh——?? The child is his father——! ”

Kato's mother seemed to be quite stunned, and when she heard this, she couldn't care about her calmness as a mother, and rushed downstairs with a shout.

Seeing this, a helpless smile flashed on Megumi Kato's face, and he secretly thought in his heart how to deal with his parents' interrogation about someone next.

Surprisingly, she wasn't annoyed that she hadn't been invited today—or to put it a more girly—awkward, but rather relieved.

Ah, sure enough, this is him.

So, what is he doing now?

Ignoring the footsteps coming from outside the door, Megumi Kato put one hand on his cheek and reverie slightly.

……

"Ahh——!h

Wumore Liuli sat in the office with the heating turned on, and suddenly sneezed, causing a good-natured laughing look all around.

After blushing and bowing her head in a whispered apology, she rubbed her nose and continued to focus on the document in front of her.

But I don't know which of the eight million gods, as if she didn't want her to spend it safely today, the mobile phone she used as a paperweight before vibrated slightly, subconsciously attracting her attention.

Such an identical message starts to swipe on the LINE new message reminder.

It was a chat group she had been invited into after she went to college, and it was full of high school acquaintances. For some special reasons, although Wumore Liuli did not quit the group, she never took the initiative to say a word in it.

Christmas......

Involuntarily recalled that happy and painful memory in his mind, and Wugen Liuli subconsciously bit his lip.

With a light exhale, the young editor temporarily blocked the group with some distraction, and then two new message prompts in a row.

From younger sisters Hinata and Juki.

Hinata:

Zhu Xi:

Hinata:

Then, there was the message that Zhu Hee had already flagged as a text message that was retracted.

“…… Oh, two stupid sisters. ”

Wumore Liuli suddenly showed a bright smile, which made the editorial staff who happened to pass by stunned for a while.

After she replied to Hinata's message first, she couldn't help but feel soft in her heart when she thought about Joo-hee's question. So in the end, I couldn't help but give a promise.

Black Cat:

Zhu Xi:

…… This is Hinata's answer from Najuxi's account, right?

Wugen Liuli laughed again.

Her time seemed to be flowing slowly again.

Because it's sad about this thing, it's hard, but it will pass eventually.

……

"Shi-chan~ Didn't you ask your juniors out today?"

“…… If it's okay, I'll hang up. ”

"Oops~ Shi-chan is really timid!"

"Doodoo ——!"

Machida Yuanzi glanced at the phone screen in amazement, and muttered in a low voice, "Is it really hanging?" But haven't you said anything yet? ”

As a result, Miss Machida Enko, who was promoted to editor-in-chief almost a year ago, had to fall into the cycle of "dial-hang-up-dial-hang-up-dial-".

After being hung up three times, Kasumigaoka Shiyu gave up and connected the phone.

"Hey, tell me what's going on."

"Well...... Shi-chan is really anxious......"

"I'm hanging, huh?"

"Eh——! Wait a minute! There's something serious to tell you, there's something serious to tell you! ”

“……”

"Uh...... That, well, yes! I've finished reading the manuscript of the second volume, and it's still as wonderful as ever! It's really worthy of Teacher Kasumi Shizi. ”

"If all you're going to say is flattery, I'm tired of hearing it."

"No, no, no, of course not. I just wanted to ask you about the release date of the second volume, if you have any ideas. ”

Kasumigaoka Shiyu crossed her legs and suddenly fell silent when she heard the words, and Machida Yuanzi on the other side of the phone could only hear the sound of breathing. After a while, she pretended to be calm and replied: "Staggered "Spring Things". ”

"Huh?"

"Staggered the release date of "Spring Things"."

There was a slight tremor in the girl's voice, or it could be said that she was excited.

It's like a child who has found a secret base in the summer and carefully starts an adventure...... Excited.

Hearing this answer, Machida Enko also fell silent.

Of course, she knew what Kasumigaoka Shiyu meant, and she also understood that the stubborn girl made this decision after understanding all the pros and cons.

There is no doubt that with these two pen names, the fame has been able to show a comet-like explosive growth in the past six months, in addition to the excellent quality of the two people's works, it is the mutual flow of fans and the feedback of popularity between the two.

Immortal Chuan Library also intends to take the initiative to create such a pair of "golden partners" - who let the sales of the works increase steadily from the first collaboration between the two?

But after all, it is from the business field to think about the pros and cons of this matter, if you look at it from the creator's point of view, maybe this is not only not a mutual achievement, but also a dissatisfaction.

Who hasn't been young and frivolous? Who hasn't thought highly of himself?

Not to mention two talented writers of similar age.

But Machida Enko didn't think of this possibility at the beginning, and it was only after she sorted out the relationship between the two - to be precise, it was to find out the girlish feelings of Kasumigaoka Shiyu that she acquiesced to this plan.

However, it seems that the honeymoon period between the two may come to an end?

Ah, the feelings of high school students are really troublesome.

Machida Yuanzi couldn't help but make such a complaint in her heart.

But soon, I don't know what came to mind, the anxiety on her face dissipated, and she regained her composure.

Hold your breath and concentrate.

"I see."

"Hmm."

The phone rang again, and Machida Enko turned her head to look at the silver-clad Tokyo outside the window and laughed softly.

"Want to prove yourself? So you're still a naïve child...... But—"

"—not bad."

……

Night is falling.

It is rare to have no stars and no moon tonight, so the bustling neon lights decorate the city at night.

After delivering Mahaku to Ayano's car in Iida, Jiang Yu smiled and beckoned them to see them leave.

Mashiro has a Christmas party between manga artists tonight.

Although Jiang Yu is very worried about whether the pure white girl can cope with it easily, a successful cartoonist is not just about bowing his head and drawing comics - although after this kind of thing is done to the extreme, he can indeed become a great cartoonist. But Jiang Yu believes that as a creator, he should really get inspiration from various things in life.

For example, a cartoonist in the last world, after getting married, quickly drew comics that were so sweet that people set aside one day a week to giggle.

In addition, there is a more important reason that he does not want to live that kind of life without asking about the world again.

That's not beautiful, it's not happy.

The ascetic life was not for the girl, not at all.

Back at home, Jiang Yu looked at Xiao Burying, who had already set up a lazy posture in the living room, shook his head and smiled.

It seems that the first Christmas he spent after coming to this world was quite plain.

But what's so bad about being bland? As usual, the deliberate pursuit of plot development with a hundred turns and thousands of turns must be closer to happiness?

Jiang Yu has not yet come up with an answer.

But at least for now......

He pressed his heart and smiled softly.

At least for now, he feels at ease and happy.