"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? ”

"No, it's not, Young Master Luo, it's just, if you do this......"

"Ah, I'm not interested in the implementation at all, you just have to tell me if I can do it or can't do it. ”

“......”

After being silent for a while, Kuroda didn't say anything more, and it seemed that he had silently accepted the matter.

After that, there were some minutiae explanations, and it wasn't until after Kuroda left the room that Kasumigaoka spoke, but there was something unkind about his tone.

"Luo Jun, what does this mean?"

Although the corners of his mouth are hooked, the smile in Kasumigaoka's smile has long been gone.

Looking at each other in a daze, Luo Tianshu suddenly smiled:

"Let's talk about it in another place."

Leaving the Immortal River Bookstore, the two walked into a café casually along the way.

Sitting in the quiet space of deep water, the silent waiter serves a drink, stirring the steaming black coffee, and the swirling ripples seem to be as charming as sinking.

"Can you say it now? Luo Jun? ”

Xia Zhiqiu's questioning tone did not make Luo Tianshu angry, he played with the coffee in front of him with the spoon in his hand, and asked without raising his head:

"What do you want to know?"

"Why?"

Kasumigaoka asked puzzled, no, should I say no?

Although according to Luo Tianshu's approach, the biggest beneficiary is her, but unilateral kindness is no different from malice, and the other party's self-righteous approach makes her very uncomfortable.

"Why? Think about it. ”

As he spoke, Luo Tianshu picked up the coffee in front of him and smelled it, but he didn't mean to drink it, but discarded it like a doll tired of playing with it, and didn't look at it again.

Looking at Xia Zhiqiu with a smile, Luo Tianshu said softly:

"I guess it's funny."

"Please don't be perfunctory to me."

Frowning, Xia Zhiqiu did not agree with the other party's answer, this is normal, in the eyes of ordinary people, Luo Tianshu's words are like a child's lie, which seems deliberate and absurd.

"It's not perfunctory, that's exactly what I think."

The corners of his mouth hooked up with a hint of helplessness that seemed to be contrived, and Luo Tianshu asked:

"What's the matter, does the one-sided overly heavy kindness make you feel a little breathless?"

"Yes, I don't need this kind of 'mercy' charity."

Biting those harsh words, Kasumigaoka's attitude suddenly became bad.

"Really?"

Changing his face and turning the helplessness just now into nothingness, Luo Tianshu suddenly smiled and said:

"That's great."

"Huh?"

For a moment, Xia Zhiqiu didn't understand the meaning of Luo Tianshu at all, and he was stunned and only heard the other party continue:

"It's really good that you think so, because what I imposed on you was not good in the first place."

“......”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't put on such a horrible face."

Seeing that Xia Zhiqiu's face turned gloomy, Luo Tianshu leaned on the table, held his cheeks and said with a wry smile:

"What, I'm overdoing it?"

“...... Luo Jun, I don't have the heart to joke, why the hell are you doing this? ”

Xia Zhiqiu sighed, and now she really discovered that the essence of Luo Tianshu's person was actually far more mysterious than what she usually saw, and in such a short moment just now, she even had the illusion of talking to two different people at the same time.

"Seriously, it was fun at first."

Although he said so in his mouth, looking at Xia Zhiqiu's expression that he couldn't understand for a while, Luo Tianshu couldn't help but ask in a supplementary way.

"Kasumigaoka, why are you writing a new book?"

"Is now the time to ask this?"

"Don't worry about that, just answer me."

“...... Because I want to write it. ”

"It's because you're unwilling, right?"

“......”

Luo Tianshu's words seemed to have penetrated the blade of essence, making Xia Zhiqiu have a sense of frustration that he had no secrets to speak of in front of the other party, and he was very uncomfortable.

"Because I am unwilling to stop here, I am not willing to be slandered by other people's rumors, and I am unwilling to give up the dream I am chasing, is that so?"

“...... So what? ”

"Interesting."

Facing the other party's slightly angry gaze, Luo Tianshu said without joking:

"That's why I'll help you."

This time, Luo Tianshu did not sell Guan Zi again, but bluntly told Xia Zhiqiu his intentions.

"All the resources are in your favor, right? In the history of the Immortal River, no, there has never been such a thing in the entire history of light writers, right? ”

“...... Yes, does Luo Jun want to call this 'help'? ”

The slightly sarcastic words came out, and now Kasumi no Oka is like a thorny rose, and every sentence is-for-tat.

"Doesn't it count?"

Not minding the defensive posture of Xia Zhiqiu at all, Luo Tianshu said jokingly:

"Isn't it a help to help a guy who is so scared that he can't walk that way?"

“...... I don't understand what you're talking about. ”

"Kasumigaoka, your new work has already been completed, right?"

“......”

"Stopping because you're afraid of not getting what you're expecting, because then you can comfort yourself with a lame excuse like 'I can actually do it,' right?"

“......”

Xia Zhiqiu was completely silent, Luo Tianshu was right, the reason why she dragged on until now was indeed that she was afraid, she was afraid that she would stop moving, and she was even more afraid that she would stop like this.

She got to where she is today on her own, but the long-term loneliness did not make her grow, but made her cringe.

People don't want to vent their emotions for no reason, and when he listened to Xia Zhiqiu say those "bitter waters", Luo Tianshu had already sensed that something was wrong and decided to intervene.

As if he wanted to hear the proof from the other party's mouth, Luo Tianshu seemed to ask a redundant question.

"So, I'm helping you, right?"

"Don't be presumptuous......."

Frustration, no, a feeling of powerlessness filled Kasumigaoka's heart, and even the words that came out of her had a tone of weakness.

"That's ...... Where's the help for me......"

"Why not."

Luo Tianshu sneered:

"Gathering the resources of the entire Immortal River Bookstore, if you can make a name for yourself in one fell swoop and successfully launch a second work, then you will become a writer who is no longer questioned, isn't that your goal?"

"But what if it fails?"

"Then cry."

“...... Huh? ”

Xia Zhiqiu raised his head and looked at Luo Tianshu at a loss, only to see the other party's face with a childlike smile, and said quite irresponsibly:

"If you fail, it will definitely be sprayed even worse, at least the people in the Immortal River Publishing House will scold, in that case, it's good to cry, just cry and continue to come back, is there any other way?"

"Luo Jun, you ......"

I don't know why, Kasumigaoka suddenly wanted to cry now, and in just a moment, whether it was secret hatred or resentment just now, it all turned into an indescribable complex emotion.

An indescribable emotion for the wicked-looking guy in front of him.

"The proposition of death with one of the two, there is no way back, but don't worry, if you really lose, then come to sox, at least we can protect you, right?"

Listening to Luo Tianshu's joking words, Xia Zhiqiu's suppressed emotions finally couldn't hold back anymore, and she burst out laughing, she pulled up her long hair, followed the other party's example, put her hands on the table and held up her shy cheeks, and asked softly:

"Then, if I'm going to cry, Luo Jun, can you lend me your shoulder?"

"I refuse."

"Huh!"

"It's really a hassle for me to do the laundry in that case, but if you want tissues, I'll bring you some."

"Luo Jun is so ruthless!"

Delusion? The girl's smile seems to bring a bit of colorful colors to this deep water-like space, warm, soft, probably the feeling of flowers.

Maybe one day I will miss the black coffee of that day, a little weak, a little shy, and a little strong, no matter what, it must be an unforgettable taste.