"I'm back......

Zhu Hee? Hinata? Where did you go? ”

"Ah, it's my sister."

"Sister Ruri is back."

Until the black cat, who had finished working in the used bookstore, came back with the ingredients for dinner, Sister Zhuxi and Sister Hyuga stayed quietly behind Ji Feng to paint, do homework, or read books, and they didn't leave even when it was time for Mei Lulu to show up.

When she saw the two young girls coming out of Ji Feng's brother's room to greet her, the black cat was visibly surprised. However, there was no envious expression on her face, and the presence of her brother did not seem to have any special meaning to her, perhaps because she was past the age when she needed her parents to be by her side.

"Sister-sama, sister-sama! I was drawing in Nini's room just now! Sister Hinata is also there! ”

"Oh...... Is it. Don't disturb Nini's studies.

Go to the living room and watch TV for a while, and I'll cook for you. ”

The black cat, who had already changed into sportswear at home before going to work at a used bookstore, responded to Joo-hee's gleeful show off with a slightly bland smile, and then she nodded to Ji Feng and Yuki, who were only standing in the hallway at the door of the room, symbolically greeted her, and entered the living room with Joo and Hinata in tow.

Unlike these two young sisters who are still in elementary school, the relationship between Black Cat and Brother Ji Feng and Sister Youxi, who are in high school, is quite cold - probably because she feels that she and her eldest brother and sister have no memories of being close before, so there is no reason to suddenly start getting close to each other now.

And although Ji Feng really wants to get close to the black cat, he doesn't have time, and second, he won't make the girl happy with his face, so he has no choice in the face of the black cat who faintly wants to alienate him and Youxi, and he doesn't know how to make the black cat open his heart to accept him and Youxi.

- Even if he wanted to discuss the topic of ACGMN with the black cat at the dinner table, the black cat didn't talk to him very much, or simply perfunctory him and turned his face to talk about other things with the two young girls, and compared to her, Yuxi, who had to answer all questions, turned out to be a relatively easy person to communicate with.

But today, Ji Feng, who basically doesn't show up in the living room except for meal time, actually followed his three younger sisters into the living room, and continued to follow himself to the kitchen separated by a sliding door, which made the black cat show a surprised expression again.

"That...... Can I help you?

If you want a drink, there is orange juice in the fridge. But don't drink it all, and leave some for Hinata and Ju-hee. ”

Embarrassment, being treated as a child, being treated as a child! Looking at the black cat who still didn't know what he had said wrong, Ji Feng's face completely turned into an embarrassed expression.

Since she was a child, the black cat has become too accustomed to the role of the eldest sister as a mother, although the main god has added two older brothers and sisters to her, she still regards herself as the eldest sister at home, and Ji Feng and Youxi, who have never helped with the work, have unwittingly reduced to the role of younger brother and sister.

"I'm not here to ask for a drink!"

Facing the black cat that was nearly a head shorter than himself, Ji Feng, who looked embarrassed, had to "grovel" to talk to her, but because the place in the kitchen was too narrow, he bent forward and his lips were about to touch the black cat's ears:

"After taking a shower at night, you sneak into my room, it's best not to let your parents find out."

"Smack!"

Ji Feng unconsciously lowered his voice and whispered to shock the black cat for the third time, and this time even the bag she was carrying in her hand was shocked. Fortunately, the black cat didn't buy fragile ingredients such as eggs and red pimples today, otherwise she would have been so distressed that she couldn't speak.

"Shhh

What do you say? Did you just call Hinata and Juki into your room, that's it......"

"You've watched too much H anime!"

Without waiting for the black cat with a trembling face to say something slandering his morality and personality, Ji Feng categorically denied the unspeakable speculations in the black cat's mind. Looking at the black cat who leaned back as much as possible to distance himself from him, Ji Feng shook his head helplessly, forcing himself to explain to her calmly:

"I'm just asking you to help draw a few illustrations, and Yuki will come to my room when the time comes. If you draw well, I will have some character portraits and system interfaces in the future, and I would like you to help you draw them.

Also, if you know anyone with a good level and a good painting style, ask them if they are interested in making some extra money. ”

"W-What? Illustration? Vertical painting?

And why would you put a special emphasis on the word 'what if'! Have you decided that I don't know anyone like that? ”

Should it be said that it is worthy of being a black cat known for being withdrawn, Ji Feng may not have heard anything else clearly in the words just now, but the tone of the word "if" was extracted by her alone. The black cat is really overly sensitive to the malice that may exist in other people's words or expressions, and the more sensitive she is in this regard, the less likely it is to make friends, not to mention that she is still an otaku......

"Okay, okay, I was wrong."

Under the angry glare of the black cat, Ji Feng had to apologize for his subconscious gaffe, and then continued to explain the business - he now has several projects on hand that need artists and illustrators, but he and Youxi have no money, so they can only exploit their family's free labor first.

“…… Programming? Game? Novel?

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really found it hard to believe that the two of you could work on so many projects at the same time.

Programming and games can be considered all the way, but novels ...... It's amazing to be able to find time to write a novel while programming. ”

That night, as soon as the black cat finished taking a bath, he quietly got into Ji Feng's narrow room, and inspected the fruits of Ji Feng Youxi's labor in the past few days, and finally made a speech full of subjective assumptions and purely comforting praise.

"You haven't even read it, how do you know that my novel must not work! I'm confident that this novel will win the highest newcomer award, and it will definitely be a hit after being adapted into an anime, and if the editors of those famous light novel libraries are all blind, I'll be serialized on the Internet like the author of "Sword Art Online"! ”

Facing the tolerant gaze of the black cat as if it was looking at its own kind, Ji Feng was rarely angry. It seems that Black Cat should start writing novels secretly at this time, and then secretly submit articles to participate in the Newcomer Award, and sneak ...... Quietly lost again.

But he, Ji Feng, is different, whether it is a game or a novel, he has full control of the fire!

Because—

He's taking the legendary rebirth plagiarism stream route!