Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 240 Three Days Two Nights (4)

the next night,

Sawamura's house, Einori's room.

On the clock on the table, the hour hand has reached nine o'clock in the evening.

A steady male voice kept ringing in the room.

"Yes, there is still a work that needs to be printed. Sorry, the current progress is a little difficult, and it will probably take a... no, two days."

The voice of another man on the phone can also be vaguely heard.

"Ah, no! This one is going to be printed in color, not in black and white. We'll give you the manuscript after it's been colored."

"Is the part already completed...? I think at least the cover should be passed before you go to work tomorrow, Mr. Yamakawa."

So the other party's troubled urging sound came from the receiver, and Kato Yusuke responded one by one as before in an orderly manner, with a strange and reassuring tone in his tone.

In the middle, he tapped a girl whose sitting posture was so bad that she was almost sticking her face to the manuscript with a paper tube rolled from a comic book, and said with her mouth: "The eyes are too close. Sit back a bit."

Ying Lili pursed her mouth dissatisfied with this, and simply threw the mechanical pencil in her hand onto the empty drawing paper, then put her head on the table weakly, looking a little depressed.

Kato Yusuke then focused on the call again.

"...The printing fee beyond the deadline will be increased by [-]%? No, but based on the number of pages and the scheduled amount, it is already [-] yen? This is a bit..."

Looking at the limp-looking girl, he said firmly to the phone: "I understand, we will definitely deliver the manuscript on time, so please, please be accommodating."

After being silent for about tens of seconds, there was a sigh and an OK from the other side.

After thanking the other party sincerely, Kato Yusuke, who was relieved, just ended the call.

After helping to order supper and draw manuscripts, he was finally entrusted tonight with the job of negotiating with the printing house.

For the girl who exudes a lazy atmosphere, Kato Yusuke seems to be not only a versatile assistant for handling chores, but also a reason for her to fish openly, and she is not polite in using it.

It's a pity that this assistant won't let her idle for too long.

"Have you heard what you said just now, the deadline is the day after tomorrow at the latest, so you have to catch up anyway, otherwise there will be a high cost of printing, understand? Ying Lili."

After being told in such a serious tone, the girl who was so bored and was using her mobile phone to pass the time muttered unhappily.

"It's so easy to say, but I just can't draw when I don't have inspiration... Can I just pay the printing fee?"

A certain little rich woman obviously didn't take the additional fee of [-] yen to heart.

Kato Yusuke couldn't help laughing self-deprecatingly at this: "...It's a bit complicated to hear you say so lightly. It should be said that the money is basically equivalent to my previous one-month wages."

"Hey—do you work part-time... Is such a small amount of money really enough?"

Ying Lili, who flipped through the comments on Twitter, asked, and it didn't seem like she was full of interest or lack of interest, but a kind of meaning of "if you want to talk, I will listen to it".

But in the final analysis, this is actually another way to avoid drawing.

The young man who thought "too much is too much" shrugged his shoulders, decided to give the other party a little relief, and then said, "At that time, I was working in a convenience store. Although the salary was not high, the advantage was that I could eat waste food as I wanted. There is no need to consider the rent, so it is still passable.”

"...Hmm~~~"

Hearing this, Ying Lili glanced at him, and said nonchalantly: "Well... for the sake of helping me so much, if there is a need, I will still help you with things of this level .”

"Well, I know, and haven't you already paid 30 for me? Thank you."

Kato Yusuke nodded slightly with a smile, "Although I don't know how many copies of the work will be sold at this sale, I will return it to you as soon as possible. Now you only need to think about the new work."

Ying Lili twisted her body unnaturally, "...that kind of thing is fine anyway, and I don't mean to urge you, so don't urge me, I will naturally draw when it's time to draw."

Then he changed his words: "Speaking of which, you are somewhat confident in the sales of your works! You must know that you have been recognized by me, Eri Kashiwagi? But you are still like this, which makes me almost angry Here we come!"

As she spoke, she involuntarily sat up straight, and continued to speak with righteous indignation.

"Listen well—although I have been in this industry for a long time, even I have a lot of black fans, so we just need to satisfy the preferences of most people. Basically, doujinshi is this kind of thing... As for Let the others die! Ah, I'm talking about you, the user with the ID "kimokimoXX"! "

"...Eri Pear?"

"What's the matter? Let's make a long story short!"

"what are you doing?"

"Reply to blogs and tweets, you can see this kind of thing at a glance!"

"But you look like you're gnashing your teeth?"

"Who told this person to call other people's hard-working works rubbish without authorization?! It's his fault!"

The girl who gritted her silver teeth said so, and then threw the phone over, "I'm so annoyed to read these comments, please help me answer the rest!"

Kato Yusuke, who took the phone, looked at her blankly: "No... Is it really appropriate to entrust this kind of thing to me?"

And Ying Lili said with a straight face: "Anyway, your work is finished, right? Plus I don't have anything to draw for you right now, so isn't that just idle?"

"...I should say thank you for being able to speak of ordering others so naturally?"

"Interacting with fans is also part of club work."

"Sorry, the attitude of your speech has made me a little unclear whether you are talking to your companions or slaves."

"While you're complaining about that, the deadline is coming up the day after tomorrow."

"........."

Facing Eiriri who was squinting, Kato Yusuke twitched the corners of his eyes twice, then dropped his shoulders as if suddenly losing strength, and said that he understood.

then--

He started to reply to the message under the social account of "Eri Kashiwagi" according to his own ideas.

There is nothing to say to thank those who support; for those who abuse... Although a certain girl strongly suggested that he go back, Kato Yusuke still chose to ignore it in the end.

Until he saw such a comment...

"My wife, I like you w!!prprprprprpr——!!!"

The number of likes below is quite high.

Regarding this, Kato Yusuke's expression couldn't help but become a little subtle, "Have you revealed your true identity to the fans? Eri Rika."

"Huh?? I also know how I would do that kind of thing! Idiot." Ying Lili said with certainty.

"But a lot of people are calling you wife?"

"Ah, that word is very common in the industry, just like "wife", so don't worry about it. "

Speaking of this, the girl suddenly snorted: "Fundamentally speaking, if there is an incompetent waste who can't do anything by himself and claims to be the director on the Internet, he is recruiting team members, but he is so stupid that he can accept it for free when he asks." The case is as it should be.

As a result, in the end, not only was I idle and unable to produce anything, but after I found out that I was a woman, I was even entangled in wanting to ask out to meet... Let me tell you, that is the kind of person I hate the most. "

What he said not only made himself furious, but also managed to make Kato Yusuke show a surprised expression.

"...Being able to explain things so concretely means that this is your personal experience? Ying Lili."

Finished.

"Well--"

Seeing the other party stroking his forehead with some headaches, "It's you who reminded me of the disgusting past, which made me just want to sleep and forget about all those things..."

After speaking, he got up from the seat, dragged his shaking body towards the bed, and then fell headlong on it.

"...So let's leave it at that for today, sorry. Let's talk about something tomorrow."

And this is equivalent to confirming the above statement.

Kato Yusuke, who saw this scene, couldn't help being stunned at first, and then hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, Eriri. At least draw the cover picture first, that will be sent to Mr. Shanchuan tomorrow morning."

But what responded to him was a limp hand, "Then you can draw something casually, good night..."

"Even if you say so."

Kato Yusuke couldn't help frowning deeply, "The question is which of the two heroines do you want to choose?"

"Huh... Huh..."

A slight breathing sound came from the girl's mouth, and this time there was no answer.

After standing there for a long time, someone finally squeezed the space between his brows irritably.Regardless of whether the other party was really sleeping or pretending to be sleeping, he spoke directly.

"In this case, I will draw two versions, and you can decide which one to use after you get up...Also, although this may not sound good, if you still have no inspiration tomorrow night, then by then I'll take over."

First he turned on the lamp on the drawing table, then went to the door and opened a door and reached out to turn off the overhead light.

As a result, the room immediately became dark, and only a small area was still emitting light, while the rest of the room was surrounded by the quiet night.

It wasn't until after all this was done that he sat down in front of the workbench that belonged to the girl, and immediately got busy quietly.

The sound of brushing paper and the subtle sound of brushwork gently echoed in the room, caressing the ears gently.

The night became more intense.

Even the bright moon outside the window came out of the clouds as if curious about this scene, sprinkled the soft moonlight down, and slowly climbed onto the girl's boudoir.

And quietly reflected a pair of eyes that didn't know when to open them.There are bits and pieces of light flashing inside, but they are rippling like water waves.

Silently staring at the straight back figure sitting in front of the table, listening to the soft rustling sound.

The girl quietly pulled up a corner of the quilt and buried her face in it, only her eyes were exposed.

next second.

"thanks……"

A murmur that only he could hear resounded in the quilt.

The corners of the mouth are slightly upward.

…………

　Thanks to [Aredhel] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)