I am more than Qigu Baijia

"I'll try my best."

Although she was surprised in her heart, she still kept a smile on her face.

Hachiman nodded, and finally left a sentence:

"As long as you respect Zhenbai's thoughts, I will help you where I can."

That's great...... Listening to his words, Rita thought so.

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Time passed quietly, and it was time to prepare for sleep.Just as Hachiman was about to turn off the lights, he heard a knock on the door.

It must be Rita.Because of the last kiss, Qihai hasn't been alone with him for the past few days. If it was really Bailai's night attack, she would not choose this time, let alone knock on the door, but climbed directly onto his bed.

First, after some simple speculation in his mind, Hachiman said to the people outside the door: "Please come in."

His inference was correct, it was indeed Rita who pushed the door in, but at this time, she was obviously very different from before.

"I said... why are you wearing really white clothes?"

Seeing Rita's pajamas that were obviously one size smaller, Hachiman asked her curiously.

"I just took a shower, let me borrow her clothes to wear."

Rita lifted her collar, but she was wearing this dress that didn't fit her figure, and this behavior instead exposed some skin on her lower abdomen.

Is this tempting me?

Hachiman thought so, but he felt disdainful about it. He was someone who had seen big scenes anyway.

But Rita didn't seem to have such intentions, and she quickly chatted with Hachiman.

She looked at Hachiman, and said in a teasing tone: "You know it very well, such as real white pajamas."

Can you not understand?Before Qihai came here, he washed all the clothes, not to mention the pajamas, he even knows the color and pattern of the real white underwear.Although it always feels a bit perverted to say this, it just means that he is very proficient in taking care of Zhenbai.

Therefore, Hachiman didn't care about the irony in Rita's words, but said lightly: "You who have taken care of Mashiro should understand."

"Well, the boy is very clumsy in such matters..."

It may be that Hachiman's words aroused her memories, and Rita's expression softened a lot.Then, she continued: "After all, Mashiro and I have been drawing together in my grandfather's studio since we were six years old."

Hearing Rita mentioning painting, Hachiman knew that she was going to start talking about the key points.

"Although Mashiro is very clumsy in these small things, her talent for drawing is overwhelming."

Rita said so, her expression became no longer relaxed, as if covered with a layer of haze.

"It's true that she is a real...talented person."

She looked at Hachiman and said word by word.

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Chapter 521 That's it?

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Hachiman looked at Rita's expression at the moment, and he realized that Rita's smiling appearance was actually hiding such a mood.Although he had already learned about Mashiro's talent, it was only when he said these words from Rita, who is an insider, that he truly understood the weight of the word "talent".

Rita noticed the change in Hachiman's face, she smiled wryly, and tried to restrain her downcast expression, but unfortunately she couldn't.

She continued: "Mabaek's talent is overwhelming, to the point where I want her to disappear."

Rita's words were very cold, but Hachiman felt a little understanding.

"It's going to be broken around her, just like me."

As she said this, she looked straight at Hachiman, as if to let him see her downcast appearance at the moment.

"Could it be..." After hearing Rita's words, Hachiman guessed something: "Have you stopped drawing now?"

There was a little surprise on his face, but it quickly turned into silence.

"Are you sympathizing with me?"

Seeing him like this, Rita showed a somewhat miserable expression.

But Hachiman vetoed her statement:

"No, I'm not sympathizing with you, I'm just angry at you."

The expression on his face suddenly became indifferent, and his tone became a little rude.

Faced with Hachiman's changed face, Rita finally began to feel ashamed.

"No! You can't understand my mood! Do you know what kind of thinking I put down my favorite painting?!"

There was even some sobs in her voice.

"In the beginning, it wasn't just me and Mashiro who drew with us in the grandfather's studio, but a group of children, but in the end it was only the two of us left."

Rita slowed down, looked at Hachiman and said: "But Mashiro didn't notice that those children disappeared from the studio one after another. She must not even remember their faces and names."

"After all, it's really white... That focus made her only look at her own painting, and didn't care about the things around her at all."

At the end, she left words like a summary.

She originally wanted to hide these words deep in her heart, or to speak clearly to Zhenbai one day.But under Hachiman's eyes, which were neither sympathy nor pity, but contempt, she couldn't control her anger.

After hearing Rita's heartfelt thoughts, Hachiman still did not change his mind. He even said in a calm tone: "It might be better for them to leave, but this is the right decision."

His words made Rita clenched her fists tightly, and the knuckles of her hands began to turn white.

"That's because Zhenbai let them see the real talent! We understand that no matter how hard we try, we can't catch up with her footsteps. Because of this, after ten years, I will be the only one left, and everyone will be killed. Zhenbai was forced to leave, without self-consciousness, without emotion, no matter who left, I didn't care, I can't forgive, such Zhenbai..."

Her expression was as if she wanted to eat Hachiman, and her naked malice surged towards him.

Hachiman was not shaken by this at all, and there was even a hint of a smile on his face, but that was obviously meant to be sarcasm, and he sneered, "Is it just to this extent?"

It seemed that he didn't care about Rita's performance, as if he was expecting a bigger storm to come.

Rita looked at his expression and felt even more angry in her heart, but she forcibly restrained her impulse.

"This level? You may not know, but painting is everything to me. Since I was sensible, I have been told that I will become an excellent painter one day."

She talked about her experience to Hachiman, trying her best to calm down her tone.

"But my grandfather told me that enough is enough. You can't catch up with Zhenbai anyway, so it's enough. It doesn't make sense to continue painting."

But at the end, Rita's tears still couldn't help falling down.

She raised her hand and wiped away the tears on her face, but it didn't help, the tears still flowed wantonly.

Facing Rita's pear blossoms and rainy appearance at the moment, Hachiman didn't have any thoughts of pity, but said coldly: "So you gave up the painting that you call everything? Your everything is really cheap enough."

"I can understand that you are expected by those around you, but you can't produce results that meet those expectations, but ah..."

Hachiman looked at Rita, his tone became more and more harsh.

"Why didn't you explain what you were going to do at all?"

"The expectations of the people around you? The disappointment of your grandfather? It doesn't matter what kind of thing it is. Don't you call painting everything to yourself? Then don't give up the things you love because of others!"

"In the final analysis, is it because of this level? Because the things I love are not as good as others, so I have to choose to give up? This is not really love, let alone everything."

Listening to his merciless words, Rita's expression was slightly startled, and even tears froze in her eyes.It seemed that Hachiman's words hit her inner fragility, leaving her speechless.

Hachiman looked at her like this, and even wanted to say something, but soon he gave up this idea, but rubbed his eyebrows, "I'm sorry, I suddenly got angry, maybe it's because I treat you like this The idiot is too aggressive, sorry."

At this time, he suddenly remembered that this person was Zhenbai's only friend in England, and his tone gradually slowed down, although his words sounded more ironic than they were.

"Coincidentally, I also know a blond girl who also learned to draw, although she is now drawing manga."

Hachiman looked at the silent Rita, and continued:

"She knows Zhenbai's achievements very well, and has seen her paintings with her own eyes, but she is not discouraged by this, so she chooses to give up, and even wants to compete with Zhenbai through comics."

When Hachiman talked about a showdown, Rita's fingers moved slightly, and the expression on her face was a little shocked.

"Although manga is not only concerned with the style of painting, but also the fun of the story itself, but I think, after seeing Mashiro's paintings, having such determination is already much better than you, right?"

Hachiman looked at her.

A struggling look appeared on Rita's face, and she couldn't deny Hachiman's words.

Finally, her expression calmed down, she stretched out her hand to wipe away the last tears on her face, and said to Hachiman:

"Indeed...I understand what you mean, but my mind will not change..."

She looked up at Hachiman, who was showing a disappointed expression, and said with some hesitation: "But... I still want to make one last effort. If it doesn't work, I won't persuade Mashiro anymore, and return to England obediently."

Hearing Rita's words, Hachiman's expression became a little better.

"So, go on a date with me tomorrow."

Finally, Rita said this.

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Chapter 522 Guilty

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Rita left, to be precise, she left from Hachiman's room.However, Hachiman is not sure that she just returned to Mashiro's room. After all, Rita's eyes are still red. It must be very bad if she just appeared in front of Mashiro.

Until the end, Hachiman had no idea why she made this request.Even when pressed by him, Rita didn't answer.But since she said it was her last effort, Hachiman had to give her this chance.In fact, the key is that Rita said that she would give up early, so he reluctantly agreed.

After all, this kind of troublesome matter should end as soon as possible.Thinking like this, Hachiman was about to do what Rita had interrupted and left unfinished—sleep.

He took a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to close the door, but was surprised to find that there seemed to be a figure hiding in the corner of the corridor.

"..."

Hachiman remained silent, then poked out half of his head and carefully peeked outside.

It turned out that the sneaky figure turned out to be Zhenbai.

He breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest lightly twice, and said, "Zhenbai, it turned out to be you..."

Hachiman admitted that he was really scared in the last second.

Although Hachiman's heart was relieved, Mashiro's expression was not relaxed.She walked out of the shadows and looked at Hachiman, her eyes dimmed.

Seeing Mashiro like this, Hachiman's heart skipped a beat, feeling something was wrong.

"True white, what's wrong?"

Hachiman asked her, although...he already had the answer in his heart.

"It turns out that Rita has always thought so."

Mashiro said this to Hachiman, her face was a little pale and terrifying.

"You heard it all..."

Hachiman showed an embarrassed expression.

Zhenbai didn't speak, just remained silent.

Hachiman looked at her like this, and wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start, and his forehead was sweating anxiously.

"I don't understand." Zhenbai shook his head and said, "In the matter of drawing manga, Rita clearly supported me before."

She couldn't understand why Rita, who supported her back then, wanted to bring her to England now, and why her existence would cause such harm to Rita.Mashiro lowered his head, his eyes seemed to lose focus.

Seeing Mashiro's sad look, Hachiman couldn't help taking a step forward, putting his hand on her shoulder, "Mashiro, do you believe me?"

Hearing Hachiman's voice, Mashiro raised his head, looked at him, and nodded slightly.

"Zhenbai, what I want to say is that you didn't make any mistakes, so you don't need to blame yourself for it."

Hachiman looked into Mashiro's eyes, and he tried to soften his tone as much as possible.

"But... Rita, they all gave up painting because of me."

Listening to his words, Zhenbai's face softened a lot, but his dim eyes never lit up.

"Just like what I just said to Rita, if you give up because of such a trivial matter, it can't be called love at all, it can only be regarded as a hobby at best."

Hachiman repeated what he had just said to Rita. He was really afraid that Mashiro would blame him for all this, and then he would be devastated.Just like what he said, Hachiman himself doesn't think Mashiro has made any mistakes, just because she has talent?

"Zhenbai, they don't regard painting as important as you do. They probably just want to respond to other people's expectations of them. As for being unable to respond to expectations, it is normal to choose to give up. They just choose to make themselves better. The way."