I am more than Qigu Baijia

"Li, Miss Rita!"

Hearing Rita's ridicule, Nanami's face turned red.

"It's really bad fun..."

Hachiman said this to Rita, and then began to observe the surroundings.

There are paintings of all kinds hanging all over the grounds, in every style and variety.But these paintings are a bit pleasing to the eye even for a person like Hachiman who thinks he has no artistic talents.

After Qihai looked around at the celebrities walking around, she shrank her head cautiously.

On the contrary, after Zhenbai said hello to them, he was already familiar with the way and left among the paintings.

"I feel a little nervous..."

Nanami said so, and subconsciously grabbed Hachiman's cuff.

Hachiman saw her like this, smiled at her, and said comfortingly: "Qami, don't worry, just walk with us."

"Um"

Looking at Hachiman's side face, Nanami suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Rita, who was watching this scene from the side, teased and said, "You are so gentle, Mr. Hikigu, why can't you treat me like this..."

"Oh."

Hachiman turned around and gave her an indifferent look.

"Oh...so sad~"

Rita said so with a smile on her face.

"Stop beating around the bush, let's get straight to the point, what do you want to bring us here for?"

Hachiman is too lazy to argue with her, he just wants to let Rita finish the matter quickly, and then go back to England obediently.

"Well, since you are in such a hurry, then I can't let you down."

Rita nodded helplessly, and then brought Hachiman and Nanami to a painting.

"This painting..." Rita explained for the two of them, "it was the last painting that Mashiro painted before leaving England." After she finished speaking, she walked aside, wanting Hachiman and Nanami to take a serious look Look.

"This is......"

Hachiman looked at the painting made by Mashiro, and seemed to have stopped breathing for a while.The content of the painting is the scenery of the seabed, with colorful corals and seawater of different shades, as long as people take a look at it, they feel as if they are in the bottom of the sea.

Qihai stared blankly at the painting in front of her, as if her soul was subconsciously immersed in it, unable to extricate herself.

After knowing it for a long time, she calmed down a little, "Although I know that Zhenbai is very powerful...but I only realized the magic after I saw it..."

"Now you understand why I want Zhenbai to return to England."

When Rita saw Nanami and Hachiman's performance, she showed a lonely smile.

"But......"

Hearing what she said, Qihai immediately wanted to object, but after she opened her mouth, she realized that she didn't know what to say.

"Hachiman, have you found out that the manga drawn by Mashiro is completely different from this kind of art, and they are incomparable. There is no need for her to give up drawing for manga."

Rita turned to Hachiman who was silent, and said so.

Qihai also looked at Hachiman anxiously, she didn't know what to say anymore.

Under their gaze, Hachiman slowly said:

"Indeed, perhaps as you say, I cannot deny the shock that this painting has had on me."

Hearing his words, Qihai lowered her head sadly.Rita, who should have been happy, couldn't be happy at this time, her smile turned into a wry smile.

"That's right, so Mabai should go back to..."

"But that doesn't mean she should go back to the UK."

Hachiman interrupted Rita's speech, and said firmly.Qihai suddenly raised her head, looking at him excitedly,

"...Why?" Rita squeezed her fingers tightly, she looked at Hachiman and said, "Why do you still..."

"I said it at the beginning, let you respect Zhenbai's thoughts."

Hachiman said this, and his eyes were on Mashiro in the distance. She was standing in front of a picture for a long time.

"I don't know if you have noticed, Mashiro's expression when he draws manga."

"..."

Hachiman looked at Rita, and continued: "I believe, she must be happier than when she drew this picture."

He still remembers Mashiro's expression when he got the chance to serialize the manga, the unconcealable excitement.

"but......"

Rita's eyes became complicated, and she said with some difficulty: "She was wasting her talent and talent..."

"So what? Her dream is to become a cartoonist, and now she has realized it. Zhenbai's goal now has become to draw better cartoons, and she is also working hard for it."

Hachiman said coldly: "Mashiro used this talent and talent in manga, and gained greater happiness. She should live for herself, not for other people's ideas."

Hearing his words, Rita bit her lower lip tightly, her body began to tremble a little.

"Huh... I won't talk about it after that, go and communicate with Zhenbai yourself."

Seeing Rita's current state, Hachiman didn't want to say anything more, and decided to let Mashiro explain it clearly to her.He turned sideways to let Qihai accompany Rita, and went to Zhenbai to have a look first.

Looking at Rita's slumped appearance and Hachiman's already gone back, Nanami sighed slightly.She didn't know how to comfort Rita, or... let her think for herself...

Hachiman quietly walked behind Mashiro, and didn't bother her, he didn't want his bad mood to spoil Mashiro's elegance.

Yes, after saying that to Rita, he was actually a little upset.He was thinking about whether his behavior just now was considered arrogance. Maybe Zhenbai was also very happy when he was painting art paintings, and maybe she also valued other people's expectations.

This kind of thought was swirling in Hachiman's mind, so he finally decided to let Rita communicate with Mashiro to understand her true thoughts.

Hachiman's thoughts were a little messed up, and his sight was like a headless fly, dangling around on the painting in front of him.Suddenly, he discovered an important thing.

The painting that Mashiro is looking at...is signed - Rita.

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Chapter 525 Rita's Real Thoughts

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After returning to the apartment, the atmosphere at the scene was very heavy.Mashiro remained expressionless as usual, but Rita lost the smile she had been maintaining before, and even Hachiman had a cold expression on her face.Qihai was sandwiched between them, feeling very entangled in her heart.

Rita forced a smile, waved at them, and said, "Then... I'll go back to Zhenbai's room first..."

But Hachiman stopped her, he said: "Aren't you going to ask Mashiro something? Or do you want me to ask questions for you?"

The remaining smile on Rita's face froze, she put down her hand in the air a little stiffly, then turned her head silently, looked at Hachiman, and shook her head:

"No, I'll do it myself."

She sighed, no longer said anything about going back to the room, but looked at Zhenbai seriously.

Looking at Rita's expression at the moment, Mashiro's eyes dimmed slightly, then raised his head slightly, responding to her gaze.

Looking at this scene, Qihai showed a worried expression, she really didn't want to see such a situation.But even if this incident didn't happen today, facing the conflict of opinions between Rita and Mashiro, this day will come sooner or later.

Hachiman tapped Nanami's shoulder lightly, signaling for her to leave here with him, to make room for Rita and Mashiro.Qihai looked at him, then hesitantly swept between the two of them, and finally agreed to Hachiman, ready to leave with him.

"Hikigaya." Rita glanced in Hachiman's direction, saw what he meant, and said, "There is no need to leave. In fact, I also hope that you can stay and listen to this conversation."

The expression on her face was extremely lonely, as if this was her last stubbornness.

Hachiman looked at her silently, but in the end he didn't choose to leave, but took Qihai together and retreated a little further.

Rita saw his movement, smiled slightly, and faced Mashiro again.

"truth......"

She had just opened her mouth when she was interrupted by Zhenbai. She frowned slightly and said, "Rita...does it have to be like this?"

Mashiro wants Rita to drop the idea, she doesn't want to see a heated conversation between herself and her only friend in England.

"Really, please." Rita saw her thoughts, she shook her head lightly: "Can you listen to me first?"

Her words were full of pleadings, looking at Rita like this, Zhenbai's gaze could not help but shift to the side, unable to bear to see her like this.

So Rita continued: "Mashiro, did you hear the conversation between me and Hikigu that night?"

The question she asked made Zhenbai tremble involuntarily.

"I already guessed it." Rita looked at Mashiro's silent expression and said, "Although I'm sorry to say that, you must have been heartbroken by me."

Zhenbai turned his head and looked at her, but did not answer.But Rita doesn't need to hear her words directly to understand. If she is really white, she must not even be in the mood to talk to her now.

"But... those words were indeed from the bottom of my heart at that time."

Rita said so, with a miserable smile on her face, probably because she felt a little sad for herself like this.

Although Nanami didn't know about the conversation between Hachiman and Rita, she could imagine what kind of words just by listening to Rita's tone.Nanami couldn't help turning her face away, and stopped looking at Rita and Mashiro.

"Although I was severely criticized by Bi Qigu, I couldn't stop crying, it's quite embarrassing..."

Rita lowered her head, as if recalling the scene at that time.

Even Hachiman was a little embarrassed after hearing her self-deprecating words.After all, at that moment, he didn't think about pity and pity, how cruel it was.

"I never knew... so Rita you think so."

Finally, the silent Mashiro said this to Rita, which is what she said to Hachiman that night.

"That's right, even though I've been taking care of you in England, this is what I think in my heart."

Rita nodded and continued:

"After all... everyone started to hate their favorite painting because of Zhenbai, to the point where they don't want to see the canvas and pencil anymore."

"It's all because of me..."

Even though I have heard it once, even if I have received Hachiman's comfort, but this time, Mashiro still trembled uncontrollably.

"So I hope you can disappear, I hope you leave. It is this kind of dark thinking that will help you become a cartoonist. I want you to draw boring cartoons, and you will be criticized for being worthless. I hope you You can also understand our feelings a little bit."

It was only then that Zhenbai realized that it was because of this reason that Rita supported her to draw manga at that time.She had always wanted to know before, but now she truly experienced the cruelty of the truth.

"But...but why did you succeed in serializing! Why are all the comments full of praise and expectations!"

Speaking of this, Rita glanced at Hachiman standing aside. Based on Mashiro's experience, the drawings must have been boring manga, but with his help, the serialization was successful.Rita was also somewhat dissatisfied with Hachiman because of this.

At last, her voice lowered a little, and she said:

"How much I hope that Mashiro can become a more famous painter than anyone else. At least I can proudly say 'I used to learn painting in the same studio as Shiina Mashiro'... like this. I think To be a part of Zhenbai, I want to be a part of Zhenbai's talents, although I think you may not understand this feeling."

But after hearing Rita's words, Mashiro could only answer weakly: "I don't understand..."

Seeing such true whiteness, Rita did not continue to express her irritability as before, but raised the corners of her mouth as hard as she could to make herself not look so sad: "After all... this is true whiteness."

"I don't understand why we gave up painting, I don't understand how big the gap is between people, I don't understand what kind of mood I have when I see you..."

Mashiro has been silent, she is indeed like what Rita said, but at that time... she was just drawing.Just like the question that Hachiman asked her when she first met her, she only answered "I'm all drawing", she was just doing what she liked at the time, just purely drawing.But I didn't expect that this purity would actually hurt the people around me.

Hachiman was looking at Mashiro like this, his brows were furrowed, he really wanted to go up to Mashiro and tell Mashiro, "It's not your fault" and then kick Rita away.

But he couldn't do that, if it wasn't for Rita himself, Zhenbai's knot in his heart would not be untied, and he would always miss this matter.If you really want to do this, you can only take action against Rita after the incident is over.

"But...that's what I wanted to say earlier."

Suddenly, Rita continued, looking at Zhenbai with regret in her eyes.

Hearing her words, Zhenbai was slightly taken aback, and looked at her with some confusion.

Hachiman also raised his eyebrows, realizing something, his revenge may have to be delayed a little bit.

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Chapter 526: No Peeking

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Rita took a deep breath and said slowly:

"As Hachiman said, amid the expectations of the people around me and the indifference of my grandfather, I have forgotten what I really want to do."