I, who tortured the readers, was knocked to the ground by them!

Chapter 159 He really likes me!
Just as Sakurai Itsuki was thinking about how to promote the multimedia project, Hase Hatsuna, who had just been serious for a few seconds, covered her mouth again and came over with a smile: "Hey, who are you more interested in now? Or are you one of those bad guys who plans to have it all?"

Sakurai Itsuki glanced at Hase Hatsuna, then raised his hands high.

Out of conditioned reflex, Hase Hatsuna immediately shrank her neck back and closed her eyes.

Sakurai Itsuki was amused and laughed: "Stop making fun of me. Are you really a teacher?"

Hase Hatsuna said, "I've already told you that until you impress me, I'm your teacher. By the way, kid, have you finished your holiday homework? School is about to start!"

Sakurai Itsuki waved her hand disdainfully at Hase Hatsuna, who rarely spoke in a teacher's tone. She didn't take her teachings to heart at all and turned around.

Hanase Shion seemed to have been prepared and stopped here, "Ah, ah, ah, what you said before, about future work on comics, can we go to your house to discuss it?"

Hane Shion had prepared herself mentally for a long time, but she still stuttered and couldn't call out Ashu's name naturally like when she was drunk.

"Yeah, that's more convenient."

Sakurai Itsuki glanced at the young lady in a maroon windbreaker and black tights and nodded.

Normally, the original artist and the original artist will work together in the same studio.

After all, the original artist and the original work are two different people. Sometimes the original artist may not necessarily understand the meaning of the original storyboard, or sometimes the original artist may think that there is a better way to express the picture.

In addition, they will also give each other some opinions on the comics from their own perspectives, and discuss together the revision requests put forward by the editor.

Therefore, normal collaboration between original works and original paintings often involves many discussions, large and small.

So even though network technology is extremely advanced now, working together face to face is more direct and efficient than working online.

Occasionally, the original author, original artist, and even assistants will discuss the follow-up and market development of the comics together.

Of course, another reason is that as colleagues who create together, cartoonists also need some social interaction to bring them closer together.

Despite the special nature of Sakurai Itsuki, there was very little that needed to be discussed and modified when they worked with Hanase Shion.

But Sakurai Itsuki still feels that unless there are special circumstances, it is better to work together offline. In addition to the communication between the original work and the original artist, the original artist is also responsible for communicating with the assistant.

However, Sakurai Itsuki does not plan to rent a house specifically as a studio.

"Your Lie in April" is a monthly magazine, and the serialization volume is only half of that of a weekly magazine. They are also very efficient, so it is not cost-effective to rent a room specifically for this purpose.

They already had enough space at home, and both their assistant and themselves were here. Instead of asking the two of them to go out, it would be more convenient to ask the young lady to come over.

"But, old man, won't anyone mind if I go to your house?"

Hane Shion asked cautiously, of course it wasn't that she didn't want to go to his house.

She said this just to test the current progress of Sakurai Itsuki and Mizuno Yuki.

Although from all aspects, Yuki Mizuno's relationship with Sakurai Itsuki has not yet developed to the point where she cannot recover.

But she still felt uneasy unless she checked it out herself.

So, at this moment she was deliberately turning the topic in that direction.

After all, no matter how he answered, as a partner fighting side by side with him, I had a reason to go to his house.

This is an opportunity that can be explored at no cost!

This is the testing method that Hane Shion came up with after she spent two days thinking about it at home after seeing Mizuno Yuki’s public confession!

That idiotic sister even called me useless, even though this was clearly the most stable and perfect solution! It's just a little awkward.
"Who?"

Hanase Shion pretended to be indifferent and turned her gaze towards the distant sky: "Your rumored celebrity girlfriend, you, you like her, don't you?"

But he still stuttered while speaking, swallowed unconsciously, and was extremely nervous.

"Ah, what does it have to do with her that you come to my house?" Sakurai Itsuki asked back.

"Aren't you afraid that she will be unhappy? I saw you smiling so happily when she confessed to you." Hanase Shion stretched out her hand and unconsciously pinched her windbreaker lightly.

This was the most troubling thing for her in the past two days.

Yuki Mizuno liked Sakurai Itsuki, this was something she had known for a long time. That shameless vixen had never hidden herself for a single day since they met, and she even kissed his face after they had just held hands with each other with great difficulty.

Of course, what really concerned her was that when she was standing on the stage and confessing her love to Sakurai Itsuki, he was smiling so happily in the audience!
"Oh, so what? Every time you cry in front of me, I smile happily."

Sakurai Itsuki's answer instantly brought Hanase Shion's attention back to Sakurai Itsuki's face, which was apparently cool and handsome, but revealed a bit of a mean temperament.

Hanase Shion glared at Sakurai Itsuki fiercely, then cursed in a low voice: "Is that the same thing? You hopeless pervert!"

Sakurai Itsuki looked at her fierce eyes and was reminded of the way she stared at him when she was drunk.

They are completely different people.

But after seeing both sides of her, I found her even more interesting.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Looking at Sakurai Itsuki staring at her face, Hane Shion asked.

"It's the same." Sakurai Itsuki said.

Hane Shion listened to Sakurai Itsuki's answer and felt a little dazed. Does it mean that in his heart, Yuki Mizuno and I are the same?

Is it understandable that if he has feelings for Mizuno Yuki, he also has feelings for me?

For a moment I didn't know whether I should be happy or not.

"It's really funny to think about Yukiko's boyfriend fans breaking down. It's like seeing you crying," Sakurai Itsuki explained.

"Huh? You pervert, do you have to base your happiness on the suffering of others? This is unbelievably terrible!"

Hane Shion cursed with a surprised expression, obviously not expecting that he was laughing for this reason.

Hane Shion's curse attracted the attention of passers-by and shop assistants soliciting customers at the store entrance.

Feeling a little embarrassed, Hanase Shion took out her phone and poked Sakurai Itsuki's shoulder with her finger, "Go to Twitter yourself."

After saying that, he fled into the store.

Sakurai Itsuki took out her cell phone, and without thinking too much, he could guess what she was going to do.

As expected, as soon as I logged into Haruki Nagayama's Twitter, I immediately received a bunch of dirty talk.

Sakurai Itsuki turned his head and looked through the shop window at the young lady who was lowering her head and tapping on her mobile phone screen with a look of smugness on her face.

It is really hard to imagine that these outrageous remarks I received came from such a cute looking creature.

However, among the pile of obscenities today, the signature threat was missing.

Sakurai Itsuki raised an eyebrow and replied: [Is that all? Is there something missing?]

Then he continued to look up and gazed at Hanase Shion from afar through the window.

As expected by Sakurai Itsuki, her fair face turned red instantly.

Hanase Shion pursed her lips tightly, her brow furrowed slightly. She raised her head and glanced around at the other people at the table for their reactions. Then, like a thief, she quietly replied, "You pervert! I'm going to rape you sooner or later!"

After seeing that classic remark, Sakurai Itsuki responded with the classic sweating soybean expression as usual.

The moment Hane Shion saw that expression, she curved her beautiful eyes and smiled, her face filled with sweetness that was completely different from her cold appearance.

However, when people around her noticed her joy and asked her what good things had happened to her, Hane Shion quickly tried to force her smile back, and in a panic, she concealed the joy that came from her heart.

It turns out that I was just worrying too much.

By the way, what he meant just now was that he was expecting me to use [rape] to scare him?

It seems like a habit that a pervert like him has.
No, it's impossible. There's no way I would do something like that.

But does this mean that he actually has a good impression of me?

Hehe
Hane Shion, who was daydreaming, turned her head and suddenly met the eyes of Sakurai Itsuki who was observing her reaction outside the window.

Hane Shion took a deep breath, then quickly turned her head and raised her arms to cover her face.

I shouldn't have had any strange reactions just now.
I know, he really likes me!
The next day.

"Shion, your black tea."

In Sakurai Itsuki's house, or rather his studio, Sato Wakaba handed the fragrant black tea to Hanase Shion who was painting.

Sato Wakaba asked, "There are snacks over there. I'm going out to buy some food later. Is there anything you want to eat?"

"Oh, thank you. Dinner and anything else are fine with me." Hanase Shion nodded and took the tea.

In another corner of the studio, there is now a new set of chairs, on which are placed a very complete set of high-color gamut monitors and various equipment.

The next day after Sakurai Itsuki said that they would work at home, Hanase Shion ordered a complete set of things overnight and arranged for someone to deliver it to Sakurai Itsuki's home.

Sakurai Itsuki originally wanted to discuss with her when to go to her house and help her transport the equipment, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated the young lady's thinking.

For Hane Shion, comics are probably just a simple pursuit of her dreams, and things like royalties are probably completely unimportant.

This rich girl is so charming that even I, a poor idiot, am a little envious.

"Let's make it a little more sumptuous today. After all, school starts tomorrow, so let's celebrate." Sakurai Itsuki, who was sitting in front of the computer and writing the script for the sequel to "White Album", gave the order.

This made Hanase Shion feel a little unhappy.

It always feels like the head of the family is instructing his wife to prepare two delicious dishes to entertain the guests.

"You know school is about to start! Are your homework really okay?" Sato Wakaba asked with her hands on her hips.

Although the education of most students in Tokyo has become very relaxed, it is still a country in the East Asian world.

There are still homework such as cram schools, winter and summer vacations, etc.

Although Sato Wakaba knew very well that Sakurai Itsuki no longer needed a degree to support himself, she felt that since Sakurai Itsuki was a student, he still had to do what he should do.

At least you can't offend the teacher every day. It will be troublesome if you really get held back.

Although she also wanted Sakurai Itsuki to call her Wakaba-senpai, and Sakurai Itsuki seemed to like that bunny girl-senpai.

But after thinking about it, she realized that it was more important to go to and from school with the same classmates, and she didn't want to take the initiative to wear that embarrassing bunny girl costume.

Sakurai Itsuki replied, "No problem, I know."

Sato Wakaba looked skeptical: "Really? This time, I won't let you copy my copy!"

Sakurai Itsuki responded impatiently: "I told you, you definitely don't need it. It's already this late, you should go buy groceries quickly."

"Okay, I hope I don't see you standing outside the classroom on the first day of school."

Sato Wakaba muttered a few words and then left helplessly.

When Sakurai Itsuki heard the sound of a door closing downstairs, he immediately turned around to look. After confirming that Sato Wakaba had walked out the door, he turned to look at Hane Shion, who was in a complicated mood.

"Take it out." Sakurai Itsuki spread his hands towards Hanase Shion.

Hanase Shion reluctantly took out the stack of homework from her bag, but the name on the homework was Sakurai Itsuki's name. "As you said, I deliberately made a few mistakes on each page. I tried my best to imitate the handwriting. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to recognize it."

"Good! Very perfect. The handwriting imitation is worthy of being a genius painter." Sakurai Itsuki gave a thumbs up to Hanase Shion.

"Let me be clear, I'm only helping you because you said you were too busy and worried about delaying the progress of our comics. Otherwise, no matter what you say, I won't be colluding with a poor student like you."

Hane Shion made her statement and looked at the beast who was taking advantage of her openly with the eyes of a scumbag.

However, I felt a little secretly happy because of his praise.

"OK."

Sakurai Itsuki agreed on the surface, but in his heart he thought, you sound so tough, but actually I'm tricking you into doing something for me, it's just a matter of a word.

"By the way, don't tell Sato Wakaba about this. It will be very troublesome if she finds out, and it might even delay my progress." Sakurai Itsuki reminded Hanase Shion, "This is a little secret between the two of us."

As Sakurai Itsuki spoke, he inexplicably felt as if a father was coaxing his daughter into doing something bad without telling her mother.

Hiss, why does this feeling happen? It’s really strange.
"I see. You can lie so naturally," Hanase Shion replied. "But it's a new semester again. It's the last semester of my second year of high school."

"Well, time flies. By this time next year, I should be preparing for exams just like Mizuno Yuki." Sakurai Itsuki sighed casually.

But Hane Shion suddenly realized a new problem.

University
Which university should I go to?

What university will he go to?

Will I part with him?
"Oh, by the way, are we going on a school trip this semester?" Sakurai Itsuki suddenly remembered what Sato Wakaba had excitedly mentioned before.

"Hmm." Hanase Shion seemed to have little interest in this matter.

"It's really troublesome. Let's see if I can find a way to avoid it. If I really can't avoid it, then you can take me for a walk!" Sakurai Itsuki turned and said to Hanase Shion.

"Me? Why?" Hanase Shion's eyes widened in curiosity. Was he inviting her? She felt a little flattered.

"Well, haven't you heard that the location of the school trip is Kyoto? Isn't that your hometown?" Sakurai Itsuki said.

"Eh? So that's it?" Hane Shion said with a look of sudden enlightenment.

Apart from topics related to painting and Sakurai Itsuki, she was not very interested in other news, so she always seemed to be slow to realize things about school.

Wait, he wants to go shopping with him by himself, so does that mean there’s another chance for a “date”?
Hane Shion once again confirmed her previous vague idea.

He really likes me!

PS: I didn't have time to split the chapters! This is two chapters! Just read it for now, I'll figure out a new chapter later.

(End of this chapter)