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

Chapter 178 It’s all that beast’s fault!
Time always passes quickly.

The cherry blossoms in the park, which seemed to be in bud the day before, had now covered the sidewalks and were swept into the trash can by a hunched-over uncle.

In the season when pink cherry blossoms are falling, many people on the Internet have played the song "one more time, one more chance" again, with a text asking about the speed at which the cherry blossoms are falling, which brings a sense of sadness.

Although Ying Teng Shuye was hurt a lot and was attacked by various people on the Internet, everyone was always very sympathetic to his story.

At this time, Sakurai Itsuki, who benefited greatly, naturally made "friendly" remarks again.

It turns out that after parting ways with their childhood sweetheart, people often feel sad every year as the cherry blossoms fall. Sorry, I initially thought it was only the protagonists in the story who felt this way, but I accidentally showed everyone in the mirror and realized we're all the protagonists! Thankfully, a bystander like me doesn't have to go through this.

He even posted a topic in a cheesy way: [#Is your childhood sweetheart married?]

Sakurafuji Shuzu had been considering Hane Shion, so her words had always been rather conservative.

But now that Hane Shion is living independently, he naturally wants to let himself go a little.

Just imagine, when everyone is enjoying the romantic scene of falling cherry blossoms and secretly feeling sad about their first love, it is hard not to feel dizzy when seeing such content.

The tweet with the most views under this topic came from his childhood sweetheart who almost openly stated that she was pursuing him.

Yukiko: [No!]

This now popular online singer only replied with three words, but who knows how many people's negative emotions he harvested.

Even now, there are still many people commenting on Yukiko's post, begging her to let go of this scumbag.

But more netizens felt that their sincere sadness seemed to have become a part of the play between this pair of childhood sweethearts.

The nose is red, like there is a small ball on the top.

However, this did not cause any new disturbance. After everyone cursed a few times, it ended abruptly.

Everyone gradually developed a little resistance to this person.

Even when Sato Wakaba saw the news of their interaction, she just rolled her eyes at Sakurai Itsuki, then sighed and continued drawing on her manuscript, preparing for the art exam.

Unlike the Hanase family, Sato's parents unexpectedly supported her to apply to an art school, and did not think that suddenly switching to art would waste Sato Wakaba's exceptionally good academic performance.

Speaking of which, everyone has been extremely busy recently.

Yuki Mizuno was successfully admitted to Aoyama University.

Although Hane Shion and Sato Wakaba had prejudices against this "fox spirit"-like green tea woman, everyone in the club still gathered together to celebrate for her.

In a sense, they have a lot in common, whether as comics fans or as fans of a certain person.

We can probably be considered good friends.

After the celebration, Yuki Mizuno was busy with various artist activities. While practicing singing and appearing on TV shows, she also prepared a synchronized comic video for Sakurai Itsuki for promotion.

It's really too hard.

Of course, no matter how busy she is, she will occasionally take some time to go to Sakurai's house for a meal or invite Sakurai Itsuki to go out for a walk nearby.

In her words, this is called recharging.

No matter how tired or busy he is, as long as Sakurai Itsuki accompanies him for a while, he will not feel tired anymore. Even the finger he accidentally cut while learning "girlfriend's cooking" yesterday does not hurt anymore.

In this regard, Sakurai Itsuki's attitude was neither friendly nor distant.

He usually wouldn't take the initiative to look for Mizuno Yuki, but Mizuno Yuki came over enthusiastically, and Sakurai Itsuki couldn't refuse.

The core reason is that it is really difficult for Sakurai Itsuki to find an excuse, mainly because the two of them are too close now, only a 20-minute walk, and Mizuno Yuki seems not satisfied yet. She also bought a small electric scooter, saying that it will be convenient for commuting after going to college.

But I always feel that this eMule is mostly used for the project "I'll be at Sakurai's house soon".

And now, in addition to Yuki Mizuno, there is another person who is about to arrive at Sakurai's door.

After returning from Kyoto, Hane Shion quickly moved into a single apartment.

Hanase Shion didn't mind this apartment, which was not even as big as her bedroom in her hometown. She happily cleaned it up and moved in.

Although the house has many shortcomings, it is only a five or six minute walk from Sakurai Itsuki's house, so there is no need for an eMule!
This advantage is enough, and the layout of this apartment was designed by him and his sister together, hehe.

Hane Shion has been very busy recently. It is true that she has a letter of recommendation from Jump, but Hane Shion's personality still prevents her from being as devoted to cultural studies as Sakurai Itsuki.

She is still studying hard and drawing original pictures for "Your Lie in April" and "White Album" for Sakurai Itsuki. In addition, she is always honing her painting skills and updates an illustration on her social account almost every day.

Of course, for her, the busiest thing is to start learning to cope with life alone.

This young lady who excelled in studies, could draw and play the piano, lost the care of her aunt and sister and struggled in the field of life.
To put it in a more EQ-savvy way, it's a bit silly and cute.

How about accidentally burning through the pot while making soup and nearly setting the house on fire? How about the lights suddenly going out and after messing around, they tripped the circuit breaker? How about secretly trying to imitate Sato Wakaba's specialty and ending up eating something that landed him in the hospital?
Sakurai Itsuki, who lived only five minutes away from her home, was forced to run to Hanase Shion's new home often.

At one point, Sato Wakaba suspected that this girl had learned bad habits from Mizuno Yuki and did it on purpose.

But every time she messed up something, she would stand in front of Sakurai Itsuki with her head down, as if she was being punished, with a look of embarrassment and shame on her face. Occasionally, when faced with Sakurai Itsuki's complaints, she would not have the courage to say a few stubborn words like "I thought so." or "I'm not stupid."

Sato Wakaba dismissed the idea. She was such a proud person that she would never do such a thing.

However, this made her even more threatening in Sato Wakaba's mind.

Because even Sato Wakaba found it adorable when she saw the lady who was usually considered aloof by everyone, lowering her head and looking pitiful and aggrieved after being scolded.

It was precisely this lovable look that made Sato Wakaba, despite being a little jealous, still take the initiative to protect her and said to Sakurai Itsuki, "Ashu, please stop talking. Shion didn't mean it."

It felt like a mother protecting her daughter who was being scolded.

Sakurai Itsuki sighed helplessly, doubting whether this dull-witted guy could take care of himself.

However, she has been causing less trouble recently.

Recently, when she came to Sakurai's studio to paint together, she had already begun to happily share with Sato Wakaba how to use supermarket points in the most cost-effective way.

She was indeed full of novelty in learning and improving little by little about how a person can live a more frugal life.

This dispelled Sakurai Itsuki's worries.

As for Sato Wakaba, she is even busier.

First of all, she has to go to school. Secondly, she does not intend to give up her academic studies. Thirdly, she has to work as an assistant. In addition, she is responsible for three meals a day at home, and then she has to practice painting hard to prepare for the exam.

It can be described as extremely busy.

There is no need to worry about Sato Wakaba's academic performance, but her previous assistant work actually provided very limited training for her painting skills. In the final analysis, she is just an ordinary student with some basic skills.

With only one year left before she goes to college, she has to work overtime to practice.

Fortunately, Sato Wakaba's energy was so high that Sakurai Itsuki once suspected she had ADHD. She was able to maintain such a busy life, and she had professional free teachers around her who offered her one-on-one lessons. Sakurai Itsuki and Hanase Shion drew manga, but both had a solid foundation in art. Hanase Shion often gave Sato Wakaba painting lessons after she finished painting, and as a reward, she would invite Hanase Shion to her side when Sato Wakaba cooked and teach her two signature dishes.

Of course, what Sato Wakaba looks forward to most is occasionally pestering Ashu to give her some private lessons at night.

As for Sakurai Itsuki himself, he is as busy as ever.

In addition to the huge workload, he also has to find time to deal with these living ancestors.
In the past, he only had Sato Wakaba as his "living ancestor" to deal with every day, but now, in the worst case scenario, this number has to be multiplied by 3.

Just like the current scene.

Yuki Mizuno rode an electric scooter to the door of Sakurai's house. She grinned at Sakurai Shu with her two little fangs and said that once the cherry blossoms had completely withered, it would be the rainy season again, so they should take a walk while the weather was good.

Seeing this, Sato Wakaba, who was practicing painting upstairs, said that she was a little tired from practicing and needed to stretch her muscles and get some fresh air, so she followed.

She didn't want the two of them to act alone.

Later, somehow, Hanase Shion, who lived nearby, also received the information, followed over, and found an excuse to join.

No one remembers what the specific excuse was, but everyone knows that her excuses have never been important.

So, what was originally a walk for two people turned into a team-building activity for four people.

The four of them chatted about various trivial matters as they walked. There were occasional snippets of sarcasm in their words, but they were harmless.

But as the three of them chatted, they became more and more excited.

As the conversation progressed, Sakurai Itsuki was left alone, as if he had been bullied and isolated.

Sakurai Itsuki had no objection to this.

This is better than the three of them really confronting each other, pulling each other's hair, and having Sakurai Itsuki yelling "Stop fighting."

Sakurai Itsuki drank strawberry milk from the vending machine and turned to look at the charming girl who was chatting enthusiastically with the three of them.

The spring sunshine shines through their hair, but it seems far less brilliant than them.

Is this what the male protagonists of those harem comics feel like?

It’s not too bad, it can be considered an enjoyment at least.

"Ashu, what are you staring at?"

"Ah, you must be watching it! Are you thinking of the time when we went to the park together when we were kids?"

"Haha, vixen. He's definitely thinking about something really wicked. That's just the way he is."

Sakurai Itsuki shook his head and sighed, "Why do the days always pass so quickly, yet feel so long, troublesome yet beautiful?"

And when Sakurai Itsuki was surrounded by girls, he felt that his days were busy but beautiful.

On the other hand, Yamazaki, a well-known anti-fan in the past, and his friend in the group, Kumaichi Sakamoto, were looking at the cherry blossoms that were almost fallen in the park, and kept lamenting the emptiness and loneliness of life.

"Why are we like this?" Yamazaki couldn't help but ask back, took out a box of cigarettes from his arms, took out two, handed one to Sakamoto, and put one in his mouth.

"Who knew, you also learned to smoke?" Sakamoto Kumaichi took the cigarette and sighed.

"I have no choice but to learn. I didn't understand you before, Brother Xiong Yi. I even heard the story about you and your fiancée. I felt like laughing at you. I'm sorry."

Yamazaki lit the cigarette and started puffing away.

"But now I seem to understand a little bit. Last week, the goddess I liked posted her marriage certificate.
I can't help but wonder, if I had been more proactive that day when she came to my house to borrow comics, maybe things would have been different? After all, I'm pretty good-looking."

"It's okay, go ahead and laugh. I've already been a famous joke online." Sakamoto Kumaichi also lit a cigarette. "Have you started 'Wish the Past Could Come Back' too? Then you've been tricked by another beast again."

"Don't mention it, my Yukiko." When Yamazaki thought of this, the depression in his heart surged again.

The two men were lying on a bench smoking.

They both felt that life was extremely lonely, so they thought about meeting each other offline to see if it could relieve their loneliness.

But after meeting, the two frustrated people became even sadder.

"Whose fault is this? Maybe we didn't do something well enough?" Sakamoto Kumaichi asked curiously.

"Is it my own problem?"

The two reflected on themselves in silence.

If my fiancée ran away with someone else after reading comics, is it my fault?
If your favorite idol publicly confesses to the cartoonist who once persecuted him, is it his fault?

If I recommended comics to a client and ended up losing my job, is that my fault?

After thinking about it, it's not right.
"Actually, even if it's our own problem, we don't have to do this."

“What is our problem? Where did we go wrong?”

The two thought about it and felt that there seemed to be some problems of their own, but it wasn't entirely their fault, right?
The key is, if it's really your own problem, then you can't take the blame.

They are already in such a miserable state now, there is no need to make things difficult for themselves!
It's shameful to escape, but he is useful!
It's not me who's wrong, it's the world.

No, it’s all the fault of those beastly cartoonists!

"I blame Haruki Nagayama. It all started with him."

"That makes sense. As a public figure and an idol, he doesn't actually spread positive energy, but instead does animalistic things. He deserves to die!"

"Yes, that's right, it's all because of him. It's all Changshan Haruki's fault. He did all sorts of bad things!"

The two of them were comforting themselves tacitly.

"Speaking of which, Haruki Nagayama hasn't released any new works in a while. Let's go on the account and scold him."

Yamazaki opened Haruki Nagayama's account, and this was the starting point of all their misfortunes.

Among the three beasts, he was the first one to start serialization.

Genuine native livestock!
"Eh? What is this, a magical girl? Just posting this to tease everyone, right? Why would that guy draw a manga about magical girls? It must be just another prank."

"Well, that guy's style is so dark and cruel, and his taste is so bad, how could he possibly draw a magical girl? And there are people who actually believe this is true. If it's true, I'll do a handstand and have diarrhea."

"But, it seems like they're saying the single volume will be released today. Is that true? Why don't we go to the bookstore and check it out?"

"That's impossible. It looks so real, you're bound to get scammed if you go there."

"What if?"

(End of this chapter)