My childhood sweetheart is Nishimiya Glass

Chapter 390 Game Illustration Commission
"Shoko-chan, Takagi-chan and I will wait for you at another table until you're done talking, then we can go out for a stroll together?"

On the subway, the carriages at 2 o'clock were much emptier than usual because it was the weekend.

Sitting in the women's carriage where there was almost no need to fight for a seat, Ayumi Ajitani had already begun planning her upcoming itinerary in Shinjuku.

"No need, no need," Shoko shook her head repeatedly. "I'll come find you after I've finished talking to you. I don't even know how long that will take."

“It’s alright,” Ayumi Ajitani said with a smile, leaning back. “If we don’t have enough time today, there’s always tomorrow, right?”

"Besides, Miyamura isn't with you right now. What if that client takes advantage of your honest and easy-going nature and tries to lower the payment? We're not around to help you, and if someone takes advantage of you, we won't be able to explain it to Miyamura later!"

"Uh…"

Upon hearing this, Takagi almost blurted out, 'Even if the two of us were here, it probably wouldn't be very intimidating...'

However, those words were such a mood killer that she only kept them to herself and never said them aloud.

"Well... alright then," Shoko pursed her lips, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't bear to refuse Ayumi Ajitani's kind offer, so she nodded gently in agreement:

"When the time comes... you guys wait for me at the next table..."

Then, she paused, as if she had thought of something, a bright smile bloomed on her face, and her tone became cheerful:

"What do you guys want to eat today? It's on me!"

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"Next stop, Shinjuku, Shinjuku Station. The doors open on the left. You can transfer to the JR line, Marunouchi Line, and Toei Shinjuku Line..."

When Shoko and her two companions got off the train at their stop, they had already forgotten about Nishikata and his two companions who were sitting in another carriage.

Shoko immediately took out her phone, checked the navigation location, and quickly walked towards the agreed-upon coffee shop.

This is a coffee shop with a Western-style decor, and there's a cute teru teru bozu wind chime hanging on the door.

Ayumi Ajitani peered over to check the sign, made sure she hadn't gone to the wrong place, and then pushed the door open.

With a crisp "clinking" sound, she stepped inside lightly, followed closely by Takagi.

Before Shoko could even offer a word of warning, the two had already swiftly found an empty table, sat down, and even beckoned to the staff to order.

Ayumi Ajitani even took a moment to wave to Shoko, signaling her to go ahead and do her own thing, and that they wouldn't bother her any longer.

Shoko nodded knowingly, her gaze sweeping around the coffee shop.

Not finding the person they were waiting for, they naturally sat down at the empty table next to Takagi and the others.

I ordered two hot drinks and specifically asked the staff to wait until I arrived before serving one of them.

She then sent the other party a message containing her exact seat in the coffee shop and details of her attire for the day, so that the other party could easily identify her.

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Tsuna: "I was busy just now, I didn't see it."

Tsuna: "So you guys are with Takagi and the others now?"

After waiting a while and seeing that Nishikata hadn't replied, he continued typing on the keyboard until his phone beeped, at which point he stretched and took a break.

Nishikata: "No, we were abandoned on the subway."

Nishikata: "I just texted the class monitor, and she told us to go explore on our own because they're busy..."

"..."

A-Gang hesitated for a moment after seeing his reply, unsure of what to say in response.

Tsuna: "Then why don't you just ask Takagi?"

If Nishikata were to ask Takagi, he felt there was a high probability that Takagi would tell him, though the price might be being teased again.

Nishikata: "(blushing and covering face.jpg)" Tsuna: "Speechless..."

Tsuna: "So... you guys are still in Shinjuku?"

Nishikata: "I'm heading to Akihabara. I heard there's a big anime convention there. Miyamura, do you want to come?"

Tsuna: "No... I'm busy, you guys have fun."

The conversation with Nishikata ends here.

A-Gang turned his gaze to the window, watching the white clouds drift by, before turning his attention back to the computer screen in front of him.

...............

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Nishimiya...?"

Before Shoko could even look up, Ayumi Ajitani and Takagi at the next table had already heard the sound and looked over before she could.

"Yes...yes!"

Without Tsuna by her side, Shoko felt nervous as she faced a client alone for the first time.

She hurriedly stood up, her gaze involuntarily drawn to the source of the sound.

There was a middle-aged man in a sharp suit, and a younger woman wearing glasses standing next to him.

"Is...is it really Teacher Nishimiya?" The girl with glasses was a little surprised.

'This...this is way too young! Wait! It seems I've discovered something incredible!'

While the girl with glasses was still brainstorming, the middle-aged man only showed a fleeting look of surprise.

But she quickly composed herself and greeted Shoko with a smile. They exchanged brief names, and the girl with glasses quickly chimed in.

As soon as the three of them sat down, the waiter brought them the hot drinks they had ordered.

Shoko noticed that the girl with glasses had an empty cup in front of her and was about to signal to the waiter to order another drink when the middle-aged man smiled gently and waved his hand to stop her:
"No need, thank you."

As he spoke, he casually moved the hot drink that the waiter had placed in front of him to the table in front of the girl with glasses.

After doing this, he turned to Shoko and nodded slightly again to express his gratitude: "Thank you for your trouble."

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"Mr. Nishimiya, did you look at the request information before you came?"

As the middle-aged man asked, he slightly turned his head toward the bespectacled girl sitting upright beside him, "It's those pictures that Xiaoyuan sent you on LINE."

"Mmm." Shoko nodded quickly in response, her hand unconsciously twisting nervously the hem of her clothes under the table.

"I have a basic understanding of the commission. Is the main task... to design the front of several game cards?"

Her voice carried a hint of hesitation, as if she wanted to confirm it again.

The middle-aged man could also see her nervousness, but he just smiled and nodded without saying anything to put her at ease.

He wanted to make everything seem more natural and avoid adding any extra psychological burden to the girl.

The girl with glasses then chimed in, adding, "Our card game is expected to start its first round of testing in a few months."

Therefore, our art resources are basically completed by several different outsourcing companies.

"Mmm..." Shoko opened her mouth, but couldn't find the right words, so she could only nod mechanically.

Ayumi Ajitani and Takagi, who were sitting next to her, naturally noticed her nervousness. Although they wanted to help, they couldn't really get involved.

They all lowered their heads, aimlessly swiping their phone screens, seemingly focused, but actually straining their ears to listen to the progress of the conversation on the other end.

(End of this chapter)