Tokyo: Oreimo

"you!"

Ling Nai gritted her teeth, "I got this score, don't you want to say anything? Dad just praised me."

"So you want praise from me?"

Ryosuke looked enlightened.

The girl crossed her arms and snorted, "No, I just hope you'll respect me and stop calling me stupid. I only scored 5 points lower than Liuli in this test, which is quite high!"

"Oh."

"What?! That laughter of yours!"

Takashiro Ryou immediately bristled.

Ryosuke casually placed his backpack on the tatami mat, pulled out his perfect test paper, and tossed it in front of her.

"With my tutoring, you only got 92 points. What's there to be complacent about?"

His sharp gaze swept across his younger sister's face.

"Waaah!"

Ling Nai suddenly felt like she was being watched by the academically challenged headmaster, and felt a little guilty.

"I've looked at the test paper. You should be quite familiar with the test questions, right? How could you make mistakes on questions you've done so many times?"

Overwhelmed by Ryosuke's imposing aura, Takagi Ryouno couldn't help but take a step back.

"Waaah!"

Takashiro Ryou's previous arrogance vanished instantly. She felt somewhat aggrieved after being criticized, and her eyes reddened.

"You really are an annoying guy!"

The girl went back to her room and slammed the door shut.

Seeing her leave, Ryosuke dropped his serious expression and sighed.

"Was the criticism a bit too harsh?"

For him, it wouldn't be wrong to give some encouragement to a girl, but the other girl was obviously getting a little too cocky.

When a daughter who was at the bottom of her class suddenly makes such a big improvement, her parents can't help but praise her.

It's inevitable that she'll misjudge her own abilities, leading to complacency, so he'll have to play the bad guy.

"To get into Chiba First High School, you can't do it at your current level."

Ryosuke Takagi muttered something, changed into casual clothes, and went downstairs for dinner.

Chapter 30 Who wants your praise! (Thanks to "Xiaozi" and "Weihao3807" for their monthly votes)

The atmosphere at the Takashiro family's dinner table tonight is strange.

The parents praised Ling Nai highly, but there was an invisible wall between the brother and sister, and they had no communication at all.

Mieko tried to ease the tension, but was stopped by Ryosuke's gaze.

Takashiro Yuu didn't say much; he had complete trust in Ryosuke.

The dinner ended in this atmosphere.

Ryota Takashiro returned to her room.

"That guy went too far! I did so well on the test, but he still had to criticize me!"

Takashiro Ryou sat on the corner of the bed, hugging a pillow, her face full of resentment.

She took out her phone and couldn't resist sending a message to her friend.

Ruri Aragaki: "Eh? Did my older brother criticize me?"

"Yeah, that guy is very strict. He said I should have gotten a perfect score."

Takashiro Ryouno felt a little wronged. Everyone praised her for doing well on the exam, but she couldn't get Ryosuke's approval.

Ruri Aragaki: "Is that so? But doesn't that just show that my older brother has expectations of you?"

“Liuli, you’re defending him again [○?｀Д’?○].”

Seeing the emoticon sent by Ling Nai, Ruri Aragaki couldn't help but laugh out loud on the other end of the phone.

What an adorable reaction.

"Ling Nai's studies have indeed improved under his elder brother's guidance. Didn't we mention before that he devoted a lot of energy to this?"

"I locked myself in my room to organize tutoring materials, which made it so that I couldn't get up the next day."

Looking at the reply from her friend on her phone, Takashiro Ryouko suddenly lost the will to continue complaining.

As Ruri Aragaki said, Ryosuke spent a great deal of energy tutoring her in her studies.

Ruri Aragaki: "My older brother is a very gentle person. He's been quietly doing his best to keep your secret."

"What? I also drew comics for him..."

Takashiro Ryou edited a message on the text message interface, then deleted it after thinking about it.

Although Ryosuke offered academic tutoring as a prerequisite for collaborating with her on creating a manga.

In fact, collaborative creation is simply a matter of both parties getting what they need. She is well aware that the success of "Cardcaptor Sakura" in winning the Kadokawa Monthly Award is largely due to its compelling story.

It would be impossible to achieve this level of success based solely on drawing skills.

Ruri Aragaki: "Besides, it seems that your older brother understands you very well. He was afraid that you would become arrogant, so he said those words of reproach, right?"

Takashiro Ryouno: "╭(╯^╰)╮ Hmph, I'm not arrogant, it's just that he always calls me stupid!"

When Aragaki Ruri saw the reply, a smile appeared on her face, knowing that her friend was no longer angry.

'To some extent, Ling Nai is indeed someone prone to arrogance and complacency.'

Ruri Aragaki is well aware of her friend's personality; she is easily led astray by even the slightest achievement or praise from others.

In other words, he is someone who is easily misled by his immediate achievements.

That's why they suffered a huge loss on the contract for "Moon Witch Transformation".

Initially, Ling Naike often praised the editor in front of her, saying how gentle and kind the editor was.

"Knock knock knock—" came a knocking sound from outside the house.

Takashiro Ryouno was holding her phone, chatting enthusiastically with a friend.

"It's time for academic tutoring. Shall we continue today?"

Ryosuke stood at the door and asked the question as usual.

"This guy came looking for me (;;;?_?)."

Takashiro Ryouno sent a message to Ruri as if seeking help.

Ruri Aragaki quickly replied: "Go quickly. I believe your brother didn't mean any harm in criticizing you; he's trying to help you."

Takashiro Ryou reluctantly got out of bed, clutching her pillow.

The door opened, and Ryosuke looked over with some surprise.

"I thought you weren't going to continue with tutoring."

"Humph!"

Takashiro Ryou turned her head away haughtily, threw the pillow on the bed, and plopped down at the desk.

Ryosuke didn't say much, and placed the prepared test questions in front of her.

"Based on the mistakes you made on today's test, I've readjusted the tutoring content. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions."

As he spoke, Ryosuke sat on the tatami mat, took out his NAME notebook, and began creating content on his own.

Takashiro Ryouko's gaze fell on his profile. After hesitating for a moment, she called out to him.

"Hey."

"Ok?"

Ryosuke looked over in confusion, but the girl immediately looked away and said to herself, "I'll get a perfect score next time."

Ryosuke Takagi paused for a moment, then smiled.

"I will praise you when you get a perfect score."

"Hmph, who wants your praise!"

"If you don't want it, then I won't give it to you."

"Tsk, you really are annoying."

"Thank you for the compliment."

.....

Day after day, the Takashiro family lived each day peacefully.

It has been almost half a month since school started.

Ryosuke's methodical creation of the NAME has finally come to an end.

With the story of Cardcaptor Sakura basically completed, he handed it over directly to Ayano.

Kino's Journey has also been officially released.

"Mr. Shi Yuze, the sales in the first week were pretty good, with 2000 sets sold. Although it can't be called a huge hit, the company has decided to reprint it."

Hayakawa Rumi sent a congratulatory letter.

Ryosuke Takagi: "I see. Thank you for your trouble. I will submit the manuscript for volume four by the end of the month."

"So fast? As expected of Teacher Shi Yuze."

"The royalties and fees will be paid out soon. Please make sure to count them. It will be around 500,000 yen."

500,000 yen? That's roughly equivalent to 30,000 RMB.

After hanging up the phone, Ryosuke did some quick mental calculations.