Daily life in Zongman

He caught up with her with brisk steps, and she walked beside him, and the two of them walked further and further away.

It's late autumn, early winter, and the weather is getting a bit chilly. Only a few fallen leaves remain on the treetops along the street, clinging to the branches in the wind, unwilling to leave. Everywhere exudes a sense of desolation, filled with a quiet beauty.

Fujiwara Haru and Kasumigaoka Utaha were strolling down the street, chatting, when they arrived at the entrance of a coffee shop and bookstore. After pushing the door open and stepping in, the two stopped talking loudly.

Since you have chosen to have a date in a bookstore, you must abide by the bookstore's rules, keep quiet, and try not to disturb others.

This bookstore does not prohibit browsing, and has a dedicated long table reading area. It has the function of a library, but is not as large as a library. Its main business is selling books rather than renting them, so it is still called a bookstore.

After selecting books from the bookshelf with senior classmate Kasumigaoka, they came to the long table and sat down opposite each other. They each took a book and began to read quietly.

There was no laughter or playfulness, just sitting opposite each other and reading their favorite books.

Outside the bookstore, people came and went, and the few remaining leaves on the trees along the street fell. The afternoon, which had been somewhat warm, became completely cold as the sun set.

Do, do, do.

A slight stomping sound came from the front. I looked up and found that Senior Kasumigaoka was still immersed in the world of the book, but was stamping her feet unconsciously.

Either she saw something that made her unable to control herself, or she was simply cold.

Fujiwara Haru waited for a while and found that the stomping sound did not stop, and some people around were looking at him.

He stood up, took off his coat, and placed it on the senior sister's thigh: "Senior Shiyu, what would you like to drink? I'll go buy some drinks."

Kasumigaoka Utaha stopped stamping her feet. She glanced at the coat covering her legs and lowered her head before answering, "Any hot drink is fine."

"Please wait a moment, Senior. I'll be right back."

Fujiwara Haru said this and walked out of the bookstore, without noticing that Kasumigaoka Utaha was behind him and had been watching him walk out of the bookstore.

When he returned with the hot drink, the coat had completely covered Kasumigaoka Utaha's legs, leaving no trace exposed.

Not paying attention to any of this, Fujiwara Haru placed a cup of hot drink in front of Senior Kasumigaoka, then sat down opposite her again and continued reading.

The clouds on the horizon turned crimson, and without any experience that would seem interesting to ordinary people, the afternoon date ended here.

The bookstore clerk came to the reading area to remind them that it was closing time. The two stood up, bought the books they had not finished reading, and left the bookstore together.

Fujiwara Haru stretched out his hand, indicating that he should return the coat to him.

"It's a little dirty. I'll take it home, clean it, and return it to Qingjun."

Kasumigaoka Utaha said this as she folded her coat and put it in her shoulder bag.

"I can take it home and wash it myself."

"Where are we going for dinner next~ Haru-kun~ I'm really looking forward to it~"

Seeing that the senior student hadn't taken her coat out of her shoulder bag at all, I felt helpless and could only let her go. I left the bookstore and began to lead the way, walking towards the nearby restaurant.

For dinner, they chose the candlelight dinner that Senior Kasumigaoka wanted to have. The two of them sat in a dim box and clinked glasses with each other.

After taking a sip of the juice in her glass, Kasumigaoka Utaha continued flipping through the book she had not finished reading.

"Senior Shiyu, please eat your meal properly."

"Qingjun, please eat first. My thirst for knowledge far outweighs my appetite and sexual desire. I won't have any other desires until I finish reading this book."

"it is good."

He simply agreed and turned on the lights in the box to dispel the gloomy atmosphere. This way, reading would be better for his eyes.

Afterwards, without disturbing Senior Kasumigaoka anymore, Fujiwara Haru started to fill his stomach.

The concept of fasting is very common on the path of spiritual practice. He could also practice fasting now, but he doesn't want to.

Delicious food is always delicious, why should it be discarded? Moreover, the high-energy and high-spiritual food at home can also help his practice, so there is no need to discard it.

After three tables of plates were exchanged for an elegant, small candlelight dinner, Fujiwara Haru successfully filled his stomach and prepared to have a good meal when he got home. There was some untouched food left on the table, so he stopped eating and took out a book to read.

In the candlelight dinner box that should have been romantic, the lights were bright and there was no ambiguous atmosphere. The two of them were reading together on opposite sides of the table.

It was not until several hours later that Kasumigaoka Utaha put down the book in her hand, and Fujiwara Haru called the waiter to change a new table of hot dishes, and the two of them had a meal together.

"Where are you going in the end?"

Standing at the hotel door, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the boy next to her.

"Finally, send Senior Shiyu home."

"Don't you want to go to a love hotel? Generally speaking, people go to a love hotel to have sex after a date, right?"

"Senior, have you been watching too much pornographic stuff lately? Stop letting your mind be filled with pornographic things."

Kasumigaoka-senpai complained about the bad speech.

"I thought my junior would be looking forward to it, so I even prepared some props in my bag. I thought if the date turned out well, it wouldn't be a big deal to satisfy him."

"That's not the way to do things like that. If you don't truly love each other, you absolutely can't have sex."

"Don't you want to be impulsive towards Senpai? Let's forget about this matter tomorrow~ This development is also very good~"

In the evening breeze, the two chatted and walked towards home.

He stopped at the door of Kasumigaoka Utaha's house.

"See you next week, Shiyu-senpai."

After confirming that he was sent home, Fujiwara Haru also prepared to go home.

"Qingjun, wait a moment."

Turning around to look at Senior Sister Kasumigaoka, she stood there elegantly and quietly, the night wind blowing the hair around her ears.

"Although today's date was completely different from what I expected."

She tucked her hair behind her ears and smiled faintly: "But I am very satisfied. I really like this date."

"Finally, Haru-kun~See you next week~"

After watching her junior leave, Kasumigaoka Utaha returned home humming a song.

There was nothing romantic about this date, nor was there anything that made her heart flutter. They were just like ordinary friends, spending the afternoon reading in a bookstore, and then meeting up at a restaurant for a simple meal.

It was such a dull date, but Kasumigaoka Utaha really liked it.

She likes reading, very much.

Because of my passion, I started to try my hand at writing, and thus embarked on the path of a light novel writer.

If the itinerary and experience of the previous simulated date were very much in line with the public's preferences, then this simulated date was very much in line with her preferences.

She likes it very much.

Haru-kun...

[When I go back to school after the holiday, I’ll try calling my junior like this all the time~]

Kasumigaoka Utaha wants to go one step further.

Chapter 211: There is no time in cultivation.

After waving goodbye to Senior Kasumigaoka, Fujiwara Haru returned home.

After a late-night snack and practicing with Sister Shendong, I finally reached a breakthrough. It was a natural progression, without any bottlenecks, requiring no rare treasures, or the need to fight monsters and amass materials to refine breakthrough pills. Simply practicing as usual, coupled with the effects of the Cold Jade Bed, I reached the Fourth Realm.

The system provides a cultivation method. The first three stages are Body Tempering, Bone Refining, and Blood Transfusion, all of which simply strengthen the body. The fourth stage is called Concentrating the Mind, followed by Forging the Soul, Accumulating the Spirit, Fusion of the Soul, and Returning to Oneness, for a total of eight stages.

During his practice, Fujiwara Haru discovered that concentrating his mind was easier for him than the previous three stages combined. When he reached the fourth stage and began to concentrate his mind, he began the overall practice very smoothly.

As the spirit becomes more solid, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth begins to flow into the body, continuously and further strengthening the physical fitness.

It was as if hundreds of rivers flowed into the sea, and the sea water was continuously absorbed by a single point. When all the spirit and spiritual energy were condensed into one point, Fujiwara Haru seemed to hear the sound of a drop of water falling into a flat surface.

boom~

The empty spiritual world suddenly expanded and took shape, materializing into a small island in the sea. On the island was a house. Fujiwara Haru stepped into it. The one-room house was not large, but it looked very solid. Inside, there were bookshelves on four sides of the wall, and on the bookshelves were numerous books.

That was his memory, all the memories from childhood to the present, presented in the form of a book, but he didn't need to read it, he could recall it all just by touching it.

Two walls contain memories of a person named Fujiwara Haru, while the other two walls contain memories of his past.

He walked to the other two walls and found more than twenty books on them. Fourteen of them could be opened normally, while the rest were wrapped with pink ribbons and tied with bows.

I picked up the 15th book. The bow ribbon on it had already been untied, but the ribbon was still on the book and had not disappeared.

The moment he picked up the ribbon, all his memories of the past 15 years were completely restored. He returned to the He Miao Welfare Home and to the TV with the pot lid.

He watched the first season of The Voice of China on TV and the singers' songs were all great.

But he still preferred the popular song "Ni Zhan" in school, and he would hum a few lines every time after school: "Come On Ni Zhan Ni Zhan Lai? ~Ace to be wild? ~Explore the universe and settle the world? ~"

Often at this time, some young men on the roadside after school would look at us with helpless expressions on their faces, as if they were regretting that a good song had been ruined.

After school, he returned to He Miao Orphanage and finished watching Love Apartment 3 on TV. He never understood why the slogan "Love Apartment, couples move in, free utilities, half rent" was so tempting, and why so many people pretended to be lovers and made so many jokes.

But he still enjoyed watching it very much, and there was one more board game he wanted to play: "The Earth of Creation and Cataclysm".

The daily news broadcast is a must-see program. On it, I learned that Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, that the first aircraft carrier Liaoning was launched, and that the first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 9 was launched and successfully docked with Tiangong 1.

At the same time, he also saw on the news that Liu Xiang fell on the field and heard many people scolding him. He didn't understand why Liu Xiang's fall was blamed by so many people, but he had no one to ask.

The director's grandfather had passed away, and the new director, a woman, wasn't exactly friendly. Television time had been cut significantly, and anime was no longer shown. Her harsh words frightened him.

He came into contact with his first mobile game on his mobile phone: Temple Run.

He also watched more and more anime on his phone. This year, he stopped asking everyone in the group what anime to watch and instead looked for his own favorites. He stumbled across the MAD series for Hyouka and thought it was great, so he started following it, but found himself drowsy after a few episodes.

However, he actually watched all of the anime "High School DxD Season 1", "To Love-Ru Season 3", and "Lecture Until Dawn!" with great interest.

He also watched "Sword Art Online Season 1" and "FateZero Season 2" in this year.

At the end of that year, the Mayan prophecy of the end of the world did not come, and the sun rose as usual.

Fujiwara Haru closed the book and put it back on the bookshelf. The ribbon dissipated in the air, no longer binding the memories of this year.

He tried to untie the ribbon of the 16th book, and it was very easy. The ribbon was pulled halfway open, and his memory was restored a lot in this instant.

He stopped moving instantly and stopped pulling the ribbon. He was unwilling to break his promise to the God and the agreement he had made with her.

Fujiwara Haru walked out of the hut and found that he had completed the fourth level of cultivation, and entered the fifth level: soul forging.

If the fourth realm is to solidify the spirit generated by the soul, then the fifth realm is to temper the more essential soul and continuously temper the three souls and seven spirits.

After practicing for a while, he didn't continue. The fifth realm is a process of continuous tempering, which will take a lot of time. Fujiwara Haru thought that his practice for tonight was almost over.

I opened my eyes and found that it was already light outside the window, and a warm breeze blew in. The sound of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers drifted into the house. New buds were sprouting on the treetops on the street.

As soon as he got out of bed and opened the bedroom door to go out, he was quickly hugged by Sister Shendong. Then he was taken back to the bedroom, and the bedroom door was hooked shut by her leg. The window was instantly closed, and everything was plunged into darkness in the wind and snow.

Fujiwara Haru discovered that he seemed to have some minor problems in his training.

It seemed like a while had passed, a period of time that had passed through the winter.

November 2018

[When I go back to school after the holiday, I’ll try calling my junior like this all the time~]

Kasumigaoka Utaha, who wanted to make further progress in the new week, found out some bad news.

Fujiwara Haru didn't come to school.

After curious Kitagawa Umi asked, the whole club learned a piece of news from his real girlfriend Nishimiya Shoko: Fujiwara Haru was recently entangled in an emergency and needed to deal with it for a while, so he could no longer come to school.

The Handmade Props Club's activity room had become much quieter since then. Everyone still came every day after school, but they were much quieter among themselves, waiting for the club's core figure to reappear.

Kasumigaoka Utaha could only put the idea of changing her name aside and began to immerse herself in revising the fourth volume. She had actually already finished writing the fourth volume of "Love Metronome", but after this simulated date, she decided to overturn most of the content and rewrite it.

She wanted to write the story between her and him into it.

This is her work, and also a story for him.

Or rather, it was a love poem written to him.

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't know why she was so obsessed with a guy who had a girlfriend, nor did she know when she felt so moved. Perhaps it was when the image of Naoto became concrete...

She kept thinking about the story of Sayuka, Mayu and Naoto late at night, and she was also constantly imagining the various events that happened between her and Naoto.

In reality, the two of them may not have experienced much, but in her mind and in her writing, they have already experienced a lot.

When delusions take shape, emotions have a place to rest.

Kasumigaoka Utaha, who is writing the plot of the fourth volume, has a deeper love for Naoto.

November 2018