All the people who like me are other people’s girlfriends! ?

In other words.

"Eh? Why is this thing here with you?"

The girl's brain froze.

"I was just wondering...did you mix up my bag with Aki-san's?"

Qingye was speechless. He even imagined the vivid scene:

After all the classmates had left, the blonde girl sneaked into the classroom and blushed as she put the cookies into her childhood sweetheart's backpack - but because she was too shy, she didn't even check the placement carefully.

He is worthy of being the legendary God of Losers!

"Well, that seems to be the case, since we just changed seats recently..."

Eriri's face was filled with extremely shy eyes, but she seemed to have caught a key word, and suddenly came back to her senses, and subconsciously said:

"This, this is not a confession!"

"Huh? What is that?" Qingye put the bag of biscuits in the girl's hand and was stunned.

"It's just... just a small gift of reconciliation."

Eriri tilted her head and muttered something under her breath, her little head finally coming to her senses.

"...Does this mean we've reconciled?"

Qingye was stunned again. He thought carefully about the contents of the bag: biscuits and an ambiguous smiley face. What do the two have to do with each other?

He didn't know how deeply the childhood sweethearts had been hurt, but if they wanted to repair their relationship, it would not be possible with a bag of light cookies.

"What else do you want from me? To be more precise, I won't make peace with that guy Renye until he takes the initiative to ask for it!"

The blonde girl snorted, revealing her little fangs at the corners of her lips.

Qingye was speechless and just gave a thumbs up to express his admiration.

However, for the sake of Unagi Rice, he still reminded her: "If you want to apologize, at least say it in person."

"…Why should I apologize? Wait, how did you know about me and that guy?!"

The proud girl finally came to her senses and took two steps back - it seemed that she had accidentally exposed her true self!

Eriri's expression was a little conflicted. In Qingye's impression, she should be the elegant and perfect young lady in that school. Fortunately, Qingye had no friends and would not tell this to anyone.

"The story between you and Aki-san was quite famous back then. I happened to have heard about it."

Qingye thought about it and made up a random excuse.

"Is that so...you didn't open it to look?"

Eriri pursed her lips, obviously not wanting to talk about the sad things in the past, and changed the subject. It was okay for him to know that she had a crush on Tomoya Aki, but her identity as a book artist must not be exposed!

"At first I thought it was a gift for me, so I opened it and took a look. But don't worry, I didn't eat any of the cookies inside," Qingye explained.

"That doesn't matter..."

The girl was able to distinguish right from wrong. She knew she was in the wrong first, so she waved her hand magnanimously.

"Now that the things have been delivered, I'll be leaving now, Sawamura-kun."

Qingye politely said goodbye and the two passed each other.

Then, his hand was grabbed.

The boy slowly turned around and saw a faint blush on the pretty face of the blonde girl. Just like the setting sun, her voice also fluctuated with anxiety like her mood:

"Well, wait a minute, you're a boy too, can you give me some advice?"

She was at her wit's end. She'd been dawdling for two or three years with no progress at all. Finally, she came up with a solution, but it ended like this...

Normally, Eriri wouldn't make such a request to other classmates, but since her relationship has been exposed, she might as well just go for it.

"Never."

Lightspeed refused! ?

Qingye curled his lips. As a man who had once stood shoulder to shoulder with three losers, this development was very familiar to him - for example, under the banner of "you are here to help me win over my childhood sweetheart", in reality, it slowly turned into a covert plan to get you personally...

"Sending cookies is not complicated. Just give it to him in person." He couldn't help but remind her.

Although he didn't want to develop a close relationship with the loser girls, he didn't mind helping them if he had the chance.

Eriri fell silent.

Sorry, can't do it.

*

During lunch break, Eriri went to the quiet library with her drawing paper and paintbrushes - she came to this world not only to fall in love with her childhood sweetheart, but also to hone her painting skills!

The extra years of practice time are enough for her to grow from a child prodigy into a true genius!

In fact, she has received a lot of praise this year and it has become easier for her to win awards, which makes the girl even more happy and proud.

The blonde girl comforted herself in this way, found her usual window seat, and prepared to sit down, but suddenly, she jumped behind the bookcase beside her like a cat, and popped out her little head silently.

A boy sat opposite her.

It’s him…

After seeing the man's face clearly, she felt relieved and walked out, placing the drawing paper on the desk, but...

“Why do you still have a computer?”

Eriri crossed her arms and was deep in thought. There was a laptop on the table in front of Qingye, with a book next to it. He was typing on the keyboard.

"I'm the top student in the grade." Qingye looked up at her and said seriously.

The blonde girl stopped talking, sat down silently, and spread out the drawing paper - even though she was a high school student who came to a lower plane, she didn't get particularly outstanding grades.

The breeze rustled the curtains, the sunlight cast spots of light on the wooden table, and the sound of keyboard tapping was particularly crisp among the bookshelves filled with ancient books. Eriri picked up the paintbrush, but did not move it. Instead, she put it to her lips and looked at Qingye thoughtfully.

She thought back to her elementary school days.

Is the reason why the boy appears here similar to his own?

Although she seems popular at school, she doesn't have any real friends. Unless necessary, she only wants to stay in a quiet and alone environment. This is another form of self-isolation.

Qingye also has no familiar friends. He always goes to school and comes home alone. He has no acquaintances, no one to confide in, and no ties. Most of the time he reads quietly by himself.

Because of his notoriety, everyone is rejecting him.

He took on all the malice from the world for another girl, was unable to fit in with other people's circles, and endured a lonely youth alone... For a boy who has been wandering since childhood, this is actually a very painful thing, right?

She didn't dare say that she was the same as Qingye, because she was not as brave as the boy, but the loneliness of being excluded by the environment should be similar.

At this moment, the distracted girl heard Qingye's voice.

“Have the cookies been delivered?”

Qingye asked curiously while typing. The lunch break was not long, so he couldn't write literary novels that required deep thinking. He usually used it to copy the previous light novel.

"I've thought of a good idea." Eriri's beautiful eyes were full of confidence.

"Hmm? Tell me, I'm curious about Sawamura-san's wisdom."

"It's too embarrassing to give it away at other times, but all we have to do is wait until before Valentine's Day! Just pretend like we've done it many times, and then you can give it away naturally!" Eriri raised her chin proudly.

Qingye was silent for a while before he slowly said:

"That's a good idea...but the holidays are still several months away, right?"

"It's okay, there's still plenty of time."

The blonde girl lowered her head and wrote and drew on the paper, then she raised the paper, her twin ponytails swaying gently. Drawing on the paper was a small picture of a girl standing confidently with her chest puffed out. The expression was so vivid that Qingye couldn't help but smile. This girl actually had a very lively and lovely personality, somewhat similar to Yanaijian.

Of course, that's the only similarity.

Qingye picked up the water cup, but finished the water. He stood up and said casually:

"I'm going to buy a drink, do you want one?"

"Well, please bring me a glass of orange juice. I'll pay for it."

Eriri lowered her head and took out a new piece of manuscript paper.

At this moment, the wind outside the window suddenly became strong, blowing the pages of books and papers rustling. Ying Lili frowned, walked to the other side of the table, and reached out to close the window.

As she walked back, her eyes inadvertently fell on Qingye's laptop, and the screen was lit with a document filled with densely packed text.

"Huh? This is..."

Her eyes uncontrollably fell on the familiar words, and then her eyes slowly widened.

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P.S.: I will continue to update tomorrow! (Hands on hips)

?081. The White Moonlight Still Getting Buffed [7K3]

This evening.

"Um... should I call you Kashiwagi Eri-sensei?"

In the conference room of Dengeki Bunko, the short-haired woman who served as the deputy editor-in-chief looked at the girl in front of her with a hat covering her face, her eyes full of curiosity.

Thirty minutes ago, a famous painter in the inner world suddenly came to visit her. After reading his resume, she started negotiating the job without hesitation.

The beautiful painting style that has won numerous awards at joint exhibitions of art academy students' works and has caused countless 2D artists to make mistakes... For Bunko, which is extremely eager for illustrators, this is an extremely rare opportunity.

“Yes, I would like to cooperate with your company…”

Eriri showed an extremely confident smile. Now she can be called the super version of Kashiwagi Eri. Her experience level has been improved in all aspects, so she can make some slightly excessive demands!

"Mr. Yingli, if you are interested, we and other writers would love to have you join us."

After looking at the other party's exquisite work again on the computer, the deputy editor said without hesitation.

"I have only one condition..."

Eriri's eyes flickered slightly.

"When you decide to publish a work, only I can illustrate it!"

*

——Late April.

One night on a weekend, Miss Yang Noi suddenly sneaked into the adolescent boy's room and whispered this in his ear.

"Xue-no has been quietly going out every afternoon at around 4 or 5 recently. I'm a little worried. Could you please help me investigate?"

So, I took on the side quest issued by my sister.

"Anyway, he must have gone to play with the cat."

With this thought in mind, the next day, after Yukinoshita changed her shoes and walked out of the courtyard, Qingye followed her secretly.

The fresh scent of grass fills my nose, cherry blossoms fall and wither, the breeze blows, and the ground is covered with beautiful flowers. It is a perfect day.

Yukinoshita in front turned left, and he also turned left. The two maintained the same pace until they came to a tree in a deserted park, playing with two little Kimis with a happy face.

——It is indeed like that!

Qingye was not surprised at all. Even if the extremely clichéd classic incident happened next, where a kitten ran up a tree and was afraid to come down, and she went to save the cat but fell down, she would not be shocked at all!

Then he saw a naughty cat running up the tree.

Then I didn’t dare come down.

Then Yukinoshita began to think of a solution.

"wait wait wait!"

Qingye's eye twitched and he rushed out from behind the chair, but he was still a step too late. The black-haired girl was sitting upright on the grass, motionless. Qingye just stood in front of her, and the two looked at each other silently.

"I, I didn't see anything."

Qingye pretended to be confused and turned around quickly.

Then the sleeve was grabbed.

"The correct thing for a man to do at this time is to help a girl, right? Mr. Kiyono?"

Two emotions flickered in Yukinoshita's navy blue eyes - shame and threat.