Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

Izumi Sagiri still refused, or rather, was unwilling to believe it.

She had a video call with me yesterday and said she would bring the local specialties she bought on her honeymoon home to her mother when she came back tomorrow, but how could they just disappear like that?

Kitahara Takashi looked at the girl in front of him, her petite body trembling slightly. His expression softened rarely. He gently touched her little head and agreed without thinking, "Okay."

Sagiri lowered her head and looked at Kitahara Takashi with her aqua-blue eyes still filled with tears.

"You, you, don't you think I'm doing this unnecessarily?" Sagiri stuttered.

“I think so, but I understand you.”

Kitahara Takashi patted Sagiri's head lightly, then began to connect with his contacts in front of her.

"Why? Did you miss me?"

The first person Kitahara Takashi called was Kashiwagi Nagisa.

Listening to her girlish, coquettish tone, Kitahara Tsutomu thought of his passionate time with her on the luxury cruise ship, and his breathing became slightly heavier.

Kashiwagi Nagisa also seemed to hear Kitahara Takashi's heavy tone, and she said "hmm~" softly.

The voice was so provocative that Kitahara Takashi felt that this woman was really good at seducing people.

Kitahara Takashi was very close to Izumi Sagiri, and Sagiri could feel his burning spray on her skin, so she could clearly feel the changes in his body.

So, she looked at Kitahara Tsutomu without any emotion.

So, when you say help, you mean letting her listen to you flirting with other girls.

Kitahara Takashi noticed the look in Izumi Sagiri's eyes and he coughed dryly: "I want to ask you to do me a favor."

Kashiwagi Nagisa was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then he spoke again, his voice suddenly cold: "Why do you always ask me for help when you call me?"

"If you don't ask me for help, you won't call me?"

"Beiyuan Zun, do you still have a conscience?"

Kitahara Takashi knew that he had done something wrong: "I miss you too, but Tong is my girlfriend."

"And when you were discussing the Mystery of the Unknown with me, did I tell you that I would not and could not break up with Tong for you? You know that."

No matter what, Kitahara Takashi does have a real girlfriend, and Kashiwagi Nagisa knows about this.

She took the initiative, can you blame Kitahara Tsutomu?

Can't you?

Didn’t he remind Kashiwagi Nagisa?

Guess why he was so hesitant when it was his first time with Kashiwagi Nagisa on the luxury cruise ship, and he had to make Kashiwagi Nagisa say in person that "he didn't want to be responsible."

Isn't it all because of today, when Kashiwagi Nagisa proposed a relationship to him?

　When it comes to feelings, you are my baby, you are my only one.

Talking about relationships and responsibilities, sorry, what does your wishful thinking have to do with me?

Will the pants fall off by themselves?

Some people may think that Kitahara Takashi is too heartless. He has already had a relationship with Kashiwagi Nagisa, so why does he have to make such a clear distinction?

All I can say is that Kitahara Takashi is too young.

Some girls have sex with their boyfriends. Does this affect their chances of cheating?

Kitahara Takashi understands women better than anyone.

Women are creatures that sometimes need to be distinguished and not spoiled too much.

"If you can't accept our relationship, then let's break up." Kitahara Tsuyoshi's words were hurtful, but he was just tough enough to break up.

But do you, Kashiwagi Nagisa, have one?

Don't forget, this relationship was not sought by Kitahara Takashi, but was fought for by you, Kashiwagi Nagisa.

In this relationship, Kitahara Takashi didn't contribute anything from the beginning to the end, but what about you, Kashiwagi Nagisa?

She has paid a lot. Has she really made up her mind to break up with Kitahara Tsutomu?

So what are her previous sunk costs?

"......"

On the other end of the phone, Kashiwagi Nagisa was silent.

She suddenly felt very pathetic. She thought she had Kitahara Tsutomu under control, but she didn't expect that this man was so calm from beginning to end.

He doesn't care about himself at all.

Kashiwagi Nagisa suddenly felt like crying.

She couldn't understand herself. Why did she leave the honest man like Tanuma Tsubasa and instead provoke Kitahara Tsuyoshi and fall in love with Kitahara Tsuyoshi?

You know clearly that if you provoke a scumbag, you will be the one who gets hurt.

Why do I have to keep going until I hit the wall?

"You said I didn't miss you?"

The relationship between men and women is nothing more than a push and a pull.

The [push] technique has been used, now it’s time to use the [pull] technique.

Otherwise, if you keep pushing him away, no matter how much girls like him, they will be pushed away.

"You are the only woman besides Yozakura Hitomi that I have ever had sex with."

"How could I not miss you?"

"I have no way to contact you."

"After you tricked her bodyguard away last time, she suspected I was cheating on her."

"I've been with her all this time, and I have a recording collar around my neck. How can I contact you?"

"You know Tong's character. Once she finds out that I'm cheating on you, do you think she will let you go?"

When Kashiwagi Nagisa heard Kitahara Takashi's explanation, a warm feeling flowed through his heart.

'It's not like he doesn't care about me at all.'

'He still cares about me.'

The depressed mood in Kashiwagi Nagisa's heart disappeared instantly.

As for Tsubasa Tanuma?

Sorry, for bad women, honest men are just people they think of when they are healing.

Once you're well again, it's time to forget your roots.

"I'm protecting you, and you blame me for not looking for you."

"Are these the only things you have in your mind, silly woman?"

Kitahara Takashi was still cursing, but this time Kashiwagi Nagisa didn't seem angry at all.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, Zun." Kashiwagi Nagisa started to act coquettishly.

"Just stop scolding me. At worst, I'll let you punish me as a gift next time we meet."

"By the way, what do you want from me?"

Kitahara Takami finally got to the point and stated Izumi Sagiri's request.

"Did the plane crash? My mom should have friends at the airline company. Please wait a moment." After Kashiwagi Nagisa hung up the phone, Kitahara Takashi did not call anyone else immediately.

The most taboo thing when asking someone to do something for you is that you ask someone, and while that person is already doing it for you, you then ask someone else to do it for you.

Now I just have to wait.

While waiting, Kitahara Takashi said to Izumi Sagiri: "If it is true, what are you going to do?"

In fact, this matter is already a foregone conclusion.

It's just human nature. Sometimes, you won't give up until you reach the Yellow River.

I won't give up until I see it with my own eyes.

"I do not know."

Izumi Sagiri lowered her head and stammered.

She really doesn't know what to do?

Kitahara Takashi didn't want to give up on Izumi Sagiri's talent, so he thought for a moment and said, "[Eromanga Sensei] is your mother's pen name, right?"

"Ah."

This time, Izumi Sagiri didn't say anything like "I don't know anyone who would come up with that kind of name." Instead, she nodded in agreement.

"Have you promoted your mother's pen name?" Kitahara Takashi began to persuade again.

"Ok?"

"Your mother may have left, but didn't she leave the most precious thing to you forever?" Kitahara Takashi began to pour chicken soup into Izumi Sagiri's mouth.

"Didn't your mother teach you your painting skills personally, step by step, from scratch?"

"She must also hope that you can continue painting on behalf of her unfinished dream."

Memories, family, dreams, bonds, inheritance... After this smooth combo, Kitahara Takashi really didn't believe that Izumi Sagiri would remain indifferent.

"Will my mother?"

Izumi Sagiri was obviously moved by Kitahara Takashi's words. Her eyes were moved, and she seemed to be asking Kitahara Takashi, or talking to herself.

"of course."

"Do you know how many people are looking forward to your comics now?"

Kitahara Takashi searched for the account of "Eromanga Sensei" on Twitter. When it popped up, he opened the comment section and put it in front of her.

[Eromanga-sensei, the eternal God! ]

【I have finished the whole process, thank you teacher.】

Please, draw one more. I can't do it anymore. Every day when I don't see your new work, I feel like ants are crawling all over my body.

After Mr. Kashiwagi stopped drawing, I became like a child in a different family. Fortunately, Mr. Eroman took me in.

【Mother! 】

Sagiri Izumi looked at the active fans under her mother's account, and gradually, a smile appeared at the corners of her lips, but her tears couldn't help but flow down.

Kitahara Takashi looked at Sagiri Izumi who was laughing and crying. He was still a little confused. He glanced at the comment section, and when he saw the word "Mom", his face turned dark.

I’m knocking on you!

Damn Wa Ling. Meng (one) zero one (seven) The creature is just like my junior brother Jiuba.

Why are you calling everyone mom?

As expected, everyone who plays with tiles is sexually repressed!

"Brother, you are right, I will continue painting." Izumi Sagiri wiped her tears with her sleeves, but for some reason, the more she wiped, the more tears came and she couldn't wipe them away.

"Strange, why am I crying all of a sudden?"

"I didn't cry when I first heard about my mother's death. Why did I suddenly..."

Kitahara Takashi gently held Izumi Sagiri in his arms and said in a rare gentle voice, "Sagiri, do you know?"

"The moment a loved one passes away, people usually don't feel sad."

"What really makes you feel sad is the half-open carton of milk in the refrigerator, the green ivy swaying in the wind on the windowsill, the quilt quietly folded on the bed, and the bursts of noise coming from the washing machine late at night."

"It's every moment when you subconsciously call out to her."

Kitahara Takashi experienced the death of his parents.

He knew that the death of a loved one was not a momentary rainstorm, but a lifetime of dampness.

As Izumi Sagiri listened to Kitahara Tsuyoshi's increasingly soft voice, her heart seemed to be hit by something, and she buried her whole face in Kitahara Tsuyoshi's chest.

Her thin body twitched.

Soon, the area on Beiqia1器玐（八）O妻六异零夢原尊's chest was wet.