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The temperature of his body continued to rise, and his face became as red as a monkey's butt.
He had read countless books, but none of them had made him so excited and lustful as this book.
Just when he was about to have sex, his door was suddenly pushed open.
"Brother, why do you keep the door and windows closed so tightly in broad daylight?"
Kamisato Ayaka pushed open the door and walked directly into Kamisato Ayato's room.
At this moment, Kamisato Ayato quickly stuffed the book in his hand into his arms and sorted out his expression, "Um, Ayaka, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"
"Why is your face so red? And you're sweating a lot? Did you do some exercise secretly in your room?"
At this moment, Kamisato Ayato was sweating profusely. "No, it was just a little cold at first, and then I closed the windows and doors, but it felt a little hot again."
"Really?" There was deep suspicion in Kamisato Ayaka's eyes. She always felt that her brother's behavior was too abnormal.
"It's true, you still don't believe your own brother?"
"Don't let me find out that you're hiding something from me, or you won't have a place in this family!" She placed her hand on the hilt of her samurai sword, gave a small warning, and then continued, "Today, Naganohara Yoshimiya came to the company to ask for our help. Tenryo Magistrate collected all kinds of exorbitant taxes from her, and her fireworks store can no longer operate."
When Kamisato Ayato heard that it was related to Tenryo Bugyo, he felt a little overwhelmed for a moment. The normal procedure for handling such matters should be that the community bugyo should negotiate with the Tenryo Bugyo. If the negotiation fails, then the matter should be brought to the Imperial Conference for the decision by General Raiden.
But the reality is that the Tenryo Bugyo doesn't care about the Sha Bugyo at all, and negotiations are impossible. The Tenryo Bugyo and the Kanjo Bugyo in the Imperial Conference are in the same boat, and the decision of the Raiden Shogun is mainly based on the votes of the three major bugyo.
Therefore, the normal process cannot solve the problem at all.
Since the normal process cannot be followed, we have to take another path.
"Sister, what do you think?"
"Go find that lady. After all, she also likes to watch the fireworks at the festival. Bring two portions of her favorite fried tofu. It shouldn't be a problem."
"I thought so too. Then please go there tomorrow. That gentleman likes you very much."
"Yeah." After saying that, Kamisato Ayaka left the room.
At this time, Kamisato Ayato wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling relieved.
If Linghua saw him reading this kind of novel, he would be socially dead.
However, just as he took out the book from his arms again, Kamisato Ayaka suddenly turned back.
Without thinking twice, he put the book back into his arms.
"Brother, what on earth is going on with that book?"
"Ayahua, please don't ask any more questions. This is my last request as your brother." Kamisato Ayato hugged the book tightly, clasped his hands together, and looked pleading.
However, the more he did this, the more Kamisato Ayaka wanted to know what the book was.
"Okay, brother."
Seeing her brother like this, she couldn't continue to ask, but she noticed that the book belonged to Yaedo. Now that she knew this information, the rest was easy.
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It was a bright spring day, and Chiki Ueno walked briskly on the bluish-white stone road in the Inazuma Castle commercial district.
He was in a very happy mood because today was the day to settle his royalties. Royalties from Yaedo were settled every half a month, and today was the first day he would settle his royalties.
When he walked to the bulletin board near the center of the block, he found that there were many people gathered there and it was very lively.
Watching the fun is a common human trait, and he is no exception.
So I walked over to take a look, but I didn't expect that this excitement was related to me, or to be more precise, it was related to my novel.
A very famous writer wrote an article on the bulletin board criticizing his own novel. The title of the article was "You read it with great enthusiasm, but I read it with sadness!"
“Recently, the book “My Husband is Powerless, So I, an Executive, Have No Choice but to Embark on a Path of Immorality” has been selling like hot cakes, but this light novel is shallow, vulgar, and even obscene.
It lacks real literary value and cannot bring people deep thinking or enlightenment.
In addition, it also has moral issues, promoting very unhealthy behaviors or values and objectifying the female group.
The popularity of this light novel is entirely due to its borderline content. I have to say, this is the tragedy of the entire light novel industry.
In this materialistic age, I still stick to my original aspirations. Next month, my light novel "Time Stops, I Regain My Powerlessness" will be on the shelves. Welcome everyone to read it, it will definitely give you a different experience. "
The article is signed at the end by the author Shunji.
When I first read Chiki Ueno, I felt it was okay. It is normal for novels that are close to the truth to be criticized for being vulgar, but when I saw the ending, I was completely speechless.
It turns out that the purpose of this guy writing this article was to take advantage of the popularity of "My Husband is Powerless, So As an Executive, I Have No Choice but to Embark on a Path of Immorality" and then promote his own book.
However, the title of his book does make people want to read it.
Strolling leisurely to the front of Yaedo Hall, Ueno Chiki saw Kuroda sitting at the counter flipping through a manuscript.
Opposite Kuroda was a down-and-out middle-aged man wearing a tattered kimono and looking at Kuroda with hope.
After a long time, Kuroda finished reading the manuscript and shook his head slightly at the middle-aged man.
"Why is it still like this? I worked so hard on this for so long, but it still didn't pass the review. It's so well written, but the novel "My Husband is Weak, and I, an Executive, Have to Embark on a Path of Immorality" is so rubbish, but it's still so popular with readers."
When Chiki Ueno, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, saw his indignant look, he was reminded of his past self.
Kuroda advised earnestly: "The meaning of a novel is to allow readers to enjoy it, not for yourself to enjoy it. You must respect the readers."
Chapter 14 First Manuscript Fee
Kuroda took out three books from the bookshelf and handed them to the lost middle-aged man. "Read more about what others have written, especially this book "My Husband is Weak, and As an Executive, I Have No Choice but to Embark on the Path of Immorality". Last month, the author of this book was just as unsuccessful as you, but under my guidance, he suddenly realized it. So, work hard, maybe one day you will be like him!"
The middle-aged man did not take his book, but hung his head, looking very depressed, "Editor Kuroda, I have chosen to give up. I am not cut out for writing novels. I will go back to my hometown to farm tomorrow."
After saying that, the middle-aged man picked up his manuscript and left, leaving behind only a lonely and sad back.
Chiki Ueno sighed deeply, thinking that if he had not had a burst of inspiration, he might have left the novel writing industry in frustration like him.
"Editor Kuroda, I'm here to settle the payment for this issue."
"Chiki Ueno, your novel has sold a total of one thousand copies so far, with a profit of one hundred Moras per copy, for a total of one hundred thousand Moras." Kuroda took out a purse filled with Moras and handed it to him.
After he took the purse, he counted out 10,000 Mora from it and said, "Editor Kuroda, this is the 10,000 Mora I paid in advance for my last manuscript. Please return the IOU to me."
Kuroda took out his purse and put the ten thousand Mori into it, then took out the IOU from under the counter and handed it over. "I have good news to tell you. Your novel will soon be sold in Liyue and Fontaine."
"That's great. Oh, by the way, Editor Kuroda, you must keep my personal information confidential. If the Fatui find out, they will kill me. I don't want to die young."
"Don't worry, we at Yaedo keep the author's personal information strictly confidential. No one except me knows your true identity." Kuroda patted his chest and assured him.
"Really? I heard that the author of "Becoming the Thunder General and Invincible in the World", Kankai Yukoji Kenzaburo, was almost chopped off by the Tenryo Bugyo."
Kuroda's face suddenly darkened, and he cursed, "After becoming famous, that bastard went around claiming that he was the author of that novel, wishing the whole world knew about it. It was so difficult for the Tenryo Bugyo not to arrest him, and in the end it was Lord Yae who stepped in to settle the matter. Otherwise, this guy would have to spend the rest of his life sewing in prison at the very least."
Of course, Chiki Ueno would not be as stupid as that guy. He just wanted to live a peaceful and low-key life.
"That's good. Also, I'm planning to start a new book next month."
"Opening a new book? Did you know that the new novel by the famous writer Shunji will be on the shelves next month? I've read the first few chapters of his novel, and it's of very good quality. And his book title is also quite catchy. Do you want to postpone it for a while?"
"That's not necessary. Since this guy disgusts me so much, I must fight back."
After hearing what he said, Kuroda stopped trying to persuade him.
In Kuroda's opinion, Shunji's behavior of pulling down his peers and praising himself was really shameless.
"We at Yaedo support healthy competition among authors and hope that you can produce high-quality works."
The corners of Ueno Chiki's mouth rose slightly. It's hard to say whether his novels are hard to read, but everyone who has read them has become hard.
He has already thought of the idea for his next novel, which will be titled "Young Dadali Duck".
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In front of the Kujukumono store, the samurai Kurosawa had a grim look on his face and was trying his best to negotiate with the store owner Aoi.
"Boss Kui, why has the price of food increased again? It has risen to 300 Mora per pound!"
"I don't want the price to go up, but right now the shogunate army is fighting the rebels and there's a food shortage, so the price is naturally going up."
As a middle-level officer in the shogunate army, Kurosawa was obviously aware of this situation, but the skyrocketing food prices were clearly beyond his acceptable range.
He gritted his teeth and took out his purse. "Here is 100,000 Mora to pay for the grain you bought last time. I'll write you an IOU for 150,000 Mora to buy 500 kilograms of grain."
The shop owner Aoi took the 100,000 Mora with a smile on his face, and brought him a pen and paper. "Master Kurosawa, there is one thing I don't understand. Why do you want to buy so much food?"
After Kurosawa took the paper and pen, his expression was a little sad. "The Tenryo Bugyo has been distributing relief food to some extremely poor families, but recently it was cancelled for some reason. I couldn't bear to see these poor families suffer from cold and hunger, so I paid for the relief food out of my own pocket and distributed it to them."
The shop owner Aoi was stunned. She thought Kurosawa bought the food to hoard and resell it, but she didn't expect that he did it to do charity.
"Master Hei Ze, you are such a kind person!"
Although she disapproves of his behavior, Aoi recognizes his Mora and position.
After taking the IOU from Kurosawa Dahao, he let him go into the back room and carry away five large bags of grain.
Chiki Ueno, who was not far away, was deeply moved after seeing this. The country of Inazuma was corrupt as a whole, but there were always one or two foolish people who stuck to their own hearts, but their actions were ridiculous.
The same goes for Youren and Kurosawa in front of him.
Before long, Kurosawa's Eye of God will also be confiscated.
By then, he will lose his original intention and part of his memory, and forget that he once paid out of his own pocket to buy food for poor families.
For others, losing the Eye of God is a bad thing, but for him, losing the Eye of God is actually a good thing, making him more realistic.
Ueno Chiki walked to the Kujuku Store and bought 20 kilograms of food from Aoi.
Just like before, Aoi still didn't have a good face towards him.
He didn't care, because most people in this world are like this, those who curry favor with the powerful are the bosses, and those who have no money are worse than dog shit.
There are only a few exceptions, such as Naganohara Xiaogong, who is full of hope and enthusiasm every day, and treats everyone in a friendly manner. It is precisely this quality that deeply attracted the original body's attention, making him willing to be a dog.
It's a pity that he licks the dog and licks the dog, but in the end he has nothing.
After picking up the cloth bag containing twenty kilograms of food, Ueno Chiki went to the fruit stall and bought some fruits to take back to give to the ghost woman.
Chapter 15: Reunion with Xiao Gong
The gentle spring breeze blew across Ueno Chiki's face, bringing a touch of warmth.
He felt the fresh breath of nature in the wind, mixed with a hint of floral scent, which made him feel relaxed and happy.