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The words had been spoken and it was getting late, so Natsume Rin nodded and said goodbye. He found out the true identity of Mr. Kashiwagi, but the benefits to him were minimal.
"Natsume-san, wait a minute." Eriri swung her twin ponytails and ran back to him.
Looking up at her junior's handsome profile, she guiltily made her unreasonable request.
"Can you continue with the promotion? I promise to continue to help you draw suitable illustrations."
"Senior, do you really need fame?" Natsume Rin was very curious.
"Yeah." She responded quietly, "But it has nothing to do with money. I just want more people to know my work first."
"Because I have loved the two-dimensional world since I was a child, but because of my family, the people I came into contact with were a bit serious. If I promote anime to them, I will definitely be laughed at."
Natsume Rin nodded. As the daughter of a diplomat, most of the people who hang out with her are probably children of businessmen or politicians.
"So you want to let more people know about comics through your own drawings?"
"It sounds stupid, but that was pretty much what I was thinking at the time. Of course, it also had something to do with my desire to be praised by others."
"Senior." He suddenly grabbed Eriri's hand, "I didn't expect you to make such a huge sacrifice to promote anime. I will definitely help you with this!"
"…It turns out that my junior fellow student is also interested in the same thing!"
Chapter 78: How to Become a Scumbag
“I don’t want to type anymore!”
Over the weekend, Natsume Rin stared at the screen for a long time, and finally shouted out this declaration in a resentful tone.
It was already difficult enough to update the serialized novel normally, and that woman Yukinoshita asked me to write the script for the movie.
The most annoying thing is that she also set a specific time limit.
After writing several times in a row, she still couldn't get to the point where Yukinoshita would criticize her. Natsume Rin couldn't even finish reading it herself, so she reopened the folder several times.
But there is no inspiration, and it is really a headache for him to present a perfect story under such a short time limit.
"I can smell a strong scent of worldview from the beginning. Are you planning to build a perfect world in twenty minutes?"
"Well, this story is not bad, but Natsume-san, are you sure we want to make the protagonist a superman and the heroine a gorilla? Even if Shiina-san doesn't want to kill you, I don't think the budget and special effects are enough."
"Ah, I like this, but the content is just a simplified version of the TV series that was just aired this year, right?"
Yukinoshita sat on the sofa, holding the script he handed her, and she was merciless when she commented on it.
Natsume Rin, who came to her house with a script, refuted her ridiculous remarks while drinking tea.
"It's not the first time that high school students' club activities have replicated popular TV series. It's completely normal."
"Yeah." Yukino nodded in agreement after pondering for a moment, she put the script on the table and picked up the teacup, "But why must the heroine be someone who has leukemia and gets hit by a truck and loses her memory? You don't seem to be very friendly to Shiina-san."
In these scripts, either the heroine did not exist or her ending was not very good, which made her doubt Natsume Rin's intentions.
"Do you really want to know...?" Natsume Rin had a complicated expression.
Should he let Yukino know now that she has a brother-in-law?
"I'm actually quite curious, especially when others are keeping you in suspense. Tell me the truth." Yukino picked up an apple from the table and threw it at him.
Taking the apple and peeling it with a fruit knife, Natsume Rin said slowly, "I can't go into too much detail about this matter. Anyway, I can't accept Shiina-san's kindness."
Xueno looked at his calm expression, pinched her chin and thought: "Do you have someone you like?"
"Not this one."
Natsume Rin answered without hesitation. Even if he had to resist others because of Haruno, he didn't think that he liked her.
If falling in love with someone's body can be called love, he thinks he loves Yang No very much, but unfortunately this thing can't be counted.
His current state is very complicated. Psychologically, he wants to be a scumbag, but in terms of actions, he knows that he should not commit suicide for the time being. He should honestly maintain his relationship with Yang Noi and wait until the three-year period is up. What to do at that time will all depend on his thoughts.
"Since you don't intend to accept her, then just make it clear to Shiina-san."
Hearing him say that he had no one he liked, Yukino secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave him some advice according to her own wishes.
"Well..." Natsume Rin whistled and looked at the ceiling, looking like he wanted to play dead.
"You seem to be unable to leave Shiina-san?" Yukino asked with a frown.
"Well, she cooks delicious food and often comes to my house to clean..."
Then Natsume Rin didn't know what words to use to describe it. Anyway, Yukino's expression became very scary. She stood up and trotted to the kitchen, then rushed out waving a kitchen knife.
"I'll kill you, you scumbag!"
She had thought of many possible answers that Natsume Rin would not publicly reject Shiina Mahiru, even the worst one of wanting to have two girlfriends at the same time had appeared many times, but she never expected that he just liked the other person's cooking and kept her hanging like this.
"Wait, calm down!"
Although he knew that Xiaoxue would definitely not chop him, the visual impact of her rushing towards him was too strong. Natsume Rin jumped to the ground by stepping on the sofa, deeply regretting why he teased a girl.
Even if it's a hatchet, it shouldn't be my younger sister!
"Don't run. Stop right there."
It can be seen that Yukinoshita Yukino has no fighting experience at all. She holds a knife in her hand but still threatens with words like a child fighting.
"Stop, listen to me, this has nothing to do with free meals."
"Hehe." Xueno sneered and looked at him across the sofa.
If he didn't have a knife in his hand, would this damn scumbag say that?
Although she didn't have much of a crush on Shiina-san, she couldn't help but feel angry when she thought that such an outstanding girl like her was being kept by Natsume Rin just because she cooked delicious food.
"Because I still like Shiina-san very much, but since I can't say it, it's not suitable for me to have a relationship during my high school years." Natsume Rin said tactfully.
If he says that he is in love with your sister, I feel that this knife will still appear over his head.
"Then just tell her straight out. You've been thinking about using this method to alienate her all day long, Natsume Rin, are you still a man?" Yukino was skeptical, but finally put down the knife.
He was silent.
"If you really like Shiina-san, then tell her clearly and confirm your relationship after you graduate from high school."
So has the current plot evolved into the sister taking the initiative to help her brother-in-law cheat?
"Yukinoshita-san, what we should discuss is the script, right?"
"If you don't explain this matter clearly, I have Shiina-san's contact information."
She took out her cell phone from her pocket. Natsume Rin, who knew that Yukino was never slow in doing things, finally had no way to hide it.
"I actually have a girlfriend..."
When things got to this point, Yukino, who wouldn't be surprised even if Natsume Rin pulled out a child and asked her to call her niece, sat back in her seat numbly and listened to the rest of the story.
"I don't like her, but I do owe her a lot of favors, many of which were owed to me when I needed help the most, so I can't refuse a three-year agreement."
"How is she?" Yukino interrupted.
"What do you think?" Natsume Rin asked back.
"It seems that you don't like her anymore, otherwise you wouldn't keep hanging on to Shiina-san, so in the end, you are still a two-timing scumbag. No, you are still a scumbag who has the desire but not the courage to do it."
She stood up and kept walking in front of Natsume Rin. When he began to feel dizzy, Yukino squatted down, grabbed Natsume's shoulders, and looked into his eyes.
"Do you remember the sentence you taught me?"
"I've said so much, how can I possibly remember every word?"
"If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences." A firm look appeared on Xueno's pretty face, and a few words came out of her pink lips.
Being so close, the scent of the girl made him dizzy.
"What do you mean?" Natsume Rin looked at her in horror and pretended to wipe her neck.
"...If you keep kidding me, I'll throw you into Tokyo Bay."
Chapter 79: How to Become a Scumbag (Continued)
Of course, Yukino wasn't that cruel, and Natsume wouldn't really think that she wanted him to kill someone, but after hearing her explanation, he felt that his brain wasn't enough.
"Or you can just cut one of them off cleanly, which will be better for all three of you."
This suggestion was quite normal, but what happened next was eye-opening for Natsume.
"Either you stop pretending to keep Shiina-san hanging around. Since you don't like your girlfriend, just be a scumbag and kick her out after graduation." Yukinoshita Yukino lifted the hair by her ear and smiled at him.
"Yukinoshita-san?" Natsume looked at her smug expression and suddenly felt that his idea was completely wrong.
I originally thought that if the elder sister was a devil, then the younger sister must be an angel, but now it seems that I was totally wrong!
"Don't look at me like that. I'm just making suggestions from your perspective. How to implement them is none of my business. Of course I hope you can abandon those fancy ideas, but it's obviously impossible." Yukino waved her hand, indicating that the responsibility was not on her.
But her beautiful big eyes were fixed on Natsume, and the interest in them made Natsume shudder.
"……Well."
"You have to choose one eventually, otherwise I'll call Shiina-san to come and help you choose. To be a scumbag or a pure boy? Tell me quickly." Yukino picked up the phone impatiently.
"Let me think."
"Natsume Rin, let me remind you." Yukino played with her phone, and a cute cat pendant fell on her white wrist, "Being indecisive all the time is the most annoying thing."
Looking at Natsume Rin, her eyes became colder and colder. Even when she ran away from home, she had never looked so angry.
She never imagined that the brother in her mind who could handle all troubles would become a coward who was hesitant in the face of love.
"You chose to be a scumbag. Although I will despise you, but at least you handled Shiina Mahiru's feelings correctly. If you chose to give up on her, you didn't waste her time."
As for Natsume Rin's girlfriend, Yukino said that she didn't know her, and this man almost said that making friends was forced, so it should be normal to cause her some trouble, right?
"I see."
He took a deep breath, his wrinkled face returned to its usual relaxed look, and he looked at her with a smile.
"But Yukino, you actually said something like that..."
"Do you think I'm a good person?" Yukinoshita Yukino put her hands on her legs and turned her lips up with a beautiful expression: "Rin, when you are chopped to death by the hatchet, remember to notify me to go to the theater."
"Are you sure I want to be a scumbag?" Natsume Rin looked at her unconvinced.
"Ah, maybe it's because I'm too familiar with you. Smart people always like to play with fire, thinking they can solve all problems with wisdom. But don't worry, I won't take the initiative to reveal it to Shiina-san."