Chapter 43 No matter how you slander them, they are the best novels in the first half of the year!

Chapter 43 No matter how you slander them, they are the best novels in the first half of the year!

Chapter 43 No matter how you slander them, they are the best novels in the first half of the year! (Please read them!)

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!!! These old-fashioned people who only know how to say stupid things all day long have no idea how great Mr. Kitagawa is!"

Jabami Rei put her long, white legs in a "penalty kick" posture, then she aimed at a can on the ground and kicked it hard!
It seemed as if this kick could kick away all the bastards who slandered and defamed Kitagawa Hide!
boom!
The twisted and shrunken can drew a perfect arc and fell accurately into the trash can.

Still not satisfied, Jabami Rei hunched her tall body again, clenched her right hand, put it to her mouth, coughed a few times, and then imitated Ichiko Sadaji's voice and said slowly to Agatsuma Yumeko: "He is a genius who wrote a novel for the first time, but over the years, the Academy has witnessed too many geniuses fall."

"Pfft!" My wife Yumeko chuckled lightly, but her face darkened again after she finished laughing.
"Yes, Mr. Kitagawa Hide is so outstanding, why do they have to target him like this?"

She knew that Kitagawa Hide would most likely not care about these things. Although he was criticized by all kinds of people when he was shortlisted for the Group Portrait Newcomer Award, he never showed any dissatisfaction or frustration at home.

Xiujun doesn’t care whether he can win the award or not, but whether he has created a new school of thought!
But even though she knew this, when she heard Xiujun being criticized like this, she still felt very sad and uncomfortable. These words were like scolding her.

"You think so too, Yumeko-chan, right? You are worthy of being the second Kitagawa fan of the University of Tokyo." Jabami Rei was relieved to get the support of her best friend. She took a long step and turned around, facing my wife Yumeko, and walked backwards with her arms open, smiling.
"By the way, Mengzi-chan, can you call Mr. Kitagawa the same as me from now on?"

"Huh?" My wife Yumeko tilted her head, not knowing what was going on.

Jabami Rei's cheeks were slightly red, and her eyes drifted slightly upwards: "That's it. Remove the word Xiu and just call me Teacher Beichuan. Otherwise it sounds weird."

"Oh, I understand, no problem." My wife Yumeko suddenly realized and tried hard to hold back her laughter, she almost got exposed!

Sometimes when I communicate with Lijiang, I always forget that she doesn’t know Xiujun’s true identity yet.

In fact, there were several times when my wife Yumeko couldn't help but want to reveal her cards.

But every time she saw Jabami Rei's attitude of "I am the number one Kitagawa fan at the University of Tokyo", she instantly dared not say anything.

God knows if Li-chan will jump into Tokyo Bay after finding out the truth!
"Hehe, so obedient!" Jabami Rei likes girls like Agatsuma Yumeko who are gentle, well-behaved and sensible. Now she can't wait to hold her in her arms and love her well.

And the more she likes Yumeko, the more speechless she is towards Kitagawa Hide.

However, after learning that Kitagawa Hide took the initiative to work as a security guard and translated foreign novels to support Yumeko, she slightly changed her mind about this parasite.

By the way, he called yesterday and said he would treat them both to a nice meal today. It seems like he got his salary?
Jabami Rei's expression looked a little better. She thought that this parasite could still be saved. After such a long time of no news, it finally remembered to come and reward Yumeko who had worked so hard these days.

If he doesn't show up once after the May School Festival, she will definitely help Mengzi smash this ungrateful man's head!

"By the way, Yumeko-chan. What do you think will be the next issue of "Pinball in 1973"? Twin sisters, an ex-girlfriend named Naoko, the pinball machine that 'I've been searching for, there are so many things. I really want to know what's next!"

"I don't know either. Ah, we're here. Wait a minute, Rei-chan. I'll go get my stuff over there first."

The two passed by the main venue of the May School Festival. Jabami Rei, who was still retreating, looked down at Agatsuma Yumeko when she heard this, but found that her figure had flashed to the left and was walking under a folding tent of a club.

She hurriedly followed them and found that it was the "Tokyo University Haiku Research Group" that provided them with the bunny girl uniforms.

It is now a recognized fact in the Japanese literary world that haiku is dead.

However, in various universities, there are still a group of professors and students who insist on continuing to create and study haiku, believing that it is a pearl in the history of Japanese literature that cannot be forgotten.

The "Tokyo University Haiku Research Group" is getting worse every year, and in order to increase the popularity of the club, the members have spared no expense to hire some well-known beautiful students from the University of Tokyo to wear various uniforms to help with publicity, with a daily salary of up to 8000 yen!
Agatsuma Yumeko, who was short of money, naturally would not miss this opportunity to make money. She worked part-time for ten days and managed to earn 8 yen.

Jabami Rei looked at her in confusion, not knowing what Yumeko was going to get.

Hasn’t the salary been settled long ago?

"My wife, thank you very much for your help and support to our club!" The leader, who had pigtails and round-framed glasses, bowed 90 degrees and presented the white bunny girl costume with both hands. "This is the thank-you gift we agreed on. Please accept it!"

"Thank you, Kobayashi." Yumeko took the clothes and looked at the empty tent. She couldn't help asking, "How is the effect of the promotion these days?"

"Well, it's hard to explain, but as long as I'm in the club, I won't give up on revitalizing haiku!" Leader Kobayashi raised her fist with great momentum. After seeing the tall Jabami Rei, she quickly turned around and took the black bunny girl costume. "Jabami-san, please accept this! Thank you for your support!"

"Uh, this should be quite expensive, right?" Jabami Rei scratched her head a little embarrassedly. Her dressing style tends to be neutral and punk, and she basically doesn't touch this kind of sexy clothing. Besides, this dress cannot be used as daily wear. Who would she wear it for after taking it home?

Wait, who will Mengzi-chan wear it for after taking it back?

Thinking about the guy coming today, Jabami Rei suddenly realized.

She shouldn't have told this idiot, who was in love, that men loved to see her wearing this stuff!

"It's okay, please accept it. My family runs a tailor shop, and these clothes were made by my mother herself. They don't cost much. I hope you two students will support our Haiku Research Group in the future!"

Jabami Rei took the bunny girl costume woodenly, then glared at Agatsuma Yumeko fiercely.

My wife Yumeko shrank her head, knowing that her little trick had been seen through, but she hugged the clothes even tighter.

Jabami Rei was so disappointed with her, but there was nothing she could do. She could only watch her fall into the tiger's mouth, feeling heartbroken.

The two of them, each holding a bunny girl costume, left the University of Tokyo before nightfall. As soon as they entered the subway station, Jabami Rei saw the hateful guy.

Kitagawa Hide was holding a bag in his hand, smiling and waving at them. As soon as he got off work today, he rushed home to take a shower and change clothes, then took the subway to Bunkyo District without stopping, and finally arrived at the Todai subway station before the two of them arrived.

Japan is a country with many messy etiquette systems and interpersonal rules. If you accidentally violate certain taboos, you will have to spend a lot of time explaining and making up for your mistakes.

Among them, "punctuality" is an "iron rule" that must be followed in any occasion and any interpersonal communication.

Although Hide Kitagawa does not agree with or care about many things in Japanese society and the workplace, there are still some things that he must abide by in order to avoid causing great trouble in his life.

"Thank you for your hard work, both of you. If there is nothing else, let's go. I have already made a reservation at the restaurant." Kitagawa Hide gentlemanly helped them block the flow of people during peak hours, and the advantage of his tall stature was demonstrated at this time.

"Xiujun, you've worked hard too~" My wife Mengzi smiled softly, hugged her clothes tightly and moved closer to him, rubbing against him like a kitten that had found its owner.

The two hadn't seen each other for almost ten days and missed each other very much.

Seeing this sweet scene and the bunny girl costume in Yumeko's hand, Jabami Rei's face became even uglier. She snorted, walked past Kitagawa Hide, and walked forward with her long legs.

Kitagawa Hide was still holding the "thank you gift" for her in his hand, but he didn't know why this poisonous woman was inexplicably like a gas tank about to explode. Did he provoke her again?

Could it be that something is coming?
Taking the wrong medicine?

He was puzzled, so he whispered to my wife Mengzi, "What's wrong with her? She looked like she wanted to eat me alive."

"I don't know." My wife Yumeko's face was so familiar that she didn't dare to tell the real reason, so she just made up a lie, "Maybe it's because Mr. Kitagawa was slandered."

"Oh! I see." Kitagawa Hide was happy. Maybe it was because many newspapers had been criticizing him recently, which made Jabami Rei, a die-hard fan, furious.

Even though this poisonous-tongued woman is obsessed with trying to seduce his little wife and always speaks ill of him, he is still a die-hard fan after all, so just forgive her abruptness!
The three of them followed the crowd into the subway. On the way to the "Primrose-ma" izakaya, Jabami Rei was sulking alone, while Agatsuma Yumeko whispered to Kitagawa Hide about the discussion that took place in the faculty office today.

Kitagawa Hide never expected that his new work would be discussed by such high-level people.

They are a bunch of professors from famous universities and academicians of the academy.

It’s just that they don’t seem to have a very good opinion of themselves.

But think about it, although the "Youth Trilogy" can be called a masterpiece, it is essentially a best-selling novel centered on youth love, so it is understandable that it is criticized and disapproved by mainstream academic circles.

And with the hot sales of "Hear the Wind Sing", more and more people have begun to discuss whether it has the potential to win the Akutagawa Prize in the first half of this year.

Kitagawa Hide doesn't care whether he can win the Akutagawa Prize or not.

First, the Akutagawa Prize is an award sponsored by Bungeishunju Publishing House. That damn place is a gathering place for a bunch of right-wing elements. Even if he traveled through time and became a Japanese, his Chinese soul would not allow him to get close to any Japanese right-wing elements!
In his opinion, this award is stinky!

Second, he has offended one of the judges of the Akutagawa Prize. The "upper-class literary giant" named Ishihara Shintaro inexplicably dissed him. He is a resident judge of the Akutagawa Prize. A glimpse of the whole picture shows that the Akutagawa Prize is likely not very friendly to him.

The only attraction of the Akutagawa Prize to him was probably the 100 million yen prize and the pocket watch as a prize, which might be worth a lot of money if it was auctioned.

"Hmph, no matter how they slander it, "Youth Trilogy" is the best novel in the first half of the year! Those old-fashioned people are blind. Oh, no, except for Professor Takeuchi and Teacher Keiko Kimura." Jabami Rei listened to them talking about what happened in the afternoon and became angry again.

"That's right, I agree with that. But the third part seems to have not been released yet?" Kitagawa Hide nodded in agreement.

Seeing that he had said the right thing for once, Jabami Rei's eyes softened slightly when she looked at him, but when she heard the second half of his sentence, her face became angry again: "Are you questioning Mr. Kitagawa's ability? Although the third part has not yet been released, I believe that with his ability, each book will be better than the last!"

"Sorry, sorry, that's not what I meant." Kitagawa Hide was so happy that he was actually treated as a black fan in front of his die-hard fans. This matter seemed magical no matter how he looked at it.

"What are you laughing at?" Jabami Rei glared at him. She always felt that this guy didn't respect Teacher Kitagawa at all.

Doesn't he know that Mr. Kitagawa has already achieved a certain status in the literary world and is worthy of respect?

"Nothing, nothing. I just remembered something funny." Beichuan Xiu didn't dare to continue the topic and quickly picked up the bag and handed it to her. "By the way, this is a thank you gift for taking care of Mengzi-chan for me."

"Uh, you. Okay, thank you." Jabami Rei originally wanted to remind him that although he had earned money, he should not spend it so recklessly, but should pay off his debts and take care of Yumeko.

But after feeling the happiness of the two and the good atmosphere, she curled her lips and accepted it.

"I heard that you love reading Mr. Kitagawa's books, so I bought you a hardcover copy of "Hear the Wind Sing." When Kitagawa Hide said this, his smile faded, and he nodded very seriously to thank her, "I really appreciate your care for Mengzi-chan, and for the pen and draft paper last time."

".Alright, alright, these are just small matters. You seem to want to take Yumeko-chan away and never come back." Jabami Rei rolled her eyes. "Anyway, if you take good care of her, that will be the best 'thank you' for me."

"But this one costs 5500 yen. What a loss! If I had known this, I would not have bought it first." Jabami Rei used her pocket money to buy a copy of the book when it was first released. She was short of money and felt bad about spending the 5500 yen.

"Really? But this is the autographed copy by Mr. Kitagawa." Kitagawa Hide said with a smile.

"!"

Jabari Rei's eyes suddenly widened!

(End of this chapter)