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Her portion was obviously normal, with all the problems concentrated in her bowl.
"I can't explain it to you."
After all, their relationship was good enough. Yukino felt a little sorry for Natsume Rin's pitiful appearance, so she stood up and took the bowl in front of him.
When I came out again, the rice had been replaced with normal rice.
"Minister, you still love me!"
"roll!"
The compensation meal with a harmonious atmosphere ended happily. After Yukino cleaned up the things, she pulled Natsume to start watching the clips edited in the past few days.
"Are we going to go find Senior Eriri later?" Natsume Rin looked at the obviously incoherent plot and casually asked Yukino beside her.
"Talk to her first." She said softly while concentrating on dragging the progress bar. Although the current video is only a dozen minutes long, as a beginner, she worked hard for several days to complete it.
If it hadn't been raining and I could concentrate, time might have gone even slower.
"Well, what about Shiina-san?"
Natsume Rin took out her cell phone, found Eriri's profile picture, and turned sideways to look at the director.
She looked very focused. She would frown when she encountered details that she was not satisfied with, and would keep making changes with her hands. Her beautiful profile showed a seriousness that was heart-warming.
At such a close distance, the girl's youthful scent, moistened by the rain, couldn't help but rush into Natsume Rin's nose.
"Date? There's no rush for that."
After modifying a detail that she was not satisfied with, she pressed the pause button. "That kind of plot was originally just something in my memory. I filled it in just to appease Shiina-san. I'm thinking about where I can insert the date part."
Natsume Rin came back to her senses and nodded in agreement: "But I believe that if you say to cancel the date plot now, Shiina will definitely be angry."
"Even if you don't say it openly, you'll still have some resentment in your heart."
"You didn't say you want to cancel it. How are the arrangements going with Eriri?" Yukinoshita Yukino stood up.
"No problem. She's been bored at home these past few days. I heard she has a reason to run away, so she's agreed."
Natsume Rin followed her and stood up.
"Then come in the afternoon? I still need to go home and change my clothes. If I see Shiina-san, should I call her over?"
Yukino looked at the shirt he had casually put on when he hurried out that morning and nodded in agreement.
After setting the time and place, I sent a message to their small group for filming.
[Shiina Mahiru: Are you so anxious? ]
[Yukino: The school festival will begin in two weeks, and we still have to deal with the affairs of the executive committee, so we need to get the club's program ready as soon as possible.]
[Eri: We'll definitely arrive on time! This is my first time staying in the hospital.]
Senior, this is not something to get excited about.
Natsume Rin poked Shiina's profile picture and asked her where she was now.
[Shiina Mahiru: Ah, I was just asking my dad to take me back. Are you in a hurry?]
[Natsume Rin: No, but do you want to go to the hospital with me this afternoon? ]
After she realized what was happening, she sent an emoticon to assure that she would definitely get there, and Natsume Rin breathed a sigh of relief.
Returning to his home which he had not cleaned thoroughly for three consecutive days, he cleaned up and threw away all the accumulated garbage before Shiina Mahiru came back to help. When he came out this time, there were already many people moving around in the neighborhood and the water on the road was gradually disappearing.
After three or four trips back and forth, the house was finally cleaned to its original state. A whistle sounded at the door in the distance, and Mahiru, wearing a wide hat on her head, jumped out of the car, waved inside, and walked towards him.
"It seems you're living a good life!" She walked up to Natsume Rin and pinched his face without treating herself as an outsider.
"Hey, don't go too far. Uncle hasn't left yet." Natsume Rin smiled and slapped his hand away, then waved to the black car still parked at the door.
Although I can't judge the other person's mood, I'm sure it must be very bad.
After all, on the day the typhoon stopped, the daughter hurried back to the rented house, and her purpose was to be for another man.
The car over there honked in dissatisfaction, but finally slowly backed out.
"Ahem, Dad is still too stingy." Shiina Mahiru muttered softly.
No, Mr. Shiina was generous enough and had the deepest indulgence towards his daughter, otherwise Natsume Rin might have encountered the most conventional drama a long time ago.
'It's a million, leave my daughter.'
But if it's in Japanese yen, one million is definitely not enough.
On the stairs on the way home, Shiina Mahiru planned her plan.
"I'll discuss with the minister whether we can film our date scene after we finish filming the hospital scene. I've already found a place for the date, and it will definitely be more romantic at night."
She was so anxious.
This was Natsume Rin's first reaction.
But doing so does save a lot of time and prevents her from having to worry about it.
So Natsume Rin agreed.
After not being home for a few days, Mahiru found a lot of things from her room and moved them to his house when he came back, preparing to compensate Natsume Rin for the three days of suffering.
He was just touching his belly, and he couldn't say no to the kindness of his considerate dining companion.
I'm sorry, but I think you can eat it!
In the afternoon, on the third floor of the Yukinoshita family’s private hospital.
When Natsume Rin pushed open the door and walked in, the first thing she heard was Yukinoshita's question.
"Why are you taking so long?"
Do I have to tell you how hard it is to eat? And I wasn't late at this time, so this woman must still be holding a grudge.
"I don't hold a grudge." Natsume Rin's expression seemed easy to read, and she added.
"Senior, you look so cute like this!" Mahiru, who was following behind him, found something of interest and walked quickly to the bed.
"Hehe, after all, I have such a good foundation, so I will look cute no matter what clothes I wear."
Eriri, sitting on the bed in her hospital gown, did not show the dejection that a terminally ill patient should have, and she chatted enthusiastically with Mahiru.
"You two, lie down quickly, senior. The doctors I have an appointment with will be here soon. They are very busy. And Shiina-san, I agree to your request. Please don't disturb the filming here."
Director Yukinoshita covered her forehead with her hands and directed the crew's normal work.
Chapter 108: The Boy Who Can't Get Happiness
On the day of school festival.
"A-choo." Natsume Rin rubbed her nose, suspecting that there were too many things going on in the school festival that made her feel uncomfortable.
"Don't put the display board here. Look how many students are blocked by this board. Take it down." Secretary Natsume's job today was to check on the activities of other classes like an ordinary executive committee member. But seeing the armband hanging on his arm made him feel like a discipline committee member.
Someone from the second-grade class that he criticized quickly came out to remove the signs that were blocking the road, and enthusiastically invited them to become the first customers of the day.
"A food shop?" Natsume Rin looked at the flyer posted on the door.
"Yes." The senior who was chatting with him looked around mysteriously, leaned close to his ear and said, "This is the maid egg fried rice that our class monitor carefully learned from outside!"
"Wow."
The executive committee member who came with him shouted knowingly, but immediately became quiet after being glared at by Natsume Rin.
During the time in the executive committee, Secretary Natsume followed President Yukinoshita and established a lot of prestige, so he had no problem dealing with this group of executive committee members of the same grade.
"Write down this class and come back after it's dismissed." Natsume Rin said lightly, and then led them to see the next floor.
Their group completed their work quickly. After returning the armbands to the office, some people went back along the same route, while others invited Natsume, but he refused.
"The club still has activities, you guys go first." Natsume Rin said very reluctantly.
Maid, fried rice, even if he wasn't hungry Natsume really wanted to take a look, but the messages in the group were basically urging him to come over quickly.
"Natsume-san is in the same club as the president, right? We will go and show our support."
"I heard the female voice say it was a movie. Is it interesting?"
He didn't know whether it was interesting or not, but the plot was indeed quite shocking, and coupled with the good looks of the main characters, it should be worth the price of the ticket.
"If it doesn't look good, come and find trouble with me." Natsume Rin patted his chest and guaranteed.
"Then we're relieved. It's at the club building, right? We'll be there this afternoon."
After waving goodbye to a few friends she met on the executive committee, Natsume Rin left the office carrying her bag. Originally, Chairman Yukinoshita wanted to continue to hold her ground after the school festival, but he was dragged away by him and Shiina Mahiru to take care of club matters.
"It's finally here. This is your share. Go distribute it quickly."
As soon as he reached the campus courtyard, Shiina Mahiru came running over and stuffed a bunch of flyers into his hands, which had photos of the three leading actors printed on them.
"what?"
"Hurry up, I have to help the minister with the premiere later. If you're fast enough, I can catch up." Mahiru looked very anxious, and after she finished speaking, she hurriedly ran towards the club building.
Natsume Rin had no choice but to see that many of her classmates on the street had already received the flyers. For the sake of efficiency, she ran directly to the school gate and started selling them.
The school festival of Sobu High School does not exclude outsiders from participating, and the results in the past few years have been good, with a large flow of people at the door.
"'The Boy Who Can't Get Happiness' is a movie about youth love and suspense. Everyone is welcome to watch it."
Every time he read out this name, Natsume Rin would feel a vague sense of shame. Although the name fits the plot well, the thought that he would be playing the male lead made it impossible for him to look at it normally.
However, with this title and Natsume Rin's enthusiastic shouting, the flyers disappeared very quickly. When there were only one or two left in his hand and there were not many people in front of the door, he planned to stuff them into the trash can and go to the premiere.
"This name is very interesting. Are you playing the male lead?" Laughter came from behind. Yukinoshita Haruno poked him on the back and walked up to him with a smile.
"...I don't think I've ever sent you an invitation." Natsume Rin was shocked, but at the same time she was very sure that Yukino would definitely not ask for trouble.
He had consciously avoided letting Haruno meet other people, so he was vague about even the matter of filming the movie, and he specifically told Yukino not to let Haruno have a strong curiosity.
"That's right, why didn't you tell me such a big thing? In the end, it was only after Mr. Hiratsuka sent me a message that I figured out the situation." Yang No pointed at her lips with her finger, looking very cute.
“…You’re not in high school anymore.”
"But don't forget that I'm your senior, okay? I also put in a lot of effort during the school festival, okay? Where is Xiaoxue?" She took Natsume Rin's arm and asked him about the whereabouts of her beloved sister.
"The screening room... you should know its location." Natsume Rin changed his words halfway through his sentence. He realized a terrifying thing, that is when several people gathered together at the same time.
Who knows what will happen? Someone might die.