Chapter 48

Qingshan Li prided himself on being a real man, never fearing difficulties.

But this situation before him would never appear in a real man's entire life, just like a polar bear would never appear in the Antarctic!

Yet the System was him, and the relationship between the two was even more intimate than that between a rich second-generation heir and his father's money.

Qingshan Li could only sit by himself.

He walked over.

Mikami Ai's gaze lifted from her book, her serene eyes fixed on him; Miyase Yaeko sipped her coffee, her cold and stern eyes watching him.

These two were doing this on purpose — Qingshan Li suddenly realized.

He lifted two tables and joined them together in the middle, and despite making no sound, he still pressed his hands together in apology, turning back to those curious customers.

He sat down at the combined four-person table.

"Welcome, what would you like?" The clerk looked curious, as if Qingshan Li had two arrows stuck in his head, still spurting blood.

"A cup of your best-selling coffee, thank you." As Qingshan Li said this, he remembered he didn't have a single Japanese Yen.

He used a Commuter Pass for the Train.

If it really came to it, he could only go to the station and take out the money from the Commuter Pass.

— System, you damn well better die!

"I actually have a very important matter to ask you two." Qingshan Li looked across.

No one was across from him; despite the tables being moved, Mikami Ai and Miyase Yaeko hadn't moved, remaining in their original positions.

The customers in the shop, even the barista making coffee, were all paying attention here, whether faintly or obviously.

"Are they filming a drama?"

"Maybe it's some kind of prank?"

"These three are celebrities, right?! Can we get autographs?!"

Such conversations could be vaguely heard.

Qingshan Li looked at the two opposite him, knowing that getting straight to business would be tantamount to suicide.

"You two look really beautiful today." He said.

Half-joking.

They were beautiful even in their School Uniforms usually, like Nobles; now changed into casual wear, to say they became even more beautiful was entirely due to novelty.

It was also half serious.

Mikami Ai wore a shirt-like top, pale blue jeans, looking very fresh and showing off her figure well, her not-large hips quite full, her legs long and slender;

Miyase Yaeko wore a white high-neck thin sweater, a small blazer-style jacket, and a dark blue nearly black skirt on the bottom, the style simple but the craftsmanship visibly luxurious, giving a feeling of gold-paved ground.

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A glance added '0.2', not bad.

"Who looks better?" Miyase Yaeko asked with crossed arms, smiling.

"Your coffee." The clerk said.

"Thank you." Qingshan Li lowered his head.

After taking a light sip, Qingshan Li said: "Where were we just now? Right, the proper business I want to talk about is"

"Who looks better." Mikami Ai reminded him.

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— Adding 0.3 is useless too! You come do it!

The System didn't respond; looks like it's not that the country doesn't teach romance, but that romance really can't be taught.

Qingshan Li truly wished the two's mothers were here, then he'd just have to praise the mothers as most beautiful and be done with it.

"Actually I have a favor to ask." He said, "Since I'm asking you, I can't offend you, please understand — alright, I'll get to the point."

"I agreed." Miyase Yaeko said.

"Huh?"

"You have a favor to ask me, right? I agreed."

"I agreed too." Mikami Ai said.

"Now, who looks better." Miyase Yaeko smiled, gazing at Qingshan Li.

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"Actually." Qingshan Li sized them up, "You two have a good relationship?"

"E." Mikami Ai answered.

"Slept in the same dorm for three years in middle school, still acquaintances who didn't become friends." Miyase Yaeko put it in more detail.

"Who looks better?" Mikami Ai asked.

"Aesthetics is a very subjective thing, you're both beautiful, asking me who looks better, honestly, I can't answer right away." Qingshan Li said.

This was both an evasive excuse and his genuine thought.

"How long until you can answer?" Miyase Yaeko looked like she expected it today.

"That depends on how long until I understand you." Qingshan Li said, "Your appearances, unless someone has a special preference, are evenly matched, so I can only judge from the spirit."

"Did you forget the Ten Thousand Yen I lent you?" Mikami Ai reminded.

Previously agreed to reduce 500 Yen, but because Qingshan Li betrayed — joined the Kendo Club, it was cancelled again.

"Back then you nearly caused me a fracture, I not only didn't blame you, but let you attend Kaimei High School." Miyase Yaeko also had something to remind him of.

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Qingshan Li suddenly said: "I'll just say my business first! It's like this, I'm preparing to write a book, want you two to help me publish it, of course, whether it can be published and how much the Royalty is, we'll talk after I write it and you read it."

He spoke very fast, as if giving his dying testimony about who his murderer was.

Indeed, it was the "Novel" that made its move.

If not for the Material Degree, he would not have come here.

"Whether what you write is good or bad, I'll help you publish it. First print run of ten thousand copies. If sales are good, we'll print more; if sales are bad, I'll buy those ten thousand copies myself," Miyase Yaeko said.

"As expected, you're still the better one."

"You don't look like someone who likes writing either. Writing novels because you're short on money? I'll lend you ten million for now to help out," Mikami Ai said.

"Mikami Classmate, you're not bad yourself."

"Pick one of us," Miyase Yaeko said with a smile.

"Alright, no more avoidance." Mikami Ai's attitude turned forceful. "Who's better looking, Classmate Aoyama?"

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Faced with this kind of material, Qingshan Li would rather not have it!

He just wanted to go back and properly read mystery novels, solidly raise his Material Degree.

"Let me make this clear first. Even if I say who's better looking, that's not my responsibility — it's your own problem. Just like whether a painting looks good has nothing to do with the viewer," Qingshan Li put on another layer of bulletproof vest for himself.

"The premise is that this viewer is fair," Mikami Ai said.

"And has eyes," Miyase Yaeko said with a beaming smile.

"How can you be sure that I— no, that this viewer is fair and has eyes?"

"That's our business, nothing to do with you," Mikami Ai said lightly.

This woman has a cruel side too.

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—Right, System, you think so too!

"Then I'll say it." Qingshan Li cleared his throat. "I think—"

Although it was a joke, and also retaliation for Qingshan Li calling early in the morning and inexplicably asking her out, only to also ask out another woman, at this very moment both of them still couldn't help but prick up their ears.

The reason the two of them can't get along might have something to do with this.

"I think you're equally pretty," Qingshan Li said seriously. "If any one of you became my girlfriend, I'd have no objections. Your prettiness is exactly that kind of 'the same'."

"Let's talk about that book then," Mikami Ai said as if nothing had happened. "Helping you publish is no problem, but there are two conditions. First, I think it's publishable. Second, after the first condition is met, I'll give you ten million, and all proceeds from this book will have nothing to do with you."

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"Ten million is too little," Qingshan Li couldn't help but say.

At current tax rates, that's only equivalent to 500,000 Chinese Yuan!

Ten million Chinese Yuan, that is 200 million Japanese Yen, is Qingshan Li's ideal figure.

"Nine million," Miyase Yaeko quoted.

"US Dollars?" Qingshan Li's eyes lit up.

"Eight million," Mikami Ai said.

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"Huh?"

"Seven million."

"Wait wait wait, do you have some misunderstanding about quoting prices?!" Qingshan Li hurriedly interrupted.

"Six million."

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"I'm not joking! Although it hasn't been written yet, the commercial value of this book, if fully developed, I think is at least 500 million Yen! Maybe even higher!"

"You think so?" Mikami Ai looked doubtful.

"Do you also think you're very handsome?" Miyase Yaeko asked.

"What do you mean?" This question turned serious.

"It's not too late to learn this principle at sixteen: you'd better not trust your own intuition, Classmate Aoyama," Mikami Ai said with a pitying face.

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"Sorry." Qingshan Li lowered his head. "Calling you at seven o'clock really was my fault. I thought you'd already be awake at seven."

"Another 'I thought'?" Mikami Ai shook her head lightly, as if at Qingshan Li's memorial service.

"Let's put the grudges aside for now." Qingshan Li couldn't help but be curious. "Mikami Classmate, Miyase Classmate, what time do you get up on Sundays?"

"One in the afternoon," Miyase Yaeko said.

"Just that one time!" Mikami Ai immediately retorted. "I usually get up at 7!"

So the one who gets up at one in the afternoon is you.

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