Chapter 193

"Ruri, what are you writing?"

"Doing homework."

Natsume Chikage glanced over. Although it felt a bit strange, he figured it was just homework and didn't say anything.

Soon.

After Natsume Ruri finished writing whatever it was.

She asked curiously:

"Big Brother, come to think of it, what exactly does your Collection Force do?"

Natsume Chikage explained briefly:

"We just collect interesting things and then write articles or journals about them."

"The benefit is that when the time comes, we can use the club's budget to go out and gather material everywhere."

Natsume Ruri blinked:

"So that's how it is."

After finishing their late-night snack.

Natsume Ruri, as usual, watched a comedy show on TV in a leisurely manner, letting out giggles from time to time.

Meanwhile, Natsume Chikage's gaze was fixed on his phone, his fingers dancing rapidly as he tapped the screen, writing his novel.

At this moment.

He suddenly remembered something, picked up the school bag beside him, and while his younger sister wasn't looking, registered that 'Straight-A Student's High School Notebook' directly into the panel.

【Equipment Registered: 5】

【Equipment: 'Youth's Sorrowful Diary', 'Dust-Covered Chess Records', 'Favorite Button', 'Oden Immortal's Ladle', 'Straight-A Student's High School Notebook'】

【Available Attribute Points: 0】

【Distance to next attribute point reward: One more piece of equipment needed!】

After registering.

Natsume Chikage looked down at the pile of love letters that had stuffed his school bag to the brim, planning to find a place to store them.

If someone came looking for them later, he could return them.

It felt quite strange to just throw them away.

His action of taking out the love letters with a rustle clearly caught the attention of his younger sister nearby.

Natsume Ruri turned to look at Natsume Chikage.

When she noticed the pile of envelopes he had taken out, she was stunned for a long time, then immediately picked up one that had fallen to the floor to take a look, discovering that it clearly contained a confession of love, wanting to date Natsume Chikage.

After reading this one, she couldn't help but fix her gaze on the pile of love letters Natsume Chikage was organizing, her pupils trembling:

"Big Brother, what on earth have you been doing at school?!"

"Why are there so many love letters?"

Natsume Chikage was slightly silent.

"If I said I didn't do anything... would you believe me?"

Natsume Ruri's fair cheeks puffed up slightly; she knew that her brother was very low-key no matter when.

But the brother from before was truly completely unpopular!

As for the reason, Ruri vaguely remembered that it seemed to be because her brother didn't like to groom himself much, always keeping his hair long, which blocked his eyes and part of his face, making him look quite gloomy.

Now, having cut his hair into a refreshing style, he was indeed much, much more handsome without it covering his face.

If asked whether she liked the brother from before or now, she certainly liked the current one.

But that her brother was so popular now, Ruri couldn't feel happy about it at all!

Natsume Ruri muttered:

"Ruri believes you."

"And Ruri also knows that Big Brother looks very good, so having love letters is only natural."

"But isn't this quantity a bit too much?!"

"And Big Brother, aren't you planning not to date any girls during this time? Why did you bring these love letters back?"

Natsume Chikage couldn't say he wanted to test if these could become 'special equipment', so he had to bluff:

"If I just throw away love letters that others wrote carefully without even looking at them, it feels like trampling on their feelings."

"But I have no intention of responding or reading them, so I thought I'd keep them at home for now and deal with them later..."

Natsume Ruri blinked and smiled sweetly:

"So that's how it is!"

"But no matter what, keeping so many love letters here all the time isn't a solution, right?"

Natsume Chikage thought for a moment and said:

"They won't be kept here forever."

"When my financial situation improves in the future and I have time to find a girlfriend, I'll let her handle them; I think that would be better."

"By then, whether she wants to throw them away or keep them, it'll be up to her."

Natsume Ruri pouted; although she didn't like her brother finding a girlfriend, she understood that such a thing would happen sooner or later.

After all, there were simply too many girls surrounding her brother now; it was impossible to guard against them all!

Rather than letting some strange girl date her brother.

It would be better for her to help her brother find one.

That was what Natsume Ruri thought.

As for these current love letters, since her brother had no intention of reading them, they could naturally all be passed over.

And since her brother was in the same club as Qilai Saionji, Lingyin Yukimura, and Classmate Kui Fujiwara, he clearly didn't dislike these three.

Because once a person dislikes someone else, they would never be willing to stay in the same space as the person they dislike.

Then it seems, among the girls dating her brother, these three are the most likely?

Natsume Ruri pursed her lips, looking at the group photo of the 'Collection Force' she had secretly sent over using her brother's phone, her gaze scanning back and forth between the three beautiful girls...

Late at night.

Click—

The lights in the three-mat small room went out.

Natsume Chikage returned to his bed in the dark, preparing to take out his phone and write until he felt sleepy.

And just at this moment.

Natsume Ruri on the other bed turned her head to look at Natsume Chikage and asked:

"By the way, Ruri remembers that Big Brother didn't have a shift on Saturday."

"After school tomorrow, what do you plan to do, Big Brother? Are you going straight home?"

Natsume Chikage asked in return:

"Why are you asking so suddenly?"

Natsume Ruri muttered:

"Ruri was thinking that we haven't been to the supermarket to buy things lately, so since Big Brother has no classes in the afternoon on Saturday and doesn't have to work, I wanted to go shopping and visit the supermarket with you."

Natsume Chikage was stunned.

Come to think of it, he hadn't been shopping with his sister much lately.

He was either busy working or busy writing.

Thinking that he hadn't accompanied his sister out to play for a long time, she must have felt a bit lonely.

As for tomorrow, Saturday, besides needing to submit his manuscript to the publisher, there was indeed nothing special to do.

He could definitely go shopping with his sister after submitting the manuscript.

Of course.

Natsume Chikage wasn't saying he would completely ignore the Collection Force.

The time he scheduled to submit to the publisher was around four o'clock.

So from lunch after school until heading to the publisher at three-thirty, he could definitely spend a long time in the Collection Force.

And as for the publisher, submitting the manuscript should only take an hour.

Calculating this way, he could go play with his sister after five o'clock.

Natsume Chikage agreed:

"Come to think of it, it has been a long time since we went to the supermarket; I also want to buy some things." ===== CHAPTER 194 =====