Chapter 242

After all, a 20,000-yen meal would take him quite a few days to earn at his hourly wage of 800 yen.

He pushed open the door and entered the small three-ping room.

What caught his eye was his younger sister sitting at the small table watching TV.

"I'm home."

"Brother, welcome back!"

Natsume Ruri looked at Natsume Chikage walking over and asked curiously:

"Brother, what did you go out to do with your friend this afternoon? Why are you back so late?"

Natsume Chikage also didn't know how to explain what happened during that time.

The situation with the Yutang family was already very complicated.

He didn't want his sister to know too much, lest she overthink things and also get into trouble.

"Nothing much, just a senior who suddenly asked me out for a meal and a chat."

"I really couldn't refuse at the time, so I just went along..."

What Natsume Chikage said was true, not a single lie, but he didn't explain the full picture.

Natsume Ruri suddenly realized:

"So that's how it is."

As she spoke,

her nose twitched slightly, then she leaned in to sniff, squinting her eyes:

"Brother, why do you smell like women's perfume?"

"And two kinds?"

"Could it be... are all your seniors women?"

"And what you ate, could it be sukiyaki?"

"Ruri smells the scent of beef and sukiyaki sauce!"

Natsume Chikage was embarrassed, wondering if his sister was too sharp?

She could even smell that?

"Ahem, it wasn't just two girls."

"More than two?!"

"There was also a senior."

"Oh, oh, you almost scared me, Ruri."

"... What were you thinking just now?"

"Nothing, brother, you don't need to worry." Natsume Ruri smiled sweetly.

"..." Natsume Chikage was silent for a moment, then remembered something and asked: "By the way, Ruri, what time did you and Fujiwara-san leave?"

"After dinner, we walked around a bit and got home around seven. And Sister Fujiwara is very kind; not only did she treat me to dinner, but she also personally sent me back. Please thank Sister Fujiwara for me later, brother."

"Hmm."

Natsume Ruri remembered something.

"Brother, where is your keychain?"

Natsume Chikage took it out of his pocket.

"Here, why?"

"Give it to me."

Natsume Chikage didn't think much and handed it over.

"Here."

Natsume Ruri happily took out the two keychains sent by Fujiwara Aoi and Xuecun Lingyin.

She attached the one with the fox protagonist to Natsume Chikage's keys.

And her own keychain had long been attached with the rabbit protagonist.

Natsume Ruri took out both sets of keys and said happily:

"The keychains sent by Sister Xuecun and Sister Fujiwara."

"It's a waste not to use them; brother and I will each use one!"

Natsume Chikage smiled softly:

"Hmm."

He didn't care about keychain decorations, but since his sister liked them, it didn't matter.

Natsume Ruri reminded him:

"By the way, brother, the rent is due in the middle of the month."

"Your salary from the coffee shop should be coming soon, right?"

Natsume Chikage nodded:

"Hmm, it should be coming soon."

"I calculated it, and with the money I have now, it's enough to pay the rent."

Natsume Ruri breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:

"That's good."

"Are you hungry now, brother? Do you want Ruri to make you a late-night snack?"

Natsume Chikage had just eaten a ton with Jinwei Tong, so he was really full now; better not.

"No, I'm not hungry, brother; I'm planning to take a shower and get ready to sleep."

"Okay, okay."

After coming out of the shower,

Natsume Ruri was leaning against the table, supporting her face with both hands, watching TV quietly.

Natsume Chikage sat beside her, took out his phone, and started writing the novel "Snow Country".

He planned to use the time before bed to write as much as he could.

After Natsume Ruri noticed Natsume Chikage's actions, she asked in surprise:

"Brother, are you still writing a novel now?"

Natsume Chikage nodded:

"Hmm, we don't have much money at home now."

"I'm free at night anyway, so I might as well write a bit."

Although Natsume Ruri knew that her brother's grades weren't great and he had no talent in other areas,

she really didn't expect her brother to have talent in writing novels.

He actually managed to do something that her literature-loving classmate couldn't.

You have to know that when Dad was around, brother had never shown any talent, which is why she was so surprised.

But that makes sense.

Dad never let brother work on writing novels back then.

Since brother has now discovered his talent for writing novels, Natsume Ruri naturally supports him a million percent!

Because as long as brother's novel gets accepted, he will definitely be able to earn some money.

And for published novels, as long as someone buys a copy, brother earns the money for a copy.

Steady progress.

Over time, the income will be quite substantial.

Although he definitely won't make a fortune,

the small amounts will definitely make the family less destitute.

Thinking of this,

Natsume Ruri was a bit curious if the cross-review from the editor had passed, and asked:

"By the way, brother, did the editor contact you, saying the cross-review passed and asking you to sign a contract or something?"

Natsume Chikage said without turning his head:

"Yes, he asked me to go over tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Natsume Ruri lay on the tatami mat, rolled over twice, came to Natsume Chikage's knees, and looked up at him:

"Brother is amazing; now our family really has money!"