Chapter 245

he continued writing until late at night before falling asleep.

The next day.

Train station.

Natsume Chikage looked back at his sister, who was still clinging to his back and drowsy, and wondered why she was always so sleepy even though she went to bed earlier than him?

It must be that she's really in a growth spurt.

And his sister is just a little bean now; she needs calcium.

Otherwise, it might be hard for her to grow tall in the future.

He hadn't had time to buy it for her before, but now it seems he needs to find time.

"Ruri, I'll buy you some milk, calcium tablets, vitamins, and such later; remember to take them every day."

Natsume Ruri asked curiously:

"Why are you suddenly buying them for Ruri?"

Natsume Chikage patted her little head gently and muttered:

"You're in a growth spurt now; you need more calcium."

"Brother hopes you'll grow taller."

Natsume Ruri blinked, then compared her height with Natsume Chikage's, and was instantly dumbfounded.

She really is a bit short...

And she also noticed that her brother seemed to have grown a centimeter or two taller than before.

"Brother, you've grown taller!"

Natsume Chikage was stunned.

"Have I?"

"Yes!!"

Natsume Chikage thought, maybe it was because his physical constitution improved, causing him to grow a bit?

Or was it natural growth?

... Regardless, since his sister said so, it must be true.

"I'm only sixteen now; it's normal to grow a bit taller."

"That's true... Brother will keep getting taller, so I need to grow taller too!"

Natsume Ruri felt that if she were too short, standing next to her brother wouldn't look right; it would look strange.

"Buy them, brother; Ruri promises to take them on time every day before bed!"

"Hmm."

The sound of vibration slowly came from the tracks.

The train approached from afar, moving quickly.

Finally, it stopped at the platform.

But not long after his sister's train arrived, Natsume Chikage's train also happened to arrive.

"Brother, I'm leaving now; your train is here too, hurry over."

"Okay, okay."

Natsume Chikage pretended to go to the train, looked back, and found his sister had already left on her train, so he felt relieved.

Then he prepared to leave the platform.

Because the publishing house was in Shibuya, he could walk there directly without taking the train.

The reason he came here was just because he hadn't earned a large amount from the shogi match yet, so he couldn't explain the real situation to his sister, lest she get angry because he was spending money recklessly.

But just before Natsume Chikage left,

Xuecun Lingyin in the carriage happened to lock eyes with him.

The two looked at each other.

Xuecun Lingyin looked confused.

Natsume Chikage had a strange expression.

The train was about to leave, and the doors closed.

Just as they were about to part ways,

Xuecun Lingyin shook her phone.

Natsume Chikage paused, took out his phone, and found that Xuecun Lingyin had sent a message.

【Xuecun Lingyin: Aren't you going to a match? Why are you still wearing your school uniform?】

【Natsume Chikage: This... it's a long story.】

【Xuecun Lingyin: What's the situation?】

Natsume Chikage explained.

【Xuecun Lingyin: So... you didn't tell your sister about participating in the match because you were afraid she'd be angry that you spent the rent money on it?】

【Natsume Chikage: Yes, please keep it a secret for me; if my sister finds out early, the situation will be very scary.】

That side was silent for a long time.

【Xuecun Lingyin: Aren't you worried you won't be able to earn back the match fees by doing this?】

【Natsume Chikage: Not at all, I'm very confident.】

【Xuecun Lingyin: When do you plan to tell your sister about this?】

【Natsume Chikage: Let's wait until I win the third round; if I only win 10,000 yen, I'll still inevitably get nagged.】

【Xuecun Lingyin: True. But... have you told anyone else about this?】

【Natsume Chikage: No, you're the only one who knows this secret.】

【Xuecun Lingyin: Only me...】

Xuecun Lingyin looked at the message and was silent for a long time.

She didn't expect Natsume Chikage to really dare to spend 20,000 yen to participate in a match when he couldn't even pay the rent.

But looking at his reply, he really did seem very confident.

It seems Natsume Chikage has been studying shogi for a long time since he was a child, at least thousands of games, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident.

Since that's the case, participating in the match to win prize money and alleviate the family's financial situation is indeed feasible.

However, since Natsume Chikage told her this secret, she felt she should keep it a secret too.

At the entrance of the publishing house.

Natsume Chikage just arrived.

The receptionist girl came forward excitedly to greet him:

"Natsume-kun, right?"

Natsume Chikage asked in surprise:

"You remember me?"

The receptionist girl said happily:

"Of course, after all... ahem, after all, Editor Gao Qiaochun, Editor Xin Yuan, and Group Leader Gongcheng instructed me to tell them as soon as you arrived."

Natsume Chikage frowned:

"Editor Xin Yuan and Group Leader Gongcheng?"

Who are these two?