Chapter 519

When the sound of their departing footsteps disappeared in the hallway.

Natsume Ruri couldn't help but turn her head and ask the three sisters:

"Who is this Jinwei-senior again? Do you sisters know her?"

Fujiwara Aoi muttered angrily and sat back on the sofa:

"How could we not know her... she has a very high status at school."

Natsume Ruri was even more confused.

"Status?"

Xiyuanji Qilai scratched her cheek, organized her language, and began to explain.

As the three girls added their explanations one after another, Natsume Ruri's little mouth opened slightly in surprise.

"Eh... Jinwei-senior, is actually from the Yutang family?"

Her eyes were full of disbelief.

"How could Brother have a relationship with someone from such a big family?"

Xuecun Lingyin clearly wasn't in a good mood, snorted coldly, and her fingertips unconsciously combed through the fur of the white cat in her arms:

"Who knows how he and Jinwei Tong met, he has never told us in detail."

As the three girls explained, Natsume Ruri became more and more confused, her thoughts in chaos.

She just felt that her brother seemed to have been targeted by some "incredible" girls during a time she didn't know about.

But this Jinwei Tong was always expressionless, and she couldn't tell at all if the other party had any special intentions toward her brother.

However...

Is it true that Brother is calling a girl by her first name directly for the first time among all the girls?

Calling her "Tong" directly?

It seems this girl's status in Brother's heart is probably not low?

Or is there some relationship between the two?

Natsume Ruri's little head worked quickly, thought about it, and felt it was better to wait for Brother to come back and ask clearly.

For now, it's better to add her name to the little notebook, and if it's not what it seems, just kick her out later.

She silently updated the notes in her heart.

【Jinwei Tong】: A very mysterious girl with a powerful background, can't read her expression, -1 point! But she gave me the doll I really wanted, +1 point!

The black sedan drove steadily on the road.

Jinwei Tong was focused on driving in the driver's seat, her side profile appearing quiet in the flowing light and shadow outside the window.

Natsume Chikage sat in the passenger seat, looking at the streetscape flying backward outside the window.

Regarding before, Natsume Chikage really had too many doubts.

Why did Zhiji want him to flip that coin?

If it really was black, could it really be treated as if nothing happened?

Also, why did she choose him to participate in this kendo competition?

What he wanted to know most was why Zhiji would call him "the same kind"?

But he also understood in his heart that even if he asked Jinwei Tong now, he would likely not get any definite answer.

She would not go against the Young Lady's wishes to reveal anything.

These doubts, I'm afraid, can only be asked to Yutang Zhiji herself in person after winning the kendo competition.

She had promised him at the time that as long as he won, she would be willing to answer some of his questions.

Thinking that he would know the answer then.

However, regarding some other transactional questions, Natsume Chikage could still ask.

He broke the silence in the car.

"Tong, regarding the kendo competition you mentioned, when exactly does it start?"

Jinwei Tong looked ahead and explained:

"Two weeks later, which is early May."

Natsume Chikage was stunned and turned to look at her:

"So you mean... you want me to reach the level where I can participate and have the strength to win the championship within these two weeks?"

Jinwei Tong turned her head to glance at him quickly and looked back at the road conditions:

"Why... do you regret it?"

Her tone was still flat.

"If you regret it, I can try to plead with the Young Lady. Of course, whether she forgives you or not is not something I can control."

Natsume Chikage shook his head, his tone not retreating:

"That's not necessary."

Jinwei Tong raised her eyebrows slightly, seemingly a bit surprised:

"So... are you confident?"

Natsume Chikage shook his head honestly:

"I don't know, I've never formally practiced kendo."

Jinwei Tong was not very surprised by this.

In fact, she didn't even think in her heart that Natsume Chikage could really do it within two weeks.

After all, the difficulty of mastering kendo is no lower than baseball.

Natsume Chikage remembered another practical question and asked:

"So... how long do I have to train every day this time?"

Jinwei Tong looked ahead and explained calmly:

"Five hours a day."

Natsume Chikage's volume increased unconsciously:

"So long?"

"Didn't I tell you before that I don't have that much time?"

He tried to negotiate.

"Can it be shorter?"

Jinwei Tong denied it indifferently, her tone leaving no room for negotiation:

"No."

Natsume Chikage frowned:

"Didn't you say before that we could negotiate the time?"

Jinwei Tong explained, the logic sounding impeccable:

"We are negotiating now."

"And the result of the negotiation is no."

Natsume Chikage was speechless for a moment, feeling a deep sense of speechlessness.

He shouldn't have believed this guy in the first place, talking about "if you talk in advance, we can negotiate" and other nonsense.

A woman's mouth, a deceiving ghost!

And just at this time.

The phone in Natsume Chikage's pocket suddenly vibrated, and a brisk ringtone sounded.

He looked down and found it was his editor, Gao Qiaochun, calling.

He pressed the answer button.

【Gao Qiaochun: Hello, is this Teacher Natsume?】

Gao Qiaochun's respectful and enthusiastic voice came from the receiver.

【Natsume Chikage: It's me, what's wrong?】

【Gao Qiaochun: Didn't I mention to you before about coming over to your place this weekend to discuss matters related to publication? So I just wanted to ask, are you free now or in the evening? If you are, is it convenient for me to come and visit?】

【Natsume Chikage: As for now... I really don't have time. As for the evening, I don't know when I'll be back either. If I come back early, I'll call you, if it's very late, we'll change the day, how about that?】

【Gao Qiaochun: Mm-hmm, of course, that's all fine! Whenever you are free, even if it's late at night, it doesn't matter, as long as you contact me, I can come over immediately!】

【Natsume Chikage:... Okay.】