[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment":3,"chapter-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-524":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Tokyo: You Call This Normal Equipment?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1952499,2739,"Chapter 524","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-524",524,"\u003Cp>In that case, he won't have to work hard every day, and will have more free time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As such, it seems he has no reason not to find a girlfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Big Brother Xia’s popularity, after this news spreads, the number of girls around him will probably be even more than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confessions will definitely be endless...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Kaga Reisa’s originally shy and weak little face instantly became terrified and uneasy, her voice trembling slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother Xia... is... is this true?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun was somewhat amused and helpless, complaining:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What finding a girlfriend, bringing a girlfriend home to be lovey-dovey, what are you two thinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother just thinks that although the living room now is much bigger than before, you need to draw manga, so you definitely need a more professional and larger drawing area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not like you can draw on this small table every time, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi pouted skeptically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really just that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded affirmatively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi hugged her brother’s arm and muttered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even so, I don't want to!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ruri thinks that being able to escape the three-mat room, and even you earning so much in royalties, Big Brother, is really enough to be content.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although we earned a lot of money now, we still have to save what should be saved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Money that doesn't need to be spent, we won't spend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And as for the drawing area, at worst, we can just set up a small table in the corner of the room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why spend so much money specifically to change to a set of houses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa also nodded vigorously in agreement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm-hmm, yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought to herself, as long as Big Brother Xia doesn't change houses, she will have more opportunities to contact him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even like this, even if she comes to spend the night with Ruri and sleeps on the same bed, she can still see Big Brother Xia on the floor bedding not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they change to a bigger house, I’m afraid it will be very difficult to have such an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she absolutely opposes it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun couldn't win against these two girls, so he had to give up temporarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that if they don't change, they don't change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, his ultimate goal is to buy back the old house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are still far from that goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living here temporarily is not unacceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, as his sister said, this ten-mat house is already much more comfortable than the cramped three-mat room before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, let’s just live here for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi beamed immediately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm-hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa also breathed a sigh of relief completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of joy also rose in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi suddenly remembered something and asked curiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother, just now I heard you talking to the editor, and it seemed you also mentioned some new book?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't tell me your new book is already finished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa blinked her shy eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you put it that way... I really haven't seen Big Brother Xia using his phone to code words at night these past two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded with a smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, I just finished writing it two days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So after the competition today, I found some time to take the new work to the editor for submission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi’s eyes brightened upon hearing this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, Big Brother, have you already submitted it successfully?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa was also curious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did the editor say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The editor said that their publishing house only accepts suspense and mystery novels, and mine is pure literature, so they don't accept it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi let out a disappointed \"ah\":\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa encouraged softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, let’s just submit it to other publishing houses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe with your strength, Big Brother Xia... you will definitely be able to submit it successfully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Late Night Publishing House doesn't completely reject it either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They can still review the manuscript and then transfer it to the editors at their parent company, which is New English Publishing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi was encouraged again upon hearing this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is, no wonder you were talking about those things with the editor just now, Big Brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, we don't have to run around and be so troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And with the editor you know endorsing you, I think it will be even simpler to get it passed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa felt relieved:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is really great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If your novel also gets passed, Big Brother Xia, I think the income will definitely be even higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun laughed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he also knew that \"Snow Country\" was not modern popular literature, but a work with the imprint of the times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it were excellent enough to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the times are different, and readers’ tastes are also changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, the types of \"The Devotion of Suspect X\" and \"Snow Country\" are completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former is a modern suspense mystery that fits the mass market, and its audience is much wider than \"Snow Country,\" which focuses on literary quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he could not be sure whether this book could replicate the success of \"The Devotion of Suspect X,\" and everything still needed to be tested by the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mururi couldn't hold back her curiosity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big Brother, I want to see the novel you wrote!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaga Reisa also echoed softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I do too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun thought for a while and suggested:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't I give it to you when the novel is trial-printed and I get the trial copy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reading experience of the polished version should be better then, how about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two girls felt it made sense and nodded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm-hmm, it really needs to be polished, and if we read it then, the reading effect will definitely be better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If... if there is a paper copy, it really has more reading texture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>",1033,"2026-06-15T07:10:31.195Z","2026-06-15T07:45:40.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","641cf1b6b0c7da0cc524e4e14b210b14845d9d9a4024564a8a6f90b23f443e80","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-525","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-523",624,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-cover.jpg"]