Chapter 662

If they were really rejected, it would be a lie to say they weren't disappointed.

Seeing this, Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui immediately dispelled the gloom with a cheerful voice:

"Relax! It will definitely be fine! You have to have confidence in yourselves!"

Natsume Chikage also spoke gently, his voice steady and carrying strength:

"The worst result is just starting over from scratch."

"But once you succeed, you two will be manga artists who can receive royalties."

This simple sentence was like a breeze, blowing away the thin mist in Natsume Ruri's and Kaga Reisa's hearts.

Natsume Ruri took a deep breath and said happily:

"Yeah! Brother is right!"

"The worst is just redrawing! Reisa-chan and I have redrawn a picture more than a dozen times to get it right!"

"Besides, this is only the draft stage, it's no big deal!"

Kaga Reisa also raised her head, a faint but much firmer smile than before appearing on her face:

"Yes..."

"If we succeed... we can have our first income of our own."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui struck while the iron was hot, gave a thumbs up, and made a promise:

"If you really succeed then, Sister Fujiwara will treat you to a big meal to celebrate!"

The two girls were overjoyed:

"Yeah, yeah... thank you, Sister Fujiwara!"

"Then it's a deal!"

After a while.

Natsume Chikage sent Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui and Kaga Reisa home.

Then he returned to his front door.

Just as he opened the door with his key and hadn't fully walked in yet.

A warm, petite figure with a familiar fragrance threw herself into his arms like a little bird returning to its nest.

Natsume Chikage was slightly stunned and caught her subconsciously.

"What's wrong, Ruri?"

Natsume Ruri raised her head from his arms, her eyes shining like stars hidden in the dim light of the entrance.

A bright smile, belonging only to this moment, bloomed on her face:

"Ruri has been waiting for Brother to be alone, so she could properly congratulate you!"

"In today's match, Brother was really too amazing! Congratulations on winning and advancing to the fifth round!"

A warm current surged in Natsume Chikage's heart, and he smiled and rubbed his sister's soft hair.

"Thank you, Ruri."

He paused, took out his phone from his pocket, lit up the screen, showed the text message interface to his sister, and said happily:

"Also, I just received a bank notification that the 80,000 yen prize money for the match has arrived."

"Plus the 20,000 yen earned from guiding the little girl from the Furukawa family today... Brother's income today is quite good."

Natsume Ruri took the phone, looked at the heart-moving string of numbers on the screen, and her eyes instantly widened.

Immediately after, she couldn't help but cheer a little and spun around happily on the spot:

"Brother, we are really going to get rich!"

"If it goes on like this, maybe we can really earn your tuition before the semester ends!"

She tilted her little face and said full of motivation:

"Brother, keep working hard for the next match too!"

Natsume Chikage felt his sister's unreserved support and nodded solemnly:

"Of course!"

Natsume Ruri remembered the key question and asked, blinking:

"By the way, Brother, when is your next match?"

Natsume Chikage glanced at the phone calendar:

"Five days later."

"That is, the 22nd of this month, Monday."

Natsume Ruri repeated softly:

"Next Monday..."

Saying this.

She asked curiously:

"Brother, how much savings do you have in total now?"

Natsume Chikage explained:

"Including today, there should be about 150,000 yen in total."

Natsume Ruri said happily:

"So much!"

"If we add this month's salary, we'll have at least three months' rent in our hands."

"Three months, no matter what, we can hold out until summer vacation."

"Looking at it this way, Brother, your decision to participate in the shogi match is really right."

Natsume Chikage smiled:

"You think so."

He thought for a moment and suggested:

"By the way, Ruri, since we earned quite a bit today, how about finding a day for Brother to take you to eat something delicious?"

If it were before, Natsume Ruri definitely wouldn't agree.

After all, there was really no money at home at that time.

But now, occasionally being a little extravagant is fine.

She said happily:

"Yeah, yeah!"