Chapter 103

[You walked in and they smiled at you. 】

[Time seems to be frozen here——]

[After your death, Nanxiang Naixun and Nanxiang Harushi compiled the manuscripts you left behind during your lifetime. 】

[In it, I found many works that you created but have not been published. 】

[The text in these works is pure and simple, but if you look at it carefully, there is an indescribable sense of beauty. 】

[Similarly, they also discovered the only novel written in a formal writing format that you hid in the manuscript - "Chishu and Takina"]

[This is a novel that embodies all your thoughts and all your life's efforts. 】

[In it, you exhausted all your literary knowledge and wrote everything you knew about them when you met and got to know them in extremely pure words——]

[The fascinating content, almost the pinnacle of writing skills, attracted countless people to snap up the book once it was released. 】

[Even more than that, in the month the novel was published, foreign publishing houses followed the craze and translated your novel. 】

[The following year, "Chishu and Takina" was evaluated by world-class literary institutions as "a must-read novel in the 21st century". 】

[Your peak literary skills have established your status as a top literary master who has "changed the pattern of Japanese literary circles". 】

[In the same year, your novel "Chishu and Takina" won the Nobel Prize for Literature - the world was shocked. 】

[You and they have left a strong mark in the history of world literature. 】

[Simulation ends——]

Chapter 101. Then become a literary master! (4000 words!)

[Time continues to move backward. 】

[Under your guidance, Inoue Takina's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. Although she still cannot surpass you, it is no longer a problem to support the operation of 'Riko Rico' on her own. 】

[Although you don’t need to worry about the situation of ‘Liquelic’ anymore, you will still go to ‘Liquelic’ from time to time. 】

[For you, ‘Liquelice’ has obviously become a second home. 】

[And Inoue Takina and Nishiki Chishu welcome you very much. 】

[They are still confused about the future, but as they continue to explore, they seem to have ideas and a direction. 】

【Your encouragement and care make them both feel sincerely warm. 】

[During their breaks, they often invite you to their dormitories to play. 】

[They will work hard to prepare a wonderful movie for you, and they will also put a lot of thought into the handmade snacks. They will also be happy to see you showing an expression of enjoyment sometimes, and preparing everything carefully.

[——You go to their dormitory to rest more and more. 】

[The store manager Mika didn’t express any opinion on the overly close relationship between the three of you. For him, it seems that as long as they can be happy in the future, that’s all. 】

[But good times don’t always last. 】

[Time continues to pass backwards, and you also begin to prepare for the exam to get into the university of your choice. 】

[In those few months, in order to prepare for the exam, you gradually reduced the time you spent going to ‘Liquelice’. 】

[Although your time to go to ‘Liquelic’ is getting shorter and shorter. 】

[In the past few months, Nishiki Chishu, who has always been lively and happy, seems to have been pinched by the tail, making it difficult for him to be active again. 】

[When Inoue Takina is cooking in the kitchen, she will always look at the chef uniform you are wearing in a daze. 】

[My thoughts have not faded with the passage of time, but have quietly fermented as the days continue to pass. 】

[On days when I can’t see you, Nishiki Chishu always wants to take the initiative to contact you with her mobile phone, but when she gets the mobile phone, she, who has always been happy and optimistic, will fall into hesitation. 】

[Although Inoue Takina didn't say much, she actually secretly went to the nearest shrine to buy a lot of 'amulets for academic success', carefully packaged them, and then secretly put them at your door outside the mailbox. 】

[They don’t want to disturb you at such a critical period. 】

[During that time, your occasional video chats would make them smile. 】

[They are satisfied just to see you and talk to you. 】

[And similarly, they are also a rare touch of color in your gray, boring review life. 】

Within the simulation, memories began to flow——

"Ah - Shi-kun! Really! How long has it been since the last time you sent us a video message?!"

When looking at Nanxiang who was still energetic on the other side of the video call, Nishiki Chishu let go of her tense heart and at the same time, she turned her head and shouted energetically:

"Takina! Come here quickly! Stop washing the dishes! The heartless man who didn't contact us for eight days, six hours and five seconds sent us a video message!"

"Huh? Is it Ah Shi?"

Nanxiang heard the sound of turning off the faucet from the other end of the video, and watched Chishu Nishiki get out of the way with a smile, and stretched out his hand to pull Inoue Takina over.

"Wait! I haven't sorted it out yet."

Inoue Takina was a little embarrassed because she wiped her water-stained palms on her apron from washing dishes, and then straightened her satin-like shoulder-length black hair from an angle that was invisible to Nango.

Only then did Xiao Xiao poke half of his face towards the camera.

"Takina, what are you doing - your face is too close, making your nostrils look so big!"

Nishikiki Chishu next to him made a mocking sound of "hehe".

"Shut up! It's not Qian Shu, you are too sudden!"

After hearing these words, Inoue Takina retracted her head in a cute way,

"Hehe, there's no problem! Even if our faces are too close, our heartless man will not dislike us, huh~"

She drawled cutely as she looked at Nanxiang on the other side of the video.

"What kind of ungrateful person?"

He looked up at the other end of the video.

"Hmph——"

Nishiki Chishu directly picked up Inoue Takina who was hiding outside the video, put her chin on Inoue Takina's forehead, and winked at him in the video:

"Leaving such two lovely fiancées in the store alone without a word of contact for more than a week, isn't this a heartless person? Shi-kun?"

"Although I don't have any impression that I'm engaged to any of you - and the engagement should be with one of you, right?"

Nanxiang Shi on the other end of the video obviously didn't want to accept Nishiki Chishu's tactics and spoke simply.

"That's not okay."

Nishiki Chishu pulled Inoue Takina, who was embarrassed to speak, and hummed:

"If Toki-kun wants to marry Sensu-sama in the future, he will marry Takina as well."

"Thousands of bunches!"

Listening to Nishiki Chishu saying such embarrassing words, Inoue Takina, who was originally serious and very thin-skinned, pulled her sleeves and made a sound.

But it was obvious that Nishiki Chishu simply ignored her with a smile.

At the other end of the video, Nanxiang Shi showed a hint of thought after hearing these words, and then spoke directly:

"If you say that, I'm even more interested in marrying Takina."

"Hmph - you're so naive, Toki-kun!"

Nishiki Chishu at the other end of the video showed an eccentric smile again: "If you choose to marry Takina, then Chishu-sama will come with you as a dowry!"

"Oh my, you are really the happiest man in the world. You kid, you probably got this kind of treatment because you saved the world in your previous life."

Nishiki Chishu stretched out her finger and poked the camera. It felt to Nanxiang as if her finger was playfully touching the tip of her nose through the screen.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Nan Xiangshi in the video side glanced at her, his tone unchanged, as if he was reading mechanically: "I am really the happiest man in the world."

The night was already deep.

But the desire to chat with each other has not been extinguished at all.

He chatted with them until late at night.

The overly free and cheerful girl and the serious and cold girl both brought him indescribable joy.

During this period, she was free and cheerful and expressed many things she wanted to do in the future.

But what I want to do most is——

"I want to be happy with Toki-kun and Takina."

In the video, her voice when saying this sentence is still the same as usual, out-of-the-box and cute.

but--

[But you can understand that there is no falsehood in the words she said. 】

[They tell the truth in a joking tone, looking forward to your answer. 】

[But you did not tell the answer at this time. 】

[It’s not just because you are busy preparing for the exam, but you need more time to think. 】

[Similarly, you have also secretly made up your mind. 】

In real life.

"If this route develops like this... is it possible that it will really end like that?"

Feeling the memory in the simulation, Nanxiang was a little unsure.

Two people marry together...

Can such an ending be considered a happy ending?

Nanxiang rubbed his temples.

But things had reached this point, and he could only look down quietly.

[Time continues to move backward. 】

[With everyone’s surprised eyes, you, who spent a year in the ‘Riko Rico’ cafe in your second year of high school, won the first place in the entrance test of the University of Tokyo with an absolute advantage. 】

[But to everyone’s surprise, you did not choose the Faculty of Medicine of Dongda University, but took the Literature major of Dongda University as your new starting point. 】

"Literature major...?"

The choices you make in the simulation make Nanxiang Shi clear in reality.

Also as Nanxiang, he certainly knew why the other party made such a choice.

Because in Japan, the social status of writers has always been high.

Even a literary author like Osamu Dazai, who led his female students to commit suicide serially, can still be honored as sir in Japan.

If you choose this path.

Then maybe the possibility of his affairs with Takina and Sensu being accepted by others...

No...

If we really want to take this road, the hardships behind it...

When I thought about Nanxiang here, I shook my head and did not continue to think about it.

[That night, in order to celebrate your official admission to the University of Tokyo, 'Li KeLiKe' closed early to celebrate you. 】

[Inoue Takina used the cooking skills you taught her to make delicious meals. 】

[On this day, while you are in the mood for wine, the store manager Mika makes a suggestion to you. 】

[He hopes that you can move to the dormitory of 'Riko Rico' and live with Nishiki Chishu and Inoue Takina. 】

[Because regardless of the convenience of transportation to Dongda University in the future, or the simple rental environment where you live, the dormitory of "Li Keli" is definitely a more suitable choice for you. 】

[Faced with the invitation from the store manager Mika, you have some thoughts. 】

[But what also has to be considered is that the dormitory of 'Riko Rico' is full of girls except you, especially the second floor with empty rooms, where Nishiki Chisuke and Inoue Takina live. 】

[Faced with your thoughts, the members of 'Lico Rico' just looked at each other and then showed a knowing smile. 】

[They have already regarded you as family, so how could they refuse you to move in just because of this little thing? 】