Tokyo: Who would still fall in love after being spoiled?

Chapter 28: Sharing a house doesn’t mean sharing a bed, so why not?

"Inoue, come on."

"..." How did she know? Was she secretly a senior judge for the competition? Was she a recent transfer student from Qingqiu High? Or had she established a joint intelligence network with Amano after just one encounter?
His thoughts were in a tizzy, and he subconsciously replied, "Thank you."

"Thank you for what!" Takeda said angrily, "I mean, cheer me up!"

"Cheer you up?"

A false alarm.

"Say it!"

"Give me a reason..."

"You don't need to know. Just shout 'Come on!' That's all I need." Takeda suggested in a gentle voice, "Then we'll take you to a more expensive barbecue. It's much more cost-effective!"

"Hmm..." He thought for a moment and forced a smile, "Come on!"

"Your smile is so ugly!" Takeda couldn't stand it and stretched out his claws towards his face.

He stepped back and dodged.

"No way." Takeda sat back in his chair in disappointment. "Where's that passion you had when you said you wanted to be prime minister?"

"I don't know what you're going to do...how can you be so passionate?"

"Forget it, I'll just treat you to the cheapest barbecue buffet." Takeda continued to eat her barbecued pork chop bento.

He went deeper into the grocery store and reached for a beer from the cooler.

"Hey, you really don't want to eat? It's rare to have extra food today." Takeda held up a box of unheated expired lunch box and asked him.

It was filled with tempura, shrimp, chicken and vegetables.

"Don't eat."

"You can't take the beer even if you don't eat!" Takeda saw him open the refrigerator and banged his chopsticks in warning.

I no longer consider myself a clerk, but a customer.

"Then how do I get back?"

"I'll teach you how to climb over the wall," Takeda said, unstintingly sharing his genius. "The door to the warehouse in the corner of the boarding house isn't locked. There's a long bamboo pole and a hemp rope inside. Once you get to the floor below your room, use the bamboo pole to lift the hemp rope up and hook it onto the railing. Make sure it's securely fastened!"

"Have you tried?"

"Do you think I've lived on the first floor since first grade?" Takeda raised his eyebrows proudly.

"No wonder it looks so familiar." He was filled with admiration, his eyes fixed on the various beers in the refrigerator until he found his target. "But, Takeda-san. I'm the only one living in my room, and there's no one to help me cover the report..."

"Why are you still taking—what? Alone..." Takeda's anger turned into disbelief. "You mean, you paid two boarding fees and booked a separate room?"

"Ah."

"Why don't you rent a house with this kind of money?" Takeda said with concern, as if he was spending her money.

"I just had this plan a few days ago. Didn't I tell you?"

"Oh... I have some impression." Takeda took out a pack of cigarettes from the cigarette cabinet, the same as last time. "How is it going? About moving out."

"I haven't found a suitable one yet." I should say I haven't started looking yet, I just looked at some rental information online.

During school hours, Monday to Friday is very busy, so the only suitable days to view properties are Saturday and Sunday.

There is a competition this Saturday and a barbecue on Sunday, so it is hard to say whether I have time to watch it.

The competition that Kimura, Kato and the others have signed up for will probably be next week, so maybe they can spare a day.

Summer vacation is in a week, I'll look for it carefully then.

"Hey... I have an idea." Takeda took the can of beer from his hand and held the scanner gun without working, "How about we share the rent together? We'll split the rent equally." "Give me some leeway." He surrendered voluntarily.

"How can you say that!" Takeda said angrily, "What's wrong with me? Why do you despise me so much?"

"I'm the type who hates trouble. I can't stand having a boy as my roommate."

"What are you thinking about! What roommate?" Takeda was lost in thought, feeling embarrassed and annoyed. "Sharing a house isn't living together! You're really perverted! Saotome-senpai was right!"

"Sharing a house is troublesome. If you're still lip-syncing every day, how can I draw?"

"You were doing morning exercises during that time, weren't you? I only do that." Takeda didn't give him the chance to continue listing the disadvantages and continued to promote the possibility of sharing a house. "There are also many old residential areas around Kita-Ying High School! There are many whole houses for rent at low prices. Wouldn't it be a waste for you to live alone? Why not make use of it! Just pretend you're the second landlord and I'm your tenant."

"Sounds good, what next?" He pretended to be interested and asked her to quickly scan the price of cigarettes and alcohol so that he could pay and leave.

"The whole house! It has two floors at least. Although it's a bit shabby, the space is definitely large enough. You and I will each take a floor, and you can choose first." Takeda scanned out the prices of the wine.

“What if all the bedrooms are on the same floor?”

"It would be better if you don't look for something like that! If it really doesn't work... it's not in the same room. I'll prepare breakfast for you then, and you can choose from any kind of bento in the grocery store!" Takeda then scanned out the price of the cigarettes.

"I'll give you one thousand yen, and the rest will be used for the barbecue." While Takeda was still not alert, he put the money on the table, took the cigarettes and wine from his hands, turned around and walked out.

"One thousand... Hey! There's only about three hundred yen left!"

While walking on the road, Takeda's Line crossed the space and chased after him.

[Takeda: Shared housing!]
“…” Whether it was reality or fiction, this was the first time he had seen such an experience.

It seems that he probably doesn't want to climb over the wall every day anymore.

[Inoue: Think about it.]
System, think about it?
The risks of sharing a house...are they no more serious than the risks of a piano club?
Takeda was waiting for him, he was waiting for the system, but the system didn't know what it was waiting for. Until he walked into the boarding house, handed over the cigarettes and alcohol to Moustache, and returned to his room, there was still no movement.

He was about to get some water to wash up and go to bed when a friend he seldom contacted sent him a message on Line.

Kuroki: There's one thing... After much thought, I'm finally confident I'll leave it to Mr. Inoue.
He stared at the word "Kuroki" for a while, and finally remembered that it was the name of a light novel author he had collaborated with three months ago.

The sword and magic of another world, the protagonist who travels through time and space is a loser, and all the female protagonists start from D cup. He dozed off when talking about the plot because he had to refer to the original text to draw illustrations.

But it seems to be selling well, with the twelfth volume already released three months ago, and the manga adaptation was carried out a year ago.

He took over the illustrations starting from the eighth volume, apparently because the previous illustrator could not stand the fact that he demoted the only A-cup female character to a supporting role.

When asked why, the answer given was that it was required by the plot.

It’s hard to describe these guys related to light novels...

But this person also has advantages.

First, he never picked and chose, no matter what his paintings looked like, he would approve them on the first draft; second, he was generous enough in paying money, and in addition to the royalties agreed upon by the publishing house, he would also pay an extra amount in his personal name.

[Inoue: What?]
[Kuroki: To be precise, it’s two things.]
[Kuroki: First, we needed to make a poster to promote the animation, and the first draft the animation team gave me was not to my liking.]
[Kuroki: Second, there will be preliminary auditions for supporting roles this Saturday, and final auditions next Saturday. In principle, I'm required to be present for the final auditions, but the manuscript for volume thirteen is already on deadline...next Sunday is the real deadline.]
[Kuroki: So...]
[Inoue: So,]
He summarized.

[Inoue: One is that I will be responsible for the animation promotional posters; the other is that I will be asked to attend the supporting role voice acting finals next Saturday.]
Kuroki: That's right! I just think that Mr. Inoue definitely understands me!
[Inoue: Are they all paid?]
[Kuroki: The amount will definitely satisfy you!]
In this case, I can only look at the house during the summer vacation...

He fell into deep thought for a moment - since he had decided to pick up his paintbrush again and was no longer under financial pressure, a job in the conventional sense was no longer a big deal to him.

Or maybe the correct answer is to save as much time as possible and spend it on painting and studying...

[Task: Participate in the voice actor selection for "The Reincarnated Waste-Heaven Hero and the Holy Oracle."]

[Reward: 30000 points]

"..."

[Inoue: Leave it to me.]
　Thanks to Yeyu Xinglan for the 2 monthly tickets, and thanks to tiagangww and Qingqinzhiqin for the monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)