Chapter 202 A Private Meeting with Shiori
The next morning.
The crisp sound of birds singing woke Sawayama Haruno up. Looking at Ezaki Suguha who had fallen asleep on his chest at some point, he rubbed his brows and gently put her down.
It's already past eight in the morning.
Ever since he and Suguha Ezaki had established a relationship, this tall girl who had always been diligent in kendo seemed to get up later and later.
The original morning exercise activity was naturally cancelled by the other party.
But the problem doesn't seem to be that big. After all, without morning exercise, there is still night exercise. In a sense, the amount of exercise is even much greater than before, right?
Sawayama Haruno is very confident in himself.
"Well"
The lazy beauty who was still sleeping next to her snorted softly.
Sawayama Haruno turned around and saw that the other party had no intention of waking up, so he continued to change his clothes and then went out to the bathroom downstairs to brush his teeth.
After he had almost packed himself up, he walked outside the Ginkaku-ji Temple and signaled his bodyguards to take him to the hospital.
It has been the sixth day since they came to Kyoto, and the bodyguards seem to have gradually become accustomed to the job of picking up and dropping off Sawayama Haruno.
Perhaps in their eyes, Sawayama Haruno means Ezaki Suguha's future husband.
After all, with their status and position, they certainly had no way of knowing the future arrangements of the Ezaki family. Therefore, when they saw that Sawayama Haruno and Ezaki Suguha were behaving intimately, and that their eldest lady was so concerned about him, they also had some intention of trying to please Sawayama Haruno.
After all, they all earn their livings from the Ezaki family, so it is understandable that they would try to please the virtuous husband of the future head of the family.
However, Sawayama Haruno's mind was basically not on this, so even when the bodyguard complimented him a few times on the way to the hospital, he seemed a little absent-minded.
Only after arriving at the hospital did he regain some energy.
"Mr. Zeshan, I'll be waiting near the hospital. If you need anything, just call me and I'll be right over."
The bodyguard in the car was still being attentive.
After thanking him, Sawayama Haruno got out of the car and walked towards the hospital.
Today would be a good opportunity, Sawayama Haruno thought.
It just so happened that Esaki Suguha was catching up on sleep in Ginkaku-ji Temple due to exhaustion, so he had the opportunity to be alone with Mine Shiori.
I should have found an opportunity to talk to him yesterday, but it was too late after I came back from the dinner, so I had to postpone it to today.
Although there are benefits as well, he thought.
After entering the inpatient department, Sawayama Haruno quickly took the elevator to the corresponding floor. When he arrived at the door of Mine Shiori's ward, he hesitated for a moment, but finally raised his hand and knocked twice.
dong dong——
"Please come in."
Mine Shiori's slightly calm voice was heard from the ward.
Sawayama Haruno pushed open the door and immediately met eyes with the petite girl sitting inside.
"Haruno."
After seeing who came in, Mine Shiori's expression instantly became much more complicated.
She whispered, "You got up so early."
"Well, I rested early yesterday."
Sawayama Haruno tried hard to smile.
After finding a chair to sit down, he asked with concern: "Has Shiori recovered a little?"
"Well, the nurse came to check on him just now, and he's almost recovered."
Mine Shiori pursed her lips and said embarrassedly: "It's nothing."
"I'm glad you're okay. I was thinking that if it's inconvenient for you to rest in Kyoto, you might want to return to Tokyo early." Sawayama Haruno joked.
This is also true.
The results of the competition will be announced within one or two days at most, so you don’t have to wait until Wednesday to go back.
Basically, after following the procedures and winning all the awards in the competition, he can leave the main group and go back to Tokyo alone with Suguha Esaki and Shiori Mine.
“No need to advance.”
"Come to think of it." Mine Shiori asked softly with her eyes drooping, "What happened last night? I heard from Suguha that you went to the Ishizawa family's dinner party. It seems to have something to do with Shu's grades, right?"
She didn't really want Sawayama Haruno to continue talking about being "ill".
Because whenever I talk about this, I will inevitably recall what happened yesterday at noon.
Although I wanted to confess to him yesterday, after talking to Suguha, I don't know why I didn't have the courage to tell the truth to Haruno again.
I am afraid that it will make the relationship between the two of us awkward, and I am also afraid that it will affect other things.
The best thing to do is naturally to find a new topic, right?
“There is indeed a certain relationship.”
Sawayama Haruno smiled at her, picked up the apples from the fruit basket beside him and prepared to wash and peel them, while not forgetting to chat with the petite girl sitting on the hospital bed.
"It seems that only those who are favored can go through. So even if we don't talk about the specific results, just the potential can be regarded as being recognized by others. There are also many seniors in the industry."
"Ms. Morikawa went with me last night, and she also met her former seniors who mentored her. The second half of the party was basically spent chatting with her fellow editors," he added.
"is it?"
Hearing this, a trace of envy flashed in Mine Shiori's eyes. She is now considered a person working in this industry, so naturally she is somewhat yearning for this kind of event. Especially after hearing that many industry leaders will come, she became more envious.
Last night, Ms. Morikawa also sent her some photos of the party, including many group photos with editors from other groups.
Of course, there are two photos of Sawayama Haruno wearing a suit.
Mine Shiori secretly saved these two photos separately, put them in a cloud drive, and set a password to prevent others from finding them.
It’s just my little secret, she thought.
Although this seems a bit pathetic.
After all, Suguha and Haruno had already experienced such a thing, and all he could do was secretly save photos of him in formal attire.
Even if he wanted to do something out of line in the other person's room, he would be caught on the spot.
Some are just embarrassing experiences like social death.
Thinking of this, the petite girl's expression became more gloomy, and her eyes looked extremely sleepy, which made people wonder if she didn't get enough rest last night.
Of course, Sawayama Haruno also noticed her condition.
However, knowing Mine Shiori, he did not say much. Instead, after washing the apple, he took a knife and prepared to peel it for her.
"Things in Kyoto have finally come to an end."
He suddenly said, "But after returning to Tokyo, it seems like there will be more things to do."
"Although the book has been completed, the subsequent printing and publishing will have to wait for further notice. In addition to these, we also have to prepare the semester assignments, right?"
"Indeed, we prepare according to the groups of each student, right?" Mine Shiori pursed her lips and whispered, "Our group hasn't even started discussing how to handle the team's semester assignments."
"It's the same here. They don't seem to be in a hurry at all."
Zeshan Haruno peeled the skin in a few seconds and then started cutting it into pieces.
"It's such a headache. I've taken a week-long vacation this time. After I return to Tokyo, I might need to take more leave. Then I'll have to find a way to make up the credits from elective courses."
After saying that, he couldn't help but sigh.
This is also the problem that bothers him the most now, that is, the attendance rate in school.
Although the University of Tokyo is very lenient with student entrepreneurship and internships, there are prerequisites.
Sawayama Haruno didn't attend classes this week, so it would be understandable if he could find a way to make up some credits later.
But he will have to take more leave next.
Even if we ignore the matters of the Ezaki family, he still agreed to go traveling with Miyazawa Maki and Miyazawa Mana.
He couldn't wait until the winter vacation, after all, he had promised his mother to go back to Osaka nearly two months in advance.
If you think about it carefully, the time ahead will really make you so busy that you will be at a loss.
If I hadn't written a book, it would probably be a lot easier.
Of course, Sawayama Haruno doesn't regret it either.
After all, he still has to rely on the fame gained from writing books to solve Ezaki Suguha's troubles, and the future with the Miyazawa twins also requires a lot of money to realize, so it is worth it to be a little tired now.
Mine Shiori watched him cut the apple into pieces and put them on a small plate, smiled silently, and whispered, "It's indeed a bit troublesome."
She was about to continue speaking, but the ringing of her cell phone interrupted her.
While Sawayama Haruno was slightly hesitant, Mine Shiori took the initiative to take a tissue from the side and wipe his hands.
"Answer the phone first."
"Thanks."
Sawayama Haruno took the opportunity to hand the other party the small plate filled with apple pieces, wiped his hands, and then took out the mobile phone from his pocket.
It was another call from Riho Morikawa.
The frequency of the other party calling his mobile phone number in the past few days is too high.
But it was a good thing that it was the other party who called. If it was Suguha or Maki who called, it would have been unspeakably awkward to be discovered by Mine Shiori.
As for the purpose of Morikawa Riho's call, Sawayama Haruno had guessed it to some extent.
Sure enough, after answering the phone, the first sentence the other party said was congratulations.
"Congratulations, Mr. Kiriyama."
On the other end of the line, Ms. Morikawa's happy voice came through clearly.
Even Mine Shiori, who was sitting on the hospital bed with an apple in her hand, couldn't help but glance over.
"Are the results of the competition out?"
"should."
Sawayama Haruno replied in a low voice, and then asked Mine Shiori's question again to Morikawa Riho on the phone.
The other party gave an affirmative answer without hesitation.
"It's out. The third place is that newcomer, and the second place is Shibata Shinkai, which means."
Sawayama Haruno's eyes lit up slightly.
(End of this chapter)
