Chapter 216: Ms. Morikawa is restless
It was already late when I got home.
After opening the door, Sawayama Haruno saw Miyazawa Maki sitting on the sofa, absorbed in watching her tablet.
After putting down the takeaway bag in his hand, he asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"
"The book you wrote."
Miyazawa Maki shook her pink feet and said absentmindedly, "At first glance, it seemed quite interesting."
"Do you know which file it is under?"
"Why don't we just click on each one and take a look?" Maki Miyazawa put the tablet down and said with a grin, "I wanted to see if you had any 'learning materials' or something like that."
Even if you have it, you won't be able to find it. Those are hidden and encrypted files, Zeshan Haruno thought.
"Come over and eat."
"I've been gone for so long, I don't even know if it's cold."
Maki Miyazawa was lying on the sofa, and she opened her arms to Sawayama Haruno who was coming over, and acted like a spoiled child, asking him to pull her up.
Sawayama Haruno did the opposite and grabbed the other's delicate feet and pulled them back.
With a scream, Miyazawa Maki was successfully "separated" from the sofa by him.
"You don't know how to be gentle with women at all. My legs are still weak!"
"Eat quickly, it shouldn't be cold yet. I'm going to take a shower first."
Sawayama Haruno simply ignored her complaints, went into his bedroom and prepared to pack his clothes and take a shower.
Although I still have plenty of energy, I have been busy all day after all, and it is about time to take a shower and rest.
I have to go to Kodansha to sign the contract tomorrow.
What puzzled him was that the order of some clothes in the closet seemed to be different from before.
But when I thought about the fact that I had been away for a week, it seemed normal that I couldn't remember clearly. Besides, the clothes I often wore were in the suitcase, so the clothes I seldom wore were naturally placed in a conspicuous place in the closet.
So without thinking any more, Sawayama Haruno took his clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
By the time he came out of the shower, Miyazawa Maki had almost finished eating and was lying on the sofa, touching the snoring Salmon Ball while continuing to watch the tablet.
It's still the same. Sawayama Haruno shook his head.
After taking out his midnight snack, he began to check the messages in the school group chat while thinking about what he would do at the company tomorrow.
When they were almost done eating, Miyazawa Maki had already gone back to her room to sleep, so he picked up the remaining food on the table, cleaned up briefly, and went back to his room to rest.
And so, the first night back in Tokyo finally came to an end.
Time quickly came to the next day.
Kodansha Headquarters, 5LC area, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Riho Morikawa was sitting in her seat, hurriedly looking through some information.
A female colleague passing by saw this and joked, "Riho, why do you look so much more haggard after returning from Kyoto?"
"Of course, I never rested."
While rummaging around for something, Morikawa Riho complained, "Really? I thought I could rest there for a while, but it turns out I have to work around the clock. I have to go back to work after I come back."
“It’s too hard.”
Another male colleague came over with a thermos cup in his hand, holding his waist and said cheerfully, "After the business trip, there will be a holiday, right? Morikawa can also use the holiday points he has accumulated to exchange for a few days of rest time. This trick has been tried and tested many times and has always worked for us."
Their working hours are actually quite flexible, and Kodansha does not force them to work a certain length of time, but for the sake of their own performance and future, most people will choose normal working hours, and even work the full fixed overtime hours each month.
Occasionally, when there are holidays or special circumstances, there will be instances where you have to continue working normally during the holidays. In this case, you will get something called "leave points".
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is convenient for them to use this thing to ask for leave and rest during weekdays.
As an experienced editor, he will use the points to exchange for a few more days of rest time during the two fixed days of vacation when on business trips or work. The longest time he can take is even a week. If it coincides with the weekend, the rest time will be even longer.
Of course, Morikawa Riho also knew these "little tricks in the workplace", but she had to come to the company because she had other things to do today.
“If only it were that easy.”
She rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "The editor-in-chief asked me to finalize the new contract with the writer as soon as possible. Otherwise, do you think I want to come back to work so soon?"
"what!"
When the female colleague at the beginning heard what Morikawa Riho said, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Is that the new teacher who went to Kyoto to compete a few days ago, Kiriyama Fuyumi?"
"I heard from Senior Takiya that he is one of the authors that Ms. Morikawa is in charge of."
"That's him." Morikawa Riho raised her lips slightly, pretending to be reserved and said, "Well, after all, there are actually quite a few people participating in this competition. It's not easy to find a potential seedling. It's normal for the editor-in-chief and others to be anxious."
"As expected of Senior Morikawa, it looks like he'll be able to produce some great results this year."
"Luck luck."
Morikawa Riho's smile became even brighter. Thanks to Sawayama Haruno, her status in the company has changed.
After returning to Tokyo yesterday, the editor-in-chief, department heads, and other group leaders even came over to have a meal with her, under the pretext of rewarding employees who were on a business trip to Kyoto, but in fact, the main purpose was to reward her.
After all, not only did Sawayama Haruno win the favor of the little princess of the Ishizawa family, but his strength could also be said to surpass that of the older generation of writers, Shibata Shinkai. In addition, he was still so young and it was his debut work, so it was normal for the group's top management to be optimistic about him.
As a result, Morikawa Riho also received some care.
After a few drinks at the party yesterday, the editor-in-chief revealed, intentionally or unintentionally, that she might be promoted by the end of the year.
So it is normal that other colleagues would envy her.
"By the way, what kind of person is Kiriyama-sensei?"
The female colleague was a little curious and said, "I heard from other colleagues who were on business trips that she looked very young and good-looking."
"He."
Morikawa Riho thought about Sawayama Haruno's appearance, then nodded very solemnly.
"Indeed, Mr. Kiriyama is a very handsome man. If he were younger, he wouldn't even be able to go to a convenience store to buy cigarettes."
"Hey, so young?"
The female colleague suddenly became excited.
"Have you a girlfriend?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
Morikawa Riho thought that the other party not only has a girlfriend, but even the eldest daughter of the Ezaki family is lining up, so you'd better save your energy.
Besides, even without considering his talent, Mr. Kiriyama can still pick up other better girls with his good looks.
It’s great to be young. I wish I were younger. Looking at such an outstanding man, I can’t help but feel a little regretful.
You have to know that she is still an older virgin. Now every time she calls her family, she has to face the situation of being urged to get married, which really gives her a headache.
Her family always said how popular her job was and that she could meet so many educated people. She should seize this opportunity and find an outstanding young person to date. It was true that most of the writers she met were middle-aged men.
Even if there are a few who look good and gentle and elegant, they are actually definitely the more romantic type, after all, they are literati.
Since being romantic is the standard for literati, why doesn't she find a young man like Sawayama Haruno? What's the point of finding a middle-aged man in his thirties?
Morikawa Riho complained so much in her heart about being "forced to get married" that it took someone outside calling her twice before she reacted.
"Editor Morikawa, the guest is already sitting in the reception room."
"Sorry, I'll be right there."
Morikawa Riho slapped her forehead, feeling a little regretful.
She almost forgot about the important matter. She still had to take the documents and the contract with her. After all, it was time for her to meet with Sawayama Haruno.
She hurriedly found a stack of documents that had been pressed at the bottom of the documents on the desk, then took the contract documents, pen and paper and trotted towards the meeting room.
Sawayama Haruno had been waiting inside for a long time.
He didn't see anyone coming in and was so bored that he started playing with the transparent mineral water bottle on the table.
Just as he was thinking about whether to take out his cell phone to send someone a message, the door of the reception room was finally pushed open and Morikawa Riho arrived late.
"Sorry, it took me some time to find something."
As soon as she entered the door, she lifted her bangs that were somewhat scattered and smiled apologetically.
"It's okay. I don't have anything else to do today anyway."
Sawayama Haruno smiled and said, "I was thinking of inviting Ms. Morikawa to dinner after signing the contract, just to express my gratitude for what happened in Kyoto."
"Then I won't be polite."
Morikawa Riho sat down and smiled reservedly.
"There's a very expensive sushi restaurant nearby. I've always wanted to go there."
“Sushi again.”
"Don't you like sushi, Mr. Kiriyama?"
Morikawa Riho took out the documents and contract and pushed them towards the other party, while smiling and jokingly saying, "When we were in Kyoto, didn't Shiori tell you that you really like to eat that kind of food?"
That's because Ezaki Suguha keeps ordering that thing. Even if I like it, I can't eat it every day, Sawayama Haruno complained in his heart.
But forget it, after all, it's a dinner party, so of course I have to follow the guests' wishes.
"No problem, just finish signing and go there sooner."
As he said that, he took the contract that the other party pushed over to him.
Although the cooperation relationship between the two is already very stable, they have even signed a contract.
But this kind of thing involves huge interests after all, so it is better to check it out as carefully as possible.
(End of this chapter)
