Chapter 327 Girls' Worries
At the same time, on the other side, Sawayama Haruno, who had just finished his hot spring vacation, was not feeling relaxed either.
Sitting on the train back to Tokyo, he looked at Ezaki Suguha with a helpless expression.
"Is this really necessary?" he said depressedly.
"real."
Suguha Ezaki held the mask and insisted that Haruno Sawayama wear it.
Even Mine Shiori couldn't help but whisper her own opinion: "The school forum has gone crazy, and Haruno must have seen the popularity online. It's good that no one recognized it. If someone recognized it, there might be other troubles."
"All right."
Seeing that Mine Shiori also agreed, although Sawayama Haruno felt helpless, he still took the mask handed to him by Suguha.
After putting it on, he asked uncertainly, "Is this all right?"
"It should be fine. Not many photos of Haruno have been circulated."
Ezaki Suguha looked at him wearing a mask and said softly, "If they are not particularly familiar with you, it would be difficult to tell that you are Kiriyama Fuyumi."
"You'd better wear it when you go to school later."
Mine Shiori added cautiously, "The most troublesome thing is going back to school. There are a lot of people tagging you in the class group chat these days. If you go back like this, you might be surrounded by your classmates."
"I see. So, has the book become so popular?"
Sawayama Haruno scratched his face, somewhat puzzled, "It's only been on sale for less than two months, it shouldn't be like this."
"Because of the influence of Mr. Shibata's promotion, Haruno's book has also attracted a lot of attention in the industry." Mine Shiori pursed her lips and whispered, "Then the influence has been further increased. Coupled with the excessive promotion by the partners, the hottest topic at the moment is Haruno's novel."
She was actually being relatively conservative. Sawayama Haruno's book was officially released in the middle of last month, and in less than ten days it topped the monthly sales list of physical novels.
This month is even more terrifying, with sales almost twice that of the second place.
Just looking at these data, you can tell how popular this book is in the market.
It can only be said that Sawayama Haruno still underestimated the value of "Norwegian Wood". In his previous life, this book was said to be "one for every five people".
Even when it was first released in the previous life, it was once sold out and even dominated the sales charts for a long time. It was not until the younger generation who wrote suspense novels appeared that the book's dominance on the charts came to an end.
“It’s terrible.”
Sawayama Haruno rubbed his brows.
He is still feeling the lingering fear of his identity being exposed.
During these days of vacation at the hot spring hotel, he has received calls from several different people.
Maki and Mana both said that they were asked about "Kiyama Fuyumi" and "Sawayama Haruno" by people around them more than once. Even those high school classmates who they hadn't contacted for a long time sent them messages to inquire about the truth of the matter, which made them very distressed.
Putting aside his private life, the dean of the university also called him and asked him to remember to visit the school when he returned, probably to talk about something related to books.
In addition to these, Sawayama Haruno also received several other scattered calls.
Some calls came from high school teachers, some calls from classmates I hadn't contacted for many years, and some calls from colleagues I had only met once or twice in Kyoto.
After receiving calls from these people, Sawayama Haruno looked even more confused, but was too embarrassed to hang up directly, so he could only try his best to ignore them, and then immediately set his phone to do not disturb mode.
As expected, people are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. What happened in the past few days made Zeshan Haruno feel extremely overwhelmed.
Ezaki Suguha seemed to see his troubles. After hesitating for a moment, she whispered, "Should we not let Maki come back these few days?"
"Ok?"
Sawayama Haruno looked at her in confusion, and it took him a while to understand what she meant.
"makes sense."
Zeshan Haruno smiled bitterly and said, "Let's wait until the heat of this matter has cooled down a bit before letting her come back. I will also call her and explain everything to her later."
Too many people are paying attention to him now, plus he was previously secretly photographed and exposed.
Although Ms. Morikawa said that the company has sent someone to sue the other party, Sawayama Haruno is still worried that there will be other people with ulterior motives who will continue to secretly film his life.
In order to prevent the pregnant Maki from encountering any overly sensitive incidents, he decided to let her stay at Miyazawa's house for a few more days.
Not only did he let Miyazawa Maki hide, but he also began to think about whether he should take Suguha with him for a while, at least to stay away from some trouble.
If I continue to stay in Tokyo, all kinds of "acquaintances" will inevitably come to me, and I will not be able to deal with them, nor will I be able to ignore them.
It's a real headache.
"Suguha, do you think we should go somewhere else for a while?"
Zeshan Haruno groaned for a moment and said, "I don't think I can go to school anyway. I'll talk to the dean when I get back. I should be able to apply for a vacation. After all, the semester is almost over."
"I really want to say this, but I'm going to learn how to drive starting next week."
Ezaki Suguha paused and said helplessly, "Or Haruno can bring Maki with him and return to Osaka early."
"Osaka?" Sawayama Haruno thought.
What the other party said was quite true. If he could really discuss his leave with the school, he could indeed take Maki back to Osaka directly. Not only that, he could also ask her parents to go back with them.
We will discuss the affairs of the two families at that time. After the discussion, the heat of this incident will probably have subsided.
Then he would secretly bring Maki back to Tokyo and directly take the marriage certificate to the district office to register.
I can also attend the annual meeting of Otowa Group, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
"Let me think about it."
Although he felt that this suggestion was good, Sawayama Haruno was not in a hurry to make his own decision.
After a moment of silence, he whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "If possible, I still hope to take you back with me."
"Haruno."
Suguha Ezaki's face suddenly turned red.
After all, Mine Shiori was sitting next to her, and even if she lowered her voice, there was a possibility that she would hear it.
Sawayama Haruno said such words so openly that even she, who was usually calm, couldn't help but feel a little shy.
Fortunately, Sawayama Haruno quickly found a new topic and calmly let the matter go.
He looked up and suggested to Mine Shiori on the other side, "Shiori, you should also pay attention to the fact that not many people in school know that you work at Kodansha, right?"
"That's not true."
Mine Shiori shook her head quite obediently.
"Everyone just knows that I started my internship early, but they don't know where I'm working, and I've never told them."
"That's good."
Seeing this, Sawayama Haruno breathed a sigh of relief.
What he is worried about now is that his book writing will affect the people around him.
The Miyazawa twins have inevitably been affected because they were his high school classmates. Although it won't cause too much trouble, it's annoying to have people coming over to ask about it all the time.
If Mine Shiori was also affected, it would probably be even more troublesome for her as she is not good at communicating with outsiders.
“It’s almost here.”
Hearing the announcement coming from the train, Mine Shiori noticed that they were not far from Shinjuku.
She glanced at the luggage of the three people again and suggested, "Haruno will have to rush to school soon, so let us take the things."
"Then it's up to you."
Sawayama Haruno handed the travel bag and suitcase next to him to Ezaki Suguha and Mine Shiori, and added: "Remember to find Mr. Takashima and pick up the salmon balls. If he is not in the apartment, ask the other person in charge for his contact number."
"I see."
Jiang Qizhiye nodded and said softly: "Get ready to get off the bus, and Haruno should come back early in the evening."
"Well, pay attention to safety on the road."
Sawayama Haruno responded, and then watched the two girls walk to the door of the carriage with their luggage.
When they arrived at the next stop, they quickly disappeared from Sawayama Haruno's sight with the crowd.
As the train started slowly again, Sawayama Haruno continued to head towards his next destination - the University of Tokyo.
"I really don't know what the leaders will say." Sawayama Haruno rubbed his face hard.
The conversation with him must be about storytelling. Although there are countless talented people in the University of Tokyo, Sawayama Haruno feels that he may be the first one who can show such extraordinary literary talent in his first year.
It goes without saying that the school definitely wants to "cultivate" me, but I don't know how they will say it specifically.
Sawayama Haruno didn't expect the school to guarantee his admission to graduate school, but at least they should reduce the points deducted for his attendance, right?
Now, the biggest problem facing him is how to solve the attendance problem. Even with the help of Nami Takayama, this is not the only assignment he has.
There are still three years of college life left. It is impossible to rely on the other party's relationship to get by every year. Moreover, if you are absent too many times, even if you get full marks on the final project, you will still be at risk of failing the course.
The safest way is to let the school leaders see his talent in literature and then try to open some back doors for him.
Forget about the postgraduate entrance exams. He doesn't want to waste too much time on them. As long as he can get his diploma, that's enough.
As he was thinking this, Sawayama Haruno's thoughts were interrupted by the announcement voice that sounded again in the train.
——We have arrived at Komaba-cho, Meguro-ku.
(End of this chapter)
