Chapter 331 Mana's Black Silk Photos
After the tomb-sweeping ceremony, Mine Shiori's depressed mood did not last long.
Not long after they walked out of the cemetery, the petite girl quickly returned to her usual self and even seemed more energetic.
In accordance with the agreement she had made to Sawayama Haruno, she took him for a stroll in Gunma Prefecture after the tomb-sweeping ceremony.
Although for a small city located on the mountain, there are very few places to visit, Sawayama Haruno still appears to be enjoying himself.
The two of them strolled around for the entire afternoon, had a meal in the city center in the evening, and then slowly returned to the hotel to rest.
Lying on the soft big bed in the room, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but stretch.
"Be responsible"
He pondered for a moment, then folded up the pillows again and leaned them against the head of the bed.
Now that he has decided to respond to Mine Shiori's feelings, he can't just talk about it, he really intends to take action.
Morikawa Riho once said something very good: as long as he becomes a great writer, no matter how chaotic his private life is, there will always be great scholars who will help him debate.
Becoming a literary giant is only a matter of time for Sawayama Haruno. With the memory of most books and the rewards from the system, he will sooner or later stand at the top of the island nation's literary world or even the world's literary world.
So the real problem is whether the girls at home will agree.
Sawayama Haruno thought about it and felt that with Ezaki Suguha's personality, she would most likely agree.
As for Maki, if I could find a way to coax her and get Suguha to cooperate with her when she's happy, I might be able to convince her.
But what should Mana do afterwards? The other party is still unwilling to open her heart to her because of the relationship with her biological sister, not to mention what kind of expression she will show when she finds out about Mine Shiori.
Just thinking about it gives me a headache.
Sawayama Haruno rubbed his face, and on a whim, he picked up his phone and sent a text message to the other party.
He wanted to ask Miyazawa Mana what she was doing now.
Time passed by minute by minute, and just when Sawayama Haruno thought that the other party might be too busy to read text messages and was about to doze off, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.
A picture was sent in, it was an extremely seductive photo of black stockings.
The photographer was obviously lying on the bed when taking the photo, and both beautiful legs were captured in the photo, especially the arc drawn by the slightly raised toes, which is even more suggestive. When looking down, you can notice that the girl's slender yet plump thighs are tied by the black stockings, revealing her fair and tender flesh, which looks particularly attractive under the collision of different colors.
"??"
Sawayama Haruno was stunned.
Did I send it to Maki by mistake?
He looked at the nickname displayed above with some uncertainty. After confirming again that it was Miyazawa Mana's LINE number, he typed below to ask the other party with some hesitation.
".Is this Maki?"
"Of course not. How could I have such an idea?"
Mana Miyazawa sent him a sweaty rabbit emoticon.
"I'm just posting it like this, don't you like it Haruno?"
"That's not the case, it's just a little unexpected."
Sawayama Haruno looked at the text message on his phone, blinked, and could hardly contain his surprise.
It seems that the last guess was correct. The conversation between Mine Shiori and Miyazawa Mana in the school cafeteria did produce some unknown effect.
And the last time I met Miyazawa Mana, she didn't show any resistance to me.
Sawayama Haruno suppressed his excitement and wanted to say something to the other party, but Miyazawa Mana was one step ahead of him and sent the text message first.
"Haruno, you guys are going back to Osaka after Christmas, right?"
"There is such a plan."
Sawayama Haruno was a little surprised that the other party had guessed his schedule in advance.
However, the last time I went to Miyazawa's house, I had told his father about this matter, so it didn't seem surprising that it was guessed.
I just don't know what Miyazawa Mana means by saying this now. Is she jealous of her own sister?
Sawayama Haruno was a little confused, but the other party quickly gave his answer in a text message.
"Today, my father talked to me for a while. The general meaning was that I should be mentally prepared and go to Osaka with him after Christmas." Miyazawa Mana typed slowly.
"Would you like to come with me? It doesn't seem right to leave you alone in Tokyo."
Zeshan Haruno thought about it and patiently advised: "Don't worry, mother and the others will definitely welcome you to come as a guest."
Well, you are welcome, for sure.
I just don't know how the two elders will feel when they look at their former daughter-in-law and current daughter-in-law.
But no matter what, all the members of the Miyazawa family will follow him back to Osaka, but Mana stayed in Tokyo, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.
In this case, I might as well bring them all over. Anyway, except for Maki who will live with me at home, everyone else will probably still stay in a hotel outside.
"There aren't that many rooms at home to live in." Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but mutter.
There are only four rooms in his house: the master bedroom where his parents live, two secondary bedrooms where he and Ayano Yui live, and a guest bedroom for entertaining guests.
It is obvious that this amount is not enough to entertain the members of the Miyazawa family, and there will be no other choice but to use the hotel.
"Welcome? That's true. Last time when I visited Haruno's hometown, Aunt Ako and the others were very welcoming."
Miyazawa Mana followed up the text message with a cute rabbit emoticon.
She was talking about her visit to Osaka during the Golden Week. At that time, Sawayama Ako and others treated her very warmly. If Sawayama Haruno had not been in a hurry to take her to Atami, she might have stayed in Osaka for a few more days.
However, even though her stay in Osaka was short, Mana Miyazawa still left a very deep impression on the people of the Sawayama family.
I just don’t know what everyone’s expressions will be when the other party shows up with his twin sister.
Should be able to tell them apart, right?
After all, Mana has always had long hair, while Maki has more obvious short, slightly curly hair.
After thinking for a moment, Sawayama Haruno carefully asked the other party another question.
"How is Maki doing at home these days?"
"Fortunately."
Miyazawa Mana seemed to have expected him to ask this and quickly gave an answer.
"Although he rarely comes downstairs, we don't quarrel anymore. He occasionally talks to us. We plan to go out for dinner together tomorrow."
"The examination at the hospital also showed that she was in good health. The doctor said that since there were no major problems with her eating habits and daily routine, there was no need to worry about anything else for the time being." Is she healthy?
Sawayama Haruno heaved a sigh of relief.
He already knew about the examination, but he felt more at ease after getting Mana's second confirmation.
In addition, he also received a lot of complaint text messages from Maki in the past few days, basically saying that she missed the food he cooked, but the other party did not clamor to go home, which made him feel a lot more relieved.
Perhaps she knew that she would have to go back to Osaka in a while to discuss the marriage with her two families, so she tried her best to behave more obediently than before.
To be honest, even Sawayama Haruno herself was a little surprised by Maki's transformation.
After all, when the other party first came to his house, she looked like a rebellious bad girl, and even wanted to seduce him at every turn.
Although I was finally seduced by her, being able to change her awkward and troublesome personality was a kind of psychological comfort.
"Will Haruno take Maki back home during Christmas?" Miyazawa Mana asked in a text message.
"She should be brought back. She told me before that she would come back for Christmas."
Sawayama Haruno hesitated for a moment, clicked his fingers back and forth on the keyboard, and quickly edited a new text message to ask about the other party's arrangements.
"What are you going to do for Christmas, Mana?"
"I don't have any special plans. I plan to spend it at home. My father doesn't have to go on a business trip. It's been a long time since our family has spent Christmas together." Miyazawa Mana replied.
The other person is the type who would spend Christmas with his family.
This is somewhat rare in the island country. After all, for most young people, this festival is basically celebrated with their partners or good friends.
I can only spend time with my family when I am abroad.
Although he was somewhat surprised by this, Sawayama Haruno felt relieved for some reason after seeing the other party's answer.
He held the phone and chatted with the other party for another ten minutes. Finally, after Miyazawa Mana said apologetically that she was going to take a shower, he stopped the conversation.
"finally."
Sawayama Haruno turned the phone over and covered himself with it, closing his eyes and muttering to himself.
Mana finally stopped worrying about the relationship between him and Maki. Although Suguha Ezaki's presence still made her feel a little uncomfortable, she seemed to be slowly accepting it.
Even though doing so would seem a bit unfair to the other party, Sawayama Haruno was more reluctant to see himself separated from her.
As long as things are still moving in a positive direction, he thought.
As for the girls around him, the only ones whose issues have not been resolved are Mine Shiori and Ayano Yui. The former has decided to take responsibility, but due to her career and Mana, she is unable to push forward the progress so quickly.
It seems that I should give priority to Ayano Yui's affairs. I will find time to talk to her alone after returning to Osaka.
With this thought in mind, Sawayama Haruno turned off the small bedside lamp.
He had been running all day and had to get up early tomorrow to go back to Tokyo. Now he just wanted to rest early and stay energetic.
The next morning.
The sunlight failed to penetrate into the room through the tightly covered curtains, but the continuous ringing of the cell phone made Sawayama Haruno frown while he was sleeping.
Relying on his remaining memory, he touched the phone on the quilt, and after subconsciously swiping the call button, he asked tiredly, "Hello?"
"Hello, is this Sawayama Haruno, Mr. Sawayama?"
A somewhat cautious female voice came from the other end of the line.
Receiving a call from a strange woman early in the morning made Sawayama Haruno regain some consciousness.
He turned over in bed, sat up straight, and said without hesitation: "It's me, who are you?"
"Hello, this is a staff member of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. The bank's backend notifies you that there was a large amount of remittance at 8:40 this morning, indicating that it was a salary remittance."
The other party explained very tactfully: "Because the amount of money coming in is too large, Mr. Zeshan's card does not support the deposit of so much money. Your bank card and credit card have been temporarily frozen."
What kind of plane?
Sawayama Haruno scratched his head in annoyance.
"It's frozen. Does that mean I have to go to the bank counter to re-apply?"
“Yes, I’m sorry to cause you this trouble, but so is the bank.”
Before the other party could finish his words, he was interrupted impatiently by Sawayama Haruno.
"I see. I'll take care of it in the next two days. That's it for now."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and threw the phone aside.
“They even froze my credit card.”
Sawayama Haruno rubbed his face vigorously.
I haven’t bought the return ticket yet. I don’t think I will have to ask Mine Shiori to borrow money to buy the ticket.
He guessed the reason for the freeze. It was simply that Kodansha had paid him royalties, but the amount was far beyond his card account.
He had the same problem when he first started working in his previous life, but he didn't expect that the banks on this island country would be more troublesome.
But he couldn't blame anyone else. After all, he had never thought that his bank account might be frozen before. He could only consider himself unlucky and go back early to deal with the bank card issue.
"The bad news is that I have to make another trip, but the good news is that I have money."
Sawayama Haruno breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the hotel TV in front of him, and suddenly stretched out his fist and waved it vigorously in the air.
"Enough to buy a house and a car." The smile on his face was extremely bright.
Although it was only one month's royalty, Kodansha gave him a lot of sales dividends when they signed the contract. Now that Norwegian Wood is selling well, he has received an astronomical amount of royalties.
There are even many seniors who entered the industry earlier, whose income from an entire book might not be as high as his first month's income.
After all, it was a novel that had been on the best-selling book list for many years in the previous life. The money earned from this book alone was enough for most ordinary people to live a life of ease and comfort.
However, Sawayama Haruno's ambitions do not stop there. After all, he has more than one girlfriend to support, and he cannot give them that special "status", so he can only try his best to make up for it financially.
Apart from anything else, at least I can't let Suguha live a worse life than before. Before she followed me and ran away from the Ezaki family, she was a real lady from a famous family.
It is indeed unreasonable to force her to live with me in a small apartment with only two rooms.
Thinking of this, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but take a deep breath and made up his mind to go to the port area to look at houses as soon as he got back to settle the bank card issue.
(End of this chapter)
