Shiina Mahiru didn't know that just by glancing in a certain direction, her good sister in class almost exploded.
Returning to the classroom, she once again transformed into a sparkling honor student.
Just her proper sitting posture made the other boys in the class Can't help it steal glances at her back and her almost perfect profile as a beautiful girl.
Indeed, even girls were peeking!
Lin Mu noticed this and secretly felt fortunate.
Fortunately, Little Angel Mahiru usually wore fully covered black tights, and only he had seen and touched her slender, lovely white legs.
Dressed like this, even if her skirt was blown up by the wind, she wouldn't be exposed, and she also wore safety shorts.
Miura Yumiko was also staring at Shiina Mahiru.
Although Miura was also a beauty, in terms of personality, she was relatively willful.
And from time to time, she would playfully ask Hayama Hayato to go out with her on weekends, to play tennis or something.
Although Hayama would always bring along Tobu and two other male students with very low presence.
Miura Yumiko felt that anyone with a brain should understand her good intentions towards Hayama.
Shiina shouldn't try to snatch him from me, right?
Well, I'll test her later.
...
At the same time.
At Undead River Bunko's company.
Machida Sonoko, an editor who had just arrived at the office, turned on her computer and routinely began reviewing and urging manuscripts.
Reviewing manuscripts wasn't hard; urging them was.
Especially a certain Kasumi Utako-sensei, who sold 500,000 copies as soon as she was signed and was considered a best-selling author.
Recently, she's been suffering from severe writer's block, and the second volume she wrote was a world apart from the first.
It gave her an immense headache.
"Seriously, aren't there any new excellent rookie authors appearing? Come and support me with good works!"
Machida Sonoko grumbled while checking the manuscripts in her inbox.
When she saw a manuscript titled "General Yoshiteru's Battle Records," she became interested.
The so-called General Yoshiteru should refer to Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the thirteenth shogun of the ancient Muromachi Shogunate.
Is this a light novel about a great historical figure reincarnated into modern times?
Machida Sonoko patiently continued reading.
Then, a minute later, she angrily slammed her mouse on the desk.
"What is this?! A bunch of chuunibyo lines that I can't understand is one thing, but there are at least hundreds of typos on one page! Did he fail elementary Chinese?"
Machida Sonoko felt her mind was polluted; the male lead seemed like a lunatic, and the dialogue was also very problematic.
Let's see, the pen name is White General Zaimokuza?
Hmph, ugly and rejected!
Machida Sonoko took a sip of black tea, soothed her traumatized soul, and continued checking manuscripts.
When she saw a book titled "The Tsundere Twin-Tails and the Black-Stocking Senior's Youthful Love Is Very Problematic," her interest was immediately piqued.
First, the book title was long enough to grab her attention at first glance.
Secondly, with 'tsundere twin-tails' and 'black-stocking senior,' four attributes were reflected in the title, making the content of the book also highly anticipated.
As she read, Machida Sonoko became engrossed.
The author of this book is Twilight Sky, and it describes a youthful love triangle from a male perspective between the tsundere blonde twin-tailed childhood friend, Hoshino Nagi, and the black-stocking senior, Tsukimi Miyabi, who loves to tease him.
Both female leads had their own merits, with incredibly distinct characteristics.
Moreover, when she read the description of the senior who liked to wear black stockings and a white hairband, she felt a sense of familiarity.
After thinking carefully, Machida Sonoko's expression suddenly became strange.
This character named "Tsukimi Miyabi," isn't she clearly modeled after Kasumigaoka Utaha?
Besides the name, her personality, demeanor, and even her tone of voice were exactly the same!
"I wonder what expression Little Shi will have when she sees this book? That would be very interesting."
At this time, Machida Sonoko didn't know about Lin Mu's final volume, where the two female leads ended up as yuri, and the male lead ended up with a minor female character.
If she knew, she would definitely lambaste him.
Machida Sonoko read the first volume of the novel again, then sent a request to Twilight Sky-sensei's email for a meeting to discuss signing a contract.
Lin Mu only saw Machida Sonoko's message when he took out his computer to play games during the second class.
This situation, where the editor actively contacted him, indicated that the review had passed, so he arranged to meet Machida Sonoko on Saturday morning.
With his novel picked up, Lin Mu was also in a good mood.
His gaze fell on Kato Megumi, who was quietly sitting in front of him reading a book, and Lin Mu took out his phone and handed it to her.
Kato Megumi looked at the phone extended towards her, tilted her small head, and looked at him in confusion.
"Lin, what does this mean?"
Lin Mu raised an eyebrow and said directly, "I want your phone number. Please hand it over quickly if you know what's good for you."
Kato Megumi's mouth twitched.
Was she being threatened into exchanging phone numbers?
It was her first time!
After a silent complaint, she obediently took Lin Mu's phone and entered her number.
Then Lin Mu called it in front of her, and seeing her phone ring, he nodded in satisfaction.
"You're smart. I'll harass you anytime I get the chance in the future, so be prepared, Kato-san!"
Hearing this, Kato Megumi calmly glanced at him and waved her hands repeatedly.
"While it's commendable that you haven't forgotten me, please don't harass me."
"That won't do. To remember you completely, I've decided to harass you once a day to deepen our impressions of each other."
"Uh... deepening our impressions doesn't require harassing me, does it?" Kato Megumi complained weakly.
"Harassing a classmate, that's a crime, a crime!"
Lin Mu, however, said earnestly, "It's necessary, necessary. Be prepared, Kato! And as long as it's not discovered, it's not a crime! Be smart and shut your mouth, don't tell anyone, okay?"
Kato Megumi: "..."
She felt like she was being teased, but Lin Mu's serious tone made her heart skip a beat.
He wouldn't really plan to call and harass her every day, would he?