How can I let go of the matter of saving my stepsister?

If Qiong wasn't Sato Yu's good sister or step-sister, she might have spit at him.

"I see. In order to prove the truth of your words, you must go home on time every day from now on."

"..."

"Speak, speak! What's the answer?"

Sato Yu was silent for a moment, and Qiong's voice became noticeably more irritable, as if she was throwing a tantrum like a child.

It was a very normal childish temper, but it was a temper that shouldn't appear in a girl like Qiong who had become overly mature due to her illness.

"You heard everything that was said."

"No, I only heard a little bit of it!"

"Feel sorry."

"Don't say that! I don't agree!"

"Sorry, I may have to work overtime frequently in the future."

"Working overtime until late at night, and even staying at the company?"

Didn't you hear all of this?

The thin walls of the house could not block Qiong's ears at all. Qiong heard everything. Although she didn't know which part it started, she should have heard all the conversations after she called him out to watch the animation.

"The animation schedule is very tight, and I want to contribute more."

"But I want my brother to stay with me more often, work every day, get off work on time, come home to eat the meals I cook, and spend every night in warmth and happiness."

"I want to make an animation that will make you proud."

"Of course I am looking forward to that day, but I want my brother to spend some time with me. I just want to spend more time with my brother... spend more time with him."

Her brother still hasn't forgotten the agreement, and Qiong hopes that he can cheer up and go to work, so she showed a happy expression, happily gave him her blessings, and watched him go to work as gently as a wife, praying that he would have a smooth work.

But she didn't expect it to be like this. She didn't expect that animation would take up almost all the time her brother could spend with her!

She worked until ten or eleven in the evening, plus the time she spent on the train back home. By the time her brother got home, the food had already gone cold and she had gone to bed. So the only time she could see him was in the morning, right?

In this way, wouldn't the time her brother has left for her be so pitiful?

Qiong couldn't understand or accept such a thing.

Even though she knew that Sato Yu was trying to fulfill their agreement, she still couldn't give him her support.

Because, after all, she doesn't have much time left!

She turned over and tightly grasped Sato Yu's clothes. Qiong's crystal clear eyes were filled with tears, revealing the unwillingness and sadness from the bottom of her heart.

"Dome..."

Sato Yu tried to wipe away Qiong's tears, but Qiong dodged him.

"I didn't cry."

In addition to the promise of the cake and the promise of the animation, there is also the promise that Qiong herself made that she would never cry in front of her brother.

So even though she was sad inside, Qiong tried hard not to cry. If she didn't cry, it wouldn't count as crying.

"Ah."

Knowing her persistence, Sato You silently put down his hand, looked into Qiong's eyes, and tried hard to be ruthless and not to lose in front of her who was about to cry.

[I worked so hard on animation just for you! ]

Such self-righteous words would hurt Qiong's heart the most and must not be said.

【This is all for your survival. 】

The moment Sato Yu accepts the system, the system will automatically destroy and disappear if he tells the truth to others, which makes it impossible for him to be honest.

What else is there to say?

Just be ruthless.

Only at this moment must he harden his heart.

So that Qiong can have more time, and so that I can spend more time with Qiong.

"I'm sorry! I have my reasons for doing this, but I promise you that you are the only one I love the most, and you will always be the first in my heart. That will never change."

"...Will it not change?"

Having to work late at the company and the promise that she is the first in his heart, will these not change?

After calming down and looking solemn, Sato You lowered his head heavily and spoke loudly.

"It won't change!"

"..."

For a long time, Qiong didn't say anything.

Just when Sato Yu thought he had failed to convince Qiong and was racking his brains to try to comfort her again, Qiong opened the box of mango cake on the table and picked up the knife and fork.

Quietly, the God finished his third cake of the day.

Finally, Qiong stood up, reached out to stroke Sato Yu's hair, and hugged his head tightly in her arms.

In a soft voice, she said:

"Only this time."

Volume 23: Chapter Chapter . The man who works silently

"Sato, I don't want to admit it, but yours is really well drawn, and it's as fast as a rocket. Why in the world is there such a disgusting original painting as yours? Hate, hiccup~hate!"

"Hiromi, you're drunk, stop picking on Sato."

"I'm not drunk, you're the one who's drunk! It's better to be drunk. You want to scold Sato harshly. He's hit me so hard that I want to quit the industry more than once, but you still don't allow me to scold him? Ryunosuke! You, you're a bad guy too! You slept with me and you're still talking for other people!"

"..."

"Oh! Ryunosuke, you have quick hands!"

"He looks so honest, but he's secretly with Hiromi...tsk tsk."

Time flies, and it’s already been four days since I returned to work.

After making an agreement with Nanae Mochizuki and comforting Kyon who was reluctant to leave him, Sato Yuu no longer left work early in the next few days.

With the support of the [Fast Drawing] buff, he can produce two cards of high-quality original paintings in eight hours. When working for a longer time, even if two cards are produced on a one-for-one basis and require a very high number of original paintings, Sato Yuya completed the work he was originally responsible for in two and a half days.

After that, he did not relax. Sato Yu took over some of the work done by Nanae Mochizuki, and drew a few original drawings to fill the gaps in speed instead of quality. He also supervised the storyboards returned by many original artists, which greatly alleviated the dilemma of the exploding schedule of the Sister, Not Sister project...

It is gratifying that thanks to the superb skills demonstrated by Sato Yu and the improved efficiency, the fourth episode of the animation was finally dragged back from the brink of death.

Compared to the normal twelve-episode season, the Sister, Not Sister animation has only ten episodes in total. The TV station arranged two other animation talk shows to fill in the vacant time slots. Therefore, there will be an extra week of production cycle after the fourth and eighth episodes are broadcast.

As long as Sato Yu can keep up the output, the "Sister, Not Sister" project will not only be able to regroup in two weeks and raise the quality from a shitty work to the level of an ordinary animation, but it will also not easily fall into the previous deadline hell.

The reason for the current noisy situation is the responsibility of JK supervisor Nanae Mochizuki.

According to the current efficiency, the original painting team will be able to complete the scheduled tasks before noon tomorrow.

There will be an extra week of production time later, and to express gratitude to everyone in the production team for their hard work in concentrating their minds and focusing on the painting during this period, Nanae Mochizuki has specially allowed everyone to start work at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and she will pay for tonight for a small gathering at the izakaya.

The result was that the original artist Hiromi Amayura, who was hit hard by Sato Yu's talent in all aspects during this period, fell down after two glasses of wine, threw down the wine glass, shook her hair, threw herself on Sato Yu and complained madly about how he was a pure monster and not a human being. However, she accidentally revealed the shocking secret that she was secretly in love with another original artist in the group, Ryunosuke Hamanishi, and had even slept with him.

"Hiromi! I...she's drunk, I'll take her home first."

"Oh, you're living together, right?"

"Drunk Hiromi is very charming, Ryunosuke is in luck tonight!"

People always love to join in the fun and gossip. It turns out that there is such a sticky secret between two people who usually get along very well. Everyone who originally wanted to make fun of Sato Yu suddenly turned their attention to attacking Hamanishi Ryunosuke who was enjoying the good fortune, and the already lively atmosphere became even hotter.

"We are leaving, everyone, drink up!"

In the blink of an eye, Hamanishi Ryunosuke and Hiromi Amayura fled quickly. It was not known whether he could not bear the teasing from all directions or if what people said was true, but he did not want to let the drunk and charming Hiromi Amayura appear in front of others, and wanted to go back to spend a night with her.

In short, as a result, the seat next to Sato Yuu, which was originally occupied by Hamanishi Ryunosuke, became vacant.

He watched the two people escape with a dim smile, and when he looked back, he saw Nanae Mochizuki, who had just drunk some wine and had a rosy face, sitting down next to him.

"Oh~Mochizuki Prison..."

No matter how you look at it, it seems that Mochizuki Nanae has been waiting for this moment for a long time. Some people who were curious wanted to make some noise here, but they were booed at the first glance, and people ignored the line and whistled awkwardly.

Mochizuki Nanae, who has a relatively broad mind, is still majestic tonight.

"Supervisor? Can you give me a sip of wine?"

She sat down but didn't say anything, her face was rosy but her aura was still cold. Seeing that she was holding a porcelain bottle of sake in her hand, Sato You was greedy. Instead of thinking about the beauty of the gluttonous JK supervisor, Sato You tried to ask for a drink.

Cigarettes and alcohol are both used to taint the soul of a social man, but the body is of a nineteen-year-old.

Normally, he would not be bothered if he didn't see it, but now, seeing other people drinking recklessly in the pub, the greed in his stomach was always tempted out. To round it off, he was seduced by Mochizuki Nanae.

But they are not prepared to agree.

"You're still underage."

Glancing at Sato Yu, Mochizuki Nanae shook the bottle in her hand, her eyes full of mischief.

"Just one bite."

"Hit~me~"

As if to reject Sato Yu's pleasure in seeing him being humiliated, Mochizuki Nanae deliberately dragged out her tone, which was very youthful and energetic. Coupled with her tender cheeks, she looked even more immature than Sato Yu.

"That voice just now really sounded like JK."

"so what?"

"It sounds so good and cute! It's just heavenly music!"

Straight men are like this, and Sato Yu always tells his inner feelings honestly.

"..."

The hand that was pouring wine into the cup trembled and almost dropped it. Mochizuki Nanae hurriedly lowered her head to the cup to sip it, but through her hanging hair, her fair and delicate ears seemed to have a strange red color.

"Thank you."

Suddenly, these words came out of Mochizuki Nanae's mouth.

"Why are you thanking me all of a sudden?"

"If it weren't for you, the fourth episode might not have been broadcast as scheduled, and then my career as a key artist would have come to an end..."

"It's just a failure of supervising a work. Although it is a stain, it is all ridiculed by people outside the industry. People in the industry know the inside story and won't blame you too much. At most, you will be affected. It's not as terrible as not being able to do original paintings."

"My situation... is a little special."

"Is that so? Then I really saved your life. Can you give me a bite?"

"Still thinking about this? How greedy are you..."

"Just one bite, please!"

His appetite was really aroused and he wanted to drink very badly. He put his hands together and begged for help. There was even a hint of coquettishness in Sato You's words.

Seeing the younger handsome boy begging like this, and staring blankly at the unusually childish look of the usually reliable Sato Yu, Mochizuki Nanae felt her heart tremble.

Lowering her head, she bit her lip and poured a glass for Sato Yu.

"Orange juice?"

"Minors are only fit to drink orange juice."

"Okay, let's go~"

Having completely surrendered and suffered a setback for the first time at the hands of Mochizuki Nanae, Sato Yu stopped pestering him and raised his glass with clear eyes to Mochizuki Nanae, whose eyes were unexpectedly blurred, and clinked glasses with hers.

"Keep working hard in the future, Miss Community of Fate."

"I'll be counting on you from now on, young genius painter."

After a crisp sound, Sato Yu drank the orange juice in one gulp.

So sour and tastes terrible!

Although he was saying motivational lines full of a sense of fate, what he was drinking was sweet and sour orange juice. He really couldn't enjoy himself, and Sato Yu couldn't help complaining.