Not counting the first and last pages, the total cost of the 54-page manuscript is 648,000 yen.

This one-time income seems to be a lot, but it is far less than the profit from selling doujinshi. Unless a single volume can be released later, there will be royalties calculated based on sales volume.

However, that is not something that can be considered right now.

All he can do now is to continue painting step by step and wait for this work to be tested by the market.

As for the money received.

Kato Yusuke decided to first use 500,000 to return Eiri's family, and the rest was reserved for daily living expenses.

At this time, a cat meow attracted his attention.

Look back.

He saw the girl leaning on the bed with her legs bent, holding a Chinese textbook in her hand. She was reading quietly with a very quiet expression. However, she was disturbed by the black cat walking to her feet, so she tentatively stretched out a hand to touch it.

Perhaps because of Chikuwa's sake, the black cat did not avoid it this time and allowed her to touch it.

A clear and shallow smile bloomed on Hui's face, and her movements of petting the cat were very gentle.

The two curved calves are straight and slender, and the fair skin is slightly pink. A pair of black calf socks modify the lines of the legs gracefully, showing a slender and soft body curve, which makes people look and feel

Very comfortable.

From Kato Yusuke's point of view, you can faintly see the white and tender thigh skin under the skirt, and there is still a certain amount of room for imagination and white space.

There is a hazy feeling of veil covering the face.

"Meow~"

The black cat sensitively turned its head and shouted softly at him, causing the girl to look over.

Two pairs of similar yet different black eyes met.

A night like a night dotted with cold stars, a lake like a reflection of the bright moon.

For no reason, the room seemed to suddenly become quiet.

"..."

"..."

Hui looked at him, her eyes wavering slightly.

Then, as if shy, he brought the book in his hand to his mouth, covering the part below his eyes, and asked softly: "...Um, are you hungry? Yusuke."

"..."

Kato Yusuke shook his head silently, stretched out his hand to call the black cat over, so that it would not disturb the other person's reading.

The black cat happily ran to his feet, jumped on his lap, stretched out, and lazily began to step on his breasts.

"Sorry, please continue reading."

He said.

However, Hui didn't answer. He turned to look at the clock on the wall, and then said, "It's almost time to cook, voila~"

As she spoke, she put down the book in her hand, stood up from the carpet, and walked naturally toward the kitchen.

"Anyway, I'm going to cook. Is it okay to have fried fish and creamy macaroni today?"

"...Want to help?"

"Ah~~ Then you cook the macaroni and I'll make the sauce."

Kato Yusuke nodded, whispered a good word, then got up, left the cat on the swivel chair, and walked to the bathroom to wash his hands.

After he washed his hands and came out, the girl also used a hairpin to tuck one side of her hair behind her ear, and was now wearing an apron.

"Here, help me tie the laces in the back, Yusuke."

Hui said, turning around with her back to him, revealing a slim and pretty back.

"Aren't you good at tying it yourself?"

This thought flashed through his mind for a moment, but the other party's words did not ask him what he meant at all.

"..."

Kato Yusuke was silent for a moment, but he was not ignorant enough to say those words. Then he stepped forward, stretched out his hands to pull up the two ties hanging on his waist, and began to tie the knot.

The sideburns pinned by pink hairpins are slightly floating in front of the face, and there is a slight smell of herbal shampoo.

The slender neck has a fair complexion and the faint scent of milk shower gel.

Rustling.

Kato Yusuke remained silent, quickly tied a knot behind the opponent, and then took two steps back.

"Are you okay?" the girl asked, turning her face slightly, with a blush on her cheeks like a sunrise in a thick fog.

"Um."

He nodded and said, his eyes sweeping over the waist that was bound by a rough bow.

"That's it." Hui nodded slightly, subconsciously reaching out to pluck the hair around her ears. Halfway through, she realized that her hair had been pinned up, and then she pinched her chin lightly.

"Then, let's get started...?"

"Um."

Kato Yusuke boiled a pot of water and put the bagged macaroni aside, preparing to cook it later.

Hui Ze was cleaning and processing the ingredients that needed to be used.

Chop onions, slice mushrooms, and cut bacon into small slices.

Take out a large-capacity metal bowl, pour the whipping cream bought from the supermarket into it, add a raw egg yolk, and start stirring.

Click, click, click, click, click.

Gudu Gudu, Gudu Gudu,

Along with the rhythm of stirring the butter, the water in the pot is just about to boil.

Kato Yusuke poured the macaroni in.

"Ah, remember to stir it with chopsticks so that the macaroni doesn't stick together." The girl said, and guided him to add a little salt to taste.

The identities of the two have just changed from when they were studying before.

After seeing that there was nothing wrong with him, Hui continued his work.

Put a piece of butter in the wok, turn on low heat and let it melt slowly.

Then increase the heat and stir-fry minced onions until fragrant, then add bacon and mushrooms in turn.

——Zilazila.

Wait until both sides of the mushroom become golden.

Megumi added salt to taste, then poured in the whipped cream and added a little warm water.

Turn to low heat and start cooking slowly.

A few minutes later.

"It's cooked here." Kato Yusuke said, turning off the heat, draining the water with a colander, and taking out the macaroni.

The girl hummed slightly to express her understanding, then scooped a little sauce into the saucepan and blew on it twice.

"Want to try the taste?"

The saucepan filled with milky white sauce was brought to his mouth, seemingly a little tough.

"..."

Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, but still lowered his head and tasted it.

He cooperated by lifting one side of the saucepan so that the sauce could slide into his mouth better.

...squeaky.

"How is it?" the girl asked calmly.

"Yeah, okay."

Yusuke responded simply, trying to ignore the faint scent of soap on the other person's fingertips.

"Hmm~~ That's good." Hui nodded gently, calmly took back the dish, and said, "Then give me the macaroni."

"good."

Pour the cooked macaroni into the pot and stir together with the sauce until the soup thickens.

"It's almost ready." The girl said to herself, turned off the heat, then transferred the macaroni from the pot to a clean metal basin, and sprinkled a layer of Parmesan cheese powder on top.

While asking Kato Yusuke to take the macaroni to the table, he continued to fry the fish.

Because the fish pieces are purchased in advance, this step is also very quick.

After about ten minutes, the fried fish is ready.
To be continued...