"...Nothing." Ying Lili took a sip of coffee and said, neither salty nor bland, "I'm just writing an essay to relax."

"Oh?" Shiyu sat down on the seat next to her and looked at her with raised eyebrows, "In other words, you still haven't made much progress on the original painting, right?"

"You are making so much noise, please leave me alone."

"Well, it seems pointless to talk to you in this situation... Why don't you tell me what you are worried about? Maybe I can give you some advice?"

"You don't know how to draw."

"I am also a creator. Some things are essentially interoperable. How would you know if you don't tell me?"

"..."

Yinglili took a few more sips of coffee, hesitated for a while, and asked indifferently:

"Then... what if, I mean what if, you encounter a time when you have no inspiration?"

"For example, you obviously want to cheer up and are working hard to create, but you can't be satisfied with what you write. For this reason, you can't help but doubt yourself..."

"What do you do at times like this...?"

Shiyu took a deep look at her, then lowered his head slightly to think, and then raised his head after a while.

"Regarding this issue...if it were in the past, I would talk to my editor or go out to collect materials or something.

Now, as long as Yuu-chan is willing to treat me gently, my inspiration will continue to flow out, okay?"

Yinglili frowned and muttered: "I think most of the time what comes out of you is not inspiration, but other things, right?"

"...The erotic author of Hua Ling's novel is so incomprehensible about the style. Every word she says is extremely obscene. It will only make people worry about her future social life."

"I don't want to be pretended to be a model student when I write, only to find out later that it was actually a sultry female author who was immersed in erotic delusions who said that!"

"...I listen to your troubles with good intentions, and you treat me like this?"

"Who told you to deliberately speak in such a misleading tone, and even show your face!"

"...I don't know what you are talking about, and I don't remember that I have ever made that shameful face... Well, in short-"

Shiyu put the mug with coffee on the table and sighed: "I understand your situation in general. To put it simply, Sawamura, are you in a bottleneck period?"

Yingli straightened her face and closed her lips.

Shiyu looked at her covert behavior, tilted her head slightly in amusement, and pondered for a moment.

"Well, to be honest, I don't have any good advice to give you in this regard. You still have to get through this kind of thing on your own after all.

Whether you will perish or rise from the ashes depends entirely on you, and no one else can help. This is a process that every creator must go through."

A brief silence.

"Tsk...why do you sound like someone who has experienced it? You just wrote one work! How can you get such a deep understanding?"

Facing Yinglili's question, Shiyu lowered his eyes slightly and answered softly.

“…Perception is only affected by experience and has nothing to do with anything else.

For me, just the process of pursuing Yu-chan has been a lot of pain.

Compared with that kind of thing, creative bottlenecks are nothing to mention.”

"Kasumigaoka Shiyu...you..." Eirili looked at her speechlessly, her expression a little moved.

"Well, let's not talk about those things that are there or not."

Shiyu waved his hand lightly and dismissed this somewhat sad topic.

"At least it's a good thing that you haven't given up your efforts yet. As for the bottleneck period, you will naturally break through when the time comes."

"...What." Yinglili said with a bitter face: "It's just as if you didn't say anything. I am really a fool for having expectations for you without permission!"

"Ah, am I serious? For creators like us, the most terrifying thing is not the pressure, but the blind indulgence and self-abandonment of those who value us, right?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"It means that you and I both belong to the type where the greater the external pressure, the more potential can be stimulated. On the contrary, there will be a lack of motivation to forge ahead."

Shiyu made a statement calmly.

"Fortunately, Yu-chan has no intention of pampering you in this regard, and you haven't given up on your efforts either.

Wouldn't that be great?

As long as the two of you can maintain this state, your bottleneck period will be broken sooner or later.

All I can say now is that the time has not come yet, it’s useless no matter how much you worry, you might as well relax a little.”

"opportunity……"

Ying Lili recited this word softly and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Sagara Mayu suddenly shouted.

"Ah~ It's Hasumi-san and Kato-san, are you here? I heard from Teacher Kasumi Shiko, have you applied for the music copyright?"

At the entrance of the office, the two people whose names were called walked in together.

Hasumi Kanoko answered Sagara Mayu's question.

"Well, although it took a while, I finally submitted all the information. The next step is to wait for the patent office to review it."

In fact, she had been preparing for this since she received Hui's contact yesterday, but due to the large amount of information that needed to be filled in, she postponed it until today.

Mayu Sagara added: "By the way, I just watched the video of Master singing online. Everyone in the comment area said it was so cute and sounds great!"

The person who spoke to me this time was Hui.

"Um~ Let's not talk about the "good-sounding" comment. Those who say "so cute" are probably girls, right?"

"Yes, that's right! And most of them are members of Master's support group~!"

"Hmm~ I guess so."

"..."

Shiyu glanced at the direction of the entrance and wondered: "Kano-chan, where are Yu-chan and the others?"

"Kato-kun's words are still in the conference room."

Hasumi Kanoko smiled and explained.

"The people at Cube are talking to him. It seems they have found the employee who leaked the video. They are now negotiating to handle the matter. Kato-kun should be here soon."

Shiyu nodded gently to express understanding, and then continued to untie Yinglili, playing the role of a close big sister.
Chapter completed!