Is it a problem to have a harem in a stranger heroine?

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Making wooden bookshelves, purchasing tens of thousands of novels for distribution and promotion; seizing the administrator status, controlling the direction of public opinion in the forum; pursuing fame and fortune, the Fuzugawa Bunko was willing to let Kasumi Shiko take the center stage.

"Mr. Xiao..."

"Yes."

Machida Sonoko wiped her forehead and tried hard to suppress the urge to complain, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Are you a wife-loving maniac?"

"Yes." Although surprised, Bai Ye responded without hesitation.

"Actually, I'd rather you didn't admit it..."

Shiyu, who was standing aside, couldn't help laughing out loud. This was the only way to hide the blush on her face.

"Editor Machida, is there anything that can be improved?"

"No more!" Machida Sonoko yelled, clutching her hair, her expression frantic and depressed. "I've been forced to stay in meetings for overtime for a week straight. I've been begging the other editors and authors for an explanation to change the placement of the posters. I've been woken up by the ringing of my phone before dawn, and most importantly, I'm not getting any overtime pay!!"

Bai Ye and Shi Yu were both pushed back a few steps by her outburst of energy, their heads covered in cold sweat and they dared not move forward.

"Thank you for your hard work..."

Bai Ye didn't say anything more.

He knew that Machida Sonoko was not the type to back down because of fear of trouble, and that she had made a lot of efforts in secret for Shiyu.

Since Machida Sonoko said so, there is probably nothing that can be perfected.

“No, there are still some areas that can be improved.”

"where?"

Machida Sonoko pressed her hands hard on Shiyu's shoulders, her eyes, wrapped in heavy dark circles, looked lifeless.

"Teacher Kasumi Shizi, please stay with Mr. Xiao until the book signing event. I'm so glad I asked you to come here today, otherwise Mr. Xiao would drive me crazy."

“Ah… Ok, ok…”

Bai Ye and Shiyu watched Machida Sonoko, who was trying hard to keep herself spirits up, head towards the book signing event venue, feeling awe in their hearts and observing a moment of silence.

. . . . . .

Although being photographed in intimate photos now will not cause the severity of the "bunny girl incident" in the past, in order to avoid further complications and to save Machida Sonoko some worries, Bai Ye and the others prepared to leave.

Shiyu stretched lazily, turned her back to the book signing venue and said to Bai Ye:

"Where should we go next, now that Shiro-kun's work is complete?"

"It's basically no problem." Bai Ye shrugged. "There's no need for me to check every mobile stall to see if they have promotional posters. Wouldn't that tire me to death?"

"That's right, it's reasonable to slack off. It seems that Eriri-san was very foresighted and left you to go shopping first. Hmm... Now I see, it's a good thing for me. It was clearly Eriri-san and you're just having your own time together, and now I've intruded~~"

Shiyu curled the tips of her hair with her slender fingers and said sorry to Eriri, but there was no apology on her face.

"While there aren't many people around now, come with me to stroll around Kazama Square. It won't be so convenient during the summer festival."

"Then let's go—"

The two walked straight towards the Kazama Mall, and passed by a group of fans waiting for the author on the way. However, the fans only stopped briefly, attracted by Shiyu's happiness, and did not recognize that it was Teacher Kasumi Shiko.

Shiyu turned her head, lowered her sunglasses slightly, and smiled with satisfaction.

"It seems my disguise was somewhat effective. As expected, I was recognized by Xiaobai-kun because I was too gentlemanly."

"Shiyu, you seem to be at ease." Bai Ye stared straight ahead, not daring to look back. "Didn't you notice the way others looked at me? It almost looked like 'knife' was written all over my face. And we didn't even hold hands. I can't imagine..."

Shi Yu smiled, like a flower blooming on a high hill, and immediately attracted the attention of a large group of passers-by.

"Aren't you used to being out with me for so long?"

"How can this be the same? Normally, most of us go to the supermarket, mostly elderly people and housewives. Now, we are being stared at by a bunch of otakus. Have you heard of the 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception'? My feelings right now are not much different from this."

"Smooth talk~~Spread your hands."

Shiyu took something out of her bag and put it in Bai Ye's hand.

"I was planning on giving it to you on the day of the book signing, but since we've met now, I'll give it to you now."

Bai Ye took a look and found that it was a pair of sunglasses.

Receiving a gift from his girlfriend should be a happy thing, but at this moment he really couldn't be happy. To be precise, he was between happy and speechless, and the two were playing tug-of-war with a rope called "complaint".

The lenses of the sunglasses are only as wide as an index finger, and the silver-white frame is inlaid with gold edges. At first glance, they look cool and domineering, but after a closer look, Bai Ye realizes that he will be very low-key after wearing them.

"Shiyu, you should understand by looking at my expression."

"What do you understand?" Shi Yu looked up at the sky, the corners of her mouth almost falling.

As the saying goes, there is no need to endure it anymore, Bai Ye suddenly opened fire!

"Shiyu, you are everything, why don't you treat yourself as a human being?"

"So are you going to wear it or not?"

"Is that even a word needed?!" Bai Ye glared fiercely.

"Is my reputation as a wife-loving maniac undeserved?!"

Shiyu: “…”

"Xiaobai-kun is still the one who's stubborn and stubborn. Here's a mirror~"

Bai Ye emerged cautiously from the edge of the mirror, like a young girl waiting to be married, but when she saw herself in the mirror, her expression froze.

"Shiyu, are we in the 21st century?"

"Yeah~"

"Why do I feel like I've traveled back to the early 20th century, to be a nouveau riche local landlord, or a cunning, mean-spirited, profiteer who withheld benefits?"

"Is it that serious?" Shiyu also moved closer to the mirror.

She was wearing the most popular style nowadays. The large sunglasses reflected bright rainbow light, and her youthful temperament was in sharp contrast with the white night.

"He doesn't look like a profiteer, just like a nouveau riche who has married several concubines."

white night"……"

"Shiyu, you are not kind."

"Why am I not kind?" Shi Yu smoothed her bangs in front of the mirror, smiled sweetly, and leaned slightly towards Bai Ye.

"In ancient times, men had three wives and four concubines, but at least they had a principal wife. You're opening a harem to make all of us your wives. Aren't you just like the nouveau riche of the last century?"

Is the harem war about to begin? !

Regardless of whether Shiyu did it intentionally or unintentionally, Bai Ye would never let this happen now, otherwise he might really be trapped in the Shura field and end up being torn into pieces.

"Shiyu, you've ruined my image as a gentleman. I won't let it go unless you say a few nice words."

"Okay, okay, got it?"

Shiyu put on sunglasses for him, and her crystal red eyes behind the sunglasses secretly revealed a look of affection, but Bai Ye did not see it.

"Just think of it as your gentlemanly charm being too great, and I'm worried about you being noticed by other girls, okay~~ You already have enough girls around you, so wearing sunglasses will reduce your looks. I don't need to worry about you flirting with other girls when I let you go~~"

"That's pretty good..." Bai Ye pushed up his sunglasses.

At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure appearing at the corner of the street. He immediately grabbed Shiyu's hand and walked into the nearest store.

"follow me!"

Chapter 567 Is it really okay to ignore the problem?

Bai Ye pulled Shi into the nearest clothing store, turned his back to the door, picked up clothes and pretended to be a couple shopping.

Shiyu was a little confused, but she didn't resist. After she regained her footing, she lowered her voice and asked:

"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered all of a sudden?"

"I think I saw Aki-san."

"what?"

Shiyu subconsciously looked back, but was immediately pulled back by Bai Ye.

"Don't look back, lend me the small mirror."

Bai Ye pointed the mirror at the glass window, and while he was still adjusting the angle, he saw Aki Tomoya appear in the mirror, accompanied by Hasima Iori.

"Why are they here?"

"Is this weird?"

Seeing the two people walking past the clothing store, Shiyu waited for a while, then carefully stuck her head out to observe and make sure that the two people did not look back.

"Aki Tomo is also an otaku, and Hasima Iori is a semi-otaku. Maybe they're like the group of fans squatting in the square?"

"Where are they going?"

"After crossing the street, we should go to Kazama Square, which should be the venue for the book signing event. Xiaobai-kun, you should stop being so sensitive sometimes."

At first glance, it seems like a good reason, but Bai Ye doesn't think so.

"They weren't holding any books or carrying any backpacks, so they didn't look like fans waiting in ambush. Shiyu, besides 'Love Metronome', do you know what other books Amai-san is a fan of?"

"I don't know." Seeing the two people walk away, Shiyu stopped hiding. "I haven't been in touch with him for a long time. How would I know if he has found a new love? Unlike you, Xiaobaijun, you have 'harem' written all over your face."

"I think Shiyu, you must be very good at strategy games."

"why?"

“You’re really good at finding opportunities.”

Now that I'm in a clothing store, I'd feel guilty about the expectant look of the store clerk if I didn't take a look around.

"Do you want to try to deduce their thinking?"

"If you want, Xiaobai-kun, to be honest, your habit of guessing other people's thoughts is quite interesting~"

"Shiyu, don't you like it?" Bai Ye turned his head to look at her, "After all, not many people like to be reasoned with."

"Be more confident and you can remove the 'not many people'. But everyone has their own opinions. We are all unhappy about being messed with by Aki Tomoya, so just be casual."

In order to make her position clear, Shiyu spoke first.

"Since Saturday is the summer festival, there must be one or two rehearsals before that, right? Could it be that Aki Tomoya was just called out by Hasima Iori?"

"If it's a rehearsal..." Bai Ye opened the group chat and took a look, then nodded in confirmation. "If I remember correctly, Bingtang said yesterday that the rehearsal is tomorrow. Icy Tail is practicing in the piano room today, so she won't be coming to Kazama Square."

Shiyu put forward another hypothesis.

"Could it be that he wanted to meet by chance, just like what happened to Tomoya Aki the day before yesterday?"

Bai Ye couldn't help but snort when these words were spoken.

"I haven't settled the score with you, Shiyu, about this. You said you were in seclusion practicing and wouldn't come to my house before the book signing event was over, but you were really trying to avoid me, right? And you were secretly plotting against me with Xiaohui!"

"Hmm~~(￣?￣)~~" Shiyu shook her body without any regrets.

"I didn't bring this up on my own initiative. I was just acting as a bridge, accepting a favor from Kato. As for the reason..." She looked Bai Ye up and down, "It seems you don't care much. I won't say more. Since you like reasoning so much, then figure it out yourself."

white night"……"

Since Bingtang was in the piano room and Kato Megumi was at home, Bai Ye was at a loss for a moment.

"Forget it, forget it. Just assume they're here for shopping too. Instead of wasting time cluelessly wondering what their purpose is, it's better to just go shopping."

"Actually, there is a way." Shi Yu changed the subject.

"What method?" Bai Ye rekindled hope.

"Why don't you just ask in person~"

"forgive me……"

……

Putting aside his worries, Bai Ye once again enjoyed his date with Shiyu.

"By the way, Shiyu, have you decided what outfit to wear to the book signing?"

Shiyu took off a light yellow blouse and gestured in front of the floor-length mirror, enjoying the relaxing moment.

"Does it matter?"

"If I say yes, I do, but I'm afraid you'll say I'm worrying too much. If I say no, I don't have any issues either. As long as I don't wear bunny ears, I think there's no problem at all."