novelraw Chapter 105 Misunderstanding Cleared Up
Chapter 105 Misunderstanding Cleared Up
Chapter 105 Misunderstanding Cleared Up
Upon hearing the name Kenzaki Mitsuki, not only was Maijo Kyosuke stunned.
Even Eri, who was sitting next to Maishiro Kyosuke and helping with the registration, felt that the name "Mitsuki" sounded familiar.
Maijo Kyosuke raised his head in confusion, looking at the girl in front of him who called herself Kenzaki Mitsuki.
Kenzaki Koki was wearing a loose pink hoodie, but even the loose hoodie couldn't hide her curvaceous and voluptuous figure!
Although Kenzaki Koki was wearing glasses at the moment.
But that didn't stop Maijo Kyosuke from recognizing Kenzaki Mitsuki's face at a glance!
Their eyes met, and Maijo Kyosuke's gaze slowly shifted from bewilderment to shock and confusion.
Kenzaki Mitsuki's gaze shifted from initial admiration and joy to confusion and surprise.
Because neither of them expected such a dramatic encounter.
"You—you—you're Teacher Wu Cheng?"
Kenzaki Mitsuki and Maijo Kyosuke exchanged only one glance before immediately recognizing Maijo Kyosuke as the lecherous man from "The Soup of Longevity".
Although he looked incredulous, he was so anxious that he couldn't even speak a complete sentence, and his face turned bright red.
Maijo Kyosuke was also surprised to see Kenzaki Mitsuki here.
But after only a moment of stunned silence, she immediately came to her senses, stood up, grabbed Kenzaki Mitsuki's wrist, and looked at Jiang Liu Meili, saying, "Ms. Jiang Liu, please help me calm down the readers behind us. I have some things to take care of."
Upon hearing Maishiro Kyosuke's words, Jiang Liu Meili first looked at Maishiro Kyosuke's hand holding Kenzaki Koki's hand, and then moved her gaze to Kenzaki Koki's proud chest.
She then looked down at her chest and felt a pang of sadness.
Although Jiang Liu Meili really wanted to know what Mai Shiro Kyosuke was going to do with Kenzaki Mitsuki.
But he didn't ask any further questions.
He simply nodded to Maishiro Kyosuke, took out a sign indicating a temporary break, and began to reassure the readers waiting for autographs.
Maijo Kyosuke cast a grateful glance at Eri Miki, then immediately pulled Kenzaki Mitsuki along and headed towards a secluded spot at the back.
Maijo Kyosuke did this for two reasons: first, to ensure that Kenzaki Koki wouldn't cause trouble for his autograph session; and second, to completely resolve the misunderstanding between him and Kenzaki Koki.
Kenzaki Mitsuki's wrist was grabbed by Maijo Kyosuke. Although she struggled, she did not shout loudly.
Because Kenzaki Koki has indescribable and complex feelings for Maijo Kyosuke.
Why did I come here today?
It's all because he admires Kyosuke Maijo, who wrote "The Tokyo Zodiac Murders" and "A Bellflower"!
Moreover, he never wanted to believe that Maijo Kyosuke was a "hot spring pervert".
After all, the mystery writer he admired most, the unparalleled genius who could write "The Tokyo Zodiac Murders" and "A Bellflower," was actually a super pervert hiding in a hot spring.
This stark contrast was something that Kenzaki Mitsuki couldn't quite accept for a moment.
Faced with this situation, Kenzaki Mitsuki didn't know how to deal with Maijo Kyosuke.
"Mr. Maishiro—Is the person in the 'Longevity Soup' really you?"
When Maijo Kyosuke heard Kenzaki Mitsuki ask him in a disappointed tone, and seeing that no one was around, he turned around and said to her with a serious expression, "Ms. Kenzaki, the person you and Ms. Mikoshiba met in the 'Chōmei no Yu' hot spring was indeed me."
"But I must say, firstly, I'm really not a pervert; I'm just a guest living in the 'Longevity Bath.' You can go to the 'Longevity Bath' to investigate."
"Secondly, Ms. Kenzaki, as you saw today, 'The Tokyo Zodiac Murders' is indeed a novel I wrote."
"I really didn't lie to you and Ms. Mikoshiba that day. I just wanted to hear what Kodansha's internal opinions were about my work."
Kyosuke Maijo knew that his explanation might not convince Mitsuki Kenzaki.
But some things just happen by chance, and no matter what, I don't want to let this misunderstanding get any worse.
Kenzaki Mitsuki did not immediately respond to Maijo Kyosuke's explanation.
She simply looked at Maishiro Kyosuke with a complicated expression.
This led Maijo Kyosuke to mistakenly believe that Kenzaki Mitsuki didn't believe him, so he could only continue to explain, "Ms. Kenzaki, I know that my explanation won't convince you."
"But you can think back carefully. If I really am what you and Ms. Mikoshiba said, a lecher who likes to hide in hot springs and do illicit things."
"The manager of 'So Long Life Hot Spring' has no reason to keep a nuisance like me, damaging their hot spring's reputation, right?"
"In the end, it was all a misunderstanding from the beginning. If you had listened to my explanation properly from the start instead of suddenly attacking me and knocking me unconscious, probably none of this would have happened."
Upon hearing Maishiro Kyosuke's words, Kenzaki Mitsuki couldn't help but recall the scene where she had crashed into Maishiro Kyosuke in the hot spring.
The thought of her body colliding intimately with Maishiro Kyosuke made Kenzaki Mitsuki's face burn.
It's also not hard to see that if the perverted filter originally imposed on Maijo Kyosuke is removed...
At the time, Maijo Kyosuke was just a writer who had just submitted his work to Kodansha.
He's just an author who wants to hear what people at Kodansha think of his work.
As for the second misunderstanding, it was obviously because Kyoko's harsh words were overheard by Kyosuke Maishiro, who wanted to avoid trouble for himself and Kyoko.
Thinking about all this, Kenzaki Mitsuki felt somewhat relieved, because the mystery writer she admired was not a shameless pervert; it was all a misunderstanding born out of coincidence.
Kenzaki Mitsuki looked at Maijo Kyosuke, who was looking nervous, and a sly smile appeared on her face: "Although the evidence is not sufficient, considering that Mr. Maijo can write such excellent works as 'The Tokyo Zodiac Murders' and 'A Bellflower,' I will assume that you are not a pervert lurking in the hot spring."
"But—the fact that you last time submerged Kyoko and me in the hot spring water is undeniable."
"Ms. Mai, how do you plan to make it up to me for this?"
Kenzaki Mitsuki took a step towards Maishiro Kyosuke, her face showing an expression that said she had Maishiro Kyosuke completely under her thumb.
This left Maijo Kyosuke feeling somewhat lost.
On one hand, seeing the smile return to Kenzaki Mitsuki's face, he realized that the misunderstanding between the two of them had been completely resolved.
On the other hand, as for compensation, I haven't really considered how to compensate the other party.
Thinking of all this, Maishiro Kyosuke could only tentatively ask, "Ms. Kenzaki, I am truly sorry for what happened that day."
"But, as for compensation, I really don't know how to make it up to you—"
Seeing Maishiro Kyosuke's reserved demeanor, Kenzaki Mitsuki's eyes darted around behind her glasses before she smiled and said, "Maki-sensei, I know you're a fast-paced writer."
"So you must have some unpublished manuscripts saved up, right?"
"I'm not talking about the short story that will be published in tomorrow's Top Hat magazine, but the completed draft."
Upon hearing Kenzaki Mitsuki's words, Maijo Kyosuke nodded slightly: "Indeed, there is another short story draft that has already been written—"
Upon hearing Maishiro Kyosuke's words, Kenzaki Mitsuki's eyes lit up: "Maishiro-sensei, how about this?"
"Show me your draft once, and all our previous misunderstandings will be wiped clean!"
Kenzaki Mitsuki looked at Maijo Kyosuke with great anticipation, clearly very satisfied with the conditions she had proposed.
After all, as the young lady of the Kenzaki Group, she had no interest in things like money.
Being able to see a favorite author's draft in advance is the best thing ever!
But she was unaware that Maishiro Kyosuke had already prepared to invite Mikoshiba Yasunori, Eri Ryū, Uyama Hideomi, Otto Penzel, Kasai Kiyoshi, and others to enjoy his revised version of "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate".
The reason why Maijo Kyosuke planned to do this was very simple.
I wanted to test the waters with a group of discerning readers to see if my polishing of the short story "The Mystery of the Death Row Inmate" was successful.