Little Mai's power

"Cancelled in the middle?"

Wu Shen sighed.

In fact, as a high school student, being selected for the Light Novel Newcomer Award and having the opportunity to be published is incredible in itself. However, having read many light novels, Wu Shen was still a little curious as to why he was cut in half.

"If I remember correctly, it seemed like it was limited to three volumes but was only half completed. Because my mother suffered a huge blow at the time, she only wrote two of the three volumes and still had to finish it in a hurry."

Mai had a depressed look on her face when she told her the news.

"There were three volumes, but they were cut in half and only two volumes were completed. It looks like the problem is in the first volume at the beginning."

Wu Shen analyzed.

Because he likes ACG, he has some knowledge of the light novel industry. Generally, light novels are cut in half for only one reason: because they were forced to finish them by the library and publisher due to poor grades.

From this point of view, the sales performance of Kasumigaoka Utaha's first light novel volume as her debut work does not seem satisfactory.

"But is there really a book called Metronome of Love? Why didn't I find it in the bookstore?"

This is Wu Shen's biggest concern.

No matter how much information he knew, without reading the novel, Wu Shen would not be able to offer any relative opinions.

"Maybe Mom's new book hasn't come out yet? Maybe she hasn't even entered the competition yet."

Mai expressed her guess.

"Does this mean my trip to the bookstore was in vain?"

Wu Shen just complained. In fact, he gained a lot from this trip to the bookstore. I learned that Utaha also has a deep interest in animation, I managed to make the two of them have a shared secret, I established a certain connection and the development was very fast.

"By the way, Dad, since Mom's new book hasn't come out yet, this is Dad's chance!"

Mai suddenly thought of something and suddenly clapped her hands.

"As long as father can help mother improve the romance and change the future that has been cut in half, perhaps mother's favorability will gradually increase! Then you can date and get married, and then I can be born without any problems!"

"Well, it's a good idea. I can try. But it's more troublesome to know about Utaha's novel writing."

I'll need a reason to know that Utaha wrote a novel, otherwise Wu Shen couldn't say that it was our daughter from the future who told him when Utaha asked, right?

Even he wouldn't believe it when he was told that.

But now is not the time to think about that, because the time to get the pot is coming. He fried the sauce again and cut the meat into cubes in the pan, and when she saw that it was about to be cooked, she sprinkled the chopped chives and began to fry it evenly for the last time.

When the aroma was fragrant and the chopped chives were fully integrated into the sauce, Wu Shen turned off the gas stove and scooped out all the fried sauce with an iron spoon.

Mai couldn't wait for the noodles to come out of the pot, she picked up a small piece of diced meat with chopsticks, chewed it and gave a thumbs up.

"It's still a family recipe and it's still a familiar flavor!

"So salty..."

Mai couldn't control her greed, so she took another big spoonful of fried sauce and put it in her mouth. This time, she actually picked it up and hurriedly looked for water.

"Then why are you in such a hurry? This type of noodle is not meant to be eaten directly."

Wu Shen quickly unpacked the cucumber, washed it with water and broke it with both hands. There was only a "click" sound and a cucumber broke in half.

"Take it."

Wu Shen held half of it in his left hand and handed the other half to Mai's hand. Kasumigaoka Mai took the cucumber and immediately took a big bite, then heaved a sigh of relief.

"Stretched noodles really need to be served with cucumber."

Mai's little mouth chewed, and the refreshing, sweet and crunchy cucumber easily offset the fatty and salty taste of the fried sauce, giving it a unique flavor.

This is her traditional way of eating: the cucumber is never cut into thin strips as a side dish, but is eaten directly with the noodles.

The noodles were already boiling at this point. Wu Shen deftly picked up the noodles with a slotted spoon and placed them on a plate. Then he used a small spoon to scoop out a few spoonfuls of fried sauce and put them into it and stirred it evenly.

"It's time to eat! It's time to eat!"

Sitting in front of the dining table, Mai couldn't wait and as soon as the hot noodles were served, she immediately started gulping them down in large mouthfuls.

"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke. There's also sauce in the corner of your mouth."

Wu Shen smiled bitterly, took out a tissue and gently wiped the corners of his mouth.

Although I have to make food for two people from today onwards, it's nice to have company during my lonely study abroad life. Wu Shen looked out the window at the dark sky and couldn't help but think.

On the other side, in row upon row of finely decorated apartment buildings, Kasumigaoka Utaha sat at her bedroom desk with small eyes and house clothes, typing the last few characters on her laptop.

"The first volume is finished, I need to hurry, so I can finally enter the Fantastic River Bookstore's Fantastic Bunko Newcomer Award Contest."

Utaha stretched a little, exposing the perfect curves of her body.

Swiping the mouse wheel and looking at the dazzling array of electronic manuscripts, Utaha now feels a sense of fulfillment as an author. A long time ago, she had the idea of writing a light novel, but for various reasons, she hasn't started writing it for over a year. A few months ago, she accidentally saw the awards competition for new newcomers held by Livraria Fantástica on the official website.

Finally, she could no longer suppress the palpitations and thoughts in her heart. The first time she wrote, she was still a little awkward. To conceive the plot and write the novel, she gave up sleeping time and even used class time to catch up on her sleep.

"After all this time, I finally managed to complete the first volume of the light novel." Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke lightly.

When Utaha clicked save, she typed the book title she had been thinking about for a long time in the document's name setting column - Love Metronome.

Opening the official website of the Fantastic Library, clicking on the entry page, filling in personal details and preparing to upload the document, Utaha couldn't help but hesitate, her finger hovering over the left mouse button, but she didn't press it for a long time.

The legs wrapped in black stockings tightened and began to tremble slightly on their toes.

This is Kasumigaoka Utaha's small unique move. Only when she feels anxious will she continue tapping her toes like this.

Is it really okay to write it yourself? Can I really win the prize successfully? She didn't know the answer.

Before completing this work, Utaha's only writing experience was scripting the play for the cultural festival in her first year of high school. In the end, the acting was very successful and the script received much praise, but Utaha believed that the reason the story stood out was the actors' diligent and impressive performances.

Although Kasumigaoka Utaha is a cold and serious existence in everyone's eyes, she actually has a delicate and soft side to her heart. At least as a beginner in writing, she still feels very insecure.

She wants other people's advice and approval.

No matter how you review your own novel, you will never be able to achieve complete objectivity. However, she doesn't have friends with the same hobbies in real life, so she can't find anyone to read and give advice to.

"But being alone will inevitably make you a little lonely. If you have a problem and want to talk to someone, you can come to me at any time. I also read a lot of novels, comics and animations."

In the midst of her confusion, for some reason Kasumigaoka Utaha remembered the classmate she met this afternoon. Normally, Utaha didn't pay much attention to her classmates' affairs, but today, because someone had accidentally discovered the hobby she had always hidden, Utaha had a particularly deep impression on him.

"Maybe we can ask him to try?"

After taking a look at the manuscript on the laptop, Utaha suddenly seemed to have thought of something interesting and smiled slightly.

The night passed in the blink of an eye, the sun had not yet risen, and the sky was slightly clear in the morning. Wu Shen was holding little Mai in her arms, and the two of them were still immersed in dreamland.

Outside a forest garden villa in the suburbs, a tall and straight black-haired girl with an indifferent expression and a delicate appearance stuck her head out and secretly looked at the building in front of her.

"The newspaper I just took out of the trash can said it's still 17/20, which means that ball of light wasn't joking.

Little Loli thought calmly and coherently, muttering something to herself.

"To prevent me from disappearing, if I want to return to normal family life, my mother and father must have a peaceful relationship. If I remember correctly, this was supposed to be the place where my mother lived before my father and mother ran away. "

Loli looked at the Villa not far away and looked at the security guards patrolling. She did not in any way envy such a magnificent environment. Instead, she bit her little finger and couldn't help but show a hint of indignation.

"Is this the place where the family left so many sad memories for my mother?"

"As the saying goes, a man chases a woman through a mountain, and a woman chases a man through a veil. According to my analysis, if I want to complete the task successfully and restore the normal historical process, I I must start from mother's side. Hmm! With mother's charm, isn't it easy to catch my father?"

Little Loli paid attention and tiptoed like a kitten, taking advantage of gaps in the security patrols to sneak into the large garden and head towards the villa's inner courtyard.

Beside the iron gate of the entrance that she hurriedly passed through, there were some vigorous and simple characters engraved on an ancient wooden tablet, which seemed to be the surname of the owner of the entire garden.

"Dad, wake up!"

In the darkness, Mai's clear voice sounded, and at the same time, Wu Shen felt a slightly heavy object above his waist and abdomen.

"Hmm... huh? Good morning?"

Wu Shen lifted her upper body and discovered that Kasumigaoka Mai was sitting directly on her stomach.

"Luckily you're not too heavy."

Wu Shen laughed, stretched out his hands to take Mai off her body, and sat on the edge of the bed.

"I'm very thin and light, okay?"

Mai shook her limbs in loud protest.

Wu Shen, who had regained the ability to move freely without the "phantom pressure", rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at the still gray sky outside, took out his cell phone and checked the time.

"It's not after 6 o'clock? The alarm clock hasn't even gone off yet. Why did you wake me up so early?"

Wu Shen yawned, put the phone back on the bedside table, and turned sideways to look at Mai.

School starts at 8 o'clock sharp. As his apartment is very close to the school, Wu Shen's alarm clock is usually around 7 o'clock.

Today, as I was woken up by Mai, I woke up more than an hour earlier than usual.

"Dad, did you forget that you have to prepare breakfast and lunch again?"

Mai cast a resentful glance at Wu Shen.

"Of course not haha."

Wu Shen scratched his hair and quickly stood up with a guilty conscience.

(end of chapter)

Give me your power stones or there will be severe consequences!!! ☜(⁠ʘ⁠言⁠ʘ⁠╬⁠)

[Those of you who are intelligent, can you tell me what is the name of the genre of those manga that always involve a love triangle...Like two girls in love with the same guy.]