Full-time cartoonist - #143 - Chapter 142 Return to Tokyo and Gifts (No Silver Key)

After dinner, it was already dark.

Everyone had a great time eating, even Ichiro Higashino had a smile on his face.

As for tourist attractions, when you come to Sapporo, you have to visit the Sapporo Tower in Odori Park.

At night, the tower is illuminated with lights and a huge timepiece.

Hibiki looked up and saw that it was 20:10 now.

Because it was summer vacation, there were many tourists at Sapporo Tower taking photos with their cameras.

The first, second and third floors are all the usual shops, restaurants, specialties and the like.

Nishimura leads the way, and the Higashino family takes the elevator directly to the ninety-meter-high display platform, where they can have an unobstructed view of Sapporo.

After seeing the scenery, my mind is open.

Mei Higashino went to a specialty store to buy Sapporo specialties.

Sapporo Agricultural School cookies, Shiroi Koibito chocolate and Sapporo beer.

“To thank the seniors for their teachings.”

Hibiya Hibiki also bought some by the way. It would be unreasonable not to bring gifts to his assistants when traveling.

Because I bought it at a tourist attraction, it was expensive.

There was a lottery machine with receipts at the door. Yayi was very curious and drew a lottery ticket with great expectation.

It turned out to be the first prize.

She jumped up happily, realizing for the first time that she was so lucky.

This is a discount coupon. The original price of silver jewelry is 129,999, but now it only costs 12,999, which is a great deal.

Without thinking, Mei Higashino took out her small wallet and prepared to pay.

Higashino Hibiki hurriedly stopped her and said to the salesman: “Sorry, we don’t need it.”

“It’s such a good opportunity, it would be a pity not to.” The salesman said with a smile.

“Yeah!” Higashino Mei kept nodding.

“What a stupid sister…” Dong Yexiang knocked on her forehead.

“It hurts!” Yayi covered her forehead, feeling very aggrieved, “Why?”

During Higashino Mei’s struggle, Hibiki pulled her away, and the salesman shouted “Customer! Customer!” from behind.

This is a very simple scam, and few people will fall for it in the future. However, it is now 1996, and Mei Higashino, who has just graduated, was easily deceived.

“What about 12,999 silver jewelry,” Hibiki Higashi warned her, “it would be nice to have 1299.”

Similar to the future Taobao 618 and Double Eleven routines, first increase the price of goods, and then use discounts to make customers think they are making a profit and sell items of higher value.

However, this kind of discount coupons in shopping malls are more of a scam and are much more sinister than online shopping.

After Higashino Hibiki explained it to Higashino Mei, Mei was shocked.

“Is there still such a routine?”

As if she had seen the world clearly, Mei Yi lowered her head and pulled her ponytails up.

“Do you think that jewelry is beautiful?” Hibiki asked.

“No,” Yayi shook her head, “It’s just because there are discount coupons…”

Dong Yexiang saw that she had understood, so he didn’t say anything more.

After wandering around Odori Park for a while, Mei felt better. At ten o’clock in the evening, the Higashino family returned to the hotel to stay.

As for Nishimura, he went back to school.

…

After three days in Sapporo, the Higashino family returned to Tokyo, and Hibiki Hibiki returned to his loyal studio.

The door to the dormitory was not locked. Higashino opened the door and found Akimiya Akemi cleaning.

“Higashino-kun, are you back so soon?” She asked a little surprised, after all, the vacation was only a week long.

“Three days are enough. There’s no point in staying any longer.” Hibiki put on his slippers and put down the things in his hands. “And I miss you too. One day without seeing you is like three autumns.”

“You are really good at talking…” Akimiya Akemi put her hands on her hips, “If you have the skills, you might as well clean up with me.”

“Just let me have a rest when I get home,” Hibiki complained.

He knelt down, rummaged through the Sapporo specialties, and finally took out a delicately wrapped gift.

“Please take it.”

Higashino Hibiki handed it to Akimiya Akemi.

“What is it?” Qiugong Mingmei took it curiously, “I opened it?”

“Please.”

These are two gifts. The top one is Sapporo white chocolate. Akimiya Akemi was very surprised when she saw it.

“I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time!”

She took out one directly, stuffed it into Higashi Hibiki’s mouth, and then tasted it carefully.

“It’s mellow and delicate. There’s a reason why Sapporo white chocolate is so famous.” She was very satisfied.

Then she discovered another gift. Compared with the chocolate packaging, this gift packaging was much smaller.

Looking at the outer packaging of the gift, Akimiya Akemi roughly understood what it was.

She raised her eyebrows, “Necklace?”

“Yeah.” Dong Yexiang nodded.

Akimiya Akemi opened the outer box expectantly. It was a platinum necklace, sparkling in the sun.

Akimiya Akemi likes the simple and exquisite design concept.

“I’ll bring it for you.”

Higashino Hibiki picked up the necklace and walked behind Akimiya Akemi.

Akimiya Akemi did not refuse, she lowered her head, held her hair in her hands, and let Hibiki Higashino do it.

“What a beautiful neck…” Hibiki muttered to himself.

Fair, slender, and slender. Under the sun, the blood vessels under the skin can be faintly seen.

Higashikata really wanted to kiss her.

This sentence made Qiugong Minmei’s neck turn red. She said nothing and waited quietly.

The cold touch of the platinum necklace made Akimiya tremble.

After a while, she opened her eyes and admired it in the mirror.

“How is it?” After nodding with satisfaction, Akimiya Akemi turned back and asked Hibiki Higashikata.

“More suitable than the model photos in the jewelry store.” Hibiki gave a thumbs up.

“You still have vision.”

“This looks really good…” Higashikata stepped forward and looked down at Akimiya Akemi.

Akimiya Akemi understood, “Wait a minute, the curtains are not closed…well.”

…

The next day, the assistants were back at work.

Oda asked excitedly: “Did the teacher bring me a gift?”

“It’s inside the refrigerator.” Hibiki Higashi said without raising his head, “It has your name on it.”

“Hooray!” Oda opened the refrigerator, “It’s beer, I don’t mind.”

He opened a can directly, sat on the sofa and drank.

“But it should be packaged a little better. There’s no sense of expectation.” He complained.

Higashino Hibiki didn’t care, “Is the gift more important? Or is the packaging more important? Can I just buy you some wrapping paper?”

“That’s what I said…” Oda was aggrieved and stopped talking.

After a while, the assistants all arrived. They simply took biscuits and beer and sat down to drink.

Higashino picked up a biscuit and asked, “Yoshii, aren’t you going home?”

Yoshii Sanjiu shook his head, “Dad is very busy at work and won’t accompany me when I get home. It’s better to stay at school.”

Higashino Hibiki joked, “Then you can go to Senior Sister Takagi Kiko’s house and let her family see your future son-in-law.”

Yoshiiyama didn’t speak for a long time, holding a piece of biscuit with his head lowered and grinding his teeth like a hamster.

“What’s going on?” Oda was shocked, “Yoshii-kun has a girlfriend?”

Yoshii nodded silently.

Oda slapped Yoshii on the shoulder, very unhappy: “You are so jealous, you guy.”

Tanaka also looked at Yoshii enviously.

…

afternoon.

Hearing that Hibiki Higashino was back, Sasaki hurried to the door. As soon as he entered the studio, he saw Hibiki drawing comics and felt relieved.

“Mr. Sasaki,” Higashino raised his head, “You came at the right time. I have brought Sapporo specialties. Please bring them to the editorial office along the way.”

“Thank you so much.”

Sasaki said, then walked up to Hibiki Higashikata, looked at the comics he drew, and nodded with satisfaction.

“It seems there is no problem.”

“What is there to do in Sapporo?”

“The scenery is different from Tokyo, and the beef and seafood are great.” Hibiki gave a thumbs up, “Mr. Sasaki works very hard, so he should take a break. It would be good to go to Hokkaido to cultivate his sentiments and cleanse his soul. “

“I can’t live without the editorial department. I still have a lot of work,” Sasaki shook his head. “For example, the 35th issue of “Slam Dunk” will have a color page at the front. Please prepare a color page manuscript.”

“Color page?” Hibiki Higashi looked up excitedly, “Thank you very much.”

When he serialized “The Soul of Chess”, he had to wait a long time for the front page to appear.

But for “Slam Dunk”, it doesn’t have much effect.

After chatting for a while about the future plot of “Slam Dunk”, Sasaki was very satisfied with Miyagi Ryota and Mitsui Hisashi.

“It’s going to be a big hit,” he pinched his chin and muttered to himself, “and it was just on the front page…”

Sasaki couldn’t help but look forward to “Slam Dunk” even more.

“A work with unlimited future.”

Sasaki came to visit today with one more thing. He looked at the uneasy Tanaka and said: “”Sojourner” was not selected for the Manga Awards. Please continue to work hard.”

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