After being pressed for a long time, Yǔ still didn't reveal any of his plans. Looking at Bronya, who was scratching her head and ears, tormented by curiosity, he maintained a mysterious smile.
"Tsk, even if you don't say it, as members of the same studio, there must be something I can help with, right?"
Bronya huffed, blowing a strand of hair from her bangs, and twisted his arm, saying discontentedly.
"Hmm…"
Yǔ began to ponder seriously.
In half a month, there's no need to make the game, just the proposal: the general game mechanics, values, background, interaction methods, some character illustrations…
After thinking for a moment, it seemed that Bronya, who didn't need to focus much on technology, was not particularly needed. After a while, he looked at her and slowly said, "How about you help me make a PPT based on the proposal?"
"...Let me do that?!"
Who are you looking down on? Bronya immediately became displeased.
Yǔ nodded, "Indeed, for PPTs, Hatsune is much better than you. Let her do it."
"You!!!"
"Don't worry, once my game proposal passes, you'll have plenty to do."
He gently soothed Bronya, which improved her mood considerably, but she still added unwillingly, "Is there really nothing I can help with?"
"No… wait, there is!"
Simulating the workflow, Yǔ was about to shake his head but suddenly thought of something. He looked at the somewhat surprised Bronya and said, "I will draw some sketches later and provide text references. Then I will need the three of you to use your imagination to color them. Can you manage that?"
Coloring is actually quite a tedious process. This job would be perfect for the three girls to help with; their delicate imaginations might even bring him surprises, while he only needed to create the overall framework.
"Of course!"
"Seele can too!" Seizing the rare opportunity to help her brother, Seele immediately became excited.
"If this concubine can help husband."
Upon hearing this, Yǔ immediately stood up, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go, time waits for no one!"
Looking at her completely excited son, Cocolia's forehead immediately furrowed with black lines. She reprimanded him and then said, "What time is it? It's almost bedtime. We can talk about work tomorrow!"
"But…"
"Hm?"
"Alright…"
The higher-level deterrence instantly made Yǔ, who had intended to protest, shrink back. He lowered his head amidst the three people's suppressed laughter.
There was no other way; it was too rare to see Yǔ in such a predicament.
"Here, your room keys."
Seeing her son instantly give in, Cocolia nodded in satisfaction and tossed over a bunch of keys she had already prepared in her pocket.
Then, she paused, smiling as she looked at Yǔ, who had caught the keys, and said, "Remember to be careful~"
"?"
Cocolia didn't explain, only looked at them with an enigmatic smile.
After chatting with her for a while longer, they finally left Cocolia's room.
Once outside, Yǔ and the others finally understood the meaning behind Cocolia's words.
Looking at the identical keys on the keychain, Yǔ looked up at the sky, Bronya turned her back and looked away, Kaguya lowered her head, her face flushed, and Seele's cheeks instantly turned rosy. She looked at the numbers on the keys and softly said, "Bro, brother, the number on it seems to be your room."
"Mm…"
Thanks to Cocolia, Yǔ's inner excitement shifted from one kind of excitement to another.
A separate room, and all the keys to the room door—didn't this mean that as long as the door was locked, no one would know what was happening inside?!
Coupled with Cocolia's personal hint, Seele and Bronya's initial resistance immediately vanished, and they subconsciously accepted the fact that the four of them would be sleeping in one room.
Biological mother, this is definitely a biological mother; she really is, I'm crying to death.
His gaze somewhat unfocused, Yǔ evaded the topic, "I didn't expect my room to still be kept, and Auntie didn't give it to other children."
Brother, think before you speak! We've been back so many times; how could brother not know this?!
Although she was also very shy, Seele still couldn't help but glare at her brother.
Yǔ quickly realized his blunder and smiled awkwardly, saying, "It's, it's getting late. Let's go back and rest…"
"Mm."
"Seele, Seele is also a bit sleepy…"
"This concubine…"
The four silent individuals walked together towards the accommodation area, quietly, without a single word spoken along the way, until they arrived at a door adorned with cute patterns. Kaguya's curiosity temporarily suppressed her inner shyness.
Watching Yǔ unlock the door with a key and turn on the lights, the scene inside immediately made Kaguya's eyes widen.
As her most beloved person, Kaguya naturally wanted to know more about him, and this room where her husband grew up as a child was undoubtedly a treasure trove for her.
Seele noticed the curiosity in Kaguya's eyes, perhaps also to alleviate the awkwardness. She let out a long sigh, then pulled Kaguya into the room and began to introduce the small items she remembered, one by one.
"This is Brother's desk, these are the models he made, this is a prank box he used, and this? This is Seele's drawing of her and Brother's marri— cough cough, never mind."
Seele tried her best to satisfy Kaguya's curiosity. On the other side, Bronya frowned slightly as she looked at the rather messy large bed in the corner of the room.
Was no one cleaning it, or…
She glanced at Yǔ, signaling him to stay put. Then, Bronya frowned deeply and quietly approached the bed, step by step.
Staring at the obvious bulge in the center, she gripped the corner of the blanket and pulled it open forcefully.
Immediately, noisy sounds filled the entire room.
"Wah wah wah wah, so bright, so bright, my eyes are going blind! What happened, Lilia?!!!"
"How would I know, you idiot Rosalia."
Seeing the pink and blue twins—Rosalia and Lilia—on the bed, wearing seductive maid outfits and covering their eyes while rolling around, Bronya's expression immediately soured. She asked in a deep voice, "Why are you here?"
Once their eyes adjusted to the light, the twin sisters finally understood their predicament.
"This isn't your room," Lilia said faintly, looking at Bronya without showing any weakness.
Looking past Bronya, she saw her Brother not far away, smiling and waving at them.
"This is clearly Brother's room! I wanted to ask why you're here, you big meanie?!"
With hands on her hips, Rosalia puffed out her chest, wearing her embarrassing maid outfit that barely covered her vital parts, and said indignantly.
Before, they could be like Seele, serving as Brother's little shadow, but ever since Bronya arrived, their living space had been completely squeezed out!
In their minds, Bronya was a big demon king, constantly mocking them: "Hahaha, there's no place for you by Brother's side anymore!"
The two little ones, showing no weakness, made Bronya so angry that she couldn't resist. She grabbed both of them by the scruff of their necks, one in each hand, and directly threw them out of the room.
"Ow, you violent woman!"
"No violence!"
Ignoring the protests of the two little ones, Bronya's face was cold. With a bang, she forcefully slammed the door shut, and locked the windows tightly as well.
Standing up and dusting herself off, Aili Rosalia said with a bitter face, "Lilia, our se-se-that plan failed."
Hearing this, blue-haired Lilia sighed, frowning slightly: "I didn't expect her to be so unreasonable."
"Then what do we do next?"
Draping the bedsheet, which she had tightly clutched and was thrown out with, over herself, Rosalia looked at her 'strategist'.
"The enemy is strong, we are weak; it's not advisable to confront them head-on. Let's plan for the long term. Wrap the bedsheet around me more, it's cold outside."
"Oh."
The large bedsheet wrapped around the two 'scantily clad' individuals, and then they quickly merged into the darkness, disappearing swiftly like a floating ghost.
Inside the room, Bronya clapped her hands, then looked at Yǔ, who had his hands raised in an innocent gesture: "Twin maids, I didn't realize you were quite the connoisseur~"
"I swear, I don't know anything."
"Really?"
"Really! Today, besides taking a nap with Pa Duo on Sister Aponia's lap pillow in the afternoon, I've been by your side the whole time, okay?"
His honest words made Bronya's brows relax. She had already broken her bottom line repeatedly for him, choosing one room for four people. If this guy was still greedy enough to call those two cute twins, then she would truly get angry.
After an introduction inside the room, Seele and Kaguya walked over, and the four of them gathered around the bed.
An awkward silence enveloped the air. After a long while, Yǔ finally asked weakly, "...Rest?"
......
The next day, at the first hint of dawn, Yǔ opened his eyes amidst a soft warmth.
Of course, certain popular events like 'one shot, three rings' didn't happen. With three people accommodating him so much, he naturally couldn't do anything excessive on the first try.
Bronya and Kaguya were holding his arms tightly, one on each side, their warm breaths gently caressing his shoulder, feeling a bit ticklish.
Seele was still sprawled on him. Who knows what this child was dreaming about, but she opened her mouth, biting and licking him, quickly making his chest a mess.
Slowly withdrawing his two arms from the plains and hills, and gently moving Seele to the side, Yǔ stretched long in the room, facing the morning sun.
Thanks to not doing anything bad, sufficient rest brought him full energy. After a quick wash-up, he sat down at the table in the room, full of vigor, and took out the laptop he had brought back.
As he connected the power, a clearly just-woken Hatsune rubbed her eyes, yawned, and cutely waved at him. A text bubble read: "Good morning, Master~"
"Good morning, Hatsune."
After a quiet greeting, Yǔ began to plan little by little.
Since time needed to be seized, the pokemon sketches naturally had to be drawn first for them to try coloring. Of course, if the results didn't satisfy him, he would definitely choose to do the final version himself.
Next was…
And so, when Seele and the others woke up, they saw the figure diligently working in the room.
"Waking up so early…"
Yawning, Bronya, with her pajamas half-off, slowly came up behind Yǔ. With her eyes closed, she wrapped both arms around his neck, first kissing his cheek, and then said.
"Yeah, I couldn't sleep after waking up this morning."
Just thinking about such a divine work about to be born, he was even dreaming about work.
"Mmm…"
Still a bit groggy from just waking up, Bronya rested her cheek on his head. With her chest pressed against his back, her eyes reflected the lines of text on the screen, but her sluggish mind prevented her from understanding a single word.
Seele and Bronya also woke up one after another, their pajamas similarly disheveled. Mimicking Bronya, they stood on Yǔ's left and right sides.
The sweet scent enveloped Yǔ, causing his typing hands to slow down. In this situation, it was somewhat hard to focus on work.
Just then, it was almost time for breakfast.
He stood up helplessly, then, after three good morning kisses, they all changed their clothes and walked out of the room.
Breakfast was just simple porridge. He didn't know how Brother Kalpas made it, but a simple bowl of porridge was not only delicious, after drinking it, he felt warm all over, filled with satisfaction as if he had eaten a lot of carbohydrates.
After eating, and expending some effort to shake off the clinging little ones, Yǔ returned to the room and quickly got back to work. At this time, Seele and the other two also received the sketches Yǔ gave them.
Three small heads huddled around the same computer. They squeezed together and opened the first image, ready to show Yǔ their boundless imagination.
Soon, the sketch was opened, and a peculiar creature drawn with simple lines appeared on the computer screen.
A round body, upright ears, and a zigzag tail behind it like lightning.
"Is this… a fat mouse?" Kaguya asked, puzzled.
"Seele thinks it's quite cute. According to Brother's text description below, the main body of this creature should be yellow, with brown stripes on its back…"
Seele pointed to the small text below and read it aloud to everyone.
Hearing this, Bronya smiled and said, "So, should this thing be called a yellow-skinned mouse?"