My love index is at its maximum.

Hoshino Shikami: "..."

What did this person eat to grow up with such a black heart?

"In addition, I have listed out your daily study tasks. There are a total of 16 items a day. You have to make good use of every minute from when you wake up to when you go to bed. I have also drawn a table. You will draw a circle for each item you complete. I will submit the table to your sister every day. If you don't complete one item, you will get a beating."

"Tsukasa Tazaki..."

Hoshino Shika slammed her backpack heavily onto the table. "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. Just kill me already!"

“Shikami-kun, come have some coffee…” Ninomiya Shiori brought four steaming cups of coffee to the table, then sat down next to Kuriyama Sakura, taking a pen out of her bag as she said, “Kiki is first in the grade, so it will definitely be good for you if he helps you with your studies.”

Kuriyama Sakura took a delicious sip of her coffee and continued working on her exercises.

"That's how I won over your sister." Tsukasa Tazaki took out a set of carefully selected challenging problems from his bag and placed them on the table: "If you follow my method, you might be able to win your sister back."

Hoshino Shikami looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"

“Kiki…” Shiori Ninomiya pointed to her nose, “I want to do it too.”

Tsukasa Tazaki gave her half.

Seeing that she had suffered half the pain, Hoshino Shikami cheered, "Shiori-chan, I love you so much!"

"It's okay, I'll prepare two sets starting tomorrow."

"Huh? Tsukasa Tazaki, you've gone too far!"

"Sit down quickly!" Tsukasa Tazaki slapped the table.

"Wow~" Shiori Ninomiya clung to Sakura Kuriyama's arm and said fearfully, "Kiki is so fierce."

The sister-in-law stared wide-eyed and nodded frantically.

Half an hour later, Tsukasa Tazaki suddenly realized a fact—for some people, books are not for reading, but for hypnosis; books are printed hypnotic drugs.

That's right, I'm talking about the goofy and simple-minded Hoshino Shikami.

Seeing his sister-in-law biting her hand and looking completely clueless, Tsukasa Tazaki tapped the table: "Concentrate."

Hoshino Shikami quickly shifted her gaze back to her workbook, and two minutes later, she started biting her hand and spacing out again.

"Don't get distracted."

What are you thinking about now?

"This is the last time I'm reminding you. If you get distracted again, the after-school tutoring will be considered as not having been completed."

"Ah, I understand now."

Hoshino Shikami shouted and suddenly raised his head: "In my short fifteen years of life, I have come to understand a truth!"

Tazaki Tsukasa was a little confused by these strange words and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"Human beings have their limits."

Hoshino Shikami clutched a black ballpoint pen in her small hand, her voice filled with sorrow: "For example, no matter how hard I try, I can never understand mathematical formulas, so I don't want to... Ah, Tazaki Tsukasa, let go!"

The sister-in-law slapped away her brother-in-law's hand that was rubbing her head, and glared at him angrily: "I'm going to tell my sister that you made a fuss about me."

“Go ahead, I’ll be waiting.” Tsukasa Tazaki leisurely picked up his cup, took a small sip of coffee with his lips to the rim, and continued, “Also, if you don’t get into the top 100 in your final exams, you’ll have to go back to Kyoto. When that happens, my sister will be mine alone.”

"No way~" Hoshino Shika's face turned green instantly. She looked at her brother-in-law with a pitiful expression that was almost pleading: "Please help me persuade my sister, okay~ Please."

Don't try that.

"Tazaki-nii-san!" Hoshino Shikami moved forward and gave her brother-in-law a sweet smile: "My sister listens to you the most, can you help me persuade her? I promise I won't fight you for my sister anymore."

Behind that sweet smile, the younger sister-in-law was thinking of using her cuteness to get through this crisis first, and then rethinking how to win her older sister back.

Tazaki Tsukasa put down his cup and smiled gently at his cute little sister: "You talk as if you're smart enough to outsmart me."

"what!"

"You scum, I'm going to kill you, you bastard!"

Tsukasa Tazaki picked up the thick exercise book that made people feel intimidated: "Finish this book first, otherwise don't think about anything else."

“Sakura…” Hoshino Shikami looked across the table, “Save Shikami!”

"..." Kuriyama Sakura could only comfort her with her eyes.

"Shikami is dead. Please let her rest in peace. Thank you."

Hoshino Shikami lay dejectedly on the beechwood table, even her once jet-black and shiny hair had lost its luster.

At this moment, his sister-in-law was at the peak of her aversion to school, and Tsukasa Tazaki couldn't do anything about it. After all, she was a grown woman, and it wasn't appropriate to hold her down on his lap and spank her.

"Let's take a break." Shiori Ninomiya took some fruit out of the refrigerator.

My sister-in-law picked up a piece of melon and ate it, getting melon all over her face.

"Let me see how you did." Kuriyama Sakura reached for the exercise book in front of her and flipped through it. A minute later, she started massaging her eye sockets with her fingers, looking quite tired.

Without any expectation, Tsukasa Tazaki asked, "How's the completion going?"

"It's alright, there's a lot of room for improvement."

This is a high-EQ statement.

Minister Kuriyama only displays his high emotional intelligence when dealing with a select few.

I'm really worried about my sister-in-law's future child's intelligence... Tazaki Tsukasa looked at Hoshino Shikami biting her hand with affection, and silently mourned for his unborn nephew in advance.

Club activities ended at 5:30 p.m.

For Hoshino Shikami, this also means the end of her period of persecution.

"Yay!"

My sister-in-law excitedly jumped up from the steel pipe chair and bounced around the activity room, waving her little fists with a "ho ho ho" sound, as if she had been suppressed for five hundred years and had just been released.

As she jumped around, she suddenly turned around and bowed to the three of them: "Lu Jian has to go home first to prepare a birthday surprise for her sister, bye-bye~"

Tazaki Tsukasa didn't say anything, but silently pushed her steel tube chair under the table.

There's a saying... You only need to watch others have their moment in the spotlight; God will only arrange things for you. He really wanted to say this to his sister-in-law right now, but considering that the persecution he would inflict on her in the future would be far more than this, he decided to be merciful and let her be happy for one more day.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened, and dusk descended on the streets of Yotsuya.

"I'll take Ninomiya to the station first." Tazaki Tsukasa packed his schoolbag, glanced at Kuriyama Sakura, and asked, "What about you? Do you want me to give you a ride too?"

"Close the door when you leave."

"I almost forgot you have a driver."

Kuriyama Sakura shrugged, without even looking up: "If you're envious, you can marry into a rich family."

Walk down the stairs and leave the school building.

The campus was quiet, without the usual hustle and bustle after school, which made Tsukasa Tazaki, who had been surrounded by people recently, feel a little uncomfortable.

Ninomiya Shiori said beside her, "There are only two weeks left until summer vacation."

"Any plans for summer vacation?" Tsukasa Tazaki nodded, tucking his Italian dictionary under his arm.

"Not yet, but I have to participate in the kendo club's training camp as soon as I have a holiday. I won't have time until after the national competition in mid-August."

Speaking of this, Shiori Ninomiya seemed a little reluctant, her small, delicate nose wrinkling in dissatisfaction, which was just too cute.

Why did you initially decide to join the kendo club?

"I just thought that kendo was such a cool sport, there must be lots of handsome guys! But reality is so cruel..."

As soon as the two walked out of the school gate, past the towering oak tree that blocked out the sky, a woman in a suit blocked their way.

"Hello, do either of you have any plans to debut recently?"

"If you are interested, please consider our company."

As she spoke, the woman handed over an elegant business card.

It had the name of the agency and her own name written on it.

Tsukasa Tazaki stepped forward, shielding the little cutie behind him.

These days, there are often agents like this lurking at the entrance. To prevent anyone from harassing Shiori Ninomiya, Tsukasa Tazaki takes her to Yotsuya Station every day.

"Please let me tell you," the woman said, standing on tiptoe in an exaggerated tone. "I've watched that promotional video countless times. Ninomiya has something like a talent. How should I put it, a presence. She has that feeling; she doesn't need any acting skills, yet whenever she appears, the scene changes, becoming vivid and natural. You could call that a talent. Don't you think so?"

"She has no plans to debut as an artist."

"Oh, then Tazaki-san, you can do it too. You're incredibly handsome and have amazing acting skills. You'll definitely become a national sensation in no time."

Hello, thank you, goodbye.

Before the other person could continue speaking, Tsukasa Tazaki took the little cutie's schoolbag, and the two quickly left.

"Sigh, if you change your mind, please be sure to contact me!"

After running downhill from the school gate, the two quickly arrived at Yotsuya Station.

Amidst the surging crowd heading home on the platform, various pungent smells filled the air. Tsukasa Tazaki stood behind Shiori Ninomiya, gazing at her slender legs peeking out from beneath her pleated skirt.

There wasn't anything particularly beautiful to see, except that you could see the railway tracks shimmering in the sunset through the gap between her legs, and the sparse weeds swaying in the wind beside the tracks.

Of course, the cutie's legs bathed in the sunset are truly beautiful.

After admiring him for a while, Tsukasa Tazaki finally spoke up and asked, "You really have no plans to debut?"

No.

"Being an artist can earn you a lot of money."

"That's not the life Shiori-chan wants."

Shiori Ninomiya turned around and stared intently at him, the two separated by a few feet of twilight.

A green tram approached with a loud screeching of brakes, and Tsukasa Tazaki didn't catch what she said next. He only remembered that when the wind pressure on the platform whipped her long hair up, she snapped her fingers coolly, her expression stubborn.

Chapter 173 Wearing my sister's school uniform and Sakura's stockings!

On July 7th, it got light very early.

In the clear, bright morning light, every cloud was edged with light. The light was very auspicious, as if suggesting that today would be a beautiful day.

"Beep beep beep..."