My love index is at its maximum.

Tsukasa Tazaki: "???"

It sounds like I heard some terrible words.

"Huh?" The proprietress who said this was also stunned for a moment. She quickly realized what was going on and a look of utter astonishment appeared on her face.

"Ah...no...Tasaki-kun, don't misunderstand...I meant...yes, I meant that male high school students' rooms are probably messy...tissues everywhere and stuff...I didn't mean I would look at them in the middle of the night...no, I don't know what that is..."

After listening to her stammering out a long speech, Tsukasa Tazaki smiled.

Sachiko Tono's face flushed instantly. She covered her face in despair, saying, "I'm doomed, I can't face anyone now... Goodbye, Tazaki-kun, I'm going to kill myself now..."

"Let's eat something first."

"Fine... I'll eat my fill before I kill myself..."

The porridge was minced meat porridge, with some corn kernels and green vegetables added; it tasted quite good.

After a few bites, my stomach felt warm, and my mind gradually became clearer. I felt that the energy I had lost over the past few days was being replenished little by little.

Tazaki Tsukasa ate two bowls and put down his chopsticks. Sachiko Tono, sitting opposite him, probably still felt too ashamed to face anyone, and was now keeping her head down, taking small sips of porridge with a spoon.

Staring at her fair and smooth fingers, Tsukasa Tazaki thought to himself: It would be such a waste not to use such beautiful hands to do some homework.

Feeling his gaze, Sachiko Tono lowered her head even further, a surge of heat rising to her face. It was unclear whether it was from some image in her mind or simply the heat emanating from the porridge.

Honestly... why are you staring at me like that, Tazaki-kun... it's so embarrassing...

Feeling a little resentful, she cautiously looked up at Tsukasa Tazaki.

The boy frowned slightly, as if deep in thought. The last rays of the setting sun streamed through the glass window, casting a complex purple hue over his slender frame, while the glass vase of daffodils to his right was bathed in the hues of dusk.

"He's so handsome... I wish he were ten years older..."

As soon as this thought crossed her mind, Sachiko Tono's heart began to race.

No, no... I'm going to die! How could I think about something like this with a fifteen-year-old child!

With somewhat unhealthy thoughts in mind, Sachiko Tono finished her porridge and stood up: "Tazaki-kun, is there anything I can help you with? If not... then I'll... go ahead..."

The movement was so large that a thin, milky-white strap peeked out from the neckline of the dress.

Tazaki stared at the thin ribbon in deep thought for a moment, and suddenly a very bold idea came to him.

"There is something I need Sachiko-nee's help with."

"Tell me... I'll do anything I can to help." Sachiko Tono's expression was calm, but her mind was in turmoil.

Those are bra straps... How can I possibly reach out and pull them while you're staring at them like that...?

Tsukasa Tazaki stood up, staring at her slender, smooth fingers: "Can you really do anything?"

Faced with the little boy's eager gaze, she, as someone who had been through it all, felt her mind go blank, shame and excitement escalating, and her normal judgment gradually disappearing...

Ugh... Why do you have to confirm again and again... I already said anything was fine... How can I answer if you keep pressing me like this...

Chapter Twenty-Two: You actually asked me to do your homework?

"Uh-huh……"

A voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz escaped from Sachiko Tono's slightly parted red lips. She tried hard to suppress her shyness, reaching up to pull up the collar of her dress and cover the shoulder straps.

"Is it really okay to do anything?" Tsukasa Tazaki wanted to confirm again. "After all, I'm a student, and this kind of thing isn't appropriate."

Sachiko Tono nodded, blushing as she looked at her toes. "Anything... is fine. I'll do whatever you want, Tazaki-kun."

"Okay, you can sit over at the desk. It's been such a long holiday, and all this stuff has been piling up. I'm starting to get a little anxious."

"Huh? Isn't it a bed?"

"A bed?" Tsukasa Tazaki asked, puzzled. "It would be more comfortable to sit on it, wouldn't it?"

"This... I haven't tried it yet..."

"It's okay, I'll show you what I've done before, and you can just copy it."

"Clam?"

Sachiko Tono was dumbfounded.

I always thought it was your first time, but who knew that not only was it not your first time, but you also had a video recording?

Tsukasa Tazaki, I misjudged you!

Sachiko Tono took a few deep breaths, frowned, and hesitated, saying, "I... I'll prepare first. After all... this kind of thing isn't appropriate..."

Before he could reply, she grabbed her bag and hurried into the bathroom.

Tsukasa Tazaki sat down in the chair in front of the desk and took out his homework from his bag.

He's had a week-long holiday, but there's been a lot of homework assigned, and he hasn't touched it at all in the past few days. He'll probably be busy catching up on homework every day for the rest of the holiday.

The notebooks and pens are laid out. On the bookshelf on the table are some textbooks, dictionaries, and reference materials. To the left is a storage box containing a craft knife, eraser, pencil case, and compass; to the right is a small potted cactus—dug up from school.

Tsukasa Tazaki has a slight case of mysophobia and can't stand dirty or messy environments.

Clean and tidy; all foreign objects must be removed.

Therefore, the room only had a minimal number of essential furniture items, which was sufficient. Although he enjoyed reading, most of his books were borrowed. Occasionally, he would buy books himself, but he would sell them to a used bookstore as soon as he finished reading them.

I also enjoy listening to music, but I don't collect records.

Tsukasa Tazaki didn't quite understand what kind of mentality this was, but subconsciously he felt that only by throwing away the old things could he better embrace a new life.

Although he feels he is not doing very well yet.

But it doesn't matter, I'm still young, and I still have the opportunity to make mistakes and correct them.

……

The cramped bathroom was dimly lit. Sachiko Tono looked at her reflection in the mirror and murmured to herself.

How old do I look...?

She had beautiful long hair, perfect base makeup, and sparkly lipstick. Her nails were meticulously manicured and painted with pink nail polish, and her legs beneath the stockings were also beautifully groomed.

"If I said I was only twenty-five... would I be able to fool them?"

Sachiko Tono stared at herself in the mirror, examining her eyes, lips, height, hair color, and breast size as if she were a railway worker inspecting a railway.

After a long while, the proprietress sighed, "Indeed... I'm an old lady now."

No!

We have to find a way to impress Tazaki-kun!

Sachiko Tono hurriedly pulled her makeup case out of her bag and started touching up her makeup in front of the mirror.

A touch of blush on the cheeks will make you look more alluring, and a brightly colored lipstick will make you look more delicious. Oh, and this...

She took off her dress and applied a layer of brown eyeshadow to her cleavage.

This is an illusion art that can make a cleavage appear more magnificent!

After doing all this, Sachiko Tono took a few deep breaths to calm herself down and walked out confidently.

However, when she saw the figure sitting at the desk, she hesitated again.

He's just a child, after all. And I'm already an old auntie; wouldn't it be a bit rash of me to do this? Although Tazaki-kun is undeniably handsome, I still hope to wait until he's a bit older before making a move…

Sachiko Tono leaned against the bathroom door and began to think about a question—she had come to visit someone in the hospital, so how did things turn out like this?

When Tsukasa Tazaki heard the door open, he turned around and was immediately stunned.

"Sachiko-nee... what... what are you doing?"

"Huh?" Sachiko Tono blinked, and asked groggily, "Doesn't it look good?"

"It looks good...it's very visually striking, but something feels off. Well, that's not quite right...anyway, Sachiko looks beautiful in this makeup."

"Wh-pleasant words...let's not say them." Sachiko Tono lowered her head in embarrassment. She felt she couldn't take it anymore, and a voice inside her was screaming: Stop it, or my brain will break down.

Overwhelmed with shyness, she said in a sulky tone, "Really...really like that? Wouldn't it be bad if someone found out?"

"Indeed... it was my oversight." Tsukasa Tazaki nodded. "I'll handle it myself. It wouldn't be good if the teacher found out if I asked you for help."

"Solve it yourself? How do you plan to solve it?"

"Of course, with your hands."

Sachiko Tono's lips twitched slightly, and she asked softly, "Wouldn't that... be very tiring?"

"There's nothing we can do. We're still students, after all. There's no escaping it."

"Tazaki-kun." Sachiko Tono bit her bright red lower lip and mustered her courage: "Let me help you."

Tsukasa Tazaki smiled. "Alright, come here."

Sachiko Tono walked over to him and saw him take out his English and Chinese textbooks, saying, "The English and Chinese homework is just copying, it's quite simple. Can you do it for me by imitating my handwriting?"

?

I've already taken my pants off halfway, and you're asking me to do your homework for you?

The clock ticked away, and apart from that, the only sounds in the room were the scratching of pen leads across paper. A cool night breeze blew in through the open window, and occasionally the roar of a large truck engine could be heard.

A few stars twinkled faintly in the vast sky, flickering on and off, flashing along with the aviation warning lights on the top of the tall buildings, as if someone were blinking.

"Ah~!"

"I'm exhausted..."

Sachiko Tono let out a scream, put down her pen, loosened her wrists and shoulders, then turned around and glared resentfully at Tsukasa Tazaki: "Idiot!"

Such a beautiful young woman, yet her tone carried the grumbling of a woman confined to her chambers.

Tazaki Tsukasa stopped writing, glanced at the time, and realized it was already past 10 p.m. The two of them had been doing their homework since dusk, almost four hours now.

Maintaining a proper sitting posture for a long time has left my muscles aching all over. But the results are pretty good; I've already completed more than half of my homework.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sachiko-nee." Tsukasa Tazaki stood up and stretched.

“Tazaki-kun…” Sachiko Tono stood up and patted him on the shoulder, sighing, “Luckily you’re not bad looking, otherwise you’d probably be a bachelor for life…”

Before she could finish speaking, she took a step forward, picked up her bag, and pushed open the door to leave.

[The little boy is still just a little boy, let's wait a few more years~! The Tono Sachiko stock index fell 50 points. Current stock price: 60]