My love index is at its maximum.

He had just finished filling out the form and hadn't even had a chance to ask what the ATF department meant before he was kicked out. Are all the children of rich families so difficult to get along with?

Sigh... It's rare to find a club where I can leave early. I hope everything goes well.

The sun gradually sank below the horizon, and countless streetlights lit up in a boastful manner.

"Good evening, Tazaki-kun."

As soon as she entered the convenience store where she worked, Sachiko Tono greeted Tsukasa Tazaki warmly.

"Good evening, I'm going to change my clothes now."

Tazaki Tsukasa nodded in acknowledgment and went to the staff changing room to change his clothes.

When he first transmigrated, he only had 4 yen left, not even enough to pay next month's rent. Threatened with running out of food, he immediately found a part-time job at a convenience store near the school and became a proud working man.

The woman who greeted me earlier, Sachiko, is the owner of this shop. She's a widow, quite pretty, and kind-hearted.

Originally, the shop was not short of staff. After listening to Tsukasa Tazaki recount his fabricated tragic backstory, the proprietress thought that the young man's story was not very good, but he was handsome and worth nurturing. So she immediately offered him an hourly wage of 1200 yen.

It earns 250 yen more per hour than the average student working part-time.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 6 pm to 9 pm, 15 hours a week, with a total weekly salary of 18000 yen.

Is 18,000 yuan really money?

No, that's fate.

Tazaki Tsukasa was grateful to the boss lady—provided that she didn't engage in any workplace sexual harassment with him.

After changing into his work clothes, Tsukasa Tazaki, carrying a registration notebook, busily moved between the shelves and the warehouse.

The first thing he does every day when he gets to work is to restock the shelves and write down a list of items that need to be restocked the next day. After that, he just stands at the cashier to process payments.

The work is simple and easy, requiring little mental effort, just some physical strength.

After registering the list of items that needed restocking, Tsukasa Tazaki returned to the counter and handed the notebook to the proprietress who was just about to leave.

"Tasaki-kun is so meticulous," Sachiko Tono exclaimed, looking at the neat handwriting and well-organized table of contents.

"Thanks to Sachiko-nee's care."

"Haha~~" Sachiko Tono chuckled and pulled out two 10,000 yen bills from her wallet. "Here, your salary from last week."

"Uh, I don't have any change on me."

"Consider the extra 2000 yen a bonus..." Ms. Sachiko waved her hand and said cheerfully, "I'm off on a date, Tazaki-kun, good luck to you too."

"Good luck."

[Due to a pleasant conversation with you, the Tono Sachiko stock index rose by 10 points. Current stock price: 110]

The stock price rose again. Tazaki Tsukasa watched her leave and smiled to himself.

Through these ten days of daily conversations, he roughly understood what kind of person Ms. Sachiko was and what she was pursuing.

A widow in her thirties with some savings and a decent standard of living, what she's after is nothing more than a wealthy and powerful man.

It doesn't matter how much money one has, the important thing is to have a large and capable person.

Fifteen-year-old Tsukasa Tazaki is not yet able to satisfy her. So, just use the system to take advantage of her, and don't have any unrealistic fantasies.

While I was lost in thought, two pretty girls dressed in their school uniforms walked into the store.

[Shiori Ninomiya's stock is listed on the main index]

[Issue Price: 10]

Number of shares issued: 1000

[Spring Fragrance Seedlings Stock Listed on the Main Board]

[Issue Price: 10]

Number of shares issued: 1000

This damn system, can you please stop randomly adding stocks to my portfolio just because every girl is pretty?!

Tazaki cursed inwardly, then quickly forced a faint, professional smile onto his face: "Welcome, is there anything I can help you with?"

"We want...so handsome!"

"Sorry, we don't have 'Handsome' in our catalog."

"You're so witty..." The girl with long hair seemed to have an outgoing personality. She leaned forward, her hand on the counter, and said, "Handsome, let's go to the coffee shop together."

Tazaki Tsukasa leaned back slightly, maintaining a safe distance: "Sorry, I have to go to work."

"No problem, I'll wait for you to get off work."

"Don't do this..." Her companion, a short-haired girl, reached out and pulled her away, whispering, "You're making things difficult for the other person."

"It's alright." Tsukasa Tazaki nodded calmly.

Having inherited the handsome looks of the original owner, who was born and raised in Tokyo, he has received many flirting attempts and love letters in the past ten days. He can now be said to be very adept at handling such situations, and is no longer the simple and innocent boy who would feel embarrassed and ashamed at first.

The short-haired girl looked at Tsukasa Tazaki, her cheeks slightly flushed: "Excuse me... we'd like a matcha drink..."

"The second refrigerator, the middle shelf." Tsukasa Tazaki pointed to the row of refrigerators next to the cashier: "All the tea drinks are in there."

"Thank you..." the short-haired girl said softly, then jogged over and brought back three plastic bottles of matcha drinks.

"Handsome, which school do you go to?" The long-haired girl still hadn't given up on her career of picking up handsome guys.

"150 yen per bottle, 3 bottles for 450 yen, I'll give you 500 yen, here's your change: 50 yen. Please keep it."

"How about this, let's add each other on Line first..."

"Let's hurry up and go."

"Don't pull me! Handsome, what's your name...?"

"Hey, you forgot a bottle." Tsukasa Tazaki called out towards the store door after noticing a bottle of drink on the counter.

"This is...this is for you to drink..."

The short-haired girl turned around, blushed, said something, and then grabbed her companion and quickly fled the scene.

Her voice was soft and sweet, with a hint of shy tremor, making my ears feel all tingly.

These high school girls in Tokyo are quite interesting.

The long-haired girl seems outgoing, but she's always trying to get something for free. The short-haired girl, on the other hand, seems shy, but she'll readily offer to buy you a drink.

So, who's called Ninomiya Shiori and who's called Haruhi Kanae?

Tazaki Tsukasa unscrewed the cap and took a sip of matcha. It was a little bitter at first, but then there was a faint sweet aftertaste. This feeling of bitterness followed by sweetness was just like his current life.

This analogy is very accurate; his experience upon arriving in Tokyo was truly unbearable.

The original owner lost both parents at the age of five and was taken in and raised by his maternal grandfather.

He was a man surnamed Kiseki, an old nobleman who had already made his fortune in the Edo period.

Being adopted by a large family, the original owner should have had a very good life if the story had gone according to normal course.

But in reality... the original owner's mother and father eloped!

My maternal grandfather originally disowned this grandson named Tazaki, even feeling that his existence was a disgrace to the family. It was only out of pity for him because of his young age that he reluctantly took him home to raise.

Given this reason, Tazaki Tsukasa's position in the Kikawa family was quite awkward. Although he was also addressed as "young master" by the servants, he held little weight compared to the other children of his generation who shared the surname "Kikawa."

To his peers, Tsukasa Tazaki was an outsider. Someone they could mock, insult, or even beat up for no reason.

In the eyes of adults, he was basically treated like air; after all, they had a large family and business, so it wouldn't make a difference to support one more idle person.

As Lu Xun once said: "Either erupt in silence or perish in silence."

The original owner endured humiliation for ten years, only to explode one day.

Then he committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.

Seriously... he's become a complete failure in life.

Ugh.

poor child.

And then there's me, the poor soul who transmigrated into this child's body...

It's fair to say that the original owner had nothing to offer except for his good looks, leaving behind a complete mess.

On the very first day after Tsukasa Tazaki transmigrated, he moved out of the Kikawa family home. He was afraid that the waters of a large family were too deep and he wouldn't be able to handle it. Besides, he also hated the feeling of "living under someone else's roof".

I rented an apartment, found a part-time job, and started a brand new life in Tokyo.

Tsukasa Tazaki has already set a general course for how to live his life.

Currently, class stratification is very serious in Japan. It's relatively easy for an ordinary person to move from the bottom to the middle class, but it's virtually impossible to climb further up the social ladder. This is because the path to upward mobility has been blocked by centuries-old family businesses and modern conglomerates.

Of course, ordinary people are not completely without opportunities. As long as they are good enough, those big families are still happy to accept talented people.

Tsukasa Tazaki decides to study hard for three years of high school, get into a prestigious university, and become a social elite after graduation based on her ability and good looks.

By then, even if you manage to hook up with a rich heiress, you won't have to worry about being dragged to Tokyo Bay for land reclamation because of the huge class difference.

As the saying goes, even if you're living off a woman, you have to be tough—either become a landlord or a landlady's husband!

Even if this path fails, Tsukasa Tazaki has the system as a backup plan, so he's not worried at all.

At 9 p.m., after handing over his work to his colleagues who were on the night shift, Tsukasa Tazaki changed back into his school uniform.

Stepping out of the convenience store, a chilly evening breeze blew in.

Tazaki Tsukasa shrank his neck and silently said "system." Then, three options appeared before his eyes.

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Chapter Three: Liquidating and Cashing Out, and Fully Investing in Newly Listed Stocks

Account Name: Tsukasa Tazaki

[Remaining Funds: 0]