My love index is at its maximum.

"Clam?"

Kana Shimamoto stared in disbelief, as if she had seen a dancing sheep.

"Isn't it hilarious?" Tsukasa Tazaki picked up her glasses from the table and put them on her, teasingly saying, "Compared to being seen by Kuriyama-san, this is the real way for the wife to catch her husband cheating."

After a 15-second silence, Kana Shimamoto pinched her earlobe and asked helplessly, "She knows?"

Not yet.

"Then I definitely don't want to see her in this kind of situation."

Tsukasa Tazaki said earnestly, "I don't want to hide it from her anymore, so I will tell her everything clearly."

"Ugh, my head hurts." Kana Shimamoto sighed deeply.

She withdrew her hand from her ear, stared at her fingertips for a long time, then looked up at Tsukasa Tazaki: "I'm glad you made this choice. But I'm helpless in this matter and can't help you with anything."

"I caused this mess myself, how can I ask you for help?" Tsukasa Tazaki smiled slowly. "As long as you're gentle enough, just sweep my grave every year."

"Haha, no problem!"

Kana Shimamoto smiled mischievously and turned to walk towards the door.

"Hey... wait a minute." Tsukasa Tazaki quickly called out to her.

"what's up?"

"Change your clothes!"

Shimamoto Kana then realized, as if waking from a dream, that her body felt cool. Looking down, she saw that her bunny girl outfit had been pulled up to her waist.

"Ugh, pervert!"

The married teacher blushed and angrily rebuked him, hiding behind the wardrobe and shouting in a muffled voice, "You clearly said you weren't allowed to touch anything, and you're not keeping your promise at all!"

Tsukasa Tazaki shrugged dismissively.

When a man says he will never touch anything else, he is usually thinking that he will never touch anything else next time.

After a while, Kana Shimamoto emerged from behind the wardrobe.

She wore a proper business suit, a crisp white shirt without a single wrinkle, a navy blue fitted skirt, and slender, shapely legs encased in black stockings. The room was bathed in only a faint light streaming in from the window, which bathed her in a silvery-white glow, making her appear like a figure from an old photograph, evoking a nostalgic and warm feeling.

"Let's go, Tazaki-san."

Kana Shimamoto smiled gently and said in a deep, cheerful voice, "Take the teacher to meet your tiger."

"Don't say anything out of line tonight!" Tsukasa Tazaki said with a headache. "I want to confess tomorrow. Every second I can live is a second more."

"That's your business, you don't need to tell me."

Kana Shimamoto went out with her hands behind her back and wearing a pair of cute panda slippers.

Just as I stepped out the door, dinner arrived.

Ham and egg sandwiches, fried chicken, sea bass, Italian foie gras, bacon and asparagus rolls, grape juice, and a box of mixed fruit!

The moment she saw the food, Hoshino Hana's ahoge (cowlick) stood up and wagged happily like a puppy's tail.

So cute.

I want to pat her head and give her candy, I want to do anything for her, I just want to hug her tightly... No, no, the situation isn't right now, I'll do these things when it's just the two of us at night.

"I'm starting to eat."

The six people clasped their hands together in a simple pre-meal ceremony.

"I haven't eaten anything all afternoon, I'm starving." Hoshino Hanami munched on fried chicken and held a sandwich in her hand, glancing at Shimamoto Kana: "Shimamoto-sensei, please don't be shy, just eat whatever you want. Anyway, I'll give Tazaki-san enough pocket money."

Kana Shimamoto nodded in acknowledgment: "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

"Speaking of which, does Mr. Shimamoto have any opinion on this student in my class?"

"Smart and handsome." Shimamoto Kana carefully picked out the sea bass meat with her pointed chopsticks as she answered, "He's an honest but witty boy with a lot of personal charm."

"The evaluation is very high," said Hoshino Hanami.

"Hmm, I plan to apply to be his homeroom teacher when he enters the second grade."

"No!" Tsukasa Tazaki quickly interjected, emphasizing, "My homeroom teacher can only ever be Hoshino-sensei!"

Hoshino Hanami, satisfied, folded her half-kicked leg back under the table.

“He can hardly be considered an honest person.” Kuriyama Sakura said, sipping her grape juice with a slightly displeased expression.

“Definitely.” Kana Shimamoto said seriously. “Kuriyama-san, you might as well wait and see what happens.”

Kuriyama Sakura blinked her cool eyes, looking at Tazaki Tsukasa with suspicion.

The collarbone peeking out from under the pristine white shirt was alluring yet possessed a defined physique, complemented by a handsome face exuding mature charm and a resolute gaze that met his eyes…

The minister blushed slightly, thinking that if he could really say it, then he wouldn't have to worry so much that he couldn't even sleep peacefully.

Qichuan Wei sneered: "Why are you so concerned about him?"

“You’ve got it wrong.” Kuriyama Sakura said proudly, holding her juice glass. “I’ve never cared what kind of person he is.”

"Yes, yes, yes." Tazaki Tsukasa ate the crispy fried chicken, his mouth full of oil: "The Minister doesn't care about anyone, and he doesn't care what others think of him either. He's really shameless."

"Tazaki-san, please watch your words!"

"Sakura is the most hypocritical person."

Kuriyama Sakura turned around and glared at Ninomiya Shiori, who had spoken. The little cutie shrank her neck and raised her glass: "Cheers! Happy birthday, Kiki!"

Cheers!

Hoshino Hanami gulped down a few mouthfuls of grape juice, then stared curiously at the cat ears on Ninomiya Shiori's head: "Ninomiya-san, aren't you annoyed at all by the rumors circulating at school about you and Tazaki-san?"

"Hmm..." The little cutie pouted her oily lips and looked at Kiki with pleading eyes.

"About this... cough cough!"

Hoshino Hanami nudged Tazaki Tsukasa's side with her elbow to stop him from speaking, then looked at Ninomiya Shiori and said, "Since you're not going to clarify, I probably already know the reason. Let's change the subject. According to what I heard from Morisawa-sensei, Ninomiya-kun must be having a tough time in Tokyo, right?"

Ms. Morisawa is an English teacher who teaches English to three classes: DEF, and also serves as the homeroom teacher for class D.

"It was a bit difficult at first." Shiori Ninomiya rubbed her palms together a little nervously. "But after meeting a lot of friends, they helped me a lot, and now it's getting easier and easier."

"I heard from Sakura that you and she are quite close." Hoshino Hanami casually picked up her glass and drank her grape juice, a faint smile on her lips. "I'm quite curious, with Sakura's awkward personality, how could she be happy to be friends with you?"

"Hana-chan..." Kuriyama Sakura seemed to have a headache.

"Ah, it was Sakura who took the initiative to contact me." Shiori Ninomiya recalled the scene of the rainy night in June, a very infectious and energetic smile appearing on her lips.

“But, she was holding my hand like this.” As she spoke, the little cutie made the gesture: “She lifted me up high, pressed me against the balcony door, and then said to me with a ferocious look that Tsukasa Tazaki had taken the big one away, so naturally she had to take the little one back.”

Kuriyama Sakura lowered her head awkwardly.

If she could, she would like to leave Earth right now and go live on Mars alone.

"Big one, small one..." Hoshino Hanami hesitated for a moment, then leaned over the table and affectionately ruffled the club president's hair: "Sakura is so silly, what do you mean the big one was taken away? Hanami-nee will always be by your side."

Kuriyama Sakura blushed deeply and weakly hummed in agreement.

Tsukasa Tazaki pulled out his phone with a silly grin on his face.

This kind of pose by the minister is very rare. He had to take a picture of this moment so that he could use it to tease her when they bickered later.

With a "click".

Kuriyama Sakura looked up instantly, her face filled with utter astonishment.

"Hmm, eat, eat." Tazaki Tsukasa said, acting as if nothing had happened, and urged everyone to continue eating.

Kana Shimamoto loved watching the two of them interact, and quickly spoke up to ease Kuriyama Sakura's embarrassment: "Hurry up and eat, we'll be cutting the cake later."

Hoshino Hanami released her grip and looked at the blonde girl: "Kikawa-san also surprised me. You actually went to this extent because of a bet."

"Of course." Yui Kikawa elegantly wiped the gravy off her lips. "Hoshino-sensei and Tazaki have such a good relationship. It makes me want to fall in love too."

"It will happen." Hoshino Hanami nodded with a smile.

"Perhaps, Hoshino-sensei, you should consider this..."

"Cough cough!"

Tazaki Tsukasa coughed heavily and kicked her white-stockinged little foot.

The blonde girl gave him a blank stare.

"What am I thinking about?" Hoshino Hanami asked curiously.

This time, she placed her fingers on Tsukasa Tazaki's thigh, and she would not be polite if her boyfriend dared to nag again.

"It's nothing." Yui Kisakawa gently stroked her wine glass, meeting Hoshino Hanami's gaze: "I just wanted to know how Hoshino-sensei sees me."

"She's good-looking."

Hoshino Hanami began by giving her first impression, then, while organizing her thoughts, said, "You're intelligent, hardworking, and meticulous in your work. You strive for perfection in everything you do, which are very admirable qualities. If you could be a little more friendly, you would definitely be the kind of boyfriend every boy dreams of."

"Thank you." Yui Kikawa nodded politely.

Hoshino Hanami then asked, "Sichuan-kun and Tazaki are so close, I'd like to know your opinion of him?"

"..." Tsukasa Tazaki wanted to interrupt the topic, but he didn't dare to speak carelessly at the moment, and could only keep giving him meaningful glances.

pity.

The blond guy isn't the minister; he doesn't fit in with his style.

"Let me share some of my own unique feelings."

Qichuan Wei lowered her eyelids, staring at the iron chains on her hands: "Compared to the shining points you care about, I see his greed and arrogance. Of course, this is not meant as a bad thing. It is human nature to want to possess beautiful things, and no one can criticize that. As for arrogance, it allows him to be unafraid of the gaze of anyone around him and insist on following his own ideas, which I greatly admire."

Tsukasa Tazaki nodded with satisfaction.

The look in her eyes as she gazed at the golden retriever softened involuntarily.

It evokes the same sense of relief a father feels when his rebellious daughter finally matures.

“I agree with that.” Shimamoto Kana nodded with a light laugh, her eyes shifting between Tazaki Tsukasa and Kuriyama Sakura: “You two are really alike, especially in your remarkably similar ability to ignore the stares of those around you.”

Kuriyama Sakura stared blankly at Tazaki Tsukasa, then lowered her eyes.

Seeing that the CP leader was about to start preaching again, Tsukasa Tazaki quickly put the cake on the table: "It's time to eat cake."

"Yay!"