I, the mastermind behind the scenes at Soubu High, refuse to be caught in a bloodbath.

“I need to go to tutoring classes…you know, tutoring classes are for getting into a good school.”

"From when does it start and from when does it end?"

"It will last for twenty days, starting from August 1st."

“So you do have more time to work during the summer vacation. It was my fault for not adjusting it before,” Himekoji said, sipping her orange juice and tapping her fingertips on the table in thought. “Twenty-six hours a week, about 110 hours a month, 480,000 yen. Even your parents’ jobs aren’t as easy as yours… And school starts on September 1st, which means you have 10 working days left in August. Today is the 25th, and there are 6 days left until the end of July, which is a total of 16 days. So starting tomorrow, you can work eight hours a day, and I’ll help you adjust your schedule. It can be easily solved with just one phone call.”

"Really?!"

Saki asked in surprise.

"If you don't want to adjust it, then forget it."

"Yes! Of course I want to, please, I beg you!"

Saki clasped her hands together and bowed her head to Himekoji, pleading.

"I'm telling you... you act like a delinquent at school, but you're actually a pretty normal girl. However, there are conditions for me to help you take time off."

"condition..."

You don't think I'd help you for free, do you?

Himekoji finished her orange juice and sat up straight again.

"Last time..."

"Last time I helped you because you cooperated with my plan. That's a deal, a win-win situation. So, what can you do for me this time?"

Himekoji's gaze casually swept over Saki.

"I..." Saki bit her lower lip, hesitating. Seeing this, Daishi became very nervous and also clasped his hands together and bowed to Himekoji, saying, "Please, Himekoji-nii, my sister's tutoring class this time is very important, please..."

"So it's not that I'm not going to help, I'm just saying that you can't help for nothing, do you understand?"

"I can owe you a big favor!"

Saki looked up at him sincerely and said.

"I refuse, because your favor has no value to me." Seeing that Saki's expression became even more embarrassed, Ji Xiaolu chuckled and said, "Of course, I don't need money either, because I don't lack it."

It seems there's an increasing trend of wealthy young men forcing poor, beautiful girls into sexual harassment in exchange for jobs—a truly outrageous phenomenon.

However, Himekoji is not the kind of person who enjoys low-level pleasures. If you really want to win someone over, you should put your heart into it. What is this? Even if you get her body, there's nothing to be proud of, and you won't get any pleasure from it. You might even get beaten to death by your mother.

"Hey, don't be so gritted your teeth. Think about something else. There's more than one way out. Don't imagine me as some kind of idiot who's going to use my pillow to sleep with you." As she spoke, the food gradually began to arrive. Ji Xiaolu twirled the spaghetti with her fork and said, "You can think about it first. Let's eat first. Don't rush, think about it slowly."

When Saki heard the half-sentence "I'm planning to sleep with you," she blushed bright red. She hadn't expected Saki to be so innocent.

"I can join your student council and continue to work for you."

"First of all, this is not my student union... Secondly, it's not that no one wants to join the student union; there are plenty of people who want to join. However, I'm not recruiting new people right now, so this application is rejected. Also, I have some doubts about your work time and energy."

"Oh dear, I really can't think of anything I can do."

"Eat first, eat."

Himekoji had a ready-made plan in mind. He had originally planned to invite Kazusa, but Kazusa said, "I'm not interested in that kind of place. You can go with someone else."

He turned it down directly. He wanted to invite Kasumigaoka, but she told herself that she was going on a family trip with her parents at that time. She could refuse to go if he insisted, but Himekoji was obviously not that kind of person. He made Kasumigaoka go on her family trip anyway.

Inviting Yukinoshita... is not very realistic. Hiratsuka Shizuka would definitely not accept, she made it very clear last time. And Mom insists that I invite a girl, and I can't bring the maid. Ah, if Yoko-nee were in Japan, it would be much easier. Unfortunately, she's not here, so Himekoji will have to choose someone else.

Ju is also male, so Ju's argument was also rejected.

Even after finishing her meal and having a drink, Saki still couldn't think of anything she could do for Himekoji. As for Daishi, his sister didn't have much to do, so what could he do? Himekoji didn't hire child laborers anyway.

"Can't you guys think of any constructive suggestions?" Ji Xiaolu said, resting her chin on her hand, looking utterly bored. "Think about it. You're a girl, after all. Think about what you can do for me."

"I feel like you're implying that I should do something lewd."

"No, no, I, Himekoji Haruto, mean what I say."

"Phew—," Saki shrugged and said, "I really don't know. Tell me your plans, and I'll leave it to fate. Do whatever you want with me."

"You're too ruthless to just let me go like that..." Himeko muttered under her breath before saying, "There's a fireworks festival in Chiba in mid-August. Come with me. I'll let you know the exact time. Get ready, and I'll pick you up by car. If you say OK, I'll call now to arrange a day off for you."

The notice about the fireworks festival had already been issued a long time ago. Although Himekoji was a prophet, everyone in Chiba was looking forward to it, so as long as Saki was mentioned, they would understand.

Ji Xiaolu took out her phone, entered her contacts, and laid it flat on the table.

"that's it?"

Shashi was stunned.

"Feeling disappointed because it wasn't exciting enough? Want something more mature?"

"No, no, no... It's already, it's already great. I promise you, I'll go to the fireworks festival with you in mid-August."

Saki quickly blushed and waved her hand. Her younger brother, Dazhi, also breathed a sigh of relief, rolled his eyes, and leaned against the wall, looking like he had just escaped a disaster. Judging from the situation, the two of them were pretty much on the same page, their thoughts still circling around that matter.

Author's Note:

PS: Eighth update, please give me some criticism.

Chapter 127 Playing the Disappearance Card, [Touma Kazusa] Steals a Car

"If you stand me up at that time, I will be very unhappy."

Ji Xiaolu slowly touched his lips and said, "Actually, it would be easy for me to invite a girl. There's no need to go to such lengths. Quite a few girls have already sent emails. I only need to reply to one of them. However, those girls are all the kind who are interested in me but I don't know them well. So Ji Xiaolu finds it boring. At least Kawasaki Saki is someone I know. She won't try to do anything inappropriate because of feelings. She's the one!"

Or perhaps he'd invite Yukino Yukinoshita in a twisted way? That would probably infuriate her, and she'd find it hard to refuse; her parents might even force her to come.

Forget it, there's no need to push her too hard. Anyway, I only "dislike" her at most, not to the point of loathing her or wanting to see her make a fool of herself. So, I'll stick with Kawasaki; she's the safest bet.

"As for the issue related to the school festival's beauty pageant... I'll discuss it with you after the draft list is released. Right now, it seems there's nothing else you need to do for me besides the fireworks festival."

"Wait, wait a minute."

"ha...?"

“I remember you…” Saki said haltingly, her brows furrowed. “It seems… well, quite a few girls… are quite interested in you, and there are several cute girls who are close to you… Why did you ask me to come with you?”

"I don't need to explain the reasons to you. You just need to know that you need to come with me."

"Okay... alright."

Saki turned her head to look directly at her legs, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Did this guy misunderstand something? Oh well, if he misunderstood, he misunderstood. There's no need to clarify misunderstandings that won't cause any bad results, just like last time when he almost slept with Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Hee-shie, it's me, Himekoji Haruto. There's something I need to tell you about. It's about that temporary employee, Kawasaki Saki... Well, she'll start working eight hours a day tomorrow, then take a break from August 1st to August 20th, and then start working again from the 21st to the 31st. After that, everything will proceed as planned. Is that all?"

Himekoji hung up the phone and noticed that Saki and her brother were looking at him as if they had seen a ghost.

"Why are you looking at me...?"

"That hospital...you took care of it so easily?"

"What else do you want? To bring some fruit as a gift?" Ji Xiaolu rolled her eyes and said, "It's good enough that he doesn't bring me gifts during holidays."

“...Damn rich people!”

Saki clutched her forehead and slammed her elbow on the table, crying out in pain.

"Well... it's just a private hospital, don't make such a fuss."

Although Ji Xiaolu said this, she was actually smiling happily. You see, sometimes time travelers don't necessarily start from scratch; lucky ones can be transported into families like this.

However, among the millions of transmigrators, this is still considered a nobody, so keep a low profile.

In late July, the plum rain season had long passed, but that's how it is in coastal areas. Even in this sweltering heat, sea breezes can gather a lot of dark clouds, and then it can suddenly start raining.

I've heard that the British always carry umbrellas when they go out. They open them after a few minutes of rain and close them again when the rain stops. Everyone is used to it. But in Japan, people generally trust the weather forecast and their own judgment. Seeing that the sky was cloudless when they went out today, and the weather forecast didn't say it would rain, they confidently went out without an umbrella. However, the weather in the coastal areas is just like the mood of their cat at home, unpredictable. So when Himekoji and her two friends went out, it suddenly started raining heavily. They hadn't noticed it before because it had been raining all day.

"Hey, hey, hey...don't let it rain at this time."

Saki, dressed in her uniform, stood under the eaves with a bitter face. Daishi's expression wasn't much better. She was about to go to work. Being late after only twenty days of leave was obviously not a good thing. If it were any other company's boss, he would have given her a severe scolding. She had hardly ever been scolded in all the time she had worked there. Firstly, it was because she did a good job. Secondly, even if she had a minor lapse, she still had Himekoji above her, so her boss wouldn't easily criticize her.

"Want to get in the car? I'll give you a ride to work."

"My younger brother..."

"Let's get together. It's suddenly raining now, and you won't be able to get a taxi anyway."

Reiko stepped out of the car, opening one umbrella and taking two others with her. Dressed in a business suit, Reiko walked out of a black Cayenne in the pouring rain, and then pushed up her sunglasses—she looked incredibly cool, almost like something out of The Matrix. But speaking of which, why aren't there any head maids in real life who would proactively teach their young masters about bedroom matters? What a shame.

Himeko sat in the passenger seat, while Saki and her younger brother sat in the back. Reiko, in her usual mischievous tone, said, "Hold on tight, Old Driver Hime is about to start!"

Honestly, when Saki was taken to the hospital, she felt like she was about to throw up, and when Daishi was taken home, he was also pale. Driving that fast in the city in the rain is very dangerous!

On her way home, Ji Xiaolu suddenly received a phone call from home, which was probably her mother.

"It's me. What's wrong? I'm on my way home right now."

"Do you know where you and Xiaosha went?"

It was indeed my mom calling. She doesn't know how to use a cell phone, so she can only call me from the dial pad at home.

"I don't know...shouldn't she be at home?"

"The butler just said that Kazusa drove off in a car..."

"Hey, hey, hey, that guy can't drive, can he?!"

Kazusa isn't completely clueless about driving; she's quite clever and learns quickly, but the price is that there will be a lot of scratches... Hopefully, nothing will happen in this heavy rain.

“Because we don’t know what happened, Mom is very worried. We’ve called Kazusa but she’s not answering. The car is a new one and doesn’t have a GPS tracking system, but she doesn’t have a driver’s license so we can’t just contact the Metropolitan Police Department. If you’re out there, go and look for Kazusa wherever she might be. You should be the person who knows her best.”

“Okay,” Himeko said, and immediately instructed Reiko, “Reiko-nee, turn back. Kazusa is missing. Go find her now.”

"learn."

She didn't say anything unnecessary, and she certainly wouldn't ask why Kazusa was missing; she just needed to obey orders.

"The family has already sent people out to look for her, but I think it's Haruto who will be able to find her."

Author's Note:

PS: Ninth update, please give me some criticism.

PS2: This book has become the third most updated book this week...

Chapter 128 Writing a Diary, [Himekoji Haruto] Remembers Every Day