They all have hidden attributes!

"How many times can the wishing card be used?" Makoto Takahashi had a bad feeling.

"I'll buy you some autumn clothes; I'll use the money from the club's activity fund."

"I don't want matching outfits."

"This is a gift; you have no choice in what you want."

"..."

Forcing someone to accept something under the guise of a "gift" is too cunning; only a bad woman would do that.

Nevertheless, Makoto Takahashi accepted the matching outfits: a black turtleneck wool sweater and a pair of black straight-leg casual pants.

Just don't wear it, let it gather dust in the closet.

After buying autumn clothes, Maya Uesugi suddenly decided to buy shoes. She had just received the club activity funds for the fall semester, and she generously bought many of the same styles for Seiya Takahashi.

Sneakers, training shoes, skate shoes... Makoto Takahashi thought that wearing shoes was a random thing, and it was impossible to happen to wear matching pairs, so he accepted them all.

Clothes and shoes will be delivered to your apartment, so you don't need to carry any bags.

At noon, the two had lunch at an Italian restaurant that Takahashi Makoto was very interested in, and then went to the Daishodo Bookstore.

The bookstore's dim yet bright lights bathed Maya Uesugi's fair and delicate face in a golden glow, making her look stunning.

"How's your new book going?" Makoto Takahashi suddenly asked her.

He seemed very interested, but Uesugi Maya remained silent and instead asked, "Do you have any plans for this afternoon?"

“To Shiraishi’s house,” Takahashi Makoto answered honestly.

"What's wrong?" Uesugi Maya frowned instinctively.

After a moment's thought, Makoto Takahashi extended an invitation: "You don't need a special reason to go to a friend's house, right? Want to come along?"

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

Uesugi Maya was silent for a moment, then nodded gently.

Her behavior was somewhat unexpected by Makoto Takahashi. Could it be that Junko Shiraishi, following Reiko Kashima, has gained the recognition of Maya Uesugi as a friend?

Thinking of this, Makoto Takahashi took out his phone and sent a message to Junka Shiraishi, telling her that he would be traveling with Maya Uesugi later.

"Don't let Miss Chitose come to pick us up by car. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden isn't far. We'll walk there in a bit."

"Your relationship with Shiraishi's driver has become this close?" Uesugi Maya's voice suddenly turned cold.

"No, they all share the surname Shiraishi, which makes them easier to distinguish."

When the topic of names came up, Makoto Takahashi smiled, looked up at her, and asked with amusement, "Maya, do you prefer Mayasan, Maya-chan, Mayakun, or Mayama?"

These are all intimate readings of the name "Maya," sorted from lowest to highest level of intimacy.

Mayasan is the safest and most standard term of endearment, which can be used by close friends. Mayama, on the other hand, is a term of endearment, almost exclusively used by boyfriends.

Maya Uesugi glanced at Makoto Takahashi with a disdainful look, then turned her face away to look at the bookshelf beside her, without saying a word.

“Mayama’s cute repetitions seem very lively, but they don’t really suit you,” Makoto Takahashi said deliberately.

"Mayakun sounds too cute for me."

Maya Uesugi pressed her index finger against the shoulder of the book, pulled out a copy of "The Old Capital" from the neatly arranged bookshelf, and said casually, "I have a strong aversion to the Uesugi family. Do you think Maya-chan is suitable?"

The name Maya-chan is often used by older generations.

"Didn't you say that no one ever calls you by your name at home?" Takahashi Makoto asked.

"Tsk, you still remember?"

Maya Uesugi casually flipped to a page and looked down at it: "You can use whichever one you want, I allow it."

She threw the question back at him: if Makoto Takahashi chose "Mayasan," it would seem like he was backing down; otherwise, he would have to take back what he just said and use the most intimate term of address.

"A-Ye is more suitable for you."

He took a different approach and chose "Yaya".

Although this way of addressing someone is very private and far more intimate than Mayama, it better reflects Takahashi Makoto's impression of Uesugi Maya.

"Heh." Uesugi Maya let out a cold laugh that was hard to decipher.

"I'm used to the way you look at pests." Makoto Takahashi spread his hands, shrugged indifferently, and strode towards the manga section.

The most distinctive feature of Haki is that they are stubborn; unless they explicitly refuse, it means they agree.

The two browsed around the bookstore. Makoto Takahashi picked out a few comics and, when it was time to pay, took out his wallet and paid for the books that Maya Uesugi wanted to buy together.

After leaving the bookstore, the two walked to Shiraishi's house.

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden spans Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, and the villa where Junko Shiraishi lives is adjacent to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and closer to Shibuya.

At the entrance of the villa, Prince Shiraishi had been waiting for a long time.

"The young lady's usual painting room."

Hearing her say that, Makoto Takahashi nodded and led Maya Uesugi through the lush green courtyard and into a Japanese-style room.

Junko Shiraishi, dressed in a soft white dress, sat in the shade of the veranda painting. Beside her, a pot of weeping jasmine swayed in the breeze.

Directly in front of the eaves was a vegetable field, with corn planted close to the wall. An easel was placed between Bai Shichunke and the vegetable field, with a dozen or so paints scattered haphazardly on her other side.

"Sit wherever you like," Takahashi Makoto said to Uesugi Maya as he turned around and walked over.

His main purpose in bringing Uesugi Maya along was to prevent Shiraishi Junka from having any ill intentions towards him and to keep the distance between the two within a suitable range.

Hearing the approaching footsteps behind her, Shiraishi Junka put down her paintbrush, gathered up the paints around her, and made room for Takahashi Makoto.

"Cheng, sit down."

Her alluring voice stirred a certain desire within him. Makoto Takahashi sat down beside her, his gaze fixed on the canvas, which depicted a forest shrouded in mist in the morning light.

Junka Shiraishi loved to draw plants. When Makoto Takahashi first entered the art club, he was attracted by the vibrant summer flowers in her paintings, which exuded a sense of vitality.

"I'll be very busy starting next week."

Makoto Takahashi let Junko Shiraishi lean her head on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "We can only meet after school for club activities. Can you please bear with it for a little while?"

Shiraishi Junka bit her pink lips and nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll meet with your parents."

Makoto Takahashi put on a serious expression and made a promise, which calmed down Shiraishi Junko's tearful, wine-red eyes.

She wanted to take the opportunity to demand compensation, but was also somewhat wary of Uesugi Maya behind them. After careful consideration, she pressed her soft body against Takahashi Makoto.

Uesugi Maya waited for a long time but no servant brought tea. Watching the two people's backs, she frowned and fell into deep thought.

After sunset, Makoto Takahashi declined Junka Shiraishi's invitation to stay for dinner and walked out of the villa with Maya Uesugi to the train station.

Bathed in the dim light cast by the streetlights, Maya Uesugi asked coldly, "Have you become so arrogant that you think you can be easily tamed?"

Her voice was soft, yet filled with a sharp, aggressive edge.

It's strange that Takahashi Makoto doesn't attack him for having a girlfriend and being ambiguous with other women.

"No, I will strive to make my abilities match my ambitions."

This is also one of the reasons why he took the initiative to get involved in the affairs of the Tachimi family. Having ability alone is not enough to gain Tachimi Yuki's approval; he must do something practical.

"Yo, will you hate me because of this?" Takahashi Makoto asked.

He invited Uesugi Maya to the Shiraishi residence, his secondary purpose being to show her what kind of person he was.

“If you have her to satisfy yourself, I despise you,” Maya Uesugi replied without hesitation.

“You know I’m not.”

"Then I can only blame myself for not being capable enough to make you fall hopelessly in love with me, and for being foolishly biased towards you."

Makoto Takahashi chuckled silently and reached out to pinch the back of her neck.

"Scum, pest, die!" Uesugi Maya stomped on his foot hard and kicked him twice more, justifying the dissatisfaction that had accumulated in the afternoon.

The Shiraishi family's hospitality dictates that if no tea is served, they will hold a grudge.

Chapter 137 A Project That Digs Its Own Grave

Monday, June 14th.

Walking into the noisy classroom in the early morning after about a week, Makoto Takahashi felt a faint sense of nostalgia.

I pulled out a chair and sat down in the back row by the window. Nekoya Hina ran over to me with a big smile, looking full of energy first thing in the morning.

Good morning, Acheng.

She warmly placed her arm on Makoto Takahashi's shoulder, leaning against him for support.

Hina Nekoya has a slender figure, except for her flat chest, which is a typical girl's body type. Because she is good at sports, she has a firm and flexible feel, and her chestnut hair is also fragrant with the scent of mint shampoo.

Although he was already used to her excessive physical contact, on this seemingly ordinary morning, Makoto Takahashi still sensed something suspicious, because the groups of girls in the classroom had all quieted down.

He turned his head, and Nekoya Hina's handsome face was adorned with a very cheerful smile, her eyes revealing a playful and mischievous quality.

An ominous premonition arose.

Based on Makoto Takahashi's experience, every time she showed that kind of smile, it meant she wanted his help or was going to ask him for some difficult questions.

"What?" he asked indifferently.

"Acheng, we're best friends, aren't we?"

Hina Nekoya's playful smile gradually turned into a mischievous grin. Makoto Takahashi put on a serious expression, pondered for a moment, and nodded, saying, "I guess so."

"You could say that? Isn't it?!"

She suddenly raised her voice, her face full of shock, waking up Hanakawa Kaori, who was catching up on sleep in her seat.

"Yin Cai, it's so noisy."

Hanakawa Kaori slowly sat up straight, took out a bunch of snacks and envelopes from her desk drawer, walked over and placed them on Takahashi Makoto's desk, puffed out her cheeks and said:

"Brother, this is the part that everyone asked me to pass on to you. Also, it's already written on the bulletin board that you will be acting student council president."

As she spoke, she winked at Makoto Takahashi with a clever wink, her bright and clear purple eyes conveying a message as if they could speak.

[Hina is so stupid, all she thinks about is risking her life.]