Tokyo: Restricted Tutor

Inside the hotel.

Just as Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao arrived at the private room he had previously booked, the hotel staff had already brought the various dishes he ordered to the table.

At this moment.

Upon seeing the delicious food on the table, Bai Niao's gaze towards Hojo Saki Rei became somewhat evasive and flickering.

Everything she saw before her eyes was indeed as Hojo Saki Rei had said; they had only come to eat.

She had been thinking before that Hojo Saki Rei definitely wanted something, which was why he brought her to the hotel.

After realizing she had misunderstood Hojo Saki Rei, she naturally felt somewhat hesitant to face Hojo Saki Rei directly.

As for Hojo Saki Rei, upon seeing the delicious food brought by the waiter, he had already started eating.

However, he quickly noticed that Bai Niao was not eating at that moment.

"Shiratori Kashiwa, I'm a little sorry. I only ordered what I liked before, and I don't know if there's anything you like or want to eat. If there is, just order whatever you want."

Hojo Saki Rei said this and at that moment placed his phone in front of Bai Niao.

On the phone were various menu items from this hotel.

Looking at the dazzling array of dishes on the phone, Bai Niao also reacted at this moment.

The reason she hadn't started eating just now was simply because she felt a bit embarrassed.

Hojo Saki Rei had clearly only intended to come for a casual meal, but she had overthought things and believed Hojo Saki Rei wanted to play poker with her.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei like this now, she naturally knew that Hojo Saki Rei hadn't taken what she had said just now to heart, and her mood calmed down.

"No, no, Rei-kun, the things you ordered look delicious just by looking at them. I like them too."

Saying this, Bai Niao also pushed Hojo Saki Rei's phone back.

Immediately after, she also started eating.

She had just eaten one dish, and a layer of starlight appeared in her eyes.

"This... Rei-kun, when did you find this place? This food is too delicious!"

Bai Niao had only tried one bite and was already conquered by the dish.

The moment she looked up, her gaze towards Hojo Saki Rei was also filled with admiration.

Although there are many delicious foods in Tokyo, this restaurant was the best Bai Niao had ever eaten at so far.

She never expected that she, a Tokyo local, would be less capable than Hojo Saki Rei in finding such a good hotel.

Hearing Bai Niao's words, Hojo Saki Rei also looked at her at this moment, his eyes full of smugness.

Before coming here, Hojo Saki Rei knew that Bai Niao would definitely like this food, and Bai Niao's reaction was exactly as he expected.

"Actually, I didn't find this place. I hadn't thought of eating at such a high-end private hotel before. You know, my home is in the countryside, and this is my first time in Tokyo. A high-class private hotel like this is not something a poor kid like me could dream of entering."

Hojo Saki Rei smiled, then explained that the reason he knew about such a wonderful hotel here was all because of Tomoda Minako.

"What? You mean Minako-sensei brought you here?"

When Bai Niao heard Hojo Saki Rei say that Tomoda Minako had brought Hojo Saki Rei here, she was directly shocked by what Hojo Saki Rei said.

She found it truly hard to believe that all of this was because of Tomoda Minako.

Because in the eyes of outsiders, Hojo Saki Rei was just a student from Class Three. Although Tomoda Minako was their homeroom teacher, it was unlikely she would just bring him here to eat like this.

The most important thing was that when Hojo Saki Rei said that, it was as if he was very familiar with Tomoda Minako.

This somewhat shocked Bai Niao.

She found it very difficult to believe that Hojo Saki Rei and Tomoda Minako's relationship was already that good.

"Yes, otherwise, how could a poor kid like me know about a place like this?"

Facing Bai Niao's question, Hojo Saki Rei answered without hesitation.

The reason he mentioned Tomoda Minako was also because Hojo Saki Rei wasn't thinking of hiding anything from her.

If it were someone else, if it were Asahi Rinka, Hojo Saki Rei might actually lie or something, but he had no such thoughts towards Bai Niao, so there was nothing wrong with just saying it.

As for Bai Niao, after getting confirmation from Hojo Saki Rei again, she appeared even more surprised.

Especially when she looked at Hojo Saki Rei's indifferent expression, she somewhat began to doubt if she was dreaming or had misheard.

"Um... Rei-kun, what exactly is your relationship with Minako-sensei? How come you two seem so familiar?"

Bai Niao finally asked the question that was on her mind.

"Could it be that Minako-neechan knew you before, or that you have some kind of blood relationship?"

Before Hojo Saki Rei could answer, Bai Niao asked again.

Because in her opinion, only because of such a relationship would Tomoda Minako bring Hojo Saki Rei to a place like this.

Besides that, how could Tomoda Minako possibly come to a place like this to eat with a student?

Furthermore, the price of a meal here was unknown how much higher than outside.

If Hojo Saki Rei and Tomoda Minako were just simply teacher and student, would Tomoda Minako be willing to bring Hojo Saki Rei here?

"You're thinking too much. How could she and I be relatives? That's absolutely impossible."

"But you're right, you're not a student from Class 5, so you naturally wouldn't know how much Minako-sensei..."

"Cough, cough, I've said too much. Actually, our relationship now is that we are neighbors."

Hojo Saki Rei had originally intended to talk about what happened between him and Tomoda Minako before, but the moment he looked up, he saw Bai Niao looking at him with a 'gossiping' expression.

For a moment, Hojo Saki Rei also knew that many things shouldn't be said carelessly.

Especially since Bai Niao's father was the school's Principal.

Therefore, regarding his relationship with Tomoda Minako, Hojo Saki Rei just chose to say they were neighbors.

"Neighbors?"

Upon hearing Hojo Saki Rei state his relationship with Tomoda Minako, Bai Niao was completely stunned.

"Just neighbors? Simply neighbors?"

Bai Niao asked, somewhat disbelievingly.

"Of course? What else?"

"But because we are neighbors, Minako-sensei needed help with some things before, and I helped her, so our relationship is actually quite good in private."

Hojo Saki Rei explained again.

Hearing Hojo Saki Rei say this, Bai Niao finally believed him and dispelled the doubts in her heart.

Of course, these doubts were different from others'.

If others knew about this, they would probably think that Hojo Saki Rei and Tomoda Minako were already together.

However, this kind of thought did not exist in Bai Niao's heart at all.

Although Tomoda Minako was indeed the fantasy object of many boys, even Bai Niao, being a girl, also thought Tomoda Minako was very, very beautiful, and a boy like Hojo Saki Rei should like her too.

But given Hojo Saki Rei's attitude towards her, Bai Niao felt that the two of them would definitely not have that kind of relationship.

"So that's how it is."

"Rei-kun, your luck is really good, to be able to be neighbors with Minako-sensei."

"If other classmates knew about this, I don't know how envious they would be of you, especially the boys."

Bai Niao nodded, then continued eating.

"Heh heh, it's just like that, really."

Hojo Saki Rei didn't want to continue this topic.

Although he didn't think he would expose his relationship with Tomoda Minako in front of Bai Niao.

But constantly talking about Tomoda Minako, and Tomoda Minako wasn't even here, was somewhat awkward.

In the following time, both Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao focused their energy on eating.

It wasn't until about an hour later that the two of them came out of the hotel feeling satisfied.

And just as they had come out of the hotel, Tanaka Taiwa, who had been waiting outside, also began his mission objective.

That was to decisively take many photos and videos when Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao came out.

Although he couldn't get Asahi Rinka to come and catch them in the act, Tanaka Taiwa knew very well that as long as he could take photos and videos of Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao coming out of the hotel, showing these things to Asahi Rinka could also damage Hojo Saki Rei and Asahi Rinka's relationship.

This way, faced with both Asahi Rinka and Bai Niao, Hojo Saki Rei would ultimately have to choose only one.

Or, it was very possible that Hojo Saki Rei wouldn't be able to choose anyone in the end.

Although doing this brought no benefit to Tanaka Taiwa, he simply didn't want Hojo Saki Rei to have an easy time.

If it weren't for Hojo Saki Rei suddenly appearing and blocking his path with Bai Niao, in Tanaka Taiwa's view, Bai Niao would have become his woman.

Watching Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao walk towards the car hand in hand and finally get in, Tanaka Taiwa finally put away his phone with satisfaction.

Hojo Saki Rei and Bai Niao were both unaware of all this.

After leaving the hotel, Hojo Saki Rei drove directly towards the villa he was currently living in.

"Rei-kun, are you sure this is the right road?"

On the way, seeing Hojo Saki Rei's car actually heading directly towards the villa area, Bai Niao was immediately shocked and then asked.

Truly, she found it somewhat hard to believe that Hojo Saki Rei was actually living in the villa area now.

That place was where wealthy people lived.

Any random villa there was an exorbitant price.

"Could I possibly mistake the place myself?"

As for Hojo Saki Rei, after hearing Bai Niao's question, he answered without hesitation.

Seeing Hojo Saki Rei's confident expression, and then seeing Hojo Saki Rei driving the car and indeed entering the villa area safely, Bai Niao finally believed that Hojo Saki Rei really lived here.

"Wait, Rei-kun, you're not living with Minako-sensei now, are you?"

Recalling what Hojo Saki Rei had said before, that he was neighbors with Tomoda Minako, and then thinking about Hojo Saki Rei driving Tomoda Minako's car, and that Hojo Saki Rei was just a kid from the countryside, Bai Niao couldn't help but feel that Hojo Saki Rei must be living with Tomoda Minako.

After all, a place like this was not somewhere Hojo Saki Rei could afford to live.

"Shiratori Kashiwa, your misunderstanding of me is too deep, isn't it? How could I possibly be living with Minako-sensei? Even if I was willing, do you think Minako-sensei would take me in?"

Hearing Bai Niao's voice, Hojo Saki Rei smiled and then asked.

Upon hearing this, Bai Niao was momentarily speechless.

After all, what Hojo Saki Rei said was the truth.

If it were her, she definitely wouldn't allow a student to live with her.

Especially when this student was a student from her own class.

"Heh heh, I was overthinking. Rei-kun, don't take it to heart."

Bai Niao gave an awkward smile and then said.

Hearing her say that, Hojo Saki Rei also knew she didn't mean it intentionally and didn't say anything.

Soon, under Hojo Saki Rei's guidance, Bai Niao arrived at the villa where Hojo Saki Rei lived.

When she saw that Hojo Saki Rei actually lived within this villa area, and that he even owned a villa here, a hundred-plus square meter one, Bai Niao was completely shocked.

Looking at Hojo Saki Rei in front of her, she somewhat doubted whether everything she saw was real or fake.

"Rei-kun, this... this is where you live?"

Bai Niao asked.

Although she had known before that Hojo Saki Rei had moved.

But she didn't know where Hojo Saki Rei had moved to.

Now, having witnessed all this firsthand, she somewhat doubted the truthfulness of the rumors she had heard before.

After all, this villa was not something ordinary people could afford to live in, let alone Hojo Saki Rei, who was from the countryside.

How could someone from the countryside have such capability?

But now, everything before her eyes was real.

So Bai Niao somewhat felt that the rumors about Hojo Saki Rei, especially regarding his family background, must be false.

Although on the surface, Hojo Saki Rei presented himself as a boy from the countryside in front of others.

But in reality, behind the scenes, Hojo Saki Rei's family must be particularly wealthy.

Regarding this thought in her heart, Bai Niao felt that her guess should be correct.

Hojo Saki Rei did not know what Bai Niao was thinking, but when he saw Bai Niao looking at him with that strange look, his handsome eyebrows furrowed. (End of chapter)