Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

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Shimada Sho opened his eyes. The bus had just stopped at a stop, and passengers were getting on and off.

He picked up his phone, opened Line, and clicked into Tianhai Qianhe's chat box.

The message is still on the voice message she sent just now.

After pondering for a long time, Shimada Sho finally edited the message:

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: You don't need to come today, I'm not at the store.]

The voice message has been sent and is now read.

But the other party did not reply.

Shimada Sho waited for a while, but nothing happened.

Helpless, he sent another voice message: "Isn't today your day off? Go and keep your mother company."

Still read, still no reply.

Shimada Sho sighed and turned off his phone.

I wonder if this girl even listened to what I said.

Just as he was getting worried, his phone vibrated.

Thinking it was Chizuru Amami who had replied to the message, he immediately picked it up.

When I opened it, I found it was from Yuki Ayase.

There is only one selfie.

The background is a hospital corridor. She is wearing the white shirt dress she bought at the mall today, her hair is loose over her shoulders, and she has a bright smile.

After the photo was sent, another message immediately followed.

[Xiang is wings~: Is the outfit Xiang-kun gave me pretty?]

Shimada Sho paused for a moment while typing.

She clearly bought the clothes with her own money; he just helped pay for them.

How did it become a gift from myself?

"This woman..."

He shook his head with a wry smile, his gaze fixed on the background of the photo.

You can see the ward door is half open on one side.

Remembering what she had told me before, I typed in a message: "How is your aunt?"

[Xiang is wings~: Thankfully, the doctor said there's nothing seriously wrong, and I can be discharged after two days of observation.]

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: That's good.]

【Xiang is wings~: Is Xiang-kun worried about me?】

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: I'm worried about your aunt.]

[Xiang is wings~: That's also because he's worried about me~]

Shimada Sho put away his phone, too lazy to play these word games with her.

A little while later, she sent another message.

[Xiang is wings~: Xiang-kun, are you free tomorrow?]

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: Time to go to work tomorrow.]

[Xiang is wings~: I meant after get off work~ /knocks on the head.]

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: It gets dark by the time I get off work.]

[Xiang is wings~: I need to take leave~]

[Conquering Tokyo Academy: Only today was invited.]

[Xiang is wings~: Okay then... how about the day after tomorrow?]

[Conquer Tokyo Academy: Monday, the day after tomorrow, school starts.]

【Sho is wings~: Sho-kun did it on purpose! /angry】

Shimada Sho's lips curved slightly, but he didn't reply.

Chapter 165 Sir, please take a good look

The next day.

On a new day, Shimada Sho was awakened by the sound of rain outside the window.

I opened my eyes to a gray sky outside the window, with raindrops pattering against the glass.

He sat up, glanced at his phone, and saw it was 7:20 in the morning.

"It's raining again."

Shimada Sho put on a coat and walked to the window, looking at the drizzling rain outside.

A picture suddenly popped into my mind.

Nozomi Sasaki stood under the bus stop, her short hair, wet from the rain, clung to her cheeks, her eyes red-rimmed, stubbornly holding back her tears.

It seems like I run into her every time it rains.

Will we run into each other today?

Shimada Sho shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind.

He's going to work at the store today.

Normally I would run there, but today it's raining so I have to take the bus.

But such coincidences are rare.

After a quick wash, he changed into a dark gray hooded sweatshirt, grabbed an umbrella, and went out.

The rain wasn't heavy, but the fine raindrops fell rapidly, making a pattering sound as they hit the umbrellas.

Rain dripped down the edge of the umbrella, splashing up tiny droplets at my feet.

Shimada Sho walked to the bus stop and waited for five or six minutes before the bus arrived.

He folded his umbrella, got into the car, and sat down by the window.

The bus swayed and rattled past several stops, and when it passed Higashi-Nakano-Sancho, he subconsciously glanced out the window.

The platform was empty; there was no one there.

Nozomi Sasaki is not included.

Shimada Sho looked away, a sense of regret lingering in his heart.

However, this feeling was dispelled by a familiar figure as soon as I got off the bus at the convenience store before arriving at the Imperial Garden.

It's not Nozomi Sasaki.

She wore a light blue dress, and her long, black hair was loose over her shoulders, with a few strands clinging to her cheeks because it was wet from the rain.

Tianhai Qianhe.

Shimada Sho stopped closer, frowned, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

His voice was partially drowned out by the rain, but Chizuru Amami still heard it.

She looked up, her wet eyes lighting up the moment she saw him.

"Sir/Madam!"

Ignoring the rain, she ran over and, before Shimada Sho could react, buried her face in his arms.

"Well……"

Chizuru Amami buried her face in his chest, her arms tightly wrapped around his waist.

The force of the movement nearly knocked Shimada Sho back several steps.

The umbrella swayed above their heads, and raindrops dripped down its edge onto her back.

"The shop assistant's scent..." Her voice was muffled, with a hint of satisfied sigh, "Finally, I can smell it."

Shimada Sho stood frozen in place.

The person in my arms was cold, clearly having been standing in the rain for quite some time.

But she held him tightly, as if afraid he would run away.

"How long have you been standing here?" Shimada Sho asked, frowning.

"I don't know..." her voice was light and airy, "The shop assistant isn't here, I don't want to go in."

"Don't you know how to send a message?"

"It's been sent, but the shop assistant hasn't replied."

Shimada Sho: "..."

He took out his phone and saw that there were indeed several unread messages on LINE, all sent by Tenkai Chizuru.

He didn't see Nozomi Sasaki on his way here; he was too busy being emo.

"Go inside first." Shimada Sho reached out to push her away.

But Chizuru Amami hugged him even tighter, pressing her whole body against him like an octopus.

"Hold me a little longer."

"You're wet."

"It's ok."

"...I have connections."

Shimada Sho forcefully pried her fingers apart, holding an umbrella in one hand and pulling her into the store with the other.

He dragged Chizuru Amami along, but a satisfied smile was on her face.

Pushing open the shop door, the wind chimes tinkled.

"Genji-kun~" Takikawa Rena's lazy voice came from behind the cashier, "Your little girlfriend is already waiting for you at the door—"

She opened her eyes halfway through her sentence and found that Shimada Sho's clothes were soaked, and Amami Chizuru was dripping wet.

"Oh dear, how did you get like this?" She stood up from the chair and walked over quickly. "Go inside and wipe yourself down, don't catch a cold."

"It's alright." Shimada Sho pushed Amami Chizuru into the store, then went to the staff area to get a dry towel and tossed it to her. "Dry yourself off."

Chizuru Amami took the towel and obediently dried her hair.

But she stopped after wiping it twice, staring intently at Shimada Sho.

"What are you looking at?"

“Look at the shop assistant!” she said with a happy smile. “He looks so handsome in gray today.”

Shimada Sho felt that her condition had worsened.

Now, in front of others, he dares to hug me directly without saying a word, and his words have no restraint whatsoever.

It seems they've completely forgotten their idol status.

"Oh my, oh my~" Takikawa Rena leaned against the cashier counter, arms crossed, a doting smile on her face. "Youth is so wonderful! Coming so early to wait for someone, even in the rain, that kind of love is so touching~"

"It's not love," Shimada Sho denied expressionlessly.

“Yes, it’s not love,” said Chizuru Amami.

Reina Takikawa blinked. "What's that?"

Chizuru Amami tilted her head and thought for a moment, then answered seriously, "It's something more important than love."

"Oh~" Takikawa Rena drawled, smiling at Shimada Sho, "Genji-kun, did you hear that? They say it's more important than love~"

A vein throbbed on Shimada Sho's forehead.

"Go back and change your clothes first," he urged Chizuru Amami. "You'll catch a cold like this."