Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

Meeting the girl's hopeful gaze, he calmly replied, "It's my responsibility that caused you to become like this, and now my responsibility is to make you go back to how you were before."

“In the past…” Tenkai Chizuru repeated the word, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

But she quickly erased this longing.

Looking up again, a gentle smile appeared on her lips. "There's no going back, sir. And I think things are fine as they are now."

I don't think so.

"It's alright, as long as the shop assistant is willing to take responsibility."

"What do you mean?" Shimada Sho frowned at her.

This girl has been behaving very strangely ever since she came in.

It's as if everything is under control.

Even after clearly stating their position, they showed no signs of disappointment or anger.

Instead, they keep harping on the responsibility.

This feeling is very strange!

"Since the shop assistant is willing to take responsibility, then please... always be responsible for Chizuru from now on~"

While Shimada Sho was pondering, Amami Chizuru had already made her move.

Her expression was somewhat self-deprecating, but her bright eyes revealed boundless fervor.

As he spoke, he slowly took out his hand, which had been behind his back.

Shimada Sho thought it was the Qingxin necklace he had given her.

But what actually appeared was a dark, unsightly board.

Holding it in my hand, the screen lights up with swirling white and purple patterns.

It was the hypnosis phone that he had given to her as a reward when he logged in earlier, thinking it was useless.

I've used it twice before, but this phone can be used three times!

Shimada Sho's eyes suddenly widened, "You..."

"Look at it, sir!" A sharp, demanding voice rang out, sending a jolt through Shimada Sho's soul.

His gaze involuntarily fell onto the screen.

The ever-swirling vortex, like a soul-capturing abyss, drew his will in, drawing him in little by little.

In a daze, the scene of the convenience store appeared in Shimada Sho's mind.

That was the first time they met.

She wrapped her body in a large, heavy coat.

All the panic and cowardice, inferiority and timidity, sensitivity and sadness were shrouded in it.

His self-righteous salvation, his self-righteous consolation.

They took it for granted that all those negative emotions had disappeared with their help.

Little did they know, they were merely merging and converging again, transforming into the lingering obsession within Tenkai Chizuru, which would eventually manifest itself one by one…

This emotion is too heavy, too immense, like a whirlpool, inescapable and unavoidable.

"I shouldn't have interfered..."

In the end, Shimada Sho only had time to utter a sigh.

Consciousness was eventually captured and dissipated.

Before his eyes, the girl's figure gradually grew larger.

Her clothes slipped off, revealing her bright red lips, and a burning fire blazed in the girl's bright eyes.

"Sir, please continue to be responsible..."

The sound faded into the distance, leaving Shimada Sho with only a burning sensation.

……

Are you sure Shimada went to the playground?

In front of the school building, Ayase Yuki looked at her younger sister.

Ayase Maki, looking aggrieved with a blush on her face, retorted, "Don't you believe Maki, older sister?"

“…” Ayase Maki was somewhat helpless.

She didn't go to the activity room today because she wanted to know what trouble Xiangjun had encountered.

At her sister's urging, she decided to go out and see.

However, Maki said that she saw Sho-kun holding hands with a girl and going to the playground.

Chapter Thirty-One: Thunderstorm Across the Entire Line

What did you do?

In the quiet equipment room, only Shimada Sho's panting question remained.

What's done is done.

He entered full of confidence, only to find himself trapped by the little props he had initially considered trash.

When the time was up and I opened my eyes, things had already reached a point of no return.

He wanted to stop, but found that his body was completely out of his control.

I don't know what method Chizuru Tenkai used, but she caused him to lose control of his body for a period of time.

It wasn't until now, after everything was over, that we were able to take it back.

At this moment, Shimada Sho stood in front of the cushion, frowning as he stared at the girl beneath him.

A satisfied smile played on Tenkai Chizuru's lips, her expression languid, "Sho-kun..."

Looking at her messy hair, Shimada Sho had mixed feelings.

Tenkai Chizuru wound him up.

They are willing to hurt themselves to still fawn over others.

He took a deep breath, tugged at his equally disheveled collar, his Adam's apple bobbing, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "What exactly did you do?"

"Just some minor instructions." A lazy satisfaction lingered in Tenkai Chizuru's eyes.

Her face was full of smiles, and without going into further explanation, she simply looked at him and asked, "Does the shop assistant like it?"

"..." Shimada Sho was speechless.

She mastered the true use of a broken hypnosis phone that only lasted for thirty seconds, a toy-like device.

It seems I can't blame anyone else.

The instructions only worked because he was careless, thinking that she only had the Tranquilizing Necklace and that it didn't have a hypnotic effect, completely forgetting that the hypnosis phone had only one last use left.

And that time, she used it at the most crucial moment.

"Is the shop assistant angry?" Tenkai Chizuru sat up, ignoring her disheveled clothes, and climbed forward into Shimada Sho's arms.

Shimada Sho asked helplessly, "Why do you insist on doing this kind of thing?"

"To make the shop assistant take responsibility~" she answered matter-of-factly, reaching out to hug Shimada Sho tightly, "The shop assistant can no longer abandon Chizuru."

"...I said I would take responsibility for this, but not in this way."

"What method is that?"

"..."

Chizuru Amami rubbed her head forward again, pressing it against Sho Shimada's chest.

Her hair was loose over her shoulders, with a strand clinging to the corner of her mouth. She gently brushed it away and asked softly, "Will the shop assistant continue to push me away gently as before?"

"I never pushed you away."

"But the shop assistant's choice is never me."

"..."

Shimada Sho suddenly realized that he could no longer come up with those excuses and justifications.

He used to make excuses, such as out of sympathy, out of responsibility, or to keep her calm.

But now, all the reasons seem rather weak in the face of what just happened.

Some things, once they've happened, they've happened. They won't disappear just because someone says, "It wasn't my intention."

"I will take responsibility." After a moment of silence, Shimada Sho gave his answer.

Chizuru Amami's eyes lit up immediately.

Seeing her happy expression, Shimada Sho added, "It's not the kind of responsibility you're thinking of, but I'll find a way to bring you back to normal."

"What do you mean by 'normal state'? Does it mean you don't like Chizuru as she is now?"

Without realizing it, she started to change how she addressed Shimada Sho.

"It means you can control your own state."

Shimada Sho didn't correct her, but earnestly explained, "Your current state is not the real you."

"Unrealistic?" Chizuru Amami tilted her head slightly, a sly smile playing on her lips as she thought of something. "But Sho-kun's reaction just now... it was so real!"

"..."

Shimada Sho reluctantly pulled away her mischievous hand.

"What's wrong?" Tenkai Chizuru looked at him, seemingly confused.

Shimada Sho avoided her gaze. "Get ready, class is about to start."

"Oh."

She obediently sat up straight and began tidying up.

She reached out and buttoned up her undone shirt one by one, then straightened her wrinkled and messy collar before looking up and asking, "So, how long will Xiang-jun be responsible for this?"

"I will take responsibility until you no longer need me to take responsibility."

"That might take a very, very long time." A slight smile curved her lips.

"Ah."

Shimada Sho didn't continue the topic and got up to tidy himself up.

He zipped up his pants, straightened the crumpled hem of his school uniform, and smoothed his hair, which she had messed up by hugging him haphazardly.

He glanced at Tenkai Chizuru and saw that she was almost done tidying up, so he held out a hand.

"Xiang-jun, pick me up~"

Instead of offering her hand, the girl opened her arms and closed her eyes with an expectant look on her face.

"..."

Sho Shimada walked over helplessly and picked her up from the front.

Chizuru Amami stood up, draped her outstretched arms over Sho Shimada's shoulders, and brought her face closer.

Her red lips parted slightly, and her warm, moist tongue probed forward like a nimble snake.

Shimada Sho, feeling agitated, turned his head away, saying, "Stop fooling around."

"Xiang-jun clearly said he would take responsibility~"

"..."

Romantic love may be a spiritual connection and a fusion of personalities between two people.

The existence of love can guide two unfamiliar souls to draw closer to each other, ultimately leading them to fall together into the ocean of desire.

The exchanges within this are the grand finale of love unfolding in this ocean.

It interprets love, defines relationships, and raises a series of questions such as responsibility and the future.

This was Shimada Sho's previous understanding.