Why are all the heroines falling for me, the villain?

Li Zhu noticed that the older woman was wearing a white coat, so she directly addressed her as "doctor".

“That’s true. You’re obviously a troublemaker, so I had to be careful around you.” Ms. Arisaka nodded, then pointed at Riki’s nose.

"I'm wronged, doctor. I really didn't lie to you. How did you see that I was dishonest? You can't judge a book by its cover."

Li Zhu felt somewhat wronged. Although he usually liked to tell white lies, he believed that he was essentially an honest person.

"Look at you, you're holding Yuko in your arms, Kotone is standing to my left, Kyoko is standing to my right, and Kaoru is standing in front of your bed—four girls in total! Bah, you're juggling four girls at once, and you're trying to argue with me about it?"

She pointed at Kaoru, Kotone, Kyoko, and Yuko one by one, finally pointing at Riki's face and giving her a thorough dressing-down.

As she spoke, Ms. Arisaka became agitated. "I've never seen anyone like this before. He has such an innocent-looking handsome face, and with so many women around him, he still has the nerve to argue with us."

"..."

For a moment, Li Zhu was speechless after being confronted by her hot-tempered older sister.

Hearing these words, Yuko, who was in his arms, hugged Riyu tightly, feeling somewhat unhappy.

She's the real girlfriend, okay? Those other women are all bad women. What do you mean by four women? Li Zhu only needs her!

"I...I don't like this big bad guy at all!" Qin Yin said, somewhat embarrassed and angry, as if someone had guessed her weakness.

Kyoko said that unless Riki confessed to her three times, she would not easily accept the relationship. After saying that, she winked at Riki.

Xun remained silent; she seemed to be the only girl who didn't show any strange reaction.

However, if someone in the audience had been paying close attention, they would have noticed that her delicate and cute little ears were already red to the roots, and her forced calm expression was not convincing at all.

"Hmph, wait, there's still one sitting in the office!"

As if remembering something, Ms. Arisaka added to Riki's message.

"???"

What do you mean there's another one in the office? Where am I supposed to get so many women?

Li Zhu had just woken up and her mind wasn't quite clear yet, but then she got a good scolding, which left anyone bewildered.

"What, did I hit the nail on the head? You're too scared to talk now?" Seeing that he was stunned and didn't react, Ms. Arisaka assumed that this scumbag was feeling guilty and didn't dare to refute her.

Li Zhu looked down at Youzi in her arms. Only what you can touch is real. I've never even held hands with those girls she talked about. How did they get involved with me?

“But I only have Yuko as my girlfriend,” he replied blankly.

“I’m not making excuses. They are all my friends, and there’s nothing special between us. Doctor, you can’t judge people with prejudice. Pure friendship between men and women is possible,” he replied sincerely.

You see people and everything with a yellow eye, and everything you see is yellow and impure.

Li Zhu didn't dare to say the second half of that sentence.

Kyoko nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, there can be pure friendship between men and women, I can guarantee that."

She patted her chest to assure herself, then suddenly remembered that she had just let Li Zhu touch this spot, and her expression immediately became somewhat guilty.

Well, it's just touching but not penetrating, so it should still be considered a pure friendship. After all, the friendship between Li Zhu and me has deepened to the point where we don't mind touching each other's bodies. Those are just actions that promote our friendship.

Yes, friendship between men and women can still be pure!

"See? Kyoko is a woman of great principle!"

Li Zhu was quite pleased. She had helped her a lot in the past, so she was still on her side in this crucial moment.

"Hmph, I'm warning you, either you only have one in your life, or you take them all. Don't make those melodramatic love stories of lovers separated by death." Ms. Arisaka crossed her arms, snorted coldly, and said these words with a profound meaning.

Li Zhu: "???"

Whether it was because the buttons had reached their limit or not, her gesture of crossing her arms was like the last straw that broke the camel's back; the next second, the buttons heroically sacrificed themselves.

"what-"

She gasped, her fair face flushing a light pink, as the buttons popped open, revealing a glimpse of her radiant white chest.

If the accident had only happened in front of the students, it would have been one thing, but now that she was being reprimanded, this sudden incident completely undermined her authority.

That button even flicked Li Zhu's forehead.

With her exceptional dynamic vision, Riyu noticed that Ms. Arisaka was wearing a black vest underneath, and her impressive bust revealed a beautiful, snow-white bodice that was a feast for the eyes.

Of course, Li Zhu only glanced at it instinctively and then looked away. Just kidding, he's a well-known gentleman, okay?

If Yuko hadn't been looking up at him, and Kyoko hadn't been raising her eyebrows at him to hint at something, and if Kaoru hadn't been silently observing with her clear eyes, taking in all of Riki's reactions, he might have given her a second look.

But there was nothing he could do; he could feel the force of the ducks around him... it was quite strong.

Only Qin Yin clutched her chest with a hint of regret, her head bowed in sorrow.

Today was a day of misfortune for her, and she felt a bit down.

After all, some things are destined to be yours, and you can't force them if they aren't meant to be.

Qinyin: Shall I leave?

……

By then, dusk had fallen outside.

"Is the match over?"

Li Zhu suddenly remembered that she seemed to be the referee, but after lying down, she had no idea how the game was going.

So, if someone faints at work, does that count as a work-related injury?

“It’s over,” Xun replied with a smile.

Chapter Seventy-Two: There's a dog, brothers.

During the time he was unconscious, the tail-catching contest had long since ended.

According to Xun, the competition was very intense. Towards the end, only a few very skilled people remained, which was completely different from the usual group of guys who just banded together.

Among the remaining people were Shimazuga, Kira, Fujiwara Miki, and other people familiar with Riki, as well as seniors such as Ono Daisuke (the captain of the senior judo club) and Hirata Jiro.

In short, the rest are all top-notch, agile, and powerful individuals who have emerged from the "mountains of corpses and seas of people".

The girls in the infirmary now each have their own reasons.

Yuko is talented, but she deliberately threw the match to get to Riku earlier. Kyoko and Kaoru were eliminated because the top-ranked White Team was everyone's thorn in their side and the primary target of their attacks.

I heard that the red team won in the end.

Shimazuga fought to the very end and was the only one left. He won everyone's respect and recognition with his absolute strength.

That guy is a monster. I don't know what he ate to grow up like that. You know, he beat three people at once. His achievement is incomparable to that of previous years.

When Li Zhu heard that one person could take on three, her expression became somewhat unnatural, as she recalled some less-than-pleasant memories.

However, he noticed something: Shimazu Kakeru and Fujiwara Miki were both defeated. Damn, they were so strong. How come they don't match the characters in the game at all?

This game also has a one-life-to-play mechanism; if you die or the female protagonist has a problem, you have to start over.

Therefore, Li Zhu used to play this stupid game with extreme caution, as if she were in prison. If she wasn't careful and clicked the wrong option out of a dozen or so choices, she would be given a huge gift of a woodcutter's axe, and the male protagonist would have no power to resist.

Especially towards the end, damn it, those crazy women came in groups to attack people...

Players always thought the male protagonist was useless, until Li Zhu was accidentally dragged into the game, and they discovered that this scoundrel was actually quite formidable.

The more fiercely Shimazuga performs, the more frustrated Riki feels.

You should have told me earlier that you had such high combat skills and good looks! With those, why would we need to go through all that trouble to win you over? We could just sweep through and flatten everything, and the game would instantly transform from a romance simulation game into a wish-fulfillment harem eroge.

Isn't that wonderful?

Hey.

……

After going home.

Looking exhausted, Li Zhu opened the campus forum, wanting to know what major events had happened during his coma.

The forums are full of praise for Shimazu He. He's now the prince charming in the hearts of countless girls, handsome, strong, and with extremely high moral character.

Who could resist a man like that?

[Shocking! The most handsome and strongest first-year high school student in Ouran High School Host Club history!]

[The mystery of Shimazu Hei's extraordinary skills!]

[Shimazu Hei's criteria for choosing a partner have been revealed!]

[Shocking! The unspoken secret between Shimazu He and Riki, two of the school's most handsome guys, goes beyond friendship!]

???

The title of this article is definitely off!

Moreover, this article also received the most clicks, after all, the desire for knowledge is the most primal and irresistible human desire.

After all, who can resist two super handsome guys getting close?

Li Zhu:? ? ?

Upon clicking through, I found the author's name was Takizawa Miho from the news agency.

"Your mother!"

The clear and melodious words echoed in the living room.

"Why is it that unscrupulous reporter again? All she knows is to fabricate things to grab attention. Damn it, I'll have to complain to the school about her!" Li Zhu said through gritted teeth, she had a long-standing grudge against this woman.

[According to an informant, when Shimazuga had just transferred schools, he rejected all offers of friendship, but instead took the initiative to invite a man he had never met and had known for less than three minutes to take their friendship to the next level.]

[And that man was none other than Li Zhu, the student who was recently voted the most handsome referee.]

[They seemed to share a tacit understanding that was difficult for ordinary people to perceive. When Shimazuka mentioned him, a smile would always unconsciously appear on his face, and when talking about Riki, he mostly used words of praise.]

[Adding to the fact that during the sports festival's obstacle course race, Shimazuga once "borrowed" a referee in a princess carry. Has their friendship become too intimate?]

[Therefore, the news agency speculated that their relationship had reached a very deep level (laughs).]

The article also includes many photos of Riki and Shimazu, and the photographer's angles are somewhat tricky, as if he deliberately wanted to create that sense of displacement.

There's a dog, guys.

How did the person who took this photo find such a disorienting angle? Even if you say they weren't a dog, Li Zhu wouldn't believe it.

Upon seeing the two people in the photo, it was an eyesore; they looked like a pair of close "gay" friends, which Li Zhu found hard to accept.

I simply shut down the forum; it was full of meaningless messages that only made me more annoyed.

……

night.

It was late at night.

On a dark and windy night, murder... cough cough...

Li Zhu lay in bed, unable to fall asleep. Perhaps she had slept too much that afternoon, which left her feeling wide awake and even somewhat energetic.

When people are sleepless, they tend to have all sorts of wild thoughts.

So Li Zhu recalled some things that had puzzled him greatly today, and to be honest, he really didn't know what to do.

Why did Yuko do that?

He stared blankly at the ceiling, let out a soft sigh, and his low voice revealed a hint of confusion.

It is often said that suspicion and distrust between couples can ultimately lead to a breakdown in their relationship.

Therefore, he has always been reluctant to think about those things or doubt his girlfriend.

Just like today, when faced with questions from everyone, he did not hesitate to choose to conceal the truth from others and trust Yuko.

At that moment, when Riki was halfway through her sentence and about to mention something crucial, his first thought was to protect Yuko and his girlfriend.

He couldn't let anyone know about this, or the truth about his coma. He was even worried that someone would discover that there was something wrong with Yuko's bottle of mineral water.

He didn't actually know if the water contained that thing, but it couldn't be ordinary water, could it? He only drank a few sips before he passed out. Even a fool would know that there was definitely something wrong with the water.

This brings us back to that perplexing question. Li Zhu really couldn't understand why his girlfriend would secretly do that kind of thing to him.

Before going home, Li Zhu went to the hospital to pick up his test results. The doctor's warning to him was still fresh in his mind.

The more he knows, the more he wants to talk to Yuko about his feelings, to be honest with her, and to salvage their distorted relationship.

Li Zhu shifted from lying flat to lying on her side, her face exposed to the gentle, cool breeze blowing in from the window.