Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

"Thank goodness we investigated. Tsk tsk, I never thought that the top student in Qingye would secretly be someone else's stand-in."

Kashiwagi Nagisa suddenly took a step forward.

Kitahara Tsutomu subconsciously took a step back and leaned his back against the sink.

"Mr. Kitahara, you don't want the whole school to know that you are a substitute for others." Kitahara Tsutomu began to sweat on his forehead.

This matter is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either.

He didn't become a gigolo or a gigolo.

If it gets to school, at most people will laugh at me for three years.

The school won't do anything to him for this kind of thing.

This is how top students are treated.

What he was afraid of was not being exposed, but being afraid of Shijo Maki, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri... How many of them knew what to do?

Shijo Maneki must realize that she has deceived herself. As long as she has the idea of ​​sinking herself into Tokyo Bay, the people below will help her do it.

Kitahara Takashi is not naive enough to think that there is no murder in modern society.

Even if Shijo Maki didn't have this idea, what if Kashiwagi Nagisa told this to Kasumigaoka Utaha and Sawamura Spencer Eriri.

With the tempers of these two young ladies, it is a foregone conclusion that they will block me.

System points come from dates. If this matter gets out, who will still look for him?

Kitahara Takashi inhaled cold air into his chest, calmed himself down, and asked, "What do you want?"

The other party did not directly expose this matter, which means he must have some ulterior motive.

Is he after my beauty?

Kitahara Tsutomu thought about himself carefully. Apart from having better academic performance, being more handsome, having a better temper, and being able to coax girls, he didn't have any other advantages.

"Before answering this question, Kitahara-kun, I want to ask a question." Kashiwagi Nagisa did not seem to be in a hurry to state her request. She suddenly changed her previous playful attitude of cat and mouse and stared at him very seriously, as if she wanted to take in every subtle expression on his face.

"Excuse me?"

Although this woman was annoying and asked a private detective to investigate him just because she was interested in him, Kitahara Takashi still maintained basic courtesy towards her.

"Why did you encourage Shinki to pursue Tanuma-kun?"

47. Another day of being played by women (votes requested)

"Why did you encourage Shinki to pursue Tanuma-kun?"

Upon hearing the question, Kitahara Tsutomu instantly became alert.

"She wouldn't want to have someone kill me, would she?"

It’s no wonder that Kitahara Takashi thinks this way.

Put yourself in his shoes. If you hear someone encouraging others to pursue his girlfriend, Kitahara Takashi will definitely do the same.

Thinking of this possibility, Kitahara Tsutomu felt a capital red word "Danger" appear above his head!

I've heard Shijo Maki talk about Kashiwagi Nagisa's family situation before.

His grandfather was the chairman of the Keidanren (Business Federation).

The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), officially the Japan Business Federation, is a federation of companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Along with the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japan Business Federation, it is considered one of Japan's "three economic groups."

Some people don’t understand the value of this, so let me put it this way.

In the past, when the presidents of these three major economic groups visited China, they were received by the Premier of the State Council.

His grandfather was so powerful that killing him was as easy as stepping on an ant.

Not to mention that his father is the chairman of a shipbuilding company.

If he made her unhappy, Kitahara Tsutomu felt that he could start writing a suicide note right now.

what?

You said he still has a system?

Kitahara Takashi doesn't think a system that sells photo editing, cooking, and writing skills can save him.

Even if he could save her, he doesn't have enough system points.

"Miss Kashiwagi, after hearing my answer, you should, probably, probably won't do anything to me, right?" Kitahara Tsutomu chose his words carefully, fearing that he would upset the other party.

“It’s hard to say.”

Kashiwagi Nagisa winked at him playfully.

"It depends on your answer."

Kitahara Takashi's heart sank: "Does my answer matter?"

"Your answer will determine my attitude." Kashiwagi Nagisa smiled as he looked at his nervous expression.

So cute (Shinomiya face).

Although they have similar faces, they give people completely different experiences, which is really novel.

No wonder Zhenfei took the time to come and see him.

If you have a good man but don’t share him with your bestie, your relationship will fade, right?

"..."

Kitahara Takashi was silent.

During the silence, his brain was working at full capacity, thinking about how to answer this question.

It could be a few minutes, or just a dozen seconds.

It seemed as if an eternity had passed before Kitahara Takashi spoke slowly, "Before I answer, I'd like to know why Ms. Kashiwagi asked this question."

Kitahara Takashi wanted to know what motivated the other person to ask this question before giving an answer.

'Sly man!'

Kashiwagi Nagisa commented in her heart, still with a faint smile on her face: "Kitahara-san, I actually don't understand why you encourage and help guests find true love."

"Although this is my bias, from my perspective, your interests will be maximized if Shinki has a lifelong crush on Tanuma-kun."

"With your ability, I believe you can do it too."

Kitahara Takashi didn't comment, but he didn't deny it either.

Yes.

From the perspective of interests alone, Shijo Shinki would never dare to ask Tanuma Tsubasa for her entire life. So in order to vent her lovesickness, she would definitely look for Kitahara Tsutomu frequently.

Like those women whose money was cheated away by gigolos, they looked for him every day until every last bit of useful value was squeezed out of him.

of course.

The four real concubines are different from the "poor guys" mentioned above who had all their money cheated by the cowherd.

With the financial resources of the Shijo family, I'm afraid that Kitahara Takashi will never be able to squeeze Shijo Shinki dry in his lifetime.

Kashiwagi Nagisa had never heard of any family being drained by gigolos.

In other words, Shijo Shinki's long-term meal ticket can fully support him for the rest of his life.

“But you didn’t.”

What puzzled Kashiwagi Nagisa was that not only did Kitahara Takashi not bother Shijo Shinki, but he encouraged Shijo Shinki to pursue Tanuma Tsubasa.

"Kitahara-kun, you clearly love money and your hobbies cost a lot of money. If that's the case, why do you still do this? I don't understand."

According to the information gathered by his private spies, Kitahara Takashi is a man who likes money.

He not only likes to buy fashionable clothes, but also likes to buy watches, antiques, cameras, fishing, beads, raise dogs, assemble computers by himself and other hobbies.

Any of these interests requires financial support.

Kitahara-san should really need Shijo Shinki, an excellent cockroach that can spit out gold coins.

He encouraged Shijo Shinki to pursue Tanuma Tsubasa. If she really succeeded, wouldn't he be letting a financial sponsor go?

There is no way Kitahara Tsutomu doesn't understand this truth.

But he did it anyway.

Kashiwagi Nagisa was very curious about what Kitahara Takashi was thinking.

"I see."

Kitahara Takashi suddenly understood.

He finally figured out what Kashiwagi Nagisa cared about.

After thinking it over, Kitahara Takashi felt there was no need to lie about this matter, so he told the truth: "Although what I do is similar to being a gigolo in your eyes."

"But in the final analysis, there are still fundamental differences between me and the Cowherd and the others."

Although both of them make money from women, like the gigolos, one relies on PUA and the other on companionship and emotional value.

"I won't deliberately play the victim to gain their sympathy."

Kitahara Takashi was very poor, but he never mentioned it to anyone.

They would not make up stories about their father who was addicted to gambling, their mother who was sick, their sister who was in school, or their broken family, which would make people feel very miserable at first hearing, so as to make them sympathize with them.

"I also wouldn't think of establishing fake boyfriend-girlfriend relationships with them and making money from it."

Kitahara Takashi will not confess his feelings to any of them and become their boyfriend or girlfriend.

Kitahara Takashi is not bragging.

As long as he wanted, he had plenty of ways to pry anyone away and make her his girlfriend.

This saves trouble.

Even if he used despicable means, such as imitating the anime, drugging, taking photos, and threatening them, he would not need to coax them like his ancestors did, and could just take money directly from them.

He didn't do that, and he never said a bad word about Tomoya Aki in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha and Sawamura Spencer Eriri.

"Dating them is just a job for me. They are just clients to me. That's all they are."

He didn't do so because he had never thought about any further development with them.

In Kitahara Takashi's opinion, his relationship with the women is more like that of actors filming together.

In front of the camera, he and his partner may be a sweet and loving couple. Behind the camera, he and them are at most acquaintances who have just met by name.

"Just because I'm doing this job now doesn't mean I'll keep doing it forever."

Kitahara Takashi is now a high school student, and this is the only way to make money quickly.

He can't be someone else's substitute or fake boyfriend for the rest of his life.

He worked hard to make money and accumulate system points, not to make a woman better, but simply because he wanted to be an excellent person.

"Do you understand what I'm saying, Miss Kashiwagi?"

Kashiwagi Nagisa looked directly into Kitahara Takashi's eyes.

I wanted to see through his eyes to see if he said anything.

This time, Kitahara Tsutomu didn't dodge or evade, but looked straight at her.

Anyway, he didn't lie, so he shouldn't be the one feeling guilty.

"I understand."

After confirming that the other party was not lying and there was no lie in his eyes, Kashiwagi Nagisa nodded slightly.

She finally understood why Kitahara Tsutomu not only did not try to keep Shijo Shinki, but instead pushed her from behind.

Maybe for this man, even if Shijo Maki's confession was successful and she and Tanuma Tsubasa were together, he would at most lose a client.

"Poor Zhenfei, she was fooled around by this man."

She suddenly felt a little sympathy for her best friend.

She originally thought that even if the relationship between the two of them was not very ambiguous, they were at least friends.