He tried to save the fallen girls, but they came after him instead.

She glared at Shirakawa; she had indeed met those princes from the royal court.

Calling such a commoner a prince is an insult to the title of prince.

"Xiaoxi, you can change it if you think it's not good enough."

“I have no objection,” Hoshiguchi Shio conceded.

There's no need to be so serious; we're all "friends" (except for Shirakawa).

Rin Hoshimiya was also quite surprised, as this was almost one of the few times that Shio Hoshimiya had compromised with someone, except in business negotiations.

"Alright, everyone, join the group and change your nicknames," Jackie said.

She naturally became the group admin as well.

After joining the group chat, changing the nicknames, and everyone sending messages to confirm that everyone was there, Bai Chuan's phone suddenly popped up with two friend request messages.

It belongs to Sakura and Maki.

We've known each other for so long, but we still haven't added each other as friends.

Shirakawa quickly passed through.

After setting up the group chat, there wasn't anything else to do.

After a brief farewell, Hoshimiya Shio and Rin got into their car and left.

"Well, it's getting late, I'm going home too!" Maki clutched her clothes tightly and left impatiently, clearly unable to hold back any longer.

The scents of myself and Shirakawa mingled together; I wonder what this costume will smell like after being covered up for so long. I'm really looking forward to it.

"Hey! Sister!" Sakura shouted, but Maki had already run far away.

No matter how you ask Shirakawa, he'll just give you the runaround. It's better to start with your sister and try to get information out of her.

So she hurriedly chased after him.

"Then I'm going to the gym. Shirakawa, do you want to come with me?" Nikaido said. Lately, those thugs have been causing trouble, and Nikaido wanted to work out to protect the school and his underlings.

"No, boss, I have something to do tonight. Next time, next time," Shirakawa politely declined.

"By the way, has Akaza-nee contacted you recently? I message her but she always says she's busy, and she hasn't told me what it is."

"No, no, I don't know."

Akaza asked him to keep it a secret so as not to worry Nikaido, so he didn't reveal any extra information about Akaza to Nikaido.

He needs to check on Yoshioka's condition and then go to the Nagasaki club to discuss the Hoshimiya Project with that blond senior.

This time he plans to travel alone.

"Alright then." The eldest sister of Nikaido waved and left somewhat dejectedly.

Rie also happened to send a message at that moment.

Rie: Shirakawa? How is Hoshimiya Shio?

Shirakawa: I made friends with Jackie, and now I'm at home having a meeting.

Rie: I understand.

Rie put down her phone.

She knew that if things continued like this, her daughter would finally be able to live like a normal person.

So, in the end, only Jackie and Shirakawa remained at the school gate.

At that moment, Jackie clenched her small fist and punched Shirakawa hard in the chest.

"Ouch, what are you doing!" Shirakawa clutched his chest.

"Why were you pretending to be asleep just now? Why didn't you explain for me?" Jackie pouted and said.

"Huh? What do you mean by pretending to be asleep? What do you mean by explanation? I don't know anything about that." Shirakawa, as always, played dumb.

"Stop pretending. I saw you chuckling in your sleep. You still won't admit it?" Jackie punched Shirakawa again.

"Haha, you found out," Shirakawa said with a laugh. "But you were the one who suggested kissing me. You insisted on kissing me in the dance studio. Now that we've been discovered, this is the only explanation I can give! I can't exactly say we're a sweet little couple, can I?"

So you mean I brought this on myself?

"Otherwise what?" Shirakawa retorted irritably.

"Ugh!" Jackie kicked Shirakawa's butt. "I'm going to find Ayako to play games now, bye-bye."

"Hey, wait a minute."

"what?"

“It seems like our script is missing a narrator. Why don’t you ask her if she can come and help?”

This stage play has some background stories or psychological descriptions that require narration, and Ayako would be very suitable for it.

Although she refused to perform, Jackie should be able to ask her for a favor, right?

"Whether we can find her or not is another matter!" Jackie said.

"what happened?"

“I sent Aya a LINE message today, but it’s been showing as unread ever since. I went to the club room to look for her, but I couldn’t find her.” (On Japanese LINE, if you open a message, it will show as read; if you don’t open it, it will show as unread.) Jackie explained with some concern.

"Did she go home because she was sick?"

"I don't know. She basically plays games in the club activity room. Now that she's on vacation, she should be playing even more at school. Her save files and everything are at school."

A perfectly healthy person suddenly disappears?

Shirakawa also opened the mobile app to check information about Ayako; there were no warnings about her impending downfall.

She didn't know any blond-haired guy, so nothing serious probably happened.

"Let's wait until tomorrow. If we still haven't heard from her by tomorrow, we'll go look for her together."

"Okay, then I'll be going now." Jackie also left.

Shirakawa called Miike from the school gate and asked her to bring Chenghuang Middle School uniform to pick him up.

177. Miscellaneous fish in the three ponds and the lurking Fukada

A little while.

Miike Naeko drove her black car to the school gate to pick up Shirakawa.

When Shirakawa got on the bus, the school uniform of Chenghuang Middle School was folded up and placed on the back seat.

Miike Naoko was visibly quite haggard and exhausted.

"What's wrong?" Shirakawa asked with concern.

"That Mitsu Kana is always doing housework at home, disturbing my peace and quiet," Miike complained to Shirakawa as he started the car.

"How did doing housework bother you? Isn't this a good thing? It saves you the trouble of doing it," Shirakawa asked, puzzled.

"What good thing? She's been wandering around outside so much that I haven't had a chance to watch any adult films."

Although the door was locked, there were always people walking around outside, so Miike couldn't concentrate fully on watching the computer.

"Bear with it. Excessive indulgence not only harms the body, but also the brain."

"How can I stand it! I finally dressed up so nicely last night, and then that Kana saw me!" Miike said, sounding aggrieved. Their place was cramped and inconvenient; it was really uncomfortable.

"Oh well, there'll have to make do. By the way, if you really can't stand it here, you can go home."

“No.” Miike immediately refused.

My own home is too lonely and quiet. Without a job, staying at home is just a waste of time. It's better to stay at the Shirakawa house.

"Oh, by the way, Ms. Akita came to see you today. She said she hopes to contact you sometime," Miike said, one hand on the steering wheel and the other fiddling with his phone, bringing up the LINE friend details screen and handing it to Shirakawa. "This is Ms. Akita's LINE, add her."

Shirakawa added Akita-sensei as a friend, but Akita hasn't accepted yet.

“I have already contacted Akita-sensei’s family and promised to donate to them anonymously. I have also deposited your money in the bank. Here is the bank card. The password is six zeros.”

"Huh? Who's the account holder on your bank card?" Shirakawa remembered that he didn't seem to have any identity information in this world.

“Of course it’s mine.” As soon as Miike finished speaking, she realized that it wasn’t appropriate to keep Shirakawa’s money in her own account, so she blushed and added shyly, “I’m yours now, I won’t touch this money, don’t worry.”

To be fair, Miikeji's strong sense of justice is deeply ingrained, and it is precisely because of this that she is a trustworthy and capable "good wife" who can be entrusted with important tasks.

There was no risk of betrayal or sabotage, and Shirakawa felt completely at ease entrusting anything to her.

"Thank you for your hard work, but there's something else I need to ask you for help with."

"what?"

"Help me find out if there are any photography studios near my house, like those that take photo albums, magazine covers, or cosplay photo sets." Shirakawa was preparing to open his shop.

What do you need these for?

"I plan to take advantage of the money I have now to open a studio so that I will have a source of income in the future."

“This isn’t quite right.” Miike Naoko has more social experience than Shirakawa. When she was a police officer, she arrested many so-called bankrupt deadbeats and knew how difficult it was to start a business. She suggested, “This kind of studio pays special attention to quality. The models must be good-looking and know how to dress. You also need to find a professional photographer.”

"I'd like Kana and Akita-sensei to be models for the photography studio. They're so beautiful and have great figures, they're definitely in high demand. You could work there too. We can hire a photographer at an extra high salary."

"Not only does it have to be visually appealing, but to make money from it, you also need to have commissions and connections with relevant film and television companies and magazine publishers. It's not easy to do it well," Miike advised Shirakawa from the perspective of an adult working in society.