I'm in Tokyo, and I'm a professional boyfriend.

"Of course!"

Riko's eyes sparkled: "Such a handsome man has nothing better to do than help you hook up with women?"

"How could a man possibly help without a purpose?"

"If you ask me, the reason he helped you is either because he's interested in you or he's interested in you."

"Or maybe I'm interested in the two of you!"

"Just imagine! A love triangle between one man and two women, isn't that interesting just to think about!"

"Ah, this..."

Upon hearing this, Sano Shino couldn't help but smile awkwardly.

—That Shiina guy is 99% only interested in money, and he'd waste a day or two on it.

Riko noticed her strange expression: "What? Don't you have any feelings for that Iori-san at all?"

Sano Shino was taken aback by what she heard.

Unable to stop, the scene at the entrance kept replaying in my mind.

And that fierce bite when he was in the closet.

After a pause of a second or two, he managed to say, "As expected, I still don't have any ideas."

"Eh~"

Riko, somewhat bored, drawled out, "Fine, anyway, you're just the kind of person who seems cheerful but is actually not honest at all, right? I get it, I get it!"

"A proud and arrogant loser can ruin your life~"

"Huh? My feelings for Xing are unwavering. Don't mistake me for a promiscuous scumbag like you!"

"Hey hey hey!"

After laughing for a while, Riko didn't deny it and tilted her head back to drink the last bit of wine in her glass.

He put down his glass, blew a puff of alcohol towards her, and teased her with half-closed eyes.

"What if he confessed his feelings to you...?"

What would you do?

"stinky."

Sano Shino turned around with a look of disdain, casually saying, "Of course..."

As I turned my head, a car passed by outside the bar's floor-to-ceiling windows, its headlights slightly illuminating the street scene and revealing a familiar male face.

He was arm in arm with a strange woman.

"Of course what?"

Riko, completely oblivious, pressed for answers.

Sano Shino stared blankly out the window, but the light only lasted for a moment.

She first tried to stand up, but then sat back down.

He looked somewhat dazed.

"What's wrong?" Riko asked, puzzled.

"..."

"No."

"nothing."

【090】 Mouthless girl

It was already night.

The streets in the residential area were sparsely populated, while the commercial area just one street away was brightly lit and bustling with drinkers.

The hustle and bustle of the world, along with the sounds, travels far.

In the alleyway leading from the commercial area to the residential area, a man and a woman walked together, seemingly very intimately linked arm in arm.

What's the license plate number of the car you're talking about?

Shiina Iori linked arms with the girl beside her, her voice soft.

The girl beside him had one arm around his arm and the other hand holding his phone, her fingers rapidly tapping across the screen.

Hold it up and show it to him.

【Tokyo 50 13-xxx】

[When we entered the alley earlier, it was on the left; we should be coming around from the other end in a bit.]

The girl beside him, with long, black hair reaching her waist, looked somewhat nervous. Her pale, slender fingers gripped Shiina's elbow, yet she seemed to maintain a distance from him.

Not too far, not too close.

Shiina Iori glanced back at the distance.

I can't see anything.

The silent girl watched him with some unease, as if afraid he would suddenly run away.

Suddenly, he raised his phone again.

The subway station is just a couple hundred meters ahead, we'll be there soon.

I'll pay you the taxi fare once we get to the subway station.

It will be ready soon.

“I know, don’t worry.” Shiina Iori waved her hand. “I won’t leave until I get the money.”

Although he was saying things that sounded like a yakuza extortionist, Aiba Chiho couldn't help but breathe a small sigh of relief when she heard him say that.

Shiina Iori simply continued walking forward.

He and Igarashi had already reached the street corner in front of their house and were about to go home to cook.

As they passed by a roadside karaoke bar, Ms. Aiba suddenly jumped out and grabbed their sleeves.

Upon meeting, the young lady, whom he had only met once before, immediately handed him a Fukuzawa Yukichi card without saying a word.

Then I raised my phone.

【Help】

These words were displayed on the screen.

???

Shiina Iori was unwilling.

After all, the two were just strangers who had met once at a shady place like a cocktail party, and they weren't very familiar with each other.

Moreover, if others find out about this, wouldn't they think that Shiina is the kind of man who can be bought off for 10,000 yen?

As it turned out, Ms. Aiba's eyesight seemed to be very accurate, and she immediately stuffed another 10,000 yen into his hand.

He quickly raised his phone again.

"Take me to the nearest subway station, and I'll give you 10,000 yen. I'll rent it to you."

"..."

Shiina Iori pondered for a long time.

Approximately 0.04 seconds later.

"make a deal."

Since it's a business, there's no reason to refuse unexpected windfall.

Although it's not his working hours now, he's already received the money, so there's no reason for him to return it!

So Shiina first took Igarashi home, and then escorted Aiba Chiho all the way here.

According to her, it seemed that someone was following her.

Why didn't you call the police?

"It's cheaper to call the police than to come to me, right?"

The two walked in silence for a long time, and Shiina, having nothing better to do, started to make conversation.

Chiho Aiba pursed her lips as if she had been told something, and her thumb flew across the keyboard on the screen with incredible speed, like a soft tongue, before she quickly raised it up again.

Typing speed is no slower than speaking speed.

[I called, but the call was disconnected.]

[It wasn't until the second phone call that I remembered I could send a text message, but I couldn't send it.]

It seems like they're treating me like a spam caller.

【? 】

A large question mark image appears beneath each line of text.

It seems she herself doesn't know.

"why?"

Shiina Iori was puzzled.

Because they can't speak.

Chiho Aiba held up the screen for him to see, then pointed to her mouth and made single sounds like "hmm~ ah~".

Her voice was charming, but it couldn't form complete sentences.

"Hmm? Sorry."

Shiina Iori was taken aback, thinking that the silent type was just her girlfriend persona.

I never expected that I really couldn't speak.