Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

Name: Shimada Sho

Age: 16

[Class]: Grade 11 Class C

[Family Situation]: ...

Yuki Ayase's finger landed on the name field, her fingertip gently stroking the three characters "Shimada Sho".

A gentle smile, as warm as a spring breeze and dew, appeared between her expressionless eyes and brows.

"Xiang-jun..." At one moment, the girl parted her pearly teeth and uttered a touching murmur.

Her gaze swept carefully over each column, reading through all the information without missing a single one.

Including the last part, where Shimada Sho intentionally left a negative comment.

Even after seeing all this, Yuki Ayase's smile never faded.

After reading it, he looked down with a slightly troubled expression and glanced at his chest.

After looking up again, he had a thoughtful expression on his face and muttered to himself, "It was probably just something said in anger, right?"

She reached into the bottom drawer and pulled out a book carefully sealed with a special cover.

This book, titled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," has a beautiful cover, but it's clear that it has been read many times, with some pages showing creases and signs of wear.

Yuki Ayase opened the book, folded the application form again, and carefully tucked it inside.

After closing the book, put it back in the deepest part.

When she looked up again, she had regained her usual calm and composure.

He reached into another drawer and took out a stack of application forms, examining them one by one.

These are all applications for joining the club submitted by other students.

Compared to the meticulousness with which he examined Shimada Sho's information, these were merely glanced at.

They don't even look at names or classes; their eyes are only drawn to information like hobbies, zodiac signs, and personality traits.

Many of them were crumpled up after being looked at and thrown into the trash can under the desk.

Some stayed.

After reading through everything, she took out a purple folder from the drawer.

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Several other application forms were neatly tucked inside.

Each one is categorized using a different colored label:

Red label – “Appearance acceptable”

Blue label – “Home Economics Matching”

Yellow label – “Shared interests”

On the folder's cover was a sticky note with cute, round font:

"To my little Yuki: These are Auntie's ten KPIs for this year~ There's a reward for completing them! — Love, Auntie"

Yuki Ayase stared at the sticky note for two seconds.

"Twenty-six already," she said expressionlessly. "You've exceeded the limit this year, Auntie."

But she still carefully inserted Kenta Sato's application form and stamped it with "Pending Interview" in the upper right corner.

After stamping the form, she suddenly remembered something and took it out again.

A line of small print was added to the "Remarks" column:

"At 175cm tall, she would look good standing next to my aunt. I recommend her."

After finishing writing, she closed the folder with satisfaction and put it back in the drawer.

After finishing all that, Yuki Ayase had some free time.

As usual, she gently leaned on her desk and drifted off into a daze.

Taking a short break to clear her mind before going to class is a long-standing habit of hers.

Although some unpleasant rumors have circulated because I miss a class every afternoon.

But Yuki Ayase never took these things seriously.

But in a daze, her gaze fell on the pen holder on the table, and the next moment, she sat up abruptly.

Aside from the books placed on either side, the only other item on the desk was a ceramic pen holder shaped like a gold and blue fox.

The fox's body is completely symmetrical. Its two bushy tails extend outwards from the tip of its nose, and the hollow part at the tip is intentionally flattened.

The two tails were filled with red and black pens, respectively.

But at this moment, a hole appeared in the tail where the black pen was.

One pen is missing.

“How could this be…” Ayase Yuki’s voice was unusually annoyed, and then her eyes narrowed. “Mr. Pervert is really going too far.”

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Shimada Sho returned to the classroom as the preparatory bell rang.

With three minutes left before class, the classroom was noisy. He made his way through the crowd back to his seat.

After sitting down, he took something out of his pocket.

A black ballpoint pen.

The pen has a gold and blue double-tailed fox logo printed on it.

It's the same model as the pen holder on my desk.

"Quite particular." Shimada Sho smiled amusedly.

He took this from Ayase Yuki's desk when she wasn't looking after he finished filling out the application form.

Because the movements were so fast, even Ms. Yonekura didn't notice.

Shimada Sho had already noticed that this woman had obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was tidying up the books on the table.

Therefore, out of revenge, he deliberately took this pen, with the aim of making her feel bad.

"I'll teach you to call me a pervert."

Shimada Sho twirled the pen between his fingers, imagining Ayase Yuki's exasperated expression, and felt quite pleased.

But then, thinking of something, he unconsciously frowned.

"what happened?"

Shimada Sho suddenly realized that he was paying a little too much attention to this girl named Ayase Yuki.

Even though it was just a brief encounter during a break between classes, I found myself unconsciously imagining what she looks like now.

Would I have done this before?

Shimada Sho asked himself this question in his heart.

He quickly and firmly shook his head.

Definitely not. He never even considered having a power-leveling account, let alone the eldest daughter of the Kamishiro family.

Why would I think about a stranger?

So, why is that?

They were just classmates.

Why did they become so familiar with each other during a break between classes, and even start arguing?

Looking back, it all started because Yuki Ayase spoke with a barbed tongue.

She wasn't the type of person like Nozomi Sasaki who would never fight back, so she decided to stand up to her.

Further back, the reason why Ayase Yuki targeted him was because he had been staring at her for a long time.

Both seem to make sense.

But the problem is...

She wasn't really angry.

Logically speaking, it's unacceptable for a girl to be stared at like a pervert for several tens of minutes.

They should be angry no matter what.

Although Ayase Yuki's words were harsh, she wasn't truly angry.

That's why he found it amusing and deliberately took the pen to provoke the other person.

But this shouldn't be happening...

Unless he knows someone, Shimada Sho would never offend someone without a reason.

The question is, do I even know her?

Shimada Sho pondered, searching through his memories.

Perhaps the original owner knew them.

But he searched his memory thoroughly, even recalling how his mother had beaten him for wetting the bed when he was a child.

But they couldn't find a girl named Yuki Ayase.

Surprisingly, the male lead actually has a mother?

No, the original owner never met her mother when she was a child.

Was it something I imagined based on my memories of my past life?

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

Importantly, he confirmed that he had no relationship with Yuki Ayase.

Shimada Sho gave up.

He sighed and temporarily put Ayase Yuki's matter out of his mind.

Regardless of why she targeted him, he won today.

Not only did they fill out an application form, but they also received a pen.

"We'll return it when she comes to ask for it back with a dark expression."

With that thought in mind, Shimada Sho took out his books and began preparing his lesson.

Compared to the morning classes, the afternoon classes are significantly more difficult due to the inclusion of Chinese literature and history lessons.

That immediately made him completely forget about everything else.

He was so engrossed in his studies that he didn't even notice Ayase Yuki returning to the classroom at some point.

After an afternoon of classes, and after I had exhausted myself copying the notes I had borrowed from the student in front of me, most of my classmates had already left.

Shimada Sho packed up his textbooks, glanced in Ayase Yuki's direction, and realized she was already gone.

He stopped paying attention and, carrying his backpack, went straight out of the classroom.

According to his plan, he was to go to work at the store where he had applied for a part-time job after school.

But before that, there is one more thing to be done.

He first went outside the school to withdraw 3000 yen in cash.

He then returned to school and went straight to Class 2A of the second year of high school.

Hoshino Yuzuki is on duty today and hasn't left yet. Shimada Sho is going to pay back the money the system borrowed for him.

Chapter Sixteen: Conquering Tokyo, Starting with the Convenience Store

Class A of Grade 11 is also on the third floor, but it is located at opposite ends of the floor from Class C.

Not only are they geographically distant, but the students in the same class also have vastly different social standing in the eyes of the school.