Tokyo: Starting with a fake boyfriend

Because she was very cute from a young age, her parents often taught her various things, the most important of which was never to believe a man's lies or promises.

A man's mouth, a liar.

Suggestions like, "Your hands are so small, let's compare them," are purely an excuse for guys to want to touch hands.

There are many more examples like this.

"I'll just hold you and do nothing else."

"Take off your clothes, it'll be more comfortable to hug you."

"I'll just touch it once, just once."

All of the above are common tricks that boys make up to deceive girls.

She also overheard the girls talking at school...

Thinking about these things, Minami Yamabuki's face began to burn uncontrollably.

A man and a woman, alone in bed, on a long, dark night—would Shiratori really stay put and not touch her?

After relieving himself, Shiratori Osamu walked out of the restroom and was somewhat surprised to find Yamabuki Minami still standing there.

Why are you still standing there?

"fine……"

His words pulled her back to reality from her wandering thoughts. Yamabuki Minami noticed that he had returned, was startled, shook her head, and turned to run to the bed.

She leaped onto the bed, pulled the blanket over herself, and hid inside.

Although she ran very fast, Shiratori still noticed that her ears were turning red.

Seeing this, Bai Niao Xiu glanced at him, and then started walking.

"Click".

The sound of the door being locked from the inside could be heard.

"He's here!"

Noticing the door being locked, Yamabuki Minami instinctively pulled the air-conditioned blanket tighter around herself.

"despair."

The lights were turned off, and the once bright room was instantly plunged into darkness.

On the bed, Minami Yamabuki's heartbeat was louder and more intense than ever before, the thumping sound completely drowning her out.

"What is Shiratori Osamu doing? Why hasn't he gone to bed yet?"

Time passed slowly, and she didn't know how much time had gone by. It wasn't until Yamabuki Minami's shyness subsided that she realized something was wrong and, with some surprise and curiosity, poked her head out from under the covers.

The room was dark, and while it wasn't pitch black, visibility was still very low.

Looking around, she couldn't find Shiratori Osamu.

"Shiratori-san?"

Noticing this, Minami Yamabuki was somewhat puzzled and called out softly.

Her voice was soft, but clear in the darkness.

"what happened?"

The next moment, Shiratori Osamu responded to her.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Minami Yamabuki noticed that the voice came from a distance and was somewhat puzzled.

"Of course I'm going to sleep, but I'll sleep on the sofa," Shiratori Osamu replied softly, lying on the beanbag chair.

"Are you going to sleep on the sofa?" Minami Yamabuki was taken aback by his question. She hadn't expected him to have this idea. Was he really that gentlemanly?

"Hmm," Shiratori replied with a nasal tone.

"Why?" Minami Yamabuki didn't know what she was thinking, but she asked as if possessed.

"Because I promised not to touch you when we stay overnight, as long as we keep our distance, there won't be any accidents."

Hearing such a stupid question, Shiratori Osamu was speechless, but still explained.

By pretending to be a blond boyfriend and spending one night at someone else's house, one can earn 500,000 yuan.

With such generous compensation, I'd be happy to let him sleep on a beanbag chair, or even on the floor.

"..."

Realizing why he was sleeping on the sofa, Minami Yamabuki fell silent.

Suddenly, she realized that she had misunderstood the other person.

Why doesn't Shiratori-san take a bath?

Because he never intended to go to bed in the first place.

Why does Shiratori-san sleep on the sofa?

Because he initially said he wanted to stay overnight at her house, but he didn't say he wanted to sleep in the same bed with her.

Why did Shiratori-san lock the door?

Because if he did that, his father wouldn't be able to sneak open the door in the middle of the night and figure out if the two of them were a real couple or not by whether they slept separately.

With this in mind, her thoughts wandered further, recalling what had happened after school.

Since meeting him, Shiratori-san's behavior has truly exceeded her expectations.

She is polite, easy to get along with, mature, calm, intelligent, and resourceful. Moreover, she has saved the day many times when she made mistakes, which is frightening.

To deal with her father, Shiratori-san racked her brains and did everything she could, even resorting to a psychological tactic she had never heard of before: loss aversion.

So far, the only time Shiratori-san had ever touched her on his own initiative was in the bathroom. To make her blush and create the illusion that the two of them were doing something naughty, he rubbed her lips a few times with his fingers.

Despite Mingming Niao-san's consistently excellent behavior, she harbored unnecessary prejudice against him, excessively suspecting that he might be lying to her.

Out of guilt and a desire to make amends, Yamabuki Minami, after clarifying her thoughts and understanding the situation, began to speak:

"Shiratori-san, sleeping on the sofa isn't good for your health. Why don't you come and sleep on the bed?"

"No need, thank you."

"I believe you wouldn't touch me even if we were in bed together."

"I believe in myself, but I don't believe in my sleeping posture."

It's better to avoid trouble, and Shiratori Osamu didn't want to take the risk.

Their cooperation will end tomorrow after the final payment is settled.

It's not that he's completely uninterested in Minami Yamabuki. The class president has excellent grades, comes from a wealthy family, and inherited her looks and personality from her mother. She'll most likely be a super gentle and good wife in the future.

But he drove her dad crazy today, he really messed with him. If the two of them really get together, things will get complicated.

Moreover, he had previously stated that he would absolutely not touch Minami Yamabuki during the night... Although men's promises are often false and change over time, it's incredibly dishonest for them to be valid for less than a day.

"But Dad has a key. What if he sneaks in at night with the key and finds out we're sleeping separately? Wouldn't that give us away?"

Upon learning of his concerns, Yamabuki Minami pondered for a moment and then changed her approach.

"Don't worry, we stayed in the room for so long and your dad didn't even knock on the door. He's even less likely to come in the middle of the night... Go to sleep, you have school tomorrow."

Shiratori Osamu wasn't worried about this statement at all.

It's terrible when things go wrong in your own backyard. Minami Yamabuki's cheating father is probably still trying to appease his wife right now, so he has no time to care about his daughter.

Putting himself in her shoes, if he were Tomoya Yamabuki, after being repeatedly defeated, even if he wanted to persuade his daughter to break up, he would at least wait until that awful blond guy was no longer around.

"Ok."

She had finally come up with such an excuse, only to be ruthlessly rejected by him. Yamabuki Minami curled her lips in the darkness, a great sense of grievance welling up in her heart.

She couldn't understand why, even after saying all that, Shiratori-san still refused to sleep in the same bed with her... She wasn't ugly, after all.

"She's even upset now... What's she trying to do?"

In the darkness, Shiratori Osamu's voice sounded somewhat dejected, and her thoughts seemed a bit jumbled.

The class monitor's pajamas were long-sleeved and long-legged. Wearing such clothes in the middle of summer was clearly meant to prevent him from doing anything reckless. However, the class monitor behaved himself and did nothing, which is why the other person became unruly.

Chapter 21 Talent - Total Concentration

Shiratori Osamu was a little agitated by Yamabuki Minami's mischievousness, but drowsiness overwhelmed him, and he quickly drifted off to sleep.

As the only outsider, he fell asleep quickly, but the others didn't sleep so well.

"Why did he still reject me even after I said all that? Sleeping in a bed is definitely more comfortable than sleeping on the sofa."

"He really doesn't plan to go to bed..."

"Is it because I'm too unfashionable, not a hot girl?"

"Speaking of which, he has several hot girls around him, which one is his girlfriend?"

“He just said that if he stays here for one night, Dad will be completely obedient tomorrow. Does that mean it’s all over?”

Even though they shared a room but not a bed, Minami Yamabuki couldn't ignore Osamu Shiratori's presence, tossing and turning in bed, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

She drifted off to sleep as drowsiness washed over her like a tsunami, and her eyelids began to droop naturally.

In another room, Yamabuki lay on the bed with her eyes closed, trying to rest, but she too was finding it difficult to fall asleep.

"My husband really isn't going on his business trip. He's been busy coaxing me all night."

"After my husband falls asleep, should we go check on Xiao Nan in her room?"

"Although Minami trusts Shiratori-kun, eighteen-year-old boys have very poor self-control... When a boy and a girl sleep in the same bed, especially when the girl is very pretty, it's impossible for any man to just stay still and do nothing."

"But if I really go and my husband finds out, there might be problems."

"Let's ask Xiaonan tomorrow."

As midnight approached, the living room lights had long been turned off.

However, in the darkness, there was always a red light flashing, and the sound of a lighter could be heard from time to time.

That was Tomoya Yamabuki sitting on a recliner. Afraid of getting drunk, he didn't dare drink alcohol and could only rely on nicotine to relieve his irritability and keep reviewing today's confrontation.

"We shouldn't have let Shiratori Osamu in at that time of evening, but if we don't let him in, Minami will run away from home again."

“My wife’s idea of ​​asking around for information was correct. This should have been the winning situation, but it was inexplicably reversed… I should have gone with her at the time. I shouldn’t have thought that the victory was already in the bag and that I could just sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor.”

"Why do Konan and her wife trust Shiratori Osamu so much? How did he manage to do that?"

"The story of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress is absolutely fabricated."

“My wife used to trust me a lot. No matter what I said, she would always stand by my side. Xiao Nan was the same way.”

"Everything was fine before, why did it turn out like this? Is it because I ate something secretly?"

Regret, doubt, anger, confusion, and a sense of guilt were intertwined in his heart. The complete defeat made him extremely agitated and unable to sleep.

……

As dawn broke, the silent night departed.

Going to bed early usually means waking up early.

As Shiratori Osamu awoke from his sleep, before he could even open his eyes, a white box with black lettering appeared before him in the darkness.

[Turning Point in Fate: Minami Yamabuki's family crisis has shrunk to Option ②; give it your all.]

[Perfect world line convergence successful, talent reward gained - Concentration.]

Upon seeing the text in the box, Shiratori Shu was jolted awake and completely snapped back to reality.

Having finally received the reward, he opened his eyes and couldn't wait to start studying it.

After some attempts, he successfully summoned a window similar to a personal panel and saw the detailed information.

[Talent: Total Concentration]

[Talent Introduction: Your concentration is extraordinary]

[Talent Effect: Entering a "flow" state can suppress irrelevant distractions, eliminate useless emotions, and enhance memory, observation, imagination, reaction speed, perception, control, thinking speed, and comprehension.]

After reading the full explanation of his talent, Shiratori Shu's heart began to race.