Tokyo: Starting with a fake boyfriend

Ms. Dongyun was still wearing a business suit, which is a combination of a women's suit, a shirt, and Western-style trousers, but the quality of the clothing design was different.

For example, the pants she wore today were more fitted, making her long legs very eye-catching.

"Good morning, Mr. Dongyun."

After glancing at him subconsciously, Shiratori Shu greeted him.

"Shiratori-kun, did you slip this money into my pocket?"

Shinonome Mizuki arrived at the meeting place 15 minutes early. Upon hearing his greeting, she rushed forward aggressively and pulled out three 10,000 yen bills from her suit pocket.

This morning, before she threw her clothes into the washing machine, she checked all the pockets and suddenly found an extra sum of money in her shirt pocket.

At first she was puzzled and couldn't understand why she had 3 yen in her pocket, but she quickly figured it out.

This money wasn't hers; it must have been Shiratori Osamu who secretly slipped it into her pocket when she wasn't looking.

This discovery made her very angry. She was a teacher, and it was her duty to tutor and help her students improve their academic performance. How could Shiratori Osamu secretly slip her money?

"Because you bought me eighteen test papers yesterday and even paid for my study room in advance, I didn't want you to spend too much money, so I resorted to this tactic."

Although she looked very angry, her exquisite and beautiful face was taut, because of the height difference, Shiratori Xiu actually found it quite cute to be glared at by her standing in front of him. He shrugged and explained.

Chapter 57 Threat

Seeing his outstretched hand gesture, Shinonome Mizuki didn't say anything, but reached out and tried to slap the money back at him.

However, Shiratori Osamu reacted quickly, pulling his hand back the moment he noticed her movement.

"It's just a dozen or so test papers, take your money back."

The raid failed, and Higashino Mizuki frowned as she handed the money to him again.

"No, you've already helped me a lot by taking time out of your weekends to tutor me and help me with my studies. I don't want you to spend any more money."

Shiratori Osamu shook his head, his attitude firm.

To be fair, he has already taken advantage of Dongyun too much in terms of one-on-one tutoring until graduation.

After all, he and Minami Yamabuki were not actually dating; it was just a self-directed and self-acted drama.

He hadn't contributed anything, yet Teacher Dongyun had gone to great lengths to help him with his studies. If he were to ask her to spend money on him, he wouldn't feel right about it.

“Shiratori-kun, I am your teacher, and it is my job to help you improve your studies. I cannot accept your money.”

Seeing his attitude, Shinonome Mizuki immediately revealed her identity.

“You can’t say that. First of all, a teacher’s work and obligations only apply to school hours, not weekends. Secondly, what you’re doing is unfair.”

Although she was indeed a teacher, she was too young and too beautiful to be intimidating, and Shiratori Osamu was not afraid at all.

"Unfair?"

"You tutored me individually on weekends, paid for my study time in the library out of your own pocket, and even bought me test papers... If the students in the class knew about this, what do you think they would think?"

"This……"

Faced with this question, Shinonome Mizuki choked up, and even felt a little guilty.

These words were a wake-up call. Upon reflection, her current actions were indeed unfair to the other students in the other classes.

"Mr. Dongyun, you don't want everyone to know that you tutor me privately on weekends and even pay me for it, do you?"

Seeing that she was speechless for a moment, Shiratori Xiu naturally couldn't let such a good opportunity pass by and immediately pressed his advantage.

"Grumpy."

Faced with this formulaic threat, Shinonome Mizuki's body stiffened almost imperceptibly. She glared at him and spat in a low voice.

She was clearly thinking of Shiratori Osamu's best interests. After all, getting into Tokyo University requires more than just studying hard; it also involves spending money on cram schools and buying a large number of Tokyo University red-cover books. There are just too many places where money is needed.

But this bastard is not only ungrateful, he even used this to blackmail her. It's outrageous!

"Anyway, that's settled. Hurry up and put the money away. It would be troublesome if others saw it and it caused unnecessary misunderstandings."

Shiratori saw that she was clearly angry but couldn't do anything about it. Although he found it cute and funny, he didn't continue teasing her and instead abruptly ended the conversation.

Actually, he hadn't intended to start with "You don't want to either," but his subconscious told him it was the best way to end the argument... and it turned out to be true.

"We have nothing to hide, so what misunderstanding could arise if others saw us together?"

Higashion Mizuki rolled her eyes at him. Although she was very unwilling, she realized that such a scene could easily lead to misunderstandings if others saw it, so she had no choice but to accept the money first.

She decided that Shiratori-kun would keep the money in her hands temporarily, and she would return it to him when he needed it later.

After this little incident, the two of them went straight into the store after registering and paying at the front desk, just like yesterday.

There were very few customers at this time of day; it looked very deserted.

Out of habit, the two of them chose the same spot as yesterday.

"Wouldn't booking 8 hours straight be a bit too long?"

After placing his backpack on the seat and sitting down, Shiratori Osamu couldn't help but ask.

It's the weekend, and although he planned to spend all his time studying and catching up, he still felt a little bad about letting Teacher Dongyun spend so much time with him.

Moreover, he was disobedient just now, which made the other party very angry.

“The longer the session, the cheaper it is. The market price for 8 hours is 260 yen. This is a study plan I made after careful consideration.” Shinonome Mizuki glanced at him, her voice icy. “Shiratori-kun, you don’t think it’s going to take too long and want to back out at the last minute, do you?”

"How could I possibly back down at the last minute? It's just that I feel bad for taking up so much of your time."

Upon discovering that she was also using sarcastic and provocative tactics, clearly still quite angry about what had just happened, Shiratori Osamu immediately chuckled.

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Although Ms. Shinonome always has a blank expression and looks very calm, as if she could remain unfazed even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, she is still a person of flesh and blood.

"No... Let's start learning, Shiratori-kun, take out Math I."

Shinonome Mizuki shook her head, setting aside unnecessary emotions, and began to get down to business.

If you want to study science, math is absolutely the most important subject... Considering that Shiratori-kun has a strong sense of numbers, prioritizing improving math scores and then supplementing other subjects later is definitely the optimal approach.

"it is good."

Seeing that she was getting into the zone, Shiratori Osamu obediently followed her instructions.

"Which page are you on your self-study?"

After he took out the textbook, Shinonome Mizuki continued to ask questions.

"167."

Faced with her question, Shiratori Osamu gave an answer without hesitation, and casually flipped to the page in the textbook where he had studied at home that morning.

"What did you say? Say it again."

Upon hearing the number he blurted out, Shinonome Mizuki, who had calmed down and was getting into teaching mode, was immediately stunned, wondering if she had misheard.

"167."

Shiratori thought she hadn't heard him clearly, so he had to repeat himself.

"Huh—? You've already studied to page 167?"

Realizing she hadn't misheard, Shinonome Mizuki immediately became flustered, exclaimed, got up, and stepped over the side of the row of sofas to look at the "Mathematics I" textbook.

The book's pages were brand new, with the number 167 clearly written on the corners, and there was also a lot of handwriting on the pages.

Seeing this, Shinonome Mizuki reached out and picked up "Mathematics I" and flipped through it, only to find that every page had Shiratori Osamu's handwriting.

150 pages.

100 pages.

She flipped to page 50 in one go, and when Shinonome Mizuki saw that Shiratori Osamu had written down the solution process and answers for the part she had reviewed and prepared for the previous night, her heart skipped a beat.

No, it's only been a few days! Has Shiratori-kun almost finished self-studying the first half of "Mathematics I"?

"Mathematics I" is a textbook used in high schools nationwide. The number of pages may vary slightly depending on the publisher. The one she has is a textbook commonly used in high schools in Tokyo. It has a total of 338 pages and is divided into two parts.

Because this book is so thick, it usually takes high school students who are preparing for college entrance exams and specializing in science to half a year to finish it.

If you are learning on your own, it will take even longer.

That's how it should be. According to her expectations, even if Shiratori-kun had a solid foundation in junior high school knowledge, he only bought "Mathematics I" on Thursday night, so it would be quite fast if he could study 30 pages on his own.

Given his exceptional talent, it's not impossible for Shiratori to have self-studied to 50 pages.

She was clearly very prescient, but then Shiratori told her that he had already studied to page 167. What does that even mean?

In just a few days, Shiratori-kun caught up with the learning progress that an average student would take several months to complete?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Shinonome Mizuki shook her head in disbelief and continued flipping through the pages.

The book "Mathematics I" doesn't actually contain many problems. Math teachers usually copy problems from the internet and famous problem sets to prepare lessons, or they create their own problems to teach students and assign homework.

However, Shiratori Osamu not only completed all the original problems in the textbook and circled the important knowledge points, but also copied math problems from every page.

Moreover, the math problems he copied from the textbook looked impressive; they were the kind of math problems where you could tell just by looking at the problem stem that the person who set the problem was extremely skilled and that the problems were incredibly difficult.

"..."

After carefully examining the document for a while, Shinonome Mizuki turned to look at Shiratori Osamu, her eyes filled with disbelief, her brain almost shutting down.

Chapter 58 This is not scientific!

"Shiratori-kun, have you really studied up to page 167?"

"real."

When did you start self-studying "Mathematics I"?

"It started on Thursday night."

"???"

After the conversation, Shinonome Mizuki sat back down, full of questions, and raised her hand to support her head, wondering if she was dreaming.

Is it because she stayed up too late preparing her lessons last night and then set an alarm to wake up early to do laundry, so she didn't get enough sleep? Why can't she understand the current situation?

Seeing her so shocked by her own learning efficiency that she questioned her existence, Shiratori Osamu couldn't help but hum inwardly, feeling a surge of secret satisfaction.

He knew very well just how fast his learning progress was; it could be described as unbelievable.

After finishing eighteen test papers yesterday, he continued studying at home last night. Because he had completely recalled the knowledge from junior high school, his learning efficiency improved even further.

Of course, his ability to learn so quickly was largely due to his state of flow characterized by complete concentration, his ability to ignore pain and fatigue in a desperate counterattack, and the class monitor's excellent study notes.

However, the greatest contributor was his high school memories from his previous life.

Although he had not studied the book "Mathematics I" in his previous life, the teaching content of science subjects is similar even in different countries.

Therefore, rather than saying he has been studying these past few days, it would be more accurate to say he has been reviewing and rehabilitating, using familiar formulas and problems to recall his memories.

Moreover, with the help of the class monitor's excellent study notes, he not only retrieved the knowledge he had learned before, but also deepened his understanding.

He estimated that this high-speed learning state, like riding a rocket, would probably continue until he started self-studying "Mathematics III".

Although he was a college student in his previous life, he was not a top student or a genius in high school. He had some understanding of difficult knowledge, but it was not comprehensive or thorough.

By then, his self-study efficiency will probably plummet... But there is good news: the class monitor and Mr. Dongyun will be able to tutor him in learning more difficult knowledge.

"Shiratori-kun".

After doubting herself for a while, Shinonome Mizuki came to her senses and looked up at the boy opposite her.

"Yes."

Shiratori Osamu responded.

"Did you really only start learning Math I on Thursday night? You've been learning it for a long time."

Meeting his gaze, Shinonome Mizuki murmured a question.

In just three days, I completed the first half of "Mathematics I" through self-study, and not just superficial reading, but a very comprehensive grasp of the material.

This is so bizarre, it's not scientific at all!

As a graduate of the University of Tokyo, she knew many people who were called geniuses, but even they couldn't have achieved this level.

If this is true, even the geniuses from the University of Tokyo would have to be called geniuses when facing Osamu Shiratori.