Tokyo Heart Thief's Daily Life

She frowned a little fearfully at first.

When the sweet cream and coffee in her mouth mixed and became a more palatable taste, the girl responded well and opened her eyes wide:

"Senior is absolutely right! This is perfect! I used to prefer black tea to coffee... but this simple bitterness and watery taste really goes well with the cream on the Swiss roll. It's an unexpectedly perfect combination~!"

Luo Zhen: "Yeah, as long as you like it. Take your time and don't rush. The coffee is free flowing."

The girl's innocent reaction felt good, and made Luo Zhen feel that it was all worth it.

It feels like teaching a kid how to play games when he enters a game hall for the first time.

Looking into her sparkling eyes gives one a sense of accomplishment.

At the same time, during this period, Luo Zhen was secretly analyzing her.

This girl obviously has something to hide, maybe even ran away from home.

Judging from her active desire to work, Luo Zhen guessed that she really needed money.

This made Luo Zhen wonder if this girl had some kind of agreement with her parents.

...For example, this girl looks well-behaved, but she is actually a rock music fan who likes death and heavy metal, and she really wants to form her own band with her friends.

But her noble parents, who came from the old Chinese family, did not understand these young people's things and opposed her doing such self-degrading things.

During the negotiation between her parents and children, she proposed that as long as she could earn enough money to support herself, she would be allowed to continue playing in the band.

So in order to continue doing what she wants to do, she must also do her best to do what she doesn't want to do... It's a very inspiring plot like this.

Of course, this kind of story was just something Luo Zhen thought about in his own mind, and he wouldn't ask others about it out of the blue.

29. A Lifelong Accomplice [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Compared to the complicated family background that this girl named Toyokawa Shoko might have, Luo Zhen actually has another point that he cares about.

When her resume was handed to him, Luo Zhen discovered that the school she had attended before was "Tsuki no Mori Girls' Academy".

This is a school for young ladies that Luo Zhen has heard of. It is truly a school that only rich or noble families can afford to attend.

And it is a school from kindergarten to high school,

Most students are promoted directly, which creates a very unique atmosphere.

In fact, in the resume of this kind of temporary worker, there is no need to write your past so clearly.

But this girl filled out her information very seriously, allowing Luo Zhen to discover that she was the eldest daughter who had studied in Tsuki no Mori since she was a child.

But the problem is, this girl's high school is not Tsukinomori.

She wrote down the name of the high school she would be attending, which was "Private Shujin Academy".

This is very embarrassing, Luo Zhen thought as he ate the greasy Swiss roll.

Why is this girl so desperate that she wants to study in a school called "Shujin (Prisoner)"?

So she is not only his working junior, but will soon be his real junior.

But just from the few hours of contact he had, he could tell that Toyokawa Shoko probably wouldn't want anyone to know her secrets.

She now trusts me as a reliable senior colleague, which is not bad.

But at school, you can see them everywhere you look.

If she found out that he was still her real senior, she would probably panic.

This could also be because Luo Zhen was thinking too much, and she might not care if others found out that she was working.

......But it’s never wrong to make more preparations, so Luo Zhen decided to take the safe route.

He put down his cake fork and waited for Xiangzi to finish a Swiss roll before speaking at the right moment:

"Ms. Toyokawa, I have something to ask of you...ah, just keep eating, don't take it too seriously."

“No no~!”

Xiangzi immediately put down the tray.

She smoothed her skirt with both hands and placed it neatly on her knees:

"Senior, if you have anything to say, I will certainly listen carefully. Also, please don't call me 'Miss Toyokawa' so awkwardly. Please call me Xiangzi instead."

The girl's smile was super sweet, and it was obvious that she had established a trusting relationship with Luo Zhen.

This is also good, Luo Zhen is also very happy:

"Then I won't be polite. Xiangzi, I have a very serious matter to ask of you... Could you please keep it a secret for me?"

"......secret?( ???)"

Shoko Toyokawa blinked her bright big eyes and tilted her head cutely.

Luo Zhen said this suddenly, and of course she didn't know what he meant.

Luo Zhen continued to attack:

"Actually, I looked at your resume and found out you're a student at Shujin. You're a first-year student, right?"

"Well, I'm also a Shujin student, a second-year student. ...So, could you please not tell anyone else that I'm working here?"

"--well!?"

As Luo Zhen expected, Toyokawa Shoko was indeed very surprised.

Most people would probably be more surprised when encountering such a coincidence.

But Xiangzi was obviously more surprised than happy, and his amber eyes were trembling slightly.

After blinking repeatedly, she finally came to her senses and her next words were:

"Luo Zhen-senpai...you're only one year older than me? I thought you were a college student working part-time and must be over 20 or something..."

Luo Zhen: "Hmm. I'll take this as a compliment on my maturity. Thank you."

Xiangzi had a face full of shame and started to apologize to Luo Zhen repeatedly.

Indeed, many bosses and seniors who work part-time say that Luo Zhen does not look like a high school student at all.

This is mainly because he has a lot of life experience and is indeed more like an adult in terms of conversation style and other aspects, and has lost the impetuousness that is common among high school students.

Xiangzi did think that Luo Zhen was very mature, so he thought he would be much older than himself.

After repeatedly explaining himself in a way that only made things worse, like, "I really don't think that you look old! It's more that you are really handsome!", Xiangzi finally came to his senses.

Only then did she realize that Luo Zhen's request was for her to keep it a secret for him.

This surprised Xiangzi:

"Is it a secret that you're working part-time? Doesn't Shujin Academy allow students to work part-time? Are we breaking the school rules?!"

"Oh, no."

Luo Zhen waved his hand to appease Xiangzi. "There's no school rule prohibiting part-time work. It's just that I want to keep my personal situation as confidential as possible... After all, among classmates, there are always some things you don't want others to know. Right?"

Luo Zhen deliberately left the details vague, leaving some parts open for people to interpret freely, allowing Xiangzi to understand it himself.

After all, the more lies you tell, the more loopholes you will have.

Luo Zhen didn't want to lie if possible, but his career as a phantom thief had taught him too many lies, and it was impossible to count them all at this point.

Just as he expected, Xiangzi's big eyes blinked continuously, and those expressive eyes seemed to be feeling a lot.

She thought of her own experience, and in her heart, she interpreted Luo Zhen's difficulties and nodded in agreement.

"I understand. I swear, I will keep this secret for you, Senior, and won't tell anyone about this!"

"At the same time, I'd like to ask you to keep this a secret for me... I don't want my future classmates to know my holiday plans. This way, we can keep each other's secrets, okay?"

"Yeah." Luo Zhen nodded refreshingly.

He stretched out the little finger he had just shaken with the Fangze sisters the day before and held it in front of Xiangzi:

"Want to make a pinky promise? We're partners in keeping a secret together, so we'll have to reciprocate from now on. Maybe we should avoid greeting each other at school? Shouldn't we just pretend to be strangers?"

“…Puff~”

Xiangzi was amused by Luo Zhen's serious look.

The uneasiness that had just accumulated quickly dissipated.

She narrowed her eyes, and her long eyelashes looked even more charming:

"If I see a senior at school and don't say hello, that would be rude of me. I don't think there's anything wrong with talking to a senior I know. Of course, if the senior would be embarrassed, I can just pretend not to know him."

Xiangzi stretched out his little finger and hooked it on Luo Zhen's hand.

Her smile is still charming, but there is also a gravity hidden beneath her beautiful appearance:

"Now, the contract is concluded. Senior, you must keep this secret from me for the rest of your life, or you will have to swallow a thousand needles."

Luo Zhen: "A thousand needles is a bit scary. How about a hundred wishes? Whoever breaks the agreement will have to obey the other person."

This agreement was also proposed by Sister Fangze and him yesterday. It feels much milder than swallowing needles.

Just like that, before school started, Luo Zhen got to know a lovely junior in advance.

There are still many hidden talents in Xiujin Academy, and they are all surprises that he will discover tomorrow and beyond.

30. The Carnivorous Sisters' Offensive at the Start of School

Luo Zhen got up very early this morning.

Before daybreak, he had already gotten up, washed, and taken a shower.

After blow-drying his hair, he put on his high school uniform that had been ironed long ago and fixed himself in front of the cracked mirror for a while.

The uniform of Shujin High School is a black suit jacket with a white turtleneck shirt, which actually makes the combination look very mature.

And this school uniform is really expensive...Japanese school uniforms are really outrageously expensive!

When seeing the price of this school uniform, Luo Zhen once again understood why many Japanese people would treasure their high school uniforms for a lifetime.

What you treasure is not memories, but your parents’ real salary!

Luo Zhen felt even more distressed because he was not spending his parents' money, but his own hard-earned savings.

But from another perspective, this may also be a sense of ritual.

At least after knowing how expensive his clothes were, Luo Zhen decided to go to school well. It would be a shame to waste them.

Taoxiang must not be awake at this hour.

So Luo Zhen simply made a bacon and vegetable sandwich, covered it with plastic wrap, and put it on the table, leaving a note asking her to get up and eat it herself.

Luo Zhen just took two bites himself.

Seeing that the time was almost up, I couldn't wait to pick up my schoolbag, put on my leather shoes (both of which were school-specified styles), and get ready to go out.

As a result, he had just pushed open the creaky and dilapidated door of his house.

Sister Fangze, who had been hiding at the door for an unknown period of time, suddenly pulled the fireworks in her hands!

"Bang bang bang~! Congratulations to Luo Zhen hyung for becoming a high school student, happy sophomore year~! ?(^?^*)"

"Happy high school, senpai! We can go to school together from today, I'm really happy! (??＞?＜?)"

"...Yeah. Thank you, Kasumi and Sumire."

Luo Zhen was showered with colorful notes and couldn't help but laugh happily.

My twin schoolmates are so heartwarming. How can there be such cute girls in the world?

They deliberately told Luo Zhen that they were very busy with school today and would not go to school with him, but they ended up waiting here to surprise him.

After successfully celebrating, they immediately helped Luo Zhen shake off the ribbons and sequins on his body with laughter.

As always, they were like real siblings, and they were so close that she would hug him and go to school.

But before they had taken a few steps, the sisters' little thieves' hands became restless.

Fang Zexia quietly touched Luo Zhen's hair, and ran her fingers through his slightly long hair, shaking it non-stop as if addicted: