People are teaching, my love stock market just wants to be full

Upon hearing this, Mitsuru Hashima was slightly stunned, with a puzzled expression.

Of course he knew what the secret the girl meant, but this thing was actually an invisible bomb, otherwise Kushida Kikyo would not have become the "Horikita Suzune's sole supporter."

"If Kushida-san is trying to fish for me, I won't take the bait." The boy spread his hands, showing a disinterested attitude. "I have no interest in your secrets."

"That's good. I hope you can keep it up."

Kushida tried to make his expression cold and hard, but his emotions were extremely chaotic.

“Here we go again…”

After seeing the confusion in the short-haired girl's eyes, Mitsuru Hashima couldn't help but think of the meeting on the cruise ship. At that time, she clearly looked like she had something to ask, but in the end she said nothing.

The same was true this time. He could feel Kushida Kikyo's uneasiness, not just because of Horikita Suzune, but perhaps there were other deeper reasons.

"What's happening again?" After hearing this, the pretty girl with short hair and delicate face suddenly raised her head.

"Really? Kushida-san and Horikita-san are both pretty weird people."

Hashima Hikaru drank the warm water in the cup and said softly, "I think Kushida-san, you should have guessed that Horikita-san and I wouldn't reveal anything important when we met today, right?"

"You must have a more important reason for coming to meet me, but you didn't say it clearly. Do you want me to guess it?"

“I don’t understand what you are saying.”

Kushida's heart trembled suddenly. This was the reason why she had been entangled, because Hashima Hikaru could always keenly capture her inner anxiety, and this had happened many times before.

"Okay, let me take a guess. I don't know if it's right."

According to Hashima Hikaru's understanding of Kushida Kikyo, this girl has an extremely strong hidden personality. So even if he pretends to be easy to get along with on the surface, if he really wants to make her compromise, he must touch upon the things that she cares about most in her heart.

The secret that Horikita Suzune holds is already known to both of them, but it is obvious that the ambiguous attitude she showed during these communications has nothing to do with Horikita and is caused by other reasons.

"Hmph, then you guess. I'd like to hear how you plan to sweet-talk me." Kushida Kikyo touched her hair and stared at Hashima Hikaru's face closely.

"Hmm... Let me think about it."

Recalling what he knew about Kushida Kikyo, the boy expressed his guess.

"My guess is that Kushida-san might be feeling uneasy right now, and the reason for that unease might be due to our partnership. Although we've been through a lot together, we're not in the same class, so you know we can't completely share information."

While observing the girl's expression, Hashima Hikaru carefully chose his words.

He took the initiative to take up this topic not because he was bored and wanted to help Kikyo Kushida with psychological counseling, but to increase her stock price. After all, with an issuance quantity of 5000 shares, the profit would be quite high no matter how much the stock price rose.

"That's why you care about my attitude. After all, fear comes from the unknown and uncertainty. If I lean towards Horikita-san, then you're worried that one day I might find out that secret and even use it to blackmail you. If I don't lean towards Horikita-san, then you're worried about how long this cooperation contract between us will last. If it ends, then Kushida-san will lose the opportunity to find out about Horikita-san."

"Whichever it is, it will cause uncertainty in Kushida-san's heart."

After saying this, Hashima Hikaru stared at Kushida Kikyo's expression and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Well, am I right?"

"..."

After listening to the boy's analysis, Kushida Kikyo's heart was greatly shaken. Although the other party's answer was not entirely correct, he had actually guessed most of the points.

And since Hikaru Hashima took the initiative to say this, he was actually giving the girl a way out, allowing her to accept this idea and express her inner thoughts.

The other party had done this many times before, so in an instant, Kushida's earlier memories came to mind.

Then, she suddenly stood up from Hashima Hikaru's bed and walked step by step to the boy.

"What's wrong? Kushida-san."

"As expected of Hashima-san, you're really good at tricking girls."

Kikyo Kushida felt the uncontrollable urge to get closer to the other person. Although her tone was still very harsh, she stared at the boy's handsome face without blinking.

"I'm just analyzing. How can this be considered cheating?"

Hashima Hikaru looked at Kushida Kikyo who was so close to him, and the familiar fragrance of the other party had already penetrated his nose.

Unlike Ichinose Honami and Sakura Airi, she has a unique aura of temptation, which is mixed between the girl's gentleness and indifference, full of a completely different contrasting charm.

"Hmph, then do you want to see what this is?"

After Kushida Kikyo clarified her inner desire, she planned to force him by showing her cards.

"What is it?"

Hashima Hikaru lowered his head curiously, and then saw the short-haired girl took out her mobile phone. When she switched to the album page, a clear picture popped up.

"I just said I was following you, but it wasn't just once."

"..."

Chapter 226 Kushida: I am no worse than them

After seeing the photo clearly, Hashima Hikaru's expression suddenly changed.

Because the content of the photo is the boy and Sakura Airi hugging each other, and the background is on the luxury cruise ship. The shy red-haired girl puts her little head tightly against his chest, while Hashima Hikaru puts his arms around her waist.

"Well, was I wrong?" Kushida saw the change in the boy's expression and sneered, "You're already with Ichinose-san, yet you're still so close to another girl."

“When did you take the photo?”

"It was on the cruise ship. I was bored at night and went out to relax, and I saw Hashima-san. I had planned to sneak up on you and give you a surprise, but I didn't expect to see this."

Kikyo Kushida was indeed telling the truth. After witnessing that scene with her own eyes, she was quite shocked that Sakura Airi, who had always been an invisible person in her class, actually had such a close relationship with Hashima Hikaru.

"So what do you want to say by showing me this photo? Blackmail me?"

After seeing the photo, Mitsuru Hashima didn't expect that this guy would dare to take pictures. If other people saw it, who knows what would happen.

After hearing the boy's voice suddenly drop to freezing point, Kushida Kikyo's heart skipped a beat, but she still said with a brave face, "Of course not. I just want to say that since we both have a side that cannot be known by others, perhaps our future cooperation can be more stable."

"hehe."

A scornful smile appeared on Hashima Hikaru's lips, and he immediately retorted, "I'm not sure what you're up to, but I hate being threatened."

"If I remember correctly, this photo was taken before Ichinose and I officially announced our relationship. It might not be very effective as leverage, Kushida-san."

"But you haven't completely cut off contact with Sakura-san yet, right?"

Kikyo Kushida continued to defend herself. She took out the photo not to threaten Hikaru Hashima, but to get a clear statement from the other party that she would never end this cooperative relationship in the future.

Similarly, the short-haired girl has another selfish motive. Although she knows that Hashima Hikaru might be a two-timing person, she doesn't really care about it. On the contrary, it makes it easier for her to get what she wants.

"..."

Hikaru Hashima didn't answer the question directly, but said coldly, "It seems you didn't listen to what I just said. I was clearly thinking about Kushida-san, but you insisted on making the situation so awkward."

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what do you want to do?"

Although the current situation is not a serious failure, this photo may affect the stock prices of the two stocks, so Hashima Hikaru has to be more careful.

After feeling such a cold and biting attitude from Hashima Hikaru for the first time, Kushida Kikyo's face turned pale, but she was also a person who would never give up until she achieved her goal, so she would not back down after reaching this point.

"I hope you will always stand by me..."

She took another step forward, almost touching Hikaru Hashima's chest.

"If you agree, I will delete this photo immediately. I don't have any backup of this photo, and I haven't let anyone else see it." Kushida lowered his head, and his voice suddenly became very soft. "Do you understand what I mean?"

"..."

After hearing this explanation, Hashima Hikaru's expression was a little surprised.

He had never expected that Kushida would end up here. This sentence did not have any preconditions. Kushida did not mention Horikita Suzune, nor did he mention class competition.

I simply said that I wanted to stand on her side.

If that's the case, could it be that she is...

"Hashima-san, do you understand what I mean now?"

Kushida rested his little head on Hikaru Hashima's chest, and after the physical contact, the girl immediately felt a sense of reassurance, even though she was clearly not qualified to do so.

"...Is that so?"

After hearing the other party's statement, Hashima Hikaru realized that he was wrong. He thought that Kushida Kikyo was going to use this method to threaten him to compromise in order to eliminate his inner anxiety.

But now that he knew her inner thoughts, the young man felt that the initiative had always been in his hands and had never been lost.

"Aren't you going to answer my question yet?" Kushida Kikyo felt the warmth in the other's arms and continued to squeeze forward.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Didn't I misunderstand Kushida-san just now?"

Hashima Hikaru put away his previous indifferent attitude. He was not a fool. Since Kushida had said this, his meaning was obvious.

"What's the answer?" Kushida Kikyo still lowered her head because she felt her heart beating very fast and she didn't dare to look into the other person's eyes.

"Okay then. I agree to always stand by Kushida-san's side. Our cooperation will continue. You don't have to worry about me giving up halfway."

"really?"

Kushida Kikyo raised her head, and only then did Hashima Hikaru see that the short-haired girl's face was already flushed, and not only that, there was also a gleam of anticipation in her eyes.

"real."

"Okay, I'll delete the photo right away." Kushida Kikyo deleted the photo from her phone as quickly as possible, and then took the initiative to hand her phone to Hashima Hikaru for inspection.

"It seems our cooperation has deepened. If we can build a deeper relationship of trust, that wouldn't be a bad thing."

After carefully looking at the other person's phone, Hikaru Hashima quickly returned it to her.

"Indeed, that way I can rest assured."

After putting her phone away, Kikyo Kushida stared at Hikaru Hashima's face with burning eyes.

"Aren't you afraid that I will change my mind?" Looking at the moist light in the girl's eyes, the boy suddenly wanted to tease her.

"Haha, if you regret it, you will be the only one who suffers."

"Why do you say that?"

Mitsuru Hashima didn't quite understand what was said, but he soon understood what it meant.

Because in the next second, Kushida Kikyo had squeezed into Hashima Hikaru's arms. The girl stood on tiptoe and stretched out her arms to hook the other's neck, and her soft, warm and proud body was directly pressed against his chest.

"As for two-timing perverts, I'm no worse than them."

Kushida Kikyo rubbed her body against Hashima Hikari's chest with a charming smile on her lips. The girl was a little timid at first, but after hugging Hashima Hikari intimately, the passion in her heart told her the answer.

"I see."

"What's the answer?"

The short-haired girl's eyes were fixed on Hashima Hikaru's face. From the first time she discovered that she was not opposed to having close contact with him, this feeling became more and more real.

"I won't regret it."

"So... you're not going to hold me tight?"

Although Kushida Kikyo's voice is not loud, it is really hard to resist when combined with her soft and charming voice.

Mitsuru Hashima stretched out his arms and embraced the other's slender waist. He glanced at the system bar and saw two new messages popping up.

After your talk, Kushida Kikyo's inner anxiety has dissipated considerably, and she's become more concerned about you. Kushida Kikyo's stock price has increased by 30, and is currently trading at 140.

After Kushida Kikyo's showdown, your statement made her very satisfied. Kushida Kikyo intends to face her inner desire and hopes that you will always stand by her side. Kushida Kikyo's stock price has increased by 40 and is currently at 180.

After reading the system information, the boy's mood suddenly became complicated. He had never expected that today's private conversation would have such twists and turns and end in this way.

The first photo in the "Life Album" has already revealed the future. If we continue like this, we may really reach that ending.

After the last divination, Hikaru Hashima has decided to face his own heart.

"Then please give me your guidance in the future, Hashima-san." Kushima Kikyo pecked him on the cheek with a charming smile on her face.

"...Um."

Chapter 227: Kushida Kikyo: This is my first kiss

Although he had hugged Kikyo Kushida several times before, the prerequisites for those times were completely different from this time. That is, after the other party showed his cards, although it was not said explicitly, the distance between the two of them had actually changed.

The little bits and pieces of their previous interactions were not without effect. Hashima Hikaru did not dislike Kushida Kikyo, and even thought her personality was quite interesting. After learning about the other person's feelings, it can be said that the transition of the relationship was completed relatively smoothly.

Gently holding the soft body in his arms, the boy was sorting out his thoughts.

If he doesn't make a choice, he might regret it. But since he has made a choice, he must work hard to strive for a perfect future. This is what he thinks in his heart now.