Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

"I," Kato Megumi wanted to say, "I just arrived." Kitahara Takashi replied at the right moment, "She just arrived."

Kato Megumi looked in surprise at the handsome boy opposite her who looked like he had walked out of a comic book.

She didn't expect that the other party actually noticed her presence.

Kitahara Takashi looked at her. Well, actually it was a character panel that suddenly popped up.

[Target: Kato Megumi]

[Age: 16 years old]

【Intelligence: 5】

【Charm: 9】

[Stamina: 5]

[From: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend]

[Secret crush: Tomoya Aki]

【No boyfriend, can date. 】

"Is she really that attractive?"

Kitahara Takashi was amazed by Kato Megumi's 9 charms.

He admitted that Kato Megumi was good-looking, but if you said she was prettier than Kasumigaoka Utaha or Sawamura Spencer Eriri, he really didn't think so.

You know, even these two people's charm is only 8.

How is this charm calculated?

[Charm is evaluated based on a comprehensive consideration of appearance, figure, temperament, and popularity.] At this moment, the usually dormant system spoke for the first time.

"So, she's very popular?" Kitahara Tsutomu raised an eyebrow and asked in his mind.

The other person's charm is definitely not due to his looks and figure.

Temperament...does it count if there is no presence at all?

That must be popularity.

[Very high.] The system gives a very high evaluation.

"How high is it?" Kitahara Takashi piqued his interest.

【It’s about three or four stories high.】

After a pause of one second, the system's emotionless voice rang out again: [At least if you put Kasumigaoka Utaha, Sawamura Spencer Eriri, and Kato Megumi together, most men would choose her as their wife.]

"This boy, Tomoya Aki, is really lucky." Kitahara Takashi said sourly in his heart.

The black senior, the blonde twin-tailed childhood sweetheart, the quiet wife, which window did God close for him?

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't notice." Kato Kei clasped his hands together.

Kato Megumi shook her head to indicate that everything was fine.

She's used to being ignored.

What surprised her was that Kitahara Tsutomu noticed her.

"By the way, let me introduce you to Kei. He's the Kitahara Takashi I often mentioned to you." After Kato Kei introduced Kato Megumi, he introduced his cousin to Kitahara Takashi: "Takashi, this is my cousin, Kato Megumi. Like you, she's in the first year of high school."

"Hello."

Although he already knew about Kato Megumi through the system, he thought it would be better to pretend not to know at this time.

He didn't want to experience what happened to Kashiwagi Nagisa again.

"Hello, Kitahara-kun."

The two sides greeted each other and shook hands gently.

The moment the fingers touched, the system popped up again——【Appointment changed, do you want to check?】

Appointment change?

Kitahara Takashi was surprised.

This has never happened before.

Say 'check' silently in your mind.

【Dating partner: Kato Megumi. 】

[Activity content: Read whichever page the wind blows. If you don't accompany me, someone else will! I love whoever accompanies me.]

【Event time: May 5th at 15 pm】

【Dating location: Rokutenchang Shopping Center】

[Activity Rewards: 10,000 points, Pintus training plan, 50% off coupon]

【Whether to accept? 】

53. What is he doing? (Seeking votes)

Seize, seize less?

One, one, ten thousand points!!!

Kitahara Takashi's pupils dilated in shock.

He had never seen the system so generous in his life.

Although it has only been a year since he traveled through time.

'Is she, is she so valuable?'

If you date Kato Megumi once, you will get points equivalent to accompanying Kasumigaoka Utaha + Sawamura Spencer Eriri, plus extra rewards.

I don’t know what the Pintus training plan is, but that 50% off coupon is really tempting.

'Accept, accept.'

Kitahara Takashi looked at Kato Megumi eagerly.

Her eyes were so gentle that they seemed to be able to shed water, as if the world could only accommodate her.

She is really my treasure~

Perhaps it was because Kitahara Takashi's eyes were too straightforward, without any concealment, that both Kato Keiichi and Kato Megumi noticed it.

Kato Megumi was a little confused.

She didn't understand why the man, who had just shown little interest in her and didn't want to pay attention to her, suddenly became like a different person.

"Are you interested in my cousin?"

Kato Keiichi looked at Kitahara Takashi, then at his cousin, and suddenly he felt that it was not impossible for them to become a family.

Judging from my grades, I'm sure I'll be admitted to the University of Tokyo.

By then, if you can join a large company and work there for two or three years, it shouldn't be a problem to earn an annual salary of over 10 million.

My cousin will definitely not suffer if she follows him.

If you think about it carefully, Kitahara Takashi doesn't seem to have any bad habits except fishing.

By the way, is fishing considered a bad hobby?

In short, he agreed to this marriage!

Thinking of this, Kato Keiichi said: "Zun, come to the party later."

"I?"

Kitahara Tsutomu pointed at himself and opened his mouth wide.

He now looks like the emoji of a dead pig with its mouth wide open.

"Senior, it's inappropriate for me, an outsider, to go with you, right?"

Brother, he is just a system worker who only wants to earn some points and doesn't think about sacrificing his whole life.

I treat you as my senior, but you treat me as your brother-in-law!

"What's inappropriate about this? In my eyes, you are not an outsider. Hui, you have no objection, right?" Kato Kei put one hand on Kitahara Tsutomu's shoulder and asked Kato Hui with his head tilted.

Kato Megumi nodded calmly: "Okay."

Kitahara Takashi: ゛('◇')?

Child, do you really not understand what it means to bring a man to meet your family?

What's with this relaxed tone?

Don't try to be calm at a time like this, refuse, refuse now!

"We eat separately from our elders, so don't be so nervous, Kitahara-kun." Kato Megumi seemed to see through Kitahara Takashi's thoughts, and she explained kindly.

"I see~ Sorry to bother you then."

After hearing what Kato Megumi said, Kitahara Takashi finally felt relieved.

He refused at first because he was worried that after meeting his parents, if Kato Megumi were with other people in the future, she would be criticized privately by relatives.

If he was just having dinner with Kato Keiichi and Kato Megumi, he wouldn't have any concerns.

"Let's go."

Keiichi Kato put his arm around Kitahara Takashi's shoulders and prepared to go to the four-seater.

"Please wait a moment."

Under the puzzled gazes of Kato Keiichi and Kato Megumi, Kitahara Takashi picked up the plate and took two bites.

"Okay, let's go." Seeing that Kitahara Takashi was about to take the unfinished meal over, Kato Keiichi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "You guy."

If it were any other young boy, he would definitely not do such a shameful thing for the sake of face.

However, the education that Kitahara Takashi received since childhood told him that he should not waste food and should eat only as much as he was given.

Kitahara Takashi never thought it was shameful to finish his meal.

Kato Megumi stared at Kitahara Takashi silently for a while, then lowered her head again and played with her mobile phone.

*

Liutianchang Shopping Center, cinema ticket office.

Aki Tomoya struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and waved the movie ticket in his hand: "I've bought it, let's go eat."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Seeing Aki Tomoya coming, Kasumigaoka Utaha subconsciously turned off the screen of her phone and put it in her pocket.

As Aki Tomoya watched this scene, his smile froze.

My senior sister would never do this before.

Whether I was talking about work with my editor or talking to my parents on the phone, I never avoided him.

"Let's go, I'm starving."

Eriri subconsciously handed the backpack to Aki Tomoya.

An Yilun didn't take it either, but just looked at her with some confusion.

He probably didn't understand why she gave him the bag.

Not only Akito Tomo was looking at her, but Kasumigaoka Utaha was also looking at her with a frown.

The bow-shaped lines seem to be expressing a kind of silent trouble.

"Cough cough."

Ying Lili reacted and withdrew her hand awkwardly.

She almost forgot that the person standing in front of her was Tomoya Aki, not Takashi Watanabe.

After spending a long time with Watanabe Takashi, she always unconsciously brought some of her habits to Aki Tomoya.

"Where are we going to eat?"