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

The reason she met him today was because it was her turn to clean the house with the three people who often bullied her, and she was the only one left to finish the cleaning before she met him.

It's just that the two of them don't seem to be destined to be together.

As soon as she got in, Kitahara Tsuyoshi got out of the car.

If Kitahara Takashi hadn't spoken, Katsura Kotonoha wouldn't even have noticed he was in the car.

"What's her relationship with Zun?"

Last time it was Koji Shoko who stared at her quietly, this time it was her turn.

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After arriving at the agreed dessert shop, Kitahara Takashi checked his makeup before leaving.

Well, perfect.

After a careful inspection, Kitahara Takashi gently pushed open the door of the cake shop.

Jingle bell bell~

The wind chimes hanging on the door immediately made a pleasant sound.

"Zun, here, here."

Just as Kitahara Tsutomu was about to look around to see if Shijo Shinki had arrived, he heard someone calling him.

Kitahara Tsutomu turned his head and was stunned.

In the back of the store, Shijo Maki and Tanuma Tsubasa were sitting.

This is no problem.

The problem is, Kashiwagi Nagisa is also there next to Tanuma Tsubasa?

Who can tell him what's going on?

Kitahara Takashi reacted quickly and walked quickly to the four concubines and the other two: "Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Kashiwagi Nagisa spoke first before Shijo Shinki: "It's okay, we just arrived a few minutes ago."

Kitahara Takashi gave an awkward but polite smile: "Main Consort, who are these two?"

"Her name is Kashiwagi Nagisa, and she's my good friend. The one next to her is Nagisa's...boyfriend, Tanuma Tsubasa." Shijo Maki smiled slightly, and when she said the word "boyfriend", her expression was as awkward as it could be, and she said it very reluctantly.

"Nagisa, Tsubasa, this is my new friend, his name is Watanabe Takashi." When introducing Watanabe Takashi, Shijo Maki's tone suddenly became cheerful.

She didn't know why, but every time she saw Watanabe Takashi, she felt particularly happy.

"Nice to meet you two, thank you for your kindness." After a simple greeting, when Kitahara Takashi was about to sit down, Kashiwagi Nagisa, as if on purpose, extended his hand towards him.

"Hello, Watanabe-kun."

Kitahara Takashi: “…”

on purpose!

This woman definitely did it on purpose.

Kitahara Takashi looked at the cunning in Kashiwagi Nagisa's eyes, and he reluctantly stretched out his hand, still with a decent smile on his face.

The moment the two touched, Kitahara Tsutomu suddenly felt an itch in his palm.

It turned out that it was Kashiwagi Nagisa who stretched out her index finger and gently slid it across his palm.

'Why are you so skilled?'

Kitahara Takashi's eyes never left Kashiwagi Nagisa's face.

He was very sure that Kashiwagi Nagisa's expression had not changed.

In other words, she did it without changing her expression and cleverly avoided everyone's sight.

"Tsubasa-kun, you and Watanabe-kun look so much alike that I couldn't recognize you." Kashiwagi Nagisa exclaimed as he withdrew his hand.

"Yes."

Tanuma Tsubasa, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

"No wonder Shinki always tells me that Watanabe-kun and I look so much alike."

"When I saw you, Watanabe-kun, I started to wonder if you were my father's illegitimate child."

Kitahara Takashi sat down and also made a joke: "Then Tanuma-kun should pay attention."

"If I were really Tanuma-kun's biological brother, I would fight with you for the family fortune."

Tanuma Tsubasa didn't get angry when he heard this. Instead, he smiled and said, "That's great! This way, I don't have to study medicine anymore and can inherit the family hospital?"

"Study medicine? Forget it, it doesn't matter if this relative doesn't recognize you." When Kitahara Tsutomu heard that he wanted to study medicine, he refused repeatedly.

Encourage people to study medicine, and the sky will strike like lightning.

He didn't know what internships were like in Japan, but his friend who was studying medicine didn't get paid for his internship.

If you hate someone to the core, persuade him to study medicine.

Study medicine that is not defined, study medicine that you have never come into contact with, study medicine that you will regret too late, study medicine that you don’t get paid for internship but still have to pay for, study medicine that you will not be able to stay in the job after internship without a master’s degree.

I don’t know how his friends are doing now?

Anyway, before Kitahara Tsuneka died, he was less than 30 years old, and his friends of similar age were still relying on their parents for support.

"Watanabe-kun, I can feel the blood connection between our bodies. Why don't we do a test?" Kitahara Takashi said casually, but Tanuma Tsubasa seemed serious.

No one knew how much Tanuma Tsubasa wished at this moment that the other person was his father's illegitimate son.

He really doesn't want to study medicine.

"I can't feel it. As for doing an appraisal, I absolutely won't do it. Just give up."

If he were asked to study medicine, he would rather go back to his old job and become an online beggar.

Isn’t that more enjoyable than studying medicine?

"Okay, now that this topic is over, what are we going to do next?"

Kitahara Takashi unilaterally announced the end of this topic and turned to Shijo Shinki.

"Watching a movie, but it's not time yet, so I'm sitting here to kill time."

Shijo Shinki handed the cappuccino she had ordered to Kitahara Takashi.

"Just sit there?"

Beiyuan Zun picked it up and took a sip first.

Kashiwagi Nagisa looked at him with a smile: "Watanabe-kun, do you have any good ideas?"

Before Kitahara Tsutomu could answer, he suddenly felt his feet sink, as if something had stepped on him.

Kitahara Takashi leaned back in his chair, quickly glanced under the table, and found a black leather shoe on the surface of his shoe.

"You saleswoman! You love stepping on others' feet so much."

The last person who dared to step on him was a female car salesperson.

Wearing high heels.

Kitahara Takashi remembers that pair of high heels was one of CL's classic models, with a black upper and a red sole. Well, you ask him why he remembers it so clearly?

That’s of course because she is the first woman who dares to step on him!

It is definitely not because you later regretted it when you heard from your friends that you bought the car too early, and after hesitating for a few days, the other party took the initiative to contact you for dinner, and reminded you not to forget to bring the data cable, and to bring her a bottle of ice water when you came.

Could he, Kitahara Tsutomu, be such a person?

Here, Kitahara Takashi had to criticize those female salespeople.

I don't know why, but many female salespeople who sell cars or houses always like to step on people when signing big contracts. They really don't respect customers at all.

"Go there and have some fun, just to kill time."

Kitahara Takashi suddenly pulled his foot away.

He is not a masochist, and he has never paid attention to the smell of feet in Arknights. He doesn't like being stepped on at all.

"What's the point of sitting around all the time?"

Kashiwagi Nagisa raised his eyebrows, and did not continue to pursue the victory to chase and step on Kitahara Takashi. Instead, he said meaningfully: "If it's not interesting, Watanabe-kun will be responsible."

Threat!

This is a naked threat.

Kitahara Takashi suddenly regretted what he said.

The more you talk, the more mistakes you make; if you don’t talk, you won’t make mistakes.

Everything is fine, why do you have to be so upset?

Kitahara Takashi changed his tone: "Actually, I think sitting down is pretty good too."

"Let's go and have fun. I remember there's a newly opened haunted house nearby. It's very popular." This time, without waiting for Kashiwagi Nagisa to speak, Tanuma Tsubasa jumped out and said.

Boys his age all like to play.

He didn't want to waste any time on afternoon tea.

Of course, Tanuma Tsubasa only wanted to have fun.

The main reason was that he had been dating Kashiwagi Nagisa for a while, but their relationship was still like that of strangers, with no progress at all and they hadn't even held hands.

His friend suggested that he invite her out more often, watch movies together, go to haunted houses, etc.

When Kitahara Takashi heard that they were going to a "haunted house", his heart jumped into his throat.

There aren't many things Kitahara Takashi is afraid of, but ghosts are one of them.

Because the first horror movie he watched as a child was "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village", which left a direct trauma in his childhood, Kitahara Takashi has been very persuasive since he was young.

As long as someone says that a place is not clean, he will turn around and leave without being stubborn.

Although he knew that the ghosts in the haunted house were fake, what if a real one sneaked in?

'Ghost, haunted house!!!'

When Shijo Shinki heard that Tanuma Tsubasa was going to the haunted house, her twin ponytails flew up.

She really couldn't handle this kind of horror.

"It's boring. What's so fun about a haunted house?" Kitahara Tsun tried hard to show his disdain and turned to Shijo Shinki and asked, "Are you right, Shinki?"

"Yeah!"

Shijo Shinki nodded frantically.

"This kind of thing is only used to fool children."

Well done, Zun!

Shijo Shinki discovered that Watanabe Takashi was like a worm in her stomach, always knowing what she was thinking.

"Their reaction...are they scared?"

Looking at the two people's identical reactions, Kashiwagi Nagisa slowly raised a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth.

Wait, we're in a haunted house, it's pitch black, who knows what we're doing?

To be honest, Kashiwagi Nagisa really wanted to see how scared Kitahara Takashi was.

Yeah, of course.

It would be even better if Shijo Shinki threw herself on her out of fear.

Having made up his mind, Kashiwagi Nagisa clasped his hands together like a judge making a final judgment: "It's decided, let's go to the haunted house."

"No....."

Kitahara Takashi was about to die rather than obey, when Kashiwagi Nagisa's pink lips opened and closed.

Kitahara Takashi can understand lip reading a little bit, and Kashiwagi Nagisa seems to be saying: Kitahara Takashi, you don’t want your secret to be known, right?

It may not be accurate, but that’s definitely the meaning.

'Pretty!'

Kitahara Takashi cursed.