As they he school gate, Shuichi Chiba and Tsuki Akiyama parted ways to avoid any gossip.

  He trailed a few steps behind the two sisters, watg as the student cil's discipline ittee members at the gate ducted appearance checks. The ittee head, apanied by a few subordinates, greeted Tsuki Akiyama with admiration.

  “Any troublemakers ign the rules today?” Tsuki Akiyama paused to inquire about the ittee’s work.

  “No, everything’s been going smoothly,” Replied the discipline ittee head, a cute girl with long hair. After responding, she curiously asked, “President, why did you ge your hairstyle today?”

  Tsuki Akiyama sneaked a g Shuichi Chiba behind her and calmly expined, “I just felt like switg things up. Does it not suit me?”

  “No, no, it suits you perfectly.” The ittee head waved her hands quickly. “You look a bit mentle like this, President.”

  “Oh! Sis, you did ge your hairstyle.” An Akiyama finally realized, looking surprised and clueless.

  Tsuki Akiyama gred at her younger sister in annoyance. She had ged her hairstyle yesterday, and it took until today for An to notice after someone else poi out—how dense could she be?

  Also, they were at school now, arue nature was starting to show.

  "Ahem." Tsuki Akiyama cleared her throat, giving her younger sister a look to remio maintain her posure. An Akiyama immediately straightened up, her expression being more serious.

  After briefly discussing the day's duties with the discipline ittee, Tsuki Akiyama and her sister ehe school.

  With their striking looks and outstanding academic performahe two sisters naturally drew attention and sparked versation wherever they went, easily being the ter of attention.

  However, despite being in the spotlight, Tsuki Akiyama's thoughts were elsewhere—'Is Chiba following behind me now? Would this t as some kind of 'stalking py'?'

  “Chiba, I have something good. Do you want to take a look?” Hachiya Uchida said excitedly, looking around sneakily.

  “Nope.” Shuichi Chiba decisively refused.

  “Eh? Why? Aren't you even going to listen to what it is?” Hachiya Uchida felt a bit down after beied.

  “It’s obvious it’s somethied to lolis again.”

  Shuichi Chiba wasn’t fident in his judgment, but he was quite sure of Hachiya Uchida’s preferences.

  Tsuki really wao turn around and check. But he had previously ordered her to act the part of the perfect student cil president at school, only lettirue self show when she was aloh him.

  Her curiosity was gnawing at her. Was Shuichi Chiba staring at her now, perhaps eaining some strange fantasies about her?

  Finally reag a er, she preteo gnce back casually—only to feel a pang of disappoi.

  Shuichi Chiba wasn’t looking at her at all. He was engrossed in a versation with Hachiya Uchida, whom he had run intht after entering the school gate.

  “It’s true, but it’s really cute. You’ll regret it if you don’t take a look.” Hachiya Uchida said temptingly, unwilling to let it go.

  “Let’s reject juvenile aesthetics, starting with us,” Shuichi Chiba said, patting his shoulder. “Speaking of which, I’m more ed about whether your parents will e to school today.”

  “…” Hachiya Uchida’ face immediately turned into a bitter melon face. “They’ll e at noon… By the way, Chiba, weren’t you visited by the teacher on Friday? What happened afterward?”

  “Teacher Nagase admitted that her judgment was hasty and accepted the application I filled out.” Shuichi Chiba replied holy.

  However, Hachiya Uchida pletely didn’t believe it. He forted him, “It must have been terrible, right? But don’t worry, I won’t pry into the details or mock you, especially since I’ll be in the same situation soon.”

  “I’m not the same as you; I’m not a loli.” Shuichi Chiba said with a sideways gnot in the mood to prove his point.

  “Damn it, even you, Chiba? Are lolis not deserving of love? Is that btant discrimination?” Hachiya Uchida protested angrily.

  “You shout even louder, and then your parents won’t have to discuss your progress survey with Teacher Nagase; they just directly process your withdrawal.” Shuichi Chiba said, stepping aside a half-step to avoid any potential backsh.

  “…” Hachiya Uchida fell silent immediately.

  …..

  The first period on Monday was English css. The English teacher assionate middle-aged man with det skills, but there weren’t many students in the paying attention.

  Shuichi Chiba thought that if the teacher were a beautiful woman in bck stogs, even if her teag level oor, everyone would probably be more motivated to learn.

  Ohey got through the first period, it was time for physical education.

  Unfortunately, it was already October, and summer was over; swimming css was a thing of the past. Shuichi Chiba realized he would have to wait until year to experiehat.

  After ging into gym clothes in the locker room, the students gathered in groups to head to the gym. Seizing the opportunity, Shuichi Chiba made a quick trip to the school’s venieore to buy a lollipop.

  The only downside was that there were no spherical ones; only ft lollipops were avaible, but it was better than nothing.

  Arriving at the gym with his ft lollipop, Shuichi Chiba easily spotted Tsuki Akiyama among the crowd.

  The gym uniforms at this school sisted of white short-sleeved tops and deep blue shorts. Tsuki Akiyama, dressed in this uniform, radiated a youthful energy.

  Her long, fair legs stood out, even though they were slightly slimmer than Fumika Ogawa’s.

  Tsuki Akiyama noticed Shuichi Chiba’s gaze; while maintaining a nont expression and talking to her cssmates, she quietly slid her fingers lightly and rhythmically across her left thigh.

  Shuichi Chiba had keen eyes, and he could clearly see the trajectory—it was definitely a signal.

  That was a bit exg…

  The usually aloof student cil president was secretly doing this little act; who could resist?

  “Chiba, what are you looking at?” At that moment, Hachiya Uchida patted Shuichi Chiba’s shoulder from behind.

  “Looking at legs.” Shuichi Chiba replied calmly, since eve authors appreciated this sort of thing—it wasn’t anything to be ashamed of.

  Hachiya Uchida scoffed, “What’s there to see? They’re all old women now.”

  “Uchida.”

  “What?”

  Shuichi Chiba turned and patted his shoulder. “As long as you keep liking lolis, we’ll be good brothers without any flicts.”

  “Huh?” Hachiya Uchida looked pletely bewildered.

  “By the way, I want to ask you something.” Shuichi Chiba pced a hand on his shoulder. “Do you have any single, beautiful sisters or aunts at home?”

  “What do you want to do?” Hachiya Uchida suddenly looked at him sideways.

  “I have a distant cousin who’s thirty and still single. His family is pushing him to get married, so he asked me to help him think of something.” Shuichi Chiba casually made up.

  He wasn’t the type to passively wait around, and how many outstanding shopkeepers would e knog on their owing even two Ogawa dies would probably exhaust all his luck.

  So, to run a successful shopping street and attract more excellent shopkeepers, he ultimately had to rely on himself and find ways to expand his els.

  And being at school, the students here were his best resource; Tsuki Akiyama was a great example.

  Hachiya Uchida didn’t suspeything. “I do have a cousin; she’s quite pretty…”

  “Don’t go by your own taste,” Shuichi Chiba interrupted immediately. If they went by Hachiya Uchida's taste, it would only leave elementary school girls.

  How could elementary school students run a store?