This damn bad woman, tempting him again.
Haru's forehead furrowed, and he said irritably:
"Miss Haruno, I'm not dating Yukinoshita-san, so if you really want to be an older woman preying on a younger man, I wouldn't mind."
Haruno Yukinoshita's pretty face froze.
Her smile became stiff.
Older... older woman preying on a younger man!
"I'm not old at all, okay!"
Haruno still wore a smile on her pretty face, but stared at Haru through gritted teeth, "I'm only three years older than you, Junior."
"Three years seems quite old to me. I'd have to force myself to accept it." Haru smiled slightly. Let's see you try to tease me.
Haruno was furious.
Calling her old was one thing, but saying he'd have to force himself to accept her.
It sounded like no one wanted Haruno.
She suddenly felt that Haru's tongue was even more venomous than her sister's.
"Hmph, I'm not talking to you anymore."
Haruno deliberately acted cute and turned her face away from Haru.
"So when will the investment arrive?"
Haru asked unhurriedly, "I'm only giving Miss Haruno fifty percent of the returns. If it were someone else, they wouldn't get so much."
Haru was only giving Haruno fifty percent returns because she was the first investor and they were acquaintances.
If he brought in others later, he definitely couldn't give them that much.
At most he'd give them over fifty percent returns.
Even that would be more stable than any investment on the market, so he wasn't worried about finding people.
After all, if you bought stocks and securities from banks, there weren't many with annual interest rates exceeding five percent. Fifty percent returns would definitely drive countless people crazy.
"There are others?" Haruno immediately stopped being angry and looked at Haru in surprise.
She thought she was the only one.
"Of course there are others." Haru said indifferently, "After Miss Haruno witnesses my abilities, I hope you can introduce some investors to me. For each introduction, Miss Haruno can get a small reward."
"Of course, I don't want to expose my identity right now, so Miss Haruno mustn't reveal who I am."
"Junior, your ambition is a bit too big."
Haruno looked at Haru with some shock.
She understood—he didn't even care about returns of several hundred million yen.
He was planning to seek even higher profits.
Even Haruno couldn't imagine how much return Haru wanted.
However, upon reflection, Haruno realized this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her.
If things really went according to Haru's plan.
Then she would control the channel for helping others make money.
Haruno knew exactly what this meant.
By then, her status in upper-class social circles would inevitably rise dramatically.
Even those people who invested with Haru would owe her favors and be indebted to her.
At that time, just the power of those connections would be enough for her to stand against her mother.
No, even her own influence might surpass the Yukinoshita family.
Realizing such a future.
Haruno found it hard to believe for a moment.
She stared intently at Haru.
The chance to escape her mother's control that she didn't even dare dream of.
This boy could casually make it possible for her to achieve.
This was simply too incredible.
"Are you... sure you want to do that?"
Haruno's voice became somewhat hoarse, "If you hide behind the scenes, you'll lose many connections. Those people could even represent Japan's upper class."
Although the opportunity to change her fate that she'd dreamed of was right in front of her.
Haruno didn't simply accept it.
Because these were things Haru should have received.
She wouldn't covet such advantages.
After all, this was too precious.
Haru looked at Haruno with a half-smile: "Miss Haruno, I thought you could remain calm no matter what happened. It seems there are still things in this world that can shake you."
Haruno puffed her cheeks, knowing that the image she'd always disguised in front of Haru had been shattered. She inwardly cursed her mistake, but said reproachfully:
"Junior really isn't cute at all. I'm human too—how could I not be shaken by anything? Besides, these are very important connections. If you leave them to me, your losses will exceed your imagination."
Haruno knew that such connections could definitely change Haru's fate, allowing him to cross class boundaries and become a member of upper society.
"Miss Haruno, I'm just a high school student. What do I need so many connections for?"
Haru said nonchalantly.
The connections that Haruno valued, Haru had never taken seriously.
Even that money, Haru didn't really care about. He was making money only for his cultivation—to him, money was truly worthless.
However, he had no intention of saying such things aloud. There was no need.
"I really admire Junior. So young yet so open-minded." Haruno looked deeply at Haru and said with admiration, "However, all of this depends on whether Junior really has such abilities."
Then, she smiled slightly and said: "Tomorrow, the funds will enter that account. Whether Junior has such abilities or not, I'll be watching closely."
"It's a deal."
A hint of amusement flashed in Haru's eyes.
The laboratory matter seemed to be going smoothly.
The next day at noon, Haru saw that an additional 100 million yen had appeared in his account.
Then there was an email from Haruno, reminding Haru that she would come to his house that evening.
Haru replied that he understood and didn't look at his phone again.
He had more important things to do today—making Eriri his assistant.
He went straight to the rooftop and pushed open the door.
Haru immediately saw Eriri sitting with a black-haired beauty in black stockings who exuded a sultry aura. The two seemed very close as they looked at some artwork together.
The sultry black-haired beauty was looking at the artwork with a slightly red face, but her beautiful eyes were full of admiration.
"Kasumi-senpai?"
Haru immediately recognized the black-haired girl's identity, and a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.
Kasumigaoka Utaha—there was no way he wouldn't recognize her.
"Eriri actually encountered Kasumigaoka Utaha. This is..."
Haru was somewhat speechless. He had thought that after Aki Tomoya died, these two rivals probably wouldn't have a chance to meet in this lifetime.
At this point in time, Kasumigaoka Utaha probably didn't even know who Tomoya was, let alone have a chance to meet Eriri through him.
Yet unexpectedly, Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha had somehow encountered each other and seemed to have become quite close.
Haru's expression was a bit strange. He remembered that in the original story, although Eriri and Kasumi-senpai were love rivals, they actually had some yuri tendencies toward each other. Both secretly admired each other's talents, only fighting constantly because they were rivals.
Now that Tomoya was gone as a source of conflict, it was normal for their relationship to improve without any reason for animosity.
"Tsk tsk, doesn't this mean that Tomoya's death actually did something good?"
Haru thought to himself.
"You... why are you only just arriving!"
At this moment, Eriri saw Haru and her eyes immediately lit up, but then she showed her small fangs with an angry expression.
"Class just ended not long ago. I'm not that late, am I?" Haru smiled.
"You're my fan!"
Eriri's delicate pretty face immediately flushed red as she glared at Haru angrily, "What kind of fan isn't eager when meeting their idol, like you being so leisurely!"
She had carefully prepared what kind of attitude to display when meeting Haru today, to let this fan know how great she was as an idol and maintain her dignity as an idol.
But she never expected this fan to be so clueless, arriving even later than her, the idol.
It was simply outrageous.
"Cough cough, sorry sorry, I did have some things to handle."
Haru had almost instinctively wanted to say "when did I become your fan," but immediately caught himself.
He thought that was close—he almost blew his cover.
"Before getting the drawing skills, the identity of being Eriri's fan can't be dropped."
Haru thought to himself.
"Fine, I forgive you."
Eriri's expression finally improved. Then, she handed the artwork in her hands to Haru, her pretty face showing a hint of pride, "This is the artwork I revised last night. This was personally modified by Kashiwagi Eri-sensei for you. Are you excited?"
This guy even modified the doujin?
Haru took the doujin with confusion and looked at it.
He was surprised to discover that Eriri had completely redrawn his doujin.
The same plot, but the artwork and paneling had all been replaced with Eriri's handiwork.
Looking at those excellent illustrations, Haru couldn't help but admire them. If this doujin were put up for sale, it would probably sell like hotcakes and might even reach 10,000 copies.
What a pity.
This was no longer Haru's work, but Eriri's.
"How is it?"
Seeing the admiration on Haru's face, Eriri showed a proud smile and said, "Your drawing skills are mediocre, but if I do it instead, the quality of this work will improve dramatically."
She felt it was time to make her proposal, but just as she was about to speak, she realized she still didn't know this guy's name.
"By the way, what's your name?"
So Eriri hurriedly asked.
"I'm called Haru." Haru introduced himself.
"Ha... Haru!"
Who would have thought that upon hearing this, Eriri's pretty face immediately froze.
"You, you you you are that philandering playboy who openly dates Yukinoshita-san, Furuhashi-san, and Kotobuki-san all at the same time!"
A flash of panic appeared in her beautiful eyes, and she even became wary.
Yukino Yukinoshita, Fumino Furuhashi, and Tsumugi Kotobuki were all students in Class J.
These three beautiful girls all having ambiguous relationships with the same male student was big news in Class J.
Therefore, Eriri had naturally heard of Haru.
Thinking that her fan was actually a scumbag who was two-timing multiple girls, Eriri was immediately frightened.
Could this guy be approaching her with those kinds of intentions too?
But then she thought about it—no, when Haru had asked questions online before, he didn't know that Kashiwagi Eri was her real identity.
So this guy wasn't doing it intentionally.
Thinking of this, Eriri felt slightly relieved.
"Those are just rumors." Haru looked at Eriri speechlessly, "Kashiwagi Eri-sensei, you've already been hurt so badly by rumors, yet you still believe these rumors."
"I..."
Eriri's face reddened with some embarrassment, feeling that Haru made sense.
She had suffered such a big loss from rumors herself.
Yet she was still believing other people's rumors—wasn't that stupid?
But then her beautiful eyes narrowed.
Wait, that wasn't right. Her rumors weren't actually rumors—she really was drawing erotic manga.
So Haru's rumors might not be rumors either. It was very possible that this guy really was two-timing multiple girls.
Eriri's face suddenly turned red.
She looked at Haru in front of her with some panic, her beautiful eyes showing a trace of shyness and curiosity.
She suddenly thought that this guy was two-timing multiple girls and dating so many beautiful girls at the same time.
He must have already had relationships with those girls countless times.
With such rich experience, no wonder this guy's scripts were so attractive.
However, regardless of how many girls this guy was two-timing, he was still her devoted fan.
Eriri hadn't forgotten that her hope for taking her career to the next level rested on the person in front of her.
"Ahem."
Eriri suppressed her embarrassment and brought up the main topic, "Haru-san, your script is excellent, but your drawing skills are mediocre."
A hint of pride appeared on her face:
"And artwork happens to be my strength, so I've decided to invite you to join my studio to be responsible for my scripts."
"Hehe, are you happy? Are you excited? This is a chance to create erotic manga together with Kashiwagi Eri-sensei!"
After saying this, Eriri's beautiful eyes showed a confident smile.
She seemed to already see Haru in front of her, moved to tears with excitement.
He might even faint on the spot.
An invitation personally extended by her, the idol—Eriri believed no fan could resist such temptation.
Especially since Haru was such a devoted fan.
He had even taken her casual joke seriously.
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