Thirty-Six Stratagems for Confessing to Officer Matsuda

As the granddaughter of Japan's former richest man and the heiress to a trillion-yuan fortune, Ogata Rina could have just lain flat, if only her grandfather's surname weren't [Karasuma].

It was only after learning that her family's business empire spanned an enormous range of industries, including international operations, that Ogata Rina finally understood why the second-largest shareholder had always disliked her. The "commoner girl" who had run off with the heir to the Karasuma Group back then was actually CIA from the United States.

Before she left, the grandfather she'd gained unexpectedly took her hand with tears in his eyes. He said he still had a few years left and didn't need her to take over the family business just yet, and told her to go back to living a normal life.

Everyone knows that her father went back to living a normal life and ended up fully blending in.

So this was probably just a test.

She suddenly felt a chill run down her neck and smiled as she expressed how reluctant she was to leave.

And so, she left the place that had confined her for over a decade and carried out the task her boss had assigned her: getting close to a police officer named Matsuda.

Only to discover that he was her beloved Jinpei, the boy who had been ostracized alongside her at school and later helped her.

Ogata Rina: My body feels cold and dead. It's so reassuring.

Ogata Rina spent every day wondering how to explain things to him, but whenever she tried to speak, she always stumbled over her words.

As they spent more time together, she gradually came to understand her feelings. Though her motives and intentions were far from pure, she might have fallen for the Jinpei who had once reached out to help her. She wanted to date him.

So she planned to use her mission as an excuse to make a real confession and tell him how she felt.

Her bodyguard, Scotland, was also very supportive of her romance. He came up with one ingenious plan after another to win Matsuda's heart and make him fall in love, then blush with embarrassment.

Plan One: Take the initiative and seduce him!

The candlelight flickered, and the mood was just right. Ogata Rina sat on the bed, clasped Matsuda's hand tightly, and even gave him a flirtatious wink.

Matsuda pulled his hand away with an impassive look. "I understand how painful an eye twitch can be, but if we don't defuse this bomb right now, we'll both die."

Plan Two: Make a bold confession and pin him against the wall!

One dark and windy night, Ogata Rina, an extreme introvert, cornered the curly-haired police officer and forcefully pinned his hand down.

He turned the tables and subdued her with a grappling move.

Matsuda smiled teasingly. "What, looking for someone to practice on?"

At last, bodyguard Scotland had tried every possible scheme, but Ogata Rina's love life still hadn't made the slightest progress.

Scotland: "The last of the Thirty-Six Stratagems is... retreat! I think the person you admire may already have someone he likes."

Hearing this, Ogata Rina thought of Hagi and felt it was only natural to lose to a man that handsome.

So she chose to wish them well through her tears.

Later, on a dark and windy night, Matsuda found her and pinned her against the wall, just as she had done to him before.

"Rina, have you been busy lately?"

When his fellow police academy classmate suddenly started dating someone and even made an official announcement on Twitter, Scotland clicked on his profile out of curiosity. His smile instantly froze.

Matsuda! Do you even know who you're dating?!!

A sweet story of secret love and love at first sight, with mutual devotion and a happy ending. No playboy behavior, just total devotion. The heroine isn't evil; she's red from head to toe!

Reader's guide: Though this is a sweet romance, it has a more serious tone and includes organization-related plotlines, original settings, and original cases. Please don't read if that's not your thing.

The heroine is highly skilled in both combat and intelligence, but when it comes to Matsuda, she's hopelessly in love. She's a huge Matsuda fan.

Premise: A happy-ending story of mutual redemption and devotion, walking side by side and changing fate.