I Am an Emperor in a World of Mixed Anime

After this move, the Shinomiya Group, which had just managed to recover its market value and was almost back to its original level, saw its market value evaporate by another 30%. In addition, with the real estate sold at a flat price, its total assets actually decreased by another 20%.

Although they could use the money from Yunmeng's purchase of the Shigong Group's real estate to stabilize the stock price.

However... Not only will Higashino Akira not continue to kick someone when they're down, but he will even arrange for Kongming to help the Shinomiya Group, turn the tables and make another profit.

After deducting the expenses of this sniping operation and the cost of acquiring assets, we made back everything we had.

Money doesn't appear out of thin air.

If Yunmeng makes money, then certain retail investors and the conglomerates and institutions that tacitly take advantage of the situation will suffer.

Higashino Akira would not feel the slightest bit guilty about this situation.

These days, who in their right mind would trade stocks if they couldn't draw candlestick charts, didn't have insider information, or did some behind-the-scenes maneuvering?

As for the Shinomiya Group, even if its market value recovers later, it has lost a high-quality physical asset, leaving it essentially empty and its foundation shaken.

Waiting for the next opportunity will surely make it easier to achieve the goal.

Thank you for your understanding.

Shinomiya Yanan thanked her softly and let go. Shinomiya Huangguang was finally able to raise his head, his face flushed, looking angry but unable to speak out.

The old man didn't rush to leave. He maintained his composure and chatted with the young junior, Higashino Akira, for quite a while before mysteriously revealing that he had prepared an extra surprise for him.

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Shuchiin, Student Council Office.

Kaguya Shinomiya sat in the main seat, lost in thought, her face filled with complex emotions.

Unexpectedly, this morning, her third brother, who had been constantly planting spies around her, suddenly came to ask for leave for her and summoned her home to meet her father.

Upon meeting, Kaguya Shinomiya received a notification that the house she had been living in was gone.

Not only that, she also had to work as a maid to serve the new owner of the mansion.

The reason was simply that her idiotic brothers had acted foolishly, vying for power and profit by any means necessary, and had offended someone they didn't want to mess with, so they had to apologize.

She was used as part of the apology.

Kaguya Shinomiya was naturally unwilling to agree. Her eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she looked indignant and heartbroken, wanting to question why this was the right thing to do.

However, out of long-standing fear of his father's authority, he couldn't bring himself to speak.

The next moment, her father's words made her unable to complain with a clear conscience anymore: "Because you are also a member of the Shinomiya family. As long as the Shinomiya family is alive, you can retain a certain dignity as a maid and be respected by most ordinary people. If the Shinomiya family falls, you will not even be able to die a quick death when facing those enemies who swarm like carrion vultures."

"What kind of expression is that? What kind of look is that? And what are those tears?!"

"Can tears save the Shinomiya Group from being surrounded by enemies? Can they rewrite your fate of being at the mercy of others?"

Don't you think this is shameful?

"Don't forget, you will always be a woman of the Shinomiya family!"

"Maintain your proper posture!"

"Accept it, change it, swallow your resentment, seize every opportunity, treat adversity as a test, and make yourself stronger!"

Her father's words were not to be refused, but he was not someone who only demanded her sacrifices without mentioning her rights.

Kaguya Shinomiya obtained a portion of the Shinomiya Group's shares, which would have been almost impossible to snatch from the jaws of her three brothers' covetous eyes.

He wanted to take drastic measures, substitute one thing for another, and do what the Fujiwara clan had done.

Kaguya Shinomiya had no choice.

But when the moment comes, it doesn't mean she can calmly explain or handle everything perfectly; she doesn't even know what to do next.

Her original education included a series of skills such as improving her own abilities, winning over her retainers, and cultivating her subordinates, but it lacked knowledge on how to make a man fall in love with her.

Fujiwara Chika pushed open the door and entered the student council office. Seeing Kaguya's dejected and bewildered expression, she went over to comfort her and asked if she had encountered any problems.

When Kaguya Shinomiya came to her senses, she found herself being embraced by this cancer of the earth, her head pressed tightly against those two useless lumps of fat that formed organs. Her fists clenched quietly.

But in the end, he didn't lay a hand on her to teach this overly familiar guy who had no sense of boundaries a lesson.

After all, this is a valuable network for her future connections, which she needs to maintain.

What's more... this guy is a legitimate descendant of the Fujiwara clan!

Kaguya Shinomiya hesitated for a moment, then slowly explained her situation and the knowledge she needed to learn from this descendant of the Fujiwara clan, "I have a friend, she..."

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Chika was immediately filled with righteous indignation and stood up for her friend Kaguya-chan.

Kaguya Shinomiya gritted her teeth and quickly emphasized, "I was talking about a friend!"

"Ah, I understand! I understand!"

Looking at her with pity and sympathy in her eyes, Shinomiya Kaguya felt her blood rush to her head and her blood pressure spike.

Fujiwara Chika even asked curiously, "Does Kaguya-chan know who that person is?"

Kaguya Shinomiya spoke hesitantly, her voice barely audible, "Akira Higashino."

Upon hearing this, Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened. "Ah, it's him! Does that mean Kaguya-chan can play with him every day?"

"I already said it's a friend of his!"

Kaguya Shinomiya slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her face flushed and her eyes wide with anger.

She shouldn't have asked that guy!

Is this the time to be thinking about playing games together?

This guy's thought process is completely different from that of a normal person!

A huffy Kaguya Shinomiya bid farewell to Chika Fujiwara and returned to her residence alone by car.

Taking a deep breath, with a heart full of trepidation, I stepped into the mansion.

"Haasaka."

"I'm here, Miss."

The blonde maid came out at the right time upon hearing the noise.

Upon hearing this, Kaguya Shinomiya paused for a moment, "I'm no longer a young lady. I'm just a maid now. Hayasaka, you don't need to call me that anymore."

"Even so, Kaguya is still the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, and as a retainer, I should show you respect."

Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head. "From now on, just call me Shinomiya, or Kaguya."

Even if she lacked common sense, she knew that it was extremely inappropriate for a maid to refer to herself as a young lady in "someone else's" mansion.

"If Miss requests it of me, I will do my best to fulfill it."

Hayasaka Ai nodded confidently, without insisting.

Kaguya Shinomiya responded with a satisfied "yes".

Then, after hesitating for a long time, and with Hayasaka Ai waiting with a helpless expression, she turned her face away and slowly managed to say, "Um, please teach me how to be a good maid, Hayasaka."

Upon hearing this, Hayasaka Ai, who had long suffered from the torment of this somewhat willful young lady, slightly raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a mischievous smile.

"Are you sure? That's difficult."

“Teach me!” Kaguya Shinomiya nodded firmly. Although she couldn’t make a man fall in love with her yet, even as a maid, she would definitely not be worse than anyone else!

"Then... Kaguya, come with me."

With a light step, Hayasaka Ai led the way.

She actually had the opportunity to apply for a transfer from this mansion, but in the end, she couldn't bear to leave Kaguya, who had grown up with her since childhood and was nominally her mistress but whose relationship was more like that of sisters, alone here.

After all, she's a bit slow and lacks common sense in many areas. If no one guides her, she'll probably have a hard time adapting to her new identity.

As a senior colleague, she felt it was her duty to do so.

As for the middle part, it wouldn't be a problem to tease this somewhat willful young lady a bit and get back all the trouble she caused me in the past, right?

The two arrived at Hayasaka Ai's bedroom, where she opened the wardrobe. "Ta-da, a maid outfit!"

Hayasaka Ai took out four maid uniforms that she had prepared beforehand and laid them out on the bed one by one. The sizes were custom-made to fit Kaguya's figure, and she proudly introduced them.

"As a maid, the first thing you need to do is wear a professional uniform, otherwise you'll look too unprofessional!"

"I prepared everything in advance for Kaguya-chan. To deal with different situations, I specially prepared four different lengths!"

Looking at the four maid uniforms of different lengths on the bed, their skirts getting shorter and shorter, Kaguya Shinomiya's cheeks gradually burned. "This...this...this is just too shameless!!!!"

Where would you find a proper maid wearing something this short?!

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P.S.: 4,500+ words, combined into one. It's about the two days I took leave. I still need to add 5,000 words.

Chapter 249 Hayasaka Ai's Thousand Layers of Tricks

Kaguya Shinomiya, blushing, pushed Hayasaka out of the room.

A moment later, the door reopened.

Hayasaka Ai, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, turned around and looked at the girl whose face was still flushed with embarrassment. She sighed in disappointment.

"That's too conservative, Kaguya-sama."

"That kind of skirt just doesn't seem appropriate at all!?"

Kaguya Shinomiya chose the uniform with the longest skirt, the hem almost reaching her ankles. Even now, thinking back to that one, especially the most outrageous one, which was only slightly longer than her hips, she still can't help but blush and argue with a face full of shame and indignation.

Hayasaka Ai shook her head upon hearing this, "I think you don't understand at all."

Did the Shinomiya family really send their only eldest daughter over here just to be a maid?

Isn't this obviously a pre-planned strategy to take advantage of proximity?

Ultimately, Kaguya's mission is not to do those mundane tasks, but to do everything she can to win over that man and become his official wife.

Then they go on to achieve some goals that are not easy to say outright.