Before long, the staff came over and filled up the car with gas. Haruhara Nana pushed the car to the open space outside the store. This open space was larger than the previous parking lot, enough for all kinds of motorcycles to run around in.
Although Haruhara Nana had obtained her motorcycle driving license, she hadn't ridden a motorcycle for a long time, so she seemed a bit rusty when she got on. However, after riding the motorcycle around the track a few times, she gradually regained the feel for it that she had when she was learning to ride. She rode the motorcycle to the obstacle course area, circled around it, and then stopped in front of Li Wei.
Haruhara Nana exclaimed excitedly, "The original version of the Liberty Dragon is truly different; it's incomparable to the original version!"
The female saleswoman smiled and said, "I'm glad you're satisfied. Every motorcycle here is longing for an owner who understands it. This motorcycle is a perfect match for your temperament."
Haruhara Nana chuckled foolishly, her hand resting on the hood of the car, repeatedly touching the headlights as if she couldn't put them down.
Li Wei said, "If you think it's okay, then let's choose this one. But Cai Cai, are you sure you don't want to look around some more? Anyway, it's my treat, and there's no limit to the budget."
Ayaka Haruhara, who was standing nearby, said, "Li Weijun, how can we trouble you with this? I also have considerable savings."
Li Wei said, "Didn't Cai Cai get promoted? Consider this a gift for her promotion, and also a small token of my appreciation."
Chapter 1. Thoughts
Haruhara Ayaka said, "Li Weijun, you have already helped me too much. I should handle such a small matter myself."
Li Wei said, "Don't argue with me about this. Since I said I'd pay, then just listen to me. There are many expenses involved in running Chunyuan Manor, so I'll handle those, which will save you some trouble."
Li Wei said to Haruhara Nana, "This is a gift from your older brother. Just listen to what your sister says. Since it's not Ayaka paying for it and there's no budget limit, you can choose whatever you like as long as it meets Ayaka's safety standards. I saw a few nice ones over there; you can try them out."
Haruhara Nana shook her head and said, "This one is enough. It's just a means of transportation, there's no need to be so extravagant."
Chun Yuan Nana knew about the motorcycles Li Wei mentioned. Indeed, those motorcycles had very high specifications, and you get what you pay for. Whether it was performance or comfort, they were much better than the one she had chosen.
However, those motorcycles were much more expensive, with the cheapest costing over a million yuan, enough to buy two of the ones she had chosen. She felt it wasn't worth it.
Moreover, since this was a gift from Li Wei, she couldn't just focus on choosing the most expensive one. Although Li Wei wasn't short of money, she couldn't bring herself to do something so shameless.
Li Wei said, "Okay, I respect Cai Cai's wishes. Sales, this is the one. I'll have someone move this motorcycle into the back of my pickup truck later."
Upon hearing Li Wei's words, the female saleswoman's smile grew even brighter, and she said enthusiastically, "Okay, sir, I'll arrange it right away. Will you be paying by card or cash?"
Li Wei pulled out his thick wallet and said, "Let's just use cash. Let's transfer the money now."
Li Wei followed the female salesperson to the counter inside the store, quickly completed the transaction, and also spent extra money to get the license plate.
Motorcycle dealerships in Japan offer a unique service: fast license plate registration. Customers can choose their license plate number and location directly from the shop, as long as they don't specify the number or location.
Li Wei selected a local license plate and then instructed the female salesperson to arrange for someone to put the license plate on the car.
Pedestrians watched as workers used wooden strips to secure the motorcycles and loaded them onto the back of a pickup truck.
Haruhara Nana exclaimed, "I never thought I'd be able to own my own motorcycle now. I originally planned to work part-time in college to save up the money, but I've already achieved my goal. For some reason, after achieving this goal, I feel a sense of emptiness inside."
Yuzu Yukimoto said, "It's probably because achieving the goal was too easy. Things that are easily obtained always make people feel that they don't need to care too much about them, so that's why they feel that way."
Haruhara Nana said, "Maybe that's true. After all, it's like having a cheat code in a game. The goal is achieved too easily, making the rest of the game boring. But this is reality, not a game. The joy of getting a motorcycle is real, and it's not empty."
As Haruhara Nana watched the motorcycle being loaded onto the truck, she began to think about how to modify her ride. Because of the unusually high temperatures, riding a motorcycle during the day was a real ordeal, unless it was a cloudy day, otherwise she would be scorched by the sun. Therefore, she planned to modify her motorcycle with a fixed canopy, so that she could go out alone regardless of whether it was scorching in the sun or raining.
As for the cost of the modifications, there's no need to trouble Li Wei with that. After all, Li Wei paid for the major expense of buying the motorcycle, so how could she continue to bother him with modifications? Therefore, she felt more at ease using the motorcycle if she paid for the modifications herself.
Sumire Tsukimi said, "It feels like we spent very little time on this trip. Senior chose the motorcycle so quickly, it was like buying a snack at an oden stand in the shopping street."
Haruhara Nana said, "Because I usually pay attention to motorcycle information, I have a certain understanding of this area, so I know what I need. Knowing what I need means I won't be dazzled by all the fancy models, and I can naturally find the model I need quickly."
Because she needed a means of transportation, Nana Haruhara often researched related information online, and gradually developed a liking for motorcycles. However, limited by her financial resources and her emphasis on safety, she didn't overestimate her abilities and start saving money to buy a motorcycle. Although motorcycles are a kind of romance for motorcycle enthusiasts, she is a practical person. Compared to pursuing high performance but with extremely low cost performance, she prefers a regular scooter with a small, scooter-like design. For family use, cost performance is the most important thing.
Tsukimi Sumire said, "Won't going online so often affect your studies, senior? I remember you never attended any tutoring classes and you learned everything on your own. Do you have that much free time?"
Haruhara Nana said, "Advanced knowledge isn't too difficult. If you're not thinking about going to university, graduating is quite easy."
Yuzu Yukimoto asked, "So, senior, do you have any plans to go to university?"
Haruhara Nana thought for a moment and said, "If I can pass the exam, that would be the best. If I don't pass, I'll just repeat a year at most. If I don't pass the second time, I'll just start working."
Haruhara Ayaka said, "Instead of going out to work, it's better to come back and be a dormitory manager. With you here, the dormitory can take care of more students at the same time, which is much better than working outside. These days, a good university degree is necessary to find a good and stable job. If you don't even have a university degree, you have no choice in what job you want. Actually, as long as you have the will to go to university, I'm willing to support you in retaking the exam, whether you're a prodigy, a prodigy three times, or even a prodigy four times, I can accept it. You can prepare for the exam while working as a dormitory manager, so you can do both at the same time."
Haruhara Nana was deeply moved. She hadn't expected her older sister to be so supportive of her taking the college entrance exam. In Japan, going to university was no easy feat. Each year, less than 90% of students were able to enter university, and the vast majority of students entered the workforce immediately after graduating from high school.
Because Japanese universities haven't undergone multiple rounds of expansion like those in South Korea, their degrees are generally considered highly valuable. Getting into a decent university and obtaining a diploma gives you a significant advantage in the job market, overshadowing most other graduates. If you get into a prestigious university and graduate smoothly, you're guaranteed a place among the top performers in life.
Chapter 1. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Yuzu Yukimoto put her hands behind her head and sighed, "I wonder if we'll ever have a chance to go to university. If we don't get into a public university, the tuition for a private university is simply beyond my family's means. As for me, if I don't get into my dream university, the most I can do is repeat a year."
Yuzu Yukimoto knew her family's situation. Although her parents worked hard outside, a person's income often had little to do with how hard they worked, especially in a place like Japan where social classes were very rigid. It was extremely difficult for ordinary people to climb up the social ladder and increase their income.
Her parents both started working after graduating from high school, but because they didn't have good academic qualifications, they couldn't climb the corporate ladder beyond a certain point. To continue climbing, they needed degrees from prestigious universities, and most company management positions were filled by alumni of these top schools.
That's why, for Japanese people, getting into a good public university is basically half the battle won in life.
Not only her, but also Sumire Tsukimi and Yuri Kazami come from ordinary families. Their only path to university is public universities. Because of government subsidies, the tuition and fees for public universities are within the range that ordinary people can afford. However, private universities, especially the good ones, do not receive subsidies. Their annual tuition is equivalent to an ordinary person's annual income. If you don't come from a wealthy family, it is not an easy thing to study at a private university.
Li Wei said, "Why didn't you ever ask me if I could tutor you?"
Yuzu Yukimoto said, "Brother Li Wei, you are from Japan and are not very familiar with the education system here. I can understand your intentions, but this is really a bit of a stretch for you."
Li Wei said, "It seems you still have some misunderstandings about my learning ability. For the next two days, lend me your textbooks. I only need two days to fully grasp the knowledge I need to teach you. Anyway, there's still plenty of time. There's still a long time before school starts, so it's always good to give it a try, isn't it?"
Yuzu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's give it a try. But won't this cause you trouble, Brother Li Wei? You have your own things to do, right?"
Li Wei laughed and said, "I came to Tokyo to live in seclusion. When you live in seclusion, you naturally want to experience all kinds of life. I've never been a tutor before, so experiencing it wouldn't be a bad thing. Besides, I'm already at the stage of enjoying life, so I naturally need to find something meaningful to do. Helping you improve your grades so that you can eventually get into good universities, I think that's quite meaningful."
The girls were deeply moved. After all, it's better to teach someone to fish than to give them a fish. Li Wei was helping them from the root, enabling them to have a brighter future. This kind of good thing is something others would kill for. They knew how expensive tutoring classes were; otherwise, they wouldn't have been studying on their own—it's because they couldn't afford those expensive classes.
After all, in this day and age, ideals can't put food on the table. No one's ideal starts with buying a house and settling down in the heart of Tokyo, but society always manages to distort people. In such a distorted environment, even a ten-year-old child feels a sense of urgency, knowing that they won't get into a good public university. It doesn't mean their life is over, but they'll have to take a decade or more of detours compared to students from prestigious universities. And how many decades does one have in a lifetime?
It was precisely because of this that the girls understood how valuable Li Wei's tutoring was. Outside tutoring classes cost 20,000 yuan per lesson, and a monthly package cost more than 100,000 yuan. The annual accommodation fee in Chunyuanzhuang was only 700,000 yuan. You can imagine how expensive tutoring classes are. Families with slightly poorer financial conditions simply cannot afford such expenses.
This is one of the reasons that widens the gap between the next generation of wealthy families and ordinary families. With money, one can achieve good grades and get into a good university. Even if the public university is not good, one can still attend a good private university.
For company management in Japan, they are willing to hire graduates from good universities, whether public or private.
Graduating from a prestigious public university demonstrates strong personal abilities, making one well-suited for a leadership role. Graduating from a prestigious private university, considering the cost, suggests that, regardless of individual ability, graduates typically come from privileged backgrounds and have extensive networks. Such built-in connections are invaluable for company development. Therefore, companies highly value graduates from prestigious private universities, often giving them an advantage over graduates from public universities in internal promotions – this highlights the power of connections.
The upper echelons of Japanese society are composed of such intertwined networks of relationships. In this respect, Japan is very similar to its godfather, Ami, you see. It's just that Japan doesn't put its alumni associations in the open.
Haruhara Ayaka said, "I thank you on their behalf, Li Weijun. What you are doing now can be said to be changing their fate. This is a debt of gratitude that they must remember for the rest of their lives."
The girls all nodded, knowing that what Haruhara Ayaka said was true; Li Wei's arrival had changed their fates. If it weren't for Li Wei's intervention, Haruhara Manor would probably be gone by now, let alone have the opportunity to rise in society. This favor was too great, too great for them to repay.
Li Wei didn't think too much about it. He simply felt that girls who didn't want to be just pretty faces deserved respect, and since they wanted to continue their education, he would help them. However, he would eventually take these girls with him when they left this world; in reality, their plans to continue their education would be forced to stop halfway through. But given the current social environment in Japan, leaving with him would be far better than graduating from university and becoming a wage slave.
Japan is known for its long working hours. Ordinary people work long hours, toiling like oxen and horses, and are extremely tired. Even those who are full-time employees in offices can finish their work early in the morning, but in order to please their superiors and bosses, they have to slack off and pretend to get off work overtime until after 10 p.m. and they can't go straight home after get off work. They have to participate in the company's team building activities and act like a grandson in front of their bosses and superiors.
It can be said that Japan is one of the few countries in East Asia where everyone lives a very tiring life. This tiredness is not simply due to involution, but rather to deeper-seated irrational rules and various social ills that are difficult to change.
That's why Li Wei felt that taking these girls away from him, preventing them from suffering the hardships of society, was for their own good.
Chapter 4. Hesitation
After securing the motorcycle with safety ropes, the staff also covered the outside of the wooden box with a sun-protective cloth.
Immediately, the staff jumped down from the back of the vehicle.
"Sir, your motorcycle has been secured. Would you like us to accompany you to unload it?" the staff member said respectfully.
In Japan, anyone in the service industry has to act subservient to customers; if you don't do things perfectly, you're likely to be the subject of complaints.
Li Wei waved his hand and said, "No need, it's too hot for you to go out like this."
The staff member bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, sir."
Li Wei locked the trunk and then called the girls to get on the motorcycle to prepare for departure. Since they hadn't been in the motorcycle shop for very long, the air conditioning inside was still very strong.
After everyone had boarded the vehicle, Li Wei started the car and returned to Chunyuan Manor. Entering the courtyard of Chunyuan Manor through the side iron gate, Li Wei parked the car and then got out to carry the wooden box from the trunk.
The girls watched with admiration as Li Wei effortlessly carried the wooden crate containing the motorcycle. No girl could resist a handsome and strong man, especially someone as charming as Li Wei.
Li Wei pulled out the tools provided by the staff from under the wooden sealing box, quickly disassembled all the wooden strips, removed the nails from the strips, and separated the nails and wooden strips into two piles. Garbage sorting is quite strict in Japan; failing to follow the official rules will result in a fine. In this respect, Li Wei followed local customs and abided by the local rules. After all, garbage sorting itself isn't a bad thing; it just requires a little more effort and isn't too troublesome.
Haruhara Nana walked over to the motorcycle, inserted the key into the ignition keyhole, unlocked the handlebars, and pushed the motorcycle to a shady spot under the eaves not far from the pickup truck.
Li Wei said, "The important matters for today are finished, and there are no further arrangements for now. It's so hot outside, everyone should go inside and rest."
The girls had just come out of the air-conditioned carriage and felt it was a bit hot outside, so they listened to Li Wei and obediently went inside.
After the girls left, only Li Wei and Sunohara Ayaka remained outside.
Ayaka Haruhara said, "You've spent money again this time. I was originally supposed to pay for it."
At that time, Li Wei gave her an impression that was beyond reproach, and it was precisely because of this that she did not have the courage to refuse Li Wei's kindness.
Li Wei usually gives people a very gentle feeling, but when he gets serious, he has a domineering aura that is hard to look directly at. However, this domineering aura is hidden very deeply. Coupled with his usual nice guy personality, you can only see this unique charm of his when he gets serious.
Li Wei laughed and said, "No, that's not true. As the older brother, it's my first time meeting Cai Cai, so I should prepare a small gift for her. They say you should wear shoes that fit your feet, and if I were just an ordinary person, my gift would be at most a set of clothes or a box of delicate pastries. But since I have the financial means, I can naturally prepare a better gift. Besides, she does need a means of transportation, doesn't she?"
Ayaka Haruhara said, "Li Wei-kun, you have done so much for Haruhara Manor, I can never repay such a debt of gratitude."
Li Wei smiled and said, "Why should I return it? This is something I did voluntarily for this place, and if it were you, I would be willing to do something for you."
Ayaka Haruhara blushed immediately. Li Wei's words were beginning to peel back the layers of the situation. She felt both joy and some worry, after all, she wasn't entirely without competitors.
"I..." Ayaka Haruhara hesitated, unsure what to say. Li Wei's kindness had gone beyond the boundaries of ordinary friendship; he had deeply integrated into her life, influencing every aspect of it. This made her question herself: why did Li Wei deserve such kindness from her?
Although Haruhara Ayaka was somewhat confident in her charm, she knew that a man like Li Wei must have seen a lot of women. She couldn't figure out what it was about her that attracted Li Wei, but she couldn't very well ask him directly.
After all, women are attractive because of their secrets. Even when facing their husbands, women should keep some of their own little secrets and not completely reveal themselves to their partners. After all, people instinctively want to hide their imperfections.
That's why Ayaka Haruhara's mind is currently in a daze. She doesn't dare to ask for answers yet, because that would make her seem like she has no secrets and no charm.
Just then, a voice came from not far from the two of them.
"Looks like I've come at a bad time. But this kid's overheated. His physique is still too weak. Even training in the shade can cause this." Alex said, carrying Shiina Aki, who had fainted from the heat, in the corner of the house.
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