The Gemini Princess wants me to confess my feelings!

Chapter 110 Argument

Logically speaking, if two people don't see eye to eye, there's no point in saying more. Kirihara Akira should have politely killed the conversation.

The atmosphere did indeed become stiff and awkward.

However, Mori Hayato was in a superior position, and he wouldn't hold a grudge against a child.

Hayato Mori remained silent, his eyes like a sophisticated scanner, trying to see through Akira Kirihara, and he actually did see something.

He said, "Kirigara-kun, you are a very intelligent person. We are both men, and both are very intelligent men. We are actually quite similar, so I may understand some of your thoughts."

"I don't understand what you mean," Kirihara Akira said.

"I have a very important quality: I try my best not to lie about unimportant things. This makes me seem very honest, and when I need to lie, others will believe me." Mori Hayato said with a smile, "I think you are the same kind of person. So, putting myself in your shoes, I imagined how I would answer if someone asked me at your age which of the two best girls in the world I would like."

If I don't like any of them, I'll say so directly. But if I like someone, I might be shy and hide it.

"Under what circumstances would I throw the question out to those two girls, putting myself in a passive position?"

The answer is obvious.

"Everyone lies," Kirihara Akira interrupted. "The man who asked the question is the father of these two girls. It's not surprising that he decided to throw the question back to them in order to maintain harmony and save face."

Hayato Mori laughed and said, "I told you, I think you and I are a lot alike, except you're younger and, well—you have a stronger conscience."

"When faced with a multiple-choice question, we only turn the question back when we have no other choice."

Kirihara Akira's expression suddenly turned ugly, though only for a moment.

He admitted that he had underestimated the male homeowner, who rarely appeared at home.

Mori Akari is an ancient demon with a thousand-year history. Given her desire to control people, Kirihara Akira originally thought Mori Hayato would be an easy sheep to manipulate.

The truth is, Sen Jiren is very shrewd. At the very least, he is adept at exploiting the gap between different social statuses, using methods such as coercion and misplaced questioning to obtain the answers he needs, regardless of whether they are the truth or not.

Hayato Mori slammed his cigar down onto the wooden table, and judging from the scorch marks on the table, this was probably not the first time he had extinguished a cigarette like this.

He said, "You don't need to explain anything to me, Xiaojun. This isn't about putting pressure on you. I hope you can learn to cut a cigar, learn about the effect of wood on the aroma of a cigar, and incidentally learn a little about finance."

Of course, financial knowledge is useless in the end, and you can learn it in university.

Hayato Mori stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time to eat."

Kirihara Akira nodded, showing no intention of continuing the argument.

The two men's social status and identity are too different, so no matter what they say, he will always be right in the end.

For a child to refute an adult, that adult must be foolishly attached to appearances.

Hayato Mori isn't that kind of guy.

Since that's the case, let's skip the pointless arguments and go eat.

Dinner was to be held in the pavilion.

Hayato Mori said, "Actually, I've never liked dining in the dining room. It's a bit oppressive there. It's much better to be outside, where a cool breeze can lift your spirits."

One exquisite dish after another was served.

It seems that Mori Hayato enjoys sashimi and is a traditional Japanese person, eating sushi, tuna, anago, hand rolls, and miso soup.

Although the atmosphere at dinner wasn't exactly harmonious, it was quite relaxed. As long as the wife wasn't in the house, the atmosphere wasn't so tense.

High-end Japanese cuisine emphasizes the freshness and rawness of seafood, which Kirihara Akira enjoys. However, his favorite dish at this table is aged beef.

He ate his meal with great relish, expecting it to be a rare peaceful and relaxing dinner at home.

Of course, this can only be wishful thinking, "I thought so."

The first to speak was Mori Shizue. She had just put a piece of beef into her mouth, and her upbringing should have taught her to remain silent until she swallowed the meat, but the doubts in her heart urged her to ask, "Father."

"Hmm?" Mori Hayato snorted.

"Is something wrong at the company?" Shizue Mori asked.

"Shizue has her own intelligence network now." Mori Hayato smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. The cash flow is healthy, and the talent pool is sufficient. Just like before, there's no need to worry too much."

Mori Shizue asked, "I know, but I heard that Mother recently wanted to spearhead a collaboration, so she spent the whole day at the company today looking at which industries in the group could serve as a fulcrum for the collaboration."

"Yes—that's true," Mori Hayato said.

Mori Shizue stared intently at her father and said, "I heard that the other side of the cooperation is the underworld."

"You should update your intelligence network," Mori Hayato said with a smile. "The other party is a large building materials company with a clean reputation."

"But a small portion of this company's shares are controlled by the Yamaei-kai," Shizue Mori pointed out.

Hayato Mori put down his chopsticks, sighed, and said, "Shizue, reasoning is a good thing, but don't doubt everything."

Standing beside him, Mori Kiyoha was somewhat angry: "Is our family really starting to decline, to the point where we need to cooperate with the yakuza to maintain our prosperity?"

"Kiyo." Mori Hayato tapped the stone table with his middle finger.

"What else can I do? Can't I say anything at all?" Mori Kiyoha was furious.

"This family has prospered for a long time, and it has also declined," Mori Hayato said. "Now is definitely not the Mori family's peak, and what we need is not prosperity, but survival."

"To survive, rely on the underworld?" Mori Shizue said, enunciating each word clearly, "You might as well be dead!"

"The underworld can barely protect itself, how could we possibly rely on it?" Mori Hayato scoffed. "Who's been in charge of this country these past few years has determined the Mori family's survival strategy, but in either case, we won't depend on the underworld."

"Why is that?"

"Maintaining prosperity and surviving are two completely different concepts," Mori Hayato said to Kiyoha. "The library contains family histories, which record what a certain generation of the Mori family did in pursuit of prosperity. So your mother and I both know that the pursuit of prosperity can easily lead to madness."

"I know." Mori Shizue calmed down a bit and said, "My great-grandfather did some wrong things, but the book doesn't record in detail what those wrong things were."

"There's no record of it because this mistake is still affecting the Mori family," Mori Hayato said. "Believe me, okay? Your mother's involvement with the yakuza was definitely not to benefit them."