The Gemini Princess wants me to confess my feelings!

The Mori family.

Every now and then, Shizue Mori has to take classes at home.

Her teachers were sometimes her mother and sometimes her father. Her parents taught her everything she couldn't learn in school or from books.

Kirihara Akira had always been curious about what she was going to learn. Recently, Mori Shizue told him that it wasn't anything special, just the inheritance of some family traditions.

The Mori family is in business, running a rather large conglomerate. The nominal head of the conglomerate is the two sisters' father, Mori Hayato.

The group's current operations are stable, but family businesses need to be passed down. If the Mori family's two daughters did not have a stable right of succession and Mrs. Mori were not strong enough, there would probably be some rumors and gossip within the family.

Even if things are stable enough now, many things are still uncertain about the future.

Successors are the future.

Mori Akari was thoroughly disgusted with Mori Kiyoha, and only Mori Shizue was qualified to assume the title of heir.

In order to be able to take on the responsibility, her father, Hayato Mori, would tell her about things inside and outside the company.

In the office, Mori Hayato's throat was dry from talking, so he took a break to drink water and soothe his throat.

He looked at his daughter, who seemed focused but was actually somewhat absent-minded, and felt a pang of unease.

Shizue Mori wouldn't have acted like this before.

He suddenly asked, "Jingzhi."

"Hmm?" Mori Shizue snapped out of her daze and looked up at her father.

"You've seemed quite restless lately," Mori Hayato said. "Your sister has been going through some things, but you don't need to worry too much. I'll handle it."

Mori Hayato assumed she was worried about the underworld, but the reason she was lost in thought was something else entirely. She blinked and said, "Ah, no."

"Actually, it's about time we talked to you about the yakuza issue." Mori Hayato put down his teacup, thought for a moment, and asked gently, "Do you know how we should deal with the yakuza in this country?"

Mori Shizue remained silent for a moment, then shook her head.

Mori Hayato remained unperturbed: "Let me rephrase the question. In your opinion, how should this country address the problem of organized crime?"

Upon hearing this question, Shizue Mori suddenly recalled the words that Akira Kirihara had said to her back then.

Mori Shizue repeated it verbatim: "Make it legal."

Mori Hayato was somewhat surprised, leaning back slightly, not expecting his daughter to give such an answer.

It wasn't that he thought his daughters weren't smart enough, but rather that it's actually very difficult for people to imagine things they haven't seen or experienced. In Mori Hayato's mind, he and Mori Akari had always protected their two daughters very well.

This is not a particularly complex logic or profound theory; it's just that people who haven't been exposed to these things would find it difficult to fabricate such a theory out of thin air.

Seeing her father's expression, Mori Shizue realized she had said the wrong thing and could only try to make amends: "This is what Kirihara-kun told me before."

Hayato Mori was even more surprised.

Kirihara Akatsuki has parents who live in a gray or even black world. Having been exposed to this world so much, she might want to escape, or she might get trapped in it.

It is truly surprising that a child could have such an understanding.

He suddenly noticed his daughter's expression, thought for a moment, and asked, "What do you think of Kirihara-kun?"

Mori Shizue paused, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "He's a very..."

She wanted to say "capable," but then realized it wasn't appropriate and said instead, "A very thoughtful person."

"Hmm." Mori Hayato nodded. "He's also a man with a tragic fate, but he's also a smart man. He's right. This is a noose that would make them willingly put their heads on it, but how to weave this rope is the problem."

"Even a rope can't strangle all the gangsters."

Mori Shizue's voice unconsciously rose: "Why?"

Hayato Mori looked at his daughter with pity and said, "Because no one can truly eradicate black from this world, black will always exist."

Hyenas die, but they reproduce. All we can do is strangle them as much as possible to suffocate them, pull out as many teeth as possible so their bites don't hurt so much, and then learn to coexist with them.

So, you want to learn to live together, so you want to build a bridge of coexistence through marriage? You want to sacrifice me and my sister, is that it? — Shizue Mori almost blurted out this question.

She held back.

"Everyone has their own destiny," Mori Hayato said softly. "Look at Kirihara-kun, perhaps we are already lucky enough."

Mori Shizue did not refute, but the fire in her chest burned brighter and brighter.

It's okay.

She studied very hard and prepared for a long time so that one day she could "convince" her family with something beyond language.

At least now, Shizue Mori knows she is not alone.

Moreover, during the time she spent learning from her father, she not only figured out some business tricks, but also became a "spy" without any formal training, stealing her father's secrets.

She discovered that her father, Hayato Mori, had some connection to the yakuza.

Some of the relevant information is stored in a paper folder that my father always carried with him, and some is stored on an encrypted computer.

It contains many secrets, and she can only access a very small portion of it, but even that small portion is enough for her to do something.

……

……

After finishing her studies, Shizue Mori walked out of her room, greeted her father, and closed the door.

She turned around and bumped into her younger sister, Mori Kiyoha.

Her silver-gray hair was so eye-catching that Mori Shizue spotted her immediately.

Mori Kiyoha seemed to be in a good mood today, humming an unfamiliar melody with such concentration that she didn't even notice that her older sister, Mori Shizue, had quietly come up behind her.

Mori Shizue wanted to scare the other person, but the obedient girl hesitated for a while and had no idea how to scare her.

After thinking for a while, I finally spoke up honestly: "I'm in a pretty good mood today."

He greeted her honestly, which actually startled Mori Kiyoha.

She turned around and nearly elbowed Mori Shizue.

Mori Kiyoha rolled her eyes and said, "Walking without making a sound, where did this female ghost come from?"

Mori Shizue pouted and said, "It's audible, isn't it? You're just too focused. I've rarely heard you sing before. What song is this?"

"I won't tell you," Mori Kiyoha said, head held high.

"Hey, tell me, is it your own invention?"

Mori Shizue knows her younger sister too well. This little girl has a strong sense of self-respect; she will never acknowledge something that doesn't belong to her.

As expected, Mori Kiyoha snorted coldly and said with her head held high, "I didn't write 'Jealousy'."

"I know, you don't have any musical talent."

"You think you're so smart, always talking too much," Mori Kiyoha said.

Suddenly, Shizue Mori walked up to her sister, turned around, and their eyes met.

Mori Kiyoha looked at her, puzzled, and asked, "What?"

Mori Shizue looked at her younger sister and said with a smile, "Have you noticed that you've been smiling a lot more lately?"