Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

Qin Ye staggered, her face pale as she turned her head, her eyes filled with panic, and said, "What should we do? We clearly didn't do anything."

“I think she’s a person who considers the big picture. You can play dumb,” Katsuhiko said, lifting Kotoha’s hand and patting it gently. “However, don’t let Sayuri-chan see through it. It’s good for her to live her life like this, being silly and clueless.”

Qin Ye blushed, abruptly pulled her hand back, and hurriedly walked forward with her head down, saying, "My mind is a mess, I don't care, I don't care, do whatever you want..."

Poor Sayuri-chan, he's such a jerk...so annoying...he hooked up with someone else today. And Eisho-neechan, such a righteous person, if she finds out Katsuhiko is bigamous, she'll probably report him, right?

Qin Ye rang the doorbell.

The door opened by Little Lily.

Upon entering the main gate, one can see Mrs. Kudo and Eiyo busily working through the window of the kitchen on the first floor.

Mrs. Kudo greeted him with a smile through the window, while Eiyo waved stiffly in return.

Qin Ye bowed to the group and greeted them before quickly entering the bedroom with her head down.

"Little Lily~" Katsuhiko cupped Little Lily's slender waist with both hands, lifted her up high, and then kissed her on the face.

"No...no..." Little Lily's face immediately turned bright red with embarrassment. "Everyone's watching!"

Through the kitchen window, Mrs. Kudo smiled as Eiyo washed vegetables with her head down.

"There's no one else here, so it's okay if they see. Give me another kiss."

Okay, it's all for my mother-in-law's benefit, to let her know that her son-in-law is incapable of being fickle and that Xiaobaihe is the best.

Katsuhiko had planned to have dinner together before taking Eiyo to the company, but the landline rang as soon as they entered the room.

Sayuri quickly made an excuse to answer the phone, escaping Katsuhiko's "harassment." After all, she was in Kotoha's house, and she couldn't really relax.

The call came from Tanaka Yutaka. Everyone was still waiting at the company, including two popular actresses who were in a hurry to get home. Katsuhiko needed to go to the company quickly to get their quotes and approvals; otherwise, they would be snatched up by other companies…

Dinner had only just begun to be prepared, and Katsuhiko, hearing Tanaka Yutaka's anxious tone, had Eiyo change her clothes, grab the contract documents, and go to the company together.

A fleeting look of joy flashed in Yingdai's eyes, and she quickly slipped into the bedroom, looking as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

"At least eat something!" Mrs. Kudo said with concern.

While calling out "Mom," Sheng Yan grabbed a rice ball and stuffed it into his mouth, indicating that he was too busy at the company and really didn't have time.

She paused again before leaving, then turned back and said, "Dad hasn't been to work these past few days, he must have lost his job. Could you ask him if he'd like to deliver goods to my food processing plant? It would put the family at ease..."

Mrs. Kudo's eyes lit up with surprise and delight, and she nodded repeatedly.

She's been quite worried about her husband's job these past few days. Being late would get him fired, let alone being absent for two days... Luckily, her son-in-law resolved the issue. He's a very filial son, but unfortunately, he's a bit of a womanizer. However, as long as he continues to treat Xiaobaihe well, she's too lazy to bother with him. She feels that even if she did, it wouldn't make any difference.

In recent years, news, newspapers, gossip magazines, and street gossip have been filled with stories of who has become someone else's mistress. It's nothing new anymore... If a successful man doesn't have a few mistresses, it seems abnormal, and he might even be the subject of gossip... Meanwhile, the wives who don't make a fuss are often praised as tolerant, generous, virtuous, well-educated, and considerate...

Yingdai didn't have any clothes to change into, so she took a stack of contract documents and a notebook containing notes on "husband-taming techniques."

As she was leaving, she bowed to Mrs. Kudo with her head down, and then went to Sayuri and bowed to her as well, leaving Sayuri completely bewildered.

Around 7:30 p.m., it was completely dark, but the streetlights were quite bright, and the surrounding office buildings were also brightly lit, remaining lit all night.

Yingdai sat in the passenger seat and kept looking down at her notebook from the moment she got in the car. Her fair profile was smooth and delicate, her lips were pink and moist, and she had long eyelashes, a pert little nose, and a smooth forehead. She looked like a good student who was studying diligently.

"Stop looking at your little notebook," Katsuhiko said, resting one hand on the steering wheel and placing the other on Eiyo's thigh, gently pinching her soft flesh. "Draw up a property rights contract for me."

"Let me finish reading it first!" Yingdai said, holding her notebook without looking to the side. As she spoke, she lifted the leg that Shengyan was touching and put it on the other leg so that Shengyan could not touch it.

"Why are you dodging? Move your leg over here." Sheng Yan held her knee and bent it toward her side.

"Drive safely, drive carefully." Yingdai slapped Katsuhiko's hand away again, continuing to hold the booklet, her eyes fixed straight ahead, looking like she was putting on airs.

Shengyan tilted his head to glance at the booklet in her hand, but she turned the cover of the booklet so that he couldn't see it.

"What's written inside?" Katsuhiko asked, "You're reading it so intently."

"It's a secret, men shouldn't look." A smug smile appeared on Yingdai's lips.

"You had a good chat with Mrs. Kudo?"

"It's alright!" Eiyo's fingers trembled slightly as she snapped the booklet shut and stuffed it into her pocket. Then, adopting a serious expression, she said, "Kotoha-chan just told me that you've gotten another girlfriend?"

Eiyo clearly didn't want to talk about Mrs. Kudo, probably because Mrs. Kudo put too much pressure on her.

“It’s a job opening,” Katsuhiko continued, following her lead. “Like you, I’m a law student, a genuine graduate of the University of Tokyo. My experience is similar to what I praised you for before. You could say your dream has come true.”

Eiyo's face stiffened. After a long silence, she stared intently at Katsuhiko and asked, "What are you going to do with her?"

"Why don't you two compete for the job?" Sheng Yan said with a twitching eyebrow. "She can go to the company for an interview first thing tomorrow morning."

"No way!" Yingdai clenched her fists and pounded her legs, her bulging chest shaking violently with the movement. "Were all your promises just empty words? I was here first, I want to be the boss, I want to control her. Is graduating from Tokyo University so great? I'm more professional than her, I'm an 'all-around lawyer,' I can handle any case."

"Since you're so confident, what are you afraid of in terms of competition?"

“Is this a matter of competition? It’s a matter of dignity!” Yingdai’s face flushed red, then she turned to look out the car window and said, “If you don’t agree, I’ll start crying here and keep crying all the way to the company.”

"Then go ahead and cry!"

Yingdai suddenly turned around, her lips tightly pressed together, her wide eyes quickly turning red, her chest heaving, and breath coming out of her nostrils. Then she burst into tears with a heart-wrenching cry that sent chills down one's spine and made one's ears ring.

Sheng Yan stared in disbelief, slammed on the brakes, and pulled the car over to the side of the road. He said, "Are you going to play the 'crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide' game with me?"

Yingdai paused in her crying, turned her head in surprise, then turned back and said, "Now that you've realized it, you should know how powerful this move is. Do you agree or not? Otherwise, I'll keep crying."

"Who did you learn this from, you scoundrel?" Sheng Yan was furious. "If you dare to cause trouble like this, I'll break up with you. Anyway, I have plenty of girlfriends."

"Fine, let's break up!" The tears that hadn't surfaced in Yingdai's eyes when she was faking them suddenly burst forth. She clenched her fists and shouted, "Even if we break up, I won't let you go unless you kill me. Do you dare?"

"Why did you take it so seriously when it was just a joke?" Sheng Yan reached out and pinched her cheek. "She came later, you arrived first, and we're the closest of friends. If you're her boss, you can bully her."

Yingdai suddenly turned her head, revealing a set of small white teeth, and tried to bite Shengyan's finger, but Shengyan quickly pulled his hand back. With a "crack," their teeth clashed.

“I was just kidding,” Yingdai said, sitting up straight angrily. “I never really cared about you; you were just a tool when I was lonely.”

"Alright, whatever makes you happy." Sheng Yan started the car again.

As soon as the car drove out of the brightly lit business office area, Yingdai placed one hand on Shengyan's leg, her four slender fingers tapping from his knee to his hip, and then from his hip to his knee, as if playing the piano.

“Tool person…” Yingdai said, looking out the car window, “Stop the car, I need to use the restroom.”

It was pitch black outside the car window.

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“I’m in a hurry to get to the company and don’t have time to park,” Katsuhiko said, spreading one hand in front of Eiyo. “If you really can’t hold it in, just pull on my hand and I’ll take care of your poop and pee.”

"You pervert!" Eiyo's face flushed red, and she grabbed Katsuhiko's hand, pinching the back of his hand with her fingernails. "I'm not going!"

Sheng Yan flipped his hand over and placed it on her chest, patting it lightly like kneading dough, and said, "Your lease on the rented house hasn't expired yet, how about we sleep there tonight?"

Eiyo trembled slightly. The hand that had been gripping Katsuhiko's hand seemed to have lost its strength and fell limp. She slumped back in her seat, turning her flushed face toward the car window, and said breathlessly, "Drive properly. If you keep doing this, I... I'm going to scream..."

"Go ahead and call. We're the only car on this road, and we still have ten minutes to get to the company..."

Before Katsuhiko could finish speaking, Eiya let out a soft hum. She squinted her eyes, her pink lips parted slightly, and a strange smile played on her lips as she glanced at Katsuhiko.

"Shut up!" Sheng Yan gripped the steering wheel with both hands and stepped on the gas.

"It's only because you were driving that I'm letting you know how powerful I am." Yingdai straightened his clothes and smiled smugly.

We arrived at the factory gate in less than ten minutes.

Two young men in suits stood guard at the main gate. Inside, the lights were on, shadows were moving about, and large machinery was roaring.

In the original open space of the factory, a huge shed has been built, and workers wearing safety helmets are busy inside.

Katsuhiko parked the car in the factory's parking space. In the distance, Tanaka Yutaka, wearing a yellow hard hat, was running over in a hurry, followed by two underlings.

Katsuhiko opened the car door and turned to Eiyo, saying, "Go to the office quickly to draft the share ownership agreement, give Tanaka Yutaka 30% of 'Xia Ying She's' shares, and treat him as the company's second largest shareholder."

“It’s been ready for a while,” Yingdai said with a grin, pulling out two contracts. “One has a trap, and the other doesn’t. Which one do you want?”

The contract terms follow a basic format; specific details can be added by hand, and the contract can be accompanied by a fingerprint, personal seal, and signature.

“No traps involved,” Sheng Yan grabbed her ear and shook her head back and forth. “You’ve thought of everything. I’ll give you a good beating tonight.”

Her extensive study of legal provisions wasn't in vain; she now knows how to use the law as a weapon, though her sense of justice has become somewhat distorted...

“I’m not getting off,” Eiyo shoved the straightforward contract into Katsuhiko’s hand, then shrank back into her seat. “Hurry up and finish what you’re doing. I want to see how you’re going to deal with me, you pervert…”

Sheng Yan got out of the car with the contract in his hand.

Tanaka Yutaka ran over just then, handed Katsuhiko a yellow helmet, and then urged him to go to the reception room together.

Shengyan also handed him the share ownership confirmation agreement, which would be legally binding once he signed and stamped it.

"No rush, we'll sign it tomorrow," Tanaka Yutaka said, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes. He carefully put the contract away, his face still serious, and continued...

"I've told our young lady everything about my situation. Not Yuzuru, but Yumi. They're twins, and I don't know who's older or younger. Yumi is a top student who graduated from Tokyo University. She'll be coming for an interview first thing tomorrow morning. She's actually quite capable."

However, her target is probably you. I've told her many times that you're married and your marriage is going well. But she says she admires you so much that she wants to try dating you. I see you have a few girlfriends already; if you think she's nice, you could try getting to know her.

Although she has 300 million yen in debt that she must pay off within ten years, her character... well, I'm not entirely sure, but from what I know, she's loyal, trustworthy, and straightforward—a person who keeps her word.

After Kanzaki Yumi said goodbye to Katsuhiko at the gymnasium, something just didn't feel right. Katsuhiko hadn't actually agreed, had he? It seemed like he just wanted her to work at his company. If it was just working, she'd never be able to pay off her debts in her entire life.

She immediately called Tanaka Yutaka and earnestly asked him to say a few good words about her to Katsuhiko, to make her feelings clear to him, saying that it was because of love, and that she had fallen in love with him at first sight...

Tanaka Yutaka has been extremely focused on his career lately and has no desire to get involved in such low-level matters. He actually feels that Kanzaki Yumi can handle things herself; after all, she's quite pretty and has a decent figure. Talent scouts have even come to him when they couldn't find her. He really can't understand why this seemingly carefree and easygoing young lady is so insecure around Katsuhiko.

I actually wanted to say something disdainful to her, but I was worried that she would get angry, since I needed her help, so I agreed.

However, after saying this, Tanaka Yutaka suddenly felt that he was using a honey trap on the company's largest shareholder, which made him seem rather tasteless, so he immediately added, "I'll just say a few nice things about her to you, as she asked me to when she called me earlier. After all, she used to be the young lady of our organization, so we have some connection. Our relationship isn't that great, but I won't talk about her anymore. You'll see for yourself tomorrow! Tonight's focus is on inspecting the group of people I recruited."

Tanaka Yutaka felt increasingly awkward as he spoke, so he immediately changed the subject, reporting on the afternoon's achievements while handing the documents in his hand to Katsuhiko.

It mainly consisted of the equipment from the manufacturers that came in a package, professional photography staff, and those two popular actresses.

In 93 Japan, the adult video industry was transitioning from a rental model to a sales model. Amid the wave of bankruptcies of established companies, top actresses, whose sales were guaranteed, saw their value rise rather than fall, making them the core resource that all new companies were vying for.

The signing method for top actors has also shifted from being paid per film to exclusive contracts plus profit sharing.

Among them, the legendary Yuri Komuro made 43 films, earning a total of 40 million yen in film fees, while the classic actress Himiko earned 10 million yen per film.

Due to the economic downturn, which has lasted for more than three years, as early as the 90s, major film companies introduced the "exclusive actress" system, signing exclusive agreements, with agencies using the Takarazuka Revue model to package actresses.

The two actresses Tanaka Yutaka mentioned: one is known by her stage name, Hitomi Yuuki, who is 20 years old and debuted in late 92. She heard that the place provides insurance and a formal employment contract, so she came to check it out.

However, according to Tanaka Yutaka's investigation into her company, the film production company she works for is about to go bankrupt due to the president's embezzlement of funds, and she wants to switch jobs.

Of course, her personal strength is beyond doubt. She has the title of "Devil's Eye" and is known as the Little Devil. Her seductive charm is fierce and she is loved and captivated by the audience.

Another stage name is Asakura Mai. She is 20 years old and debuted in March of this year. She was a top star from the start, but unfortunately, her company went bankrupt. She is currently being invited by agents from various companies and is waiting for a good price to sell.