My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

"Yuko, please, remember what I just said, right? Help me, please help me." She took Yuko's arm and said in a coquettish tone.

"I know, of course I'll help you." Takanashi Yuuko nodded with a smile. If you had to pick someone who cared for her the most, besides Shiraishi Sawa Hide, it would be Kuramochi Sakura.

"I won't help." Shiraishi Zexiu spun his chair, leaned back, and raised his hand to interrupt. "Why am I being so rude? You call Yuko and you even act all cute. I'm not helping."

"Yuuko, can you help me plead a little more and ask Shiraishi to help me too? Two people can still do a lot, but I can't go out to play until I finish all this~"

Shiraishi Sawa suddenly understood why he had been called over.

This is a conspiracy! This is a conspiracy against me, an underage laborer!

“Then let’s help her~” Takanashi Yuko nodded helplessly, then walked to Shiraishi Sawa Hide’s side, took his arm, shook it, and looked at him with a smile.

Kuramochi Sakura also came up from behind, grabbed his other arm and started shaking it:

Please help me~

Shiraishi Sawa's stance was naturally very firm. What kind of conspiracy was this? This was just adding some fun to a boring winter break!

Although he still wanted to enjoy it, he withdrew his hands from the two girls' grasp, coughed twice as a gesture of respect, and then nodded.

"Okay, okay, I'll help! Where's the pen? Are there any requirements regarding the handwriting and the stamp?"

"Great!" This time, Kuramochi Sakura didn't jump up, but began to explain some work details to the two of them.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the sunlight curiously observes this place, a few pigeons fly by, and behind them, a jet-black crow looms.

Inside the office, three of the four desks were immediately occupied. The only sounds in the quiet room were the operation of the air conditioner and the rustling of pens rolling across paper.

Only occasionally would someone stand up and approach the young woman in office attire to ask her about something.

The girl's humming voice flowed gently around her, and time drifted away with the song.

It was quite peaceful and quiet.

Chapter 288 After many days, it is still difficult to cope.

The shadow of the decoration on the top of the neighboring high-rise building looms obliquely on the window, and a bird lands on the top of the decoration, its shadow swaying on the floor inside the window.

The gentle winter sunlight shone on the road, which was covered with a thin layer of snow, turning the ground into a pristine white expanse. The snow looked clear and clean, making this season of winter pure and beautiful.

"The calculation method of this plan does not match the formula he gave. Is there a problem?" Shiraishi Sawa Hide flipped the ballpoint pen over, drew a circle on one of the plans with the pen cap, looked at Kuramochi Sakura, and asked.

"Huh? Really? I didn't know. Just put it aside and I'll ask about it later." Kuramochi Sakura looked up, took the document, glanced at it, and then handed it back, answering with a slightly confused expression.

"it is good."

"Knock knock knock." A knock sounded at the door.

"Please come in." Kuramochi Sakura immediately changed her indifferent tone from the beginning and responded.

"Miss Kuramochi, I brought you some snacks that are local specialties from Aomori. Would you like to try some?"

Two young men, who looked no more than twenty, walked in through the door. The boy in front was carrying a bag and looked at Shiraishi Sawa, asking a question.

Then he met the gaze of Shiraishi Sawa, who looked up. Shiraishi Sawa looked completely innocent and waved hello.

"Who are you? Miss Kuramochi?" the young man asked, his face full of surprise.

“Here.” Shiraishi Sawa pointed to the location of Kuramochi Sakura and said innocently.

"You can leave it here, thank you. You can leave now if you're done." Kuramochi Sakura sighed helplessly upon seeing the person who had arrived, speaking casually and coldly.

"Okay, if I may ask, who is he...?" The boy who walked in first came in awkwardly, put his things on the table, hesitated for a moment before leaving, and then asked.

“My boyfriend, once he knows, he can leave. And don’t bother me anymore unless it’s for work,” Kuramochi Sakura replied, glancing briefly at Shiraishi Sawa.

"Huh? Ah! Yes, that's me. Hello, my name is Shiraishi Sawa Hide." A person's emotions can change in a second. A second later, Shiraishi Sawa Hide nodded, stood up, and extended one hand.

"Oh, hello, my name is Deer Man Jiajia." The other party immediately extended his hand to shake hands with Shiraishi Zexiu, without showing the disdain that is typical in clichéd storylines.

"Is the person behind you Lu Ren Yi Yi, or Long Tao Jia Jia?" Bai Shi Ze Xiu asked.

"Hello, I'm Ryūmi Hiyoma." The other person stepped forward and introduced himself, and the two shook hands.

"Are you really Ms. Kuramochi's boyfriend?" Deer Man Jiajia, unwilling to give up, finally asked as he left.

"Of course, I've seen all of Sakura's body, haven't I, Sakura?" Shiraishi Sawa asked with a calm smile, seemingly unaffected by the arrival of the two, raising an eyebrow in a provocative manner.

"Huh? What? Yes, but could you not say it in front of outsiders?" In a second, a person's emotions can go from watching a good show to being furious. Kuramochi Sakura glared at Shiraishi Sawa with gritted teeth, but the other party remained calm and even looked back with a smile.

Rumi Shouma placed another small stack of documents in front of Kuramochi Sakura and said, "This is what Director Kuramochi asked me to give you. She hopes you can read it and hand it to her before 2 p.m. tomorrow."

"I understand," Kuramochi Sakura nodded calmly.

Then, Ryūken Shouma left the room with the disheartened deer-man Kaka.

Kuramochi Sakura instantly deflated, slumped onto the documents in front of her, and brought her curly hair, which had no room to move, close to her pale pink lips, blowing on it forcefully as if in a fit of pique.

The hair initially lay flat on the ground, but after the strong 'wind' subsided, it returned to its original position. Due to inertia, the tips of the hair pricked the girl's delicate skin, which made people even angrier.

"Ah—! How could this be? Mother has no heart!" Kuramochi Sakurai cried out listlessly, pulling all her hair off the table. She then glared fiercely at Shiraishi Sawa, but her face and features lacked any real threat.

"And why did you say something unnecessary, Shiraishi-kun!?"

Sigh, is this what a woman who is prone to taking her anger out on others is like?

"Oh, who told you to use me as a shield without hesitation, without even telling me beforehand."

Shiraishi Zexiu walked up to her, rummaging through the snack bag that the passerby had brought in, looking for anything worth eating, completely ignoring the other person's glare, and said with a slightly innocent expression.

"I'm all alone, what am I going to do if I get captured and tortured by the Deer Man Jiajia? The more I think about it, the sadder I get, so I decided to betray you." Shiraishi Sawa said matter-of-factly, but then a hint of curiosity crept in.

"Who is this Deer Man A-Jia? Is he your suitor, Kuramochi-san? He followed me all the way from Tokyo to Aomori during the New Year. That's so touching. If it were me, I would have kicked him away while crying. It's bad luck for him to bother people during the New Year."

The fake sobbing voice eventually turned into completely indifferent words.

Peel off the top few apples. I'm getting tired of apples these days. I opened a box of garlic rice crackers and put one in my mouth.

"What's there to be moved about? It's really bad luck, though. He's not from Tokyo, and I don't know him at all. Besides his name, all I know is that he's the son of one of your councilors. I guess his father instigated him to come and get close to me. I've seen it all before. Who doesn't want to get on the good side of the Kuramochi family?"

“It’s over. It’s still the local bully in Aomori. The Shiraishi family can’t escape now. They’re completely finished.” Shiraishi Sawahide began to chew, and after he finished, he said, “In addition, there are still some people who don’t want to rely on the Kura family’s connections. For example, there is a man named Shiraishi Sawahide who believes that a man should be self-reliant. He is the person I admire the most.”

"Mr. Shiraishi, have you been reading too many vulgar novels? At the very least, you need to meet three conditions: both of us are destitute, and that Deer Man A is a local tyrant, right?"

"Not a single condition was met, 'A man should be self-reliant'?! Shiraishi-kun, you're clearly just a doormat for anyone. What is this? It tastes weird, give me a piece."

Kuramochi Sakura rolled her eyes, pouted her small nose, and looked at the senbei in the other person's hand, following the scent, and said.

"Damn it, is it so hard for me to indulge in a little self-admiration? Garlic senbei, it tastes pretty good, open your mouth."

There were exactly three tablets in the small packet. Seeing that Kuramochi Sakura was still lying there half-dead, Shiraishi Sawa took out one tablet and put it to her mouth. The third tablet was fed to Takanashi Yuuko.

"Garlic-flavored senbei? It tastes strange, but it's not bad," commented Kuramochi Sakura.

"Well, garlic is a specialty of Aomori, after all." Shiraishi Sawah stretched and walked to his seat.

"I'm almost done here, Kuramochi-san. Are you going to continue distributing the ones you have on hand this afternoon, or what? The deadline is tomorrow noon."

"I'll do it tonight or tomorrow morning. If we have to divide these up, we'll be almost done by the afternoon, and it's not good to keep bothering you all." After thinking for a while, Kuramochi Sakura replied.

After all, these were originally given to Kuramochi Mika by her for learning and gaining experience.

"It's okay, Takanashi and I are fine with it, it's not tiring at all."

"You can represent Yuuko now?"

“Of course! Right, Takanashi?” Shiraishi Sawah turned his head confidently, a bright smile on his face.

"Mmm." Like a rabbit munching on leaves, Takanashi Yuuko, who was nibbling on a senbei (rice cracker), looked up, met eye contact, and nodded, her puffed-up cheeks looking especially cute.

"Sigh, there's no hope." Sakura Kuramochi sighed. "During the time Yuuko was at your house, she basically didn't update her TikTok. The last update she posted last year was full of comments urging her to update again. It's obvious she's been having too much fun to think about home."

Sitting opposite Kuramochi Sakura, Takanashi Yuuko gently tapped Kuramochi Sakura, but did not retaliate.

"There's nothing I can do, that's just my personal charm. I've finished everything here, do you have any left? Could you share some with me?"

Having finished processing all the documents at hand, Shiraishizawa Hide organized them and placed them on Kuramochi Sakura's desk, then took half from each of the two girls.

"You're so fast! I still have so many left, Shiraishi-kun, you've already finished them all." Kuramochi Sakura was a little surprised.

"There's nothing I can do, it's partly due to my personal charm; even the documents are too embarrassed to give me trouble. But please change it to 'extremely efficient,' 'too fast' isn't a good description."

The other party didn't understand at all. Shiraishi Sawa blinked at Takanashi Yuuko, and after the other party lowered her head shyly, he continued to handle his official business.

--

Without knocking, the door was turned open with a creak.

Kuramochi Mika poked her head out, looking around the quiet office room. "So you're Sakura Rei's boyfriend, Shiraishi-kun. I get it now. I was wondering when my son-in-law suddenly appeared."

"I'm sorry, Auntie, we just broke up. Unless that random stranger comes by again, there's no way we can get back together," Shiraishi Zexiu replied.

Wearing the same office lady outfit, Kuramochi Mika's temperament and appearance perfectly suited the look, making her even more stunning.

“I understand, but it’s still too naive for a mere councilor’s son to have designs on Sakura.” Kuramochi Mika walked in, and after seeing what the three of them were doing, she lightly tapped Kuramochi Sakura’s forehead: “Ah, Sakura, you’re cheating, making someone else do your job.”

"My original purpose in coming here was just to hang out with Yuuko, but who knew you'd assign me so much work?" Kuramochi Sakura said guiltily, shrinking back.

"Because I trust you. Don't you see I really only have you as my secretary now? That's just how much work Nana usually does. And the main reason you're so slow is because you didn't get up this morning!"

Kuramochi Sakura stuck out her tongue, feeling even more guilty.

"Getting up early is going to kill me~" The voice was so low it was almost inaudible.

"I can already picture you and Chiyo working together, arriving together around noon. The future of the Kuramochi and Ichiryu families is truly worrying."

Kuramochi Mika smiled and gently tapped her head.

“Aunt Kuramochi, you can take a look at this file,” Shiraishizawa Hide took out the abnormal file from earlier and handed it to Kuramochi Mika. “The calculation method here seems to be problematic. The weights are being substituted incorrectly, but neither the original nor the modified version is the optimal solution, so the impact is not significant.”

"Really? Let me see." Kuramochi Mika took the document, glanced at it briefly, and nodded. "There is a problem. I'll send it back to the department that wrote it."

The documents on the table were all finished—this was the third stack, the ones that Ryūmi Hiyoma had just brought over. Seeing that there were only a few documents left in front of the two girls, Shiraishi Sawa Hide sat down and played on his phone.

After looking at the browser page for half a minute, Shiraishi Sawa looked up at Kuramochi Mika, who was smiling and had been scrutinizing him since earlier, and tentatively asked:

"Aunt Kuramochi, would you like to sit here?"

The two people that Shiraishi Sawa found hard to deal with were Ichiri Nao and Kuramochi Mika, whose personality and preferences were very similar to Ichiri Nao's.

This personality is fine with peers; Shiraishi Sawa Hide can get along easily with them. However, it's the elders whom Shiraishi Sawa Hide can't handle.

"No need. Shiraishi-kun, have you dealt with these things before? Or is this your first time?"

"I was curious, so I looked at a little bit, but that's all. After all, I might marry into a powerful family and then usurp the throne and change my surname to Shiraishi." Regarding business, Shiraishi Zexiu told the truth that he had only seen a little bit, but that was in his previous life.