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

"Yes, I understand! Good afternoon, Your Highness."

This time, the young lady's address to Shiraishi Sawa was sincere. She herself was able to have the status of a prince because she had entered the Chiyo family.

"Alright, I apologize to you on behalf of my dad. I never expected him to be so outrageous. He secretly followed you and even tried to kidnap you to see him."

Although I don't know what he said to you, I guess it was because he felt that I was getting too close to you, and he was probably trying to put you in a bad mood, like telling you to stay away from me or something.

The person who disrupted your normal life has now received the punishment they deserve.

Chiyo suddenly said, then thought for a moment,

"If nothing unexpected happens, he'll still be kneeling on a washboard right now."

"Huh? Uncle's secret has been exposed so quickly?"

Shiraishi Sawa was taken aback. Recalling the night before last, he asked in confusion:

"I didn't tell anyone, but your mother came home early that night, so it was your mother who found out?"

"No, you don't need to know how you found out. Anyway, I'm very sorry, but my mother has given him a strict order that no one from my family will ever follow you again."

No matter what kind of torment Yumi is suffering right now, it's a great thing for Shiraishi Sawa Hide at least.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, he wanted to know exactly what it meant to enter Chiyo.

"So, once you entered Sang, you really were a genuine young lady from a wealthy family?"

"Sigh~" Chiyo sighed upon hearing this. "I've never lied to you. Haven't I always emphasized that I'm a genuine young lady from a wealthy family? You're just too naive to believe me."

"Then can you explain why this 'fallen' heiress owns a 2,000-square-meter villa? Do you think I can believe what you're saying..."

“Excuse me, it’s a girl, you could describe her as a rich heiress these days.” Chiyo suddenly raised her hand to signal.

She rolled her eyes at Chiyo, but Shiraishi Sawah still went along with her and said...

"Do you think I can believe the nonsense coming out of a rich girl like you?"

"Okay, okay, I admit that the story about being down on my luck is fake." Chiyo waved the back of one hand, answering with an innocent look on her face.

"So your dad's really a photographer? Photographers can make this much money? I need to go back to 'Portrait Photography Techniques,' forget about 'Encyclopedia for Middle School Students,' even a dog wouldn't read that!"

Shiraishi Sawah closed the encyclopedia page and set it aside, looking at Ichiyo with hopeful eyes.

"I really don't understand why you value money so much, Shiraishi-kun." Chiyo Ichigo looked at Shiraishi Sawa with amusement.

"You had the right to say that before, but now that your identity as a young lady has been exposed, I won't accept this mockery!"

Shiraishi Sawahide spoke with righteous indignation.

"Money can solve 99% of problems; the remaining 1% is simply because there isn't enough money!"

Chiyo looked at Shiraishi Sawa, whose face was completely serious, covered her mouth and laughed for a while before continuing:

"Forget about photography. That DSLR was just bought a few days ago. My family business is a family business, and my dad doesn't know anything about photography."

"Those evil capitalists made me worry for so long that day about whether I would break the camera."

Shiraishi Sawah picked up the encyclopedia again and continued reading; it was still a solid 130,000 yen.

"Didn't you say even dogs wouldn't look at it?"

"I'm a baby dog, if I don't look, who will? You dead fox, don't pollute the air around me with your money-grubbing. Oh, by the way, I'm not paying you back the 120 yen I lent you last week for drinks."

"I think you, Shiraishi-kun, reek more of money than I do! Also, you have to pay back that 120 yen!"

Shiraishi Zexiu looked up, his eyes wide with disbelief. "Even Scrooge isn't as ruthless as you, Ichiro!"

"I worked hard to earn this money, what's wrong with you paying me back?"

"Now that you mention it, I'm even more curious. So, you're here to experience life?"

Chiyo glanced at the time on her phone for a moment and said, "Let's go out first, it's already five o'clock."

After checking the time, Shiraishi Sawa Hideya stood up and started putting on his apron, muttering, "What you're doing is out of context. If you wrote that in a novel, you'd get your work cut."

"So I work at a supermarket instead of writing novels."

--

The supermarket was rather busy tonight, and Shiraishi Sawah couldn't find a chance to strike up a conversation with Ichiyo for a long time.

After working for more than an hour, he had almost finished his task, and the number of customers in the store had decreased significantly. Shiraishi Sawa seized the opportunity to run to the front desk:

"Moshi moshi, so why did you come here to work in Sang? Is it to escape your arranged marriage?"

"Where do you get such a vivid imagination? These days, who still arranges marriages from childhood? I moved out to live alone when I was in my second year of high school, just to see if I could be self-reliant."

"Did you manage to do it?"

"It's not enough. Although I bought the house and don't have to pay rent, I can't survive on just two hours of part-time work a day."

Shiraishi Sawa calculated that with Chiyo's frequent dining out expenses, even with the exceptionally high salary at Ueno Supermarket, it was still far from enough.

"What about you?"

“Use your savings,” Chiyo said to Shiraishi Sawa in a matter-of-fact tone. “I’m just here to have a simple experience. I’m not here to suffer. I’m not going to be like some silly rich girls on TV who rely entirely on themselves.”

If working at our supermarket were really tough, I would have quit long ago. I'm only staying because the job isn't too tiring; to be honest, I'm starting to find it a bit boring.

Besides, I brought a bank card with me when I left, and the money to buy the camera was withdrawn from it.

Although he knew he would regret asking, Shiraishi Sawa Hide couldn't help himself.

"how much is it?"

"17 million. It was a card my mom gave me when I was 1.7. I don't know if I still have 1.7 million now, and I've never cared about it."

"It's alright, within my expectations, it's alright..." Shiraishi Sawa touched his nose, telling himself that this was normal. "But, are you going to resign as soon as you enter Sang?"

Shiraishi Sawa noticed that Ichiyo had just said she was starting to complain about how boring it was here, and her voice sounded a little nervous when she asked the question.

The main reason is that if Chiyo leaves, I won't be able to trigger her quest. Perhaps, perhaps there's a little bit of reluctance, just a little bit!

"I just find my job boring." Chiyo Ichiriki looked at Shiraishi Sawa with a smile.

"Besides work, what else is there here..." Shiraishi Sawa Hide couldn't finish his sentence. After understanding what he meant, he thought for a moment and then deliberately smiled and said, "Ichiri-san, you like me?!"

This time, it was Chiyo's turn to open her mouth wide, her face filled with disbelief.

"Did you have a conversation with my dad and your thinking became assimilated? How come your imagination is so vivid?"

Seeing that Chiyo's expression was one of surprise but no shyness, Shiraishawa Hideaki nodded in satisfaction, realizing that she truly didn't have any feelings for him.

It would be very troublesome to like yourself now; you can like yourself later.

"Ahem, so what you just said meant that I'm interested, right? So let's just imagine it for a second: it's not too much for you to like me, is it?"

"Hi, I love you the most, Shiraishi-kun." Once Chiyo entered, she returned to her normal state, saying with an enigmatic smile.

"Please call me Sawahide, Chiyo."

Shiraishi Zexiu gazed at him with deep affection.

"Get back to work."

"okay."

Chapter 70: A tentative gathering of three people.

"Once you enter Sang, is your father's status in your family very low?"

Having found another free moment, Shiraishi Zexiu continued to pursue the questions that had been lingering in his mind.

He is the fourth oldest in our family.

"Fourth? You have other children from the same parentage?"

"No, the third place is Beibei, my mom's Border Collie, she's very smart and cute."

Shiraishi Sawa's admiration for the wealthy Ichiru Yuuki had almost completely vanished.

"...How could this be? Why is your father's status so low...?"

"In our family, it's not the traditional model of the man being the breadwinner and the woman staying at home. Instead, both my parents are responsible for a portion of the business and affairs, sharing the main responsibility for external matters. They even tried to share some of the work with me when I was in junior high, but I firmly refused. This trend became even more pronounced in my first year of high school."

One of the reasons I moved out was that I didn't want them to find excuses to dump their work on me. I just wanted to be a normal high school girl.

Plus, my dad is afraid of his wife, and my mom is quite assertive, which has created this situation. Anyway, I think my dad enjoys it; he's always been henpecked.

"A person with 1.7 million in their account can't be called an ordinary person, right? That explains why your uncle would promptly put out his cigarette and spray perfume to mask the smell after noticing your mother was back."

"What?" Chiyo turned to look at Shiraishi Sawa, "My dad is still smoking? He told us he had quit. I need to talk to my mom!"

As soon as she entered Chiyo, she took out her phone and started making calls.

"It's none of my business, it's none of my business, it's none of my business..."

Shiraishi Sawa, standing to the side, silently muttered guiltily, "It has nothing to do with me."

Based on Shiraishi Sawa's analysis of the conversation, Yumi would likely have to kneel for at least an extra hour.

I was wrong. Once you become my uncle, please don't hold a grudge.

"But we're just friends, right? Why did your father react so strongly?"

"Because I have no male friends besides you."

I attended all-girls schools for junior high and high school. Don't you want to know what my high school was?

Now I'll tell you, Aono Girls' School is an elite school. I didn't tell you the school's name before because I didn't want you to discover my status as a young lady. And don't try to sneak into our school, you'll be criticized and denounced.

After learning my identity, most people became overly respectful and timid, which was completely pointless. Wait a minute, Shiraishi-kun, you won't become like that just because I'm a rich girl, will you?"

Shiraishi Sawa glanced at Chiyo and said, "Do I look like someone who would succumb to money and power?"

"It's not just similar, it's practically identical."

“Nothing under 3000 yen can tempt me; my dignity is very valuable.”

"Is 1.7 million yen enough?" Chiyo Ichiri smiled and took out her bank card from her bag, holding it between two fingers. "The password is 123698. I'm definitely not lying to you."

Shiraishi Sawa Hide stepped forward, put the card into his pocket, and stood at attention and bowed.

"Young Miss, what are your orders? I will go through fire and water for you!"

"Then kneel down first."