Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

Mrs. Yuigahama turned around and saw that it was her president, Ms. Oda Yumiko, a middle-aged woman older than herself, plump and very kind. After her husband passed away, it was she who took the initiative to ask Mrs. Yuigahama to return to the "Oda Steel Co., Ltd."

President Oda is also a young widower who is a strong woman who raised the company and her children alone. Perhaps because he saw a reflection of himself in Mrs. Yuigahama, he took extra care of her.

Mrs. Yuigahama was also very grateful.

"Well, my stupid daughter fell down the stairs and broke her bones. I took her to get a plaster cast yesterday." Mrs. Yuigahama said with a smile.

"If that's the case, why don't you take two more days off to take care of Yui? Don't worry about work. Family is the most important thing." President Oda said with a little concern.

"It's okay. Yui has friends taking care of him. I would be a nuisance if I were at home." Mrs. Yuigahama smiled easily as if she was treating a friend.

"Oh, it can't be a boyfriend, I remember Yui is also at the age to get married."

"Well, I guess so, hahaha." Mrs. Yuigahama's expression became a little subtle.

"If Yui gets married, you will have time to find another one, Miss Yui. After all, you are still so young and beautiful."

Like all middle-aged women, President Oda can't help but gossip about the relationships between men and women.

"This is too far away for me. Let's wait until Yui gets married." Mrs. Yuigahama said perfunctorily.

Then, she noticed the dark circles and bloodshot eyes on President Oda's face, so she asked, "President Oda, did something happen in the company? You don't look well."

President Oda smiled bitterly after hearing this, then waved his hand and said, "Nothing, I'll go take care of my work first. By the way, an important guest will be coming today, please prepare some good tea and snacks, Miss Wei."

Mrs. Yuigahama works in the administrative department of this company and is responsible for receiving guests at the front desk.

However, after listening to President Oda's words, Mrs. Yuigahama seemed a little worried, so she found her colleague and friend, Sasakinoko from the sales department, who was eating potato chips.

After seeing Mrs. Yuigahama, she was a little surprised: "Wei, are you back from vacation?"

"Well, Sasaki, I have something to ask you. Has anything big happened in the company recently? It seems that President Oda is under a lot of pressure." Mrs. Yuigahama asked directly.

After hearing this, Sasaki Noko immediately looked around, because there was no one else in the office. Then Sasaki pulled Mrs. Yuigahama to the garden outside and said, "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else. This is a secret."

"Yes, you know what kind of person I am." Mrs. Yuigahama nodded quickly.

"It's like this, our company may be about to lose a big client." Sasakinoko said bluntly.

"what happened."

"That's right. The quality of our products has always been very good, but our production capacity can't be increased. Originally, Yukinoshita Construction Company, the super famous Yukinoshita family in Chiba, was our largest long-term customer. However, in the past two years, our company has often been unable to deliver all the products. The other party is now considering whether to continue to cooperate with our company. I heard that the inspector will come today." Sasakinoko said while biting potato chips.

"How could it be..." In fact, she had heard such rumors before, but she didn't expect the matter to be so serious.

"Our company's source of customers is too single. If we lose the orders from the Yukinoshita family, we probably won't be able to survive. Ah, this is indeed a good company, and the president is a good man, but he is a little out of tune with the times. What a pity. But you'd better consider your retreat." Sasakinoko shook her head and threw the empty bag of potato chips into the trash can.

Mrs. Yuigahama finally understood why President Oda became like this. To be honest, if it was the Yukinoshita family, she could really say a few words and ask Yukino for help. Yukino could also give some feasible solutions for her sake. However, Mrs. Yuigahama did not want to do this. She did not want to destroy the purity of her daughter's relationship with her friend.

However, she would also feel very uncomfortable if she had to watch the company go bankrupt and President Oda despair.

With a heavy heart, Mrs. Yuigahama returned to the front desk. After an hour in a trance, she prepared tea and snacks in the conference room. Then at exactly ten o'clock, the phone from the president's office called the front desk. It was the voice of President Oda.

"Miss Wei, the guests will be here in ten minutes. Please wait at the door."

Mrs. Yuigahama quickly responded and waited at the door after hanging up the phone. Soon after, President Oda and the head of the sales department also came out to wait for the guests to arrive.

Then the three of them saw a surprisingly young figure.

Mrs. Yuigahama, in particular, stared at the young man in front of her in a daze.

"I am Hachiman Hikigaya. Today I am the full representative of the Yukinoshita family and will be responsible for negotiating business with your company. This is the accountant of Yukinoshita Construction Company, responsible for checking the financial status of your company. This is the head of the purchasing department, responsible for checking the production capacity and structure of your company's products."

Hachiman gave each person a business card. Mrs. Yuigahama took a look at the card and saw only two pieces of information, "Yukinoshita Construction Company" and "Hikigaya Hachiman", but no title. The phone number left on it was probably the contact number of the Yukinoshita Company.

But Hachiman didn't seem surprised that she was in this company. Even when they exchanged business cards, his fingers gently stroked her palm.

Mrs. Yuigahama wanted to protest, but when she thought about the fact that the other party was a guest today and not Yui's boyfriend, nor a scumbag with bad intentions towards her, she had to bear it for the time being.

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President Oda took the initiative to greet, "Mr. Hikigaya, this is our administrative staff, Ms. Yui Yui Yui. If you need anything, you can talk to her directly."

Even though the two of them walked out of the same house in the morning, Mrs. Yuigahama had already said that the two of them had no relationship when she left home in the morning. It would be too difficult for her to take the initiative to "recognize her relationship" now.

But Mrs. Yuigahama's desire to pretend that they didn't know each other didn't mean that the other party would let her go.

The young man showed a surprised expression, and then said: "Yuigahama... What a coincidence, I have a good friend named Yuigahama. Is this surname so common in Chiba?"

His expression was so natural that no one even thought he was lying. Mrs. Yuigahama was a little surprised, wondering why he was so dramatic.

Mrs. Yuigahama originally wanted to cooperate with your performance and I turned a blind eye, but President Oda was also quite familiar with the situation of the Yuigahama family.

"Oh, Mr. Hikigaya, could it be that your friend is called Yui?"

Mrs. Yuigahama was so embarrassed that she wanted to cover her face, but there was nothing she could do.

Hachiman showed a surprised expression: "Yes, that's right, her name is Yuigahama Yui, how did you know that, President Oda?"

President Oda was a little surprised. She originally thought that this young man looked a little arrogant and it would be difficult to do public relations work with him, but this time she was able to easily narrow the distance between them.

"What a coincidence! Miss Yuigahama Yui is Yui's mother. What a fate."

"So you are Yui's mother? Excuse me, Aunt Yuigahama. I was thinking of visiting you with Yui recently."

Mrs. Yuigahama remembered that she did not allow him to call her name when they went out, and asked him to call her aunt. She didn't expect that this guy really remembered it, no, he held a grudge.

But President Oda didn't know the inside story. Instead, he seemed very happy, thinking that he could get closer to the people of Yukinoshita Enterprise.

"Mr. Hikigaya, there are two more people. Please come in. I have prepared the relevant documents." President Oda said.

Hachiman nodded gently and led the two examiners in, not forgetting to say: "Well, work comes first, we can talk together when we have time, Aunt Yuigahama."

His smile was very appropriate, just like a young professional elite.

President Oda gently poked Mrs. Yuigahama's waist with his elbow and said, "It seems that she is Yui's boyfriend. She looks really good. I have to ask him to say a few good words in front of President Yukinoshita during today's review."

But Mrs. Yuigahama sighed softly and said, "If only it were that easy."

Mrs. Yuigahama always has a bad feeling. Will the other party use this identity to force her to do something?

"Well, that's better than a situation where we are bound to lose. At least there is still a glimmer of hope." President Oda sighed helplessly, leaving Mrs. Yuigahama in silence.

Mrs. Yuigahama always had the illusion that she was being played around by the other party.

The two of them followed him into the conference room. The other party had already started working. The accountant in charge of auditing the finances kept flipping through the financial reports, while the director of the purchasing department of the Yukinoshita family was looking at the latest presentation documents. The director of the sales department of Oda Company was explaining the structure of the product line.

However, both of them looked very solemn. Perhaps it was because of the long-standing cooperative relationship between Yukinoshita Construction and Oda Steel, and President Yukinoshita had instructed that it would be best not to embarrass the other party too much. But the fact was that Oda Steel no longer met the qualifications to become a supplier of the Yukinoshita family.

Both President Oda and Yuigahama Yui's hearts skipped a beat. Among the people present, only Hikigaya Hachiman had a natural and indifferent expression. He occasionally talked to the two of them, as if he was reporting on the situation. It also showed that although he was the youngest of the three, Hikigaya Hachiman was the leader of this review meeting.

The life and death of Oda Steel was largely determined by a few words from Hikigaya Hachiman.

Seeing President Oda's worried expression, Mrs. Yuigahama pursed her lips. Although she didn't want to get close to this man with ill intentions, it seemed that she now had the opportunity to break the current deadlock.

She went out to the tea room, prepared a few cups of carefully brewed hot tea, and placed them on a tray. She slowly walked back to the conference room, placed the tea in front of the three people, and said softly, "Mr. Hikigaya, please have some tea."

Hachiman chuckled softly, then said, "You're too polite, Aunt Yuigahama. I want you to serve tea and water in person. In the future, I will be the one serving you tea."

To President Oda, it sounded like the son-in-law was serving tea to his mother-in-law, but to Mrs. Yuigahama, it seemed to have a different meaning.

Originally, Hachiman had always been polite to her here, which was quite consistent with the image of a promising young man who met his mother-in-law for the first time. But his subsequent behavior made Mrs. Yuigahama very uncomfortable.

"This tea seems a little too hot. Sorry, I have a cat's tongue." Hachiman said with a smile.

Mrs. Yuigahama froze for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "I'm so sorry, I'll go get you a warm cup."

Hachiman just smiled and didn't respond. Mrs. Yuigahama hurried to the tea room and made another cup of warm tea.

But after taking a sip, Hachiman said, "It's a bit hot today, Aunt Yuigahama, don't you think that drinking tea will make you sweat?"

Mrs. Yuigahama pursed her lips. Even though she was still smiling, any fool could tell that Hachiman was making things difficult for her.

President Oda didn't know why the young man became so moody. He was respectful to his mother-in-law the moment before, but the next moment he was the strong party A bullying the other party.

"Well, how about letting me make some tea?" President Oda took the initiative to come out to help, but Hachiman's smile disappeared immediately, and even made people feel a little cold.

"President Oda, don't you know even the simplest workplace rule of doing your own things? If the president serves tea and water, what are the administrative staff for?"

President Oda suddenly choked up and didn't know what to say for a moment. Mrs. Yuigahama's nose felt a little sour, but she still said firmly: "It's okay, President Oda, making tea is my job."

After saying that, he turned around and came out again, quickly made another cup of cold tea, and then carefully brought it to Hachiman. Hachiman was still smiling, but at this time, neither Mrs. Yuigahama nor President Oda thought that he was easy to deal with.

"This tea is good. It's very comfortable to drink." Hachiman said with a smile.

Mrs. Yuigahama finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if all her nerves had relaxed, and she even felt like crying.

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After this incident, neither President Oda nor Mrs. Yuigahama expected Yawata to say anything good about Oda Steel.

It seems that Hachiman's use of Yuigahama's wife as an example is also a warning. After all, President Oda feels that he is too naive to think that people like Hikigaya Hachiman would be restrained by personal feelings. If he is the kind of person who can be manipulated at will, he would not be sitting in his current position at such a young age.

Mrs. Yuigahama seemed to have discovered a side of Hikigaya Hachiman that she had never appreciated. Before this, she only thought that Hachiman was a boy who could please girls and was extremely shameless, but this was the first time she saw him working seriously.

Even though he was very rude to her just now, Mrs. Yuigahama felt that this was the method that people in high positions should use, and she would never be able to do it.

The review is still going on, but judging from the reviewer's expression, the result is obviously not ideal, but Hachiman remains silent.