Substitute Toyokawa Shoko, you can become stronger by breathing

Their carefully crafted words and prepared bargaining chips seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the girl's calm rejection.

They underestimated the inner tenacity of this seemingly weak idol and completely misjudged the true relationship between her, Shoko Toyokawa and Sadaharu Toyokawa.

Seeing that the trick didn't work, some impatient members of the branch were ready to give up this line.

After all, a forced melon is not sweet, and the value of an uncooperative chess piece will be greatly reduced.

However, just as they were about to give up, another investigative clue made a surprising breakthrough.

The true relationship between Toyokawa Sadaharu and Sankaku Hatsuka...

To be honest, the survey results were so absurd that they thought they were fake at first.

Who was Toyokawa Sadaharu? He married into the Toyokawa family as a son-in-law and gradually climbed to the pinnacle of power.

His wife, a legitimate descendant of the Toyokawa family, had long since passed away.

His only direct descendants are his daughter and granddaughter Toyokawa Shoko.

Of course, his daughter also died.

In other words, after Toyokawa Kiyoshige was kicked out of the core layer, the Toyokawa main family has actually reached its weakest period.

If Sanjiao Chuhua is really his illegitimate daughter...

This "if" was like a key that instantly opened Pandora's box.

Absolutely, this can definitely become a powerful weapon against Toyokawa Sadaharu!

The power structure within the Toyokawa family has always been delicate and complex, and the open and covert struggles between the main family and the side branches have never truly ceased.

The system of son-in-law and adopted son inheritance that has continued to this day in the Toyokawa family is itself a product of power balance, but it also leaves room for various criticisms and challenges.

As a son-in-law, Toyokawa Sadaharu's legitimacy of power was inherently inferior to that of the pure Toyokawa bloodline. If it could be proven that he not only had an illegitimate daughter outside, but that this illegitimate daughter was also entangled with his granddaughter...

This is undoubtedly a huge scandal!

In an instant, countless vicious attack angles took shape in the minds of the collateral members:

You, Toyokawa Sadaharu, as the son-in-law and adopted son of the Toyokawa family, actually committed adultery with an outsider and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter. What was your intention?

Was he trying to surreptitiously replace the Toyokawa family's orthodoxy with his own bloodline? Was he trying to replace the crown prince with a cat, subverting the Toyokawa family's century-old bloodline foundation?

Any one of these accusations is enough to cause an uproar at the clan meeting of the Toyokawa family, enough to make Toyokawa Sadaharu anxious and even shake his position as the head of the family!

Of course, the premise of all these criticisms is that we must get solid evidence to prove that Sankaku Hatsuka is indeed Toyokawa Sadaharu's illegitimate daughter.

Mere groundless speculation or ambiguous hints will not shake the old fox.

To do this...

The goals of those collateral relatives have changed.

If before, they just wanted to find a useful chess piece.

So now, what they discovered might be a bomb that is powerful enough to detonate the entire Toyokawa family.

In order to detonate this bomb, any means will be worth it.

They gave up their initial "civilized" appearance.

Then, the long-coveted, sharp fangs hidden under the gorgeous clothes were revealed.

.....

The night wind, carrying the chill of late autumn, blew across Sanjiao Chuhua's exposed neck, causing her to subconsciously wrap her thin coat tightly around her.

The "meeting" with the Toyokawa family's branch that had ended earlier was like a disgusting farce, and the greedy and calculating faces of those people lingered in her mind.

"piece..."

She whispered self-deprecatingly, a hint of bitterness curling up her lips.

From Toyokawa Sadaharu to these so-called "relatives", everyone wants to put her on the chessboard and fight for their own interests. She has had enough of this manipulated fate, and she can't stand the possibility of hurting Xiangzi again because of these dirty deals.

She left Ave Mujica because she no longer wanted to be used by her "father" and didn't want to see Xiangzi's disappointed and hurt eyes because of her. She just wanted to sing and express herself with her own voice, not become a tool in the power struggle.

Turning the familiar street corner, the dim lights of the apartment building shone in the distance. She quickened her pace, wanting only to return to that small space where she could temporarily isolate herself from all the distractions.

At this moment, a strange feeling passed through my heart.

There seemed to be footsteps? Very light, yet deliberately keeping in sync with her pace.

Sanjiao Chuhua was startled and almost instinctively wanted to look back.

However, it was too late.

"Come with us, Miss Chuhua."

A woman's voice came from the front, and Sanjiao Chuhua realized that the branch of the Toyokawa family, whom he had just met not long ago, had appeared behind him at some point.

The retreat route beside him has also been blocked.

"Don't worry too much. I just want Miss Chuhua to help me with a little bit. After that, you can leave safely."

The woman in the suit spoke politely and extended her hand as a gesture of invitation.

In front of me, a Maybach had stopped at some point and the door was opened.

Sanjiao Chuhua felt a little nervous.

But he also knew that he seemed to have no way out at the moment.

The other party came with bad intentions and obviously would not let her go just like that.

She pursed her lips and got in the car

......

PS: This chapter costs 4,500 yuan, and it’s the last day of my rest this month.

New chapter modified

Some controversial passages at the end of the new chapter have been modified.

I would like to state in advance that the kidnapper in the original plot is also a female, and there is no contact between any female characters and male NPCs.

But it was indeed ambiguous, so I have modified it.

The new plot has optimized the kidnapping plot, and Chu Hua from the triangle remained awake throughout.

The new chapter is over 10,000 words long and will be released all at once, completing the Chuhua storyline in one go.

But I’m writing again after waking up, and my sleep and rest routine has gotten a bit messy and I haven’t changed it yet.

...

Chapter 135 Lian Si, help me!

The Maybach was driving smoothly on the streets late at night. Outside the car window, the neon lights were rapidly receding, blurring into flowing spots of light.

Inside the car, the atmosphere was like frozen ice, so oppressive that it was suffocating.

Sanjiao Chuhua sat upright on one side of the back seat, his hands tightly grasping the corners of his clothes, his fingertips feeling a little cold.

She tried her best to make her expression look calm, but her rapid heartbeat betrayed her inner anxiety.

Sitting opposite her was a woman who was about forty years old.

She was wearing a sophisticated dark suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Her eyes behind the lenses were sharp and deep, carrying an unquestionable aura of dominance.

Sanjiao Chuhua remembered that in the previous "meeting", although this woman didn't say much, she was obviously a very influential figure in the side branch.

Let's call her "Mrs. Toyokawa Kageyama" for now, even though this surname sounds full of irony at this moment.

"Miss Chuhua, don't be nervous."

Mrs. Kageyama broke the silence first, her voice gentle:

"We have no ill intentions in inviting you here this time. We just want to confirm something with you."

"confirm?"

Sanjiao Chuhua raised his eyes, met the other person's gaze, and tried to keep his voice steady:

"I don't understand what I have that would warrant the whole Toyokawa family coming all the way here to check on me."

She deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "please", implying the coercive nature of the other party's behavior.

Mrs. Kageyama smiled slightly, seemingly unfazed by the sarcasm in her words.

"Miss Chuhua is a smart person. She should understand that once you know something, it's hard to pretend you don't know it."

She paused, leaned forward slightly, and lowered her voice:

"For example, the relationship between you and Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu."

coming.

Sure enough, they still set their sights on her relationship with that man.

"Me and Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu?"

She pretended to be calm:

"He is Miss Xiangzi's grandfather and a very respected elder. Other than that, I don't think there is any special relationship between him and me."

"is it?"

Mrs. Yingshan raised the corner of her mouth in a meaningful arc:

"When Ms. Chuhua was at Ave Mujica, she seemed to have a close relationship with Ms. Xiangzi. And Ms. Xiangzi is Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu's most beloved granddaughter. Do you really think that Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu's interest in you is simply because you are his granddaughter's friend?"

Sanjiao Chuhua lowered his eyelids and avoided the other party's inquiring gaze.

"Xiangzi and I...we are friends and bandmates. Isn't it normal for elders to care about the friends of their juniors?"

"Normal? Maybe."

Mrs. Kageyama smiled noncommittally.

"But as far as we know, Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu's 'concern' for you seems to go beyond the normal range. He has solved many problems for you, and even after you left Ave Mujica, he still secretly kept an eye on you. Miss Chuhua, don't you think this is strange?"

Sanjiao Chuhua's heart skipped a beat.

They investigated so thoroughly that they even knew these details!

She took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

"I don't know what you're talking about. Mr. Toyokawa Sadaharu is a big shot. How can a mere mortal like me possibly guess what he's doing?"

She chose the safest way to avoid the issue, neither admitting nor denying it, and simply attributed everything to "not knowing."

Mrs. Yingshan seemed to have anticipated her reaction. She picked up the glass of water at hand and took a sip slowly, but her eyes never left Sanjiao Hatsuka's face.

"Miss Chuhua, we invited you here today with sincerity."

She put down her water glass and said, "You should know that the relationship between you and Mr. Sadaharu is very important to you, to us, and even to Miss Xiangzi."

When Xiangzi was mentioned, Sanjiao Chuhua's body stiffened slightly.

Mrs. Kageyama keenly caught this subtle change, and a gleam of light flashed behind her lenses.

"Miss Chuhua, you are a kind girl. You definitely don't want Miss Xiangzi to get hurt, right?"

Her voice was full of instigation:

"Toyokawa Sadaharu is a ruthless man who will do anything to achieve his goals. Although Miss Xiangzi is his granddaughter, in his eyes, she is probably just a chess piece to be used."

"Nonsense!"

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, Miss Chuhua should know better than me."

Mrs. Kageyama's tone remained calm, yet it carried a kind of understanding that seemed to see through everything:

"Don't you realize how controlling Mr. Sadaharu is? If he can control you, he can certainly control Ms. Shoko, too. Do you think Ms. Shoko's decision to form Ave Mujica was truly her own decision? Or is Toyokawa Sadaharu still behind this?"

Sanjiao Chuhua's lips moved, but no sound came out.

"Ms. Chuhua, we don't want to be your enemy."

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Mrs. Kageyama changed the subject and spoke in a gentler tone:

"We just want to know the truth. If Toyokawa Sadaharu is really using Miss Xiangzi, then only by telling us the truth can we help Miss Xiangzi break free from his control. Do you want to see Miss Xiangzi become a puppet in his hands like you?"