Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

The car passed through Shinjuku and headed towards Nakano.

Throughout the journey, Shimada Sho remained silent, gazing at the street scenes rushing past the window, his mind replaying the scenes from last weekend.

At that time, that home was still filled with warmth.

Aunt Island Flower said they are family.

In the blink of an eye, the home was gone.

When Yuzuki came to stay overnight, her expression was so natural.

What is she thinking?

Did she cry when she was kicked out of her own home?

The car stopped in front of an old apartment building.

The five-story building has peeling white paint on its exterior walls, revealing the gray cement underneath.

Shimada Sho went upstairs according to the address and found the door at the far end of the third floor.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door opened a crack, revealing Hoshino Yuuki's wary face.

When she saw that it was Shimada Sho standing outside the door, her expression visibly froze for a moment.

Then she instinctively tried to close the door.

Shimada Sho reached out and braced himself against the door.

"What are you doing!" Hoshino Yuuki's voice was filled with anger.

“I know everything.” Shimada Sho looked into her eyes and said seriously, “I know everything about the house and Owada.”

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Yuuki paused in her action of closing the door.

Taking advantage of her moment of distraction, Shimada Sho pushed open the door and said, "Let me in."

"..." Hoshino Yuzuki met his gaze, her lips slightly pursed.

She wanted to close the door, but in the end she let go, turned around and went inside.

Shimada Sho followed him into the house and closed the door behind him.

The room was tiny; compared to my previous spacious home, it felt like I had suddenly gone from a wealthy neighborhood to a slum.

The kitchen is crammed next to the entryway in the one-bedroom apartment, and there are several unopened cardboard boxes piled up in the living room.

The curtains are old, the sofa is old, and the tea set on the coffee table is also old.

For Hoshino Yuuki, who previously lived in a detached house, this kind of environment must have been no different from falling from heaven to hell.

"Where's Auntie?" Shimada Sho looked around.

"The hospital," Hoshino Yuuki said in a muffled voice, her back to him, "for regular check-ups."

Shimada Sho walked up behind her, took a deep breath, and asked the question he already knew the answer to: "Why sell the house? Why didn't you tell me?"

Hoshino Yuuki's shoulders trembled slightly.

"It's none of your business," she said curtly.

"It has nothing to do with me?" Shimada Sho's voice rose involuntarily. "Your house was taken over by the yakuza because of my debts, and you and your aunt were kicked out. You came to my place to stay without saying a word. You call that having nothing to do with me?"

"I said it has nothing to do with you, and that means it has nothing to do with you!"

Hoshino Yuuki turned around abruptly, her eyes already red, but her voice was still firm: "That was Mom's decision! She said she couldn't drag you down with her! She said you've already had enough, and she can't add to your burden!"

"So you secretly used the house to pay off your debts without telling me?" Shimada Sho stared at her, his voice filled with anger. "Who gave you permission to make this decision on your own?!"

He was genuinely angry.

He never intended to implicate anyone in his own debts.

But now, Aunt Island Flower and her sister have been dragged into it.

He was angry with himself.

Why wasn't it discovered sooner?

"It's all because of you!" Hoshino Yuzuki cried out under his angry questioning. "Do you think I didn't want to tell you? Do you think I wanted to come to this dilapidated house where I can't even sleep properly!"

Tears streamed down her face, but she stubbornly wiped them away with the back of her hand, her voice trembling as she continued to shout, "But Mom said she can't tell you! She said you're her son, and she can't let you feel like she's a burden!"

She said you've already worked very hard and paid off your debts yourself, so we can't let you worry about us anymore!

"She said...she said we already owe you enough..."

By the end, her voice had completely turned into a sob, and she squatted down, burying her face in her knees.

Shimada Sho stood there, watching her curled up in a ball, his heart feeling as if it were being squeezed tightly by something.

burden.

I owe him.

That's what they were thinking.

While he treated them as family, they were cautiously afraid of becoming a burden to him.

Seeing his younger sister like this, Shimada Sho's tone softened immediately.

He crouched down, placed his hand on the top of her head, and said softly, "Are you all stupid?"

Hoshino Yuuki's hair is soft, which is completely unlike her personality.

Feeling Shimada Sho's hand, her shoulders trembled, but she didn't pull away.

“I didn’t pay back those two million alone.” Shimada Sho’s voice calmed down. “When I was working, my aunt brought me food. When I had no money for food, you lent me money. You’ve been helping me from beginning to end.”

"I've always owed you all this, do you understand?"

Hoshino Yuuki kept her head down and didn't say anything.

But her shoulders shook even more violently.

Shimada Sho stood up and turned to walk towards the door.

He is going to Owada Financial.

Go now.

No matter what means he uses, he wants to make those bastards spit out everything they've swallowed.

"Where are you going?" came Hoshino Yuzuki's voice, trembling with tears, from behind.

Shimada Sho opened the door without turning his head. "I have something to take care of."

"You're not allowed to go." Hoshino Yuuki's voice was somewhat anxious.

But Shimada Sho didn't stop.

"Shimada Sho!" Hoshino Yuzuki called out his name directly.

Then, hurried footsteps came from behind.

A pair of arms reached out from behind and tightly wrapped around his waist.

Shimada Sho stopped in his tracks.

Hoshino Yuuki buried her face in his back, her voice muffled, with suppressed sobs, "Don't go... brother."

That word was like an electric current, shooting from my back into my heart.

Shimada Sho froze on the spot.

Hoshino Yuuki had never called him "brother" before.

This is the first time.

In the past, no matter when, she was always called by her full name.

“They won’t give the house back even if you go.” Hoshino Yuzuki’s voice came from behind him, her tone slightly nasal as she advised, “Those people are unreasonable. If you get hurt, Mom will be even more worried.”

“I already have no home, I can’t lose my brother too.”

As Shimada Sho stood there, he could feel the strength of the arms behind him.

It's as if he'll run away.

Shimada Sho silently raised his hand and placed it on the back of her cold hand.

"understood."

Feeling Yuzuki trembling behind him from crying, Shimada Sho softened his voice to comfort her, "I won't go."

Hoshino Yuzuki tightened her grip on her arm even more.

The two stood there in the narrow entryway, neither of them moving.

The sky outside the window darkened, and the sound of a tram passing by came from afar, growing closer and then fading away.

After a long while, Hoshino Yuuki let go of her hand.

She took a step back, wiped her face haphazardly with the back of her hand, and said in her usual cold voice, "I'll go get you some water."

"No need." Shimada Sho turned around, took the brown paper envelope out of his backpack, and stuffed it into her hand. "This is for you."

Hoshino Yuuki glanced down, opened the envelope, and was stunned to see a thick stack of 10,000 yen bills inside.

Where did you get so much money?

"I earned it from working part-time," Shimada Sho said without changing his expression.

"You're lying." Hoshino Yuuki stared at him, her eyes still red, but her gaze had returned to its usual coldness. "Working at a convenience store only earns a few hundred thousand yen a month, where did you get so much?"

“I said that what you earn from working is what you earn from working.” Shimada Sho turned and walked towards the door. “Take good care of Auntie. Call me if anything happens.”

"Sho Shimada".

Hoshino Yuuki's voice came from behind.

Shimada Sho stopped in his tracks, and heard her say in a muffled voice, "Thank you."

Shimada Sho didn't turn around, but waved his hand, opened the door, and walked out.

His steps were steady as he went downstairs.

But the anger in his chest burned ever brighter.

He doesn't go to Owada Financial?

how is this possible.

He was just waiting for Hoshino Yuuki to recover.

Chapter 112 Violence

9 PM, Hyakunincho, Shinjuku Ward.

The old office building where Owada Financial is located lies dormant in the darkness.

Shimada Sho crouched in the shadows at the street corner downstairs, inconspicuous.

He changed into a black hooded sweatshirt and black trousers, the hood covering most of his face. He held a can of coffee in his hand, drinking it while observing.

There was a constant flow of yakuza members coming and going downstairs at Owada Financial Center.

Three very high-end business vans were parked on one side of the entrance.

The car had stopped not long ago, and a woman got out, but Shimada Sho couldn't see her face clearly.

As soon as I got off the car, I was surrounded by a group of burly men in suits and led upstairs.

His identity must be extraordinary.

It doesn't matter.

He drank the last sip of coffee, crushed the can, and threw it into the nearby trash can.

Then Shimada Sho got up and stretched his neck.

He doesn't want to use violence to solve problems if he can.

Even though violence was his means of survival in the underworld in his past life, he rarely regarded it as a way to solve problems.

Violence only brings chaos.