Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

Seeing her face turn pale and on the verge of tears, Shimada Sho casually said, "It's just a picture frame, so what if it's broken?"

"Sister, you don't blame Maki?" Ayase Maki looked up happily.

It seems she's genuinely hoping for her sister's forgiveness.

Shimada Sho remained unmoved. "Whether it's strange or not is another matter. Next time, knock before entering someone else's room. You don't need me to teach you that basic manners, do you?"

Ayase Maki's smile froze.

But she quickly regained her obedient demeanor, saying, "Sister is right, it was Maki who was presumptuous."

"You know that much," Shimada Sho said without any politeness.

At that moment, Maki Ayase suddenly stretched out her hand that had been behind her back.

She was holding an exquisite gift box in her hand.

"This is a new photo frame that Maki picked out herself. I'll give it to my sister as an apology."

Shimada Sho looked down and saw a specially packaged gift: a wooden box wrapped in ribbon with a few decorative flowers on it.

Right in the middle, there's a sticker that says "For my sister".

The workmanship is exquisite; you can tell that it was made with care.

"Thank you." Shimada Sho took the photo frame and placed it on the table.

When Ayase Maki saw her older sister take it, her smile deepened.

She spoke again, "Sister."

"Is there anything else?"

"Maki has a question for you."

"explain."

"Does my sister... have someone she likes?" she asked tentatively, tilting her head.

Shimada Sho didn't respond, and she continued, "My sister put up a whole wall of that boy's pictures, how romantic~"

"What do you want to say?" Shimada Sho asked coldly.

"That's really hurtful, sister."

Leading Maki over, she feigned aggrievedness and said sweetly, "You were so kind to Maki before we weren't family, why are you so cold to her now?"

As she spoke, she walked into the room and began to observe the walls.

Upon discovering the photo was missing, she began to wander around, asking as she went, "Is it because of that boy?"

Shimada Sho frowned.

This behavior of completely treating someone else's bedroom as a public space is not only annoying, but it also highlights another key point.

"You used to be very good to her?" he asked Yuki Ayase in his heart.

There was no sound in my mind.

Shimada Sho thought she didn't want to answer.

But after a while, Yuki Ayase's voice rang out, "When she first came, she was very timid. I would show her around the house and teach her how to do her homework."

"So you treat her well, and this is how she treats you?" Shimada Sho really couldn't understand.

Even if two people didn't know each other before, they should grow closer to each other after starting a family.

Just like him and Yuzuki.

Although the girl never said anything nice, she still considered him her brother.

Since Yuki Ayase has shown goodwill, according to the normal script, Maki Ayase should reciprocate in kind.

But this girl, Cha Yan Cha Yu, deliberately framed him.

Her actions don't seem to fit the role of a younger sister at all.

"Maki is not a bad person at heart."

Perhaps sensing his suspicion, Ayase Yuki added another sentence.

But hearing her say that, Shimada Sho found it even more unbelievable.

So this woman can actually utter kind words?

It was still used to evaluate her sister, who had targeted her several times.

That's outrageous.

So it turns out that her sharp tongue was only directed at herself?

They are surprisingly tolerant of others.

But we definitely can't let her be so indulged, otherwise this younger sister will become unruly.

"Maki."

He ignored Ayase Yuki's attempts to make amends, looked at the girl in front of him who was pretending to be aggrieved, and suddenly smiled.

"What's wrong, sister?" Ayase Maki asked innocently.

"You just said that I used to be very good to you?"

Maki Ayase blinked and nodded vigorously, "Yes! My older sister taught me how to do my homework and showed me around the house. I'm always very grateful to my older sister."

"So this is how you thank me?"

Shimada Sho picked up the gift box from the table, weighed it in his hand, and said, "You threw my things, acted aggrieved in front of Dad, and then pried into my privacy behind my back?"

Maki Ayase's smile froze instantly.

The gift box that "Yuki Ayase" was holding looked like it was about to fall at any moment.

The smile on her face couldn't stay on.

Feeling nervous, she instinctively retorted, "Sister, I didn't..."

"You know perfectly well whether it's true or not," Shimada Sho interrupted her directly.

He stopped his threatening gesture and put the gift box back in the cabinet, and the pressure suddenly disappeared.

But before the girl could relax, he leaned forward again.

When face to face, Shimada Sho looked down at him.

"No matter what you and your daughter are planning, I'll only tell you one thing."

"W-what?" Ayase Maki's expression was flustered.

Shimada Sho's lips curled into a slight smile as he leaned down and whispered playfully in her ear, "If you keep acting up like this, I'll find a hundred ways to make sure you can't stay in this house anymore, my dear little sister~"

"..." Ayase Maki's lips trembled, unable to feign a wronged expression.

Shimada Sho stepped back, his expression returning to normal: "Is there anything else, Maki?"

“My…sister…”

"Get out!"

"..."

"Hmm?" Seeing her hesitation, Shimada Sho raised an eyebrow.

The moment her gaze fell upon her, Ayase Maki shrank back, giving off a somewhat timid idol vibe.

She seemed genuinely frightened.

He hesitated for a while, twisting his hands, before finally whispering "Okay" and turning to leave the room.

The door closed.

The room fell silent.

You scared her.

Ayase Yuki's voice echoed in my mind, her tone flat, without any hint of blame.

Shimada Sho asked in surprise, "You're not angry with me?"

"She definitely needs someone to scare her."

Ok.

It seems she isn't completely intolerant.

However, Shimada Sho was still a little curious, "Why do you say she's not a bad person at heart? You haven't known each other for very long, have you?"

"……intuition."

Yuki Ayase remained silent for a while before giving her answer.

Upon hearing this answer, Shimada Sho felt there was no need to continue the conversation.

When women rely on their intuition, it seems they can't say it's inaccurate.

He shook his head and decisively changed the subject, "How's the sports festival going?"

"I told Dad."

"How did he say?"

"Let's see after the sports festival." Ayase Yuki's tone carried a hint of helplessness. "He said that if Sho-kun can get a ranking in the sports festival, it will prove that my judgment was correct."

"Do you think he can get it?"

"can."

"So confident?"

"There is nothing that Xiangjun cannot do."

Her tone was calm, as if she were stating something perfectly natural.

Shimada Sho was at a loss for words.

He didn't even realize he was this strong.

Where does this woman get her confidence from?

“A peeping tom,” Yuki Ayase suddenly said.

"what happened?"

You're talking a lot today.

Shimada Sho was both amused and exasperated. "You're not happy that I care about you?"

"unnecessary."

"Then what do you need?"

Yuki Ayase answered without hesitation: "I need you to stop entering my body so casually."

“That won’t do,” Shimada Sho replied even more decisively.

"you--"

"Aren't you happy?"

"Shut up."

Shimada Sho smiled and stopped teasing her.

It was nearly nine o'clock when the neon lights shone outside the window, and the room was quiet.

"Oh, right." Shimada Sho suddenly remembered something.

"what?"

"You know that your crush is going to deal with the Sasaki family's house tomorrow?"

"I don't know." Ayase Yuki's tone carried a hint of surprise. "What happened?"

"It's about that shop from last time. There are still some procedures that haven't been completed, and he needs to come forward to act as a witness."

Shimada Sho spoke vaguely, without revealing many details.

He wanted to ask if Ayase Yuki knew about this.