Crossover anime/manga, immediately transmigrated after death

The daughters of the Shinomiya family were raised in this way from a young age.

Arranged marriages, alliances, and exchanging marriage for benefits—this is their destiny.

She had been prepared for this for a long time.

Some even... resigned themselves to their fate.

It doesn't matter who I marry anyway.

In any case, her life has never belonged to herself.

But the father refused.

why?

Zhang Yang let go of her hand, walked to the window, and opened it to let in some fresh air.

The dry landscape garden in the courtyard gleamed white in the afternoon sun, the gravel was raked into neat patterns, and a few stones stood alone in the distance.

Kaguya slowly raised her right hand, her fingers touching her left cheek.

The fingertips gently caressed it, as if touching something unseen.

Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly as she watched Kaguya's actions.

When Kaguya is nervous or uneasy, she will touch her left cheek with her right hand.

Kaguya's mother was like that when she was a child.

While lulling her to sleep, I gently and slowly stroked her left cheek with my right hand, as if I were caressing the most precious thing in the world.

Kaguya learned this gesture after her mother passed away.

When you are afraid.

When I'm feeling down.

When you can't sleep in the dead of night.

She would touch her left cheek with her right hand.

Pretend your mother is still alive.

Hayasaka Ai bit her lip: "What happened to the Shinomiya family?"

“Yan’an refused,” Zhang Yang said casually.

"Refuse?" Hayasaka Ai was taken aback. "Refuse what?"

"I want you, Miss."

"……what?"

“I said, let your young lady become a member of my harem,” Zhang Yang repeated, “and then Shigu Yan’an said no.”

Hayasaka Ai was silent for a moment, then sneered.

"That man is still the same as ever." Hayasaka Ai's voice carried a hint of sarcasm. "What is a daughter to him? Just a tool to be traded. Now that someone has made an offer, he won't sell?"

"That's hilarious."

"He raised the young lady like a prop, but in the end, he pretended to be a caring father." Cang

Her tone was somewhat harsh, but it didn't sound like she was speaking for herself; rather, it sounded like she was talking about someone else. (Ling)

Kaguya looked at Hayasaka Ai and agreed with her, knowing that what Hayasaka Ai said was exactly what she wanted to say.

In Kaguya's eyes, En'an didn't care about her much. She couldn't recall ever hearing her father say things like "goodnight," "be careful on the road," "good job," or "I love you" to her.

How could someone like that possibly...?

Zhang Yang simply said, "But he didn't do a paternity test, so it's still uncertain whether Kaguya is his biological daughter. However, he still left you an inheritance and intends to let you manage some of his businesses."

Kaguya looked up.

Hayasaka Aiya was stunned.

"What did you say?"

"You and Shigong Yan'an have not had a paternity test done."

Kaguya looked at him, her red eyes widening slightly: "...This is impossible."

“Nothing is impossible.” Zhang Yang leaned against the window frame. “Your mother went back to her hometown to recuperate from heart disease. When she reappeared in front of Yan’an, she was pregnant with you. He couldn’t be sure if you were his biological daughter, so he didn’t know how to treat you.”

Hayasaka Ai snapped out of her daze: "But... since Lord Karian is unsure, why not get it tested?"

“Because he’s afraid.” Zhang Yang’s tone remained calm. “He’s probably also afraid that Kaguya isn’t his biological daughter and doesn’t know how to treat her, so he’s distanced himself from her.”

"Perhaps over the past ten years or so, he had thought many times about whether Kaguya was his child, but he was also afraid of knowing the truth, and in the end, this is how it ended."

Kaguya's fingers slid down her cheek: "Impossible, he's Shinomiya Gan'an, the one who built the Shinomiya Group from scratch, how could he possibly do this..."

She remembered how she always got first place in every exam.

The servants would all praise her, saying, "Young lady is really amazing."

But my father never said "Well done".

He would only say "hmm" and then continue looking at the documents in his hands.

She always thought her father didn't like her.

Some even...dislike her.

So she learned to stop caring about him.

I don't expect his praise.

I don't expect his concern.

She didn't expect him to show up on her birthday.

But now someone told her...

It's not that her father disliked her.

The father was just afraid.

He was afraid she wasn't his daughter.

Are you kidding me?

"Actually, Shinomiya Gan'an lost terribly in love." Zhang Yang's voice pulled Kaguya back to reality: "Love, to put it bluntly, is war."

"It determines the power relations, the exploitation and the exploited, the giving and the receiving, the winners and the losers..."

"But Shinomiya Gan'an never intended to win from the very beginning."

"He just wanted to lose in a more elegant way."

But a loss is a loss.

Kaguya took a deep breath, slowly raised her head, and looked at Zhang Yang standing by the window, her heart beating a little fast.

"Zhang Yang, let me be a member of your harem."

That was said very seriously.

She was so serious that even Hayasaka Ai was stunned.

"Miss..."

Kaguya shook her head, signaling Hayasaka Ai to be quiet: "I was thinking a lot just now."

"As a daughter of the Shinomiya family, I knew from a young age that I would not have a choice in my marriage."

"Since I'm going to get married, I'd rather marry someone I find interesting than someone from a prestigious family."

She paused for a moment, then said, "I think you're very interesting."

Zhang Yang walked towards Kaguya. Kaguya subconsciously leaned back slightly, but then straightened up, ready to face her choice.

However, Zhang Yang walked past Kaguya.

"Borrow it for a moment."

"..."

Kaguya instinctively dodged, and then saw Zhang Yang walk up to Hayasaka Ai and put his arm around her waist.

"First published on 705u.com - Book Club"

“4但8灵是苍8比群起大小转姐九，我更七想三0要五女8三中仆。”

Kaguya blinked.

Hayasaka Ai blinked.

"What...did you say?" Hayasaka Ai's voice was a little tense.

“I said, I’m not interested in young ladies.” Zhang Yang pulled Hayasaka Ai closer to him. “I’m more interested in maids.”

Hayasaka Ai: "..."

Her mind was racing.

What is this guy saying?

Saying "I don't want a young lady, I want a maid" in front of the young lady?

Is this helping her or harming her?

Kaguya stood there watching them, her lips twitching slightly, and her eyes twitching as well.

The usually aloof and cold young lady's mask is slowly cracking.

The curtain door to the waiting room was suddenly pulled open.

Shinomiya Hikari stood at the door with a livid face, the hem of her kimono slightly disheveled, and a cell phone clutched in her hand, as if she had just finished a call.

"Zhang Yang!"

Zhang Yang simply put his arm around Hayasaka Ai and swaggered toward the door. Then, as if only then noticing Shinomiya Hikari, he said, "Oh, right. This person asked me to stay in her room last night, so I took it."

It took Huang Guang's brain several seconds to process this sentence.

"……what?"

Let's reward him on the bus in Chapter 100.

The black car drove out of the Shinomiya family mansion, its smooth surface resembling a fish rising from the bottom of a deep pool.

The scenery outside the car window flowed from the gray courtyard walls into the shops on both sides of the street, and then spread from the shops into the countryside where farmhouses were interspersed.

Everything is receding backward, as if time is flowing backward.

Zhang Yang leaned back in the back seat, crossed his legs, and lazily gazed out the window.

Hayasaka Ai sat beside him.

She sat upright, her hands neatly resting on her knees, as if adhering to the etiquette of a maid, but the corners of her mouth couldn't be hidden.

She was pressing down hard, as if afraid that someone would see the secret in her heart.

No.

You can't laugh out loud.

Hold it down. You absolutely must hold it down.

"Laugh if you want to," Zhang Yang said without turning his head. "Holding it in will only cause internal injuries."

Hayasaka Ai paused for a moment, then finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing so hard she bent over, her eyes glistening with laughter.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't control myself..." She covered her mouth, her shoulders trembling. "You know, when you walked out with me in your arms just now, I saw the expression on Miss's face... Oh my god..."

She laughed again.

Zhang Yang turned his head and glanced at her: "There's something wrong with you."

"No problem!" Hayasaka Ai wiped her eyes. "I'm just so happy!"

"What are you so happy about?"

“I’ve always been subservient to the young lady.” Hayasaka Ai leaned back in her seat, looking at the roof of the car. “I’m the maid, and she’s the young lady. I’ve been serving her and protecting her since I was little, playing the role of the ‘perfect maid’ by her side.”

"I never imagined that one day someone would say to the young lady's face, 'I would prefer a maid.'"