What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

Yukinoshita Yukino was standing at the entrance of the house.

Outside the door, an unfamiliar Mercedes-Maybach limited edition supercar was already making impatient humming sounds.

The girl in an evening dress slowly walked out of the room. She vaguely remembered that the other party's previous car did not seem to be this one, but considering the other party's net worth, it seemed normal to change cars casually, as long as the person was still in the driver's seat.

She walked into the car with a blank expression.

Not long after school today, when I was reading in the service department's activity room, I suddenly received a call from him, asking me to put on clothes that would be suitable for attending the party and would not embarrass him and wait for him.

The girl, who had already accepted her fate, naturally did not argue too much. She just quietly locked the door of the activity room and returned to the temporary rented house to make preparations.

"Your place is not close to my company or Fengzhizaki, so you should move to another place later."

As soon as the car started, the young man in the driver's seat spoke in a slightly joking tone.

The girl who was fastening her seat belt froze for a moment, then nodded silently.

Although she didn't turn her head, she could feel that the man next to her smacked his lips in displeasure.

There was no expression on Yukinoshita Yukino's face, but she felt somewhat happy in her heart - this was something she had only recently realized. If this guy tortured herself just to see her suffer, then as long as she completely ignored his humiliation, wouldn't it be possible to make the other person, who couldn't see what he wanted to see, suffer instead?

The girl knew very well that her behavior was not really resistance, but more like a temper tantrum. However, there was nothing she could do, so there was nothing wrong in trying.

Now it seems that it is not completely useless.

——The girl, who had no idea that she was almost being used as a relief by the other party, thought with some pleasure.

Today's banquet was hosted by Qiu Ling Wenping.

In name it was just an ordinary exchange meeting, but in essence it was a celebration party attended by the factions that divided the Shinomiya family.

With Qiu Lingwenping's name at the head of this banquet, those who are invited will naturally attend. In fact, even those who are not invited will try their best to get in.

It’s a pity that Maple Leaf Technology’s bodyguards are world-class. If you want to break through the security, you have to get past the FBI and KGB, then the CIA and the Seventh Bureau, and finally the Chinese Soldier King and Maple Leaf Technology’s security robots.

If they have the ability to break through this level of security, why don't they just get a nuclear bomb from the Lighthouse Country and nuke Tokyo again...

When the host Qiu Ling Wenping arrived at the venue, almost all the guests had already arrived and were happily chatting and discussing business, exchanging their personal connections.

There were only two people who seemed somewhat out of place in the entire venue.

It was a girl with black hair and red eyes, and her blonde maid.

Can you still hear some whispers surrounding them?

"Why are people from the Sigong family here?" "It was an invitation letter sent by Mr. Qiu Ling. It is said that he even invited Sigong Huang Guang, but the other party did not show up." "What kind of ultimate humiliation is this..." "Stupid, if Sigong Huang Guang came today, he would be quite courageous. I guess Mr. Qiu Ling would have stopped here, but he refuses to attend the exchange meeting now, which is a loss of face for Mr. Qiu Ling. He is destined to be trampled into the dirt." "So, the eldest lady of the Sigong family is still quite responsible."

Although Kaguya Shinomiya seemed to be enjoying the exquisite food at the banquet very elegantly and confidently, Qiu Ling Wenping, who had extraordinary perception, could see the imperceptible trembling of her body.

Was he not used to such occasions? Or was he just frightened after seeing the Shinomiya family being completely chopped to pieces?

The moment Qiu Ling Wenping and Yukinoshita Yukino stepped into the venue, all eyes were focused on him.

"Thank you all for giving me Qiu Ling the honor of coming to the exchange meeting. I will announce something after the social dance party, so please stay tuned." He said loudly, "I won't disturb your fun before that."

The subtext of his words "I won't disturb you" also means that you should not disturb me before this.

After all, if you don't warn us in advance, there will definitely be many people who want to get close to us.

Although there will definitely be some young people who don’t understand and want to approach him, their number will be much smaller, and most of them will be stopped by other participants. Occasionally, there will be one or two who slip through the net, but they can be easily dealt with.

After saying that, Qiu Ling Wenping took Yukinoshita Yukino's hand and walked towards Shinomiya Kaguya who was not far away.

It's time to meet the new head of the Shinomiya family.

Chapter 99: Two People in Misplacement

The Shinomiya family actually does not have a particularly formal system for succession of the head of the family.

After all, the Shinomiya family has not been rich for a long time. It was entirely relying on Shinomiya Gan'an to start from scratch and reach its current level. They are different from the noble families who have been passed down from the Edo period to the modern era and have a clear family system.

Honestly speaking, without any golden fingers, Shinomiya Gan'an was able to rise from an ordinary person to become one of the oligarchs who dominated the Japanese business world. He was indeed quite amazing.

It’s a pity that the times are changing rapidly, and the once glorious huge battleship has become riddled with holes and vulnerable. There is no ship in the new world that can carry an old man like him.

From the moment Sigong Huangguang bare his fangs towards Qiu Ling Wenping, the fate of the Sigong family had already been decided. Now, being dismembered can be considered a relatively good outcome.

As the direct cause of the disintegration of the Sigong family, Sigong Huang Guang's actions were naturally hated and hostile by almost everyone in the group. If they were able to maintain unity in the face of external pressure at the beginning and struggled hard under the command of Sigong Huang Guang, then when the external pressure completely exceeded the internal strength of the Sigong family, the bright and beautiful appearance was covered with cracks. When everyone realized the final result, the unity naturally disappeared in an instant.

Sigong Huangguang swallowed the bitter fruit of his own making. He was hated by his father, targeted by other factions in the group, and took almost all the blame. He was portrayed as an unforgivable bastard - although he was almost such a person himself, the feeling of being smug in private while watching the victims being helpless against him was completely different from the feeling of powerlessness of having all the fig leaves stripped off and the crime exposed to everyone.

With no possibility of recovery, Sigong Huangguang fell to the bottom of his life.

Sigong Yan'an's other two sons, Sigong Qinglong, had too close a relationship with Sigong Huangguang. When his eldest brother Sigong Huangguang fell into the abyss, he naturally had no time to distance himself from him. He also became the target of public criticism and had to bear part of the blame along with Sigong Huangguang.

The third son, Gong Yunying, chose to flee Japan immediately when his family was in trouble. He should be living a wealthy life somewhere in the world relying on the wealth he had accumulated in the past.

When the men in the Shinomiya family could no longer be relied upon, the other people in the Shinomiya Group naturally elevated the previously neglected Shinomiya Kaguya to the top position - although this was also related to Kaguya using Hayasaka Ai's small treasury to build up her network of contacts - for them, Shinomiya Kaguya was a very ideal object of support.

She is still young, has no power of her own, is weak and powerless, and cannot check and balance other factions. Apart from the title of the owner of the Shinomiya Group, she has almost nothing, which means that everything in the Shinomiya Group can be done by them.

It's a pity that they didn't understand that from the moment Maple Leaf Technology defined the Sigong family as an enemy, the so-called "wealth" of the Sigong family had become a thing of the past. The little things they fought so hard for would only become dog feed for Qiu Ling and Wenping in the end.

On the contrary, Kaguya Shinomiya, who was young and ignorant in their eyes and didn't know the world, understood this point early on. She took nothing away except the title of the head of the Shinomiya family. In the end, she became the only winner in the Shinomiya Group.

Qiu Ling Wenping returned some of the remnants of the Sigong Group to her. Although compared with the Sigong Group in the past, it was just a drop in the bucket, but for most people, it was an astronomical figure that they could not earn in a lifetime.

"Ms. Sigong, how do you feel?" Qiu Lingwenping took advantage of his height, looked down at the girl and asked loudly.

Yukinoshita Yukino held Qiu Ling Wenping's arm tightly.

She also learned from the people around her about the experience of the girl in front of her - just like her, because someone in her family offended Qiu Ling Wenping, she was directly destroyed by Maple Leaf Technology and turned from a high-ranking eldest lady into what she is now.

Yukino couldn't help but feel sorry for her: Was she also going to become like this in order to protect her family?

"It feels very good, Mr. Qiu Ling." The girl with wine-red eyes raised her head and said to Qiu Ling Wenping in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

Look, she's still pretending to be strong over there. I was like that too at that time. Yukino became sad.

"Although it's just leftovers, you should be happy eating it." Qiu Ling Wenping continued.

This guy is still laughing at such a poor child, how twisted! Yukino thought angrily in her heart.

"Yes, I have never felt so good." Kaguya Shinomiya answered truthfully.

Is this what it looks like to be angry but not speak out? This child has had a hard time...

Yukino felt even more pity for Shinomiya Kaguya.

If she had not been severely punished by Qiu Ling Wenping, she would probably have spoken up to defend the other party.

"That's great..." Qiu Lingwenping was about to say something.

"Well," Xue Nai didn't want to listen any more. She was afraid that the kid would be humiliated by Qiu Ling Wenping and would be broken. Based on her understanding of Qiu Ling Wenping, the kid would only be insulted more. So the girl pulled Qiu Ling Wenping's arm and said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's go over there and eat something."

"If you want to go, go by yourself. You are not a child anymore."

Qiu Lingwenping let go of the girl's arm and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in confusion: "Are you still afraid of getting lost?"

Yukinoshita Yukino was so angry at the other party's look that she trembled, but she still tried to keep a calm expression: "You must be hungry too, it's not too late to eat something and then talk."

"No, it's almost eight o'clock now." Qiu Lingwenping replied slowly: "I must have had dinner before I came."

Yukinoshita Yukino: “?”

Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I’ve been waiting for you at home for a long time, you bastard!

Ignoring the inexplicably mad Yukinoshita, Shiki looked at Shinomiya Kaguya again: "So what are you going to do? Although it's a little difficult to restart the Shinomiya family with that little money, it's not that difficult to just build some businesses and start over. I can also help you a little bit."

"no need."

But Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head firmly, which made Yukino very anxious - after rejecting his proposal so decisively, this guy would definitely take revenge!

"I don't plan to follow my father's footsteps again. As long as I have enough money to spend, that's enough," Shinomiya Kaguya said with a bright smile that Qiu Lingfuming had seen for the first time since he met her. "As for me, I'm going to learn photography."

Chapter 100 The Real Master is Here

"……photography?"

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was about to say something, was stunned. She had never expected the other party to suddenly say such a thing.

No, how could such an irrelevant topic come up during such a serious moment?

Then she looked at Qiu Ling Wenping worriedly, fearing that this guy would feel rejected and get angry.

But what was beyond her expectation was that although Qiu Ling Wenping did have a look of surprise on his face, he did not look ashamed of being rejected. Instead, he showed a rare normal smile, which was not the standard 'evil smile' of a domineering president.

"Have you really thought it through?" He raised the corner of his mouth slightly, staring at the black-haired girl: "Once you leave this circle, it won't be so easy to get back in, and my favor is not something that cheap. If you miss it this time, it will be too late to regret it."

It is true that the little wealth that Shinomiya Kaguya has now is nothing compared to the money she has at this banquet, but such a banquet itself is a top-notch network resource. As long as she can stay in this circle, regardless of other things, at least it won't be too difficult to gather resources and rebuild the Shinomiya family.

"I didn't belong to this circle before, and I don't want to stay in it anymore."

Shinomiya Kaguya replied with a gentle smile.

Because of her experiences in the Shinomiya family since childhood, she has a strong personality. She never shows her weakness in front of others and always looks cold and polite. Therefore, the students of Shuchiin privately called her Ice Kaguya and Ice Beauty.

But what she was facing at this moment was Qiu Ling Wenping, who had destroyed the Shinomiya family with just a few words and was far above the ordinary businessmen. To put it bluntly, the other party didn't even need to pretend if he wanted to frame her - could her bones be harder than the Shinomiya family?

She was able to break free from the long-standing shackles and nightmares, gain a fortune of her own, and have the freedom to walk into the sunshine, without having to report to the housekeeper even to go out to attend a temple fair, all thanks to the other party's tolerance.

It is precisely because of this that the girl regards Qiu Ling Wenping as an adult she can trust and treats him with a sincere smile.

"Rather than continue to live on thin ice in this circle, I would rather be like an ordinary person and enjoy ordinary happiness." The girl blinked her eyes and smiled: "And thanks to you, I now have enough wealth and can live freely."

"Miss..." Hayasaka Ai, who had been silent behind her, murmured softly, with an expression on her face as if she was looking at her daughter, with a subtle touch of emotion.

She didn't even know where she took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

Yukinoshita Yukino felt that this guy was probably trying to create an atmosphere of 'the young lady had a very miserable life in the past' to make Shinomiya Kaguya feel sympathetic, but she had no evidence.

The girl quietly turned her head and looked at Qiu Ling Wenping, wanting to see how this guy would react, but she found that Qiu Ling Wenping took a glass of champagne from the tray in the hands of a passing maid and seemed touched.

"Ordinary happiness..." He shook the champagne glass and sighed, "This kind of thing is not so easy to obtain. Eating, playing ball, sleeping and taking a bath may seem happy, but after a long time you will feel that you are wasting your time. At that time, that feeling of emptiness cannot be easily dismissed. It will always exist like a thorn in the bone, gnawing at your heart. The more you want to find things to do to kill time, the more empty you will feel after the things are over, and in the end even you will become abnormal."

This guy looks so deeply touched. Could it be that he does this because he has too much free time?

Yukinoshita Yukino thought to herself.

"I don't know where the future will lead me, but now I'm very interested in photography, so I plan to learn photography first." There was no hesitation in Shinomiya Kaguya's wine-red eyes: "After graduation, I will go around the world to take the photos I want, and then one day, I will publish a photo album and show all the beautiful things I have seen to others. This will also leave a unique mark of my own in the world, right?"

“Isn’t this good?”

Qiu Ling Wenping drank the champagne in one gulp and said nothing more. He took Yukinoshita Yukino to the main seat.

Yukinoshita Yukino hesitated for a while, then asked: "Aren't you angry? She clearly rejected your request."

"That kid is much smarter than you."

Qiu Lingwenping said nonchalantly, "She knows her limits and when to advance and retreat. She doesn't underestimate herself, nor does she overstep her bounds. It's hard to imagine that she is actually the younger sister of Sigong Huangguang."

Countless people are scrambling to get into this circle, because this circle looks so magnificent and glorious, and as long as they step into it, a life of decadence and luxury awaits them.

But she was able to clearly understand her own situation. Now that she was already in it, she was not tempted by his offer of extra help and decided to retreat while the going was good.

Just based on this courage, the girl is more than qualified to appear at this top banquet of Japanese upper society today.

"Since you like her so much, why don't you keep her as a pet and keep her by your side?"

I don’t know why, but when she saw Qiu Ling Wenping praising Shinomiya Kaguya so much, Yukinoshita Yukino felt a little blocked in her heart.

She didn't like Qiu Ling Wenping, it would be more accurate to say that she hated this guy. But when his eyes were no longer on her, Yukinoshita Yukino felt inexplicably lost, and couldn't help but say, "In this way, I can retire with honor."

Qiu Lingwenping stopped and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with some surprise.

The girl knew she had said something out of turn, but her expression remained as calm as ever, as if she hadn't said that just now.

"Are you jealous?" Qiu Lingwenping asked happily.

"There is no such thing. Please don't be so self-righteous." Yukinoshita Yukino replied stiffly.

But this reaction only confirmed her little emotion.

Qiu Ling Wenping looked at her with an expression that seemed to be neither a smile nor a smile, which made the girl feel a little guilty.

However, at this moment, the door of the venue was pushed open forcefully from the outside.

Immediately afterwards, Sigong Huangguang, who looked disheveled, walked quickly in from outside the venue.

His expression was ferocious and his eyes were bloodshot. He glanced at Qiu Ling Wenping with hatred, then stared at Shinomiya Kaguya and walked towards his half-sister.

Qiu Ling Wenping's smile flashed across her face: the main character of this banquet has finally arrived.

——If he hadn’t acquiesced, how could a useless guy like Sigong Huangguang have gotten through the security measures of the banquet?