People in Tokyo, the world is clear

But, besides that...

......

"I want to go out and get some fresh air."

Halfway through the private banquet, the seated young people stood up and bowed to the two elders in charge to make requests.

After receiving no objection, he quietly stood up and opened the door, then quietly asked the waiter waiting at the door about the location of the courtyard.

After watching the young man disappear into the corridor outside the door, Kobayashi Hiroyoshi turned his gaze to the woman who had been sitting next to his father in a daze since he entered the door.

It took her a few seconds to react. She hurriedly stood up, bowed to the elders in the room, and chased after him.

The animal father picked up the cup and took a sip of sake.

"Your daughter is truly graceful and generous."

"Oh, don't mention it. It's just a money-losing commodity. Your son is a calf who is not afraid of tigers."

"No matter. Let's leave the young people's affairs to them."

The two ghost fathers then picked up the canned laughter from the sitcom and clinked their glasses.

This exchange was obviously not heard by Lin Sen, otherwise he would have been troubled by this strange scene again.

But things are not much better now.

Standing in the middle of the courtyard with bamboo and flowing water ornaments, Lin Sen heard the sound of wooden clogs coming from behind him and his brows twitched.

Take a deep breath.

"I heard from your father that you have always been an extrovert and love making friends with young people."

After saying this, Lin Sen turned around.

The woman in front of him was obscured by the light behind him, leaving only a vague outline.

But there are still obvious characteristics.

A slender neck, sideburns that fall to the cheeks, and a faintly spiral bun.

"I'm telling you. If you had come any later, I would have almost believed that bullshit."

"Sasakawa Rie."

Chapter 27: Embarrassed for Ill-gotten Gains

Lin Sen picked up a tree stick and drew a big dollar sign on the mud beside the stone pool.

"Speaking of truth, my original intention was to find a way to be a pawn in this money-for-power transaction."

"So, what about the wife who was married in vain? How to deal with it?"

"It depends on the situation."

"If you're pretty, it's acceptable to compromise your chastity, right?"

"Oh, what are you talking about? I'm not someone who values ​​appearance. I was planning to make things clear with the girl. If she's a reasonable person, we can split the money she extorted 70% and 30% and forget about each other."

"Do you think I'm a reasonable person?"

"this."

Lin Sen turned his head and stared at the woman beside him.

Perhaps it's because its cool temperament suits the kimono better, or maybe it's the filter created by the dim light behind it, but at this moment, a certain flamingo really looks magnificent.

"Very beautiful."

"Have you, Mr. Liar, stopped hiding your inner evil desires and become so deranged that you're answering irrelevant questions?"

"Ah, what are you talking about?"

Lin Sen twirled the branch in his hand. "I commend the current situation for its development. I was originally hesitant about whether I had made the decision that maximized my interests, but now I can completely stop thinking about it."

"So could I give you a concise summary of this incomprehensible nonsense?"

"Let's get married, Editor Sasakawa."

"Well."

"Why are you covering your mouth? Or is there any way Editor Sasakawa can reverse this inevitable future reality?"

"No, but it always feels a bit disgusting coming from Garou-kun's mouth."

"Okay, let's get back to the topic."

Lin Sen cleared his throat. "To be honest, I'm confident I can get some money from Kobayashi Hongyi. In fact, before coming here today, I mentioned a figure. He seemed interested, but didn't agree. If I give in a little more, he'll probably give me the money."

"How can you guarantee that the sack that appears before you is filled with money and not a sack for your head?"

"Because you probably understand the concept of abandoning a donkey after it has done its work, but you don't understand Xiao Lin."

Seeing Sasagawa Rimei's bewildered expression, Lin Sen sighed, "In this family, I've seen a lot of strange things since I was a child. There were women who came from nowhere, holding a child, standing at the door and starting to shout the name of a married man. There were married wives and their husbands who looked down on each other and ran back to the family to share a bedroom with their younger brother. If it were an ordinary family, they would have been bickering and fighting all day long. But there's one thing that makes all the evildoers with the surname Kobayashi, or who changed it to Kobayashi, live in peace and quiet."

"...money?"

"You're right," the young man snapped his fingers. "Using money to settle everything is a custom followed by generations of family heads. It's been a long-standing consensus that everyone gets a share of the profits. In fact, every official member of the family knows about this deal between Kobayashi Hiroyoshi and your rotten father."

"So, there are a lot of eyes on your...father?"

"Yes. Do you think a county councilor could pull off a transformation like this, a Yakuza boss? The pachinko industry has always been controlled by the Osaka Prefecture amusement park. Several of Kobayashi's members worked hard to find a way to get your father, the new guy, off the ground."

The shocking inside story made the caged bird open its eyes slightly.

"Gambler, you're surprisingly clear on this. I didn't see it, and I haven't heard you talk about it."

"Because it's useless to know things of this level. It won't help my fate at all."

"Too."

"But there's one ancestral law that's been preserved and passed down, and it actually saved my life. Even if an illegitimate child like me is kicked out of the family, he'll still receive a generous resettlement allowance. This is a continuation of this rule. Someone with a similar status to me before died outside without saying a single bad word about Xiao Lin. Can you guess why?"

Sasagawa Rio had a dazed expression.

From shock, to thoughtfulness, and finally merged into the complexity of pursing lips.

“It’s a mess.”

“Very good and sharp review.”

But no matter what, at the current situation, Lin Sen's side has almost reached a conclusion. What the two of them need to study more now is the possible room for maneuver on the woman's side.

That being said, the idiot daughter who helps her own father count money doesn't even have the most basic concept.

"me."

The usually aloof flamingo even gave people a sense of helplessness when talking about himself.

Perhaps she was not used to bearing the impact of such confusion, so she reached out and snatched the branch from Lin Sen's hand, messing up the dollar signs on the ground.

"Never."

The woman pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and began to work hard to overcome the feeling of shame in her heart, and shared her story with those around her.

"My father never tells us his plans."

"We?"

"Including me, he has three daughters. My mother and his ex-wife both died young because they couldn't produce an heir. Probably after my mother passed away, we were treated as rare commodities and kept in captivity. The oldest one married a Yakuza of equal power two years ago. The second one was more obedient, more frugal, and more favored by him, so he kept her, probably to be used for more important occasions."

"So cruel."

Lin Sen couldn't help smacking his lips.

The woman beside him gripped the branch tightly, poked it into the mud, and suppressed her voice:

"Even before today, I had no idea what he wanted me to do specifically. I only vaguely knew he wanted to marry me off like my eldest sister and have me serve someone."

"It means you got a great bargain by meeting a buddy."

"This isn't the first time I've witnessed Maggot-kun's shamelessness, but it's still beyond my imagination."

"I am over-flattered."

The young man's frivolous answer made Sasagawa Rio glare at him, unable to contain herself any longer.

But he soon realized from that relaxed expression that he was being helped to relieve stress to some extent.

Unable to hold on any longer, he knelt down on the stone floor, taking a long breath to steady his trembling but relaxed body.

After a few breaths, he could no longer maintain his strong expression.

Reach out and wipe away the tears that are released along with the pressure.

It took a few seconds before I tried my best to swallow the choking feeling.

"Thank you. I've been holding back my tears for days."

"Still, we have to study our business quickly."

"Ah."

Sasagawa Rio lowered her arms and took a deep breath. "So, my fellow boatman, Grasshopper-kun, thinks there's room for me to extort money from my father as well."

"I feel that way, but it depends on you."

Lin Sen reached out and patted his short-term comrade on the shoulder. "I don't know your father's personality, nor do I know your family's situation. If you can't figure out his moody personality, forget it."

Sasagawa Rimei didn't respond immediately. After a moment, she looked up and gazed at him seriously.

"Ask first. In the end, how will the money be divided?"

"It's pure fifty-fifty. It's both yours and mine."

"Sham marriage or real marriage?"

"Wow. Did Editor Sasagawa get kicked in the head by a donkey?"

"I understand."

The woman lowered her head again and closed her eyes.

"If I insist, I'm confident. But if I don't do it right, both of us might be in danger."

"How much?"

"Seventy percent."

Chapter 28: False alarms are a normal part of life

“Most people have weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and little-known things.”

Sasagawa Rimei said so.

Indeed, the Kobayashi family, with its many members, has its hidden secrets, and the Sasagawa family, mingling with the underworld, naturally has its own dark side.

If you want others to keep your secrets, you have to pay a price. This is probably why the editor is asking for money.

But as she said—her father was moody and had risen from a violent gang. Negotiating terms and interests with such a beast of the human world would involve taking on unknown risks.

Lin Sen is a person who is very reluctant to put himself in danger, not to mention that now it seems like he is going to open a Yakuza DLC in the midst of his daily life in Prosperous Tokyo.

So, shall we gamble?

"bet!"

The one talking to himself was a flamingo in front of him.

Suddenly, a swarm of crabs, claws and fangs bared, appeared in my mind, and a certain banquet master named Jiang whispered stealthily in my ears, "Don't let her harm you."

Lin Sen finally dissuaded Sasakawa Rimei from her brave act with his own actions:

"How about, forget it? The thing I hate most in my life is gambling."

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"Not a bit."

The female editor showed an expression of gradual enlightenment, and wiped her slightly red eyes with her sleeve.

Stand up.

"Just now, while talking to Qizijun, I suddenly realized something. What you do is watched. My father is now a team leader, leading a transformation with his trusted associates. He doesn't want to be the same boss he used to be, and he can't be that angry boss again. The way he's treated me during this period is the same as how he'll treat his general managers and section chiefs in the future. He might not understand this."