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As she spoke, Yono showed Kyosuke the pockets of her suit to show that she didn't bring anything with her.
"What exactly do you want to talk to me about? There must be a lot of things going on with your father. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to waste time with me like this?"
"My father was buried today. So there's nothing more to it."
Kyosuke didn't find it strange to hear what the other party said. After all, it had been several days since Mr. Yukinoshita's accident, and it was about time for his burial.
"So, you are here to ask me for an explanation on behalf of your father regarding your mother's matter?"
Yang Nai smiled casually and said, "Your mother, your mother. Is that what you call my mother when you're with her? I thought you would refer to her by a more intimate name."
Kyousuke raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, I was wrong. If you really think this is necessary, should I call you niece Yang No?"
"I don't mind. I don't mind if you just call me daughter."
Kyosuke originally thought he could move back to the city, but he found that the other party's bottom line was far beyond his imagination. He knew that he would not get the upper hand verbally, so he chose to shut up.
"Tsk, so boring. I thought that the person mom chose should not only be handsome, but also should not be as completely unremarkable as you? Is it just because you stayed overnight at my house?" Yang No looked at Kyosuke with a critical eye, which made him very uncomfortable. He felt that the other party treated him as a commodity.
The thing that Kyosuke least wanted Yukinoshita's family to know was actually known by the other party. He said in a self-deprecating manner: "You already know about this. Have you told Yukinoshita about this?"
"Well, actually, except for my father, everyone in our family knew about it before, but we all kept it a secret from each other."
Kyosuke was immediately impressed by the complicated relationship of the Yukinoshita family. How messy is your family? And everyone knows everything but hides it from Mr. Yukinoshita? I'm sorry, Uncle Yukinoshita, although you passed away early because of me, and I also gave you a hat, but I really sympathize with you now. Uncle Yukinoshita, you have worked hard!
Yang No thought for a moment and said, "Kousaka Kyosuke, do you want to see my mother again?"
When Kyosuke heard what Yang No said, he sneered and said, "Your mother and I ended a long time ago. That day at your doorstep, your mother said she never wanted to see me again."
When Yono heard Kyosuke's words, a smile suddenly appeared in her eyes, which reminded Kyosuke of the devil who tempted humans to sell their souls.
"My mother misses you very much. She is now worried that those words have completely broken your heart."
After hearing Yono's answer, Kyosuke stood up immediately, not even caring about spilling the coffee on the table.
"Really?" Kyosuke revealed a hint of surprise in his words.
Yang Nai said: "Of course, you know, although I am not very satisfied with you, I stand on my mother's side. I can see that my mother really likes you. How about it? Do you want me to create an opportunity for you to come to my house and have a good talk with my mother alone?"
Chapter 31 Curse: Captain, don't shoot! It's me!
"Forget it. Since she has already told me that we are over, I think we should not talk about it anymore." After the initial excitement when he heard the news, Kyosuke immediately calmed down.
Yang No was a little surprised. She originally thought that the other party would accept her proposal. She tilted her head and looked at Kyosuke: "Huh? Don't you want to see my mother again?"
"If I can, of course I want to see her. But no matter what, what happened between your mother and I is destroying your original family, especially now that your father has just passed away. I don't want to cause trouble to your family anymore. What's more, we originally planned to end our relationship after spring break, and now it's just ahead of schedule."
As Kyosuke spoke, he took the paper towel that the store had placed on the table and wiped the coffee that had accidentally spilled on the table. After using the paper towel to clean up all the coffee on the table, he threw the large ball of paper towels into the trash can next to the health door.
Yang No didn't say anything when Kyosuke was doing a series of actions. She just looked at Kyosuke's face and didn't know what she was thinking. After Kyosuke sat down again, she said, "Destroying family relationships is just your wishful thinking. I just said that I don't mind."
"Your sister minds, that's enough. She scolded me harshly that day in the hospital."
Kyosuke had no way of judging whether what Haruno said was true or false. Although he had not had much contact with this woman, Kyosuke could still sense her character of being able to enjoy the fun and stir up trouble. It would definitely not be good if he followed her rhythm, so he used Yukinoshita-san as a shield and pushed back.
After hearing Kyosuke's explanation, Yang No didn't seem to care much; "That child is just too naive. My father doesn't know about your affairs not because you concealed it so well, but because he simply doesn't want to pay attention to such things. To him, this is simply an insignificant matter."
Wearing a hat is just a small matter. It seems that Uncle Yukinoshita is extremely tough.
"Yukino is the youngest member of the family, so she has always been well protected by her family, which makes her have some very naive ideas about many things. That day, she deliberately went to find you. She thought that as long as she gave all the things that mom prepared for you to dad and let the two of them have a wonderful Valentine's Day, then mom and dad would definitely reconcile."
"Actually, Yukinoshita's worries are unnecessary. Your mother and I never intended to have a long-term relationship. After I'm done with her, she will definitely go back to being the good mother and wife who cares about her family."
Yang Nuo laughed when she heard Kyosuke's words, "I just said that my sister is naive, but I didn't expect you to be more naive than her. My mom and my dad broke up a long time ago, and except for Yukino who still has some fantasies, no one in the family still has any expectations for the family they form. The only reason they haven't divorced yet is because my dad is holding on to Ken."
Something was not right. The information that Haruno said was too different from what he knew. Kyosuke had always thought that Fumino and her husband had been cold to each other because they had not communicated for a long time. She was just looking for him to get some care, even though Fumino took care of him more during their time together. However, from Fumino's gentle personality and the concern she occasionally showed for her daughter, Fumino was a family-oriented person in every way.
As for the uncle Yukinoshita to whom I gave the hat, although I never met him directly until he died (he was covered with a white sheet in the hospital and I didn't see his face directly), from the description of my classmate Yukinoshita, he might be very serious about his work, but he was also a good father who cared about his family.
But now, Haruno told him that there was no possibility for them to be together. Kyosuke knew that there must be something he didn't know. But what surprised Kyosuke the most was that it was not Fumino but Uncle Yukinoshita who didn't want to file for divorce.
"After all, he's just a dog who's borrowing the name of the Yukinoshita family to bully others. He knows very well that he will be nothing once he leaves Yukinoshita. What's more, he should have some thoughts of taking over the magpie's nest." Yang Noi commented on his father in an extremely contemptuous tone while holding a cup of coffee, as if he was talking about a stranger.
After meeting Fumino's father that day, Kyosuke could guess that Uncle Yukinoshita would marry into the Yukinoshita family, but after hearing what Haruno said, he felt that there might be a lot of complicated reasons involved. However, Kyosuke was not interested in getting involved in this upper-class family ethics drama that revealed a troubled atmosphere from the inside out, and he was ready to retreat.
"I'm not very interested in these things. If I interfere in your family again, I believe it will not be good for either you or me. Just consider it as me treating you to coffee today. That's it, goodbye." Kyosuke took out a few banknotes from his wallet and placed them on the table, then quickly left the private room.
Yang No didn't care at all about Kyosuke's sudden ending of the conversation, and she didn't even speak to keep Kyosuke. Instead, when she was the only one left in the room after Kyosuke left, she took out her cell phone and made a call.
"Hello, Grandpa? I've already met him."
"How is it? Have you talked to him?" The majestic voice of Mr. Tiancheng came from the phone.
"He left without letting me finish, but I still revealed some of the information. He seemed to be interested in what I said. If he is really as capable as you said, he would definitely take the initiative to investigate. And based on the information I learned, given his personality, he would definitely help if he knew about it."
"That's good. You should come back soon. There are many things at home that need your help. Your mother has been working hard recently. Please help her share the burden."
"Okay, Grandpa." After saying that, Yang No hung up the phone with her grandfather, picked up the money Kyosuke threw down and went to the front desk to pay the bill.
After hanging up the phone, Yukinoshita Tiancheng on the other end of the phone looked at the receiver in a daze.
When I heard that my daughter had found a man from nowhere to spend the night at home, my first reaction was anger, but then I felt helpless. I knew that my daughter's marriage was not happy, but this marriage was directly decided by my father. I had no right to object at all as I was not the head of the family at that time. Although I felt sorry for my daughter who had to choose a man who did not love her to marry for the sake of profit, I still gave my blessing to them both.
What happened next was not unexpected. Although my daughter and son-in-law got along well at first, as time went on, they started to have conflicts because they had no emotional foundation. If they just had a quarrel, it might be better. But the way my daughter and son-in-law pretended to be close in front of others and ignored each other behind their backs quickly brought their relationship to a freezing point.
Outsiders may not be able to see it, but everyone in the family has noticed it, except for his second granddaughter who foolishly believes that her parents' relationship is still good.
Out of guilt for agreeing to this marriage, Tiancheng chose to remain silent after losing his temper once, and even took the initiative to conceal the matter for his daughter from his son-in-law.
However, afterwards, he still found his daughter and had a good talk with her. Originally, he meant that he didn't mind if his daughter found a gigolo outside, but he hoped that she would not find someone like that in the store.
After all, that kind of position gave people a very unreliable feeling. If the man spread rumors everywhere, my daughter's reputation would be ruined. Even if the man was even more excessive, he might even use this to blackmail my daughter.
As a result, his daughter repeatedly assured that she would only date the man for two months and would never have any contact with him again. At the same time, his daughter also guaranteed that the man would never gossip outside to destroy the reputation of the Yukinoshita family. Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance, he finally softened his heart and promised her not to care about her anymore.
Of course he could forgive his daughter for what she had done, but that didn't mean he would let a guy of unknown origin approach his precious daughter at will, especially since that pretty boy was said to be from a public relations background.
If that pretty boy took advantage of the fact that he was the mistress of the Yukinoshita family and did something wrong outside, it would bring great trouble to the family. Moreover, Tiancheng looked down on such people who only knew how to make fun of others and lived off them all day.
So just in case, and also because he was afraid that his daughter would be cheated, Tiancheng sent someone to investigate the man. It turned out that there was nothing special about him except that he was a high school student working in a bar. Moreover, the procedures for the man to work in the bar were quite complete, and he even had the relevant government application materials (but Tiancheng was more curious why the government actually collected such application materials).
The thing he was most worried about, that the other party would be controlled by friendly people in society, did not exist. The bar had a very good reputation and had never had any bad rumors. And the pretty boy was also the son of a criminal policeman. Tiancheng felt that if the pretty boy was really controlled, those people would definitely not let the son of a criminal policeman sell his body, because there were better ways to squeeze his value. Especially since the pretty boy was not very good-looking, and he was not even delicate and tender.
Thinking of the pair of dead fish eyes in the photo, Tiancheng felt deeply worried about his daughter's aesthetic sense.
But what really made Tiancheng feel wrong was what happened afterwards. Tiancheng knew it was difficult to keep his daughter's affair a secret, especially since his daughter was foolish enough to date that pretty boy in broad daylight. He had already prepared to suppress the matter through the power of the Yukinoshita family, even at the risk of being discovered by his son-in-law.
But in fact, his worry was completely unnecessary. Before he took action, someone was deliberately trying to eliminate the traces of his daughter and the pretty boy. Moreover, the other party was much more powerful than the Yukinoshita family. At least Tiancheng knew that he had no way to prevent any photos of their date from being posted online.
From that time on, Tiancheng felt that the identity of the pretty boy was probably not as simple as it seemed, and he might have a great background. However, because this matter was beneficial to his daughter, he turned a blind eye.
Now the Yukinoshita family is in trouble. Although they can survive by relying solely on their own strength, the family's strength will be greatly damaged afterwards.
Especially now that his daughter has to force herself to show up and run around in order to support the family, and that kid knows nothing about it, and even keeps his distance from his daughter. Are you just putting on your pants and not doing anything about it?
Anyway, I have already let Yang No say it. If the other party has a conscience and is really capable, then the other party should be able to help Yukinoshita get through this difficult time. If this is really the case, then it is not impossible for me to pinch my nose and admit that this brat is not impossible.
As for the reward for helping the Yukinoshita family? I even gave away my daughter. Isn't that enough?
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On the other side, after leaving the cafe, Kyosuke stood on the street and thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind to call Curse Wrist.
The call was connected quickly, and Zhuwan's fearful voice appeared in the receiver.
"Mr. Kyosuke, are you here to ask about the progress of the investigation? I'm sorry, because your request is quite detailed, so our progress is not very fast. But Baimao came back yesterday, and I believe that with her participation, the results will come out quickly. Please wait a little longer, I promise that the results will be out by tomorrow at the latest."
"It's okay, Curse Wrist. I'm not in a hurry. And I've calmed down in the past two days. I said a lot of excessive things to you before. I'm really sorry."
"No, no. It's great that you can figure it out on your own. By the way, the Knight Queen just called us this morning and asked me to tell you something. As long as you can go back to work, she said she will forgive you for what happened. She also promised to make you rich and wealthy, with lots of money."
"Pfft~"
Kyosuke spat out when he heard this. Curse Arm, are you sure you are the leader of the assassins and not a puppet soldier?
"Ahem, I'll consider the work. But right now I have something else I'd like to trouble Hassan to check for me."
When Zhuwan heard Kyousuke's request, he quickly replied, "What nonsense! It is my honor to work for Kyousuke. If you have anything to ask, just tell me and I will definitely help you do it."
For some reason, Kyosuke seemed to see Curse-Wrist bending down in front of him, with a flattering expression on his face. You were once the leader of the assassination cult, after all, where is your dignity?
Kyosuke quickly shook the image in his mind off and said to the cursed wrist on the phone, "I need you to help me check the specific situation of the Yukinoshita family, especially the cause and effect of the current head of the family marrying into the Yukinoshita family. Also, help me check the situation of the Yukinoshita family's construction company, especially the details of the past few days after the president's death."
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Chapter 32: Enkidu: I don't have Merlin, but I have Jill, so I can do whatever I want
It must be said that Baimao is indeed the one with the strongest intelligence gathering ability among the Hassans, which is probably the advantage of having more people. Although the commissions issued by Kyosuke to the Hassans had a lot of content added temporarily in the afternoon, they had all been collected and sorted by the Curse Arm and sent to Kyosuke's mailbox at 8: in the evening.
From the information given by the Curse Arm, the affairs of the Yukinoshita family are not as complicated as Kyosuke imagined. As the saying goes, "Three generations of nobility" and "wealth does not last for more than three generations" can be said to be perfectly reflected in the Yukinoshita family. As a noble family, the Yukinoshita family was originally a powerful family in Chiba in ancient times. They were rich and powerful and could be said to be a real aristocratic family.
However, after the modern Chinese were removed from the list, some of the original Chinese families used their previous Chinese resources to achieve success in their respective fields and reached a higher level than before; while others gradually declined while remembering the glory of their ancestors, and ultimately nothing was left except a name.
The Yukinoshita family is somewhere in between. On the one hand, they use a lot of money to maintain their aristocratic style, and on the other hand, they still gain considerable power in Chiba through their own efforts. However, as time goes by, the Yukinoshita family, who are not good at managing money, have an unshakable position and power in Chiba, but they do not have the funds to match it, or they spent too much money to reach this position and now they have no money to maintain it.
Nobility requires time to accumulate, but it also requires a lot of money. If there is no money, all the previous efforts will burst like bubbles. There are only two ways to manage money: increase income or reduce expenditure. If reducing expenditure is not possible, then the only option is to increase income.
For this reason, the head of the Yukinoshita family at that time, Fumino's grandfather, came up with an idea. He hoped to create wealth for the Yukinoshita family by bribing a capable person, and the way to bribe him was to let the other party marry into the family.
This plan, which seemed to be a fantasy to everyone at the time, was actually successfully implemented. Fumino's grandfather really found such a man - a self-made construction company owner. Because he achieved success through his own efforts, the other party had strong abilities but no shadow of other Chinese behind him. This made Fumino's grandfather feel relieved because such a person was quite easy to control. And the other party could bring a steady stream of wealth to Yukinoshita to consolidate Yukinoshita's position.
For the other party, marrying into the Yukinoshita family can not only obtain the resources and support of the Yukinoshita family, but also when the current head of the family has only one son and the other party has only one daughter, marrying into the family actually means becoming the actual heir of the Yukinoshita family in disguise.
The fact is just as the other party planned. Many years later, he successfully became the head of the Yukinoshita family and became the one who had the final say in the family. After becoming the head of the family, the man began to show his true colors. He began to use his position as the head of the family to embezzle the assets and resources of the Yukinoshita family, intending to create a family completely created by himself through Yukinoshita.
However, this plan was discovered by the Yukinoshita family halfway through, and Mr. Tiancheng would definitely not let the other party get what they wanted, so the fight between the two sides began. The other party also knew that leaving Yukinoshita before it was completely successful would only expose his true colors, which would not be worth the loss, so even though he and Yukinoshita were already at loggerheads, he still did not choose to divorce Fumino and leave Yukinoshita.
On Yukinoshita's side, the other party has too much power in the family business. If they kick him out directly, not to mention the possibility that he will reveal all the family secrets he has kept for so many years with the intention of dying together, it will not be so easy to take over the power vacuum after the other party leaves.
As a result, the two sides were in a weirdly balanced wrestling state. Grandpa Tiancheng's solution was to train Yang Noi to become the next generation head of the family. After Yang Noi was fully mature, he would kick the other party out and let Yang Noi take the position successfully. In this way, all the other party's efforts would be in vain.
Uncle Yukinoshita's way of dealing with this is Yukinoshita-san. So, to a large extent, Yukinoshita-san's conflict with Fumino was instigated by her father behind the scenes, in order to tie himself to this family through his second daughter before completing his so-called "great cause".
Seeing this, Kyosuke couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Yukinoshita, because for her, the father who originally cared about her perfectly was actually just taking advantage of her innocence, and the "evil people" who had been restricting her pursuit of freedom and life goals - her mother and sister - were the ones who really cared about her. I wonder what Yukinoshita will feel after learning the truth.
However, Kyosuke can understand that Uncle Yukinoshita wants to take over. After being a dog for so long, people will always want to turn over and become masters. After all, not everyone is as loyal and righteous as the Cursed Arm. However, Kyosuke feels strange about one thing: "He has done so much, but the final successor is still a member of the Yukinoshita family. He doesn't have any illegitimate children outside. What is he trying to do?"
Kyosuke was sitting in front of the computer, looking at some information while holding his cell phone and asking the cursed wrist on the other end of the line.
"Lord Kyosuke, that man seems to be planning to restore his original surname after the success, and also let his two daughters change their surnames to his own."