Chapter Ninety-Nine: Hidden Dangers
In fact, there is no difference between a successful person and an ordinary citizen, or a homeless person begging along the street.
They're all human, but they're just luckier than normal people.
I remember when I was a child, my illiterate grandmother went to buy a door god, but in the end she bought two portraits of well-dressed and well-eyed scholars, and came back and pasted them on the door.
At that time, the whole family wondered what kind of madness her old man was making, but Grandma said her truth meaningfully.
She said that the more people who are full of learning now, the more they learn, the more refined their black abacus will be, and that kind of person will retreat even if he is a cow, a ghost, a snake and a god.
Now it seems that grandma's words have a philosophical flavor.
The more successful a person is, the more he can't let go of what he has.
The so-called aristocracy is the same, they can do everything illegal and even morally for their own sake, and then sit in front of the mirror every day before going to bed and hypnotize themselves, reducing everything to the prosperity of the family. It is people like them who have coined a term for superior people - political marriage, business marriage...... Stuff like that.
On my third day at Takahashi's house, Japan's three major chaebols—the Sangen, Oi, and Kamishi—all sent people.
At that moment, I clearly understood how many families Yumi's father, who died a year ago, had sold her to.
Rich people really like to abuse themselves, and it seems that after I go home, I need to vaccinate my father, otherwise maybe he will sell me to an ugly girl because of a certain business, and it is strange that I don't cry to death at that time.
"Yumi, I heard you're going to marry some non-Japanese bastard this year? What's going on? Our Sanyuan Group married Takahashi Group five years ago, and you will marry me when you graduate from high school. Sanyuan Kosuke, the second son of the Sanyuan Group, yelled at Yumi as soon as he got out of the car.
Yumi and I looked at each other and frowned in unison.
Strangely, my agreement with her was made yesterday at noon, and I never mentioned it to anyone, after all, engagement is a very cumbersome matter for nobles, and there are many things to prepare.
Neither of us wanted to fight an uncertain battle, so the matter was kept very secret, and even when she introduced me to the servants of the house, Yumi only said that I was her friend. Where did this news come from and when did it get out? Why did all three of her fiancés know about it?
"Where did you hear that?" Yumi asked coldly.
The eldest son of the Shang Shirt family, Shang Yi Bao, preemptively said: "This morning, an anonymous letter appeared in my house for some reason, saying that you are going to marry an unknown boy in two months. ”
"Yes, I received that letter as well." Toshishi Oi, who was the last to arrive, stepped forward, took Yumi's hand, and kissed it elegantly: "Miss Takahashi, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Yumi quickly withdrew her hand in disgust and asked at Sanyuan, "Did you also receive that anonymous letter?" ”
Sanyuan nodded absentmindedly, and then locked on to me with extremely unfriendly eyes, "Yumi, who is this guy?" ”
Yumi smiled slightly, took my hand affectionately, and announced, "He is my fiancé, the one I married in two months." ”
Suddenly, everyone froze!
I froze in place, my brain was messy, but my face reflexively showed a calm smile.
What exactly does this woman want to do, didn't she say that she would announce it in a week? Now there is nothing to prepare, plus those three cannibalistic eyes......
Oh my God, I'm dead!
Yumi pinched me the arm, and I immediately came to my senses.
Forget it, let's die, in short, the words have been spoken, and they can't be recovered.
With a friendly and friendly smile, I stretched out my hand to the three rivals on the other side who wanted to kill me with the vicious and angry gaze in their eyes, "Hello, I'm the bastard in Mr. Sanyuan's mouth. ”
The atmosphere at dinner was very awkward.
Yumi's three fiancés are silently eating what is on their plates.
Yumi sat next to me, like a good little wife. I was chatting and laughing quietly with her as if no one was around, but secretly I was guessing the origin of the anonymous letter.
"The deal between us, does anyone else know?" I asked as I chewed my food.
Yumi smiled and filled me with a bowl of soup, "Absolutely not, did you inadvertently reveal it to someone?" ”
"Aside from you, where have I been in contact with anyone in the past two days?" I habitually wanted to frown, but finally reluctantly changed into a smile, "Think about it again, is there any bugging device or something like that in that tea room?" Or maybe your fiancés are afraid that you will go out of the wall, so they pay a lot of money to hire detectives to monitor you 24 hours a day? ”
"You've watched too many detective films, if I've been followed for a long time, how can the bodyguards of the Takahashi family not find out? They are not rice buckets who only take money and do nothing. And it is even more impossible to have a bug, in order to protect trade secrets, there are jammers installed near Takahashi's house, and even mobile phones cannot be used in the house. ”
"That's a mole."
"No way, all the people here have been in Takahashi's house for decades, and they are very loyal."
I snorted, "Naive, some people do anything for money." ”
"Stop here, I don't want to argue with you about this, you won't understand." Yumi gently plucked the rice sticking to my cheek and put it in her mouth.
At this time, I suddenly heard a "pop" sound from the opposite side, and everyone in the restaurant looked there, only to see Sanyuan throwing chopsticks on the ground hard, staring at me fiercely and saying, "Enough, I'm going to sleep!" Tell me where the room is! ”
"Aren't you going back?" Yumi was slightly surprised.
Sanyuan narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly at me: "I will live here from today onwards, and I will never hand over Yumi to you bastard." ”
"Bastard, huh?" I smiled nonchalantly, "And what are you talking to a bastard?" ”
"Stinky boy!"
Sanyuan swept all the chopsticks in front of him on the ground, and was about to come over and smash me, only to see Yumi immediately block me.
"That's enough, Sanyuan, if you play this kind of childish temper again, don't blame me for kicking you out immediately." She turned coldly to the remaining two, "Do you want to live here too?" ”
Shang Shirt smiled bitterly and said, "No way, my parents' orders." ”
Oi also stood up and said, "I will stay until you agree to marry me." Help us with a room. ”
Yumi reluctantly called someone to take them to the guest room, and when he walked out of the restaurant door, Oi turned around again and said meaningfully to Yumi: "Yumi, you have to think carefully about it, if the Oi family and the Takahashi family marry, it will be of great help to the predicament that our two families are facing now!"
"For the sake of the family, the Takahashi family will never let you marry that kid of unknown origin. Although I don't know how he tricked you, but he is definitely for your money, Yumi, don't regret it in the future! ”
Yumi showed a sweet smile, "I'm sorry, the family is the family, I am me, once I choose something, I will try to stick to it until the end, and I will definitely not regret it." ”
When everyone had retreated, I burped and lay on the ground, suddenly laughing, "Interesting! It seems that your three fiancés are not soft characters to deal with. ”
"That's why I'm making that deal with you." Yumi gave me a sly look: "What, are you starting to regret it now?" ”
"It's not regretful, hey, it's just that it's getting fun." My smile stopped, I looked back at her without blinking, and said lightly: "Then, now you can tell me the real purpose of playing your fiancé!" ”
Yumi's hand in cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks for me trembled slightly, and forced a smile: "Didn't I explain it to you, my sister disappeared last week, and now the top management of the Takahashi Group is in a mess, and I am worried that some ambitious people in the family will take advantage of this opportunity to wait for me to marry off."
"In that case, in the absence of my sister, my grandfather has become a vegetative person, and I, the direct heir, have changed their surname, it is very likely that the entire Takahashi Group will become their personal belongings."
"No, it's not that simple!" I snorted, "Do you want me to help you sort out your thoughts?" ”
The false smile on Yumi's face stopped, and she knelt down in front of me and said in an indifferent tone, "I want to hear about it." ”
I looked out the window unconcernedly.
"I've said before that there are many hidden dangers in the Takahashi Group. Your sister's disappearance is the fuse, which will lure out all the hidden dangers that were originally lurking underwater.
In other words, the Takahashi Group will soon become an era of separation. The whole group is a big pie, and powerful people certainly want to take a bite, and try to be bigger than others. ”
I licked my lips, "Of course, if you want to bite more, you need a bigger mouth than others, so marrying other chaebols becomes that big mouth, but if you want to marry, of course, you need your own immediate family, such as your own daughter or son."
"Your so-called uncles and aunts will never consider you, in this case, they don't want you to marry the three chaebols just now, because it will cause resistance to them, out of the consideration of a normal person, I think they will ask the killer to kill you, instead of marrying you."