Uchiha Ryo: "Uncle Shirogane, with all due respect, the Shinomiya family is just giving this factory away for free, you...."
Father Shirogane waved his hand. "Say no more. I'm afraid I'll change my mind. It was a normal business competition back then. It was my problem that I couldn't compete."
Uchiha Ryo opened his mouth but said nothing. Was it really a "normal" business competition as Father Shirogane said?
Uchiha Ryo had learned a little about Shinomiya Oko's methods from Hayasaka Ai. Any enterprise that stood in his way would be secretly dealt with through underhanded actions. After all, both the light and dark sides of the world had to give the Shinomiya family some face.
The real reason for the bankruptcy of Father Shirogane's factory... he probably knew, but just didn't want to mention it.
Uchiha Ryo: "Uncle Shirogane, even if Shirogane Miyuki can be tempered by these hard times, Kei-chan is a girl, after all."
Father Shirogane chuckled. "Actually, I've already paid off the external debts I owed all those years ago, and I've been saving money. The reason I don't give all my savings to Miyuki is, as you said, a boy needs to be tempered!"
"But I've never been stingy with Kei-chan. At the very least, I can make sure she won't be looked down upon by other students for attending Shuchiin!"
It was a good thing Shirogane Miyuki was sleeping. If he heard this, he would definitely be incredibly moved! To think his father had gone to such lengths to temper him.
Uchiha Ryo walked out of the room, and was then pulled over by Shirogane Kei to help with her studies.
Although Shirogane Kei usually seemed to have an average relationship with her brother, she still cared a lot about this brother who worked so hard for the whole family. But!!
If she was always pestering her brother with questions about her studies, what if he thought she had a brother complex? So, Shirogane Kei thought of Uchiha Ryo.
Time passed to noon. Shirogane Miyuki, who hadn't slept all night, finally came out of his room, only to see Shirogane Kei asking Uchiha Ryo about her homework.
Honestly.... she never asks me. I thought it was because she knew it all.... Why is she asking just because someone with better grades came along!
Shirogane Miyuki was a little envious, but he still had to cook, and he had to go to his part-time job in the afternoon. Life is so tiring.
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Shuchiin Academy. Ever since the announcement of the joint sports festival between the two schools, Shuchiin's principal, Adolf Pescarolo, had instructed the students to start preparations early.
In the student council office, Adolf Pescarolo stood by the window with a serious expression. President Nobunaga sat in the main seat with a smile, saying nothing. Shirogane Miyuki stood on the other side, not daring to speak.
Principal Adolf: "Nobunaga, ever since the school's director (Shinomiya Oko) unfortunately got into a car accident, it's thanks to the trust of the school's upper management that I've been given full authority to organize this sports festival."
President Nobunaga: "I've always believed in your abilities, Principal Adolf. But the new type of sports festival you're proposing is indeed a challenge."
Adolf Pescarolo showed an expression as if he had seen through everything.
"Whether it's Shuchiin or Toyogasaki, high school students these days have a big problem. That is, most students are used to roaming the online world and have forgotten the beauty of their childhood."
The ancients said: It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books. So this sports festival must be held beautifully and excitingly! While the students get to exercise, they must also have fun.
President Nobunaga: "Principal Adolf, your proposal is indeed excellent. But by doing this, will some parents be dissatisfied? After all, it's a departure from the traditional sports festival. It would be terrible if an accident occurred."
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"Ohoho, there's no need to worry about that. I've already hired a professional team. And these games are not mandatory, but voluntary."
Principal Adolf 'Old-and-Playful' Pescarolo was already looking forward to it!
"Hmm? Why is a white cat walking into the school library?"
President Nobunaga: "Ah, you didn't know, Principal? Recently, that white cat has been frequently entering and leaving Shuchiin. It's very popular with the students. It's even close to being elected as the school cat on the school's official website."
Shuchiin School Cat~ A Day in the Life of Enyun-chan—
Ah, another beautiful day. To earn money to spend, the cat can only go to Shuchiin every day to farm affinity.
A prestigious academy like Shuchiin had a large campus, so it wasn't surprising for one or two stray cats or dogs to slip in occasionally. At first, both teachers and security guards would choose to chase them away, but since some unknown time....
They were astonished to find that all the aloof stray cats and fierce stray dogs in the vicinity were all subdued by a single white cat. Last time, near the school gate, there was even a scene of a normal-sized white cat VS a large Tibetan mastiff.
To prevent the students from seeing a bloody scene, a security guard even wanted to rescue the cat. But the result was... the white cat beat the Tibetan mastiff silly without breaking a sweat, and even stood on the mastiff's fallen body, meowing disdainfully.
And so, all the stray animals near Shuchiin had a king. And this king seemed to have issued some kind of order, that all stray cats and dogs were forbidden from entering Shuchiin.
But the white cat herself often ran into Shuchiin to wander around. Sometimes she would appear by Chitanda Eru's side, sometimes Yukinoshita Yukino's, and of course, Shinomiya Kaguya's, Fujiwara Chika's, and Hayasaka Ai's.
The school's upper management, discovering that this cat had cleared out all the nearby stray animals for Shuchiin, just turned a blind eye and let it in.
And what was even more surprising was that this cat seemed to understand human nature. It had first helped Fujiwara Chika find a lost board game club prop, and then had called over a tool (Shirogane Miyuki) for Chitanda Eru, who was helping a teacher move books.
Such a cat, which was cute, didn't cause trouble, and even helped people, instantly appeared on the school forums. For a time, her fame actually surpassed that of a certain Uchiha who hadn't shown up for a month. And the most ridiculous thing was...
Shirogane Miyuki actually found Enyun-chan's photo on the new student council president election page on the student forum, and it had received a lot of support??!
Inside the air-conditioned library, Enyun-chan would usually nap on a desk after she got tired of acting cute.
As long as she sat up and meowed twice, a student would come over and offer her dried fish and other food. As long as she stretched hard, someone would come over and give her a massage.
Shirogane Miyuki had been to the library many times. He still recognized Uchiha Ryo's cat. But Enyun-chan's status... forget about the student council president, not even the principal was this loved.
Seeing Shirogane Miyuki come in, Enyun-chan unhurriedly sat up, walked over to the desk in front of him, and continued to doze.
Mhm, the master's affinity-farming target is here. I'll just rest nearby.
Shirogane Miyuki smiled. It seemed Uchiha Ryo's cat recognized him too. Just as he was about to reach out and pet her, Enyun-chan sat up again.
As Yukinoshita Yukino and Chitanda Eru also walked into the library to read, Enyun-chan immediately ran over to accompany Yukino. And Yukinoshita did not disappoint, secretly taking out some high-quality cat food.
Shirogane Miyuki's outstretched hand froze in mid-air....