Chapter 493: Envy! Longing!

Natsume Ruri and Jiahe Lianxiao pushed open the door.

Almost simultaneously.

Both of them saw Natsume Chikage sitting in the room early.

Expressions of surprise appeared on their faces at the same time.

Natsume Ruri instantly remembered something, and her eyes lit up.

She quickly kicked off the black loafers on her feet, not even having time to put them away properly.

She also threw her school bag on the floor casually.

Like a happy little bird, she spread her arms and pounced over.

"Big Brother!"

"I watched your match! You were really super—amazing!"

"You actually won against that 3rd-level opponent from the promotion association! I really didn't expect it, Ruri!"

Her voice was full of excitement and pride.

Natsume Chikage smiled, catching his sister who had pounced on him steadily.

His arms wrapped around her gently, and he patted her back lightly.

His expression was gratified, carrying a hint of relief.

"Didn't Big Brother tell you?"

"Big Brother is very strong. Except for Ruri, I won't lose to anyone."

Hearing this, Natsume Ruri buried her face in him and rubbed against him.

When she raised it again, her cheeks were already flushed with joy.

Although she knew Big Brother's words were too exaggerated and he was definitely bragging.

There were still unreachable existences like the Dragon King in the shogi world.

Big Brother had only recently returned to shogi, and being able to get this far was already a miracle.

But she understood.

This was Big Brother's way of making her happy.

And she was indeed in a very good mood because of this sentence.

Natsume Ruri's eyes curved into crescents:

"Big Brother, you won forty thousand yen in prize money for this round, right?"

"Now, our family is truly rich."

"We have the confidence for the expenses of these two months!"

Natsume Chikage reached out to tidy up her hair that she had messed up, and smiled:

"Not just that."

"After the match ended, that little Caixu from the Furukawa family came to find me to learn shogi again."

"I instructed her for five hours at her house today and earned another twenty-five thousand yen."

Regarding the ten thousand yen from Yutang Zhiji, he skipped over it.

It wasn't deliberate concealment, just that the matter was subtle, and explaining it would only add trouble.

He didn't want his innocent sister to come into contact with those complex people and things too early.

Natsume Ruri was stunned, then excitedly jumped a little on the spot.

"So much?"

"That's awesome!"

"Today, we earned the rent for next month all at once!"

She hummed, her tone softened, carrying a little bit of embarrassed admission:

"Looking at it this way... Big Brother, your decision back then... was really right."

Natsume Chikage smiled and rubbed her head.

"Without your support, Ruri, Big Brother wouldn't have had the courage and motivation to make this decision."

Hearing this, Natsume Ruri felt even happier.

She only felt that her Big Brother now was really getting better and better at talking.

"Since the income is so generous today," Natsume Chikage looked at her, "Big Brother will take you to eat something delicious later, and buy you a few new clothes, okay?"

"Mm-hmm!!"

She nodded vigorously, her eyes filled with starlight.

And at this moment.

Jiahe Lianxiao, who had been standing quietly at the entrance, took it all in.

Her weak and shy face was filled with undisguised envy.

She was an only child in her family.

Her parents were busy with work, and often only an empty house accompanied her. ===== CHAPTER 494 =====