Chapter 729

"You think so too, right."

Natsume Chikage felt very gratified; he patted his sister's head and looked at Kaga Reisa with a firm gaze.

"Don't worry."

"I will absolutely not let them take Ruri away."

"And, even without that so-called main family, my sister and I are living just fine now."

"There's no need to go back at all!"

Kaga Reisa, hearing his such certain reply, felt the heart that had been hanging finally drop slightly.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and a gentle smile reappeared on her face.

"Mm."

And downstairs in the apartment building.

Natsume Akihira sat in his black sedan and didn't leave immediately.

He looked through the car window at the old apartment building again, and a cold smile of disdain hooked at the corner of his mouth.

In his view, the persistence of this pair of siblings was just the ridiculous self-esteem and naivety of young people.

This place, Tokyo, is an inch of land worth an inch of gold, and the survival pressure is shockingly high.

A high school student who is not yet an adult, only sixteen years old, taking a sister who is just in the second year of junior high, looking after both ends, struggling to move forward.

With the meager salary Natsume Chikage earns working part-time at the coffee shop, at most it's eighty or ninety thousand yen a month.

This money has to cover the rent, utilities, food, and daily expenses for both of them in Tokyo...

Not to mention, Natsume Chikage is also attending that famous private Moonlight Academy.

That is a real aristocratic school, and the tuition for one semester is tens of thousands of yen.

Given their current situation, they are struggling even to go to a public school, let alone maintain the sky-high tuition of private Moonlight.

I'm afraid that after finishing this semester, they will only be forced to drop out and be trapped in the cycle of part-time work from then on.

This kind of pressure is difficult for even mature adults to bear.

And Natsume Chikage is just a sixteen-year-old boy who has lived a life of luxury.

With his temperament as a former "rich second generation," how long can he endure this kind of poverty and hardship?

I'm afraid it won't take a few months before the pressure of reality makes him collapse.

At that time, as long as the main family exerts a little more pressure and throws out a little temptation of "returning to the life of the past"...

After tasting the bitterness of poverty, this pair of siblings will definitely miss the days of having no worries about food and clothing in the past and will eventually bow their heads and compromise.

After all, who really likes to ask for trouble?

It's nothing more than marrying someone or being married to someone they don't like.

What's the big deal about that.

When he takes this pair of siblings who have quite a bit of "value" back to the main family, it can be considered a merit anyway.

Presumably, the head of the family will also see it and allocate more resources and opportunities to him, allowing him to go further in the family and earn more benefits.

As for the siblings themselves...

Natsume Akihira recalled Natsume Chikage's face, which was handsome to the point of being unreal.

He had to admit that the head of the family's eye was indeed vicious.

Especially that Natsume Chikage, just appearing on the shogi competition on TV for a few rounds, could stir up small-scale discussions on the internet just by his appearance.

If he is well "packaged" and used as a chip for political marriage with other families...

I'm afraid there will be quite a few young ladies from big families, or even some rich women with deep financial resources, who would be willing to give everything just to "take" him home, right?

Thinking of this, the smile at the corner of Natsume Akihira's mouth deepened.

He seemed to have already seen the beautiful prospects.

Taking one last look at the dilapidated apartment building, he didn't stay any longer and started the car engine.

The vehicle drove steadily away from this old neighborhood that was out of place with the prosperous Tokyo.

And the scene of his departure did not escape a pair of eyes hidden in the dark.

Not far away, a man wearing a black suit with a tall and straight figure stood quietly in the shadows of the street corner, his gaze following the sedan that was moving away like a hawk, until it disappeared at the end of the street.

A moment later.

Kaga Reisa, because she remembered that her parents would be home early today, got up and said goodbye to the Natsume siblings.

"Natsume-niisan, Ruri-chan, I... I'm going back first. Mom and Dad are home, calling me back."

"Mm, be careful on the way." Natsume Chikage instructed.

"See you tomorrow, Reisa-chan!" Natsume Ruri waved.

Kaga Reisa smiled shyly, picked up her small bag, and gently closed the door as she left.

Her slender figure as she left was also silently taken into the eyes of the man in black hidden in the dark, and recorded.

Nine forty-five in the morning.

Akita Sana, carrying a hard suitcase containing a PS5 console, and in her other hand a bag of game discs and a box of beautifully packaged desserts, accurately found his door according to the address Natsume Chikage had given before.

Standing outside the slightly old apartment door, Akita Sana didn't press the doorbell immediately.

She first carefully placed the things by her feet, then took out an exquisite small mirror from her small bag and carefully checked her appearance in the mirror.

She gently brushed the bangs on her forehead and pursed her lips, which were painted with light-colored lipstick, and after confirming that everything was perfect, she took a deep breath and put the mirror away.

Looking at this ordinary door in front of her, her heart accelerated uncontrollably.

This... is Natsume-kun's home!

At school, almost no girls have had the good fortune to step into this place.

Even that highly popular Senior Tsukishima Rin probably hasn't received this "honor."

So, the moment she stepped through this door, it meant that in some kind of "competition," she had already quietly led other girls by a large margin!

Thinking of this, how could Akita Sana not feel a secret excitement and pride.

She raised her slightly trembling fingers and pressed the doorbell.

"Ding-a-ling—"

The crisp ringing sounded inside the door.

Soon, the door was pulled open from the inside.

Natsume Chikage's figure appeared at the door.

Today he was wearing simple home clothes, the soft cotton fabric softened his usually slightly cold and ascetic temperament, making him look more relaxed, and... even more handsome.

"You're here, Akita-san."

Natsume Chikage stepped aside.

Akita Sana looked at him like this, feeling her heartbeat quicken a few more beats, her cheeks slightly flushed.

She showed the sweetest and cutest smile, along with those iconic little tiger teeth.

"Natsume-kun, good morning!"

She lifted the things in her hands.

"These are the desserts I bought, let's eat them together later. And this PS5, I brought it too, after we set it up, we can play together!"

As she spoke, she handed the things she was carrying in both hands to Natsume Chikage.

Natsume Chikage took them and nodded.

"Mm, thank you for your hard work. I'll go set it up right away."

Then, Akita Sana followed him and stepped into this legendary "territory" for the first time.

When she saw the cramped three-tsubo space inside the room, she didn't show much surprise.

After all, she had already learned about Natsume Chikage's recent situation and living environment from Aunt Kondo before.

It was just that what surprised her a little was that although the room was narrow, it was cleaned exceptionally cleanly and neatly.

There was no sense of clutter at all, instead, it revealed a simple and attentive atmosphere of life.

He is living with his sister now, which means that if she were dating him, the room would probably be just as neat.

Hee hee, that's just right, she likes boys who are clean!

Akita Sana's gaze fell on Natsume Ruri, who was sitting by the small table, and she immediately raised a bright smile to greet her.

"Good morning, Ruri-chan!"

Natsume Ruri had seen this Akita-nee at Kondo's house last time, and also knew that her brother would have friends visiting today, so she responded politely:

"Good morning, Akita-nee." ===== CHAPTER 730 =====