Chapter 178

"Hayasaka, has that female entertainer recently been linked to a case?"

"Indeed she has."

Kaguya Sigong frowned slightly.

"Why wasn't I informed about this part of the situation?"

"Young Lady, didn't you say to only keep an eye on Amamiya?"

"I…"

In the end, it was her own order that had prevented this intelligence from reaching her eyes.

Taking a deep breath, she had to admit that this order had indeed been issued by herself.

Moreover, there was no clear evidence proving the connection between that female entertainer and Amamiya, so it was normal for Hayasaka not to report on that female entertainer's situation.

"Young Lady, should we go investigate?"

Kaguya Sigong was silent for a while, then still shook her head slightly.

"Forget it."

"Amamiya deliberately didn't write down that female entertainer's name precisely to prevent us from going to the Zhaoshang Sect. Since Amamiya has decided this, we won't investigate."

"Besides, Amamiya deliberately not writing the other party's name is probably because he doesn't want us to get involved."

"Could there also be a reason he doesn't want to exploit this connection?"

Hayasaka Ai offered a reliable thought.

"That's quite possible, and considering Amamiya's somewhat withdrawn personality, the likelihood might not be low."

Kaguya Sigong recalled Amamiya's personality; she felt Hayasaka's guess was correct.

Amamiya truly wasn't the type with a flashy personality.

He was a bit insecure, a bit taciturn, and wouldn't easily speak about his own affairs.

The biggest reason was probably that Amamiya truly regarded them as equals in conversation.

It seemed Amamiya really would, based on this point, not tell them certain things.

Hmm… how should she put it?

Kaguya Sigong felt this probably couldn't be counted as inflexibility.

From her perspective, Amamiya's personality absolutely couldn't be considered bad—in fact, it was impossibly good.

So good that her previous suspicions made her feel like a villain who assumed the worst of everyone.

"Young Lady, perhaps Amamiya really isn't as terrible as you initially thought."

Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but remind her.

"…I wasn't thinking of his personality in a terrible direction either."

But just how hollow those words from Kaguya Sigong were, probably only she herself knew clearly.

Were you thinking that way—could I possibly not know?

Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but mutter a complaint in her heart.

Actually, she knew this wasn't Young Lady's own problem.

After all, being in the great dye vat of the Sigong family, the Nanmianye Society would inevitably have their own mode of action influenced by the Sigong family.

If one simply looked at it from the angle of profit, one could see that Young Lady's operations were actually all correct.

But the problem was that the variable of Ren Amamiya completely exceeded the scope of profit.

He didn't seek anything from Young Lady; in fact, he even directly affected the profits Young Lady obtained.

This would make Young Lady unable to resist, starting from the angle of profit, wanting to obtain greater benefits from Amamiya.

Because of such thoughts, Young Lady couldn't help but think about how to acquire more bargaining chips.

This was a kind of currency for mutual exchange.

Unfortunately, Amamiya's attitude on his side already said a great deal.

Amamiya had never once asked the Sigong family for more help, no matter what kind of request.

This was probably where Young Lady felt unaccustomed.

"Young Lady, could it be that something happened between that female entertainer and Amamiya?"

"Hmm… it seems Amamiya helped a neighbor who is a female entertainer and established a connection with the neighbor."

"He himself said it was meddling in other people's business."

"But that neighbor seems to have had more intersections with him."

"He even helped that female entertainer neighbor resolve some substantive problems."

Although she didn't know what it was, from the records in the diary, Kaguya Sigong could determine that the female neighbor had developed more connections with Amamiya.

"For example?"

Without knowing the specific situation, Hayasaka Ai couldn't give a suitable answer either.

"Resolved negative emotions."

"???"

Is this a problem that can be solved?

Hayasaka Ai suddenly really wanted to chat with Amamiya alone; she truly wanted to clear out her own negative emotions.

The daily pressure of being a full-time maid is still quite considerable.

Fortunately, she no longer had to continue reporting Young Lady's living conditions to Sigong Huang Guang, and her psychological pressure dropped straight down several levels.

But even so, she still needed to decompress by watching many videos related to hydraulic presses, floor scrubbers, and trimming cow hooves.

PS: New book on the shelves, please send data.