“Right, Gao-kun.”
Early morning, Tsukiyuki Rio, dressed in a bright red kimono, suddenly called out to Gao Sijin, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom.
Gao Sijin, who was brushing his teeth, turned his head and glanced at Tsukiyuki Rio, indicating he was listening.
“Gao-kun should still remember what we’re going to do today, right?”
Gao Sijin shook his head and continued brushing his teeth.
“Really, Gao-kun. I specifically told you yesterday, and yet you’re just like a child, not taking anything to heart,” Tsukiyuki Rio said, stomping her feet as if she were a little girl throwing a tantrum. “Today we’re going to the main family home of the Tsukiyuki family to meet my relatives.”
Gao Sijin rinsed his mouth.
“You want me to dress more formally today?”
“Not exactly, just want Gao-kun to be mentally prepared. Actually, it doesn’t matter what clothes you wear, even loose pajamas are fine. I’ve already decided to be with you, so I don’t care at all what my family thinks of you.”
Tsukiyuki Rio gently walked over to Gao Sijin’s side and stood on tiptoe, her snow-white feet rising.
Noticing what she was about to do, Gao Sijin immediately said:
“Please, I just finished brushing my teeth.”
“That’s exactly why I wanted to kiss you.”
Compared to her strength, Gao Sijin had no chance to resist.
Tsukiyuki Rio wrapped her slender arms around Gao Sijin’s neck, then pressed her lips close and used her sly, agile tongue to forcibly pry open his teeth.
Yesterday, Tsukiyuki Rio kept her promise and didn’t touch Gao Sijin all day, but in its place, the number of kisses increased significantly—they kissed while walking, while chatting, while watching a movie together, and even before going to sleep.
Her thick, dense love weighed heavily on Gao Sijin’s heart.
“Is there anything special I need to do today? Or any special rules I should remember?”
After the lingering, thread-like kiss ended, Gao Sijin asked.
“Gao-kun just needs to stay by my side. No matter what my family says to you, don’t take it to heart.”
In fact, Gao Sijin could roughly imagine how the Tsukiyuki family would view him.
An ordinary foreign man wanting to marry the daughter of the Tsukiyuki family would surely make them extremely displeased.
Gao Sijin was afraid of facing those mocking, sarcastic faces, but at the same time he felt a bit of anticipation. However, this wasn’t because he was a masochist; he had ulterior motives.
Perhaps the Patriarch of the Tsukiyuki family, Tsukiyuki Rio’s grandfather Tsukiyuki Kyoichi, would be an old man like a yakuza boss. After seeing Gao Sijin, he would immediately stand up, fume with rage, and shout at him:
“You two must separate! The Tsukiyuki bloodline must remain pure!”
The other black-clad men, looking like gangster underlings, would also stand up and point at Gao Sijin’s face, threatening:
“Leave the Young Miss and get out of J-Country!”
Even though he would lose all face, in that situation Gao Sijin would regain the freedom he had longed for.
Perhaps he would even cheekily say with a grin:
“Fine, I’ll get out. Who’s afraid of who?”
“Né, Gao-kun.”
Someone was tugging at his sleeve.
He looked and saw Tsukiyuki Rio, looking at him like a little pet trying to please its owner:
“Gao-kun, you laughed out loud just now. Did something happy happen?”
“Yeah, I thought of something really happy.”
“About your childhood?”
“Anyway, don’t ask, Rio.”
Now, Gao Sijin had to play the fool to the best of his ability.
Ideally, a blatant gold-digger openly coveting the Tsukiyuki family’s assets, making the Tsukiyuki family extremely disgusted with him.
“Rio, do we really have to go?”
“Gao-kun, are you worried?”
“Yesterday I said, your family might not welcome someone as humble and ordinary as me.”
“Yesterday I also said, if my family opposes our marriage, they’ll be making an enemy of me, Tsukiyuki Rio. They wouldn’t dare defy me.”
If Tsukiyuki Rio’s influence in the Tsukiyuki family reached that level, it would be the worst possible outcome.
But no matter what, his freedom depended on this one move. He had to take the gamble.
Gao Sijin changed into an Armani suit and tied his tie.
“You look really handsome today, Gao-kun.”
“Let’s go, Rio.”
This time, Gao Sijin proactively held out his hand for Tsukiyuki Rio to hold.
Anyway, they would be saying goodbye soon enough.
Rio, thank you for taking care of me these days. You truly are a beautiful girl who makes my heart tremble, but at the cost of my freedom, it’s too heavy a price. Let us part ways.
Gao Sijin said silently in his heart.
However, while his inner world was colorful, Gao Sijin outwardly still acted thoroughly fearful and timid, as if very worried about the verbal abuse from the Tsukiyuki family. Meanwhile, Tsukiyuki Rio kept reassuring him not to worry.
After breakfast, the two took the elevator down to the underground parking lot. Yu Qingxue, like a butler, opened the rear door for Tsukiyuki Rio and Gao Sijin:
“Good morning, you two. You look as lovey-dovey as ever today.”
Yu Qingxue glanced at Gao Sijin, then smiled like a Cheshire cat, as if she had seen right through Gao Sijin’s inner thoughts at a glance.
Could Yu Qingxue already see that he planned to act like a clown to win his freedom?
Gao Sijin felt unsettled. If Yu Qingxue could see through his thoughts, then Tsukiyuki Rio definitely could as well.
“It’s the first time going back to the main family with Gao-kun. It’s so nice having you by my side.”
As soon as they were in the car, Tsukiyuki Rio clung to Gao Sijin. Wearing her red kimono, she possessed a strange beauty compared to usual, especially with those dark crimson eyes that matched perfectly with the outfit.
Back in Bincheng, Gao Sijin wasn’t really the type who liked going out, but ever since he was placed under house arrest, he particularly enjoyed being driven out, because from the car he could see all sorts of people, giving him the illusion that he was still free.
“Gao-kun really loves looking at the scenery outside.”
“If I could, I’d really like to walk freely with my own two feet on the streets of Tokyo.”
“Tokyo has 23 wards. Which ward would you most like to stroll in, Gao-kun?”
“Minato Ward. I heard the scenery in Tokyo’s Minato Ward is especially good, and you can see many rich people’s mansions there. The landscaping is said to be quite nice too.”
“Gao-kun wants to stroll around Motoazabu 3-4-33 in Minato Ward, right?” Tsukiyuki Rio asked darkly.
Gao Sijin was taken aback.
“Because that’s where the Embassy of China is located. Gao-kun, your little scheme is really too simple,” Tsukiyuki Rio mercilessly exposed his mental journey of wanting to stroll in Minato Ward. “In any case, you can never escape from the palm of my hand. Just give up early, or else you’ll suffer.”
