Natural Swordmaster 72

Title: Rich Families Also Have Loyal Men, Poor Families Have No Shortage of Heartless Men

‘How to build a good relationship with Suotome Ai?’

This really troubled Kaguya. Let alone Ai, besides Hayasaka and Chika, she had no other friends at all.

And since Ai came to Shuchi’in Academy and strongly became the student council vice president, Kaguya had no good impression of this daughter of the Suotome family at all, even somewhat disliked her.

She herself didn’t know why she disliked Ai, maybe because their statuses were similar, but their fates were completely different.

Ai was the sole heir of the Suotome family, also the only child of her parents. The whole family doted on her very much.

Just because Ai wanted to return to Japan to study, the Suotome family acquired a large portion of Shuchi’in Academy’s shares and promoted the merger of several schools, just to please her.

At school, Ai could do whatever she wanted, say whatever she wanted, and could freely interact with that male student named Nohara Shinnosuke.

As for her? She had three older brothers, and at least on the surface, the inheritance rights of the Shinomiya family would not fall to her.

Even Kaguya wasn’t sure if she was her father’s biological daughter.

Kaguya’s mother, Shimizu Nayotake, was the number one hostess in a nightclub. After meeting her, Gan’an was so infatuated that he lost his mind, but she suffered from a very severe congenital heart disease.

For her health, Nayotake resigned from her job at the nightclub and chose to return to her hometown to recuperate.

When she reappeared, she was already pregnant, and the child was Kaguya.

People in the Shinomiya family all believed that this child was most likely not Gan’an’s biological child, perhaps an illegitimate child from some other man out there.

But Gan’an ignored the advice of those around him and kept Nayotake, believing that the child in her womb was his own.

Unfortunately, Nayotake died of heart disease after giving birth to Kaguya.

Gan’an refused to do a DNA test on Kaguya, perhaps he himself also had doubts in his heart.

Because of her background, Kaguya was treated differently in the Shinomiya family from a young age, and was even mocked because of her mother.

Shinomiya Gan’an, the head of the Shinomiya family, in order to expand the corporate group, could use any means. Even the word “ruthless” might not be enough to describe him.

But the man who built this terrifying business empire was actually infatuated with a number one hostess in a nightclub, and after Nayotake died, he became gloomy, which indirectly caused his health condition to deteriorate rapidly.

Such a person turned out to be a loving man, and the Shinomiya family would soon collapse due to Gan’an’s death.

Rich families also have loyal men, poor families have no shortage of heartless men.

Because he was very worried that Kaguya was not his child, Gan’an simply didn’t know how to face her and handed her over to Shinomiya Un’yo to take care of.

Clearly caring very much for Kaguya, but not knowing how to face her, and more worried that this girl was not his biological daughter.

Gan’an’s attitude caused Kaguya’s situation in the family to worsen, and little by little developed into the current state.

The whole family was like a cage that confined Kaguya’s sky, even Hayasaka, her most trusted personal maid, was sent by her brother to monitor her.

Kaguya, who was like this, meeting Ai whose situation was almost the complete opposite of hers, how could she not feel hatred?

Trying to snatch Shinnosuke from Ai’s side was Kaguya’s silent resistance to her fate, perhaps also her last struggle.

Her father, who had never talked much to her, suddenly asked her to build a good relationship with Ai. Kaguya very much wanted to complete this task.

Both from a personal and family perspective, befriending Ai was a good thing.

Seeing Ai not far from her, Kaguya didn’t know how to start a conversation.

Since coming to the student council and becoming the vice president, Ai was busy every day dealing with various documents and also reading a lot of materials, completely unaware of what she was busy with.

“Shinomiya-san, why do you keep staring at me?”

Ai certainly felt Kaguya’s gaze, but she didn’t care about Kaguya’s attitude at all. It was just that today Kaguya’s gaze on her was a bit strange.

“Nothing.”

Ai stretched and stood up.

“It’s been a whole weekend since I last saw Shinnosuke-sama, Ai can hardly bear it anymore, must find Shinnosuke-sama to recharge.”

“Maeda, where is Shinnosuke-sama?”

Maeda took out her phone and glanced at it, then confirmed Shinnosuke’s position.

“Shinnosuke-sama is currently drinking juice with Toru Kazama on the field.”

“Let’s go, I happen to be a little thirsty too.”

Watching Ai leave, Kaguya sighed.

“Young Miss, actually you don’t need to force yourself too much.”

Hayasaka certainly knew the task the family had given Kaguya, but she was also very clear that Kaguya’s social skills were almost zero. Forcing her to befriend Ai might only have the opposite effect.

Kaguya nodded, her expression somewhat gloomy. Maybe Shinnosuke was a good breakthrough point?

She heard that Nohara Shinnosuke had joined the kendo club and also a club called the service club. Maybe this service club could bring surprises?

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“As expected, one hundred percent pure fruit juice is really delicious!”

Shinnosuke held the juice he had just taken from the refrigerator and couldn’t help but exclaim after taking a sip.

“But, Shin-chan, do you think good quality fruits would be used to make juice?”

Kazama drank his barley tea and watched Shinnosuke drink the juice greedily, then voiced his opinion.

“Usually, wouldn’t it be the defective fruits that are used to make juice?”

Kazama’s theory made Shinnosuke feel that the juice in his hand was no longer tasty.

“Nohara-kun, if you don’t mind, drink mine.”

Just at that moment, a gentle female voice was heard beside them.

“It’s Saeko.”

No one knew when, Busujima Saeko came to their side and took out a glass filled with water and handed it to Shinnosuke.

“This is my homemade watermelon juice, the quality is very good, definitely not from defective fruits.”

“Wow! Fresh watermelon juice!”

Shinnosuke was not at all shy, took it and immediately gulped down a lot.

“Ah~ delicious!”

Kazama beside him opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to grumble.

Did this guy really always get what he wanted? He had just said something, and there was actually someone who came to give him fresh juice? What a coincidence, right?