NOVEL NEXT Chapter 220: Just Like Yesterday
"Although I don't remember inviting you to my courtyard as a guest, considering you're just an uninformed foreign kid, I'll let it slide..."
Listening to the young man's words, the emaciated old man seated at the main seat couldn't help but raise his eyes, glanced at him once, and asked,
"So, what is it that you want to do here?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Huan slightly smiled and asked,
"I heard from someone that you ordered Hitomi to leave Linmen. I want to ask, is this true?"
"So it's because of this..."
Sakuragi Yoshi's wrinkled face showed a sneering expression. He took a sip of tea, set the cup down, looked at the silent Sakuragi Ran and Sakuragi Hi sitting nearby, and then glanced at Sakuragi Kagami behind Yan Huan.
Feeling his grandfather's ominous gaze sweeping over, Sakuragi Kagami subconsciously shrank his neck.
After scanning the room, Sakuragi Yoshi finally returned his gaze to Yan Huan and said,
"It is indeed what I said, and then? Boy, do you disagree?"
"..."
Yan Huan smiled without replying.
The opposite of agreeing is disagreeing, everyone knows.
Yet not everyone knows, the opposite of nodding is often silence.
Though aware of Yan Huan's attitude, Sakuragi Yoshi wasn't annoyed, instead, he just shook his head as if watching a play,
"Boy, youthful arrogance is a good thing.
"I've heard a little about you. It's fair to say, coming from the slums of the South District to today, you do have some credentials to be arrogant among kids your age...
"But this is not school, nor is it Linmen... This is the Sakuragi Family.
"Regardless of you being merely a foreign kid from the South District, concerning this is a Sakuragi family matter, you, as an outsider, have no qualification or reason to oppose."
Facing Sakuragi Yoshi's scornful questioning, Yan Huan nodded but just raised two fingers and said,
"No matter how you evaluate me, I accept it. Except for one thing, I think you are wrong. Because, I happen to have one public and one private reason to oppose your decision."
"..."
Sakuragi Yoshi squinted his eyes and pushed the cup toward the small boy beside him, seemingly gesturing for him to fill the tea.
But the small boy at this moment was staring blankly at Yan Huan at the door who was speaking to his grandfather without fear, seemingly seeing someone talk to his grandfather this way for the first time, which left him stunned for a moment.
"Bang!"
Yet the next second, a teacup was suddenly thrown onto him, scaring him into ducking his head and whimpering as he bowed to Sakuragi Yoshi,
"Sorry... I'm sorry, Grandpa..."
"Go, change the cup, fill the tea."
"Yes, I'll go right away..."
Hearing this, the small boy hurriedly picked up the teacup on the ground with both hands and fled without daring to look back.
Watching the small boy's departing figure, Yan Huan stood silently for a second before continuing,
"From a personal perspective, my relationship with Hitomi is very deep.
"She is my Vice President and one of the longest-standing, closest, and most understanding female associates.
"In this regard, Sakuragi Yuri aunt knows better than anyone, otherwise she wouldn't have let Hitomi and me form a study group and invite us to the Sakuragi Family.
"From an emotional perspective, I absolutely cannot accept her leaving Linmen."
Upon hearing these words, Sakuragi Yoshi almost laughed out loud immediately, only sneering and shaking his head.
However, Yan Huan didn't even look at him, instead using his peripheral vision to glance at Sakuragi Ran and Sakuragi Hi sitting by.
In reality, Yan Huan knew better than anyone that, no matter what reason, he couldn't directly confront the Sakuragi Family.
Whether as the adopted son of the Ye Family or as the test subject of the Spencer family...
These weren't enough.
However, solving problems always requires identifying the enemy and catching the main contradiction.
The key issue isn't between Yan Huan and the Sakuragi Family but between the Sakuragi Mansion and the branch family.
And the enemy isn't the entire Sakuragi Family, just the mansion represented by Sakuragi Yoshi.
Therefore, the so-called "personal" reason wasn't meant for Sakuragi Yoshi but was spoken for the two brothers.
Upon hearing this, Sakuragi Ran inevitably glanced at Yan Huan.
Because he realized, Yan Huan's true reason wasn't the evidently meaningless "personal relationship with Sakuragi Hitomi."
The focus was the second sentence: "His mother asked him to come."
Which indicates the mother didn't want the sister to leave Linmen, and Yan Huan stood with them.
Even further, the mother didn't wish to pretend with the mansion anymore and endure grievances.
"...Boy, do you understand what you just said means?"
"Please enlighten me."
"You must know, you're currently in the assessment process of the Spencer family."
Sakuragi Yoshi coldly laughed while looking at Yan Huan, who wore a smile, blandly reminding,
"I don't know the specific criteria those Hawk Country people have for their possible future son-in-law, but there's one thing I'm sure of: Absolutely no fickle-mindedness!
"Boy, there are not many chances to climb up in life, especially within a family like the Spencer Family. Standing up for a girl from another family, have you thought about the consequences?"
Listening to these words, Yan Huan couldn't help but fall silent,
"..."
At this moment, the sliding door beside them opened again.
The timid small boy returned with hot tea.
"Grandfather... please enjoy the tea..."
"Hmm."
Sakuragi Yoshi took the hot tea from the boy, looked at the boy, but suddenly remembered something, muttering to himself,
"Hitomi... huh, useless. These words, even an outsider dares to say directly to me, yet she herself doesn't even have the courage to show up...