Chapter 610 - 168: Lofty Aspirations
"Is that so, dear... Mm, okay, I understand..."
Linmen, Jinghe District.
Tuesday, night, Sakuragi Residence.
By the window, Sakuragi Yuri, who was answering the phone, seemed to have received some news from the other end of the line.
As a result, the smile on her face gradually faded, eventually becoming serious and solemn.
"Then let’s wait until they land first. I’ll pay a visit to probe the situation. If things don’t work out, I’ll set off for home immediately."
"..."
"Alright, you rest early too, dear."
"..."
Sakuragi Hitomi, dressed in pajamas, looked at Sakuragi Yuri who just hung up the phone, and couldn’t help but ask,
"Was it Dad’s call? Did something happen at home?"
"What could possibly happen, it’s dead silent over there. I just heard that the President of the Golden Lion Group has set off for Linmen... Things could get complicated."
Sakuragi Yuri covered her head with some frustration and said,
"But, these are adult concerns and have nothing to do with you..."
Yet as she spoke, she raised an eyebrow, bringing a smile back to her face,
"Oh, maybe it does have something to do with you! After all, she’s the mother of that blonde girl who forcefully kissed President Yan Huan."
"Spencer..."
Sakuragi Hitomi pursed her lips, but suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up as she analyzed,
"Right, Mom!
"The Spencer family isn’t as populous as ours, and she is the only daughter of the Golden Lion Group’s President, so...
"Naturally, her family must be very strict with her, right?"
Sakuragi Yuri opened a folding fan, helplessly saying,
"Oh my, it seems my little daughter might have misunderstood something~
"You should know, you’re only this free because your father and I dote on you...
"With your grandfather’s character, you can see how your aunt and uncle’s kids turned out, can’t you?"
Just thinking of that stern-faced, traditional elder living in the old house, Sakuragi Hitomi shivered,
"Ugh~"
Then she immediately threw herself into her mother’s embrace in fright, sweetly saying,
"Mom, I love you both~"
However, it seemed Sakuragi Yuri was immune to her daughter’s coquetry, she sighed and tapped her daughter’s head with the folding fan, joking,
"Only at times like these do you say you love us, talk about a pragmatic child...
"But seriously, with such a good hand of cards, how did you manage to play them like this?
"What exactly is going on?"
Sakuragi Yuri touched her cheek in distress, feeling like she might have trained the wrong skills,
"Hitomi, could it be that you picked the wrong skill tree? Do you think there’s still a chance to reset?"
Sakuragi Hitomi angrily lifted her head, blushing,
"Mom, do you think of me as some character you’ve developed!? Like I can be remade from scratch!?"
But about the issue of "playing a good hand poorly," she really had no response.
After all, even Nara criticized her the same way.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Sakuragi Hitomi quickly changed the subject,
"I... I mean, Spencer’s mom definitely won’t agree to her being with the President. If she disagrees, no matter how much Spencer wants it, it absolutely won’t be possible, right?"
"That’s indeed the case."
"Right?!"
Hope glimmered in Sakuragi Hitomi’s eyes, while Sakuragi Yuri smiled slightly, pinching her daughter’s face as she reminded,
"But, what if the opposite happens?"
"The opposite?"
"Yes~ What if... she’s open-minded like us, and decides to respect her daughter’s wishes?"
Sakuragi Hitomi slightly froze, while Sakuragi Yuri squeezed her face a bit harder, making her little face shake,
"You must know, if she chooses to support her daughter and take Yan Huan as a son-in-law.
"Then, even if your father and I gave our all, there’s absolutely no chance of winning you know.
"You would be, completely, finished~"
Upon hearing this, Sakuragi Hitomi felt a chill in her heart.
Could that be possible?
Indeed, with the capabilities of the Golden Lion Group, could it be possible that Spencer could keep in touch with the President every day even if she drops out of school?
Or even more dramatically, the President follows Spencer back to Hawk Country, and at that point, she’d be unreachable!
That morning, when Sakuragi Hitomi felt pleased thinking Spencer was out of the picture, now she was completely stunned, turning into a statue.
Her dazed appearance made Sakuragi Yuri sigh helplessly, she released her grip, joking,
"Seriously, if only you applied a bit of the wit you use in battling relatives, you probably would have been with Yan Huan already...
"Ugh..."
"Alright, go to sleep quickly. With your constitution, I bet you already feel sleepy, right?"
"Okay, Mom, goodnight."
Sakuragi Hitomi nodded and, somewhat dejectedly, turned her head, walking upstairs to her bedroom.
Nara hadn’t been able to return, so even if her mother agreed, her father, for safety’s sake, still needed to scrutinize her and the Yu Gang situation.
So for the time being, Sakuragi Hitomi had to fight alone, without this close ally.
"..."
And as she walked back to her bedroom, the more she thought about it, the more upset Sakuragi Hitomi became.
The most important thing was, she suddenly felt, Spencer seemed invincible.
Her family background and appearance aside, wasn’t her luck a bit too exaggerated?
Even her healthy, strong body, she couldn’t even compare...
How is she supposed to compete?
Sakuragi Hitomi lay on the bed, suddenly feeling a kind of wall-facing despair.
However, she couldn’t even maintain this feeling of overwhelming pressure for too long.