CHAPTER 393: CHAPTER 288: TEA PARTY (2)

This is the corner, not very noticeable.

"I told you not to mind me, you... uh... Uesugi?"

Uesugi Sakura laughed and said, "Is this the confused look you give when you see an old classmate?"

Tsubokawa Takahiro pushed his glasses up with his middle finger and his lips curved up, "I just didn’t expect to meet in such a situation, I thought I’d see you running for Prime Minister on NHK."

"Thankless job, I’m just a commoner, living a stable life is enough." Uesugi Sakura offered him the cookie-filled plate in her hand.

Tsubokawa Takahiro put away his phone which was still showing a game, grabbed a cookie, and tossed it in his mouth, speaking as he chewed, "Ah... speaking of stability, it’s actually a life many people envy. Like me, I’m constantly pressured by my family to produce an heir."

"You’re unwilling?" Uesugi Sakura examined his little suit with a bow tie, an outfit with a gift-for-sale vibe.

He probably came to this corner to not draw attention.

"Women are so troublesome. Can she be as understanding as the wife in my phone?"

"Maybe she can."

"Not everyone is like you, Uesugi." Tsubokawa Takahiro shook his head, "I previously forced myself to attend an itinerary arranged by my parents, the other family runs an airline company. Really, a super arrogant young lady, not only likes to boss people around, but insists on private jets for flights, private yachts for boats, and foreign cars with left-side drive."

"Picky."

"Isn’t it?"

"Going to Europe for a vacation, if she forgot the napkins she usually uses to wipe her mouth, she wouldn’t buy them, she would have someone fly a private jet back to Japan, thousands of kilometers from Europe, just to bring back the custom napkins from her home to use!"

"...Are there really such people?"

"Do you think it’s exaggerated?" Tsubokawa Takahiro chuckled, "She’s been pampered with good food and drink since childhood, anything she wants she gets, how could she not be like that? Her family is rich, and there are people willing to fly planes to bring her napkins, for her, just asking on a whim can fulfill her wishes, why not ask?"

Saying it like that, it kind of makes sense.

To ordinary people, it seems wasteful, but to the other, it’s just making reasonable use of available resources to satisfy oneself.

Hanabi was also spoiled by her father since childhood, not as lavish, but she never developed that kind of personality.

Tsubokawa Takahiro continued, "That’s why dealing with women is exhausting."

"Why not find a more ordinary one?" Uesugi Sakura tried to suggest, thinking this perspective was too one-sided.

"My parents wouldn’t agree, they want me to marry into another family and serve that young lady," Tsubokawa Takahiro grabbed another cookie to eat, "I have to say, life is for oneself, why make oneself unhappy for offspring or more money?"

Most people just want a partner who can share responsibilities and live together.

Through this, they gain a sense of happiness.

But this guy Tsubokawa, he probably doesn’t worry much about life, being surrounded by plenty already.

"Why do I feel like you’re doing a Versailles." Uesugi Sakura suddenly remembered a term he saw online.

"You’ve seen ’The Rose of Versailles’? I thought no one else would go back to watch an anime from decades ago."

"It means deliberately showing off by complaining about ridiculous troubles, hinting at a well-off life."

"How come I haven’t heard of that term?" Tsubokawa Takahiro didn’t dwell on it, accepting the fruit juice the waiter brought for the two and saying thank you, "I’m not showing off, just expressing my troubles."

Every Versailles person says that, making it even more Versailles.

Uesugi Sakura: "Still don’t know what your family does."

"Grandpa started a company, with only a few subsidiaries, mainly toys, sideline entertainment, in recent years a literature website that’s doing quite well," Tsubokawa Takahiro sneakily pointed to a middle-aged man talking to someone else on the side, "that’s my dad, secretly telling you, he also married into the family, doesn’t dare to provoke my mom."

Uesugi Sakura had no intention to comment on other people’s family affairs, only interested in the mentioned literature website:

"Surpass Generation?"

"Hmm...? How do you know, do you read light novels too?" Tsubokawa Takahiro stopped sipping his juice and turned to look at Uesugi Sakura sitting beside him.

"I just visited that company recently."

Tsubokawa Takahiro looked at him in astonishment, "A top student from Tokyo University’s Faculty of Humanities, have you started writing light novels too?"

"Not really, Hanabi just took a job there, illustrating one of the works, I accompanied her to discuss matters."

"Oh~ which one?"

Uesugi Sakura recalled the email Hanabi showed him, "’The Witch is a Fox Demon.’"

"Seems familiar, by the author of ’Chasing the Stars’?"

"Probably." Actually, Uesugi Sakura only knew that Hanabi was responsible for the illustration of a work.

"Too bad the last work didn’t catch fire," Tsubokawa Takahiro put down the juice glass he had finished, "Mainly because an unsuitable illustrator was hired, the illustrations became a liability, plus being a newcomer, it lacked buzz."

"If the novel sells well, the illustrator can earn more, right?"

"Generally, it’s sold by piece, even if the novel becomes popular because of the illustrations, the illustrator won’t earn a penny more, this industry is quite unfair to illustrators. However, the specifics depend on the cooperation contract.

"Do you and Hanamaru need money? Want me to help? Although I’m quite poor, can’t even afford a new gaming console, I can still say a few things on the company’s website."

After saying that, he was puzzled, "Hold on, not long ago, you won a bow prize, even with taxes, you shouldn’t have spent a billion yen so quickly, did you buy a yacht?"

Uesugi Sakura: "I want to buy a villa with a bamboo grove garden in Tokyo."