After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 67 66. Betrothed You to Me

Japan is a country with serious class stratification and a clear hierarchy. Before the end of the last world war, that is, in the 20th century, it still had aristocrats.

At that time, the classes were divided into four categories.

They are the royal family, the nobility, the samurai and the common people, and the nobility control most of the social resources.

The Huazu were mainly an aristocratic class consisting mainly of the old five regent families and the old seven Qinghua families. According to the ideas of the upper class dignitaries at the time, the Huazu system was the cornerstone of maintaining the social system and the barrier of the royal family.

At the same time, they enjoy many economic and political privileges.

In fact, it is just a change of name from the old aristocracy.

Even after the failure of the war and being forced to undergo democratic transformation by a certain country, this group still controls a large amount of social resources after being stripped of the title of aristocracy.

The tide of the times has indeed killed many people who couldn't keep up, but it also allowed some people to break through the ceiling.

But it is still this group that truly controls the country and stands on the class barrier that separates it from ordinary people. They are omnipresent in the economy, politics, and military, but their control has become weaker.

Suzumiya Saka was born into such a family.

The advantage is that he has a prominent family background.

Never have to worry about money.

As long as you don't do stupid things when you grow up, you can successfully inherit your parents' resources and become an envied superior person.

However, remnants like these that have continued from the old times to the modern times still retain many decadent customs and habits within the family even after decades or hundreds of impacts from new ideas. Moreover, Japan's pursuit of male chauvinism is even more vividly reflected in such families, and women have almost no say.

Suzumiya Saka will soon be thirty years old.

In ancient times, she would have probably been married more than ten years ago. Nowadays, the relatives around her can only arrange a marriage for her after she finishes college.

Marriage is compulsory.

But it’s not completely mandatory.

After all, this is no longer the era where you don't even need to meet people but only rely on parents to designate someone. In this regard, her parents, like other families, have set a so-called range, basically based on family background. As long as she likes someone within this range, she can marry him.

But within this range, Suzumiya Saka couldn't pick any one that she liked, and she didn't want to be planned in her heart, so she moved out of home several years ago, using this way to resist the constraints of her family.

But she also knows that as she gets older, her parents' patience is gradually fading. She never knows when they will completely ignore her feelings and force arrangements on her, and she will not be able to resist.

Unless you leave Tokyo.

Or leave the country.

But now she met Harano Tsukasa.

But no matter how you look at it, even if Suzumiya Saka lowers the limit against her conscience, the range of marriage partners her parents had set for her is not as low as that of a common country family. Although her parents have tried not to push her over the years, she knows that they think she will obey them sooner or later. If they really knew about Harano Tsukasa's family background, they would never agree.

Therefore, when she received a call from her mother and heard her say Harano Tsukasa's name in person and asked her to bring him home tonight, Suzumiya Saka felt panicked.

How did they both know?
Does calling him home mean you want to beat him to death?
What should I do now?
Countless thoughts emerged in Suzumiya Saka's mind, and she fell into a state of panic due to extreme mental exhaustion.

Until the evening, I took Harano Tsukasa home. According to the housing prices in Tokyo and the concept of modern rich people in ordinary people's impression, if you want to know where the rich areas are, basically they will say Minato, Meguro, Chiyoda and Setagaya, but Suzumiya Saka is not in any of the above places, which is unexpected.

Shotocho in Shibuya Ward is only a few kilometers away from the bustling Shibuya Street, but it is surprisingly quiet. Apart from the luxury cars passing by, there are few pedestrians, and the single-family houses on the street are also surprisingly luxurious.

Harano Tsukasa knew about this place, but had never been there and had no interest in coming. It is said that this place and Yamatogo-cho in Bunkyo Ward are the wealthy areas of Tokyo. Many celebrities from the political and business circles live in these two places. It is quiet in the midst of a bustling city and is the most traditional wealthy area.

It seems that the selling price of a house with an area of 400 to 500 square meters here is as high as more than 17 billion yuan, which is equivalent to 700 to 800 million yuan in Huayuan, which is a price he cannot reach at present.

When Harano Tsukasa suddenly received a call from Suzumiya Sasaki and learned that her parents asked him to go home, he was mentally prepared to be like in TV dramas, where a poor boy is paired with a young lady and is deliberately made difficult by the parents, and may even be warned or threatened.
But like Suzumiya Saka, when he really arrived at the house, everything that happened seemed to be very different from what he had expected, and he was a little confused.

"Don't be nervous, Xiao Si. Your uncle and I invited you to a simple meal today. To be honest, it's a bit abrupt, but when we think about the fact that my worthless daughter actually has a boyfriend, we really want to meet him right away."

"Aunt, I understand how you feel."

"That's the best. Otherwise, it would be bad if there were any misunderstandings. After all, if we scared your child, it would be so embarrassing if the news got out."

"No, I'm just not prepared either. After all, I just started dating Sister Sa Xiang. Although I was planning to visit you two, I haven't had the chance. I came here in a hurry today, and the gift I prepared may not be particularly elaborate. I hope you two will forgive me, uncle and aunt."

"It was our idea to ask you to come here suddenly. It doesn't matter if you don't bring a gift. We don't care."

"Come anytime you want, just treat this place as your own home. We are not the kind of feudal parents who like to break up couples. There is no need to be restrained. If you don't come, we won't be able to see her."

"Uncle, you are so polite. Sister Saxiang is usually busy with work, so she rarely comes home to visit."

"She just doesn't like to listen. She's already 30 years old but still acts like a child, always getting mad at her parents. This place is not too far from Wenjing, and she can't be away from home for half a year. But now it's good, someone will take care of her in the future, but I didn't expect she'd be so young."

In a restaurant of about 60 to 70 square meters, portrait oil paintings framed with golden patterned frames are hung on the walls. In the middle of the restaurant is a ten-meter-long European-style dining table, and only four people are sitting on this long table covered with a silk towel printed with gorgeous patterns.

Sitting at the top was a middle-aged man with a gentle face and frameless glasses, and a woman with a light blue scarf wrapped around her neck and a noble look.

Different from the questioning and indifference imagined.

The parents who were described by Suzumiya Saka as cold, indifferent and utilitarian on the way, have shown extraordinary enthusiasm and gentleness since they returned home.

Even Suzumiya Saka's father is different from the serious and proper middle-aged man in traditional Japanese families.

Not to mention the questioning and warnings, the greetings and care from the time he entered the door until now made Yuanye Si feel like a real son-in-law, and the kind that his father-in-law and mother-in-law like very much like, and there was nothing wrong with him.

But the more abnormal it is.

The more problems there are.

Yuanye Si glanced intently at the graceful woman sitting at the top, and pieces of information appeared on the light red screen, and then a look of understanding flashed in his eyes.

He did not make public the answer he got.

Instead, he continued to talk normally with Suzumiya Saka's parents, while thinking about a certain question in his heart.

It was not until the end of the meal, when her parents and Harano Tsukasa had almost nothing to talk about, that Mrs. Suzumiya broke the brief silence, turned her head to look at her daughter with a cold face, and spoke with a gentle smile.

(End of this chapter)