My new wife discovered my past

Chapter 216 214. Saotome gets slapped in the face
"Hazuki...what do you think is the relationship between the Saotome family and the Crescent Moon Group?"

In the half-dark Japanese-style room, a thin, hunched man with a haggard appearance asked this question word by word. Because of the angle, his entire body was hidden in the shadows of the doors and windows, and his specific face could not be seen clearly.

"I don't understand what you mean." With her back to the sun, a woman a few meters in front of the hunchbacked man was kneeling on the tatami, wearing a furisode with wisteria flowers and the family crest on the sleeves.

Perhaps she felt that her tone had been too cold over the years, so Hazuki Saotome paused for a moment before breaking the routine and addressed him stiffly, "Father."

Half a month ago, the man had truthfully told his daughter everything that had happened in the past. After verification and confirmation by his daughter, he received her forgiveness in his later years.

"Father means - in Ye Yue's opinion, it's the Saotome family's [New Moon Group], or the [New Moon Group]'s Saotome."

Even if you are as stupid as a fool, you should know that when you hold a knife in your hand, the tip of the knife should face outwards and not towards yourself.

Saotome Hazuki's answer naturally fits her position and interests: "There has never been a Saotome of the [New Moon Group], but only Saotome's [New Moon Group]."

Only the tools and the names cannot be lent to others.

Saotome Hazuki understood that if the Saotome family, the Saotome surname, and the people called Saotome could not be above the [New Moon Group], it would bring about a devastating blow.

This is true for Saotome and also for the Crescent Moon Group.

Her father was killed in a system of inheritance similar to that of raising Gu, and although she herself lacked experience, she was no ordinary person.

One thing that Saotome Hazuki has understood since she was a child is that to consolidate her own status and power, in the absence of sex and blood relationship, the most straightforward requirement has never been whether one's personal abilities are outstanding, but rather the three basic elements.

Catering to and taking sides with those above, cooperating and forming alliances with the middle, and driving and enslaving those below.

She also realized an important point. She had a natural barrier with both those above and below her, and could not be as free and flexible as a fish in water. Only by being closely connected with people and forces at the same level as herself, working together as one and forming a community of interests, could she survive and develop for a long time.

In Tokyo, unfortunately, Saotome Hazuki did not find a suitable target for cooperation or alliance. All the nobles in Tokyo temporarily drew a clear line between themselves and her.

Even with the guarantee and backing from the shogun and the general, Saotome Hazuki still felt vaguely uneasy.

She was afraid that one night or one day, some of the directors at the Tokyo headquarters of Crescent Moon Group would rebel and overthrow the Saotome family's complete control over Crescent Moon Group. They would flatter the superiors and bully the subordinates, put on robes, and replace the Saotome family to seize control of Crescent Moon Group.

Whether it is the two major superpowers, the shogun, the shogun, or the various powerful families in Tokyo, all they want is the support of the Crescent Moon Group, and never the Saotome family.

They don't care who stands on the stage speaking for the Crescent Moon Group.

This is the source of Hazuki Saotome's fear.

So she was eager to integrate into the circle of powerful people in Tokyo, but because she was born in Tokyo, the Saotome family was naturally excluded.

Even though Saotome Hazuki didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that because of the competition with Kujo Sakura and Yanagihara Nao for Watanabe Tetsuya, she and the Saotome family were greatly constrained.

The latter is okay, and is not even worth mentioning.

However, Kujo Sakura is not so easy to deal with. As the only heir to the Kujo family and having taken over part of the affairs of the Kujo Group, she has been exerting her influence to restrict the acceptance of the Saotome family by the Tokyo dignitaries.

All the various cliques and exclusions made Saotome Yeyue realize profoundly that even if she had to follow the procedures and rules to complete the chess moves step by step, she would still have to reluctantly cut off pieces of meat and share them with the wolves and tigers surrounding her.

In the eyes of the powerful people in Tokyo, that was just what the Crescent Moon Group should do, and it was their deserved share, and it had nothing to do with the Saotome family!

It is not an exaggeration to say that Saotome is "isolated and helpless" in Tokyo.

If she is not careful, Saotome Hazuki feels that she will lead the [New Moon Group], or be dragged by the [New Moon Group] into the endless abyss, and end up with a tragic end of death.

She has to find her own allies in Tokyo, form her own interest group, and nominally occupy a territory that belongs to her!
In the name of the Saotome family!

However, in the past two months, whenever Saotome Hazuki looked around, all she saw were either nobles from aristocratic families who rejected her, or rivals and enemies who viewed her as an enemy.

Tokyo was surrounded by iron barriers from top to bottom, and no one could get in. If one wanted to get in, one had to pay membership fees and protection fees first, and then prove one's sincerity after being introduced by the shogun and the shogun. After that, one had to consider the faces of the old Tokyo dignitaries in the city, and only after their discussion and approval could one be considered to have barely obtained the qualification.

It's simply too much!

Saotome Hazuki couldn't help but think of the years in Kyoto. At that time, the Crescent Moon Group, the Saotome family, and she, Saotome Hazuki, could get whatever she wanted in Kyoto. Why would she need to endure such bullshit?
Even though the Crescent Moon Group competes with the Tsukimi Group and the Mizunotsuki Family in certain areas of interest, the relationship between them is still close. The "Three Great Families of Kyoto" is a community of interests that no one can separate!

It would be great if Mizunotsuki Ka, the heir of the Tsukimi Group, could also come to Tokyo, Saotome Hazuki thought, so that the "Three Great Families of Kyoto" could be reorganized in Tokyo, and these self-proclaimed noble people in Tokyo could see what a truly unbreakable alliance is!

Unfortunately, no matter what the reason, Saotome Hazuki's so-called "Three Great Families of Kyoto" reorganized in Tokyo is an unrealistic delusion, and no force will sit idly by and watch it become a reality.

Otherwise, whose Tokyo is it? Why not just change the name to Kyoto?

As for Saotome Hazuki, she also only dared to think about it in her mind and absolutely did not dare to do it.

You know, Toru Watanabe is still by his side!

If the Tsukimisato Group and the Mizunotsuki family were lured to Tokyo, no matter if it was Tsukimisato Saki, Mizunotsuki Chihaya, Hoshimi Haruka, or Hidaka Mari, they would all swarm in like locusts, and would bring Watanabe Toru back even if they had to dig deep into the ground and stir up unrest in the whole of Tokyo!
The competitive pressure was already great enough, and facing the combined forces of the three girls from Kujo Sakura, Saotome Hazuki could hardly stand it. If the four girls from Kyoto came and took advantage of the situation, it would only make it difficult for everyone involved to escape from this whirlpool.

Even if Hazuki Saotome could be accepted into the interest groups in Kyoto, what would happen? They were natural allies because of their relationship in Kyoto for more than four years.
Who would want another woman to appear and occupy the limited time that Toru Watanabe already had?

What's more, there were four of them at once! Four "big eaters" with huge appetites who were perfectly compatible with Watanabe's body! ?

The key point is that according to Tsukimi and the others' ideas, they must definitely bring Watanabe Tetsuya back to Kyoto! And this is something that Saotome Hazuki cannot agree with or accept!
No matter how Saotome Hazuki looked at it, this was a dead end, she had walked into a dead end with no way out of it, just like now, she was accompanied by Miss Yukiyo, walking into the headquarters building of the Kujo Group. What was the difference between this and a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth or a turtle in a jar?
And she is the sheep and the turtle!

This time, when Ms. Yukiyo took Saotome Hazuki upstairs, she still did not take the exclusive elevator that goes directly to the top floor.

In order to prevent any extra people from bumping into President Saotome, Miss Yukiyo was extremely cautious and waved her hand to have her maid drive away all the people around her.

The employees at the head office of the consortium had unfriendly looks on their faces, but when they saw that it was Yukiyo Kunomiya and the maid in the secretarial office, all the surprise on their faces disappeared, and they put on proper smiles, hoping to get some attention. Naturally, they got nothing.

Saotome Hazuki took the lead and stepped into the elevator, waiting for the next confrontation with Jiugong Sakura and Watanabe Tetsuya...

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After taking a quick shower and changing her clothes, Nao Yanagihara was shocked when she saw Sakura Kujo and Hitomi Matsumoto's difficult women's double moves.

"No? That's too much! You let me go take a shower so that you two can eat alone together, right!?" Nao Yanagihara walked up pretending to be angry, wanting to get a share of the pie as well.

Unfortunately, she didn't get to eat it, and Jiugongying pushed her away and stopped her: "I'm not eating alone, and there's no time now, don't be so impatient."

"Hmph~ Since you didn't take the initiative to eat it, that doesn't count as giving yourself to the teacher to eat!" Nao Yanagihara felt cheated and was very angry.

The two young ladies were arguing, how could Matsumoto Hitomi remain unaffected?

She came down reluctantly to avoid being gossiped about and giving the other young ladies a bad impression.

Also, what Kujo-san said is also true, there is not much time left, Ms. Yukiyo sent a text message three minutes ago, saying that she has received a call from Mr. Saotome and will be here soon.

"Do we need to clean up Mr. Watanabe?" asked Hitomi Matsumoto, looking back at Tetsuya Watanabe who looked... rather "dirty" and "embarrassed" at the moment.

"I think it is necessary." Watanabe Toru, who had been silent all this time, also spoke up. His current appearance looked very bad, and he just wanted to refresh himself:
"Untie me now."

Watanabe's hands were powerless.

"Oh, that's strange. It turns out that Mr. Watanabe can talk?" Jiugongying pretended to be surprised and teased him:
"Just now, whether it was Liu Yuan or me, the teacher was really frugal with words. He refused to say a single word, and even held back his extra breathing so as not to make any noise.

"Can your mouth speak now?"

Watanabe Toru was too lazy to respond.

"Hehe, I think it would be fine if the teacher could just keep doing this." Nao Yanagihara suggested:

"When that old woman Saotome comes in and sees Mr. Watanabe like this, what will her reaction be? It's really curious!

"If she reacts too strongly then, won't we have a reason to do whatever we want to her?"

Sakura Kujo and Hitomi Matsumoto looked at each other in surprise. They couldn't imagine that this was a good plan thought of by Nao Yanagihara!

"Hey! What do the looks between you two mean?!" Nao Yanagihara broke down.

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Arriving at the top floor of the building, Saotome Hazuki followed Miss Yukiyo through twists and turns and came to a lounge in the president's office.

After the door was opened, Saotome immediately saw Watanabe, who looked miserable.

Although the humiliation and pain Watanabe suffered in Kyoto back then were much more numerous and severe than they are now, Saotome was one of the perpetrators and culprits at the time, and she certainly would not feel that there was anything wrong when facing the masterpiece of her own men.

Now, as Saotome Hazuki watched the man she loved most being ruined into this state without her knowing anything, jealousy, distortion, pain, devastation and other emotions immediately filled the woman's mind, exploding and swallowing up all her rationality in an instant.

"...Watanabe!" Saotome stared at Watanabe and roared loudly. Her body seemed out of control and she rushed in like a buffalo without a nose ring.

"Saotome!" Matsumoto Hitomi shouted, "This is the Jiugong Group! What do you want to do to Miss Jiugong? Do you have a weapon hidden on you and want to get close to Miss Jiugong to do something bad? "

The development of the matter was beyond Nao Yanagihara's imagination. She just wanted to deliberately use the excuse to capture the old woman Saotome to teach her a lesson, but she didn't intend to involve it in the form of murder!

But when she looked at Mr. Matsumoto, whose face had a righteous expression and whose words were sonorous and powerful, and Sakura Kujo who pretended to be panicked and kept winking at her, how could Nao Yanagihara not know what to do?

It was time for her to make her appearance: "Hurry up and grab this crazy woman and hold her tight! Don't let her get close to me and Miss Jiugong! Search her carefully to see if she has any weapons!!!"

Nao Yanagihara waved her hand and gave an order, and immediately four powerful and wild female bodyguards came out and faced him.

Two circles are no match for four hands, not to mention that the entire building is full of people from the Jiugong Group. With only Saotome Hazuki alone, she really can't make any waves.

She was easily captured by two female bodyguards, who held her to the ground with one hand each. No matter how she struggled, it was useless. The other two female bodyguards casually groped her body symbolically.

It was obviously not the first time they had seen this kind of thing, and they spoke without hesitation: "I touched a revolver and a folding knife."

As he said this, he took out two weapons like a magic trick, and it looked like they were really searched from Saotome's body.

Saotome Hazuki, who was pinned down and kneeling on the ground, had stopped struggling. She was trying her best to calm herself down. After hearing the frame-up remarks, she couldn't help but look up at the three women standing opposite her. The smiles on their faces were eye-catching.

"I didn't expect that the Kujo family and the Yanagihara family would still play this kind of trick on me." Saotome laughed, knowing that her behavior just now was too reckless and gave them an opportunity to take advantage of her.

She thought again, no matter how well she performed, as long as she entered the Jiugong Financial Group, she would no longer have any say...

The appearance of Saotome Hazuki was extremely disgusting, at least to Nao Yanagihara.

Nao Yanagihara felt inexplicably happy when she saw the old woman Saotome Hazuki who was pinned to the ground and unable to struggle or resist at all.

After hearing her sarcastic words, he stepped forward and slapped her in the face without saying anything, then said with a refreshed and carefree look:

"There are witnesses and evidence! The evidence is irrefutable! How dare you brazenly argue here!"

(End of this chapter)