The people Asano Nazuki called didn’t keep them waiting for long. With the power of money, a group of repair workers soon arrived in a car and began clearly divided tasks of installing a new front door at Shirakawa Sawahei’s house.
"Mr. Shirakawa... your situation here... is a bit complicated..."
"...How long will it approximately take to fix this?"
"If nothing unexpected happens... by tonight... We may need to go back and change sizes, plus, did your walls go through a terrorist attack or sothing?"
"...Just do your best, and thanks for the hard work... We have so matters to attend to, so we’ll head out first."
He nodded at the repair workers, then grabbed the Black Hearted Little Girl and started heading outside. Asano Nazuki was startled and cautiously asked, "You... where are you taking ..."
"Shut up. Be glad I’m not putting you through a trial. You still have the nerve to talk." Shirakawa Sawahei grumbled, "Taking you to apologize. How you handle yourself later is up to you."
It was impossible to hide such a big incident from the landlord granny, and Shirakawa Sawahei wouldn’t do that. When you make a mistake, you have to stand firm regardless of the situation; it all cos down to him and Little Lolita causing this ss.
Apologizing was a must, whether the landlord granny forgives them or not is another matter. He definitely couldn’t let a high-value property go due to a guilty conscience.
But... why did those people suddenly rush in, anyway? What was the reason?
Maybe he should return and find a chance to beat it out of the Black Hearted Lolita?
Hmm, there’s potential there.
"Pretty Boy... If you get kicked out this ti, why don’t you co stay at my place?" The Black Hearted Lolita seed to rember sothing, using the opportunity to persuade, "Anyway, the place you’re staying at now isn’t great, co to mine, and I promise not to charge you rent or utilities."
"You still have the nerve to charge rent?" Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the girl’s mischievous little face and said, "It’s a blessing I haven’t asked you to pay instead."
"Paying you instead isn’t out of the question, but I’ve got a bit of a problem with allowance lately, paying too much might not be possible... but by this New Year, I might have enough with the lucky money I collect..." The Black Hearted Lolita calculated seriously, "According to your current standard of living, I’d only need to pay..."
"Stop, stop, stop, I’m not interested in becoming a real kept man."
"It’s different! Being my kept man is not the sa as being a kept man for a Black Hearted Woman, okay!"
"Oh? Tell , how is it different?"
"I’m cuter!"
Shirakawa Sawahei retorted with a couple of sarcastic laughs, a response that seed to enrage the Black Hearted Lolita. She huffed angrily, "Even if I’m not as good-looking as her, that’s just for now! Plus, that woman clearly seems to be playing with your feelings!"
Huh? Hayakawa Kashi is out for my body?
That... doesn’t sound so bad...
"She’s playing with my emotions, and you’re serious about it?"
"I... I..."
The Black Hearted Lolita suddenly rembered the harem novel-style dream she had in the morning, her face flushed red as she said, "Anyway, I’m a bit better than her!"
"The pot calling the kettle black?"
"You’re so annoying... Pretty Boy, hurry and say, are you going to agree to stick with or not!"
Shirakawa Sawahei shot her a sideways glance, "Do you think I wouldn’t dare beat you on the street?"
"You..." Asano Nazuki swallowed hard, feeling that this Pretty Boy might actually dare do it, and conceded with a resigned tone, "Fine, fine, don’t say it if you don’t want to..."
"You don’t have to worry about anything else, just rember if I get kicked out because of you and have to find a new rental..." Shirakawa Sawahei’s smile held a hint of nace as he pat the Black Hearted Lolita’s head gently, "You’re done for."
"What... what do you want to do..."
"Just act cute for , alright?" Shirakawa Sawahei snorted coldly, "If anything goes wrong, I’ll hold you responsible."
"You’re using my cuteness for cri!"
"Are you going to use it or not?"
"Fine, I’ll use it..."
...
As it turned out, Shirakawa Sawahei’s consideration was quite spot-on. The landlord granny, as soon as she saw the Black Hearted Little Girl, was instantly chard by this adorable Little Angel, and surrounded Asano Nazuki to ask this and that, almost wanting to instantly recognize this super cute granddaughter.
This wasn’t that surprising, considering even Hayakawa Kashi was adept at using cuteness to win over the fondness of the older generations. With Asano Nazuki’s smaller stature, there wasn’t much more to say.
After so pleasantries, Shirakawa Sawahei pulled the Little Lolita over and solemnly started apologizing to the landlord granny.
"I’m very sorry, due to so problems on our end, your house’s front door was damaged. Please forgive us."
"I’m sorry... Granny... I didn’t an to..."
In her Little Angel mode, Asano Nazuki started apologizing with an aggrieved look, following Shirakawa Sawahei’s lead.
Having learned the general gist of the situation, the landlord granny nonchalantly responded, "Isn’t this just a small matter? You’ve fixed it, haven’t you."
"As long as it can be repaired, it’s not really broken, is it?"
She truly didn’t care about such trivialities, but she was quite satisfied with Shirakawa Sawahei’s attitude and his way of handling things.
No wonder she thought back then that this kid had a decent character and nature, so leasing the house cheaply to him hadn’t been a wasted effort.
Shirakawa Sawahei exhaled a sigh of relief. That the landlord granny wasn’t angry was the best possible outco.
"Thank you very much for your magnanimity. We’ll be more careful in the future."
As he spoke, he pulled out an envelope from his bag and placed it on the landlord granny’s table.
"Here’s the next three months’ rent. While it’s not due yet, since I’m here, I figured I’d just give it to you anyway."
The Showa Era elder gently pressed Shirakawa Sawahei’s envelope, shaking her head, "Young man, since you’re here, there’s sothing I’d like to discuss with you."
"Please go ahead."
The old lady glanced around, her gaze carrying a hint of nostalgia as though she could vaguely see the people and things that lived here years ago.
"This house, it’s where the old man and I lived for a long ti. We ca from the countryside to the city hoping for a better life... When life finally improved, the old man was already gone."
"Now, it’s... going to be demolished."
Shirakawa Sawahei fell silent for a mont, wanting to console this lonely old lady but didn’t know where to start. Fortunately, he brought along the little Lolita. As a girl, she could naturally go up to hold the landlord granny’s hand and offer so comfort.
"Granny~ Don’t be sad, even if the house is gone, the mories will always be there."
The landlord granny chuckled and said, "You don’t have to worry about my feelings, I’ve co to terms with it long ago; otherwise, I wouldn’t have signed the demolition agreent..."
"The old man said, as long as I’m sowhere, he would be there too. That’s the promise between him and ," the landlord granny smiled, "What I wanted to say is actually quite simple too."
"The demolition compensated with a new apartnt, I hear it’s newly built. I’m soone who loves company and doesn’t like living alone in such a big place. If you’re willing, young man, you can switch to renting there, and the rent will be the sa as before."
"The transportation at the new place is also quite convenient, but it’s too big and inconvenient. I still prefer places where the neighbors are above and below, offering a sense of community."
"Thank you for the generous offer, Granny," Shirakawa Sawahei quickly replied, "If you’re planning to move back there, I can always find another place. Renting such a large and cheap place wouldn’t sit well with ."
"Why does it matter? At my age, having enough money is sufficient."
Though the elderly lady didn’t mind, Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t simply take her kindness for granted. The newly constructed apartnt sounded sizable, and living alone there wouldn’t be cost-effective. It wasn’t in his nature to take advantage of the granny by paying the sa low rent.
Now, it seed there were only two solutions left.
He could either find a new place with high cost-performance elsewhere.
Or, find a roommate to share the expenses of the granny’s new apartnt.
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