Chapter 098: Three Women in One

Sakai Rie still let her two classmates tour around while she went to the kitchen alone. She naturally knew what hospitality meant, so she began preparing black tea, a fruit platter, and assorted pastries.

Satou Ryoumi and Watanabe Saki not only kissed her good name with their mouths, but also touched their favorite places and things with their hands. In their minds, they thought to themselves, “They are both human beings, but why is there such a big difference between them?

Sakai Rie brought the prepared black tea, fruit platter, and various pastries from the kitchen to the living room one by one, and placed them on top of the glass coffee table.

Not only that, she also took all the snacks that she usually ate from the small drawer underneath the glass coffee table and put them on the table.

Sakai Rie sat down on the long sofa, and while pouring black tea into three porcelain cups, she said with a smile on her face, “Time to eat.”

Sato Ryoumi and Watanabe Saeki came out from the study and sat on the left and right beside Sakai Rie.

Sato Ryoumi picked up her cup of black tea, not rushing to drink it, and scrutinized the porcelain in her hands. Although she didn’t know what brand it was, she was able to tell from the color and style of the porcelain that it didn’t belong to the category of cheap goods.

“Rie, why is your life so good?” Watanabe Saeki said enviously.

“Where is my life good?” Sakai Rie asked back offhandedly.

“Isn’t your life good? You’re living in a mansion. Some day, you can go over to the Sumida district where I live to examine the grassroots people’s situation.

The one single room I live in is not only small, but the rent is fifty thousand yen a month. The landlord is practically robbing me!” Watanabe Saki said seriously.

“Really. Look how miserable you make yourself sound. If you think the landlord is robbing you, then you can change your place of residence!” Sakai Rie said as she offered to take one of the other’s hands.

“I’d like to live somewhere else that’s lively and busy, but the money in my wallet limits what I can actually do.” Watanabe Saki dropped her head and displayed a helpless expression as she said.

“I also want a fianc茅? Why didn’t my mom and dad give me a little brother to marry in the first place?” Satou Ryoumi held her cup of black tea in both hands, half-serious and half-joking as she said.

“You’ve come to laugh at me too. See if I don’t hit you.” Sakai Rie let go of Watanabe Saeki’s hand, turned sideways and raised her right fist high up towards Sato Ryoumi and gently hammered down on the top of her canopy.

Sato Ryoumi cooperated and said, “Ouch, that hurts.”

Watanabe Saeki reached out and picked up a cup of black tea from the glass coffee table, and with a pair of eyes looking around the room, she sighed, “Being rich is good. In the future, I will also look for a rich man.”

Sakai Rie then stretched out her slender right hand to take the last black tea cup above the glass coffee table and said, “A man doesn’t have to be rich, but he must love you enough.

Rich men’s hearts are spent. Even if he himself does not spend, will be outside those warblers to seduce. At that time, your troubles will be incomparable.”

“Rie, you’re so sentimental. I didn’t expect, I didn’t expect that there would be someone who would dare to steal a man from our talented and beautiful Rie. It seems that you have experienced something? Quickly give us a good talk.” Satou Ryoumi laughed playfully.

“How did you bring it to me? I was just giving Saki a piece of advice.” Sakai Rie said as she glared at the other.

“According to this one logical mind of yours, it’s better to find men without money? In my opinion, they’re indeed good at everything but one thing, no money.” Satou Ryoumi said as her face turned redder and redder with laughter.

“Will you two stop being such snobs?” Sakai Rie shook her head and said.

“We’re not being snobby, but practical. You fall into the typical category of a full man who doesn’t know how hungry he is.” Watanabe Saki said with a serious face.

“Saiki, you said it so well. Today, I finally realized a truth. After I saw everything here, I finally understood why Rie is dead set on not seeing that one schoolboy from our school.

If it were me, I wouldn’t be able to look at a man like that either. A man who is handsome is still far less attractive than a man who is rich.” Satou Ryoumi nodded slightly to herself.

“I can’t look down on that schoolboy you guys are talking about, not because he doesn’t have any money, but because I hate it when men like him think that because they’re handsome, they can indulge amongst us girls with ease.” Sakai Rie said honestly.

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I don’t have the realm of being a man like you do. All I know is that from now on, I will definitely look for rich men as husbands.

In the future, I’m also going to live inside a big house like this, where as long as I stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows I’ll be able to let my eyes take in the unrivaled view of the city. Well, that’s it.” Watanabe Saki vowed.

“The ideal that you only have this one, I’ve had it since elementary school. A girl’s happiness or lack thereof is not primarily dependent on how much a guy actually loves you, but on how much money he willingly can actually come up with to spend on you.” Satou Ryoumi said in a serious manner.

Watanabe Saeki put the cup of tea in her hand back to its original place, clapped her hands lightly, and praised, “Ryoumi, you’ve hit the nail on the head.

Rie is one of those who are born in a blessed place and don’t know the blessings. All those words of love and affection she gave us were based on nothing more than bread and butter.

She lives here in a nice place where she doesn’t have to pay a single yen for rent, food, utilities, and so on. But what about us?

If we were a day late in paying the rent to the landlord, her face would turn sour. The way she looked at me turned into a look of contempt.

Almost put the words out of the mouth, have money to live, do not have money to the old lady quickly get out of the way. If the water, electricity and gas once the arrears do not pay, immediately you can cut off the water and electricity.

Even the room to discuss with you will not leave you. If you want the water and gas supply to be restored, then you have to pay the outstanding fees first.” Watanabe Saki said, having experienced this kind of life firsthand.

“I didn’t live here for nothing. I cleaned and cooked for him, and even paid the bills for utilities and such by myself.” Rie Sakai said with a straight face.

Satou Ryoumi and Watanabe Saeki looked at each other and nodded their heads with an ‘oh’ sound. With meaningful smiles on their faces, they said in tacit agreement, “Kanei-chan.”

It was only then that Rie Sakai realized that she had just looped herself in with that comment, so she hurriedly corrected herself, “I have a contract with him.”

“I know, it must be that engagement vow contract that your two families exchanged with each other.” Watanabe Saki’s right index finger was pointing to the ceiling and said.