Chapter 407: It’s Easy to Love, but Hard to Stay Together

In the morning of this day, Masayoshi Kishimoto brushed his teeth, went to the toilet, took a shower, and dressed as a whole before walking out of his bedroom on the third floor and heading straight to the small dining room on the first floor.

As usual, he sat down on top of his seat. As soon as he sat down, he still habitually picked up a Japanese mainstream newspaper from the side and flipped through it in his hand.

Not long after, Sakai Rie walked into the small dining room. As soon as she came in, she raised her right hand to signal the maid inside the room to go out for the time being. The maid understood what her mistress meant and left silently, walking with unruffled steps.

Sakai Rie walked to the front of the small round table, raised her right hand again and took away the mainstream newspaper that Kishimoto Masayoshi was reading, and then slapped a copy of Weekly Bunshun held in her left hand onto the table with a loud bang.

As soon as Kishimoto Masayoshi saw the “Weekly Bunshun”, he realized that this matter must have something to do with himself. After all, Kyoko Fukada had personally called him.

He had originally mistakenly thought that Sakai Rie did not ask about it in the first place because she did not believe it. Now it seemed that he was wrong.

“What, a change of taste?” Sakai Rie asked in a conspiratorial manner as she sat down slowly.

Masayoshi Kishimoto, who had never done anything wrong in this matter, said, “You believe what is written in Weekly Bunshun? Should I call you stupid or simple?”

Sakai Rie picked up the Weekly Bunshun and flipped the page to the article about Kishimoto Masayoshi. She read out the general meaning and said, “Kyoko Fukada surprisingly showed up at a premium membership cowboy store in Ginza, Central District to get drunk.

This is supposedly because she was dumped by her plutocrat boyfriend and became an outcast. According to reliable sources, Kyoko Fukada’s ex-boyfriend has developed a romantic relationship with a freshly minted actress.

I’m curious to know, who is that one newcomer? By the way, your old flame is so sad and upset, haven’t you thought of going over to comfort her personally?”

“Can you stop talking about these catchy things as soon as you get up?” Masayoshi Kishimoto picked up the coffee on the tabletop and took a large sip.

Sakai Rie placed the Weekly Bunshun in front of him, her right index finger pointing to a picture on it, “There’s a picture to prove it.

How is it a catch-22? Look at your old flame walking into a cowboy store in Ginza, Chuo Ward, with a sad, sad face.”

“What does this have to do with me? You can go to a cowboy store if you want to! Cowboy stores are supposed to be a place for you women to create dreams and de-stress.” Masayoshi Kishimoto put down the coffee cup in his hand and said.

“What do you take me for?” Rie Sakai said as she threw him a blank stare.

Masayoshi Kishimoto knew he had said the wrong thing. Although Japan was a developed country, and Tokyo was highly urbanized and extremely prosperous as one of the world’s three major metropolises, it didn’t mean that the women who lived here would be as open-minded as they were portrayed in movies and television dramas.

The Yamato nation is a nation of extremes. Similarly, Japanese women are prone to two extremes. One extreme is conservative, while the other is open.

Rie Sakai is the representative of the conservative extreme. In her head, a woman who goes to a cowboy store is not a good woman.

In fact, it is quite understandable. Just as in mainland China, students who go to Internet cafes are often treated as bad children by their teachers. For this reason, the good students who have good character and good grades will also be so recognized.

After some silence, Masayoshi Kishimoto did not answer her question and asked instead, “And what do you think of me as?”

Sakai Rie held her head high and rationalized, “Have I ever had any relevant previous convictions?”

Masayoshi Kishimoto knew she was going to start rehashing old scores again. He truly didn’t blame Sakai Rie himself. As far as she was concerned, women all had that one problem.

“Do you know why those who have been in jail will return to their original path of crime shortly after being released?

That’s because the general public within society still looks at reformed people with discrimination. Even if they want to start living and working again, it is not easy for them to be accepted by the society.

It is not easy for them to find a decent job, so they are forced to go back to their old bad state. The judge sentenced them for a year, and society sentenced them for life.” Justice Kishimoto said calmly.

“If you’ve reformed, then why is Weekly Bunshun still involving you?” Sakai Rie said not accepting this kind of explanation from him.

“There’s a lot of right and wrong when people are popular. Currently, our Hard Gold Group is flourishing, and all of our businesses are in full swing. Therefore, I ……” Masayoshi Kishimoto explained.

Sakai Rie didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence and directly interrupted, “On this one matter, how come Weekly Bunshun doesn’t talk about other celebrities, but just talks about you exclusively?

It didn’t talk about Kyoko Fukada’s scandalous relationship with a male celebrity, but how come it was you? And how come a female artist who just started her career doesn’t have a scandal with a famous male celebrity to create a hype, but it’s you again?”

“Are you still letting me eat breakfast?” Justice Kishimoto said bluntly.

“You can still eat, huh? If you don’t make it clear to me, none of us are going to eat.” Sakai Rie blurted out with a small amount of anger on her face.

“Are you just jealous because the vinegar jar in your heart has spilled over? Or are you simply angry with me?” Masayoshi Kishimoto suddenly said with a bit of confusion.

“I’m mad at myself.” Sakai Rie said succinctly.

“Take it easy, don’t get mad at yourself.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said with a smile or not.

“How did I fall in love with you because I was blinded by lard?” Sakai Rie really wasn’t pretending to blame herself in front of him.

“How did I fall in love with you with an iron heart?” Masayoshi Kishimoto followed her example and said what was really in his heart.

Sakai Rie realized what it meant to say that it was easy to love but hard to stay together. She wants to be in a pair for life, while Masayoshi Kishimoto wants the red flag to stay at home and the colorful flag to fly outside.

In an instant, the two of them were in a state of unanimous silence. The entire small dining room completely reached a level where a pin could be heard. Each other were examining each other, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say at a moment’s notice.

I don’t know how many hours passed like this, but Masayoshi Kishimoto first broke the silence and said, “Take your time to eat, I’m not eating. I have an important business meeting in the morning.”

As soon as his words fell, he stood up and left the table. He really didn’t find an excuse to get away, there was indeed an important business meeting waiting for him.