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Chen looked taken aback by the way Amane was treating him. He had never been treated with care after his caretaker's death. So, he was taken aback when Yoko Tsurugi touched his hand.

Once again, the familiarity he felt with her was present. It was almost as if Yoko knew how to handle him to lower his guard. Her touch was solid but not overwhelmingly so.

"I am sorry for the display of emotions I showed you. This moment of weakness will not happen again."

Chen quickly pulled his hand back and he gathered himself. No matter how taken aback he was, he did not want to show his weakness in front of a foreigner.

Yoko only smiled back at him with patient eyes. She did not even accuse him of anything which made Chen look away from her earnest eyes.

"Anyway, my offer is still standing and I am sure you will not find a better offer anywhere. So, you should consider getting married to me sooner or later."

Chen concluded and started to walk away. His heart was beating a mile per second and his hands were sweaty.

'That felt like Amane's touch. No, don't be stupid. Dead people do not come back to life just like that. If they did, then I would not have to go through everything I am going through to make my experiments successful.'

Chen clutched his hand once more, only to realize that his hand was wet with blood. As soon as he noticed this, he loosened his grip unconsciously. Enjoy exclusive adventures from My Virtual Library Empire

His return to the hallway was not noticed by many. But Sherina Tsurugi had been keeping an eye on his whereabouts and noticed as soon as he emerged from the shadows. She quickly hurried toward him and looked at him.

"Master Chen, how did the talk with Yoko go? If you do not agree with something she said, then do tell me. I will force her to marry and listen to you no matter what. That is what I promised you after all."

It had seemed like a good idea to marry Yoko Tsurugi before. But a single encounter had changed Chen's mind. He no longer wanted to marry her because it felt too much like matching your mother figure.

Just the idea of this made Chen sick to the stomach and he gave Sherina Tsurugi a venomous glare.

"Do not push this marriage any more than you already have. If I want to marry Yoko Tsurugi, I will make it known. Until then, hold yourself back from making unnecessary trouble."

Chen warned Sherina and her husband. They both looked taken aback but Chen made a quick exit before they could ask him any questions. He needed to head back home and think about what he went through.

'I also need to inform the father that there might be a small upset in our plan. If the mother is truly back in another body, then it could complicate our experiments.'

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Amane waited until Chen was gone from the hallway before she appeared in the crows as well. But unlike Chen, people zoned in on her location and kept an eye on her.

At the same time, those who had come here to form connections with the Tsurugi family were approaching Sakura and concealing their intentions.

'Do these fools truly think I cannot see through lies? Just how full of yourself one must be to think of me as a fool?'

Sakura looked at all the men surrounding her. They all treated her like a fragile lady who could not do anything.

One of the poor admirers had even asked for her hand and tried to kiss her on the back of her hand. Unfortunately for him, his lips would have seen better days.

Sakura was not going out of her way to make these men miserable, but she would not let them have their way easily either. She had her pride as well as her desire to be left alone.

"Lady Tsurugi, it is an honour to meet you. I have to say that the beauty of your eclipses everything else in the room. The second I saw you; I was blinded with admiration strong enough to drag me here."

One of the men around Sakura waxed poetry in her admiration and unfortunately for him, Sakura was about to fall asleep even as she listened to him.

All these people had no idea how boring they were and how much they bored Sakura.

"Oh, so you say that Sakura is the most beautiful person in the room? Then what about me?"

An arm closed around Sakura's shoulder and pulled her closer to her body. Sakura allowed her body to be pulled back into Yoko's arms and the tension bled from her body.

When she looked up at the man next time, he looked pale and lifeless. He also looked nervous and he knew that he had made a grave mistake.

"I…this is…I am sorry, my lady. I accidentally misspoke. While it is true that Sakura's beauty blinded me for a second, your radiant shine can also not be overlooked."

People turned from praising Sakura alone to praising the pair now.

Some people did take sides when they complimented the sisters, but most people were neutral in their approach.

The elders, who had made this plan to seduce Sakura could only watch with clenched fists as their chosen partners fumbled this easy task.

'Tsk, these fools had one task and that was to seduce Sakura. Can they not even do such a small thing?'

While the elders were fuming because their plan had flopped, the younger generation was fuming for a different reason.

They were usually used to being admired and followed around during parties. Even if they were not the heir or the successor of their company, they were still rich and beautiful-looking.

Out of everyone, the one who felt the most robbed was Crescenta. She looked at Sakura and Yoko with envious eyes.

She wanted attention as well and she wanted it now. So, she quickly approached the circle where Yoko and Sakura were and quickly struck a subtle pose.

No one paid attention to her until she coughed and specifically dragged their attention toward her.

"Yok, Sakura, you both should not be so modest toward these gentlemen's complement. They might be saying this all to cheer you up, so you should take their compliment with grace."

Crescenta sounded justified and she was certain of what she was saying. She also made all the others around her uncomfortable. But once again, she did not notice.

"Oh, so mean to say that we are ugly and all these people are laying to our faces? These are some bold words to say to us, Crescenta."

Yoko quickly accused and Crescenta was taken aback. She did not know how the conversation even got to this point when this was not what Crescenta had said.

"When did I say that you are ugly, Yoko? Well, maybe you are a little…underwhelming when compared to me. But you have your charm. It's just not…. what a gentleman likes I'm afraid."

Crescenta did not realize that she was insulting Yoko until it was too late. The words were out of her mouth and she also stood firm.

On the other hand, Yoko looked ready to collapse laughing. She looked at Crescenta with an amused expression, but it was not mirrored by Sakura.

"Crescenta, enough of your playing around. If you have nothing good to say, then do not say anything at all, please. You are just making a fool of yourself."

Crescenta looked considered now. She did not know what she did wrong to make Sakura get angry at her. She had just talked in the same manner she always did in the parties but this was the first time someone had called her out for it.

Sakura noticed how Crescenta looked surprised and clueless. She realized that Crescenta had no idea what she had done wrong here.

But before it could end in disaster, elder Dao quickly made his way to the centre of the group and clutched Crescenta's arm tightly. He had a closed-off expression on his face and he also looked apologetic.

"I am so sorry for all the trouble my granddaughter is causing you right now. She is not feeling well so her sense of reasoning is a little flawed. I will take her away right now."

This time, Crescenta kept her mouth closed and followed her grandfather out. She might not know what she did wrong, but she did realize when she needed up with something. Her grandfather's mood was particularly not happy today.

As soon as they both were out of the party, the neutral mask her grandfather worse broke away and he started yelling,

"What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you be such a fool and say all that useless crap? Do you know how hard your and mine reputation fell because of this stunt you pulled back there?"

The old man asked as he thrust his cane toward the ground. The loud smack echoed in the calm air and made a thunderous noise.

Crescenta flinched when she heard that cracking noise. Her body reacted on its own and Crescenta gulped down in nervousness. '

She realized that she had messed up big times.

"I…but grandfather, you said that I needed to be arrogant if I wanted to hold my head up high. You cannot tell me that you want me to take my words back."

Crescenta asked but her grandfather did not reply to her.