"Does Gui Long's success have anything to do with whether Taihei should support himself?" Shizuka Hiratsuka asked, puzzled.
"Since the old man is so good at making money, wouldn't it be a waste of his talent if his kids didn't know how to squander it?" Sogo Doma said, wearing an expression that said, How could you not understand something so obvious? "But what about Taihei? Forget squandering money—he openly declared that he didn't want to rely on the family and wanted to work hard on his own..."
"..." Shizuka Hiratsuka had long known that this bastard's way of thinking was full of rubbish, but she had never expected it to be this rotten. What did he mean, not squandering money would waste his father's talent for making it? It was obviously twisted logic, so why could he say it with such righteous confidence? Someone who didn't know the situation might really think Taihei was the one with something wrong with his head!
"Doma!" If anyone else had said that, Shizuka Hiratsuka probably wouldn't even have bothered responding. But setting aside some of Sogo Doma's unspeakable identities, he was still her student! As a teacher who could, at least, be called responsible, no matter how much of a headache he gave her, she still wanted to wash that rubbish out of his head.
"Since Lord Gui Long was able to achieve success through his own efforts, why is there suddenly something wrong with Taihei doing the same?"
"It's simple. Although you people think my little brother's old man struggled his way to where he was today through his own efforts, the resources he had at his disposal back then far surpassed those of a lowly office worker like Taihei. Secondly, my little brother's old man worked so hard for so long