Yukinoshita's Correction Method Chapter 165

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned. "I'm telling you this very seriously..."

"I'm serious too." Haruno Yukinoshita smiled. "It's not just me; if you stood on the edge of the balcony, you'd also have thoughts of jumping."

"That's a psychological phenomenon called the 'high-level phenomenon,'" Yukino Yukinoshita said sternly. "It doesn't represent my true thoughts."

These fleeting, abrupt thoughts are a common phenomenon, essentially resembling the brain's error-checking mechanism.

The human brain unconsciously simulates potentially dangerous scenarios to assess risk.

When standing at a high place, the brain automatically generates the hypothetical scenario of "what would happen if I jumped?"

This instinctive rehearsal of threats serves as a reminder to stay away from danger.

"It's also a test of free will," Haruno Yukinoshita added slowly. "The [reaction theory] in psychology suggests that when people realize a certain behavior is forbidden, the brain may confirm its ability to control itself by imagining breaking the taboo."

"That's just an imagination, not a real thought..." Yukino Yukinoshita saw Haruno Yukinoshita and stand up. "What are you doing?!"

Haruno Yukinoshita smiled slightly and walked towards the balcony.

Yukino Yukinoshita grabbed her wrist. "Are you crazy?"

"Oh?" Haruno Yukinoshita shook her arm. "Didn't you say it was just my imagination, not my real thoughts? Why are you stopping me?"

You've been drinking!

"Just one bite." Haruno Yukinoshita sat down again. "We all know that's not the reason."

Yukino Yukinoshita helplessly released her sister's wrist.

Haruno Yukinoshita might have wanted to go to the balcony for some fresh air, or she might have wanted to jump off the balcony.

No matter how small the second possibility might be, Yukino Yukinoshita would stop her as she walked toward the balcony.

From this perspective, Yukino Yukinoshita, like her mother, overlooked Haruno Yukinoshita's thoughts.

So, is being blocked a source of trouble for Haruno Yukinoshita?

Did she stop because she was being controlled by Yukino Yukinoshita?

"I just..." Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip, "... wanted to help you."

Haruno Yukinoshita picked up her sake glass. "Will you help me in his place?"

Yukino Yukinoshita stared at her older sister. "What happened to you...?"

"That's not hard to guess, is it?" Haruno Yukinoshita chuckled. "The fact that you, who have been avoiding me all this time, suddenly want to have a serious talk with me means that, besides being touched by something, it can only be because of him."

"Stop cooperating with him." Yukino Yukinoshita's voice was resolute. "I'll cooperate with you instead."

"We've been working together quite well." Haruno Yukinoshita swirled her glass. "And you came to me because he's unwilling to stop, right? I can't just unilaterally break the contract, you know."

"As long as you stop cooperating with him, I will communicate with him again..."

"You completely misunderstand our cooperation; you only know we're cooperating, yet you start objecting." Haruno Yukinoshita shook her head. "Since you want to object, why don't you ask around to find out more?"

"Because whatever the content of the cooperation is, it's all part of your plan." Yukino Yukinoshita cuts to the heart of the matter. "You never intended to cooperate with him properly; you just wanted to tie him to the Yukinoshita Family through this method."

"Isn't this good?" Haruno Yukinoshita took a big gulp of sake, her face slightly flushed. "That way, he won't be snatched away by someone else—and even if he's not tied to the Yukinoshita Family now, he'll still be... oh?"

Haruno Yukinoshita, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face, "I see."

Yukino Yukinoshita instinctively tried to avoid her sister's gaze, a gaze that seemed to pierce straight into her heart, seeing through all her thoughts.

"Your dream is shattered." Haruno Yukinoshita finished the golden liquid in her glass. "If you have no chance of developing a relationship with him further, then it doesn't matter if he's involved with the Yukinoshita Family. You care that he's involved with the Yukinoshita Family because you want to develop a relationship with him further. But the problem is, as long as there is any further development, he will inevitably become involved with the Yukinoshita Family —you know that all too well."

So... why is Yukino Yukinoshita so resistant to the collaboration between Dong Yunshan and Haruno Yukinoshita?

We'll be involved sooner or later anyway, so what difference does it make whether it happens sooner or later?

The difference is... before this, Yukino Yukinoshita thought it was possible.

Even if the two develop a deeper relationship, Dong Yunshan doesn't need to have too much entanglement with the Yukinoshita Family.

Yukino Yukinoshita once had such a... fantasy.

"You got along so well with him that you felt there was no need to solve the problems of the Yukinoshita Family, as long as you left Yukinoshita Family." Haruno Yukinoshita poured herself another glass of wine. "You were too happy with him until you learned about our cooperation. Only then did you wake up from your dream and realize that even if you left the Yukinoshita Family, the unresolved problems would still exist and would still affect you—the dream was too short, and you woke up too soon."

Once you wake up, the beautiful dream seems absurd.

The issues that were originally avoided have now become issues that must be faced.

Having already run away once, Yukino Yukinoshita...

"What you can't forgive isn't Yunshan, who secretly collaborated with me, but rather yourself, lost in a beautiful dream, trying to escape in order to prolong that dream." Haruno Yukinoshita smiled, but her words were like a sharp scalpel, slowly dissecting her sister's heart, exposing her thoughts to the light of day. "It's not that you don't want to drag him down, but that you, as always... are unwilling to forgive yourself. You can't accept that while he was planning for the future, you were immersed in a beautiful dream."

Yukino Yukinoshita's voice trembled slightly. "You know absolutely nothing..."

"There are many things I don't know, but there are also many things I know about you." Haruno Yukinoshita's gaze was distant. "You've always been like this, wanting to win but unable to, and refusing to accept defeat. Otherwise, you could simply accept the status quo instead of desperately trying to stop our cooperation when you know nothing about its details."

"Accept what situation?" Yukino Yukinoshita stared at her sister. "Accept that he worked so hard on your jokingly constructed business and ultimately gained nothing?"

"My startup? I only own 30%. In essence, it's his startup." Haruno Yukinoshita sighed softly. "That's why I suggested you learn more. You're not only blocking our cooperation, but also his future plans."

"Thirty percent?" Yukino Yukinoshita's pupils contracted. "You mean...?"

"A loan, you know." Haruno Yukinoshita. "Interest-free."

Chapter 308 It's good to be busy

Summer vacation has begun.

Dong Yunshan sat up on the bed and did two simple stretching exercises.

I don't know when it started, but he's gotten used to sleeping on one side.

His bed, which he slept in alone, always had an empty spot for someone else.

I got out of bed, put on my slippers, walked out of the bedroom, and closed the door behind me.

Click.

The bedroom door opened again, and Dong Yunshan poked his head in.

My gaze lingered on the disheveled bed.

"Hmm... I forgot to open the curtains." Dong Yunshan walked into the bedroom, opened the curtains to let the warm sunlight in, and then spread the quilt on the bed.

Step out of the bedroom and close the door behind you.

Click.

"Hmm... it's good to open the window for some fresh air." Dong Yunshan opened the window and breathed in the cool morning air.

Go out, close the door.

Click.

Looking at the empty bedroom, Dong Yunshan pinched her waist and let out a half-smile:

"... It really was fake."

As a high school student, Dong Yunshan's summer vacation plans are even more packed than when she's in school.

After breakfast, I went to the milk tea shop to check on the renovations and contacted friends to prepare for the opening.

In the afternoon, I went to Cloud Flash Delivery to learn about its recent business progress.

"Once the small ranches are settled, we'll start trying to reach out to medium-sized ranches." Dong Yunshan flipped through the report. "Let's negotiate with the few small ranches that are fenced off first... First, we'll produce a <Ranchway Transportation White Paper>, using data to prove that my cargo damage rate is currently the lowest, and then we'll launch a ranch equity swap plan, using transportation fees to offset ranch equity, forming a community of shared interests."

"Okay." Little Wen carefully wrote it down, then looked troubled. "This white paper..."

"Hiring someone... never mind, I'll write it. You organize the data you've collected recently and send it to me." Dong Yunshan tapped his temples with two fingers together. "Hmm, the winter supply guarantee plan is also being launched. Those who sign transportation contracts in advance for December to February will enjoy a 20% discount, and there are also group signing discounts. For every ranch brought in, there will be a certain amount of freight reduction, and if you bring in more, you can also get cashback."

"This is great!" Little Wen felt this promotional offer sounded familiar. "If only it had been launched sooner..."

"That would have been a huge loss." Dong Yunshan traced his finger across the map. "Initially, we signed contracts with too few small farms, so organizing these kinds of events would have meant working for free for a long time. Now, the remaining portion is within the company's capacity. Besides, we didn't have the same credibility back then. The previous typhoon proved Cloud Flash Delivery's capabilities, so the promotional activities we're launching now are more credible."

"It depends on the timing..." Little Wen nodded repeatedly.

"Start the beet raw material transportation business line. Have someone talk to them about this." Dong Yunshan flipped through the documents. "Also, sign the contract with the high-end sushi restaurant at the same time."

"This..." Little Wen handed over another document, "We've tried, but most of the stores we could work with have already partnered with other companies, since smuggled goods are cheaper..."

"They've moved really fast..." Dong Yunshan frowned slightly. "Well then, let's make some preparations for the smuggling."

"Huh? But..." Little Wen hesitated for a moment, "Don't we not do smuggling?"

"So it's just a matter of preparation." Dong Yunshan beckoned, "Little Knife."

"Brother Shan!" Little Knife immediately responded.

Are those undercover agents still around?

"They're here, working really hard," Little Knife exclaimed. "I wasn't this hardworking when I was in the club."

"Have them prepare the smuggling-related matters." Dong Yunshan listed them off as if they were old friends. "Buy double-layered refrigerated trucks, put legal goods in the outer layer, and smuggled goods in the inner layer to avoid X-ray detection. Disguise the high-value smuggled goods as scientific research samples. This requires cooperating with Hokkaido University to issue false certificates, so we'll have to bribe them. Also... I'll summarize it and send it to you later."

"Brother Shan..." Little Knife was dumbfounded. "You really have never been involved in smuggling?"

"I'm a high school student." Dong Yunshan had lost count of how many times she had said this.

"Hehe..." Little Knife scratched his head sheepishly, "If we have the undercover agents prepare it, then all these methods will... ah! mean they'll be smuggling them?"

"They're moving fast, but not fast enough. Teach them some modern smuggling techniques to speed things up." Dong Yunshan glanced at the sushi restaurants the company had dealt with. "Also, don't just focus on the sushi restaurants you've worked with before. Those restaurants naturally prefer to sign contracts with smuggling companies. Choose some higher-end, more reputable ones."

Little Knife explained the predicament, "But we can't get in touch with them either..."

"I have a friend who's a chef at a high-end restaurant, you guys... I'll go instead." Dong Yunshan waved, "A-Kun."

"Brother Shan." The man with the rooster-like haircut walked over. "My name is..."

"A-Kun is more friendly." Dong Yunshan glanced at his rooster comb. "I'll contact my friend and confirm the time. You and I will go to Hokkaido."

"Okay!"

"And..." Dong Yunshan tapped her temples with two fingers together, checking for any omissions. "Regarding personnel, prepare a test on the method of eliminating thugs. Everyone should take it. Anyone who fails will be suspended, and anyone who cheats will be fired. Little Wen, you do it... or I'll do it. You prepare the study materials for everyone."

Little Wen wrote it down carefully.

Dong Yunshan quickly went through the tasks in her mind.

<Ranch Transportation White Paper>, <Ranch Equity Swap Plan>, <Winter Supply Guarantee Plan>, <Smuggling-Related Preparation Plan>, <Organized Crime Elimination Test Paper>, and cooperation with high-end sushi restaurants...

The tapping of his temples grew increasingly violent, and Dong Yunshan's gaze toward Little Knife, Little Wen, and the rooster-headed man became more and more hostile.

The guy with the rooster-like haircut asked, puzzled, "Brother Shan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm not happy about this," Dong Yunshan clicked her tongue. "We're all shareholders, so why am I treated like such a big shot?"

Little Knife Dao pretended to look around at the scenery, while Little Wen looked guilty and said, "Brother Shan, it's all because I'm so useless... I tried so hard."

"Why don't you consider marrying into the family?" the man with the mohawk earnestly suggested. "Don't overwork yourself."

"Get lost." Dong Yunshan kicked him.

After working non-stop for many days, Dong Yunshan finally had time to go home and rest.

Sleep, wake up, go out, close the door.

Click.

Dong Yunshan stared blankly into the bedroom.

Being busy is actually a good thing.

Dong Yunshan closed the bedroom door.

To avoid overthinking...

The doorbell rang suddenly at that moment.

Chapter 309 Go to bed early

"Yukino?" Dong Yunshan pinched himself, staring blankly at Yukino Yukinoshita standing at his doorstep. "Yukino?"

Yukino Yukinoshita said with a straight face, "Do you need me to confirm for you? Or are you going to pretend you don't know me?"

"How come... I mean, welcome." Dong Yunshan helped Yukino Yukinoshita get her slippers and then took the bag from her hand.

I boiled a kettle of water and made tea.

Yukino Yukinoshita picked up her teacup with a blank expression, breathing in the rich steam of the tea.

"Uh..." Seeing that she didn't seem inclined to speak, Dong Yunshan carefully chose her words, "How was your summer vacation?"

Yukino Yukinoshita glared at him, her gaze icy.

Dong Yunshan: "...?"