Hana ran away, fleeing to where the giant pudding was, and started eating again.
Uchiha Ryo felt baffled, but chalked it up to the inherently fickle temper of children, figuring she would be fine after a while.
"Shirogane, tell me about your situation. Why the sudden thought of moving?" Carrying his pudding back to the boys' table, Uchiha Ryo asked with some curiosity.
"Speaking of which, Shirogane-senpai's home isn't close to Shuchiin, right? Are you moving closer? That way you can free up commute time." As Ishigami Yu mentioned this, Uchiha Ryo also remembered. The two Shirogane siblings woke up at five or six in the morning every day for school. Kei took the train, while Shirogane Miyuki rode a bicycle for at least an hour to get to school.
Shirogane Miyuki smiled. "That's indeed one of the reasons, but mainly it's because of my dad."
Shirogane Miyuki's father, Shirogane Dio, recently discovered that YouTube is really profitable. He clearly just posted his own experiences to complain and vent, but as a result, he attracted a huge swath of fans. After starting live streams, he used his speaking skills to connect with viewers, creating great program effects. So naturally, he made a fortune... but recently, Shirogane Dio discovered a problem.
A few days ago, a female viewer who tipped a lot during the live streams spotted Shirogane Dio nearby and warmly greeted him. According to Father Shirogane's account, that woman was dressed somewhat revealingly, and after greeting him, she even secretly followed him to find out the Shirogane family's address. Fortunately, Shirogane Dio noticed in advance and chose to take a detour...
Shirogane Miyuki expressed that it's truly terrifying that someone would actually become infatuated with such an old man in this world.
Thus, Father Shirogane brought up the idea of moving. Since his first pot of gold from YouTube had already arrived anyway, they planned to move a bit closer to the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are many rich and famous people there, so it should be very safe.
"Safe? I remember a few years ago there were reports exposing a popular idol dying at her own doorstep," Ishigami Yu muttered softly.
Shirogane Miyuki smiled awkwardly, while Uchiha Ryo smacked the back of Ishigami Yu's head.
"Relatively speaking, it's definitely safer there, and it's also closer to Shuchiin. As for the news you mentioned... idol groups naturally have many fanatic fans. Uncle Shirogane is just a streamer, that kind of situation won't happen."
Shirogane Miyuki continued. "So my dad is preparing to take out 200,000 yen, hoping to rent a 3LDK (three bedrooms, one living room, one dining room, and one kitchen) apartment."
Thinking about it carefully, because of the Shirogane family's tight living conditions, the two siblings could only squeeze into one room, separated by a curtain in the middle. Now the two of them can finally have their own rooms!
Therefore, the three of them hit it off instantly and started looking separately for a suitable house.
"Renting an apartment... I don't know much about this, what about you, Ishigami?" Although Uchiha Ryo rented a high-end apartment, the places he looked for were all suitable for one person to live in. The Shirogane family's situation was clearly unsuitable for that.
Ishigami Yu was thoughtful. "For three people to live in, an ordinary apartment definitely won't do. A general high-end apartment is like Uchiha-senpai's place, which is a two-bedroom and one-living-room type."
Father Shirogane works from home and has no location requirements, as long as it isn't noisy. Moreover, the closer to a core area like Shuchiin, the higher the security guarantee, it's just a bit more expensive.
"Actually, we found many houses that meet the requirements, it's just that the rent is basically over 200,000 yen per month."
Very normal. This is the Tokyo metropolitan area, and Shuchiin is right in the core zone of this region. If you want to buy a house, you won't be able to get one at all without preparing tens of millions to hundreds of millions of yen.
"Sure enough, it's still very expensive..." Shirogane Miyuki, a child from a commoner family, once again felt the importance of money.
"Shirogane-senpai, but if you think about it carefully, buying a house near the school can save on train ticket money, as well as nearly two hours of time every day, right."
An extra two hours every day... For Shirogane Miyuki, his daily schedule was packed full. What would he do if he had an extra two hours? If used for part-time work, the minimum hourly wage in the Tokyo area in recent years is 1013 yen. Taking out two hours to work part-time from Monday to Friday is 10,000 yen! Working six hours a day on weekends means 22,000 yen a week!
Holy crap! Four weeks in a month, plus the fact that both siblings can work part-time. Theoretically, relying just on the two siblings, they could almost offset the 200,000 yen monthly rent of the house. However, this is only theoretical; when they aren't lacking money, it's impossible for the Shirogane siblings to work so desperately. But no matter how you look at it! The extra two hours every day is absolutely not a loss!
Shirogane Miyuki gritted his teeth. "It's decided. I'll go look at houses this afternoon, and strive to move next weekend!"
"Already have your eyes on one?" Uchiha Ryo asked casually.
"Mn! Do you two want to come take a look?"
Ishigami Yu waved his hand, "I'll pass. I'll head back after finishing the pudding."
"Interesting. Then I'll accompany you to take a look." Uchiha Ryo didn't have any other plans today. Originally, he wanted to accompany Hana, but Hana had just run away shyly, so he might as well accompany Shirogane to look at houses.
Hearing Uchiha Ryo agree, Shirogane Miyuki suddenly let out a sigh of relief and said. "That's great. I was worried I'd have to go alone..."
"You alone? Kei and Uncle Shirogane aren't accompanying you to look at houses?"
Shirogane Miyuki sighed. "The three of us have our eyes on three different houses respectively. Secretary Fujiwara also knows about this, and she will accompany Kei to look at a house today."
The voices of the boys speaking here were not deliberately lowered. Fujiwara Chika turned her head at this moment and said with some pride. "When Kei wanted to move, I proposed quite a few options. We are determined to get this house today, especially since it's not far from my home! From now on, I can have Kei come over to our house to play often!"
Please! Our goal is to be close to the school, not close to your house... Shirogane Miyuki didn't say these words out loud; after all, Fujiwara-san meant well. But he wouldn't easily give up on the house he had his eyes on! After all, in terms of value, the house he had his eyes on left the ones chosen by Kei and his old man eight streets behind!
"Since that's the case, then without further ado! I'm packing some pudding to go back and find Kei!" Fujiwara Chika directly picked up a plastic box and packed some, then ran out of the gymnasium after saying goodbye to Yukino and the others.
"Shirogane, let's go too. Ishigami Yu, go home and continue studying, don't forget the homework I assigned you. Yukino, you guys also don't forget to send Hinata and the others back!"
Yukinoshita nodded, indicating that those three little kids wouldn't get lost.
"Alright Shirogane, where's the location?"
"I'll send the location to your phone."
Uchiha Ryo took out his phone and took a look. "Yo, it's not far from my old home either. Then I'll call Takashi out to join us."