Chapter 342 - LIBERATED SAYAKA (2/2)

Akira nodded before standing up. The other three members of the family also stood up in solidarity with her. They were not sure if Akira would win, but they did not want her to be oppressed by her aunt.

Makiko looked at the scene and laughed with deliberate ridicule.

”I am not going to swallow her up. She claimed to own one of the most expensive musical instruments in the world. I am merely trying to teach her a lesson. She should not lie at a young age, or she will have bad karma when she is older.” She spat out.

”Are you cursing my daughter, Makiko?” Daiki asked coldly.

Makiko shrunk back a little.

She did not like her brother, but she was a little afraid of him, especially when she thought about how he would probably be in control of the family in a few years.

The reason she always sowed discord was to keep her mother on her side. With the old woman in her corner, she could get more benefits for the Satou family. She could not retain the Yamazaki name, so she wanted to help the Satou family to rise a little more.

As long as he was the next patriarch and chairman, she had to give in to him, no matter how much she wanted to tell him to stick it.

”I am her aunt. I am merely teaching her good morals.” She responded in a less overbearing voice.

”My daughter does not need a teacher. And if she did, it would not be your turn.” Daiki said with the momentum of a powerful CEO.

Once again, Daiki had been liberated by his wife's attitude. He remained silent when Makiko behaved outrageously because Sayaka told him that peace was crucial in the family.

As Elder Yamazaki had said before, Daiki did not practice good sense when it came to his wife. He would listen to whatever she wanted and indulge her, even when it was wrong.

Now that Sayaka did not care about pleasing Makiko anymore, he could suppress her directly. In any case, they had never gotten along with each other since their teenage years.

The tension rose in the room. However, Akira did not seem to care as she stepped out and led everyone to the music room.

Makiko scoffed a little at the casual attitude. Even to the final moment, the girl was still pretending. It would be fun to see her shamed and embarrassed.

Suddenly, an ugly thought arose in her mind. If Akira was destroyed, would it give her an opening to gain a real foothold in the Yamazaki business?

No one knew the dark thoughts swirling in Makiko's mind. Their eyes watched as Akira fetched a violin case from the corner of the music room where she had left it the previous evening. She placed the case on the black piano in the room and opened the case.

Master Matsumoto stepped forward and lifted the instrument. He looked at the violin up and down with the strictness of a master. He squinted and frowned at the appropriate moments. He sighed and hummed as he examined it.

The people in the room were all tense and worried. Only Akira and Makiko remained calm and unaffected by the process.

After a good twenty minutes, Master Matsumoto placed the violin back into the case. He shook his head and sighed heavily.

”This Stradivarius is a fake.”