Chloe seemed more lively than usual, perhaps because she was excited about Kris being around, and she started talking to me more.

“I think I’ve finally learned how to do bookkeeping well enough to manage a simple ledger. But I still don’t really understand things like commercial law or tax law.”

I was holding back my words for the sake of my pride, but honestly, I didn’t know much about commercial law or tax law either.

I only knew, as a matter of custom, how much tax is applied to selling goods and how to present gifts.

“How did you …