It started with being hated by the girl in the band

Upon hearing this, Nakagawa Nobuyuki frowned slightly, his hands kept moving, but he felt even more puzzled.

Was it just because of this that Fengchuan came to him in tears? No matter how hard he thought about it, it was impossible.

Would the stubborn Toyokawa Shoko become so weak because of something like this...?

As if she had seen through Nakagawa Nobu's doubts, Toyokawa Shoko tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or sad in her tone. She just continued, "...and because of my dad."

"Because of your father?"

The clock goes back to a short time ago.

"……I'm back."

Toyokawa Shoko pushed open the old door with an expressionless face, holding a letter in her hand that was neatly folded but a little wrinkled from the pressure of her fingers.

The light suddenly flickered on, illuminating the old, alcohol-smelling room.

The smell of cigarettes and alcohol was unpleasant, but Shoko Toyokawa, who had long been accustomed to it, just frowned slightly. She didn't even change her shoes, and walked straight through the entrance and into the house in her small leather shoes.

After stepping on the tatami that she had just swept clean at the weekend, Toyokawa Shoko stared coldly at the middle-aged man in front of her who was slumped on the tatami, smoking a cheap cigarette and watching short videos.

"Why would you write such a letter to your family?"

Toyokawa Shoko narrowed her eyes slightly, shook out the letter in her hand, and her tone was cold and a little scary.

However, the man in front of her ignored her thoughts and just waved his hand impatiently like a mosquito lingering around his ear, then turned around and lay down.

"I'm asking why I would write such a letter home."

Toyokawa Shoko gritted her teeth and exerted a little force on her hands, causing the originally neat envelope to become even more wrinkled.

Looking at the envelope in front of her with her father's name on it, the humble words of extreme plea were like a sharp knife scraping her bones, cutting fiercely into Toyokawa Shoko's heart.

"...It doesn't matter to you, little brat, anyway."

Not caring about Toyokawa Shoko's gaze at all, the man with his back turned flicked the ash off his cigarette in a nonchalant manner, and then, as if he had caught an enemy, he took a deep puff and sucked the half-smoked cigarette down to the filter tip. He was choked by the hot smoke and coughed repeatedly, with tears streaming down his face.

"What do you mean I don't care?"

Toyokawa Shoko felt a surge of anger in her heart and tried her best to suppress the rage in her heart. She asked the man in front of her, the father she once loved.

"Even if you don't do anything, as long as I die of alcoholism and smoking, the old man of the Toyokawa family will take you back, right?"

The man stuffed the cigarette butt into the overflowing ashtray beside him, even with a few cigarette butts falling out. Then he turned around and sat up, looking at Toyokawa Shoko with a teasing look, his eyes full of sarcasm.

"I'm asking you, what on earth is the purpose of writing such a humble, useless letter of apology?"

Finally, she couldn't help it anymore. Toyokawa Shoko crumpled up the letter in her hand that contained the most servile words and smashed it on the man's head with a bang. She pointed at the man's indifferent face and questioned him in a deep voice, as if she was disappointed in him.

"..."

The middle-aged man in front of him sneered and reached for the cigarette box on the side. However, the empty touch reminded the man that he had smoked all the cigarettes long ago.

The man's smile disappeared instantly. He jumped up as if a sore spot had been poked, and kicked over a low table. With a loud bang, the wine cans and ashtrays on the table flew out and scattered all over the floor. His red eyes stared at Toyokawa Shoko in front of him and he roared.

"…Because you damned brat, even if you can't survive, you still have this old man to help you! What do I have? What do I have!"

"Is it the glorious record of being kicked out of the Toyokawa family, or the good habit of smoking and drinking?!"

"That's why I wrote the letter... That's why I admitted my mistake! That's why I begged the Toyokawa family to keep supporting a useless person who can't do anything!"

Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath, her nails digging deeply into her palms. The anger in her heart grew even stronger, and her voice even began to tremble.

"What...what? Ever since mom left and you were fired, have you ever been playing pachinko and drinking? Have you ever done even one thing..."

"I said shut up!"

A gray object flew towards him, and Toyokawa Shoko subconsciously turned his head away. The object just brushed past the tip of his nose, and his hair was even caught in the air. The next second, a teeth-grinding sound of shattering was heard from the brick wall behind him.

It's the full ashtray just now.

The accumulated ash was stirred up by the huge impact force, swirling into a black cumulus cloud on the wall, and slowly fell on the shattered ceramic fragments.

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko was so stunned that she stood there in disbelief, and even forgot to continue being angry. She just stared blankly at the big hole in the wall in the distance.

"...You little brat, why didn't you get hit and killed in the car with your mother?"

After doing all this, it seemed still not enough. The man panted heavily, as if all his strength had been drained out. He slumped down on the broken sofa on the side, looking hatefully at Toyokawa Shoko who was standing in a daze in front of him.

"……What did you say?"

Hearing these words, Toyokawa Shoko murmured, her body becoming shaky and swaying around like a sunny doll in a rainstorm.

"Can't you hear me? Well, I'll say it again. You little brat, why didn't you get hit and killed in the car with your mother?"

The man's eyes were red and he repeated the previous sentence with gritted teeth.

"..."

Heart, cold.

I even forgot what it felt like to be angry or upset.

Just cold and cold.

The vision was suddenly blurred beyond repair by the mist.

"Enough, enough is enough..."

Toyokawa Shoko murmured, biting her lip to hold back the tears that were about to fall, grabbed the suitcase beside her, stuffed a few clothes into it, and left this suffocating place as if escaping.

I had adjusted my mentality and emotions on the way and told myself countless times: "Don't cry."

However, after seeing Zhonghe's concerned and attentive eyes, he immediately forgot all of this.

86

Chapter 86: Faith and auspiciousness.

After being stopped by Toyokawa Shoko and persuaded for a long time, Nakagawa Nobuyuki took a deep breath, gave up the idea of ​​going to the Mortal Kombat, and sat back on the sofa.

"...Toyokawa, thank you for your hard work...even though I can't help you in any way."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki was feeling heavy-hearted and indignant. He listened to Toyokawa Shoko's calm narration and didn't know what to say. He could only sit on the sofa with a cold face, feeling a little upset.

"It's okay Nakagawa...it's okay."

This time, it was Toyokawa Shoko who chuckled and comforted Nakagawa Nobuyuki, who was feeling a little guilty.

She gently leaned her head on his shoulder, pulled Xin's fist, slowly pried it open, and finally interlocked her ten fingers with her own small hand.

Xin’s palm… is so big and so warm.

"The letter has helped me a lot."

Toyokawa Shoko whispered, her tone full of tenderness.

At this moment, with a ding-dong sound, Nakagawa Nobuyuki's mobile phone received a message.

……

Not good.

In short, it's very bad.

When I shared the photos, I actually sent Zhonghe's photos to Xiaoxiang...

Obviously Xiaoxiang never reads my messages normally...but this time, the bright "Read" next to it made me feel extremely tormented.

When I started to explain, every message became unread again... Did they block me? The messages I just sent out had clearly been read.

I sent a message to Xiaomu, asking him to apologize to Xiaoxiang on my behalf, but Xiaomu didn't reply.

Nagasaki Motoyo paced around the room in a panic, and the little orange in her arms just looked curiously at the human above her head who was doing something unknown.

...Yes, Zhonghe.

Send a message to Zhonghe and ask.

……

"…Because I accidentally sent the photo to Xiaoxiang."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Toyokawa Shoko sat on the sofa, reading quietly together a long string of messages sent by Nagasaki Motoyo. The two blinked almost at the same time, and then looked at each other strangely.

“…My phone was on silent just now, so I didn’t notice it.”

Toyokawa Shoko took out her cell phone, looked at the long string of message notifications on the screen, and suddenly felt a little headache.

The same thing happened to Nakagawa Nobuyuki. He looked at the large number of messages sent by Nagasaki Motoyo and didn't know what to reply.

It would be even more embarrassing if the other main character was sitting next to him.

As a result, probably because she saw the read message of Nakagawa Nobuyuki, Nagasaki Motoyo on the other side sent a lot of messages again.

Nagasaki Suyo: Please, Nakagawa-san...

Nagasaki Suyo: Just consider it as doing me a favor.

Nagasaki Suyo: I feel really sorry to tell Xiaoxiang...

Nakagawa Nobu looked back at Toyokawa Shoko, whose expression became increasingly embarrassed, and asked helplessly: "Shoko, what do you say?"

Toyokawa Shoko was fiddling with Nakagawa Nobu's other hand, her face looking quite unnatural as she whispered, "…Just say, just say I forgive her."

Because his other hand was still tightly held by Toyokawa Shoko, Nakagawa Nobuyuki could only input by voice: "Toyokawa..."

At this moment, Nakagawa Nobuyuki suddenly felt his waist being gently poked by Toyokawa Shoko.

When I turned around, there was no special expression on Toyokawa Shoko's face. She just looked at me strangely, as if she was curious about why she was suddenly looking at me.

...Is it my own illusion?

"Toyokawa..."

Suddenly, I felt poked by Toyokawa Shoko next to me.

When he turned around again, he saw Toyokawa Shoko, who was still looking at him with her eyes wide open and an innocent face.

...It's really strange.

"Toyokawa..."

"Alright, alright! That's what I said!"

Looking at the girl in front of him who finally blushed and grabbed his hand in despair, Nakagawa Nobuyuki finally smiled as if his prank had succeeded.

"Xin...from now on, just call me Xiangzi...and don't call me Fengchuan anymore."

Toyokawa Shoko leaned on Nakagawa Nobuyuki's shoulder, her pretty face slightly blushing, and spoke in a low voice.

...It's much more embarrassing than I thought. Just saying this, I feel my face burning.

"...Okay, stop looking at me and send a message to Su Shi."

Toyokawa Shoko lowered her head even lower and said with a slight frown.

Looking at Toyokawa Shoko who finally gave in, Nakagawa Nobumasa smiled and shook his head as if he had won.

"Okay, don't worry. Xiangzi said she forgives you."

As soon as he released his finger, the voice immediately flew to Nagasaki Suyo's mobile phone after three handshakes and four waves via the Internet.

On the other side, Nagasaki Suyo, who was fidgeting and pacing with a frown on her brows, immediately clicked the play button when she saw the voice message sent by Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

"Okay, don't worry. Xiangzi said she forgives you."

...Huh, that's good... But then again, isn't this a bit too fast? It's only been a short while since I sent the message -

Xiaoxiang sent a message!

Without having time to think too much, Nagasaki Suyo opened her eyes wide in disbelief, as if she was afraid that she had seen it wrong. Her heart was filled with excitement, and her fingers moved quickly, clicking on the message notification that suddenly popped up above.

...Since CryChic disbanded, this seems to be the first time Xiaoxiang has sent me a message again?

What will you say...

The rotating loading bar is now tugging at Nagasaki Suyo's little heart.

"You took a very nice photo of the letter."

Xiaoxiang, sent this message.

Although she didn't mention the band or anything, Nagasaki Suyo, who was worried about what happened, was still filled with great joy. She picked up Xiaoju, who didn't know what happened, and spun around happily.