Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

"Plan?" Sayuri looked at the prison bars locked around her legs, then raised her head.

"What can I plan in my current state?"

That makes sense, and that's why Horton kept her for the princess's amusement. But ever since Rodan was killed, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart has become stronger. It's an inexplicable intuition.

Slowly calming down, Holden did not allow himself to lose his composure in front of this disgusting woman, and said instead.

"Although there are reasons for it, John actually gave up on you so decisively. Moreover, after coming back, his personality became more 'mature' instead of being as lukewarm as before. What exactly happened between you two?"

In the eyes of the old aristocrats, maturity means abandoning unnecessary emotions and becoming more ruthless and cunning.

"Who knows, maybe he thinks money and power are more attractive?"

Sayuri answered her own question.

The old noble snorted coldly, and just as he was about to leave, he heard Sayuri speak slowly.

"Perhaps you don't understand your son as well as you think. After all, arrogance is your nature."

Horton slowly pulled out a pocket pistol from his chest. The pistol had delicate reliefs on it, making it look more like a work of art than a murder weapon. But even so, it was still easy to pierce a person's head.

But the old nobleman's actions were not as firm as he said. He was still hesitating whether to risk offending Dorothy and get rid of this worry now.

Suddenly, someone pressed down the tip of his gun, and the butler Steve said politely: "Mr. Holden, this is a move that Her Royal Highness the Princess does not allow."

The old nobleman didn't say anything, but left. Butler Steve bowed respectfully to Sayuri in the cage and left.

The cage room returned to silence, and she hummed a childhood song, but found that she could not remember much.

No matter how deep you think your feelings are, they cannot stand the test of time.

Therefore, we must do something before we forget.

In the distance, the lame Siamese cat jumped out of the window, into the cage, and crawled under her feet. It was not in a good condition. It seemed that the wound on its lame leg was getting more and more infected, and it looked like it was dying.

"Poor little thing." She stroked her warm fur with pity.

Suddenly, a strange sound was heard, and Sayuri laughed: "It seems that you are not the only one who sneaked in tonight."

Then Hachiman and Kato Megumi, whose face looked slightly pale, walked in.

Perhaps for an ordinary girl, sneaking into the heavily guarded princess's mansion like this must be quite stressful.

Not to mention being deported, he would probably be arrested and interrogated by the legendary MI6.

When Kato Megumi asked Hachiman what he would do if he was caught, the man next to her said he didn't have a passport, which made her very angry.

Sayuri looked at Hachiman and "Ren's girlfriend" with interest. Since she was standing here, she didn't need a keen sense of smell to know that the relationship between the two was unusual.

Hachiman couldn't help but touch his nose and said, "Kato Megumi was pregnant...that night."

Kato Megumi looked at Eriri's mother sitting on the ground. Even though she had heard what Hachiman had said, she was still shocked and felt sad that her best friend's parents had become enemies.

Moreover, vaguely, she thought of that night. In addition to her, Sayuri must have also had a relationship with the already crazy Hachiman.

So this meeting at this moment was quite embarrassing for Kato Megumi.

Unexpectedly, Sayuri looked at Kato Megumi and said, "Your decision is very wise, Xiaohui...if you don't mind me calling you that."

But Sayuri didn't feel awkward at all and praised the girl.

Kato Megumi naturally showed a puzzled expression, and she stroked the cat like a little sayuri and chuckled, saying, "Being a single mother is not as easy as you think. Maybe you think you are mentally prepared to face difficulties, but you can't predict how difficult life will be, especially in Japan. Since you and Lun are not destined to be together, then live with the man next to you. His only shortcoming is that he has more women, but no one has a stronger sense of responsibility than him, so just make do with it."

"What do you mean by making do with it?" Hachiman muttered, as if you've never used it before.

But Sayuri ignored her completely and continued, "He may not be a good husband, but he is definitely a father who can spoil his children."

"Hikigaya-kun and I are not..." Kato Megumi wanted to explain something, but at this moment she seemed powerless to explain anything, so she simply shut up.

"Okay, let's stop chatting here. We are here for urgent matters." Seeing Kato Megumi's embarrassed look, Hachiman did not embarrass him and quickly talked about business. After all, if he was discovered with Kato Megumi, he would not be able to escape as easily as he could by himself.

After hearing what Hachiman said about the approach to attacking the Spencer family and the inside information she knew, Sayuri pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"As far as I know, although Holden is not the legal representative of that company, he did embezzle the capital pool through money laundering. I have backed up all the detailed documents on my private network disk. You can ask Ying Lili about the account number and password. She knows it."

BINGO, Hachiman snapped his fingers in his mind. Sayuri might not have doubted her husband over the years, but she was indeed on guard against possible mischief from the Spencer family.

"So, we can pin down Holden through this plan. If the head of the family is replaced by John, will he let you go?"

Then he told John about the deal they had made when they met. Although what they were going to do was the same, it was a matter of principle.

Sayuri smiled and said, "John used to be a very sentimental person. Even if he has become like this now, he won't hate me as much as his father does."

Hachiman looked at Sayuri and didn't know what to say for a moment. Then he noticed that Sayuri's falling hair looked a little strange.

"Hey, Sayuri, your hair..."

Suddenly, the young woman put her hair behind her ears, and then she heard the sound of the wall clock.

"Xixi comes here every night at this time. You should leave quickly before she finds out."

Hachiman was also startled by the sound of the wall clock. After hearing Sayuri's words, he didn't say much and took Kato Megumi away directly.

"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue you."

"I never doubted it."

Sayuri watched the two of them leave quietly. Just as she said, as soon as Hachiman and the other man left, the elegant Princess Dorothy walked in and looked down at her old friend.

After a moment's stalemate, Her Royal Highness the Princess sighed, opened the door of the cage with the key, and walked in.

"You shouldn't have asked the maid to ask me for hair dye. Even I don't know if there are any John or Holden people in this mansion."

She spoke softly, then slowly walked towards Sayuri, squatted down, and gently stroked her cheek, her eyes full of affection and sadness.

"I will grant your wish, no matter what."

"Please help me dye my hair, Sissi." Sayuri said calmly.

Dorothy hummed briskly and touched the end of the lily, where the tuft of golden hair appeared.

Chapter 44 Cohabitation Agreement

Walking on the streets under the autumn night sky, the clear starry sky seems to have a sense of oppression, as if the galaxy will fall at any time.

After leaving the mansion, the two of them walked leisurely among the hurried passers-by like a couple taking a walk after dinner.

Normally, it was Hachiman who found topics and talked nonsense to amuse Kato Megumi, but after meeting Sayuri, Hachiman became lost in thought, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem.

"Well, what's wrong?" Xiaohui finally couldn't help but ask.

The young man who was pulled out of the Mind Palace did not show any displeasure, but asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

"I haven't spoken since a while ago..." Kato Megumi murmured in a low voice.

Hachiman suddenly took her hand, tilted his neck to look up at the night sky, and said with a smile: "I'm just feeling that Xiaohui is really a simple and good girl, like this."

It was another smooth talker, but Kato Megumi heard a hint of sadness in the young man's words.

If she is a simple girl, then who is not simple?

Seeing Kato Megumi's clear pupils, he pinched her cheeks and rubbed them continuously.

"Don't worry too much if you're pregnant. Just leave everything to me."

He always says this, so all the troublesome things are left to him.

He has never failed to live up to his promises, but Kato Megumi doesn't want so much burden to be placed on his shoulders.

"Okay, that's enough about Sayuri for now, it's time to talk about our business, Xiaohui."

Hachiman walked forward. Perhaps because he was used to the neon green streets, the streets of Ying Country always gave him a feeling of being made of gray stones.

Kato Hui followed in small steps and asked, "Our business?"

"Ah, you were acting strangely at Olivia's place just now. Did she say something to you?"

As if she accepted her fate, she actually put on a nurse's uniform and bandaged him. This was not the Kato Megumi she knew.

If I keep my head down and follow him, I know I can't escape his eyes, Kato Megumi thought.

"Miss Olivia told me that if I continue to resist passively like this, I will lose miserably and be eaten away by you slowly, both in terms of my persistence and my body."

Lin Duidui once said: Either the east wind prevails over the west wind or the west wind prevails over the east wind. If the relationship between men and women is compared to a war, then the absolute advantage on this battlefield now belongs to Hikigaya Hachiman.

"That's because you don't hate me, you even like me a little bit." Hachiman said narcissistically.

If it was just a coincidence at the beginning, the subsequent interactions seemed to have made Kato Megumi deeply trapped.

She did not deny this. In fact, she somewhat liked his bold and powerful demeanor. His naughty smile was like marijuana, which had a fatal attraction to a good girl like her.

So when her senior brought Hachiman back, she felt jealous and told him about her pregnancy out of spite.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be today's entanglement.

"Do you know why I have never been willing to accept you?" Kato Megumi asked.

"Isn't it because you can't cross the moral line in your heart?" Hachiman said.

Because Kato Megumi felt sorry for Aki Tomoya, even if she would not continue to be with Tomoya, her sense of morality made it impossible for her to accept Hachiman.

"This is just one of the reasons. Another reason is that you are too fickle." Kato Megumi accused.

Hachiman couldn't help but stagger, and Kato Megumi began counting on her fingers.

"First of all, there's your fiancée. You've said many times that you have a girlfriend besides your fiancée. Then there's Ms. Saki, who I met last time, Ms. Haruno, and the mysterious Ms. Murasaki Shikibu. She's also the mother of Senior Kasumigaoka. Then there's Ms. Sayuri. Or is Eriri interested in you, too?"

Kato Megumi looked at Hachiman with a scrutinizing gaze, and finally noticed that he was fidgeting.

This time it was Kato Megumi's turn to walk on her own. "Compared to those bright and colorful girls over there, I am just an ordinary girl. The only special thing is that I got your child by mistake. But, Mr. Hikigaya, I don't like you so much that I can muster the courage to compete with other girls for you. Ordinary girls are not lacking in self-knowledge."

Kato Megumi spoke out all the doubts in her heart in one breath. In addition to her sense of morality, more importantly, she didn't want to join any Shura field where she couldn't win the fight.

"If that's the case, why did you act like that after talking to Olivia?" Hachiman continued to ask.

"Because what Miss Sayuri said makes sense. I'm actually not ready to be a single mother, whether it's financially, mentally, or the ability to face social relationships. As for the parental hurdle, I've been avoiding it until now. So Miss Olivia gave me an idea, and I agreed."

"What's the idea?" Hachiman remembered Olivia's hateful smile and had a bad feeling.

"Do you know that there are two types of family relationships in France? One is a marriage relationship, which goes without saying. The other is a 'cohabitation agreement' family relationship between opposite sexes. The key point is that this relationship does not require the division of property. It has similar rights to that of a couple, but does not have to bear most of the obligations between a couple. You can leave at any time. I think we are very suitable for this kind of relationship."

Hachiman will not give up custody of the child, and even though Kato Megumi likes him, she doesn't want to be involved in his complicated family relationships.

Therefore, Kato Megumi can accept this kind of relationship where she can leave at any time without any burden.

But now Hachiman really wanted to smear Olivia's evil grinning face, but he believed that the girl deliberately came up with this disgusting idea to make things difficult for him.

For the first time, Kato Megumi took the initiative to hold Hachiman's hand and shook it gently, as if begging for Hachiman's consent.

She looked so cute that Hachiman's heart was shaken for a moment and he couldn't help but want to agree to her.

But he knew that if he really accepted it, he might be able to raise the child peacefully with Kato Megumi, but he would never be able to reach the deepest part of Kato Megumi's heart, and might even not go as far as Renya.

Suddenly, Hachiman grabbed Kato Megumi's hand and shook it hard: "Kato Megumi, have you ever been crazy?"

"Crazy?" Kato Megumi asked in confusion.

"It means to throw away rational calculations and do something desperately and madly." Hachiman said with a little anger.

"I..." Kato Megumi stopped talking, not knowing what to say.

The reason why she envies Tomoya, Eriri, and Senior Kasumigaoka is probably because they all have a "crazy" temperament, and when they decide on something, they will do anything for it.

"Kato Megumi, you are really like a hedgehog. You only ask for passing grades in everything. You are afraid of failure, so you dare not expect anything. You dare not believe that I can give you a happy life. You dare not believe how much you like me. You dare not believe that you can compete with other women. You dare not believe in anything at all. You always leave a way out for yourself, so you will always be Kato Megumi."

Hachiman dissected her coldly, as if a sharp wooden thorn suddenly pierced into Kato Megumi's heart and made her bleed, as if the mask she had been wearing for a long time was torn off, and then an uncontrollable anger arose.

"So...what? What if I leave myself a way out? What if I can't love someone to my heart's content? I'm not you, not Ren, not Senpai, not Eriri. I don't have the 'talent' that you have. I'm afraid that even if I put in the same effort, I won't be able to keep up with you. I'm afraid of failure. I hate the feeling of failure. After failure, I can't muster up the courage to try again, because I'm an ordinary person."

So she always goes with the flow. The only criterion for her boyfriend is that he can live a stable life. She didn't dare to expect anything even when she was pregnant, but just tried hard to prepare to be a single mother. She was forced by Hachiman to come up with a cohabitation agreement, because all of these were choices made without expectations. Even if she was betrayed, she would not be so sad that she couldn't live.

But what can she do, she is just such a hedgehog.

Tears seeped from the corners of my eyes. It turned out that facing one's true self honestly was so painful.

Hachiman smiled and wiped away her tears: "Kato Megumi, tell me the craziest thing you have ever thought of. Anything is fine."

Kato Megumi suddenly raised her head. When she was a child, she liked to daydream, looking at the sky with flying birds. She couldn't help but wonder what it would feel like if she could touch the feathers of the birds in the sky.

Not the bird that falls to the ground, but the bird that soars in the sky, free and unfettered.

But as she grew up, she realized that it was impossible to get close to birds when they were flying in the sky. It was just one of countless childhood fantasies.

It's just that I can't stop thinking about it.

"I want to touch the feathers of the birds flying in the sky." The girl whispered.

"Okay." Hachiman agreed.