Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

Play within a play: What if I feel guilty?

Plot review: After spending some wonderful time with the JK duo Maruka, the good-for-nothing father Hikigaya Hachiman celebrated Rikka's birthday and learned more of her secrets, and began to develop some strange feelings towards this girl.

After discovering that she had feelings for her classmate's father, Rikka chose to disappear after spending a night wearing the clothes left by his deceased wife, leaving Hikigaya Hachiman in pain and depression...

The third episode of the play within a play, a grand series.

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Someone patted Hachiman's shoulder gently, and he woke up from his daze.

"Section Chief, did you get scolded badly by the director just now?"

The little girl under Hachiman said with some pity.

I was actually pitied by a little girl. I am getting worse and worse.

"I can't help it. After all, I did something wrong."

"Really? Even the quotation form and other things are wrong. This is not the style of the old workhorse section chief. He seemed to be a little more handsome some time ago, but now he has completely turned back into an uncle who stinks like an old man." The girl spoke without restraint.

Hachiman smiled bitterly, wondering if he was too lacking in dignity in front of his subordinates.

"By the way, where are the others?" he asked.

"Oh, has the section chief really been scolded and confused? It's time to get off work now." The little girl picked up the bag beside her and gently said goodbye to Hachiman.

The middle-aged office worker sighed, sent a text message to his Chinese friend who was studying in the United States saying that he would have to work overtime tonight, and then began to reorganize the quotation sheet for the bidding proposal.

But gradually, his thoughts drifted back to the night a week ago, when he saw the girl with a lonely smile on her face, leaning under him and blending with him.

However, the next morning, the girl's figure disappeared like morning dew with the rising sun.

When Rumi came back that morning, she seemed to have noticed something and became even angrier and colder towards him. But at this time, Hachiman's mind was already filled with the girl. He could not contact her by phone or at school. Even his closest friend Akane Shinjo didn't know where she was. Baoduo's parents had already called the police, but they could only wait for news from the police.

During this endless long wait, Hachiman's normal life began to be disturbed. If he wasn't paying attention, he would think about the girl and couldn't even concentrate on his work.

"Oh no, oh no, I calculated it wrong again." That's it now, he shook his head and continued to adjust the EXCEL spreadsheet.

Time passed quietly, and there were fewer and fewer employees in the office. After sending the new quotation to the client, Hachiman packed up his thick coat, took out a large thermos from his briefcase, filled it with hot oolong tea in the water room, and then slowly left the company. However, he did not go home. It would be better to say that he had not gone home before the early morning for a long time.

Hachiman arrived at the mansion of the Hodo family. As we knew before, the Hodo family was a wealthy family, and Rikka was the eldest daughter, which could be seen from the decorations and watch she was wearing.

But this home always gives Hachiman a cold feeling.

"It's so cold..." The wind was freezing at night. Even though I wore a thick coat, scarf and gloves, my exposed face was still too cold to bear.

He quickly took out the thermos, poured out a cup of oolong tea with thick hot steam, took a sip, and felt his body warm.

He stared at the door of Bao's house, afraid that he would miss the girl if she came back.

Perhaps at first he only paid a little attention to Rikka because of her young lady temperament similar to that of his deceased wife, but her behavior of hiding aside and watching the door of Baoduo's house like a stalker every day made him have to admit that he was indeed attracted to the girl, liked her, and even obsessed with her.

If the two of them had only maintained the simple physical relationship they had at the beginning, perhaps Rikka would not have left alone like this. However, it would be too cruel for him to keep lingering in front of her closed heart and standing still.

"That guy is such a good kid." Hachiman couldn't help but say angrily.

Hachiman checked his watch. It was already past midnight. Apart from his body that was almost frozen stiff, he found nothing. He packed up his things.

The saddest thing about the middle-aged man named Hikigaya Hachiman is that he can't even stay here all day and all night like a young man crazy about love, because there are people waiting for him to go back.

About half an hour later, Hachiman returned to his old apartment and opened the door gently, fearing to wake up the people inside.

There was still a pale yellow light in the hall. He took off his coat and scarf and placed them on the shelf in the entrance hall. He came to the living room and found his daughter Liumei lying in front of the dining table.

There was food sealed with plastic wrap on the table, which made Hachiman's heart filled with warmth.

To be honest, ever since Liumei found out that he and Rika had done it at home, the father and daughter have been in a rare state of anger. In the past, as a useless father, he would have knelt down to apologize and ask for forgiveness. However, this time, due to Rika, he didn't even have time to care about Liumei's feelings. Moreover, he almost always came back in the early morning recently, so he and Liumei inexplicably entered into a cold war state.

Moreover, in the past, it was fine if it didn't involve principles, but this time it involved Rikka-chan. If Hachiman apologized casually, it would be as if he was saying that it was wrong for him to fall in love with his daughter's classmate.

From the perspective of social morality, this may be a wrong statement, but this seemingly useless middle-aged office worker in front of him had once managed to seduce a young lady from a famous family.

Just as Hachiman was about to put the food back into the refrigerator, Rumi looked up dazedly and looked at Hachiman: "Dad, you're back."

"Well, sorry, I had to work overtime late." Although it couldn't be said to be a lie, it was not completely truthful after all.

Liu Mei silently picked up the food and said, "I'll heat it up for you."

"No, I've already eaten at the company." In fact, his stomach was full of oolong tea, but he didn't have much appetite to eat.

But Liumei still put the curry rice in the microwave. Perhaps for her, being able to tell which of Hachiman's words were lies was already a basic skill.

Hachiman took Rumi's place at the dining table, but it was Rumi who leaned against the cupboard and whispered, "Dad, have you found Baoduo-san?"

He looked at his daughter in surprise, as this was the first time she had mentioned Rikka to him.

Hachiman shook his head.

Liu Mei leaning against the cupboard like this made her figure look even more slender, as if she were his deceased wife.

They both have pretty eyes and eyebrows, but Liu Mei still has some childishness. If you want to say who is more similar, it would be Liuhua.......

He seemed distracted again.

"If it were me, would it not be possible?" the girl whispered.

Hachiman looked up in surprise: "What?"

Play within a play: Daughter and sister-in-law

"If it were me, would it not be possible?" the girl whispered.

This made Hachiman subconsciously raise his head and ask back, because Rumi's words at the moment were too ambiguous.

"If it were me, couldn't I comfort dad? I don't want to see dad in so much pain now. If Rikka can make you happy, why can't I do the same?" Liumei looked into his eyes, her tone sounding a little stubborn.

Hachiman suddenly stood up and raised his voice: "Don't be ridiculous, Rumi, Rikka is..."

But before he could finish his words, Liu Mei retorted, "Takarada Rikka is my classmate. I know this better than anyone else. But dad, do you really know what you are doing? You are dating your daughter's classmate. How do you want me to get along in school and face Rikka?"

Hachiman was stunned for a moment, feeling a deep sense of guilt. If it were usual, he might have admitted defeat, but every time Rikka's lonely smile appeared in his mind, the few remaining embers in his heart would burn again.

He said self-deprecatingly: "Now you don't have to think about finding a problem, right? Rikka is a good kid."

In this way, Hachiman wouldn't have to be embarrassed or bothered by studying in the United States.

But the more Hachiman said this, the more excited Rumi became: "Dad, you don't understand anything. My daughter's classmates and school affairs are not important. What I care about is..."

However, those treasonous words still could not be said. Suddenly, Rumi ran to the entrance, and Hachiman could not help but follow her out.

"Well, Hachiman, if I disappear like Rikka-san, will you keep looking for me until you die?"

With that, Liu Mei ran out.

What on earth was this kid thinking? It was winter now. He quickly picked up his shoes, casually pulled his coat into his hand and went out.

But Liumei has disappeared.

He walked on the cold winter streets. It seemed that snow would fall at any time, but he no longer cared whether he would get wet or not.

"Stay beautiful!! Stay beautiful!!"

"I know you're nearby!"

"Go back with Dad quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

Hachiman even felt that he was on the verge of death, as if all the stress and fatigue from the past week had burst out at this moment, but he was unwilling to fall down.

Because his daughter is still waiting for him.

However, Hachiman unexpectedly saw a girl with long flowing hair not far away. From behind, she looked somewhat similar to Rikka.

He couldn't help but walked up to her, pressed her shoulders, and said, "Lihua-chan..."

But the woman in front turned around, and to Hachiman's great disappointment, it was not Rikka, but the appearance of this woman...

Before Hachiman could think, a voice came from behind him: "Dad."

Hachiman looked behind him with some surprise and found that Rumi was looking at him with some hurt.

He was clearly running around the streets looking for his daughter, but in the end he couldn't help but go look for his daughter's classmates.

It seemed to be saying that in Hachiman's heart, Takanari Rikka was no less important than her as a daughter.

"Liumei, I'm sorry, I just..." While looking for you, I couldn't help but start to miss Rikka?

Even he couldn't say such words.

Just when the father and daughter were in a stalemate, the girl who had just been misidentified by Hachiman spoke.

"Finally found you, brother-in-law."

Suddenly Hachiman looked back at the girl. Her delicate face was exactly the same as his deceased wife's, as if they were printed from the same mold. Just now, because of the makeup and the object of comparison was Rikka, he didn't make the connection at first.

Seeing that Hachiman seemed to be in a daze, the girl carrying the luggage couldn't help but smile and said, "We met when you first came to my house and at the funeral, but there is a big age gap between my sister and me, and I was still a kid back then."

"Ah, I do. I remember your name is Yangyan?" Hachiman finally searched out the girl's name from two not-so-pleasant experiences.

"I'm so happy. It turns out that my brother-in-law still recognizes me." Hachiman's sister-in-law Yangyan said with a smile.

The middle-aged office worker looked at the girl who looked like a college student. For a moment, it seemed as if he was looking at his deceased wife from college. They were so similar, both in appearance and temperament. It cannot be said that they were exactly the same, but they were exactly the same. He couldn't help but stare at her intently.

After looking at it for a long time, the sister-in-law seemed a little embarrassed: "Brother-in-law, do I look so much like my sister? Well, judging from the photos left at home, we do look alike."

Hachiman couldn't help but open his wallet and took out a photo of a family of three before his late wife passed away.

"Look, you look alike, right? But... you look a lot healthier than she does in the photo."

Hachiman couldn't help but let out a nostalgic smile, and Kagero raised her head slightly, seeming to be studying his expression carefully.

"I now understand why my sister would rather fall out with her family than not be with you." Yang Yan praised.

But Hachiman shook his head: "I was too busy with work and didn't take good care of your sister."

He didn't want the atmosphere to become too heavy, so he pulled Liumei over with a smile. Although there was some estrangement between them just now, at least Liumei didn't directly reject him now.

Maybe it’s because it’s the first time I meet my mother’s relatives, so I’m a little curious.

"This is Liumei, your sister and I's daughter. She's actually not that much older than you. So, she looks a lot like your sister, right? Now, she looks a lot like you."

There are indeed similarities between the two people's dress and appearance.

But what surprised Hachiman was that Yangyan's attitude towards Rumi was very cold. This was unacceptable. She was so excited when talking about her sister just now, but the person in front of her was the fruit of her sister's love, and the two were also aunt and nephew.

"Anyway, let's talk about it after I get to your house first. I'm going to catch a cold if I stay outside any longer. I only found this area based on the local specialties my sister sent back to her hometown. The signs are completely different. I thought I would be homeless today." Yang Yan babbled. This child is unexpectedly talkative and lively.

"Why are you here suddenly? From your tone, it seems like you came here specifically to see me?" Hachiman asked curiously.

Yang Yan nodded vigorously and said, "Because I came to seek refuge with my brother-in-law. This time, I ran away from my marriage."

The girl's sudden outburst of words shocked Hachiman.

Then Yangyan took Hachiman's hand and said, "Anyway, let's go back to your house and talk about the details, brother-in-law. Is there anything to eat? I don't have any money except for the bus fare. I'm so miserable."

Hachiman was stunned for a moment, but still answered honestly: "Rumi-chan left a portion of curry rice in the refrigerator. You can heat it up before eating. Rumi-chan's cooking skills are actually quite good."

However, Yang Yan's smile faded a little: "That's really exciting."

Author's words: I returned to Guangzhou from Nanjing today. I took the high-speed train all day and was exhausted. But thinking that I still owed rewards, it was difficult to ask for leave, so I rushed to code it out. So shouldn't such a dedicated author deserve a reward?

Drama within drama 3: Sister-in-law escapes marriage~

Due to the sudden appearance of the sister-in-law, the original conflict between the father and daughter had to be put aside temporarily.

After the sister-in-law arrived at Hikigaya's house with her luggage, she looked around at this twenty-year-old house with great interest.

"Sorry, the house is a bit messy." Actually, it's not messy, but old.

Of course, it is completely different from the famous mansion she lives in, but whether it is the embroidered pillowcases on the sofa or the labels on the refrigerator, they are full of the breath of life.

"Brother-in-law, I like it here!" Yang Yan's eyes became brighter.

"Really? That's good." Hachiman smiled awkwardly.

Liumei, who was behind the two of them, seemed to feel some kind of barrier. Girls had a natural sensitivity to the feelings of the same sex. Liumei subconsciously felt that her mother's sister, this aunt, did not like her for unknown reasons, so she said it directly.

"Then I'll heat up the curry in the refrigerator first."

Hachiman was a little surprised, but seeing that Kagerou didn't show any reaction, he felt a little uncomfortable. Generally speaking, Kagerou, who has always admired her deceased sister, shouldn't be so cold to the daughter left by her sister.

But before he could think about it, Yang Yan put down his luggage.

"Brother-in-law, do you have slippers? My feet are sore after walking all day." The sister-in-law's tone of voice had a natural coquettish feeling, which was very different from the gentle and late wife.

Maybe it’s because I’m the youngest daughter.

"Let me open a new pair of slippers. We rarely have visitors to my house..." Just as he finished speaking, Hachiman wanted Rikka again.