Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

"Well, you always don't want to go to bed, like a child." Hachiman said with a smile.

"So you just let her sleep on your lap?" What a bloodless knife.

"So you were waiting for me here. You can just use my body, but I can't just lend you my husband." Hachiman touched his head and said, not feeling guilty at all.

"I'm saying, I'm still here, please don't fast forward to topics that are not suitable for teenagers." Liu Mei said in a complicated tone.

Although she had never seen her mother, Hachiman's tone and Yangyan's casual and natural way of speaking made her a little confused. Is there really such a thing as soul possession in this world?

Hachiman then remembered what he had to do today, helped Yukino up, and said, "Yukino, this is Rumi, our daughter. She has grown up now, and I have raised her well."

Hachiman said complacently that this was the only thing he could say and was proud of.

But Yukino, who was standing next to him, seemed to have some doubts in her eyes. She glanced at Rumi, then turned her gaze back to Hachiman: "Hachiman-kun, who is this child?"

Hachiman looked at Yukino fiercely, then shook his head: "Yukino, don't joke like that. After all, this is the first time that Rumi meets you, and I'm looking forward to it."

But Xue No shook her head and said, "Do you think I would be so frivolous as to joke about such a thing? We agreed not to have children for the time being, and then..."

As she spoke, she frowned slightly, as if she was recalling something: "Then, I went to the hospital because of illness..."

"And then, I died?"

Yukino seemed to be lost in thought, and when Hachiman was confused, she continued, "I seem to be missing some of my memories from the year before I died..."

"So you don't remember studying in the United States?" Hachiman asked with a trembling voice.

Yukino also looked in Rumi's direction, and saw that the girl's face was a little pale, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

The sky gradually brightened, and Xueno's pupils became dull. She quickly said: "You may ask Yangyan about this matter. She..."

Before she could finish her words, Yukino fell down like an inorganic puppet without its operator.

Hachiman quickly held her in his arms, and seeing that she was sleeping soundly and there was nothing unusual, he said, "Rumi-chan, don't blame your mother, okay? This is not what she wanted. When you were a baby, she liked to hold you all the time..."

Liu Mei just shook her head, not knowing what to say. If she said that she didn't feel particularly sad, would she seem too heartless?

About half an hour later, Yang Yan slowly woke up, but she seemed to be in great pain: "Ah, I'm going to die. I'm going to die from staying up all night."

But Hachiman was in no mood to pay attention to her complaints and asked directly, "Kagero-chan, Yukino said that she doesn't recognize Rumi and can't remember anything from the year before her death. Do you know what's going on?"

Yang Yan calmed down and looked at Hachiman: "Brother-in-law, do you remember where you were a year before my sister died?"

After hearing this, Hachiman's face turned pale and he showed a guilty expression, which made Rumi a little confused.

"My boss sent me to Indonesia to prepare for a new company. One year later, not long after I arrived, Xueno said she was pregnant. But that was the busiest time for the new company..."

And when he heard the news that Yukino was pregnant, he was shocked at first, and then happy. At the same time, the pressure on him increased, so after discussing with Yukino, he still stayed in the local area to fight for the future.

Then, Yang Yan explained, "But, I didn't expect that when you returned from your business trip, you would be greeted by a newborn baby and a wife who was terminally ill."

Hachiman showed a painful expression on his face: "Yukino already knew about her illness, so she kept it from me and insisted on giving birth to Rumi, just to leave a memory for me, but I didn't expect Yukino to forget even this matter."

He even thought that maybe it was because the pain that Yukino suffered that year was too deep that she consciously forgot those memories after her death.

But Yang Yan shook his head and said, "But, I have another explanation."

Yang Yan looked at Rumi with a hint of mockery.

Liumei is a very smart child. Hachiman was worried that what happened back then would affect her growth, so he didn't tell her. But when Liumei heard it, she seemed to feel something was wrong.

"Brother-in-law, I heard that you didn't want to have children with my sister too early, so you must have taken contraceptive measures when you were intimate."

"Of course, but I thought it was an accident at the time..." Hachiman was also a little confused.

"Could it be that my sister cheated on me?" Yang Yan smiled.

"Impossible!" Hachiman denied it directly. He still had some confidence.

"Then we can rule out the possibility that my sister cheated on me. But don't you think it's strange? Why did my sister get pregnant when you were on a business trip? And it was also when she learned about her illness. This is too much of a coincidence. Nothing in the world is accidental. Everything is inevitable."

"You...what do you want to say?" Hachiman felt his breathing stagnate.

"Actually, brother-in-law, you have your doubts too, but you are unwilling to explore them because that would negate all the efforts your sister has made." Yang Yan said softly.

At this time, Liu Mei couldn't help but speak out: "What are you talking about?"

Yang Yan turned his head, looked at Rumi, and asked slowly.

"Hikigaya Rumi, why did Sister Yukino forget your existence?"

"Why were you born exactly one year before your sister died?"

"Why didn't my brother-in-law accompany Sister Yukino that year?"

It was as if, without anyone witnessing, there was a baby girl next to Yukino.

Liu Mei seemed to be frozen, her face turned blue, her whole body was trembling slightly, and her hands and feet were cold.

"That's enough, Kagero, stop." Hachiman also held Kagero's shoulders.

"There is only one answer, Hikigaya Rumi, you are not the daughter of your brother-in-law and sister at all. You are just a baby girl adopted by your sister so that your brother-in-law will not feel lonely after she passes away."

Only this can explain why there are so many coincidences.

In fact, this father and daughter are not related by blood.

Play within a play: with an intermission?

Hachiman slowly sat down on the sofa, as if he was completely depressed.

"Actually, brother-in-law, you have more or less realized that there is a problem, but you still silently raised Liumei and regarded her as your spiritual sustenance after your sister left. I have to say, brother-in-law, you are such a good man." Yang Yan said with some pity.

"I'm not a good man. I'm just timid and dare not know the truth." Hachiman muttered softly.

However, the person who was most shocked by this incident should be the Chinese student in the United States himself, who was suddenly told that he was just an adopted child and that his father had no blood relationship with him.

"Dad, is what Miss Yangyan said true?" she asked in a trembling voice.

"I don't know." Hachiman shook his head weakly.

He really didn't know, because when he came back from Indonesia, Yukino had already arranged everything.

So he chose to accept Yukino's arrangement instead of going into it further to find out whether Rumi was his biological daughter.

Maybe, maybe not, but for Hachiman at that time, this was the only thought that Yukino left for him, and it was also his salvation.

"So, that's why you are so cold towards Rumi? Because you already knew about this." Hachiman asked.

"How can you expect me to invest my emotions in a stranger who is neither my brother-in-law nor my sister's child?" Yang Yan said coldly.

Suddenly, these words seemed to pierce Liu Mei's heart like a needle. For a moment, she just wanted to escape from it all.

Then she ran out.

"Rumi!" Hachiman stood up, but the girl had already run out and left the Hikigaya family.

Hachiman also ran out in a hurry. If anything happened to Rumi, he would feel guilty for the rest of his life.

Only Yang Yan seemed indifferent and snorted softly at the tip of his nose.

Is this a good thing for her? Is this a bad thing for her?

Who can say for sure?

........................

After walking around for a long time, Hachiman, panting, finally found Rumi in front of a swing in the park not far from the apartment.

The girl wearing gray shorts and a gauze-like shirt has grown into a graceful forest girl.

Hachiman used to be very busy and also had to take care of the children, so he didn't have much time to spend with Rumi. The place he often played with her was only this park closest to their home.

But as I grew up studying in the United States, I never came here again.

"Rumi." Hachiman stood in front of her and took a slow, deep breath.

Rumi raised her head, with tears in the corners of her eyes, as if she had been crying. Her expression was strange and Hachiman couldn't understand it.

"It turns out I'm really not my dad's daughter."

"It seems like I really have to move out. I can't disturb my father and Miss Yangyan."

"Can I still call you daddy?"

Compared with her previous expression of ordering and educating him as if it were a matter of course, Liu Mei now seemed a little timid, because she no longer had that confidence.

Hachiman's blood rushed to his head, and he hugged Rumi and said, "No, everything is still uncertain. No one knows what is going on now, and..."

"Whether we are related by blood or not, you will always be my daughter. Our relationship will not change because of our blood relationship. You can still be angry with me like before, refuse to cook for me, and make me get off my seat..."

Ah, why are there always such things that completely lack the dignity of a father?

Liu Mei, who was originally brewing sadness, finally stopped and couldn't help but said dissatisfiedly: "It's as if I have been abusing you all the time."

Hachiman looked up into Rumi's eyes, gently wiped away her tears, and said, "Well, it's just like now."

"Hateful." Liu Mei said with a slight frown.

However, this attitude made Hachiman feel a little uncomfortable.

After Liumei calmed down for a while, her mood seemed to have improved. The father and daughter sat beside the old and rusty swing and watched the rising sun.

"I'm not my dad's girl anymore."

"I'm not my dad's girl anymore."

"I'm not my dad's girl anymore."

Liu Mei kept muttering to herself, and every time she did, her tone seemed to change.

"I said, I still recognize you as my daughter, and it's not certain yet. What you just said was just one-sided words from Yangyan-chan."

This matter has a bit of a superposition flavor, because no one witnessed the entire process of Yukino giving birth to Rumi, so no one knows whether Rumi is Hachiman's biological daughter.

"Yes, this is indeed my one-sided statement, but it does not mean that no one knows what happened back then."

Yang Yan slowly walked over to the confused father and daughter and said with a smile.

"What did you say?" Hachiman was a little surprised.

Yang Yan deliberately squeezed in between the two of them. Liu Mei frowned slightly, but her good upbringing made her not care about the other party's rudeness, so who is the lady after all.

"At the beginning, Sister Yukino concealed the truth from you and me, but there was only one person who took care of Sister in the hospital." Yangyan said.

Hachiman thought about it for a moment, and suddenly a not-so-good image appeared in his mind.

"You don't mean, mother-in-law."

The mother of the sisters Yukino and Kagero, the dignified and strict beautiful woman, the mother-in-law who never gave Hachiman any chance from the beginning.

Of course, even the title of mother-in-law was just Hachiman's self-righteous attempt to climb up the social ladder; the other party did not acknowledge her identity as a son-in-law at all.

"Although mom hates you and is angry about Sister Yukino breaking the door, Sister Yukino is still her daughter after all. When she was sick, mom knew it immediately and took care of Sister Yukino."

"If there is anyone in this world who knows what happened back then, it would be her." Yang Yan said this with a slight smile on his face for some reason.

"So you want me to go visit my mother-in-law?" Hachiman's stomach began to hurt. Even when he was facing the beautiful Dogeza, he had never had such a stomachache.

That lady is truly his lifelong enemy.

"Then, can you also solve your marriage and blind date issues at the same time?" Hachiman continued to ask.

"Brother-in-law, you are so smart." Yang Yan kissed his cheek to show encouragement.

Liu Mei took a look and said nothing.

"If I were really smart, I wouldn't be led forward step by step by you." He figured out whose daughter Rumi was. Maybe it didn't matter to Yangyan, but revealing this would force Hachiman to go back to that family to figure everything out.

Ah, my stomach hurts...

How could he end up with such a scheming sister-in-law? And because Yukino was inside her, he couldn't get rid of her at all.

"The next stop for the hero is the Mother-in-law Demon King's Castle. Let's go!" Yang Yan shouted excitedly.

Then...........

"Click, the scene is over." Rika, who was standing outside the camera, shouted.

Huh? And it's about breaking the dimension? Didn't I say this is a movie?

Liuhua walked in and asked the two leading actors: "There is no role of mother-in-law in my script. What should I do now? If I can't find someone, I won't be able to shoot the next scene."

Yang Yan showed a smug expression of a mountain man who had a clever plan, and he was almost waving a fan.

"I say, Yangyan, you don't want to..."

"The next stop for the hero is the mother-in-law Demon King's Castle. Let's go!" Yang Yan shouted excitedly again.