Hikigaya, the Son-in-law of Three Surnames

"By the way, Mr. Hikigaya, when I got up this morning, I made rice balls for breakfast while I still had time." Hayasaka Ai took out a food box, opened the lid, and saw something wrapped in a lotus leaf.

"Um, are there rice cookers, rice, and seasonings in the hotel?" Hachiman asked curiously while driving.

"No, I brought my own." Hayasaka Ai said calmly.

So where did you get it from? However, Hachiman did not express his doubts, after all, the answer he got might be that this was the maid's secret.

"I'm driving." Hachiman said.

"No problem, Mr. Hikigaya, just open your mouth and I will feed you." Hayasaka Ai said softly.

So he nodded, and then Hayasaka Ai put on gloves, lifted the lotus leaf on top, broke off half of the rice ball, and then whispered: "Come on, open your mouth, ah..."

Hachiman didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he finally fulfilled Hayasaka's wish and gently opened his mouth.

"My (rice ball) is a little big, please be patient." Hayasaka said softly.

"I'm driving, what are you talking about?" Hachiman said.

"Be good and open your mouth." said Hayasaka Ai.

Okay, okay, just have fun.

Then a lump of food was stuffed into Hachiman's mouth. The first thing his tongue felt was the faint smell of lotus leaves, followed by the rice grains accompanied by the aroma of oil. A slight chewing would give off a faint salty taste of sea salt on his tongue. Since the rice ball without seaweed or meat can be made so delicious, Hayasaka Ai's cooking skills must be quite good.

Apart from being a bit shady, this guy really gets more useful the more you use him.

Seeing that Hachiman seemed very satisfied, Hayasaka Ai also put the remaining half of the rice ball in her mouth, and they shared it with Hachiman, taking bites each.

After replenishing the sugar, his brain began to work more. After thinking for a while, Hachiman said, "I didn't expect that the person your mother served was actually Kaguya's mother."

But Hayasaka Ai shook her head and said, "Who knows? My mother's mind is always hard to guess. I still don't know why she sent me, a four-year-old, to be a maid to Miss Kaguya."

So compared to Kaguya, who always thought that her mother was dead, although Hayasaka Ai's mother was always there, Hayasaka Ai, because of her emotional knot, was slightly wary of her mother's actions. Therefore, at this time she was not by Kaguya's side but followed Hachiman.

This is just like when she was an undercover agent beside Hachiman, no matter where she is, as long as it is for Kaguya's happiness...

"Now that I think about it, the person who could come up with the idea of ​​having Madam Nayatake return to the Shinomiya family after Kaguya's father died really killed three birds with one stone."

"Kill three birds with one stone?" asked Hayasaka Ai.

"Well, judging from the power struggle within the entire Shinomiya family, the parents of the three brothers of the Shinomiya family are all dead, which means that the Shinomiya family was about to enter the next generation. But then Madam Ming Yezhu appeared. After all, she is the de facto wife of Shinomiya Yan'an, which means that in name, she is the only elder in the Shinomiya family at this time." Hachiman said.

"But Madam Ming Yezhu is just a concubine after all," said Hayasaka Ai.

"The so-called balance is to add weights bit by bit. If Shigong Mingyezhu is the first lady, then it will definitely be the final word and there is nothing to say. But even if she is only a concubine, the title of de facto wife can be used to do a lot of things. Don't underestimate this advantage. The interesting thing is that Shigong Yanyan doesn't know what went wrong in his brain to pass the position to Kaguya in the will. Then Madam Mingyezhu, who is Kaguya's biological mother, naturally has a different weight."

"The second and third points can be counted as one point. The reason I can stay in the Shinomiya family is because of the title of Kaguya's husband. The appearance of Mrs. Ming Yezhu has denied my legitimacy in the Shinomiya family and created a rift between me and Kaguya. Secondly, it also holds Kaguya in my hands. Just with one more person, the Shinomiya family's original strong structure dominated by Huang Guang has evolved into this. It's really..." Hachiman couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, do you mean Shijo Tei?" asked Hayasaka Ai.

But Hachiman quickly shook his head: "Even if the Shijo family has laid the Shinomiya Nayatake chess piece, the use of the chess piece still depends on the level of the chess player. The simplest point is, how could the Shijo family know about the relationship between me and Kaguya, and take the initiative to grasp the weakness of our relationship and take the opportunity to eliminate me?"

"At least we can judge that the person who manipulated Ming Yezhu to return to the Shinomiya family this time is a guy who knows the Shinomiya family very well, and he also has a certain degree of cooperation with the Shijo family. The fact that Mrs. Ming Yezhu was hidden by the Shijo family may also have the shadow of this person..."

There aren't many people who know the Shinomiya family well and are qualified to cooperate with the Shijo family.

Since the analysis has come to this point, even Hayasaka Ai can imagine who that person is, but Hayasaka Ai's first reaction is confusion: "Is it him? But, how could it be, he has always been..."

"After eliminating all suspicious items, the remaining answer, no matter how incredible it is, will only be the truth." Hachiman said.

"I have already planted spies in the Shigong family. If it is that person, he will definitely take action today."

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In the meeting hall of the Shinomiya family, it was quiet and depressing because the lawyer's announcement was abruptly interrupted by the sudden appearance of Shinomiya Ming Yezhu yesterday.

Sayoko slowly looked at everyone present, no, actually she was looking at Kaguya who was beside Nayatake. Hachiman had already told her what happened last night via text message.

This is truly an unexpected development.

Ming Yezhu broke the silence and said softly, "I said yesterday that Huiye is not suitable to be the head of the family now. After all, she is only twenty years old, too young, and has never experienced anything. Even if this is Yan Yan's intention, this matter is not appropriate."

"So what do you want? And I don't acknowledge that suicide note." Yun Ying said loudly. Compared to his position yesterday, he was now sitting next to Huang Guang.

Ming Yezhu said softly: "Whether you admit it or not is aside for now, but the funeral still needs to be held. In this case, we need someone to represent our Shigong family and preside over everything..."

This is just a euphemism. Who else but the head of the family could resign and attend the funeral, and represent the Shinomiya family in front of all the guests?

"So I suggest that the Holy Stone help manage the complicated personnel affairs of the Shinomiya family before Kaguya matures."

Suddenly, everyone in the conference room seemed to have crashed, and then slowly, everyone's eyes were focused on the Second Son and Fourth Palace Holy Stone, who had always had little presence.

Shinomiya Holy Stone slowly stood up, and his eyes inadvertently met Kaguya's. Shinomiya Holy Stone still showed the gentle and bright smile that Kaguya was familiar with.

Kaguya still remembered what her mother said to her last night. You wanted to be the head of the family in order to prove yourself to me, but I am already here, and you don't need to force yourself to be in that position. Mom will arrange everything.

But this person is actually Brother Shengshi? But he is......

"Asshole, how can you do this? Everyone knows that Shengshi has lung disease and it can no longer be cured. How can such a person represent the Shigong family?"

Therefore, no matter how intense the fight for the position of family head became, the Shinomiya Sacred Stone was not involved. In a sense, he was even more marginalized than Kaguya, because everyone knew that he was sick. From the day he was diagnosed many years ago, it was known that he could not be cured, and he had been just hanging on to his life all these years.

Who would think that such a person is a threat? Even some of the sensitive industries of the Shinomiya family were handed over to him because of his special position, which made people feel at ease.

Shigong Liuli lowered her head slightly, fiddling with her newly dyed blonde hair with her fingers, and whispered, "What this family lacks the most is lies."

Sigong Shengshi stared at Yunying and said three words: "I'm not sick."

Chapter 8 Chapter

After entering Chiba, Hachiman's crown got off the highway. After receiving Sayoko's call, he parked the car on the side of the road. About ten minutes later, he sat back in the driver's seat and said softly, "The results are out. It is indeed Shigong Shengshi. He, the Shijo family, and Madam Ming Yezhu planned this drama together."

After listening to Hachiman's analysis, Hayasaka Ai was not surprised at this moment. She asked, "What about Shigong Huangguang? Will he let it go?"

Hachiman shook his head: "Sigong Shengshi came with great momentum this time, Huang Guang had to give in. In the end, Sigong Huang Guang and Shengshi brothers jointly presided over the funeral."

Hayasaka Ai sighed with a complicated tone: "The Shinomiya family is really in chaos."

When the rules are broken, it is a symbol of chaos in the family. As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky, and no two masters in a country. For a family like the Shinomiya family, having two people making the decisions is the source of conflict.

"It's good that there's chaos. If there's no chaos, it won't belong to us. If there's chaos, we still have a chance to take advantage of the situation." After saying that, Hachiman started the engine and started driving towards the Chiba clan's house.

“However, if the Four Palaces Holy Stone is really not sick and has been able to pretend for more than ten years without being exposed, I can only say that this is just another old silver coin.” But he still sighed.

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On a sunny morning, on the seemingly endless lawn of Chiba Palace's house, the white parasols and tables and chairs seemed a little out of place. There was a young woman holding a small baby, and she was not the baby's biological mother, but her eyes were full of doting on the child.

The girl originally didn't like children's character, but there are always exceptions. This child was the child of her closest best friend and the man she had a crush on when she was in a foreign country. Well, although her feelings were still complicated, she couldn't help but like him and they just got along well. When she held the child in her arms, he wouldn't cry.

There's no logic to this kind of thing, just two words: hit it off.

Utaha Kasumigaoka is currently working on a TV drama adaptation project under Shijo Maki. When she has free time during holidays, she would come over to play with Kato Megumi. Then gradually, she started to play with Kato Megumi's daughter Mei. Well, it's almost the same thing actually.

Shiyu gently stroked the few hairs on the child's head, and her heart almost softened when she saw her smiling at her.

Then, as if she was hungry, Meiyi habitually pressed against Shiyu's body. Shiyu couldn't help feeling a little shy and embarrassed, and gently knocked the little fellow on the head: "Little idiot, I'm not your mother, how can I give you anything to eat..."

"And you're a foodie little idiot. Your mother ran out of food a long time ago."

Xiao Mei was giggling foolishly and shouting meaninglessly.

Shiyu then told the maid to make some milk and continued to coax the baby.

"Your eyes really look like Xiaohui's, delicate and lively. Don't copy your father's, that would be too sad. Hmm, your face shape is also like Xiaohui's. It would be best if you were printed in the same mold as Xiaohui. However, your lips seem a bit like mine, thin and red, very beautiful."

Then he put his hands under the little girl's arms and lifted her up, causing another burst of childish laughter.

As if she suddenly thought of a good idea, Shi Yu said softly: "Well, little one, what do you say about me being your godmother? From now on, you can call me godmother. If you smile, I will take it as your consent."

Then Xiao Mei really smiled at her.

But after saying this, Shiyu felt a little embarrassed. A young girl like her was actually being someone else's godmother. It would be laughable if people told others about it, especially, she couldn't let that guy know.

Then Mei stepped back screaming as if she saw someone.

"Shiyu-chan..." Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind Shiyu, and the hairs on Shiyu's body stood up. She stood up and turned around with the child in her arms, and found Hachiman standing there with tears in his eyes, and there was a woman in maid-style clothes beside him.

"What? When did you come back? Why are you standing behind others without saying a word? Don't you think it's despicable?" Shi Yu was like a machine gun, firing non-stop as if she came here on purpose to cause a quarrel.

"Shiyu-chan, please marry me!" Hachiman said with tears in his eyes.

"?! What? What do you mean? Are you crazy? Do you think this is something suitable to say in front of your daughter?" Shiyu said in panic.

Hachiman wiped his tears and said, "You are already taking my daughter and offering to be her godmother to achieve some unspeakable status and to satisfy yourself. It's so miserable that I can't bear to watch it. Forget it, you should just marry me."

After hearing this, Shiyu's ears turned red. She might have had such thoughts in her subconscious, but being exposed by herself was another matter. She was immediately furious (angry out of shame), and shouted: "What the hell, you narcissist, who became Xiao Meiyi's godmother because she couldn't get you... Ugh, I want to recognize Xiao Meiyi as my daughter because I like her. What does it have to do with you, you arrogant, narcissistic, pervert."

Hachiman took the handkerchief from Hayasaka Ai and wiped her tears, then immediately put on a stern face: "Don't talk about her father like that in front of the child, are you polite?"

Shi Yu held her breath, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said, "You make me angry as soon as I come back!"

Suddenly, Hayasaka Ai's eyes became a little strange, and her tone was like that of a wronged young wife. What's more, she was holding the daughter of Hachiman and her best friend. With such a broad mind, even Hayasaka Ai felt that she was too miserable. How could someone be so miserable? She wanted to laugh.

Hachiman walked over slowly and held his daughter in his arms. This little girl was really easy to take care of. She would not cry no matter who held her. She would always smile. Apart from her love of laughing, she had the same personality as her mother.

"Hey, just talk and laugh. How can you laugh if you don't talk?" Hachiman started to talk nonsense.

"Please don't build your happiness on the suffering of others. It's immoral." Shiyu said with a straight face.

Hachiman coaxed his daughter and said a few words to Shiyu to soften her mood. After her face looked better, he asked, "Where did Raikou-dono go? Wasn't he in the palace?"

Shi Yu said somewhat unhappily, "It is said that there is a celebration at a welfare home today, and Her Royal Highness the Princess attended the visit today."

Hachiman said "Oh", feeling a little regretful. He wanted to ask Lord Raikou about Kaguya's mother. As a noble lady of the royal family and the Genji clan, she should have more obscure things that outsiders didn't know. But it didn't matter, he just had to wait for her to come back.

"Who is the child's godmother? Where is the child's mother?" This kind of question is really mean.

Shiyu clenched her fists.

Chapter 9 Chapter

"The child's godmother, where is the child's mother?" Hachiman said this deliberately.

Shiyu clenched her fists. She didn’t know how long this guy would laugh at what happened today.

"Working in the room. Humph, if I wasn't the godmother helping to take care of the child, Xiaohui wouldn't have such an easy life."

You're making fun of me. I feel a little aggrieved just thinking about it. Hachiman laughed in silence and stuffed the child back.

"Okay, take it and play with it. I'm going to see the child's mother." Hachiman said generously, and stuffed Xiao Meiyi into Shiyu's hand. Xiao Meiyi spit a saliva bubble for her father.

"Hayasaka, you should rest here for a while. I think Lord Raikou will be back today, so there is no rush. Please help me look after the child." Hachiman waved his hand and left.

Hayasaka Ai and Shiyu stared at each other, and then Hayasaka Ai smiled faintly, looking very much like a maid, but Shiyu had a bad feeling, always feeling that this guy was not an easy person to get along with. In addition, Mei, who was looking at the two of them with her innocent big eyes, looked quite interesting.

Hachiman walked into the house and greeted the servants along the way, but was Xiaohui actually working? It was only three months after she gave birth to her daughter, but if you think about it carefully, Kato Hui is only the age of a female college student. If it weren't for the accidental mistake, she should be a young female college student in college at this time.

Although he did not deny that he felt a sense of satisfaction as a man, he felt a little guilty for interrupting Xiaohui's study and employment path. He stood in front of Xiaohui's door and gently pushed it open. Xiaohui's room was slightly tilted to the west. The morning breeze passed over the half-open window, gently pulling the white gauze window. The slightly white sunlight was reflected on the brown and yellow yellow pear wood desk, causing ripples like waves.

The girl, who is already a mother at a young age, is lying on the desk, wearing a white dress similar to the color of the screen window. The playful breeze gently ruffles the hair on her forehead. Her usually pretty and lively eyes are now slowly closing, as if she is asleep, with a slight breathing sound.

Hachiman wanted to take a picture of this scene, but finally gave up and decided to keep it in his heart forever.

She slowly approached and saw a fountain pen and a bound handwritten notebook on Xiaohui's desk. She had an idea and took the notebook and opened it. Then there were dense handwritten fonts. The title was "Ink Monkey", which refers to a monkey made of ink. It is only the size of a thumb and likes to lick the ink in the fountain pen. Some people wonder why the ink in the fountain pen is used up so quickly, and most of the time it is because of the ink monkey.

Kato Megumi also sketched the imaginary little ink monkey with a few strokes at the back of the handwritten notebook.

Hachiman found it interesting, then sat down on Xiaohui's bed and continued reading. The title of the second article was "Book Fish". It was said that in yellowed and ancient books, there would be a kind of small creature called book fish. They used books as ponds, lived in books, and fed on bookworms. Book fish were like the yin and yang fish in Tai Chi, naturally a pair of male and female that constantly circled around the books. If the readers' eyes were tired, they could stare at the pair of book fish for a while and they would not feel so tired.

Then the third chapter is called "The Mice's Wedding", which tells the story of mice who found it interesting to see people holding a wedding, so they stood on their own two feet, cut the host's old clothes into suits and wedding dresses, and held a wedding like the terrifying upright ape. The leftover food and fruit cakes from the host's wedding were taken by the mice and cleaned up, and then they became fresh fruit cakes and food again. This was something new, and the mice had a lot of fun. They also felt that they helped the host to clean up the garbage and not waste it, so they scattered away with satisfaction. At the end of the story, the cockroaches found the mice's wedding interesting, so they also picked up the fruit cakes and food left over from the mess on the cups and plates, and held their own wedding.

After reading the three fairy tales, Hachiman still felt unsatisfied. When he was about to turn to the next page, he found that there was no more.

The three stories written by Xiaohui are very interesting and imaginative. They are a bit like the fantasy creatures in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" but more suitable for children to read. They are not preachy but meaningful.

When Hachiman raised his head slightly, he found Xiaohui leaning over the desk, looking at him with her eyes open.

"When did you wake up?" Hachiman asked.

"When you just came in." Kato Megumi said calmly.

"You really are..." Hachiman couldn't help but say.

"I felt embarrassed at first, but then when I saw you were so engrossed in watching, I didn't want to disturb you." Kato Megumi's tone remained flat, making it difficult to understand.

"There are only three articles? There are no more after that?" Hachiman asked hurriedly.

"I just started writing it yesterday, how can it be so fast?"

As a result, Hachiman directly held the book and said, "Please hurry up, I want to read the rest of the story!"

"Even if you say so..." Xiaohui said with some trouble.