I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

At that time, the child named Nagasaki Suyo will become lonely... Well, Ms. Nagasaki will not be able to accompany her, and the friends around her will not be able to enter her empty heart. Miss Suyo will fall into a very empty period, right?

At that time, if we just take advantage of the opportunity, the effect will definitely be the best.

If you want to achieve this effect, you need to "put" Su Shi aside to dry for a while.

"It just so happens that I'm already familiar with her now. If I leave quietly after a while and stay away from her daily life, I can create a [window period] for Su Shi to be alone."

Chitose Noshiro was wondering what direction Nagasaki-san would focus on next, as well as how Suyo-chan was doing academically.

Maybe... it would be best to wait until Su Shi is in the first year of junior high school, and then fill up the little Su Shi that has been placed aside?

During this period, you should visit her from time to time...well, but not too often.

"Noshiro Chitose, you are truly evil."

Chitose Noshiro leaned back on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling.

"But without me, little Sushi's life would be even worse."

So this is a good thing.

"Chitose Mom? Chitose Mom!"

Su Shi's confused voice came from inside the house.

The child's voice was a little tearful when he called out, was he having a nightmare?

The first person I asked for help in my nightmare was me.

"Here I come, lovely little Sushi."

Noshiro Chitose, please be gentle to that child, even if the gentleness you give her is intermittent and cannot last long, and can only shine on her occasionally.

But don't forget that you are one of the few good people who have not hurt this child yet.

Every one of those who loved Su Shi has been hurt more deeply than you.

Ch82. Hello, Nagasaki Suyo

No matter how happy you were in the previous second, people will feel uncomfortable when bad news hits you in the next second.

No joy that had ever existed could prevent the spread of all sadness - unless this person was really a shameless bad woman who didn't care at all about what happened.

"Su Shi, you must follow your mother well from now on and don't cause any trouble for her."

This is what the father, who was always busy with business trips and work, said before leaving.

This is the first time Su Shi has seen his father this month. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the last time this month... or even this year.

On Saturday afternoon, Su Shi was picked up by her mother in a daze.

She felt a vague sense of palpitations on the way and simulated the current scene countless times in her mind.

But when that man really said those words, when that man rubbed her head and left her with his back...

"Dad! Don't go...I..."

Ms. Nagasaki hugged Su Shi from behind, she was half-kneeling, her knees covered with dust.

"Little Sushi...don't cry. Mom will work harder to make money in the future. Mom will never treat you unfairly."

Make money? Make money...

How much of my mother's time will be taken up by making money, and how much of her time will be left for me?

Su Shi covered her mother's arm and stared at her father disappearing into the distance without saying a word.

[No! Say something!]

I can't let my mother... even more sad. She lost her husband and now has to raise me alone...

My mother must be suffering more than me.

"It's okay, Mom. I'm fine..."

The smile of Chitose Noshiro kept flashing through her mind, and Su Shi tried to smile like Chitose.

She clumsily imitated Chitose, wiping the tears from her mother's face with her fingers.

"Mom! Su Shi will be obedient and won't cause any trouble for you..."

But mom, can you come home more often to spend time with me?

Biting her lips tightly, Ichinose Suyo forced herself to hold back the words.

"Su Shi... woooo... Mommy will definitely work hard to be a competent mother!"

Ms. Nagasaki was crying, and Suyo was sobbing too.

She and her mother hugged each other face to face. When her tears stopped, Su Shi looked into the distance again.

She saw Chitose Noshiro standing not far away, shouting something at her.

What is Chitose's mother talking about?

Maybe it's to express my love for myself.

Ichinose…Nagasaki Suyo didn’t know, but she knew that after her father passed away, the number of people in the world who loved her would not decrease but increase.

Qiansui mother will definitely love her! She will definitely give her enough love.

Thinking of this, Su Shi's mouth corners rose slightly, even though tears were still sliding freely down her cheeks.

【What will my future life be like? 】

Will I no longer be alone, will I have more friends, and will I receive love and care?

There won't be that situation where you didn't do anything wrong, but it just happened, right?

Su Shi closed her eyes. She couldn't see the future clearly.

That's the way it is.

……

The first week since changing my last name from Ichinose to Nagasaki.

"Su Shishi! Open the door! I'm taking you to my house for the weekend!"

"Chitose Mama? I'm coming!"

That was the first time Su Shi saw Qian Sui after following his mother.

At that time, Chitose and her mother went out to run some business independently. Su Shi didn't know, but she was clear that the pressure from the adults was getting greater and greater.

Even Chitose's mother, who had some free time before, no longer has any spare time. Her mother said that she learns things quickly, is very efficient, and even volunteers to work overtime.

My mother said that Chitose's mother was a very strange person.

Her private life is monotonous but rich. She is either learning various skills or working overtime.

This time when Su Shi saw Qiansui, she could not contain her longing for her. In the past week, she had only seen her mother four times, and each time it was late at night when she finished her work and took time to come back to see her.

And Chitose's mother? That was my first time seeing her.

Nagasaki Suyo was taken away by Noshiro Chitose, and she threw the door back hard before closing it.

With the door slamming shut, Su Shi's worries and loneliness were left in the empty little house.

……

The first month since I changed my last name from Ichinose to Nagasaki.

"I haven't seen Chitose-san much in the past month..."

He has barely even seen his own mother.

Mom said, what kind of critical period is this? Some stupid client seems to want to invest 13.6 billion? How exaggerated! Su Shi has never seen so much money in her life.

Nagasaki Suyo moved a chair and sat by the window. Outside the house, unfamiliar cars were speeding past. Suyo was looking forward to the arrival of the familiar car.

Finally, Qiansui's car arrived as she had been waiting for.

A familiar figure rolled down the window and waved at her enthusiastically.

"Su Shishi! Let's go! I'm taking you to Kansai for two days! Your mom agreed!"

"Huh? Huh! Then I'm going to go pack my luggage!"

"You don't need anything, just come with me!"

"Ah! All right?"

The heart that had been quiet for a long time became restless again.

do not know why.

She just wanted to see Chitose Noshiro.

Maybe it's because Qiansui's reactions and actions never hurt Su Shi? Or maybe it's because Qiansui's every move helps Su Shi get what she wants most.

Why is it that only my stepmother can give me companionship and love? It's really... strange.

Nagasaki Suyo carefully closed the door. She didn't want her excitement to be exposed by others, as it would embarrass her.

But when she really sat in Chitose's car and saw Chitose Noshiro turning around in the front seat and wanting to give her a hug, Su Shi's disguise could no longer be maintained.

"Year-old mother!"

"I'm here, cutie! Let's go, Sushi. I finally got a little vacation."

[After finally getting a holiday, you actually thought of coming to see me first? Thinking of taking me out to play?]

Su Shi never believed that if a person liked another person, he would resist looking for the other person.

If she doesn't look for him, what else does it mean? It means that he doesn't have her in his heart at all.

Wake up and find someone who loves you.

She, Nagasaki Suyo, found one!

[Chitose Mama…]

She is smiling at me.

【She is so pretty. 】

……

The first year that the surname was changed from Ichinose to Nagasaki.

Su Shi, a sixth-grader, has started to grow up, but she is still used to wearing a headband.

This headband was a birthday gift given to her by Chitose Noshiro last year.

"Sushi! Look! This is the new house mom bought for you!"

This was the first thing my mother did after returning from a business trip this month.

She brought Nagasaki Suyo to Roppongi Hills in Tokyo's Minato Ward, an undoubtedly high-end residential area that she had never dared to imagine.

【New home? 】

Ch83. Nagasaki mother and daughter? Nagasaki sisters!

New home?

What a big room! Although it is empty like a company floor where all the people have left after get off work, the bedroom alone is much bigger than my previous home.

"Is this what Mom and Chitose Mom...sister worked so hard for?"

With a smile on her face, Su Shi asked her mother with a little caution and longing.

"Yeah! Hahahahaha! Mommy works really hard, doesn't she?"

Ms. Nagasaki laughed heartily with her hands on her hips. Who could have imagined that this childish mother who showed off her hard-earned achievements to her daughter was now so successful in the outside world.

"Mom, you're great, so amazing!" Su Shi spoke gently so as not to spoil her mother's mood.

But just when Su Shi was about to say a few more words, his mother's phone rang without warning.

"Hello, hello? Ah, this is Nagasaki... What? Has the 18.6 billion been transferred to our account? Great, I'll be right over."

Ms. Nagasaki was so excited that she danced with joy while answering the phone. She only had time to wave to Su Shi before leaving home.