We agreed to be in a band for life, what the heck is Dragon Raja?

People who take the tram at night are lucky. At this time, at least they can sit down and don't have to stand all the way, nor are they squeezed into a meat patty in the bustling crowd like during rush hour.

But those who took the tram at this time seemed rather unlucky in comparison...

Aside from tourists, most of the remaining people are working-class people who have to work overtime until late at night to go home, and you can tell how tired they are just by looking at their expressions.

While some large companies may have stricter management of overtime, overtime is still very common in some small companies.

Not to mention some self-operated stores, where the owner and staff have to stay inside until very late, regardless of whether there are customers or not.

Life is full of suffering, and everyone has their own misfortunes. Who could imagine that a tram in the dead of night could be a place where one can find peace?

They were about to reach their stop, and at that moment, both of them fell silent.

Only when the station announcement for their destination came on did Toyokawa Shoko tug at Nagumo Ugetsu's sleeve and say:

"let's go."

Her attitude towards Nan Yun Yuyue has almost shifted from trust to reliance.

After all, at this point, the only person she could trust was the boy in front of her.

She could have asked Wakaba Mutsumi for help, but Wakaba Mutsumi wasn't as experienced as Nagumo Utsuki.

Moreover, deep down, Xiao Mu had always been somewhat taciturn, and it seemed that she was the one who needed to be taken care of more.

Moreover, the atmosphere in her home...

Toyokawa Shoko sighed.

Ruoye Mu never mentioned her parents in front of her, only expressing envy for her own family atmosphere.

Are all celebrity families cold and impersonal?

she thinks.

The two stepped off the train together; Nanon Uzuki carried her violin case, while Toyokawa Shoko held a doll in her arms.

“Yuyue…you’ve been carrying the violin case for so long, let me take over.”

"fine."

Nanyun Yuyue said.

Since the band was formed, his participation rate has increased to 165, which has dramatically improved his physical fitness. Carrying his instrument bag for a short distance is hardly even a warm-up.

but……

Shoko Toyokawa's way of addressing him has quietly changed.

"Ugetsu is definitely more approachable than Nagumo-kun..."

Nan Yun Yu Yue thought to herself.

The two of them continued walking into the depths of the night.

…………

Not long after,

Nan Yun Yuyue looked at the dilapidated building in front of her and asked:

"Is this right here?"

To be honest, when he first saw this small building, he was a little incredulous.

After all, this small building was really too dilapidated, with a strong style of the last century, and it was not in the same league as the old Furukawa Garden where Toyokawa Shoko used to live.

Even for him, before the light novel he wrote was adapted into an adaptation, the apartment he rented with his royalties looked slightly more modern than this.

After all, he was renting an apartment, and if the apartment didn't look appealing, the tenants wouldn't choose to move in.

Toyokawa Shoko glanced down at her phone, compared the images repeatedly, and said:

"right here."

Her expression showed a slight hesitation, then she looked at Nan Yun Yuyue:

"Thank you... for bringing me all the way here so late."

"Give me the violin case, I'll carry it upstairs."

"fine."

Nan Yunyuyue paused for two seconds, then adjusted his bag and said:

"Let me carry it up for you."

Toyokawa Shoko was taken aback, but Nagumo Ugetsu had already entered the stairwell.

"On the third floor."

She quickly spoke up to remind him.

Nan Yun Yuyue walked up the stairs, her 'discipline' already activated, while observing the surrounding scenery.

"Most of the houses in this area have probably been uninhabited for a long time."

After all, Japan's aging population has led to a large number of empty houses. There have even been statistics that say about one-seventh of the houses in Japan are no longer inhabited.

Even in major cities like Tokyo and Osaka, the number of vacant houses is increasing year by year.

However... the biggest advantage of this type of housing is that it's cheap.

"No wonder Kiyotaka Toyokawa chose to live here after being expelled from the family."

"But... someone of his caliber, who worked at the Toyokawa Group for so long... does he really have no savings at all?"

Nan Yun Yu Yue Xin Dao.

Tapping.

As he pondered, the two quickly arrived at room 301.

Standing in front of the door, Nan Yun Yuyue put down her instrument case and then said:

"This is it."

"Then I'll leave first?"

Nanon Ugetsu said this on purpose.

He had already surveyed his surroundings through the lens of 'Discipline' as he walked up and found no danger.

Only in this 301 room could one sense a mixed-race individual whose aura was somewhat unstable; this must be Xiang's father, Toyokawa Kiyokazu.

Since that's the case... he felt it was about time to leave.

The reason for not waiting for Toyokawa Shoko to enter before leaving was mainly to protect her self-esteem.

As the only daughter of the Toyokawa family, her quality of life before must have been far superior to what she is now.

Take the old Furukawa Garden for example; a single room in a residence of that caliber is more luxuriously furnished than this old building.

Although Toyokawa Shoko was willing to give up everything in the past to find her father, it didn't mean that she disregarded these things in her heart.

Otherwise... on another parallel line, she wouldn't have insisted on not revealing her family's troubles to her teammates.

Teenage boys sometimes feel inferior in front of others because of their family conditions or their own circumstances... The same goes for girls.

Nanon Ugetsu didn't want to upset Toyokawa Shoko for this reason, so sending her to this place was just right.

As expected, seeing his expression, Toyokawa Shoko breathed a sigh of relief and then said softly:

"Rain Moon... thank you."

"Remember to come to school tomorrow."

Nan Yunyuyue had already walked down half a floor of stairs when he called out from inside the stairwell.

Fortunately, the Toyokawa family was the only household on the entire floor; otherwise, someone would have had to open the door and ask, "What are you shouting for?"

Toyokawa Shoko nodded slightly.

Only after Nan Yun Yuyue disappeared from the staircase did she knock on the door of the room.

Dangdang——

No one answered.

clang clang clang!

No one answered.

"what happened?"

Shoko Toyokawa was immediately filled with worry. She tried to ram the door with all her might, but the door opened wide in the next instant.

The door is unlocked.

Toyokawa Shoko went inside.

A smell of alcohol mixed with some other unpleasant odor from fermentation wafted over, causing her to instinctively cover her nose.

"Well……"

Toyokawa Shoko frowned.

She looked around the room, which was completely dark except for a single, dilapidated light bulb that emitted a faint glow.

Moreover, empty wine bottles were scattered everywhere on the ground, along with a few shards of glass, which looked like they had been smashed by the owner.

Yellowed walls, leaky pipes, and furniture covered in rust...

She had never lived in such a place before.

Shoko Toyokawa forcefully slid open the sliding door to the inside of the room, and sure enough, she found her father collapsed on the floor.

"Father... what's wrong with you!"

Toyokawa Kiyotaka was still clutching a bottle of liquor in his right hand, reeking of alcohol, and his eyes looked lifeless.

Seeing Toyokawa Shoko enter, he forced a smile:

"Xiao Xiang...you're here."

He tried to stand up, but a sharp pain in his lower back made him involuntarily half-paralyzed again.

"It's been a long time since I've been injured this badly..."

Toyokawa Kiyoshi painfully tugged at the corner of his mouth.

He sensed his current state, and his expression involuntarily dimmed, but he quickly forced himself to say:

Did someone come with you?

“Yes, Yuyue came with me,” Toyokawa Shoko said.

Ugetsu...

Kiyoshi Toyokawa remembered—wasn't this the transfer student who had recently transferred to Tsukinomori...?

So it was him. I never expected that he and Xiangzi would have such a good relationship now.

Seeing that his daughter had friends who cared about her a lot, Toyokawa Kiyoko breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The reason it's "slightly" is because Nagumo Ugetsu is a boy.

"Xiangzi... I'm sorry that your father didn't get to see your performance."

Toyokawa Kiyoko sighed.

“It’s not your fault,” Toyokawa Shoko said.

She wanted to ask her father what had happened and the details of the investment, but unexpectedly, Toyokawa Kiyoko suddenly turned his head to the side and then fainted.

"Father!"

Shoko Toyokawa was startled. She quickly stepped forward and checked his breath with her finger.

fine……

Toyokawa Shoko straightened his body and lay him down, then pushed open the door and went to another room.

"So dirty..."

Toyokawa Shoko felt goosebumps rising on her skin.

She had never done this type of housework before. After all, there were so many servants in the Toyokawa family mansion. Even though the old Furukawa garden needed to be cleaned regularly every day, she was never the one to do the housework.