The sliding door on the west side was wide open, and outside was an elegant courtyard landscape. As the sun set, the orange-red light slanted in, and combined with the retro warm-toned lights on the ceiling, it gave people an incomparable sense of relaxation and comfort.

There are some beautiful porcelains on the cabinet on the left, some porcelain vases contain various flowers, and some calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall on the right.

The low table in the middle was filled with exquisite Japanese delicacies. The Sukiyaki pot in the middle was emitting sizzling smoke, and the lid was bouncing up and down...

This should be Mrs. Yukinoshita's private lounge.

"It's just an ordinary home-cooked meal, not as good as Kitahara-kun's cooking." Xue's mother was sitting on the tatami. After Kitahara Sora sat down, she lifted the lid of the hot pot and smiled gently, "If I had known that Kitahara-kun cared about these things, I would have asked the chef to make a more sumptuous meal."

"Sorry, I made some inappropriate jokes earlier." Kitahara Sora looked a little embarrassed, and suddenly seemed to think of something and said, "By the way, where's Hui?"

"When Hui returned home, she found out that her sister had come all the way from Kobe to see her, so it was a pity that she couldn't come."

After Yukino sat down next to Kitahara Sora, she explained softly, "Originally, my mother had arranged for us to dine in the restaurant, but since you were the only one free, we decided to have it here."

"Why didn't she tell me?" Kitahara Sora asked puzzledly.

"I just received her text message an hour ago."

"I see..." Kitahara Sora nodded.

"I was inconsiderate." Mrs. Yukinoshita suddenly said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

"Aunt, you have good intentions, I understand." Beiyuan Kong quickly shook his head and said, "It's just that the timing is too unfortunate. They are all good guys. If conditions permit, everyone would be happy to come to your house as a guest."

Beiyuan Kong knew very well what Xue's mother was thinking. His beloved daughter was dragged into that incredibly cruel world. Out of concern for her, it was reasonable for him to express his gratitude to her teammates.

It’s just that everyone is no longer a normal person, and even having a simple meal has become a luxury.

"Alright, alright, let's eat, I'm starving!" Yang Nai suddenly interrupted carelessly, "I only drank a glass of milk all day. If I wasn't waiting for Master Kitahara, I would have started eating a long time ago!"

"Could you please not call me Master Kitahara, Miss Yukinoshita?" Kitahara Sora looked at Miss Yukinoshita helplessly.

"Wow, there are three people with the surname Yukinoshita here. Who is Master Kitahara talking to?" Yang Nai picked up the small porcelain bowl in front of him, cracked a raw egg into the bowl, then inserted chopsticks into it and stirred the egg liquid while looking at Kitahara Sora with a smile.

"Is your sister always so friendly?" Kitahara Sora turned his head blankly and asked Yukino.

"Well, she's almost brought shame to the family." Yukino answered seriously.

"Oh~~~ Are you so well-coordinated?"

Yang Noi was not angry when she saw Kitahara Sora teasing her with her sister. She just deliberately dragged out the ending tone and teased pitifully: "Xiaoxue contacted 'outsiders' to complain about me. As a sister, I am very sad."

"Xiaoxue?" Kitahara Sora looked at Yukino with a strange expression. This nickname was so cute that it was a little embarrassing!

As expected, Yukino's face turned red, and she glared at her sister with cold eyes in anger, with a hint of chill in her tone.

"Please don't address me like that. It will make me feel like I need to 'make elementary school students happy'. Please remember your identity as the heir of the family. If the ancestral foundation is destroyed in your hands, as a member of the family, I will also be responsible and will blame myself."

"Huh?" Yang Nai said in surprise.

"She said you were childish." Kitahara Sora explained seriously.

"That's too much! Xiaoxue! How can you talk to your sister like that!" Yang No suddenly stretched out her chopsticks and pointed at Kitahara Sora, and a drop of golden egg liquid dripped from the tip of the chopsticks onto the sushi in front of her.

She picked up the piece of sushi angrily and stuffed it into her mouth, muttering, "I can understand these words without translation, Master Kitahara!"

"Please don't try to get too close to me. You and Kitahara-kun are actually not familiar with each other." Yukino shook her head.

"Hey, hey! That's too much, Xiaoxue! That's too much! I have my self-respect too!"

"Hmm, is that so? I will try my best to understand." Yukino smiled and looked at her sister calmly.

Seeing this scene, Xue's mother couldn't help but smile and shook her head helplessly, but she felt a sense of happiness in her heart.

When Yukino said she was embarrassed, she was actually just complaining on purpose. In the eyes of the outside world, Yangno was an extremely shining new star and the pride of the family.

She knew that her eldest daughter had a cheerful personality, but she only showed her lively personality in front of her few friends or her favorite sister.

When it comes to family management, she is a shrewd and capable woman. Her subordinates respect her, her superiors appreciate her, and even those old stubborn people are subdued by Yang Naizhi.

In external social occasions, she behaves like a modest and well-educated young lady. She keeps a suitable distance from everyone and cannot even feel disgusted with her competitors.

This child actually suffered a lot to be able to take care of everything. She was even discovered by Xue's mother several times when she hid in her room and cried secretly.

But as the heir, Yang No knows how heavy the burden on his shoulders is and he must always remain in an impeccable state.

When facing her mother, she also had a serious face and looked respectful. After all, her mother was very strict with her, and this was a habit formed over the years.

Sometimes Mrs. Yukinoshita even felt that Haruno was not talking to her mother but to her boss.

But all this changed after the accident of the youngest daughter. Not only the relationship between Mrs. Yukinoshita and Yukino, but the entire family relationship has greatly improved.

The eldest daughter even started to act coquettishly towards Mrs. Yukinoshita, just like when she was a child, she often asked for toys.

But since when did family relationships become distorted without me even realizing it?

Mother Xue shook her head and stared at the young man opposite her.

All this is thanks to him. She saved Yukino and the Yukinoshita family.

If Yukino had married into the Kazuhisa family as originally planned, he would never have seen his youngest daughter's smile. If Yukino disappeared, this home would have felt even less like a home.

Mrs. Yukinoshita watched the two women bickering, and then watched Yukino mix the egg sauce for the Sukiyaki hotpot evenly and put it in front of the young man in front of her, and suddenly a charming smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Is Xiaoxue such a bold person?

Ah, she blushed, so this was a subconscious behavior? It seems that my previous guess was not wrong, that child has a personality that shows everything on her face.

The reason why Yang No could face Kitahara-kun with this attitude was probably because she saw the conversation between Yukino and him on the mobile phone surveillance video just now and realized something.

"Yang No, Xiao Xue, and Kitahara-kun too, stop making trouble and eat." Xue's mother stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a piece of tofu from the boiling hot pot, blew it gently, and put it into the bowl.

"Huh?" Yang Nai widened her eyes and looked at her mother in disbelief, as if she had just heard it wrong.

And Yukino also looked shocked and embarrassed, and looked incredibly cute.

"What's wrong? Doesn't it suit your taste?"

Mother Xue looked at the three of them and smiled. She rolled the tofu in the bowl so that it was completely covered by the golden egg liquid, then opened her pink lips and took a small bite elegantly.

Beiyuan Kong withdrew his admiring gaze. Xue's mother's smile just now did give him a sense of amazement without any evil thoughts.

Because they look so similar!

They were all wearing kimonos and had their hair tied up in buns. The vicissitudes of life seemed to have never corroded Mrs. Yukinoshita's appearance, and the butcher knife seemed unwilling to leave a mark on such a beautiful face.

Compared to Yukino's youthfulness, her eyes have a bit more tenderness of a mother and a touch of mature charm.

That smile from the heart reveals a different kind of charm between the brows.

Maybe this is what Yukino will look like in ten years.

"Eat, eat."

Beiyuan Kong picked up a piece of beef, dipped it into the bowl, and chewed it in big mouthfuls.

Seeing their family having so much fun together, I felt even better.

Chapter 20: She's in Your Hands

The island nation is a peculiar people. Once they decide on something, they will be extremely serious about it. Even eggs are divided into many grades and even different tastes.

Just like the raw eggs served with Sukiyaki, there is absolutely no fishy smell.

The broth is sweet, and the beef cooked with it is dipped in a raw egg. The egg white is sticky and will wrap around the sauce on the meat. The sweet taste combines with the egg white when you put it in your mouth.

Combined with the best beef, the three flavors danced on the taste buds like jumping elves. Even Kitahara Sora couldn't find fault with this delicacy.

There are also various exquisite Japanese dishes such as the golden and crispy fried tempura, seafood sushi, etc., which are all irresistible.

"Kitahara-kun, are you still satisfied?" Mrs. Yukinoshita took a sip of the hot drink and asked, "I think you have a say in cooking."

"Delicious!" Kitahara Sora stuffed a piece of sushi into his mouth and exclaimed: "Did you make all of this?"

Hearing Kitahara Sora's question, Xue's mother and You Yangno looked at each other, and suddenly shook her head and smiled: "I have never learned how to cook."

"Can't cook?" Kitahara Sora was stunned. Xue's mother looked like an all-round talent, but she can't cook?

"Master Kitahara overestimates us! Not only Mom, I haven't received any training in cooking!" Yang No pretended to be pitiful and said aggrievedly: "We only learned about business and management. We don't need to worry about things in life."

"That's it."

Kitahara Sora understood that everything was developing according to the trajectory of reality. The setting of Yang No in the original work should not exist. It is not known whether she knows Aikido or not, but the fact that she is good at housework should not exist. As the future helmsman of the consortium, she hardly needs to do housework in her life.

But there is not much difference in their personalities, both of them are the kind of people who want the world to be in chaos.

"But~~" Yang Nai suddenly pretended to be mysterious, rolled her eyes around, and showed an intriguing smile, "Xiaoxue's cooking skills are actually very high. After all, Xiaoxue is the only one who has seriously practiced as a bride..."

"Then these dishes..." Kitahara Sora ignored Yang No's last words and suddenly turned his head to look at Yukino beside him.

But the girl blushed unexpectedly, she glared at her sister and explained helplessly: "These are made by the chef at home."

"Ah, actually, mom wanted Xiaoxue to do it yesterday, but the child has grown up." Yang Nai suddenly sighed, "I have lived for 20 years without staying out all night, and I didn't expect that such a great feat would be taken by Xiaoxue first."

She blinked her big eyes, held the chopsticks in her mouth and smiled meaningfully at Beiyuan Kong: "Master Beiyuan, do you know where my Xiaoxue went last night? She didn't come home and didn't tell her family. She couldn't get through on the phone. We, the elders, are very worried..."

"Uh, this..." Kitahara Sora looked at Yukino blankly. Didn't this girl tell her family?

It turned out that at first, Xue's mother wanted Xue No to cook a meal by herself, but the child went out early in the morning and did not return home until after three in the afternoon. It was definitely too late, so they decided to let the chef cook.

"Ah, it seems you know where Xiaoxue went. Is she with you? Kitahara..."

"Shut up! Do I need to tell you where I'm going?" Yukino stared at her sister angrily. Her face was cold but a fiery cloud appeared on her face, and even her fair and slender neck was dyed red.

"Oh my, your rebellious period has arrived and you dare to talk back to your elders." Yang Nai looked at her sister with a smile, not caring at all about the other's look that wanted to beat her up.

Kitahara Kong also had a headache. He glanced at his wife obscurely, and saw her elegantly lift her dipping sauce bowl, pick up a cross-cut mushroom from the pot, dip it in the sauce and put it into her mouth, as if she had automatically filtered out this sentence.

Well, the standard 'dragon holds the pearl, and the phoenix nods'.

Xue's mother's etiquette is impeccable. Even her eating movements are so beautiful and elegant, and she exudes nobleness.

But Kitahara Kong felt a little nervous. Xue Ma was no more than 40 years old, so it was not an exaggeration for him to call her "big sister". But it seemed a little awkward now. With a 17-year-old body, this elder sister was definitely a big boss to him!

After all, she is Yukino's mother, and she kidnapped her daughter...

Kitahara Sora's eyes moved back and forth between the three of them. Xueno's expression of shame and anger was very cute, the lady was eating her meal calmly, and Yang No's smiling look really asked for a beating. She really was good at stirring up trouble!

The atmosphere fell into silence, and the four of them were silent. Xue No was shy, and no one knew what the lady was thinking. Yang No had a high EQ, and this girl kept her mouth shut on purpose!

Oh, never mind. It looks like they both know about it, so I should just tell the truth.

"Ahem - Yukino was with me yesterday."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them all looked at Kitahara Sora.

"Wow~" Yang Nai happily picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks and put it into her mouth chewing happily. Xue Nai buried her head in her chest like an ostrich, while Xue's mother put down her bowl and chopsticks with an expressionless face, as if she was listening attentively.

"Yesterday we—"

"Uh-huh!"

"Let's go—"

“Love hotel!”

"Bang!" Yukino slammed the chopsticks on the table, scaring several people including Kitahara Sora. The girl's body trembled slightly and her pupils flashed blue.

A few seconds later...

"Hey, hey, it's frozen, the miso is frozen! Hot pot, the hot pot is frozen too!" Yang Noi shouted, clasping her hands together and apologizing, "I'm sorry, I'm wrong, Xiaoxue, don't be angry, don't be angry!"

"I'm full." Yukino took a deep breath, lowered her head, stood up and walked out the door.

"Yang Nai!" Xue's mother finally couldn't help but glare at her eldest daughter.

"Mom, mom, I was just joking. Xiaoxue is too shy." Yang Nai shrank back but there was no regret in her eyes. The girl even picked up the frozen sushi on the table and ate it while stuttering and complaining in a low voice: "I'm not full yet..."

"You know Yukino is thin-skinned, but you still tease her." Seeing Yangno's 'wronged' look, Yukino's mother sighed helplessly, "Go apologize to her."

"Oh——" Yang Nai stood up helplessly, but when she walked to the door, she turned around and cast a wink at the speechless Kitahara Sora...

emmmmmmmm...this girl is too lively!

"I'm sorry, Kitahara-kun, I'll ask the chef to prepare some more dishes." The lady looked at Kitahara Sora apologetically and continued, "It's really rude to let the guests see this scene."

"I'm full, thank you for the treat." Kitahara Sora put down his chopsticks and apologized to his wife.

After thinking for a moment, he explained calmly: "Aunt, you should know that Miss Yang No didn't treat me as a guest. In fact, Xue No and I officially started dating yesterday. I didn't have time to tell you. I'm sorry."

"Really?" Xue's mother smiled, took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped her mouth elegantly, then said, "Then chat with me?"

Kitahara Sora looked at the lady's expression seriously, but he could not read any information from her eyes. Although she did not express any opposition, she did not give a clear agreement either, which made people feel a little uneasy.

No matter what, she is Yukino's mother. I'm not afraid of her, but I should at least show her respect.

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