Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Zeshan Haruno rubbed his brows and said with a slightly tired smile: "If possible, I want to rest directly."

"Yeah."

"I won't have supper. Let's wait until tomorrow at noon," said Sawayama Haruno with a smile.

He originally wanted to say that he would take the two women out for dinner tomorrow at noon, but before he could finish his words, Ezaki Suguha suddenly interrupted him.

"Well, can you have a drink with me?"

".Um?"

"Some juice would be nice," Ezaki Suguha said softly, turning her head away. "I can't sleep tonight, so I want to find someone to chat with."

".Is that so?"

Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Since this is the case, there is nothing we can do. After all, there are still problems with Ezaki Suguha. The other party has said so, so I can't really just leave it alone, right?

Although I am really upset, it will be alright as long as I endure it.

"Then let's chat for a while. Anyway, we don't have to work tomorrow."

"Ah."

Naoha Ezaki responded with a faint smile, then closed the sliding door behind him.

It was still the familiar kneeling posture, forcing Sawayama Haruno to sit cross-legged again.

But after he sat down, what Ezaki Suguha took out from the small bag he had been carrying made him instantly become a little uneasy.

".If there was juice, I could understand it."

"As for biscuits and snacks, it's not unreasonable, but..."

Sawayama Haruno looked at the large pile of "food" piled on the tatami and asked hesitantly, "Why did Suguha bring Cup Noodles to see me?"

".Didn't I just tell you that I wanted to ask you if you want to have a midnight snack?" Ezaki Suguha said softly.

Is this the midnight snack you were talking about? I don't know why it's so down to earth.

The corner of Sawayama Haruno's mouth twitched, but he soon stopped taking it to heart.

"What flavor would you like to drink?"

"Orange juice, please?"

"Let me see if there's anything in my bag."

"Thank you." Sawayama Haruno said casually.

He wasn't too obsessed with things like taste, so tonight he'd just assume that Ezaki Suguha simply wanted to find someone to chat with. This was a good thing for him anyway, as it meant that Suguha could finally confide in him about something.

As long as you know her "troubles", it will become much easier to resolve subsequent crises.

Thinking of this, Zeshan Haruno no longer hesitated.

After casually taking the orange juice that the other party opened and handed over, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Speaking of which, do you usually go to bed so late? When I sent an email to Shiori just now, she received it very quickly."

"Master, it may be because you are busy with work."

Ezaki Suguha stared at the bottle of orange juice in his hand for a long moment before explaining in a low voice, "I usually go to bed early, but today I felt like rebelling once in a while."

"Really? Staying up late isn't considered rebellious. It's not like it's one or two in the morning or anything like that." Sawayama Haruno said casually.

He felt that sometimes Ezaki Suguha was disciplined too harshly. Although the entrance exams and school examinations she faced were indeed very difficult, wasn't it normal for teenage boys and girls to sleep late occasionally?

In his previous life, not to mention going to bed late, he had often stayed up all night in Internet cafes at this age.

People often say that if you go to bed late you won’t be able to see the sun at six in the morning, but as Haruno Sawayama said, if you go to bed early you won’t be able to see the moon at three in the morning, right?

As long as you enjoy watching it.

He is such a casual man, consistent in his words and deeds.

"I go to bed early because I need to conserve my energy for the next day's training."

Ezaki Suguha stared at Sawayama Haruno bringing the orange juice to his lips and said slowly, "But if I don't have to train, I actually want to sleep in late too."

“Although I don’t know what I can do by staying up late, I just want to enjoy this time more.”

"I understand this all too well." Sawayama Haruno took a big sip of orange juice, then put it down and sighed, "I'm so busy every day now. When I have some free time, even if I'm so exhausted I don't want to do anything, I still don't want to sleep."

“That’s about the feeling.”

As she watched Sawayama Haruno drink the orange juice, Ezaki Suguha's expression softened.

Soon, she also picked up a bottle of grape-flavored drink.

When she drank it, she didn't hesitate at all, but she didn't drink as much as it looked. In fact, she just took a small sip.

Don't drink too much because there are additives in this bottle.

In order to prevent Sawayama Haruno from not being able to drink the drinks with added ingredients, she deliberately tampered with all the drinks in advance.

Of course, there is another advantage to this, that is, even if the medicine has no effect on Sawayama Haruno, it will be effective on her.

In addition, arrangements had been made in advance for all other personnel to leave the outside of the Ginkaku-ji Temple, so it was impossible for anyone to disturb them tonight.

Right?

"Then, you just said you couldn't sleep. What's the specific reason?"

Zeshan Haruno had already started to unpack the potato chips. After tearing it open, he asked casually, "Is it also related to your unhappiness these past few days?"

"Um"

Jiang Qizhiye pursed his lips and whispered: "Since it has come to this, I might as well say it clearly. In fact, it is related to the family I mentioned before."

"Haruno may not know the relationship between me and my brother."

"Naoto Ezaki, the one who treated us to dinner last time?" Sawayama Haruno asked curiously.

He had a deep impression of that guy.

In addition to paying the bill and helping to reimburse the money for damaged items, the bigger reason was that the other party seemed very busy but was still willing to attend my sister's game.

Of course, the other party's insights into kendo are also very profound. Is this some tradition of the Ezaki family, that all family members must practice kendo?

Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but guess, but Ezaki Suguha, who was kneeling in front of him, spoke softly.

"I've said it before, my father ran away after having sex with my mother, which means that Naoto Ezaki is not actually my biological brother. To be more precise, he is my cousin."

"I used to have an uncle who was supposed to be in charge of the family business, but because there were so many members in the Ezaki family, it was inevitable that things would go wrong and there would be times of fatigue. It was because of this that my uncle became ill from overwork and finally collapsed."

"Too tired?" Zeshan Haruno hesitated and asked tentatively, "It shouldn't be that serious. Don't you have other relatives who can help you? Is your business a family business?"

"Do you know how many members there are in the Ezaki family?" Ezaki Suguha asked back.

"How many?"

"Nearly a hundred people."

"?"

Sawayama Haruno's expression suddenly looked a little strange.

Nearly a hundred people?

Suguha, don't you have too many relatives?

"The history of the Ezaki family can be traced back to several generations ago. Of course, there couldn't be so many people at the beginning, but as long as the family business has been prosperous, it only takes three generations to grow from seven or eight people to the current scale of nearly a hundred people."

Ezaki Suguha paused, then whispered, "When there are more people, everyone's thoughts become more complex, and the noise within the family, both big and small, becomes increasingly disturbing to others. That's how my uncle died."

"Then, after my uncle passed away, my grandfather took the initiative to adopt Naoto to my father. It was at that time that he changed from a cousin to an official elder brother."

"I can understand that a little bit," Sawayama Haruno said casually, stroking his chin. "It's about that kind of thing, adopting a son for a brother. But your father probably didn't know that he had already gone to Italy by then, right?"

"Yes, he went there, but he may or may not know. I'm not sure."

Ezaki Suguha took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, and said with some difficulty: "This is part of it, but the arrangement made by my mother and other uncles is probably what makes me most uncomfortable."

"What do you mean?"

"They hope that I can compete with my brother for the position of the head of the family because my brother is too ambitious. The uncles are already old and no longer have the drive they once had. They are also afraid that my brother will settle accounts with them after he takes the position."

"So that's it."

Hearing this, Zeshan Haruno immediately understood.

Although Suguha Esaki's mother is now nominally Naoto Esaki's mother, it seems that this mother is not very fond of Naoto.

Yeah. That's right. It seems that the other party doesn't even care about his biological daughter, Suguha, let alone the adopted one.

Zeshan Haruno thought for a moment and said softly, "Can't you give up?"

"You can't just give up on this kind of thing, right?"

Naoha Ezaki looked at Haruno Sawayama and smiled helplessly.

"Actually, my uncles have already arranged everything for me, probably after we return from this trip."

"What to do?"

Sawayama Haruno instantly became alert.

His intuition told him that the cause of Ezaki Suguha's death was about to come to light.

Up to now, he has obtained enough information, which is nothing more than that the business empire controlled by the Ezaki family is so huge that it forces Ezaki Suguha to do things he is unwilling to do.

But he still doesn't know what specific arrangements the other family will make. Only after understanding this can he "prescribe the right medicine."

By the way, can I really "prescribe the right medicine"?

Even if I become a literary giant, it would be difficult to shake a family that can live in Ginkaku-ji at will, right?

Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but complain in his mind about the uselessness of the system, but before he could think about it, Ezaki Suguha's next words made him freeze in his tracks.

Chapter 172 Suguha: Please accept my

"After this trip, when I return to Tokyo, I will have to go on blind dates as arranged by my uncles."

So she said.

These light words made Sawayama Haruno freeze in place.

Although I have long known that some big families, or people with status like the royal family of an island country, will face things like "engagement" or "blind date marriage", but actually seeing it gives me a different feeling.

Not to mention that they are people you know in real life.

Looking at Ezaki Suguha's somewhat helpless and inexplicably haggard appearance, Sawayama Haruno felt that the "irritability" in his heart became more and more intense.

It felt like it was becoming extremely difficult to breathe, and a lot of random thoughts were pouring out.

For some reason, he had a feeling that he didn't want to see Ezaki Suguha become like that.

It's very strange. Maybe the other party's current behavior is also a disguised way of asking for help from him?

It was unclear, but Zeshan Haruno still asked with some difficulty:

"Isn't that a rejection?"

"."

Suguha Ezaki didn't say anything, but her expression said it all.

As if he could feel the other party's pressure, Sawayama Haruno took several deep breaths in an attempt to calm himself down.

Born in such a family, it is no wonder that Suguha's father would do such a "treasonous" act. In the end, will she still follow the old path that her parents have taken?

Although he had more choices, he was forced to repeat a life he didn't like because of the burden of his family.

After all, the lesson her parents taught her is right there, so it's no wonder that Ezaki Suguha is so depressed.

Sawayama Haruno thought about it and realized that if it were him, he probably wouldn't be able to accept such a thing.

then

The nameless fire in my heart seemed to grow stronger.

"Sometimes I want to evade some responsibilities, but if I'm alone, I'm just being willful and throwing a tantrum."

Jiang Qizhiye lowered his eyes and said softly: "After all, the family has spent a lot of "resources" on me over the years. My food, clothing, housing, transportation, and daily necessities are more luxurious than those of ordinary families, so I can understand the price I have to pay for these things."