Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Suguha Esaki said nothing.

She was staring at the exquisite gift box on the table, slightly distracted.

Seeing her always absent-minded look, Miki Ezaki finally became annoyed and angry.

She slammed the book down on the table, making a loud bang, and angrily asked, "At this point, are you still thinking about something else?"

"Ah."

Unexpectedly, Ezaki Suguha admitted it readily.

Looking at her mother's livid face, she sighed helplessly and said, "Mom, I am already a woman."

"Such a major matter really has to be left to the pillar of the family to resolve, right?"

The light-hearted word "pillar" seemed to deeply hurt Miki Ezaki's sensitive heart.

She widened her eyes, as if she couldn't believe that her daughter would say such a thing.

Facts have proved that lies do not hurt people, but the truth is the sharpest knife.

Suguha Ezaki's frank words seemed to have revealed the ugliest scar of Miki Ezaki, making her forget what she was going to say for a moment and her body trembled with anger.

But Ezaki Suguha did not stop, but continued to speak slowly: "I am also an ordinary woman. Haruno has told me to leave everything to him, so no matter what happens in the future, I will not care any more."

As she spoke, she placed her hands on the table and slowly stood up.

"I have brought the souvenirs. I brought them out of my concern for my mother, so it's okay if my mother doesn't accept them. If she doesn't like them, just throw them away."

"To be honest, I don't really care what will happen to my brother in the future."

Ezaki Naoba paused, a smile that showed a bit of sympathy and some inexplicable happiness on his face.

"Now I just care about the people I like."

After saying that, she no longer had any attachment and turned around and strode out of the rest area.

Such a sharp and decisive step made Miki Ezaki stunned.

In a trance, the skinny woman seemed to see the way Suguha's father left her, with the same decisiveness.

At the last moment before the other party stepped out of the rest area, she finally lost control and hysterically shouted at him, "You will definitely regret this, Suguha!"

That’s right, the other party will definitely regret it.

She didn't know whether the man had any regrets on the day he ran away and every day after that.

But at least for her, she has been regretting every minute and every second from that day to now.

So, as their common product, Ezaki Suguha will definitely take this path, right?

When Miki Ezaki was thinking this, she looked in that direction again, but she stood there in a daze with despair.

Suguha Ezaki had already disappeared at the exit, as if her "curse" just now had no effect.

After walking out of the mental hospital, looking at the gradually darkening weather outside, Ezaki Suguha couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment.

“Will you regret it?”

She whispered softly.

The only regret I have is probably that I feel sorry for Maki and my master.

After all, he was a latecomer, but he greedily occupied a place in Zeshan Haruno's heart, and even had to let the other party bear certain responsibilities.

Whether as an apprentice of Mine Shiori or as a close friend of Miyazawa Maki, she felt an indescribable sense of guilt.

But apart from feeling sorry for these two people, he has never regretted what happened between him and Sawayama Haruno.

Suguha Ezaki even felt that even if the two of them could not be together in the end, she would not regret it.

Because the original purpose has already been achieved.

Ezaki Suguha closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

After getting over all her irritable feelings, she quickly returned to her old self.

The visiting time is over, but there are still many things that need to be dealt with. Even if we ignore family matters, academic matters are also urgent.

There is not much time left before the entrance examination, but she is still far behind in progress. Although she has prepared herself for the possibility of failing, she wants to try her best to rely on herself and seize the opportunity even if there is only such a small possibility.

Go home early to prepare for reviewing. You have wasted a lot of time in Kyoto these few days, and you must make up for it by redoubled efforts in the future.

After deciding what to do when she got home, Ezaki Suguha walked towards the station not far away.

It is now the short rush hour at noon, and there are many people taking the train near the station. Fortunately, Ezaki Suguha has lived in Tokyo for so many years that she is somewhat accustomed to the current scene.

Although she is a lady from a prominent family, she still sometimes takes the tram or subway. Crowds do not have much impact on her, unless there are so many people that they are packed to the brim, then she has to consider whether to take a taxi back.

"It's only lunchtime, it shouldn't be that crowded, right?" Ezaki Suoha thought.

When she passed through the ticket gate and turned the corner to take the escalator, she was distracted for a moment and failed to notice the girl who was also turning the corner in front of her.

It might have been too late to brake, and by the time Ezaki Suguha came to his senses, he had already accidentally crashed into it.

The other party screamed and almost fell down.

Fortunately, Ezaki Suguha reacted quickly and quickly pulled the other person.

“Eh.”

"Ah, thanks."

The other party came to his senses and said with lingering fear: "I almost fell. I'm sorry. I was walking a little fast and didn't notice you."

No, I was distracted and didn't look at the road.

This sentence should be said by Suguha Ezaki.

But looking at the face in front of her that was so familiar, she opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

The other party tilted his head as if puzzled.

"Are you hurt?"

"without"

Ezaki Naoha replied in a dreamy voice: "No, I'm injured."

It was as if her brain had received information beyond its operational scope, which made her a little dazed and she didn't know what expression to make when facing the other person.

What's going on?

"It's okay."

The other party looked at Ezaki Suguha with some concern, and was completely relieved when he saw that she seemed to be really fine.

Perhaps thinking of the train she was about to miss, she said apologetically, "Are you really okay? If you're really okay, I'll leave first."

"Ah good"

Esaki Suguha replied subconsciously.

It was not until the other person walked around him with a strange look on his face and headed to the back that Ezaki Suguha suddenly started.

"that!"

The tall girl turned around in a panic and asked incoherently, "Excuse me, what's your name?"

"Ok?"

The person she called again stopped, turned around and showed a bright smile, then introduced herself: "My name is Miyazawa Mana."

Suoha Ezaki felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave.

Chapter 209: Resentful Little Eyes [asking for monthly ticket]

At seven o'clock in the evening, Sawayama Haruno walked out of the bedroom.

After turning his head to look at the girl who was still sleeping soundly in the room, he touched his chin guiltily.

Um.

I can’t blame myself for this, right?

After all, it was Maki Miyazawa who started it, and he was just fulfilling his "responsibilities" as a boyfriend.

It seems that I have overdone it accidentally.

Compared to the physically stronger Ezaki Suguha, Miyazawa Maki seems to be much more vulnerable in this matter. She should be more careful next time.

"Meow~"

There was a sound of a cat acting coquettishly at my feet.

Sawayama Haruno looked down and found that it was the salmon balls that he had neglected since returning home.

The other party was staring at him with a somewhat resentful look in its eyes. It was obviously a cat, but it seemed to understand human nature inexplicably. Even if one did not understand the language, one could still understand its dissatisfaction.

"hungry?"

Sawayama Haruno squatted down and touched the salmon ball.

"I'll get you some food later," he comforted her.

After I got home, I actually forgot to prepare cat food for Salmon Maru. He has been sticking to Miyazawa Maki in the room since around 1:00 p.m. and has only just come out now. I guess the little guy must be very hungry.

Under the repeated urging of Salmon Maru, Sawayama Haruno first changed the water for the cat, then added a large amount of cat litter, and took out cat snacks and placed them aside as compensation. Only then did it calm down.

Looking at the white cat eating heartily, Sawayama Haruno stretched out lazily while sitting on the sofa.

After finishing the business trip in Kyoto, I couldn't help feeling a little tired. Logically, I should have rested for a few days, but the time left didn't allow for that.

I have to go to Kodansha to sign the latest contract tomorrow, and then rush back to school to prepare for classes the day after tomorrow. I also have to prepare for taking leave to go abroad later, and this does not include when I will deal with the issues of the Ezaki family.

Naoto Ezaki only said that he would take me to visit the grandfather of the Ezaki family when he had time, but he did not say a specific time.

Sawayama Haruno planned that after he finished other things in the next few days, if the other party had not contacted him yet, he would take the initiative to ask for Ezaki Suguha's contact information and call her to ask.

"Things are happening one after another, but it feels good to be fulfilled."

Sawayama Haruno was lying on the sofa and couldn't help but sigh.

He was about to turn on the TV and relax, but his fingers stopped the moment they touched the remote control.

The familiar subtitles jumped again.

It still appeared without any warning, but it also brought a lot of information.

After returning to Tokyo from Kyoto, Ezaki Suguha's repressed emotions were released. You successfully prevented a crisis from happening. Although you haven't yet realized that something is quietly changing, the current situation is already the most powerful development.

[You and Naoto Ezaki reached a consensus and decided to find a time to visit the grandfather of the Ezaki family together, but you did not expect that the troubles of the Ezaki family would continue to expand.]

[Your intuition tells you that this is not a simple muddy water. You need to carefully consider the choice you are about to make under the requirements of various forces (reward 5 yen)]

"It's a monetary reward again, and you're still so stingy."

Sawayama Haruno rubbed his brows and talked to himself.

But since this new task has been selected, it means that Suguha Ezaki's previous task has been completed, right?

It’s a good thing that nothing will happen to the other party again, but looking at this new mission, it seems that the problems within the Ezaki family are more difficult than he imagined.

It's really troublesome.

Sawayama Haruno became a little depressed.

He knew that things involving such a big family or group wouldn't be that simple.

But I can't just leave it alone, I can only take it one step at a time. Fortunately, the system tasks still give me some hints.

The first is "something has changed quietly", which probably refers to the relationship between the girls around him. After all, Suguha Esaki is with him now, and Maki Miyazawa has discovered some clues before, but has not said it clearly.

This is something I have to deal with myself, so it doesn't matter if I'm reminded of it by the system task.

The key point is the last sentence "demands from various forces". Combined with the second and third sentences of the system, this is most likely what will happen when I follow Naoto Ezaki to find my grandfather.

"You're not going to give me that cliché drama of 'five million and leaving Suguha', are you?"

Sawayama Haruno looked up at the bright lights in the living room and murmured.

If that's the case, then the problem can be solved more easily.