Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

"not going home."

Miyazawa Maki was in a trance for only a moment, and then immediately said firmly: "I will never go back, either take me to your home, or leave me alone."

She paused, then whispered seductively, "Don't you want to do something with me? One hundred thousand yen is a lot of money for you, isn't it? You worked so hard at a part-time job when you were in school."

"Except for my hairstyle, everything else is exactly the same as Mana's. It's been so long since Mana broke up with you, haven't you ever thought about her?"

"With Mana's personality, there are many things that I can't cooperate with you on. But I can, no matter what."

She suddenly took another step forward, this time almost sticking to Sawayama Haruno.

A hint of excitement flashed in the girl's eyes, which were slightly hidden by her short bangs, as if she was very much expecting Sawayama Haruno to treat her as Miyazawa Mana.

"It would be a lie to say I haven't thought about it, but you are still a little different from her."

Sawayama Haruno stared down at the other person and recalled the description in the system text.

What we see is not entirely the same, so this is what it means.

"You can come to my house, but I need to tell your sister."

After thinking for a moment, Sawayama Haruno took a step back.

Judging from the conflict in the Miyazawa family, it doesn't seem like it can be resolved tonight. We can't just leave Miyazawa Maki alone. Taking her back may be the best solution at the moment.

"coward"

Miyazawa Maki was about to make a few mocking remarks, but a thought suddenly emerged in her mind, making her swallow back the words she had not yet finished saying.

Perhaps she can discover the biggest difference between herself and Mana here with Sawayama Haruno.

What the parents who were standing closest to the twin sisters could not discover, perhaps Sawayama Haruno could see, at that distance that was neither too close nor too far.

I might as well go back with him. Anyway, I have nowhere else to go tonight.

Chapter 3: Which is better, the elder sister or the younger sister?

At night, ten forty-seven.

In a high-end apartment in Shinjuku District, Tokyo.

Sawayama Haruno sat on the sofa in the living room and glanced at the bathroom where the sound of water was constantly rushing.

——Maki Miyazawa is taking a bath inside.

"I spent the 50,000 yuan I got as a reward right away, and not only that, I also spent another 50,000 yuan out of my own pocket."

Sawayama Haruno felt a toothache and wondered what stupid things he was doing.

He looked at the messages on his phone again and stopped at the last chat record with his ex-girlfriend Mana Miyazawa.

The contact information was not deleted, and the two broke up peacefully in this regard. After all, they were both adults and did not want to go to the point of deleting all contact information.

"Let's call the other party first and see."

Sawayama Haruno found Miyazawa Mana's number from his cell phone address book and dialed it without thinking.

The other party's phone ringtone was changed to the "Golden Hour" music.

The melodious piano sound calmed Sawayama Haruno's heart a little. When the call was connected, he was the first to greet her: "Hello, Mana?"

".Haruno? Why are you calling so late?"

Miyazawa Mana on the other end of the phone seemed very surprised.

The first phone call after the breakup didn’t feel as strange as I had imagined, and of course, it wasn’t exciting either.

Sawayama Haruno took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I met Maki."

Then, he told her everything that happened tonight. Of course, he omitted the part about the system. In his description, he just happened to meet Miyazawa Maki on the way to the convenience store, and brought her home out of concern.

After listening, Miyazawa Mana fell into deep silence. After a long while, her sigh came from the other end of the microphone.

"I see. Sorry for causing you trouble."

"No, after all, we were classmates in the same school."

Sawayama Haruno looked up in the direction of the bathroom and saw that the sound of water had stopped.

"So what are you going to do? Are you going to come over and take Maki back? Do you need me to give you the address of my new home?"

"No, Maki might..." Miyazawa Mana hesitated and said, "Maki might not really want to go home now. She had a big fight with her mother tonight, so she ran out. If we pick her up now, she will probably continue to quarrel."

"If it's convenient, could Haruno let Maki stay for a night?"

Miyazawa Mana paused for a moment and said softly, "Because I am also worried about letting her run around outside alone. Instead of letting her stay outside alone, it would be better for her to stay at Haruno's house for one night."

Her meaning was very clear, and Sawayama Haruno knew her well enough that he had expected her to make this request even when he was taking Miyazawa Maki home.

"Fortunately, I noticed whether there were guest rooms when I rented the house, so it wasn't too embarrassing," Zeshan Haruno said helplessly, "There's no problem with the accommodation, but you should explain it to your family. I'm worried that the police will come and take me away tomorrow morning."

Miyazawa Mana on the other end of the phone laughed softly.

"I understand. I will talk to my parents about the matter. I'll leave Maki to you, Haruno."

"Well, let's contact each other tomorrow."

Sawayama Haruno nodded and hung up the phone.

There was still no movement in the bathroom, but Miyazawa Maki didn't come out either, and no one knew what she was doing in there.

“How did it become like this?”

Zeshan Haruno rubbed his eyebrows. It would have been fine if he hadn't rubbed them, but as he rubbed them, the system text came out.

[You already understand the meaning of "things you see are not all the same", but you still don't understand the fundamental reason why Miyazawa Maki became like this]

[The problem with the girls is that they have identical faces but also completely different hearts]

[The world's problems cannot be expressed and solved through words. Perhaps for Maki Miyazawa, she cannot understand her sister's true thoughts. If you dig deeper, you may find the truth that you have deliberately ignored (reward 10 yen)]

"Thank you, but could you please explain it in a more concise and clear way?"

Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but complain.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again after a while, the line of text had disappeared.

The system's meaning is not difficult to understand. It just wants Sawayama Haruno to find out what Miyazawa Maki thinks of her sister and why she chose to degenerate and run away from home.

What Sawayama Haruno couldn't understand was why the system text included him at the end, and also mentioned the truth that was deliberately ignored.

"I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat at home?"

While Sawayama Haruno was still thinking to himself, Miyazawa Maki had already finished taking a shower and came out.

She was wearing Sawayama Haruno's newly opened pajamas. Perhaps the size was too big or it was intentional, but half of her shoulders were exposed, and her delicate skin looked dazzling under the light.

The girl seemed to be wearing nothing on her lower body, and her fair and smooth thighs were so clearly exposed to the air that it was difficult for people to look away.

"Hasn't Mana shown you yet?"

Seeing Sawayama Haruno's eyes falling on her legs, Miyazawa Maki suddenly felt a little proud.

She just liked the other person looking at her, and felt like she had finally defeated Mana.

"It doesn't seem as good as Mana's, even though they are twins."

Sawayama Haruno's light words made Miyazawa Maki's face instantly gloomy.

He was good at talking, and his words directly touched Miyazawa Maki's inner pain. What she hated most was being compared with Mana in terms of study or other aspects. Running away from home was also related to this reason.

After all, what qualifications does this guy have to say that to her? It’s obvious that he only understands Mana and doesn’t understand himself, right?

Thinking that they are twins, does that mean their inner selves should be the same?

Damn, I don't know why I feel so angry

"..Is it okay with you that I only have instant noodles?"

Seeing that Miyazawa Maki's face was not looking good, Zeshan Haruno did not continue to squeeze her, but stood up and said: "Because I just moved here, I haven't bought many things yet, so Miss Second will just make do with this."

"Call me Miss."

Miyazawa Maki's expression softened a little, but despite Sawayama Haruno's almost teasing address, she still held on to her own opinion.

She really wanted to defeat Mana, even over such a trivial issue of address.

Faced with such a persistent Maki Miyazawa, Sawayama Haruno's choice was to ignore her directly. The other party had gradually changed from the cold and aloof appearance in his memory to an unreasonable and bad girl. He took her in because of his ex-girlfriend, but he should not spoil her to the end.

Chapter 4 Why don’t you go to Tokyo University? Don’t you want to?

The midnight snack was Japanese-style pork bone instant noodles, which was simply classic.

But after all, Miyazawa Maki had been kicked out of the house for most of the day, and a bowl of instant noodles alone might not be enough to satisfy her, so Sawayama Haruno reluctantly gave up and took out a bag of potato chips.

"How can you be full from eating this?"

After seeing the food that was "served" to her, Maki Miyazawa immediately protested.

She really has no awareness of being a "homeless person". She should be grateful for having food and shelter at a time like this.

"That's all. If you're not satisfied, take the money and go out and find something to eat."

Sawayama Haruno was somewhat speechless and said, "You just extorted 100,000 yen from me, right?"

"Mana will definitely return the 100,000 yen to you." Miyazawa Maki sneered, "Maybe she will pay it back in another way."

She changed the subject and suddenly smiled and said, "Of course, this is her business. As the recipient of the favor, I will repay you. Do you think it's exciting that the twin sisters repay their debts in different ways and attitudes?"

"Don't say mine seems to be a beast."

Sawayama Haruno sighed slightly.

He suddenly felt that Miyazawa Maki had not grown up yet.

The three of them are obviously the same age, but Miyazawa Maki behaves like an underage child in this regard. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that she dropped out of school. It turns out that only in a small society like university can people grow up quickly.

"Pretentious, disgusting"

Sawayama Haruno's attitude seemed to hurt Miyazawa Maki. She snorted coldly: "Is this the kind of thing Mana likes about you? It turns out that I am different from her."

"Why are you so obsessed with becoming different from Mana?"

Sawayama Haruno's eyes moved slightly, and he grasped the time to complete the system task very well.

He pretended to be confused and asked casually, "According to common sense, shouldn't the relationship between twin sisters be very good?"

"Have you ever seen twins other than Mana and me?" Miyazawa Maki asked back.

“I’ve never seen this before.”

"That's it, isn't it? How can you be sure that all twins in the world can get along well with each other?"

Miyazawa Maki stopped waiting for the noodles to be soaked and tore off the plastic wrapper. She said calmly, "No matter how close people are, it's impossible for them to understand each other. I'm the type who doesn't like twins."

"."

Sawayama Haruno said nothing more.

What the other party said made sense. I was just "wishful thinking" and thought that twins would definitely have a good relationship.

People's hearts are sometimes very fragile. Just a small difference may lead people to take different divergent paths. This is especially true in an island country, where people live more depressed and are more sensitive.

In addition, Miyazawa Maki has faced the fate of being compared with her sister since she was a child. The more outstanding Mana is, the harder Maki has to work. Otherwise, she will definitely be met with comments like "They are twins, why can't Maki do it?"

From this perspective, it seems that twins can be quite troublesome sometimes.

This kind of thorny problem can only be solved by letting the other party figure it out and let it go, but the problem is that Miyazawa Maki is too "naive" now.

"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway. After all, I have broken up with her sister." Sawayama Haruno thought.

By the way, now that you've asked this question, hasn't the system task been completed yet?

He glanced at his phone, but the screen remained dark, with no notification indicating the transfer had arrived.

Or does it mean that only when you understand the truth that you have deliberately ignored can you complete the mission?

"Do you hate Mana?"

Sawayama Haruno thought about it and decided to ask a few more questions. Maybe he could find an opportunity to complete the task and think of a way to let Miyazawa Maki go home tomorrow.

"I've noticed before that you never seem to call her sister, but always call her Mana."

"Any questions?"