Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

"You wouldn't be happy even if you died. How could you just say that? Especially since Mom was sick at the time."

Mine Shiori paused, then gave a somewhat forced smile and said, "But now, I can probably understand how my mother feels. She probably wanted to encourage me in this way."

"It's also to help me understand how to accept her death in the future."

"But, Haruno."

Her tone gradually lost its usual calmness, and her expression started to look increasingly strange.

It's like something is about to break.

“I don’t know where the problem lies.”

"During the Golden Week last year, I asked my friends to find out about you, Haruno, but I heard that you already had a girlfriend."

"I was very sad at the time, but then I thought, even if I couldn't confess my feelings, I had to express something like 'gratitude'. So one day I changed my mind and decided to change the confession letter I had prepared into a thank you letter."

"On the second day after I finished school and was about to go to a private school for tutoring, I received a call."

Sawayama Haruno's heart skipped a beat.

He seemed to realize something.

Mine Shiori said in a cold tone: "My mother passed away the day after I changed my mind, the day after I gave up pursuing Haruno."

"After that, I spent several days in a daze. Finally, at the memorial service, I saw my mother lying in the cardboard box again."

"There really is no smile on my mother's face. She really won't be happy even if she dies."

Chapter 65: Maki’s plush ball?

The air seemed to suddenly freeze in place.

Looking at Mine Shiori, who had droopy eyes and always looked very sleepy, Sawayama Haruno didn't know what expression he should use to look at her.

He suddenly felt very cold.

He felt goosebumps all over his body, and the chill spread from the soles of his feet all the way up to his entire body, making him feel suffocated.

It's strange. Tokyo's temperature is currently the highest in the year. Even though the air conditioning in the store is quite strong, it shouldn't cause me to become like this.

The problem lies in what Mine Shiori just said.

It's really creepy.

He didn't know what to say.

Sawayama Haruno thought that it would be better to remain silent at this time.

"Haruno, you look a little strange."

Just when Sawayama Haruno was feeling a little heavy, Mine Shiori, who was sitting opposite him, showed an expression that was completely different from before.

She smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry about me, I've let it go a long time ago."

"Mom, what a fool! She said I wouldn't be happy even after I die. After all, it's impossible for me to have any expression. If I smiled, it would be a little scary."

Mine Shiori deliberately used a joking tone, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.

But as she spoke, her voice became smaller and smaller.

In the end, she and Sawayama Haruno looked at each other, but neither could say anything that could have any practical effect.

"I'm sorry, we were supposed to be having dinner together, but I ruined the atmosphere by saying something serious."

".It's okay, let's eat."

Sawayama Haruno looked away and spoke softly.

I can't continue the conversation.

This meal was destined to be painful. At least after Sawayama Haruno finished eating, they never said another word to each other.

When checking out, Mine Shiori held the old necklace in front of her chest, stood at the door of the store and apologized to Sawayama Haruno again, then deliberately took another route to the station.

The meaning is obvious, we need to separate them temporarily.

Sawayama Haruno didn't insist on clinging to the other party, and he would not leave until Mine Shiori had resolved her emotional knot.

After watching the petite figure gradually disappear into the distance, he picked up his computer bag and chose to go home.

“This meal was a complete failure.”

On the way, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but think.

Neither the photo-taking requirement was met, nor was the system's task completed in one go.

Although I found out what happened to Mine Shiori during the Golden Week incident, it didn't help me much.

Instead, it made me feel some distorted emotions.

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore

Sawayama Haruno sighed and said, "Let's go home and rest. It's a good opportunity to see if Miyazawa Maki has woken up."

He felt that only by seeing the other person could he feel a little better.

After all, the relationship between the two had just made a further breakthrough last night.

He wanted to see Miyazawa Maki more than anyone else now.

About half an hour later, Sawayama Haruno returned to his home.

After taking out the key and opening the door, he found that the house had not changed much from when he left in the morning.

Sawayama Haruno casually placed his computer bag on the shoe cabinet at the entrance. Just as he was about to change his shoes, he heard a slight noise in the living room.

"You...you're back?"

It was Miyazawa Maki's voice.

The other party did not show his head, but hid in an invisible position at the entrance and asked Sawayama Haruno in a nervous voice.

"I'm back. I went to school this morning."

Hearing the other person's voice, Sawayama Haruno's originally gloomy mood suddenly brightened up a lot. He took off his shoes and smiled faintly, "Have you had lunch?"

".have eaten."

Miyazawa Maki's voice seemed strangely stiff. "Well, last night..."

"Last night?"

Noticing that Miyazawa Maki was a little too nervous, Sawayama Haruno felt like playing a trick on her.

So he smiled and said, "What happened last night?"

".What kind of attitude is this?"

Miyazawa Maki, who was hiding in the living room, suddenly became embarrassed and annoyed: "You let me last night..."

"Okay, enough joking around." Sawayama Haruno interrupted her and explained, "As long as you don't refuse what happened last night, I will take responsibility."

He also understands the principle of knowing when to quit.

These are the things I had figured out before going to bed last night.

Unless Miyazawa Maki is extremely resistant to being with him, he definitely can't abandon her now.

Although the two have not taken the final step yet, they have performed many other intimate acts besides that step.

No man would want to maintain a clean relationship with the other person after doing that kind of thing.

"Wait, don't come over here yet!"

When Miyazawa Haruno finished speaking and was about to walk into the living room, Miyazawa Maki's spirit suddenly tensed up, and even her tone became a little incoherent.

"wait wait wait"

"What?"

Seeing that Miyazawa Maki's tone was gradually becoming strange, Sawayama Haruno paused and stood there in a daze.

Why is Miyazawa Maki so resistant to meeting me?

No, it's not that I'm resisting meeting you.

If you don't want to see him/her, he/she can just hide in the room and talk to you via text message instead of staying in the living room.

Could it be that.

This guy broke the TV in the living room?

Now he is desperately trying to save her and prevent himself from going in?

Sawayama Haruno felt that this was not impossible.

"Maki, did you do something?" he asked tentatively. "Why did you keep me waiting?"

".Nothing!"

Miyazawa Maki's voice became increasingly sad and angry: "You bastard, you must be secretly slandering me in your heart again, I didn't!"

"Then why don't you let me in?"

".It just won't work. Just wait a moment!"

"."

Sawayama Haruno thinks there is something wrong with Miyazawa Maki.

What on earth is the other person doing in the living room?

"It doesn't matter if the TV is broken, because it's still under warranty."

"If it's the air conditioner, it would be a bit troublesome, but you can't not let me in to check it out. Maybe there's actually nothing wrong?" Sawayama Haruno advised patiently.

"I already told you, I! Didn't! Break anything!!"

Miyazawa Maki's voice sounded like she was going crazy, as if her anger was about to explode.

However, the more Miyazawa Maki said this, the more uncertain Sawayama Haruno felt.

Finally unable to hold back any longer, Sawayama Haruno chose to tiptoe around the corner and take a look into the living room.

However, he had taken less than two steps when a pure white thing, like a small ball of fur, rushed out from the living room and headed straight for his feet.

Chapter 66: Maki was fooled! [Please read more]

The thing was so fast that it reached Sawayama Haruno's feet in the blink of an eye.

He was so frightened that his whole body stiffened and he almost fell down.

Immediately following, Miyazawa Maki's panicked voice was heard.

"Wait, wait. Salmon balls!"

Salmon balls?

What kind of weird name is this??

Sawayama Haruno's face was filled with black lines. He looked down and noticed that the white furry ball-like creature was actually a very thin kitten.

Judging from its appearance, it is probably only a few months old.

Although it is skinny and looks a little inexplicably pitiful, its fur is very beautiful and its pupils are sky blue.

One can't help but feel that if raised well, it might be a very beautiful child.

But why does he have a cat at home?

"Ahh, salmon balls!"

Miyazawa Maki had already rushed out of the living room and was staring at Sawayama Haruno who was standing in the entrance corridor.

She looked at the white kitten curled up obediently at Sawayama Haruno's feet, and suddenly felt furious.

Just now, she tried every possible way to pull Salmon Ball out from under the sofa in the living room, but no matter whether she used threats or inducements, the other party simply ignored her.

Now he is lying so obediently at Sawayama Haruno's feet?