Teacher Daxiang, please teach me how to play Kasuga Shadow!

But now, she had to admit that she was a little shaken.

After sitting on the ground and waiting for about two minutes, Xiangzi finally sighed, clicked on the message from Ayano and typed a reply:

【it is good. 】

At this point, Xiangzi no longer knew what she should stick to. But she knew one thing very well: if she continued like this, she would collapse.

She has lost all her laxity in life, and she has to work hard on her studies at school to ensure that she can get Yuqiu's scholarship.

She also has to remain tense in social situations so that others don't notice her embarrassment.

She still has to work for the rest of the time. After being busy every day, she always wonders what is the point of continuing like this?

But she really just left her father alone.

, but she couldn't do it.

Putting away her cell phone, Xiangzi slowly got up from the ground. She first groped for the chandelier switch in the dark, then turned around and got a mop from the toilet.

This was not the first time she had cleaned the house. She put useful things like the TV remote control and ashtray back to their original places, and then cleaned up the remaining garbage and packed it in a garbage bag.

She mops the floor, wipes the table and the floor with such skill that... no one feels bad for her.

After finishing everything, she glanced at her father lying on the ground. After a slight hesitation, Xiangzi squatted down slightly and said to the man under her in a calm tone:

"Dad, I'm going to stay at a friend's house for the next few days."

"..."

"You'll have to figure out your own life from now on."

"...What?" In a daze, Xiangzi's father seemed to be suddenly awakened by the second sentence. Although his face was still a little red, there was at least some clarity in his eyes.

I don’t know whether he really lost consciousness in what happened just now, or he was deliberately trying to use this childish way to avoid his own blame.

But speaking of childishness, she, Toyokawa Shoko, is also an extremely childish person.

"Xiangzi, you just..."

"I found a job teaching piano to a classmate at school. She gave me... 5000 yen a day, and since she lived alone, she allowed me to stay at her place at night."

"5000?"

Xiangzi frowned. She wasn't sure what her father's attitude was. Did he think 5000 was too much or too little?

Although it had actually risen to 8000, given her father's current attitude, she was afraid that if she told him the real amount, he would squander it all.

"I'll give you living expenses, but you'll have to do the cooking and other things yourself. This job... is very important to me."

silence.

Xiangzi was very nervous because the person in front of her was her father after all, and she really didn't want to have a big fight with him over this issue at this time.

And if her father really doesn't agree with her moving out, she will probably have no choice but to compromise.

"……Fine."

I don’t know if it’s because of the lighting, but from Xiangzi’s perspective, her father’s face didn’t look much drunk anymore.

After answering indifferently, the sloppy middle-aged man picked up a cheap cigarette on the coffee table and started smoking in front of her.

If it were any other time, Xiangzi would definitely stop it, but now is obviously not the right time.

A pungent smell filled the air. Xiangzi subconsciously wrinkled his nose and took two steps back, trying to avoid inhaling the secondhand smoke.

"Xiangzi, do you hate me very much?"

"..."

Seeing that Xiangzi didn't deny it, he already understood something. He smiled bitterly and continued, "I ruined your life and your hobbies. I guess you haven't contacted your friends in the band for a long time, right?"

"Is it still interesting to talk about this now?"

"...It seems like you're too lazy to even tell me a word from your heart now. But you're also right. Every day when I look at myself in the mirror like this, I can't help but curse at myself.

Forget it. You won’t like to hear this, and you won’t understand it. Besides… do you think I really want to live like this?

Everything is gone. We are abandoned. Everything that happened before has nothing to do with us anymore. What do you think I can do? What else can I do? "

"……ridiculous."

"Ridiculous? Is that how you see me?"

Seeing Xiangzi say this about him, he seemed to be irritated.

He glanced at the ashtray on the table, hesitated for a moment, then picked up the lighter on the other side and smashed it to the ground. Then he yelled at Xiangzi: "Go, go, go! If you want to leave so badly, don't come back to this house. If you didn't give me a bad face every day, would I be able to do this?!"

"..."

It seems that her judgment was correct. She shouldn't have too many expectations of her father.

Without saying anything else, Xiangzi just went back to his room with a cold face and started packing up his things.

About half an hour later, she came out dragging a suitcase. But when she passed the living room, Xiangzi turned around and said:

“I’ll still give you the money.

But the broken home no longer exists, so there is no question of whether I want to go home or not.

I’m just…”

It's just like walking out of the cage.

In the end, Xiangzi didn't say the last sentence and kept it in his heart.

With a bang, the door was slammed shut, and the sound of the suitcase wheels rolling on the ground gradually faded away.

But Xiangzi's father in the house smiled, although his smile was uglier than crying.

He was looking at the entrance at this moment, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was talking to Xiangzi across the air.

"You really shouldn't be dragged down by someone like me... I should also... be more sober. I'm sorry... Xiangzi."

But speaking of it.

Would anyone want someone of his age to work as a customer service representative?

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dong dong~

There was a knock on the door. The instigator, Toyokawa Shoko, was wearing a white wide-brimmed hat and a mask on his face, looking very nervous.

Standing at the door of Ayano's house.

It was almost 9: in the evening.

Speaking of which, when she was walking on the street with a suitcase just now, she inexplicably saw several men passing by looking at her with strange eyes. Even though Xiangzi knew that she had made some disguises, she still felt guilty as if she was seen through.

Ayano's house is on the second floor, which is very convenient.

Otherwise, if a girl with thin arms were asked to carry a suitcase up the stairs, she would probably have to rest for ten minutes at the door of Ayano's house before she could find a posture that would not embarrass her to meet the other party.

With a creak, the door in front of him opened as the footsteps of the person inside approached.

"Xiangzi? What are you doing..."

"Is there anyone in your family?"

"No... Never mind. You come in first."

Mizushima Ayano rolled her eyes, then naturally took the suitcase from the other person's hand and asked in a somewhat strange tone as she walked in:

"I haven't had time to clean the guest bedroom yet, and I haven't bought some bedding yet. I thought you wouldn't come until tomorrow."

"...I am responsible for you."

When she said this, Xiangzi's face became a little hot. Fortunately, Ayano had her back to her and didn't notice her embarrassing look.

"Okay." Ayano nodded helplessly, then said apologetically, "I'm sorry, my family isn't as rich as yours, so it's a little shabby, please don't mind."

"...No, I don't mind."

Toyokawa Shoko forced a smile.

"By the way, you have to hang your clothes out to dry yourself from now on. I have a washing machine here for washing... Oh, and do you know how to use one?"

"..."

She really doesn't know how.

In the past, servants helped with clothes and other things, but now.

She, Toyokawa Shoko, always washes her clothes by hand... Please, washing machines are a luxury!

Chapter 20: The eldest daughter is really hard to please, she knows nothing! (2/2)

"Where do I sleep tonight?"

"Well...why don't you sleep in my room?"

Although she had proven that the space was still big enough for two people by sleeping with Aine last time, forget about sleeping with Toyokawa Shoko.

"You sleep in my room and I'll sleep on the sofa in the living room. The temperature is not bad now, so just cover yourself with a blanket."

"That won't do. I'll sleep in the living room. After all..."

"What exactly?"

"Nothing, I'll just sleep on the sofa. I'll buy a new quilt tomorrow and the money will be deducted from my salary."

"That's what I've been waiting for." Ayano raised the corners of her mouth, and Xiangzi was stunned by her expression. "Just deal with it tonight, and you won't have to sleep on the sofa tomorrow.

Oh yes, by the way, I will teach you some basic skills for living alone."

"……it is good."

"Come with me to the kitchen."

In Ayano's opinion, someone like Toyokawa Shoko is a typical young lady from a wealthy family.

This can be deduced from the conversation between RiNG and Su Shi this afternoon.

When he was in junior high school, he attended Tsukinomori, a school known as an aristocratic school, which was enough to prove that the Toyokawa family must have been wealthy.

Besides, if one can learn piano at such an early age and reach such a high level, how can he play it without financial resources?

As for the band's subsequent disbanding and Xiangzi's transfer to another school, it was probably because the other school's parents did not approve of Xiangzi's use of elegant and high-class art in a rock band that they considered to be of low quality.

Once differences arise, conflicts will arise.

With Xiangzi's paranoid personality, it is not impossible that he would have a complete falling out with his family and be cut off from financial support.

Of course, Ayano only thought about these words in her mind, she would not ask them actively.

"I'll cook from now on. You don't need to worry about kitchen matters. It's quite troublesome for someone who has never cooked before to learn. I hate trouble.

But as for washing dishes, I have a dishwasher here, so you can take charge of it. Oh, and do you know how to use a dishwasher?"

"……Won't."

Okay, that's to be expected.

Ayano said helplessly: "Okay, then I'll teach you, it's very simple."

I feel that I may have to serve this young lady frequently in the future, and my life will become a little troublesome; I also feel a little sad as to why there are such strange people in this world who can't even use a dishwasher or a washing machine.

If she were to wash it by hand...

Forget it, let’s not embarrass our Miss Toyokawa.

If she really did that, she was afraid that the other party would turn all her clothes, skirts, pantyhose, etc. into rags.

"I've been using this dishwasher for half a year. The quality is pretty good, and it's basically fully automatic."

As she spoke, Ayano patiently demonstrated to Miss Xiangzi.

I randomly took out a clean dish from the kitchen cabinet below and placed it in the corresponding position of the dishwasher.

"Here's dishwashing powder. Don't put too much at once. It's expensive. Don't waste it."

"...How about I just wash it by hand?"

"No, I'm afraid you'll break all the plates." Ayano rolled her eyes.

Can't even learn to use a dishwasher, yet want to wash by hand? Isn't that like wanting to drift a manual car when you can't even start an automatic?

When Ayano saw Xiangzi's face full of dissatisfaction, she also put on her posture as a landlord and continued