They all have special skills

If you really count it strictly, she and Qingshuichuan only really established contact yesterday and started to get to know each other. Before that, they were just colleagues.

But Qingshuichuan didn't give her a chance to be polite, and he didn't say anything else. He just picked up the milk she pushed back, inserted the straw into it, and put it back next to her.

Before, when he looked at Toyokawa Shoko, he not only admired her in his heart and thought she was indeed pretty.

The only two things I think of her are that this girl has really good skin, as white as jade, even whiter than Eriri, who is of Japanese-British descent.

However, after considering her current situation, Qingshuichuan realized that her condition was probably not natural, but caused by malnutrition.

Although it was just a guess, it did not prevent him from officially starting the feeding plan for her from this moment on.

Although they are still in a state of uncertainty, she is Aiheqian's mother after all, so she still has to care about them.

"I'm sorry I learned something about you from Qian."

Shimizukawa said this at the right time, which made Toyokawa Shoko's hesitant expression towards the milk fade away, and he turned his head to meet her gaze.

"How much do you know?"

She didn't notice that her pupils were trembling slightly at this moment. It was obvious that Qingshuichuan's words made her feel shaken.

"Regarding Fengchuan, you were originally a young lady and even formed a band called CRYCHIC. But now, because of your father, you chose to break away from your family. That's why you're working here now..."

Of course, we didn’t talk that deeply last night. I just got a general idea of ​​your situation from Qian.”

Shimizukawa was halfway through his words when he saw Toyokawa Shoko silently looking away, her fingers tightly gripping the chopsticks.

He immediately understood what he meant and stopped talking, adding a few words that made her feel a little more at ease.

It is true that everyone has a private side that they don't want others to know.

Although from Shimizukawa's perspective, he thinks that Toyokawa Shoko's behavior of standing up against the entire family because of the injustice suffered by her father, and even giving up her comfortable living standards, is very cool and worthy of admiration.

But perhaps from her own perspective, it is not the case. Facing such ups and downs, an adolescent girl is inevitably sensitive.

Even the optimistic foodie far away in Kumamoto would be lost for a long time because of his father, not to mention Shoko Toyokawa, whose situation was obviously more complicated and whose mind was obviously more sensitive.

Shoko Toyokawa is in a complicated mood. On the one hand, she doesn't want to be seen as someone who needs care by others, but on the other hand, she does feel warmed by the kindness that Shimizu Kawa carefully maintains.

In the end, her emotions prevailed and she no longer dwelled on the previous topic.

If he knew about my affairs, he would know about them.

After all, he is Ai and Qian's father...

She no longer thought about it and continued to ask,

"Besides these, what other topics did you talk about?"

For example, why are they here now, and why is the little daughter, who obviously seems to be well prepared, so rebellious towards her mother?

She didn't ask the specific questions clearly, but she felt that Qingshuichuan should be able to understand what she meant.

She didn't know that at this moment she was secretly hoping that he would understand her thoughts.

"Yes, let's first talk about their purpose in coming here."

they?

Does that mean loving her is the same as loving Akane?

"To put it simply, they are all doing this for us."

Before Toyokawa Shoko came to the store, Shimizukawa thought about it for a long time and still felt that there were some things that could not be told to her truthfully. This was not only to preserve the little self-esteem that the former young lady had left, but also because he did not want to complicate things.

Therefore, he took the initiative to make some optimizations and artistic processing on some minor details. This was a good-intentioned concealment and did not count as deception.

"In order to help us in the future redeem the regrets of the past, he came to our side and helped us."

Toyokawa Shoko did not doubt his words and murmured to herself,

"We...are we just us?"

"After all, we are... considered their closest people, so naturally, their only target is us."

Shimizukawa's words were a little vague, but it still made Toyokawa Shoko's face slightly red when she realized what he meant.

Ever since she was six years old and dressed as a bride on a bed sheet with tulle covered over her head, she had had a vague idea of ​​her future lover.

Her future significant other must be handsome, gentlemanly, kind, and considerate... He must be as gorgeous as the prince in the opera, and the focus of the audience the moment he appears on stage.

As she grew older, Shoko Toyokawa actually realized that reality was not a fairy tale, and there were very few men who could meet her above requirements.

So she lowered her requirements, hoping that her future partner would be pleasing to her eyes and possess one of the above qualities.

The most important thing is that they can understand each other.

Now, it seems that even without the help of her daughters, Qingshuichuan who appeared beside her seems to fully meet the requirements...

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Volume 1: Chapter 103: The strange feeling of guilt after being caught

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When Shoko Toyokawa saw the confusion on Shimizukawa's face, she realized that she had been staring at him too intently.

But no matter what the reason is, once this kind of staring gaze is noticed by others, it would be too inappropriate and too rude.

Her face flushed slightly as she quickly turned her head back to her right position, grabbed the milk and took a sip to cover it up.

Then she immediately realized that this was also given to her by him, and she couldn't swallow or spit out the milk in her mouth.

Qingshuichuan couldn't help laughing at her series of small moves that made her a little flustered. He thought her puffed up cheeks were quite cute.

Toyokawa Shoko finally decided to swallow the milky liquid in her mouth.

"Qingshui, what do you like to drink?"

Qingshuichuan saw her intention,

"Plain water."

She kept asking,

"I meant the drinks."

"Then let's have Coke."

He chose the most affordable drink.

"I'll buy you a drink next time."

"alright."

Qingshuichuan agreed without caring.

He felt that people really needed to communicate more with each other, otherwise it would be impossible to truly understand a person just by daily polite greetings and stereotyped first impressions.

"Actually, yesterday, after I learned that Qian came here to help us, I specifically asked her why her attitude towards you was so different from mine."

The topic that followed successfully made Toyokawa Shoko no longer immersed in the previous gaffe, and she immediately asked with concern,

"Her answer?"

Qingshuichuan shook his head.

"Xia was just playing dumb, saying she was sleepy. She didn't even give me a chance to ask any more questions and just went to bed."

"She doesn't want to talk about it... Oh, and how did you explain to your family last night... taking those two with you?"

"Come to think of it, Fengchuan, you still don't know my personal details."

Looking at the naturally exposed little face of Shimizu River, Toyokawa Shoko seemed to suddenly understand something and quickly added an explanation.

"I don't mean to pry into your privacy or anything. I just simply care whether they cause you any trouble."

After all... that was her child. It was really not right to leave it all to Qingshuichuan alone to deal with last night.

But just as Akane Shimizu said, she is now living in such a shabby rental house that she can barely take care of herself, so how can she have the energy to take care of them?

It was no problem to bring them home and let them sleep for one night, but how to explain it to their father at home was a problem, and it was also quite troublesome to let them take a bath and eat normally.

After all, the basic household appliances in the rental house are almost never in good working order, and whether the water heater can be used normally depends entirely on the mood of the owner.

Sometimes it would suddenly pour out very hot water, and sometimes it would just shut down and pour out cold water.

This is the most unbearable thing for the clean-loving Shoko Toyokawa.

But there is nothing we can do about the pressing situation. We cannot change the external factors for the time being, so we can only adapt ourselves.

Originally, she loved to curl up in the bathtub and enjoy a bubble bath to relieve her fatigue at the end of the day.

Now there is no bathtub, and even showering is difficult.

She now prepares water in a basin in advance, then sits on a small stool and slowly wipes her body with a wet towel.

It really feels like going back to the Showa era, and I'm so sad that I'm crying.

It's better for her to deal with this kind of thing on her own. She really doesn't want to make her two daughters worry about it.

"Why would it bother me? Ai and Akane are both very well behaved, and I live alone, so it's not as troublesome as you think, having to deal with family."

This situation made Toyokawa Shoko concerned.

"Do you live alone?"

Qingshuichuan nodded frankly,

"Well, my hometown is in Kumamoto, and I came to Tokyo to go to school alone."

"...That's right."

After working in the store for so long, this is the first time that Shoko Toyokawa knows the details of Shimizukawa's private life.

Seeing how well and reliably he performs in the store, I guess his academic ability is pretty good as well.

Plus, he works here like me...

The image of a tenacious student who went far away to study hard gradually emerged.

"Well, we can talk about more specific things later."

After all, it's still working hours.

Toyokawa Shoko's face is slowly warming up again.

"You don't have to tell me in so much detail."

The Qingshui River looked very strange.

"Don't you want to have a serious talk with Akane again? There are many things about your future that you want to know."

So that's what you're talking about...

Realizing that she had misunderstood, Shoko Toyokawa gave a vague response to get it over with.

Qingshuichuan did not suspect anything and made arrangements.

"Let's eat first, and then we can rest together in the afternoon. I'll contact Qian then, and we can find a place to have a good chat in the evening. Is that okay?"

Shoko Toyokawa nodded, satisfied with the arrangement.

The two of them didn't talk much after that. At noon, the restaurant started to receive customers intermittently, and they each returned to their jobs.

When I was working, time seemed to pass faster, and in the blink of an eye it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

Before Shimizukawa could talk to Toyokawa Shoko again during the break, he met two confidantes with whom he had a settled future.

"Are you two?"

"No need to entertain us specially, we are here to look for someone... Oh, I saw him."

Shoko Toyokawa stood at the entrance of the restaurant and watched two young and beautiful girls with rosy lips and white teeth. After a brief glance at her, they walked straight towards where Shimizukawa was.

After being told that she didn't need to be entertained, Shoko Toyokawa naturally returned to the cashier counter.

However, my originally peaceful mood became less calm after I saw the two girls just now.

Now think carefully...

She had seen the black-haired girl before. She came to the store to find Qingshuichuan with Ai.