They all have special skills

Qingshuichuan tried to be as tactful as possible, after all, Qingshui Ai was there.

Besides, even if it was him, he couldn't say such vicious words to his own daughter so directly.

Akane Shimizu obviously couldn't understand what he said, but was obviously shocked.

Her future father would never say these words to her sincerely.

I always feel... so weird!

However, her father's words did make her frown slightly, causing her to waver and fall into silent thought.

After wasting such a long time, Shoko Toyokawa finally finished her work for the day.

She walked into the store and saw her...family at a glance.

She looked hesitant, but she quickly adjusted her mood, her expression returned to normal, her body relaxed, and she walked towards them slowly.

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"thanks for the effort."

Seeing Toyokawa Shoko coming to the table, Shimizukawa greeted her familiarly and naturally.

It's just that what he said was perfectly normal, but for some reason it sounded strange to Toyokawa Shoko.

But this matter is not important at the moment.

"mom!"

Qingshui Ai happily stretched out her little hands to greet him.

Toyokawa Shoko hesitated for a moment, but still shook her hand.

"…Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No mom, we didn't have to wait long, and we're having fun with dad."

"Yeah, that's good."

Shimizu Ai's enthusiasm made Toyokawa Shoko smile from the bottom of her heart.

The thoughtful little loli returned to her innocent and cute appearance at this time. She reached out and grabbed the corner of Toyokawa Shoko's clothes, asking her to sit down next to her father.

Akane Shimizu, who was sitting across the table from her, saw this with a cold face and showed no particular expression.

Qingshuichuan felt that she was performing well now, after all, she had maliciously attacked her mother with words last night.

Shimizu Ai ran to Toyokawa Shoko's arms and rubbed her for a hug, but she didn't waste time for long. She always kept her mission in mind and tried her best to bring her parents together and warm up the relationship between them.

So even though she was reluctant, she quickly left Toyokawa Shoko's arms, put on her shoes, slipped under the table and sat down opposite with Shimizu Akane.

What bad intentions could a child have?

At least that's how it looks in Toyokawa Shoko's eyes now.

Now that she was sitting down, she just went along with it.

As for the complicated relationship between him and Shimizu River... Even though I know that they will be husband and wife in the future, I still can't put myself in their shoes now.

Originally, there were some ambiguous feelings brewing between them, but after seeing the two girls who were as beautiful as himself at noon, and who seemed so close to Qingshuichuan, those ambiguous feelings had long since evaporated, at least for now.

Now, compared to Qingshuichuan, she really cares more about her two children sitting opposite her.

This is truly my first experience as a mother. I didn't even go through the pregnancy process, and I immediately had a blood relative...

The process is omitted and the result is obtained directly.

Shoko Toyokawa looked at her two daughters, her thoughts turning around in her mind, but in the end she was unable to say anything effective.

The hands placed on the thighs under the table slowly clenched.

Toyokawa Shoko felt that she really couldn't blame her. She had prepared herself mentally on the way here, but when she really got here, it was okay to just face Ai. The little Lolita seemed to like her and was cute and they could talk a little, but Akane across from her...

Although they looked more alike, the look in each other's eyes was clearly filled with disgust and dissatisfaction.

Dealing with people who hate you... Toyokawa Shoko really has no such experience.

Not to mention all of them, but most of the people around her really like her.

In her more distant memories, she had grown into a graceful young lady when she was in junior high school. She even secretly witnessed a particularly extreme classmate kneeling on the ground in an empty classroom with his face pressed against the seat of her chair, breathing heavily with a devilish expression!

The problem was that she attended a girls' college in junior high school, so that classmate was naturally a girl like her!

In short, after that day, Shoko Toyokawa had a better understanding of the abstractness of this world.

It’s strange, why did Su Shi’s figure appear in my mind at this time... This kind of groundless association is really rude.

Even though she had been pestering Mu for his contact information recently, which was a bit too much, he couldn't think of her at a time like this.

Toyokawa Shoko sighed imperceptibly.

There's no other way. Although I don't want to do this, I still have to rely on him at this time.

Catching Toyokawa Shoko's look of seeking help, Shimizukawa silently curled up the corners of his mouth.

After vaguely knowing the purpose of Akane Shimizu's coming here and his own ideas for the future, he felt a lot more relaxed.

The fact that he could meet his future daughters in advance no longer bothered him. After all, not everyone could experience such a magical experience.

This change in mentality is particularly important.

"Xia was hungry, so I asked her to order first."

As the absolute core hub among the people present, Qingshuichuan started the conversation with ease.

"That's it."

Toyokawa Shoko glanced at Shimizu Akane, who snorted lightly, not meeting her gaze, and looked directly out the window.

Perhaps it was because what Qingshuichuan had just said still made her feel confused.

If the injustice and dissatisfaction she had always felt were all self-righteous and arbitrary, and in fact they were just special ways of playing between her parents that were difficult to explain openly, then what was the meaning of her feelings over the years?

Ah... so complicated!

Surely Dad said those things on purpose just to make himself not hate Mom so much?

"I'm sorry, I didn't think about that. I should have let you eat first without waiting for me."

Toyokawa Shoko looked a little guilty. She quickly spread the menu on the table and pushed it towards her two daughters sitting opposite.

"Ai, you too, just like your sister...sister, tell mom what you want to eat."

"thanks Mom."

"You're welcome~"

Looking at Ai's smiling face, Toyokawa Shoko felt that the tiredness after a day's work had inexplicably subsided a lot.

Having her as my own child in the future...it would be really nice.

She hesitated for a moment, then turned her gaze to Qingshui Akane.

"You...if what you ordered just now is not enough, you can always add more."

Qing Shuiqian didn't even move her head and replied coldly,

"No need. Who do you think I am? How can I eat so much?"

"..."

After being given the cold shoulder one after another, even Toyokawa Shoko, who thought she had a good temper, couldn't control her expression.

She didn't care that Akane Shimizu was her younger daughter or anything like that. She only knew that Akane looked like her own age.

Even if Toyokawa Shoko was in such a miserable state right now, she wouldn't be put in such a situation where someone would put a gun barrel in her mouth and shoot her, right?!

Seeing that things were not going well, Qingshuichuan hurriedly spoke up to smooth things over.

"Let me see what I want to order. I heard that the hamburgers here are delicious and worth trying."

Facing the pitiful gaze of Shimizu Ai, Toyokawa Shoko took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

"Really……"

After getting the menu back, seeing Shimizukawa pointing at a menu, Toyokawa Shoko subconsciously moved her head closer, and the distance between them became much closer.

The little adult Shimizu Ai was relieved about the current situation, but soon turned her head to look at her sister with an angry expression.

This guy is really annoying!

He had been so reliable in public before, like a spy killer in the movies, and in the blink of an eye he knocked down three money-hungry adult men with ease and grace. But he was so difficult to deal with when facing his mother. I always felt that she was much more childish than me!

"Accompany me to the bathroom."

Without saying a word, Qingshui Ai tugged at the corner of Qingshui Akane's clothes.

Toyokawa Shoko also heard her words and said quickly,

"I'll go with you."

"Need not."

Akane Shimizu picked up her sister first and turned away.

Qingshuichuan understood that Qingshui Ai seemed to have her own ideas and was creating an opportunity for herself to be alone, and of course she didn't intend to waste it.

"Actually, I've roughly figured out why Qian seems so... distant from you."

He thought about the words in his mind and chose the least hurtful one.

Toyokawa Shoko was very concerned.

"why?"

"Because you are too busy with work in the future, you rarely spend time with Qian, which led to the current situation."

"...I'm busy with work."

Toyokawa Shoko frowned, seemingly unable to accept such a general reason.

"Apart from this, is there no other reason?"

If he really wanted to say, there were definitely more reasons than these, but the speculations about the couple's romantic interests were all deliberately told to Akane Shimizu. How could he possibly tell her when he himself was not sure?

He was not afraid of any slander because he was innocent, but he was worried that Fengchuan would misunderstand him as a hooligan and deliberately make dirty jokes to her.

"That's basically it. The rest... is just the general experience of left-behind children. You should understand that children who don't interact with their parents often will indeed feel more distant from them when they grow up."

"..."

After hearing this, Shoko Toyokawa fell silent.

As for Qian's current situation, it cannot be explained by the word "unfamiliar".

After a while, she slowly spoke with a look of self-blame.

"So...it was really because of me that Qian didn't have a complete and happy childhood..."

"..."

Seeing that the situation was not right, Shimizukawa wanted to explain the conflict between the mother and daughter as briefly as possible so that Toyokawa Shoko could quickly understand the situation.

But how come this young mother became withdrawn as she was talking?

"Actually, the specific situation is very complicated. It's not entirely your fault that Akane is like she is now in the future..."

"So, you have a share, too?"

Toyokawa Shoko reacted quickly, and her sudden words silenced Shimizukawa who wanted to comfort her.

Why did she suddenly seem relieved? And why did this former young lady suddenly seem a bit sinister?

"Actually, I've been feeling very strange after hearing what you just said."

Toyokawa Shoko continued.

"What's weird?"

"My mother passed away when I was very young. The lack of maternal love made me realize the preciousness of family affection and the importance of family at a very young age. So it is hard for me to imagine that I will be absent from Qian's childhood in the future. So I wonder if there is any misunderstanding."

Miss Toyokawa's eyes gradually became sharper, which was completely different from the clear eyes of the stupid foreman in the store.

When Qingshuichuan received her gaze, he felt his body tense for some reason, even though he hadn't done anything wrong.

"Is there...is there any misunderstanding?"

"If what you just said is true, then is there any other hidden reason for this situation..."