They all have special skills

She ran to the bar to pay the bill, and Qingshuichuan followed her.

The two sisters came to the outside of the store hand in hand and waited.

As soon as they went out, Qingshui Ai angrily shook off Qingshui Akane's hand.

She was very angry. She was doing this for the good of the family, but both her sister and father were extremely uncooperative.

She felt that she was worried sick about this family, but no one understood her. She was very tired!

When Qingshui Ai smiled, only at this moment could she see the childish innocence that belongs to Qingshui Ai at this age. So cute~

She squatted down and whispered in the little sister's ear,

"I don't know what Dad is thinking or what he's considering, but I simply think that if you want Mom to stay over tonight, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Why not just explain the situation directly?"

“…” Qingshui Ai said nothing and continued to look at her unhappily.

Akane Shimizu raised her hand and swore, "I'm serious."

Qing Shui Ai snorted: "Who knows."

Just at this time, Shimizukawa and Toyokawa Shoko also walked out of the store.

Akane Shimizu didn't say anything more. She came straight to Toyokawa Shoko and said straight to the point: "Mom, if you are not in a hurry to go back, why don't you go sit with Dad for a while."

Her sudden change of heart and active invitation stunned Toyokawa Shoko, but Shimizu Akane continued: "Don't worry about the time. If it's too late later, just let Dad take you home."

Toyokawa Shoko hadn't expected that she had even planned everything after this, but suddenly going over to disturb her...

Qing Shuichuan saw her eyes looking at him: "Actually, you don't have to force it."

"I won't force myself, if it's convenient..." Before Fengchuan could finish her words, Shimizu Ai ran over and hugged her with a "Yeah".

Well...it's settled then.

Shoko Toyokawa was in a complicated mood. This was her first time visiting the home of a man living alone, and at such a delicate time.

But it is undeniable that she did have some expectations about this. As for what she expected... it was definitely not that she wanted to go to his residence to see if there were any traces left by other women.

I just feel that he knows so much about me, but I don't know him well enough, which makes me feel a little unfair.

She just wanted to get to know him fairly!

Yes! That’s right! That’s all!

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Qingshuichuan's small single apartment was not far from here. After finishing their meal, everyone walked slowly and chatted and laughed all the way until they got home in twenty minutes.

Toyokawa Shoko bent over and was led by Shimizu Ai into the small living room.

She had no similar experience before, so she could only use her decadent father at home as a comparison. She concluded that it was quite clean and the indoor air was dry and odorless.

The environment is much better than where she lives now.

Shoko Toyokawa sat on the tatami with legs bent. She was here now, but what was she supposed to do next... She couldn't just chat, right?

Qingshui Akane took the electric kettle from Qingshuichuan: "Dad, it's getting late, why don't you go take your sister to take a bath first?"

He leaned closer and lowered his voice: "We want to talk alone."

Qing Shuichuan tilted his head and looked at her for a long moment: "...Don't mess around."

"Don't worry."

After Shimizu Ai gave a secret eye signal, she was carried into the bathroom by Shimizu Kawa.

"Okay, now it's just the two of us." Akane Shimizu turned on the kettle and sat down in front of Shoko Toyokawa.

Fengchuan looked at his little daughter, who looked 90% like him, and said, "You invited me here specifically for this moment, right?"

Akane Shimizu nodded and then shook her head: "Yes and no... Why are you saying these useless things? Mom, you must still have a lot of questions in your mind right now."

The shower head in the bathroom was turned on, and the sound of water splashing could be clearly heard.

Without the interference of others, the little daughter seemed to be in a state of openness that she had not shown since they met.

Of course, Toyokawa Shoko also spoke frankly, no longer trying to beat around the bush: "That's true. Although I don't think Shimizu has any ill will towards me, I always feel that he... and you guys are hiding something from me."

Akane Shimizu smiled and said, "You guys... Mom, you've noticed something's wrong with my sister. I think so too. She's very smart, but no matter how smart she is, she's only six years old. Besides, she inherited this intelligence from you guys."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head. "It's not that specific. I just had a vague feeling about it. But after hearing what you just said, I can definitely confirm it."

Qing Shuiqian Akane didn't seem to mind: "It doesn't matter. After all, I was thinking about explaining everything to my mother."

After looking at her little daughter in silence for a moment, Toyokawa Shoko asked, "Before that, can I ask why your attitude towards me has suddenly changed so much?"

Akane Shimizu shrugged. "Is this important?"

"It's okay if you don't want to answer. I'm just a little concerned. After all, you did seem to dislike me before."

"Huh... I just suddenly figured it out and think my sister is right."

"Love?"

"Well, she said it's really unfair that my mother has to endure my cold shoulder for no reason when she hasn't done anything wrong."

Love actually said this...

Shoko Toyokawa suddenly felt a little warm-hearted, but although this theory sounded reasonable at first glance, it couldn't stand up to careful consideration.

But obviously she did not intend to continue to dwell on this matter and waste time. It was enough to know that her eldest daughter was on her side and her youngest daughter was also showing a very friendly attitude towards her at the moment. This was a perfect opportunity to explain all the doubts in her heart. She had to seize the opportunity. After all, it was unlikely that love would always be there.

Toyokawa Shoko unconsciously straightened her sitting posture. "I understand the general situation. Can I proceed to ask a few questions that I'm most concerned about?"

Akane Shimizu nodded.

"Qingshui told me that the reason you hate me is because I was busy with work in the future and missed your childhood. Is that true?"

"That's what Dad told you...it's true."

Toyokawa Shoko was still waiting, but Shimizu Akane didn't seem to want to continue talking.

What about what we agreed to make clear before?

Forget it… there are other more important issues, so hurry up.

"You and Ai...you are both my daughters. It doesn't seem like a coincidence that you both came here now. How did you get here?" Toyokawa Shoko asked while blocking her way out.

Akane Shimizu smiled cutely: "If I must say, it's something like a time machine. I'm not too sure about the details, you can wait a dozen years and ask Dad."

Toyokawa Shoko's pupils widened again: "The reason you are here now is related to him in the future?"

"Yes, next question~" Akane Shimizu felt that after letting go of her prejudice, her mother was also very cute when she was young, and her surprised expression was really funny.

"But...but...how could it be..."

"There are so many unsolved mysteries in the world, and it's natural that incredible things happen occasionally."

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa didn't need such comfort. After all, she had already accepted the reality that her future daughter would return to her.

She just found it hard to believe that Shimizu River could manipulate time and space to transport people to some extent.

Akane Shimizu: "Actually, Mom, you don't have to think too much about it. Just think of it as the power of love."

"The power of love?" Why does it feel like the little daughter is getting more and more outrageous?

"Mom, have you ever thought about why my sister and I are here now?"

"..." Toyokawa Shoko's face turned slightly red. She knew the answer in her heart, but she was a little embarrassed to speak it out.

"Mom, you're really innocent at this stage, but maybe Dad just likes you like this." Qingshui Akane sighed softly, "Just as you think, I'm just trying to bring you two together. It all started because of Dad's love for you."

"But aren't we already together in the future?"

"That's true, but it's not perfect. It's because you, Mom, encountered setbacks one after another, and then you were devastated and completely lost your spirit."

"Will I never recover?" When talking about herself, Toyokawa Shoko took it more seriously, with a tone of disbelief in her voice.

Akane Shimizu chuckled, as if she had anticipated her reaction. "I know it's hard for you to believe, Mom, but it's the truth. Well... at least that's how it was in the original future."

"Can you tell me in detail what happened?"

"Mom, you shouldn't keep working like this, right? After all, just working in a restaurant won't help clear Grandpa's name."

"Yes... I plan to save some money this summer and then start a new band..."

Akane Shimizu interrupted her, "That's it. Your first band, because of what happened to your grandfather, you had to quit and started worrying about making a living. And just when you finally adjusted and were thinking about fighting back against your family, the band you formed, Mom, collapsed from within at the most critical moment. You were caught off guard by betrayal, and when you think about all the hardships you've endured along the way, it's inevitable that you'd be deeply devastated."

“…” Toyokawa Shoko was stunned. She was deeply upset knowing this would be the future.

Akane Shimizu looked into her dazed eyes and continued, "And then you met Dad around that time. He knew what you'd been through, and he already had a crush on you, Mom. Seeing you in your daze, he naturally couldn't let you go, so he took the initiative to approach you and take care of you. Your relationship was established during this period... Of course, that's the original timeline, correct."

At this time, Toyokawa Shoko regained her composure, and the shock and fear she had just felt replaced by a young girl's euphoria replaced her. She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "...So this is how I ended up being with him."

Akane Shimizu corrected her: "It's not about being together, it's just that you, mom, are one-sidedly attached to dad."

"what?"

"Just think about it. When all your hard work is shattered, you're at your lowest point, backstabbed, and there's no one around you to trust. It's like a drowning mother, and then you happen to meet your only trustworthy and warm father. How could you not hold on tightly to him?"

Toyokawa Shoko seemed to understand and began to stutter: "That is to say..."

Akane Shimizu nodded, shattering her last bit of reserve. "Ah, that's right, it was you, Mom, who kept pestering Dad all day long. You were the one who initiated the relationship. During that period of low mood, you even became a stay-at-home girl, unwilling to leave the house. How could Dad dare to leave under such circumstances? He could only stay with you every step of the way, doing that kind of thing every day. The reason... probably because at that time, Mom could only use the physical pleasure of doing that kind of thing to dispel the psychological haze. This seems to make sense from the perspective of psychology..."

"Stop talking!" Shoko Toyokawa's face had turned blood red!

What made her even more embarrassed was that she had just subconsciously followed her little daughter's words and imagined... the process of that kind of thing!

How could this happen... How shameless!

Shoko Toyokawa took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. After all, her little daughter in front of her now had a fox-like expression, her face full of playfulness. She felt that her little daughter was deliberately talking about what happened during this period, and she could talk about it in such detail, just to see her shy expression as a mother. She was so mean. Now that she had noticed it, she must not let her succeed!

Toyokawa Shoko tried to maintain her dignity as a mother: "So, what you're saying is... Shimizu... his future self is the one who sent Ai to help me now just to prevent me from having these sad memories?"

"Well, on the one hand, I don't want you to be sad, but on the other hand, I don't want to let you go. No matter what, I want to continue to be with you, so I let my sister remind you and also play Cupid to reconnect you two." Qingshui Akane pretended to sigh: "Dad, he really is affectionate, right?"

The redness on Toyokawa Shoko's face didn't fade away at all: "But why doesn't he tell me this now?"

"Dad is even worried that you, Mom, would be sad just by hearing about this, so he's so hesitant to speak. Isn't this, as I said at the beginning, a manifestation of love?"

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Volume 1: Chapter 108: Wait and see the show~

"I'm actually quite envious of you, Mom, for having a Dad who loves you so much." Qingshui Akane continued to talk, her face brimming with envy and longing, not seeming to be faking it. "Unlike me, who still has no idea where my Mr. Right is, and hasn't even seen a hair."

"Don't say such vulgar words." Toyokawa Shoko corrected her with a blushing face, but quickly realized that they were of similar age now, and although she was her mother, it would be better not to be so preachy.

After all, that seemed quite annoying, so he immediately added: "Actually, there's no need to envy. Just do your own thing peacefully. One day, what you hope for will come true."

"It's the confidence of someone who's been through it all," Akane Shimizu said with a smile. "But... I'm not annoying. I wish my future mother could switch places with my current one. Being able to talk like we do now, as both mother and daughter, and as sisters, is something I've always longed for."

"Yearning... Is my future self really authoritarian and doesn't like communicating with you?"

"Whether I like it or not... I'm not your future mother, so I don't know. I think the main problem between us is that we don't spend enough time together."

Hearing this, Toyokawa Shoko lowered her head and her expression became gloomy. Although Shimizu Ai had explained her situation before, saying that the behavior of her future mother could not be blamed on her current mother, but although other people could say such things for her, she herself had no problem saying them.

"I'm sorry..." She apologized in a low voice, and then she stretched out her hands as if to reach out, but in the end, perhaps because she was not familiar enough with the situation, or because she felt that her movement was too abrupt, she finally retracted her outstretched hands tremblingly.

Akane Shimizu looked at her young mother motionless. She thought of what her future father said to her before she left. He asked her to confirm with her own eyes whether the mother she hated was really what she thought.

At first she believed it, but now...

"Just hug me if you want. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm not a boy. Dad won't be jealous." Akane Shimizu said this stiffly, and then took the initiative to replicate the action that Toyokawa Shoko had just unfinished, and went forward to hug her. This was the first time she had an intimate interaction with her mother.

Although it was the daughter who hugged her mother, the warmth was not diminished.

From a perspective that Toyokawa Shoko couldn't see, Akane Shimizu's face quickly softened.

"I'm not worried about whether he's jealous or not!" Toyokawa Shoko took the initiative to defend herself. When talking about the topic of Shimizu River, her voice immediately became inaudible. She always thought of what her daughter had just said, the scene when she took the initiative to ask for him.

"Mom, do you have any questions?" Mom smelled sweet. Although she was a little reluctant, Akane Shimizu hugged her to express her friendliness, and then quickly let go and walked away.

After all, she is a little shy and behaved so rebellious before, but now after a day, she has become as docile as a cat again... Doesn't this make it seem like I was just throwing a tantrum before, but actually I still like my mother very much!

I only like my current mother, but I still hate my future mother! Let’s put it this way!

"Indeed..." In fact, by this point, Toyokawa Shoko had basically gotten the answers to everything she wanted to know, but there was one thing that she seemed particularly concerned about: "If you and Ai return to the present... the original time process will be changed. Although I will benefit from it, but... what will you do? What if Shimizu and I..."

The smile on Qingshui Qian's face became more and more intense, and the corners of her mouth were almost raised to the sky. If there was a little fox's tail behind her at this moment, it would definitely spin like an electric fan!

Seeing her mother hesitantly stop mid-sentence, as if too shy to speak out of concern, she quickly sat down beside her, held her hand to give her the strength to continue, and whispered in her ear, offering her encouragement: "Huh? What's wrong with Daddy? Go on. There's no one else here, just the two of us, mother and daughter. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."