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Chapter 51
Chapter 51
Chapter 51
?Under your arrangement, Yumemi Miu brought Yoda Rika to your home. After observing their interactions with Asano Nao, you confirmed there were no issues and breathed a sigh of relief.?
?Intending to strengthen the bond between Yoda Rika and Miu, you used games, manga, and novels to lure her to your house frequently.?
?During their interactions, Miu was always the decision-maker. Having learned the theory of coercion from you, your daughter successfully applied it to Yoda Rika, gaining much confidence from the experience.?
?You noticed that your daughter, who used to resemble her mother more, was becoming more and more like you.?
?Feeling completely at ease, you shifted your attention back to Asano Nao.?
?During Miu’s fourth-grade winter break, her grandmother (Asano Nao’s grandmother and your future grandmother-in-law) visited you. Seeing that your relationship was stable again, she expressed her desire to leave Yori Village and return to her hometown.?
?The old lady had a lover in her hometown village. For the past ten years, she had been visiting him annually under the pretense of having some business there.?
?You agreed to her request, and that very afternoon, she packed her things and left, using the excuse of business back home, never to return.?
?With her grandmother gone, Asano Nao no longer had to worry about her, and she spent more and more time at your house. However, she never stayed overnight; even if you deliberately kept her until late at night, she would dress up and walk home under the moonlight.?
?She needed a catalyst, one that was as inconspicuous as possible, without any emotional significance or pressure.??You enlisted Miu’s help, tempting the girl with popsicles. Unable to resist the taboo of eating ice cream in the snow, she agreed to help you.?
?Late at night, Asano Nao came to the practice room to call her daughter, who was playing the piano, home.?
?Yumemi Miu walked to the hallway, glanced out the window at the bare, wind-swept trees, and didn’t want to go out into the cold. You took the opportunity to suggest they stay in the house, speaking so casually that it seemed to carry no other meaning.?
A small memory scene appeared in Minami Yuuki’s mind.
In the dim hallway, Yumemi Miu opened the window slightly, letting in the sound of the howling wind and the cold air. Shivering, the girl quickly shut the window.
“It’s so cold outside, I don’t want to go out,” Yumemi Miu shook her head.
“But we have to go back to sleep,” Asano Nao looked troubled.
“Then stay here,” Minami Yuuki yawned as he followed behind them.
Stay over?
Just as this thought arose in Asano Nao’s mind, Minami Yuuki continued, “There’s a spare bedroom on the second floor. You can sleep there.”
Not together?
The shyness and pressure Asano Nao felt were all converted to disappointment by Minami Yuuki’s words.
She noticed another unusual phrase: “I can sleep there? Then Miu…”
“Of course, Miu will sleep with me!” Minami Yuuki picked up the girl. “Let’s go, Miu-chan.”
“Mm!” Yumemi Miu wrapped her arms around his neck.
Their figures disappeared around the corner of the stairs, leaving Asano Nao standing alone in the hallway, feeling neglected.
Wasn’t it supposed to be Miu who slept alone, while she and Yuuki-kun slept together?
Why had it reversed?
It was as if Miu had become the main character and she the supporting one.
She walked upstairs in disappointment, opened the door to the empty room, and lay down on the bed alone.
?Asano Nao moved into your house. The next day, you and Miu used the excuse of being very eager to practice piano all night to veto her suggestion of leaving.?
?For the following week, you kept using similar reasons. After a week, Asano Nao stopped mentioning leaving. Once she stayed long enough, leaving would become an unusual thing.?
?With your deliberate distance, Asano Nao felt a sense of reassurance. She thought of herself as a marginal person in the house, just a maid cleaning the rooms, or a little elf in a fairy tale doing chores. As long as she did her chores well, nothing else mattered to her.?
?Only for one or two hours a day would she be pulled into the bedroom by you to receive your brief affection. This period passed too quickly for her to think about anything.?
?You noticed that Asano Nao started secretly photographing and peeping at you again.?
?During Yumemi Miu’s sixth-grade spring break, your parents and sister came from Ino County to visit you. You only told Miu in advance. Asano Nao didn’t find out until your family arrived.?
?With your prior explanation, your parents and sister only considered Asano Nao to be your lover, just an ordinary divorced woman with a child. Their slightly distant attitude and your casual introduction made Asano Nao feel at ease. She hosted your family as usual, and the well-behaved and mature Miu was very liked by your family.?
?When leaving, your mother grabbed your wrist and told you that they thought Asano Nao was quite good.?
?They have been worrying about your marriage for many years. Over the years, their expectations had dropped repeatedly. Now, seeing you living with a woman, they were overjoyed and only hoped you would get married and have children.?
?After seeing off your family, you felt it was time and pulled Miu into a conspiracy.?
?One morning, Miu cooperated with you to bring up the topic.?
A short memory scene unfolds.
“The sports festival is coming up soon.” Yumemi Miu lay in front of the fan, looking exhausted. “The school wants parents to come and watch. Rika’s dad is going. Mom, please find me a dad quickly. You can separate after the sports festival.”
“You can’t be so casual!” Asano Nao, folding clothes nearby, blushed.
“Speaking of which, I’ve been a bit troubled lately too. My parents are urging me to get married and have a lively and cute daughter.” Minami Yuuki put down the music sheet in his hand and frowned, “Should I just find a woman to deal with my parents and then divorce her?”
“You can’t be so casual about it, right?” Asano Nao said weakly.
“Isn’t this perfect?” Yumemi Miu turned over and lay on the tatami, looking at the two of them. “Uncle, you can marry mom. That way, I’ll have a dad to attend the sports festival, and you’ll have a wife and daughter to deal with your family.”
“That’s true.” Minami Yuuki touched his chin.
The expressions of the father and daughter were too natural, and their voices were too relaxed, as if they were just having a casual chat, with even less emotional fluctuation than deciding what to eat for dinner.
Asano Nao’s mind was in chaos.
Why was such a big deal as marriage just to deal with family and attend a sports festival?
“Let’s go. I need to go out and buy some instruments anyway, and we can get the marriage registered along the way.”
Minami Yuuki stood up and took Asano Nao’s hand, “You’ll help out, right?”
Huh?
Eh?
Why?
Are you really thinking like this?!
Asano Nao looked shocked.
“Let’s go, let’s go. The sports festival is next week.” Yumemi Miu turned off the fan and grabbed her mom’s other hand.
Asano Nao followed them, looking at their calm expressions, thinking that if it was just to deal with the sports festival and family, it might not be impossible?
“Just for a week, we’ll divorce after a week,” Minami Yuuki promised.
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