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Yang Kui Chitose hung up the phone, packed her clothes for the day, picked up her small bag and hurried out.
Clapping feet descended the wooden stairs.
By chance, I met Yang Kui Nagano who had just walked out of the kitchen.
His eyes moved up.
The stepfather always looks very serious, which makes Yang Kui Chitose pause for a few seconds every time she meets him.
"Going out?" Yang Kui Nagano saw how his stepdaughter was dressed.
"Ah, yes, to a friend's house."
"Boys?"
"Girls."
silence.
"Do you need some pocket money?"
“That’s enough.”
"Come with me first."
Yang Kui Nagano said this calmly, then passed by her and went upstairs. Yang Kui Chitose said nothing, just followed her father.
I don't know if it's an illusion or what.
Yang Kui Chitose followed behind and always felt that her father's back seemed to have become older than before. Not as good as when she was first taken to the Yang Kui family as a stepdaughter.
Following behind him, he came to the door of his father's room. Yang Kui Chitose stood outside and looked inside curiously.
I found my father bending over, taking something out of an old cabinet.
Wait until her father comes out and shows the thing to her.
Yang Kui Chitose only then realized it was money.
this.
A lot of money.
No less than 100,000.
"I don't want it."
The girl looked at her serious stepfather, raised her hand to refuse, shook her head, and blurted out subconsciously.
But unexpectedly, Yang Kui Nagano directly pulled her hand, stuffed the money into her hand, let her hold it tightly in her hand, then turned and left and went downstairs.
Yang Kui Chitose looked at the money in her hand, then looked at her father's departing back.
There is an indescribable feeling in my heart.
This feeling is quite heartwarming, but also a bit confusing and uncomfortable.
Chitose Yangkui couldn't say anything and couldn't figure out what was wrong, so she hurried downstairs and found her mother who was still cleaning the room for the guests and asked her questions secretly.
"Nagano took the initiative to give you pocket money, Chitose?"
"Yes. I.. just don't quite understand what father means."
"He is happy for you." Eriko Yangkui hugged the quilt and smiled kindly.
"Happy?" Yang Kui Qiansui was puzzled.
"Nagano thinks that you, Chitose, have finally made some friends, so he gave you some extra pocket money so that you can keep in touch with your friends."
"This..." Yang Kui Qiansui blinked, still confused.
Why?
Suddenly like this
"Qiu Sui, didn't you notice it yourself?"
"Perceive what?"
"In the past, you always said that you had several classmates you could get along with at school, but Nagano and I never saw you take the initiative to look for them.
"During the holidays, a few classmates would occasionally come to see you, but you would never agree to go out with them. Chitose, you always stayed at home or went to the beach to practice playing the instrument."
Eriko Yangkui slowly placed the quilt in her hand on the tatami in the room next to her, and reached out to lift her stepdaughter's short hair.
Then she clasped her hands on her apron, looked at her stepdaughter and smiled again.
"Hasn't Chitose noticed? In the past, you always seemed to be living alone, living a very tiring, hard and lonely life. You always forced yourself and often put yourself under a lot of pressure. Nagano and I have always been worried about your condition."
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Is that so?
Yang Kui Chitose was a little dazed.
She recalled her past self carefully.
After Brother Shu went to Kyoto, I thought about him day and night and wanted him to come back.
I hope he comes back to me.
I hope he can stay with me like he did when we were little.
But I also know that Brother Shu has his own life.
Brother Shu has his own very brilliant life path to follow, and I cannot be a stumbling block in his life.
But I miss Brother Tree so much.
I would often ask about his situation in Kyoto and occasionally call him to find out what was going on.
Whenever Brother Shu talked about some very talented classmates, famous professors, and internationally renowned scholars and experts he met at Kyoto University.
自己
I feel like I’m not in the same world as Brother Shu.
I often look up at the night sky and wonder.
Brother Shu will probably find a much, much more beautiful woman who is much better than himself in the future.
Will Brother Shu have his own happy family in the future?
Brother Tree
Maybe he will really not need me in the future and forget about me?
自己
I am really afraid of this moment coming.
So when I heard that Brother Shu's professor had passed away and that Brother Shu expressed his regret to me, I wanted to make up for Brother Shu's regret.
I want to work hard to appear in his eyes and be valued by him.
Work hard to pick up the instrument that was difficult to learn in the past, day and night.
Perhaps it is because of this state, the state of forcing oneself.
This led to me always rejecting my classmates’ invitations to travel, and also led to me rarely having friends with whom I could truly confide.
As for now
Friends?
Chitose Yangkui thought of Matsumae Shinharu and Rinka Hiiragi.
They should be considered my close friends, right?
"Chitose, do you understand?"
Yang Kui Eriko saw that her daughter had finally come out of her state of deep thought and still smiled at her.
"Well, I understand father's intention more or less." Yang Kui Qiansui nodded, "But why doesn't father always explain these things to me clearly?"
"Qian Sui, you also know that this old man can't let go of his status and is very old-fashioned."
"If you tell me clearly, I will understand him better."
Yang Kui Eriko smiled at her daughter who was puffing up her cheeks. "He is just like that. He still cares about you in his heart. Chitose, I'm glad you understand. But actually, ever since Ashu's kid returned to Otaru, Chitose, you rarely show the same behavior as before."
"Hehe~ After all, I've always wanted to find Brother Shu!" Yang Kui Chitose became happy.
"But friends are also indispensable. Nagano and I are very happy to see that you have changed, Chitose. Well, go quickly, go quickly."
"Then mother, I'll be leaving now! If we continue talking, it will be past the agreed time!"
"Well, slow down on the road."
"Okay~~"
After waving goodbye to her stepmother, Yang Kui Chitose carried her small bag and got on the bus on the roadside.
Holding the hanging ring, the body swayed with the car, and the street scene of Otaru city outside the window also changed with the slight roar of the car engine.
The sunlight flickered alternately on the girl's face.
She thought again of the money her father had just given her and what her mother had said.
Are friends essential?
It seems to be true.
In the past, I felt lonely everywhere.
I always miss my brother Shu who is far away in Kyoto.
Now that Brother Shu is back, I have a good friend I can confide in.
Because of these.
I don't have to completely disguise myself these days, and I can be as happy on the inside as I am on the outside, right?
Chitose Yangkui felt that she understood more and more the importance of "good friends".
Rinka seems to really want to reconcile with Jiuhua, right?
And the same goes for Xinchun sauce.