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After all, the other party is the head of the Matsumae family, and he shouldn't ask me to meet him for no reason.
"Life mentor." Fujii Itsuki replied.
"What about personality?"
"Pretty soft."
"Yes, she is quite gentle. Chiqin is actually like that. But Chiqin has always been very tough towards me and even towards Xinchun."
There was a look of nostalgia in Matsumae Kitahiro's eyes.
"If I say that Chiqin doesn't really consider Kokoharu her daughter, what would Mr. Fujii think?"
"impossible."
"So decisive?"
"Given the professor's personality, this is indeed impossible."
"But it is true."
Fujii Itsuki frowned.
Fact? It shouldn't be.
Based on his impression of the professor, even if the professor ran away from the Matsumae family, he should not treat Xinchun as his own daughter.
"It is what it is."
"Please give some explanation, Mr. Matsumae."
Matsumae Kitahiro was neither anxious nor impatient. "Chiqin was sent to the Matsumae family by the Jiuhua family to be raised as a child bride when she was six years old. From the beginning, she was destined to be my wife. Therefore, in the long and long life thereafter, she carried the pressure that she should not have - the pressure from the Matsumae family.
"The Matsumae family has many rules for outsiders, many of which seem quite unreasonable to modern people. Foreign women cannot speak loudly in front of their parents, cannot eat at the table when there are elders, and the family has only fixed role expectations for women. They only need to obey orders and do not need to have their own ideas."
Fujii Itsuki: ". In other words, even if the professor allowed her to enter the Matsumae family as a child bride, she is still not considered a member of the Matsumae family?"
Matsumae Kitahiro did not deny it. "In the eyes of the elders in the family, Chiqin is just a reproductive machine who needs to learn the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. What she needs to do internally is to give birth to as many children as possible for the Matsumae family. Externally, she needs to show her excellence and cultivation as the wife of the head of the Matsumae family, and show the demeanor of the Matsumae family."
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Fujii Itsuki didn't know what to say.
The professor obeyed the orders of the Matsumae family and did this and that. He had been in the Matsumae family all his life but was never treated as a family member by the elders.
This... No one can stand it, right?
"But what does this have to do with the professor not treating Xinchun as his daughter?"
Matsumae Kitahiro heard this and asked:
"What do you think is Kokoharu's greatest quality, Mr. Fujii?"
"Be obedient." Fujii Itsuki blurted out.
"Yes, I will."
Matsumae Kitahiro went on to say, "Compared to other children, Kokoharu has been much more obedient since she was young. She doesn't have the mischief, childish personality, or desires of a child. Kokoharu's personality is simply perfect for the needs of those old guys.
“And this is exactly what Qianqin dislikes the most.
"In Chiqin's opinion, Xinchun is a curse. It was a curse that was born when the Matsumae family forced her to give birth. Xinchun was too obedient and cared too much about the family. Xinchun always talked about what the elders in the family thought.
"Xinchun's words actually attributed herself to the 'Matsumae family', which was a fact that Chiqin, who had always been an 'outsider', could not accept.
"Compared to the mother, the daughter is actually more suitable for the Mukasuma family?
"Qianqin spent quite a long time after she realized this fact. She tried to change, but during this period, Xinchun did not change at all.
"Chiqin's feeling towards Kokoharu's 'daughter' is getting lower and lower, and her feeling towards the Matsumae family is also getting lower and lower. She has always been considered single.
"The Matsumae family had been unfair for a long time, and under the long-term pressure of Kokoharu, her daughter, who could not understand her, Chiqin chose to run away from home.
"After that, I rarely contacted Xinchun."
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To be honest, it was difficult for Fujii Itsuki to accept this fact.
After all, Xinchun is a child.
Xinchun always feels very happy whenever she mentions her mother.
Her study is filled with novels written by the professor, and her treasured boxes are filled with memories of her and her mother, but the professor never treated her as a daughter?
It is hard to imagine what kind of state Xinchun will fall into after learning the truth.
The more Fujii Itsuki thought about it, the more he shook his head.
"I have a lot of new understandings about the professor. I think what the professor did to Xinchun was too cruel. I can't accept it. But it's not that I can't understand it. I can only say that this is a tragedy caused by the past dregs of the Kuka family and the Matsumae family."
"So I subsequently cut off the thousand-year-long exchanges between the Kuka family and the Matsumae family."
".? Was this matter led by you, Mr. Matsumae?"
Matsumae Kitahiro seemed to be caught in a very unpleasant memory, and he said while recalling:
"Chiqin and I were childhood sweethearts. It was the family tradition that led her to a place she didn't want to be and to become a wife she didn't want to be. The constant pressure at home made her run away from home, and then she left this world in Kyoto with regrets."
It was only then that Fujii Itsuki realized something.
The professor entered the Matsumae family as a child bride at the age of six. Doesn't that mean that Matsumae Kitahiro has been watching the professor face everything that the Matsumae family has bestowed on her since she was six years old?
Matsumae Hokuhiro loved the professor very much.
But he was powerless to help the professor with the pain he was facing.
I also have to watch the professor grow in pain.
The mental pressure that Matsumae Kitahiro had to face in the past was definitely not low.
Matsumae Kitahiro closed his eyes, "After Chiqin passed away, I started to push forward the plan to separate the Kuka Family and the Matsumae Family until now. Because of this, Kuka Ryuu hated me very much. In his opinion, my move made it difficult for the Kuka Family to revive, so he chose to take Yue and leave for Tokyo."
If I remember correctly, these guys have been playmates since childhood, right?
Inexplicably, Fujii Itsuki was able to imagine a family drama full of love, hate, and vengeance.
"Thank you, Mr. Matsumae, for telling me these secrets. But this is not why you invited me here today."
"Of course, it's mainly for Xinchun. I was under a lot of pressure at home because I needed to push for the separation of the Matsumae family and the Kuka family, and I neglected this child a lot, which led to her subsequent anxiety disorder, which has not been cured.
"I said all this to Mr. Fujii because I wanted you to understand that I am on Chiqin's side. I owe Xinchun too much, so I don't want to disappoint her. At the same time, I don't want my family's arranged marriage to continue. You are the last one."
"reason?"
"The reason is that I pushed for the separation of the Kuka family and the Matsumae family, which caused some elders in the family to be dissatisfied with me. My father was also among them. My father and his family urgently needed to train the next head of the family to speak on behalf of the Matsumae family. With the promotion of my sister Kako, you became one of the candidates."
Fujii Itsuki still finds this incident very funny.
How come I was chosen?
"You have a clean background, graduated from a prestigious school, and can be trained. In Kasumigaseki, quite a few people are from the 'Kyoto faction'. Your identity and your past can be a great help to you. After marrying into the family, you will only belong to Matsumae. This is why those old guys chose you."
".That's quite reasonable."
"For Xinchun's sake, I will not deny her choice, even though you are ten years older than her. But on the other hand, Mr. Fujii, you need to promise me that after I step down, you need to continue to push forward the separation of Jiuhua and Matsumae, and completely eliminate those who oppose this matter in the family. What do you think, Mr. Fujii?"
Fujii Itsuki did not respond immediately.
But thinking about it carefully, he had no objection.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded in agreement.
Having said that, the matter was almost over. Matsumae Kitahiro stood up and was about to leave.
"I have official duties to attend to, so I'm sorry I can't stay with you for long. Since Mr. Fujii has agreed to my request, I have no objection to what's going on between you and Xinchun."
Is this considered consent?
Should I call this man father-in-law now?
Beijing Broadcasting Institute is only a dozen years older than me, so I always feel something is weird about it.
"My family is anxious for your marriage to Xinchun, hoping to add a child to the main branch of the Matsumae family as soon as possible. But in reality, I believe that you, Mr. Fujii, don't want to rush it, and Xinchun is too young. I will delay this matter for a while, but I also hope that you can get on the right track as soon as possible."
"How long can it last at most?"
"Until Xinchun graduates."
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That's pretty short.
Kitahiro Matsumae left.
As the head of the family, he has a lot of things to do every day and must have a lot of affairs to take care of.
Fujii Itsuki had a lot of ideas about what he just said, but it was too early and could not be realized.
In fact, he still has some admiration for Matsumae Kitahiro.
As the head of the family, he can actually go against family traditions for the sake of the person he loves.
It’s better to go back now.
Fujii Itsuki will leave later.
"Hmm? Mr. Nagayama, are you still waiting here? Isn't Matsumae Kitahiro——"
Nagayama Sakura bowed to him, "Mr. Fujii, the master has asked me to take you back."
".It's quite troublesome."
"Mr. Fujii, both the young lady and the master think highly of you. Where are you going now, Mr. Fujii?"
"Go to Xinchun's place. Sorry for the trouble."
"no problem."
Sitting in the Maybach, Fujii Itsuki was sent to the doorstep of Matsumae Shinharu by Nagayama Sakura.
After ringing the doorbell, Fujii Itsuki was still thinking about the professor's lack of interest in Xinchun when he heard hurried footsteps, and then a girl with a happy face and a snow fox standing on her shoulder appeared in front of him.
"teacher"
"Good afternoon, Xinchun."
"Good afternoon, teacher. Did you come here specially to visit me?"