【Gojo Family Housewife's Daily Life】Comics

Her father Lu An's birthday is coming up in a few days. Although it's not a full birthday celebration, she should go back for a trip. And even if it's just for Lu Liang, she has to go back.

As for the birthday gift...Gojo Satoru had already prepared it, but this is considered a joint gift between husband and wife.

As her father's only living child, she should send a separate copy herself.

Her father, Lu An, was obviously a "vulgar man", but he loved to pretend to be cultured and liked to collect calligraphy and paintings.

Her father has many Chinese paintings by famous Chinese artists.

So she decided to buy a painting by Takawa Utamaro (1).

She remembered that a work by Takawa Utamaro was auctioned at a Paris auction in June this year, and the final transaction price was 6 euros (about 74.5 million yuan). But it was a masterpiece after all, and a normal work could be bought for 555 million.

After withdrawing the money, she also plans to buy some financial products, otherwise if she keeps it all in the bank, the value will only depreciate.

Meihui, who came with her, looked at the amount in the passbook in her hand, suddenly turned around, grabbed her hand, tears welled up in her eyes, and said, "Qinjiang, let's elope! This much money is enough for us to live happily for the rest of our lives."

"Okay." Lu Qin smiled happily and turned to look at Meihui. He also held her hand, then smiled faintly and said, "As long as you are not afraid of being hunted down by the Lu family and the Gojo family together, it will be fine."

"I really want to be with you, Meihui." Lu Qin smiled.

"Uh... forget it. My life is more important." Meihui smiled awkwardly.

After Lu Qin finished the formalities, Mei Hui asked curiously behind her: "Xiao Qin, you are so rich, why do you still listen to your family's arrangements to get married? If I were as rich as you, I would quit my job, go out traveling every day, and then change male models every month to "favor" me. Ah, this is simply a fairy-tale life!"

Lu Qin tapped Meihui's forehead and said, "These are all my dowry. In other words, this money will only come to me if I marry the husband chosen for me by the Lu family."

Then he gave her a doting look that said "Do you understand?"

Meihui was speechless after hearing this.

Haha, she knew that money was not so easy to make.

She half-jokingly said, "........Oh, I get it, Xiaoqin, this is the money you earned from selling your body."

Lu Qin: “….” (Sister, don’t tell the truth, it hurts).

A while after she withdrew the money, the counter called her number.

"Hello, miss. How can I help you?" A mature man's voice came.

Lu Qin looked up at the employee's work number and name in front of him—Nanaha Kento.

Kento Nanami.....(A corporate slave who works at a securities and financial services company has arrived, but is about to resign).

Nanami... Kento... Such a familiar name.

She felt like she had heard this name somewhere before. (She must have heard Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru mention it.)

PS:

(1) Kitagawa Utamaro: A Japanese ukiyo-e painter from the Edo period. He is known as one of the three great ukiyo-e painters along with Hokusai Katsushika and Ando Hiroshige.

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Lu An’s birthday was just a small banquet. After all, it was his 48th birthday, not a full birthday celebration.

Besides, Lu An was not the next head of the Lu family, so naturally it was just a small family banquet.

The reality is that Lu Qin looked at the people sitting at the table. Not only did Lu Ci not come, but even her grandfather Lu Xiao (Lu An's father, Lu Ci's second son, and the heroine's family is considered the second branch of the family) did not come.

After the birthday party, she went to see Lu An alone.

"Father, I'm sorry for what happened last time." She had promised to come to apologize. She should take the initiative to apologize for what happened in June. After all, she was the one who asked for a favor this time.

"Hmph, it's good for you to know it yourself." Lu An said indifferently and continued drinking his tea without even looking up at her.

"Don't think that I can't discipline you just because you're married."

"I still say the same thing, quit your job as soon as possible. While you are still young and your husband's heart is still with you, hurry up and have another child." Lu An said.

"Yes, Father," she replied.

Seeing his daughter bowing her head and responding to him as before, Lu An instantly felt a little better.

"You agreed quickly. I want to see you..." He glanced at his daughter again. Seeing that she was still obedient, he did not continue to criticize her.

Instead, he chose to ease the relationship with his daughter.

He said, "I accept your gift, but don't delay too long. Go back tomorrow." He took a sip of tea.

"Actually... I want to ask my father about something and hope he can help me. Although we are both members of the Lu family, my father and I are a family behind closed doors." She looked at Lu An and said.

What she said was not wrong. Although her relationship with Lu An was average, they were father and daughter.

Lu An didn't dare to tell others about the questions she asked, nor did he dare to tell them to Lu Ci. Because in the eyes of others, she, Lu An's only living child, was highly bound to her father Lu An.

They are one.

"What do you want to ask?" Lu An asked unhappily.

"Xiaoliang's matter." She answered calmly.

As soon as these words came out, Lu An was so shocked that he almost spit out a mouthful of tea. He wiped his mouth hastily, and then immediately became alert. Even his back, which was originally half-lying on the chair, suddenly straightened up.

"Is this something you should be concerned about?" He raised his voice and acted as if he was admonishing his daughter.

"Has Xiaoliang been..." She hadn't finished asking, she just wanted to know whether Lu Liang had been caught.

If he had been caught, how would the family deal with him? She had to have a clear idea in her mind.

But judging from his father's reaction, it seemed that he was not caught.

Because his father, as always, avoided all questions about Xiaoliang.

"I'll say it again, this is not something you should ask. Go back to Tokyo immediately. Also, I warn you, do not do anything that will bring shame to the Lu family!"

what?

What does he mean?

What does it mean to bring shame to the Lu family?

Will she bring shame to the Lu family? (2)

Who brought shame to the Lu family?

She has sacrificed so much for the Lu family, what else do you want from her...

"Shame? What do you mean, father? Am I the one who brought shame to the Lu family?" She pointed at herself and asked her father.

It's really speechless, how clean are they themselves...Everyone from the older generation of the Lu family is a robber.

The thief has no guilt, and he has the nerve to accuse her...

How did the "Shuangquan Hands" of the Eight Wonders come to the Lu family?

Do you think all the Chinese are fools?

Lu Ci himself was a bandit, and his junior Lu An was also an accomplice in helping the tyrant to commit atrocities.

What right do they have to blame her?

"The old Taoist priest said that Quan Xing must be eliminated. Quan Xing can't even protect himself now, and Xiaoliang might be in trouble. The family has been hunting down Xiaoliang all these years, but if he is really caught, how will the family deal with him? Father, can't you tell me the truth? You are his uncle after all!" she said.

"How dare you say that! I tell you, don't mention this matter again! Especially in front of your great-grandfather, otherwise I can't protect you!" Lu An shouted angrily.

It’s so funny, she needs his protection?

However, after talking to this point, Lu Qin was no longer angry but laughed: "That's right, father, you don't even care about your own daughter. For a man who can even sell his own daughter, what is a nephew in your eyes!"

"You!...You unfilial daughter! You are going to piss me off to death!!" Lu An was so angry that he stood up and cursed, pointing at Lu Qin's nose.

He seemed to have been touched in a sore spot by her.

"Just because of what happened to Xiao Huan back then, you think I am responsible and you hate me till now? Or, you are holding a grudge against me because I stopped you, a shameless person, from eloping with another man?" Lu An started to bring up old issues with his daughter again.

He looked at his daughter's face, which was similar to his wife's, that expression, that demeanor...

The angry feeling I once had came back.

"Just because of Xiao Huan?" She smiled bitterly.

What on earth are she and her sister Xiao Huan to their father?

And you scold her for eloping? How ridiculous...

"I just wanted to be with the man I liked at that time. Is that wrong?" she murmured. I don't know if she was asking Lu An or her own heart...

"You're still mentioning that man, how shameless of you! How could I have such a shameless daughter like you? I warn you, you're married now, please be careful about your words and actions at all times!"

I could hear my father scolding me.

Yes, she eloped with a man, she has no shame...

She looked at her father's angry expression and tears suddenly flowed down her face...

Really, it turns out I still cry like I did when I was a kid...I clearly told myself not to care.

Why am I still sad and miserable?

"You still don't think you did something wrong? You were already engaged at that time, and you just walked away. What would happen to the Lu family? Would you become a laughing stock?" Lu An scolded.

"Father, I almost want to laugh when you say that. This marriage was arranged by my great-grandfather. None of you asked for my opinion. Whoever agrees will get married!" She raised her head and finally said what she wanted to say after holding it in for more than four years.

All I heard was a "pop!"

Suddenly, the whole room became quiet.

There were no more scoldings, nor any objections.

Lu Qin touched the right side of his face that had been hit.

With slightly red eyes, she looked at the middle-aged man with red eyes in front of her—her biological father.

Looking at his raised, slightly trembling right hand.

"Counting that rainy night in Shanghai, this is the seventeenth slap you've given me, father." She smiled and looked directly at the man in front of her without fear.

"Okay! Very good! I'll call the Gojo family now and ask them to pick you up. You go back to Tokyo right now!! Go back right now!" His voice suddenly became higher.

"I won't leave. I want to wait for news from Xiaoliang." She put down her hand that was touching her cheek, showing no sign of compromise.

Lu An took two steps forward and looked at her fiercely: "How dare you! How dare you! You are so stubborn! Don't think you are strong enough! I tell you, no matter where we are, whether in the Lu family or the Gojo family, you - have no say!!!"

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PS:

(2) The company’s last banquet event was a social evening held to welcome people from other related companies in the Otowa Group (someone came).

So it was actually Lu An himself who felt guilty and said something like "Don't do anything that will bring shame to the Lu family."

The heroine didn't understand what her father was saying.

As for why Lu An said this, it is easy to guess based on the company's affairs. The reason is obvious.

I've already given you a spoiler, this is a foreshadowing.

Another topic:

It is not strange for men to humiliate women, but I have never understood why a father would say such things to his daughter. This reminds me of the "embroidery tower" of the Confucian merchants in old China. The girls from merchant families never left the embroidery tower since they were born. Their fathers used this to show their purity - although they were merchants, they were indeed a family of poetry, books and etiquette.

It is the same in the West. Daughters will be sent to monasteries or churches to be raised... to ensure that their girls are chaste.

Actually, it's misogyny.

Even this kind of misogyny overwhelms the father's natural love.

The heroine's character "flaws" and problems - "slight self-loathing", "easily sentimental", "over-emphasis on feelings"...the two men, Lu Ci and Lu An, have contributed greatly to this.

These problems will be reflected in her gender relationships when she grows up, and may very likely cause secondary harm. She will suffer from emotional pain, guilt, self-harm, etc.

Her boyfriend and husband were unable to fully understand, empathize with, or save her from these problems, so she could only rely on herself to get out of them.

People need to grow up~~

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(Three days later, at the Gojo family residence in Tokyo)

"Ball...my ball..." Xiao Xing called softly.

The ball she watched rolled far away.

So she chased the ball and ran all the way. Her chubby little feet stepped on the wooden board, but there was no sound.

But when she reached a corner, she stopped.

Because Aunt Jing said she was not allowed to come here.

There are usually a lot of people guarding here, and usually the ones who come to help my father get things and tidy up the room are Aunt Jing and my mother.

But today was strange. She ran all the way here and found that there was no maid in this corridor, and she was not stopped as usual.

Curious, Xiao Xing tiptoed over and slowly approached her father's study. She even concealed her breath, just like she did three months ago at Longhu Mountain.

We are almost at Dad’s study...

It’s really strange, why are there no servants here? Xiao Xing tilted her head, very confused.

But, after all, she was a child who was not even four years old. She could not understand these things, nor did she know what they meant.

The cicadas in September were so loud that they drowned out the sounds in the room.

The door to Dad's study was half open, not completely closed.

She looked over secretly and saw her father lying at her mother's feet in a strange posture, like a coquettish cat playing under the mistress's skirt.

My mother leaned her back against the desk with her hands on it, as if she was frowning...

Even the clothes on his body were a little messy.

Humph, her mother always says that she can't put on clothes well, saying things like "You're so old, but you still need others to help you put on clothes. Aren't you ashamed?" Xiao Xing complained while holding the ball.

Obviously, my mother is like this too.

I know she's a bad mother.

She watched for a while, still the same. She didn't understand what game they were playing.

Really boring.

Not as fun as her ball.

She curled her lips and left quietly.