My retirement life in Neon

"Rio, what's wrong with you?" Hosokawa Yuji asked when he saw his daughter's listless look.

Although this daughter has been staying at home, she often won't tell him about any difficulties she encounters, and she has always been on her own.

It was not until after the accident that he realized that he was not doing a good job as a father, so he often took time to accompany her.

It happened that Hosokawa Rio's brother took over his work some time ago, so he simply moved to Tokyo with his wife and lived with his daughter.

Since then, he has been paying close attention to his daughter's situation, but now things seem a little wrong.

"I'm fine, just a little tired." Hosokawa Rio was a little uncomfortable with her father's excessive concern.

Although she knew that her parents loved her very much, they were busy with work before, so they rarely greeted her like this, and most of them were contacted by phone.

But for the past few days, her parents' concern for her was too sudden, so she was a little uncomfortable.

Hosokawa Yuji saw that his daughter didn't say anything, so he didn't ask any more questions, but called her home.

He was the driver these days.

The place where Rio Hosokawa lives now is the one she lived in when she first came to Tokyo, a modern-style flat-floor luxury house, which is a world of difference compared to the place she rented.

When he returned home, Yuji Hosokawa saw his daughter enter the room and immediately found Rio Hosokawa's mother.

Since he couldn't ask, maybe he could change someone else, after all, daughters are closer to their mothers.

After listening to her husband's words, Hisae Hosokawa asked with a strange look on his face: "You didn't know that your daughter was wrong now? I thought you knew."

"This... Of course I know, isn't this asking you what you know?"

"Of course I know what Rio is thinking, so don't worry about it, it's her own business."

Faced with his wife's perfunctory attitude, Yuji Hosokawa certainly couldn't just let it go, at worst he would ask himself.

However, Hisae Hosokawa obviously knew what he was thinking, and immediately said: "Don't bother Rio, remember?"

"Why?"

"I just asked you if you remembered?"

"Remember." As a man who loves his wife, Yuji Hosokawa saw that the situation was not right and immediately agreed.

Of course, Hosokawa Rio in the room didn't know about their conversation. She was now annoyed by the reconstruction plan, but she didn't know where to start.

"Dong Dong" a knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. She opened the door and saw her mother standing outside. Hosokawa Rio hurriedly greeted her, "Mother."

Hosokawa Hisae just smiled at her daughter's greeting and said, "Let's go in and talk."

"Yes, mother." Hosokawa Rio hurriedly made way. In her memory, she was more afraid of her majestic mother than her father.

"Come, sit down. How long have we not talked?" Hosokawa Hisae sat on the bed, thinking, "Half a year? Or a year?"

Hosokawa Rio sat next to her and didn't answer. Being alone with her mother put her under a lot of pressure, because she had never successfully deceived her mother since she was a child. Even if she succeeded, she felt that her mother did it on purpose.

The older she got, the more she felt that she couldn't see through her mother. She liked suspense and mystery novels largely because she wanted to know what her mother was thinking.

I indulged in fantasy because only in that place can I escape from my mother's eyes.

Seeing that Hosokawa Rio did not answer, Hosokawa Hisae said to himself: "Among the three children, I am most worried about you. You are too strong and don't even tell us that you are 'injured'. You can only silently hold on."

"I didn't~"

"Okay, no." Hosokawa Hisae looked at her with a smile, "Just remember that we are behind you."

Hosokawa Rio looked at Hosokawa Hisae in confusion. She didn't understand why her mother suddenly said this.

But there are three treasures to deal with parents: um, okay, I know.

"Yeah, okay, I know."

"You!" Hosokawa Hisae poked her head with a finger, "Your father and I will go back tomorrow. I am very worried about you like this."

"Huh!" Hosokawa Rio turned to look at her mother. Happiness came too suddenly, which caught her off guard.

"Why are you so happy? Do you really want us two old guys to leave?" Hosokawa Hisae teased her.

"No, what did mother say~" Hosokawa Rio denied her mother's teasing, "By the way, why are you leaving tomorrow? Is there something going on at home?"

"This was originally a temporary decision. Your father said he would take me around the world to fulfill the promise he made when he was young." Hosokawa Hisae smiled with pursed lips, as if she was a little embarrassed to talk about this in front of her daughter.

Hosokawa Rio saw her mother smiling so sweetly that she began to fantasize about traveling around the world with Lin Zi'an.

"Rio, Rio." Hosokawa Hisae called her several times before pulling her out of her fantasy.

"I'm very sorry, mother." Hosokawa Rio was scolded for being distracted when she was a child, so it was difficult for her to immerse herself in fantasy in front of Hosokawa Hisae. When she came to her senses, she had to apologize quickly.

However, the sermon that Hosokawa Rio expected did not happen. Her mother was still the same, slightly tilting her head to look at it, with a warm smile on her face.

"It's okay. What were you thinking about just now? You were laughing so happily."

Hosokawa Hisae didn't say anything this time, which made her feel a little uncomfortable, so she carefully tried to probe: "Mother, why..."

But before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Hisae Hosokawa, "I want to apologize to you here. I wanted to train you to be a lady before, but I didn't take your feelings into consideration. But now, as long as you like it, it's fine."

"How could that be..." Hosokawa Rio was a little overwhelmed. How could her usually strong mother be so easy to talk to today? , But as a child, she still said the other way around: "Mother is doing it for my own good. It's all my fault that I was ignorant when I was a child and failed my mother."

"Okay, let's not talk about those old things today." Hisae Hosokawa waved his hand. "Let's talk about something else."

"Others! What does mother want to say?"

"For example, your little boyfriend." Although Hisae Hosokawa covered her mouth with her hands, she couldn't hide her smile at all.

"You...what are you talking about!" Hosokawa Rio twisted her hands together and pretended to be calm to answer Hisae Hosokawa's words.

"Look at how red our Rio's face is." Hisae Hosokawa smiled and pointed to the dressing table next to her.

Hosokawa Rio subconsciously looked in the direction she pointed. When she saw the mirror, she knew she was deceived because her face was pale instead of red. It was obvious that she was frightened by her mother's words.

"No... just an ordinary classmate." Even though she knew she couldn't hide it from her mother, Hosokawa Rio still wanted to struggle.