[Comprehensive] Open your mouth and take medicine!

To my surprise, the other party did not tie me to the operating table to cut my kidneys as I imagined, but they just carried me to a place like the trunk of a car and closed the trunk lid , I don't know exactly where I'm going to go next. Anyway, after driving for about half an hour, the bumpy car stopped.

Then the trunk was opened, I closed my eyes and tried my best to let the other person lift me out of the trunk, and I smelled something like aromatherapy along the way—I could also hear the wind blowing the leaves of evergreen trees from here The buzzing sound of aromatherapy and evergreen trees, this place can't be a mountain, right?But I still kept my breath and continued to pretend to be asleep.

And then, um, and then this is the situation now, I sat on the bed in my pajamas and smiled at the two people in front of me very...how should I put it, a man and a woman full of conspiracy, it looks like It looks like a couple. "Excuse me... what did you bring me here for?" A look of confusion and fear is needed at this time.

"Please don't be angry." The woman, who looked about 50 or [-] years old, was very elegant, and she was wearing a kimono. She leaned over and looked at me with a smile, "Please take a look at this photo first." She Sitting on the edge of my bed and handing me an old photo that looks a bit dated.

Although it has a history of at least 30 to [-] years, the person in this old photo looks very beautiful and has a temperament, counting the ponytail and wearing a sailor suit with a cute smile, "May I ask who this is?" I raised my head Looking at the lady in front of her, the smile on her face grew stronger, "Do you think that the girl in the photo looks similar to you? Especially the eyes and nose..."

No, Obasan, not at all, not at all, absolutely not, although I was crazily complaining in my head, but I still nodded timidly, "There is a little... Excuse me, may I ask you who are you?" ? I want to go home, I..."

"Actually, you don't have a home. The so-called 'home' is just a rented house." The lady put away the photo in her hand, "Besides, I also asked a private detective to investigate your information. I don't have any work, I just write at home The manuscript wants to publish light novels, and I will go back to the park to play chess and read books on weekends." She paused, then bent her eyes that were still bright and gentle despite the traces left by the years, carrying that habit all the way As if, the smile like a mask continued, "I have one thing I want to ask you for help."

"Excuse me, why do you want to investigate me?" In order to make the scene look more real, I used a panicked tone here, "What the hell are you doing—this is kidnapping!"

"Please listen to me first." She put her hand on my shoulder and pushed me back on the bed. "Actually, the girl in the photo is called Kirie Mari, and she is my husband's sister." She turned her eyes Transferred to the silent, elderly man in a navy blue kimono with his hands behind his back, he looked older than his wife.

If the woman named Mari Kirie was still alive, she would be 50 or [-] years old by now.

"This is a story from more than 20 years ago..." The lady stood up from the edge of the bed and told the story about her husband's sister, her sister-in-law.

More than 20 years ago, there was a beautiful girl who received advanced lady education. She has always been the jewel in the palm of the family. Everyone believes that this girl deserves the best.Well-behaved, sensible, filial, and elegant--such a lady, in the eyes of ordinary people, should marry a man of the same family, who is also excellent, and then live a perfect life with her husband and children.

However, one day, after the marriage partner was determined at home, she disappeared.A letter was left behind, which said: "I'm sorry, my father and mother who love me deeply, I already have someone I love deeply, so I want to live with him-Mari Kirie." In this case, it naturally caused an uproar in the old-fashioned family.

How can this be?Elopement is absolutely not allowed.

Therefore, the family members thought that they should not let the married person know about this matter anyway, otherwise the reputation of the family would plummet—the head of the family at that time, apart from being angry, annoyed, and ashamed of Miss Mali's behavior, also secretly Worried about whether her daughter is doing well outside.

They reported the case on the grounds of disappearance, and burned the message letter.

After exhausting all means to search for it, the child disappeared without a trace, like a mud cow drowning in the sea.

Year after year, year after year.

Well, in short, after listening to the lady's words, I feel that this matter can be described in one sentence, "the counterattack of a good girl who has high hopes at home." But this is not important, the important thing is that they What exactly does she want me to do? When she narrates the whole thing, I always feel a strange sense of disobedience, but I can't tell what's weird.

Putting the weirdness aside for now, I think I can probably figure out what they want me to do, but——"Excuse me...does this have anything to do with me?"

"Not long ago, the private detective I hired told me that he had found news about Mari." Mr. Wue who had been silent all this time suddenly said.

"Then why do you..."

He raised a hand and interrupted me, "Please listen to me first."

I nodded.

"It turns out that more than ten years ago, my sister Mali, the person she eloped with, and their children died in an accident. It's very serious, even though my mother is worried, she still has to take care of my father—Nao and I decided to hide this matter for the time being, and continue to look for it as if Mari is still alive—" He stopped, and The pair of sharp triangular eyes fixed on my face, "However, about a year ago, my mother didn't know what happened, maybe because she realized that she was going to die soon, she started arguing to see Mari. I I thought about it with my wife for a long time, and felt that this was the last wish of the old man who was about to pass away, and it was too cruel to let her fail."

No, it's really wrong, although it seems to sound impeccable at first glance, after careful reflection, I feel that this statement is the same as the story told by Mrs. Wue - too skilled, as if it has been rehearsed thousands of times.

"So?" I asked tentatively.

"Just when my wife and I were hesitating whether to tell my mother the truth, my wife happened to pass by the park, but found that you look very similar to Mari, so I moved you to pretend to be Mari's daughter Kaori’s thoughts.” He paused, then leaned forward slightly, “Please rest assured, I won’t let you do this for nothing, after mother’s death, my wife and I will give you a sum of money—like a private detective According to the investigation, you are probably a homeless person, right?"

Oh, the detective you mentioned, actually I gave him a hint and asked him to tell you that I am a homeless man. I am still wondering who is secretly investigating my three-no products. You guys, let me tell you earlier, you still need to use this kind of method like kidnapping.

A plan quickly took shape in my mind, and I nodded with a smile, "Of course." I think somewhere in this room there is a surveillance camera that recorded the conversation between me and the Wue couple. Even if I pretend to be Kaori Kirie, and even if I cheat the old lady's trust in the future, I won't be able to compete with them for the right to inherit the inheritance.

I think, probably the old lady noticed something, and forced her son and daughter-in-law to look for her little daughter everywhere, and said something, "If you don't get Mari back, donate all the inheritance to charity organizations" Kind of words?

Moreover, the old lady does not seem to live long.

My thinking is this, if Kirie Mari really eloped with someone and died in an accident, what the Kirie couple did is not morally or legally problematic, and if Kirie The Mari thing is really as problematic as I intuitively think it is...

Then, it's time to complete the task given to me by the system.But since I was invited to pretend to be someone else's granddaughter, I think they will probably restrict my activities—"Well, please... If I agree to pretend to be Kaori Kirie, you... can let me at least Do you have time for your activities?" I cautiously asked the couple in front of me. "Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble."

The Wue couple looked at each other, then nodded.

Huh... That's right, there is a money transaction in it, if it breaks, they can still tell the old lady that I am a counterfeit - no, tell the old lady directly?That's right, I could tell the old lady's younger sister and her family that they are no longer alive with a sad face, but I chose such a compromise method-is it filial piety?

Or is there another reason?

I hope it is filial piety.I think so.

On the second day, I was changed into a sakura-colored kimono by a servant, and I couldn't eat breakfast at all when I was tied up with five flowers. Then I was taught a lot of things related to Kirie Mari, and I was taught some lady manners—what? Take small steps, put your hands in front of you, speak softly and so on—I have to say, they are really careful in what they do.

By the time I saw the old lady Wue, it was already a week after the devil training.

As soon as the old lady saw me, she took my hand and called "Mari", I could only cover her wrinkled old hand and say, "Grandma, I am Kaori."

The old lady's hands trembled slightly, "Xaori?"

"Hey, Kaori is Mari's daughter." Mrs. Kirie Nao came over and said with a smile on her face. If you want to say, this kind of deliberately flattering smile is a bit strange. It doesn't look like a daughter-in-law to a mother-in-law. Subordinates to their superiors, "That's your granddaughter, mother-in-law."

From the moment I entered Kirie's house, I felt that something was wrong. Mr. Kirie Shoichiro and Mrs. Kirie Nao, are they a little too unfamiliar with Mrs. Kirie's attitude?As a family.

The old lady raised her hands, and covered my cheeks with those old but not rough hands, which seemed to be in good condition, "Kaori?" She said in such an uncertain, trembling voice asked.

"Grandma." I put my hand on hers and smiled. Tears accumulated in the eyes of the old man, and finally fell down like a dike. Her legs were inconvenient and she had to sit in a wheelchair to walk in the courtyard. , but now the yard is full of bleak scenes.

After touching her face, she touched her hair again, "Yes, yes, Mari likes this kind of soap..." Her trembling hands patted my head lightly, just like when breastfeeding her own child.

"Xaori... Kaori... Mari said that if she has a child in the future, she will be called by this name." She murmured like this as if she was caught in her own memories, crying.

I still find it very strange, and sure enough...very strange.

I reached out and took out my handkerchief, wiped away tears for the old lady Kirie, and held her trembling hand, "Grandma, Kaori will come back to see you instead of Mom."

Finally, as if she couldn't hold back anymore, she touched my hair and cried.

Mrs. Kirie Nao turned her head to wipe away her tears, but I saw her expression seemed to be relieved, it seemed that I had been cheated by my pretense and was declared to have only half a year's lifespan. For the rather energetic old lady Wue, since half a year ago, she can only rely on various drugs and instruments to maintain her life activities.

Sure enough, I still found it very strange, and there was a strange sense of disobedience from the very beginning.What I want to say is that as a son, Shoichiro Kirie only appeared once when Mrs. Nao Kirie and I were sent upstairs to meet the old lady-such a filial son, how could he not be here at this time?There is also Mrs. Wue's way of getting along with the old lady that is too humble and flattering.

The relationship between this family may not be as harmonious as it appears on the surface.

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