"Net King" is not just a good friend

Chapter7.Part1.Rabindranath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore)

To you "who have become adults":

As I stand before you at the end of the day, you will see my scars and know that I was wounded and I was healed. - Tagore "India"

I am afraid of their eyes on me, afraid of what they talk about me, I hate myself like this, but you gave me to rely on at that moment. (Reality)

Takeuchi Sosei didn't work overtime tonight, and walked into the house on time. The room was as quiet as ever, and there was no sense of anyone living here.

The sofa is still as flat as when it was first moved into the apartment, and every pillow placed on it has no wrinkles.

Every chair in the dining room also maintained the position he placed when he went out in the morning, and there was no sign that one of the corners had been moved.

Only the bright light on the wooden floor from the lights in the real room let him know that there were people in the house.

Takeuchi Sosei walked up, but the door was not closed. He saw that she was reading manga on the carpet beside the bed, and the manga she bought was scattered around the carpet. He knocked on the door to signal himself to go in.

Takeuchi Zongcheng heard the sound of entering the house early in the morning. Usually, he would go back to the room to take a shower and then go to the refrigerator to get an iced drink. He would only say hello and tell himself that he was back when he passed the door of his room. He went straight into his room and watched him push the chair in front of his desk to the bed and sit down, as if he had something to say to him.

Shi Shi casually buckled the manga in his hand on the carpet and got up and sat on the bed, "Is there something wrong?"

"Do you have any appointments with your classmates tomorrow?" Takeuchi Sosei seldom paid attention to his own movements. It was unexpected for him to ask such a question suddenly, but he still shook his head and said that he had no arrangements for tomorrow.

After getting his own answer, Takeuchi Zongcheng said immediately: "I have made a reservation for a restaurant at noon tomorrow."

"Just the two of us?"

"No, there is also my ..., an old friend." Takeuchi's tone of reply paused slightly, but in the end he only said an 'old friend' answer.

"I see, father. Do you have any dress code for tomorrow?"

Apparently he didn't expect to ask such a question, Takeuchi Zongcheng was stunned for a moment before answering: "Casual clothes are fine, as long as you are comfortable." After speaking, he left the room and closed the door softly.

That gagging feeling came back again, not sure who I was going to see for lunch tomorrow.

'Old friend', don't you usually say 'friend'?Said to be a friend, but in fact it was someone who was very likely to become her father's future wife.

Just now, Sosei Takeuchi obviously said "old friend" after thinking for a second, which means that he values ​​the person he will bring her to see tomorrow very much?

If she could, she wished she could leave here quietly at this moment. She didn't want to stay in Tokyo for a second. She could go wherever she wanted. Can I still buy the bus ticket to Kanagawa after nightfall?

It's not that she didn't expect today's conversation and the situation she's about to face, but she never thought that this moment would come so soon.

Ready to be told they might be ready next spring?

And his own appearance was just a formality.

There is no moment like this moment that made her regret why she didn't say that she wanted to follow Akimoto Makoto instead of Takeuchi Sona when Takeuchi and Akimoto divorced. She knew that if she told Akimoto that she didn't want a new family, she would respect her wishes. , at least she will wait until she gets used to it.

Indeed, the endless torment of constant doubts and long-established results, the seemingly never-ending night ended the nightmare when the first rays of morning light entered the house.

Started another one.

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The dining place was chosen in a very top hotel in the downtown area of ​​Tokyo. There are not only hot springs, swimming pools, and spas inside... but these have nothing to do with me at the moment. I and Takeuchi Sosei are just about to go to one of the floors.

"Have you put on makeup?" Takeuchi Zongcheng, who was standing aside in the elevator, asked himself.

"Yes."

"It's beautiful and looks very spiritual."

Takeuchi Sosei's rare compliments did not make him feel very depressed after the conversation last night. I have to say that I really put a lot of thought into makeup this morning, but it was not for the sake of looking good, but It is to use makeup tools to strengthen the facial features on her face that look like Ji Qiubenzhen. She knows that this is meaningless, but she really doesn't know what else she can do to show her silent resistance.

The elevator quickly reached the floor it was pressing, and the moment the elevator door opened, he noticed a woman waiting in front of the elevator door.

"Erika, long time no see." Takeuchi Sonari, who was standing aside, walked out of the elevator first and greeted the woman.

"Long time no see, Zong Cheng. I'm worried that you will come out because you can't find a place. This is Xiao Shi." The woman looked at her gentle smile.

"Hello." To be honest, I didn't really want to answer her, but because Takeuchi Sonari who was standing beside me was also looking at me, I had to squeeze out a smile that should be uglier than crying.

"Hello, Xiaoshi! Nice to meet you!" The woman responded to herself without any unfamiliarity, "Yingshi and Hemei are already inside, let's go over and eat first."

It sounds like this is not just a simple meal, but a meeting where both families will be present, and eating will never be the focus of today.

He tried his best to suppress his already churning stomach, so as not to run away from the door in the next second.

The door of the restaurant was opened by the waiter standing by the door. She thought she would see the elders of the woman's family who were even about the same age as her, or younger siblings who were several years younger than her.

How would you describe your current expression?A little more shocked or a little more confused about the situation.

That's right, there were indeed family members of this woman named Erika sitting in it, she guessed it should be, but there happened to be her classmate, Yushi Ninzuzu, there too.

The four people inside were sitting on the sofa in the small living room in the dining room, Yuji Shinozu's legs were neatly crossed, as if this was the most comfortable sitting position for him.

When he saw himself, he didn't know why, but he didn't seem surprised to see her at all, and he didn't show any surprise at all.

There was also Ren Zuzu's father, who obviously met once in the hospital that day. None of them seemed to be out of the situation when they arrived, but they got up familiarly and began to say hello.

"Hi, I'm Erina Renzu, this kid's sister, I heard that you are in the same class, your name is Xiaoshi, right?"

Looking at Erina, who claimed to be Ninzu Yushi's older sister, Xu Shi saw that he was overwhelmed by his sister's sudden enthusiasm, so he stood between them and said, "Sister, you scare Xiao Shi."

Erina was obviously the stronger side in front of Ninzu Yushi, and ignored what he said, instead, she walked over him, took her hand and walked towards the restaurant, "No way, Xiaoshi is not as fragile as you said .”

"Ah...en." The self who was still out of the situation looked at Yushi Ninzu with a helpless smile and shrugged at himself who was being pulled away.

When everyone was seated, he still didn't understand what was going on.

The Shinozu family was sitting at the table, although Erika knew that Erika's full name was Erika Shinozu, Eiji Shinozu's younger sister, and Yuuto Shinozu's aunt.

But even with such a heavy identity, it does not prevent her from decreasing the chance of becoming a member of her family.

On the contrary, now, the uncomfortable feeling is added with a lingering embarrassment because of the appearance of Ninzu Yushi.

What's even more strange is the seating arrangement. Erika Ninzu and Erina Ninzu occupy the two sides respectively, while Takeuchi Sonari seems to be a guest invited by Eiji Ninzu to sit beside him. The interaction between the ninzu couple is even more than ninzu erika, as if the relationship between him and ninzu erika is only due to the fact that she is ninzu eishi's younger sister.

And Ninazu Erika's interest in herself seems to have nothing to do with Takeuchi Zongcheng.

She just showed the image of a gentle elder, constantly asking her about her food preferences, even noticing that she had an upset stomach and no appetite, and asked the waiter for sour plum sauce to enhance her taste.

I also began to relax because of her undue caring and goodwill, but because I didn't figure out what the real purpose of the meal was, I didn't dare to express my opinion without authorization.

Takeuchi Sosei and Erika neither introduced each other's identities to anyone present, nor did they even reveal any ambiguous information to each other.

"So it's a very magical fate for you, Xiaoshi, to be in the same class as Yushi in Ice Emperor." Erika said to herself with a smile.

Because he was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer, he could only slightly pursed his lower lip and politely agreed with her statement, but his eyes were still looking at the woman in front of him, not wanting to miss any interaction between her and Takeuchi Sonari.

"Yeah, when Yingshi came home and told me that Zongcheng was transferred to Tokyo, I knew Xiaoshi would go to school with us Yushi, but I didn't expect that we would be in the same class. I have to say, I I've been happy for a long time, we haven't seen each other for ten years." Shinozu Kazumi looked at himself with a smile on his face.

"Eh?! No wonder I always thought that Uncle Takeuchi looked familiar, so I've met him before. Speaking of which, I remember that Xiaoshi also has an older brother, right? His name is Liang..., huh?" Hui Rina was still thinking about the name.

"Takeuchi Ryoichi, Xiaoshi's elder brother is called Takeuchi Ryoichi, and Erina still remembers it." Takeuchi Zongcheng told her with a rare smile on his face.

"Yeah, of course I remember him, he played tricks on me a lot at that time!" Hui Rina said angrily as if remembering something.

"Erina, you are really too, remember how small it is, and make your Uncle Takeuchi laugh at you." Ninzu Kazumi was amused by her daughter's way of holding grudges like a child despite being so big.

The scene seemed to be suddenly brought into the rhythm of the elders recalling the past, even Erika looked at herself and said with emotion, "Yeah, now that I think about it, the first time I saw Xiaoshi, you were hugged by your brother." I don’t know if it’s because your brother won’t let others hug you, or you don’t want others to hug you. The two are inseparable like conjoined twins. Now it looks like Get better, you won't be as clingy as you were when you were a child!"

I have to say that what Erika said was too informative, and I was still digesting the fact that I met her before, and I heard Hui Rina say with a smile, "Auntie, your occupational disease has happened again. La!"

I couldn't help but follow Hui Rina's words and asked, "What occupational disease?"

Obviously no one present would have expected me to ask such a sentence. I wonder if I was too sensitive because I endured the torment of thinking all night. The original joking scene seemed to be a bit unnatural.

After a few seconds of silence, Erika restored the smile on her face, looked at herself sincerely and replied, "I'm a psychiatrist, Xiaoshi."

For some reason, after listening to her answer, my first reaction was to look at Takeuchi Zongcheng. This was the first time that when I looked at him, he didn't look at me at the same time. Instead, it was the first time after I was seated. He looked at Erika Ninzu, but the look in his eyes had nothing to do with love at all, more like urgency, worry...

"I don't think it's okay to say it, Zongcheng, Xiaoshi is normal to me, you don't need to be so overly sensitive and worried." Erika said calmly, meeting Takeuchi Zongcheng's gaze.

"Xiao Shi, Dad doesn't mean anything. Today's meal is just like what I said last night, it's a private dinner between Dad and old friends." Takeuchi Zongcheng explained eagerly to himself.

The situation had completely changed from the originally bad situation to the worst outcome that she could never have imagined.

It turned out that it wasn't about reorganizing the family at all, but that Takeuchi Zongcheng thought it was necessary to have a psychiatrist evaluate whether he was sick.

In an instant, all kinds of embarrassment and embarrassment, the worst emotions that can be encountered rushed towards him like a wave, and it was like a big basin of icy water pouring down on him.

Resisting the twitching feeling in his bones, he grabbed the hot towel on the table and wiped his hands. Finally, he had to pretend to be calm and say, "Sorry, I want to go to the bathroom."

Without waiting for Hui Rina who was beside her to finish speaking cautiously to herself, "Xiao Shi, do you need me to go with you?", she shook her head directly, and no longer had the strength to look at the situation that was left cold by her abnormal behavior Then escaped.

Tobecontinued......