[Net King + Black Basket] Seijuro, your mother calls you to go home for dinner!

The rich and mellow aroma of black tea and roses are intertwined, adding a charming taste to the fresh air that can only be breathed away from the city.Known as the most beautiful butterfly species in the world, Morpho Helena flapped its white-white and blue-bottomed wings, lingering in the rose bushes.

On the small round dining table covered with white hollow lace tablecloth, there are exquisite three-tier snack racks necessary for British afternoon tea. From bottom to top, there are slightly sweet fruit tarts and small cakes to traditional scones and croissants. Sandwiches of different flavors.Before each lady was a set of polished cutlery and a bewildering array of utensils.Almost every porcelain tea cup is printed with European-style rose patterns.

——There is no doubt that only the Atobe family, the leader of the Japanese business kingdom, has brought the word luxury to the extreme.

Xunli lay comfortably on the rattan high chair, sipping black tea.Sister Noriko has married the right person, at least the Atobe family is much more comfortable in terms of environment than the solemn and pedantic Akashi family.If it wasn't for keeping Seijuro close, how could she temporarily give up her escape plan?

"By the way, I haven't seen Jingwu (who returned from vacation) since I greeted you just now. The weather is so good, so he went back to study?" Xun Li was more inclined to Jingwu to treat her as a scourge. once. "At least come and accompany my little cousin."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Seijuro who was sitting quietly on a wooden bench not far away, reading an English book.

"Jing Wu is also very busy. Mai happened to be here today, and he has been pestering her to practice tennis."

"Oh, tennis balls... poof!!"

Wrong focus!Xun Lili asked why the elusive Mai appeared here, and Dianzi answered calmly in a natural tone, as if discussing today's weather.

"Jing Wu is very interested in tennis recently, and Mai is the last WTA US Open champion. Let her be his coach."

"That's right, the guy who is hot for 3 minutes." Xun Li rolled his eyes and commented disdainfully.

The two biological sisters are somewhat talented in sports. They were like two wild children who had no parents to discipline them since they were young.For Mai who loves tennis, modeling is just a side job.

"It's not bad to let the children exercise more. Why don't you let Xiaozheng learn the two tricks?"

Xun Li shook his head amusedly, "I'm not worried about handing him over to Mai. Besides, if you want to learn, you're also learning basketball."

She was convinced that boys playing basketball were popular at school, and basketball courts were everywhere.And this flat exercise not only tests physical fitness, but also pays attention to teamwork.

"The most important thing is to grow taller by playing basketball!"

Xunli could already imagine the tall, well-proportioned Seijuro in her mind, and she couldn't help but blush slightly.

Wait, this fantasy version looks too much like Masashi!

"I didn't expect...you look like a quiet girl." Dianzi rarely joked.

"The girl who looks quiet and virtuous actually has a passionate heart."

"puff."

Xunli put his hands lightly on the table, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, enjoying the refreshing feeling brought by the breeze blowing on his face in the tranquility.

Sudden--

A canine howl from a distance made her tremble, and she almost jumped out of her chair uncontrollably!

"What's wrong!?"

"Hey, why are you so surprised?" Dianzi motioned her to calm down, "Listening to this voice, it might be William."

"William?" The name really hit the nail on the head.

"It's Jingwu's Shetland dog."

Following Dianzi's gaze, Xunli looked at the Nordic shepherd dog that rushed into the garden in a blink of an eye.The soft brown and white hair seems to be plated with gold in the sun, with a few faint black streaks mixed in it.Maybe it's because the weather is slightly hot today, and it panted with its dark pink tongue while running.

Xunli's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help clapping his hands to tease the medium-sized dog named William.

"William come here~"

However, William didn't seem to appreciate it, and directly went around her and attacked Seijuro who was enjoying the shade under the tree. The latter was completely immersed in the world of books, completely unaware that a lively and unrestrained dog was rushing towards him.

"That...it won't attack Xiaozheng, right?"

"Don't worry, William is very friendly to children." It's clearly too friendly!

Seijuro, who was reading a book, suddenly realized that something furry had grazed his calf. He closed the book silently, and as soon as he lowered his head, he met the eyes of a certain yellow and white long-haired shepherd dog.

stare--

William suddenly pounced forward, stretched out his two front paws to rest on his legs, and stuck out his tongue as if about to lick his soft little face.

"Snapped!"

Seijuro's body froze, petrified, he couldn't hold the book in his hand, and the gilded hard cover made a crisp sound when it hit the ground.

"Xiao Zheng!"

Xunli realized that Seijuro was not in the right state, and hurried forward to separate William from him.

How can Xiu, she almost forgot that her son has a cold for dogs, and it can even be called his weakness. He is so afraid that he hides when he sees dogs - the culprit that caused him to have such negative emotions is actually Xun reason.

Xunli once bought an electronic dog by accident when he was less than one year old, and it has been kept in a large box in the corner of Seijuro's room since then.This poor toy dog ​​was kept at the bottom of the box for three years, and was finally pulled out by Xunli when he was cleaning the room.She wanted to use this dog to tease Seijuro on a whim, so she had a whim to put it in the dark corridor on Halloween night, and remotely controlled it to walk from the end of the third floor to Seijuro's room.

then……

Xunli didn't remember the rest clearly, but she couldn't forget the scene when Seijuro, who was only three years old, got out of bed and opened the door, and found a silver electronic dog with red eyes grinning ferociously at him standing at his feet.

Seijuro's face turned pale with fright, and he stood in a stalemate for more than a minute. After recovering, he slammed the door and ran back to the bed. I gave lame excuses to persuade him to go back to the house.

The unscrupulous mother Xunli didn't expect his reaction to be like this, and stood dumbfounded behind the door at the other end of the third floor.

At first she really teased Seijuro with a mischievous mood. After all, the child had a lukewarm poker face since he was a child, which made her wonder whether he had facial paralysis.

To express his guilt, Xunli prepared a bunch of Seijuro's favorite food the next day, but the other party, who hadn't slept all night, seemed not very interested, and went to kindergarten with a pair of panda eyes.

This not-so-beautiful joke caused an unprecedented shadow in Seijuro's heart, and Xunli never dared to play with his child as a toy again.

anyway--

"Xiao Zheng! Are you okay?"

Xunli waved William away impatiently, and wrapped his other hand around Seijuro's neck, patting him on the back to let him relax.

"No, nothing." He buried his head in her arms, his voice trembling. "Mom, stop taking pictures... I didn't choke."

"Oh, sorry." Xun Li withdrew his hand resentfully.He turned his head and glared at William who was trying to get closer again. "Go, let's cool down!"

Dianzi watched the live hero save the beauty from the sidelines, covering his mouth and laughing.Unexpectedly, Xunli was so nervous about her children.

But Seijuro, who had just been protected by his mother, felt mixed feelings.Concerned about face, he thinks it's a shame to be afraid of dogs.If even this little fear can overcome the cloth, how can he become the man who stands up to the sky in his mother's heart?

Seijuro was confused.

He broke free from Xunli's embrace awkwardly, and straightened his somewhat messy red hair.

Xun Li glanced at him suspiciously, still uneasy about his son's mental state.

"I'm fine, really." In order to hide his gaffe, Seijuro picked up the book that fell on the floor, and held it carefully in his hands.

"okay."

She replied dryly, obviously not trusting his words.

Dianzi was amused by their mother and son's unique way of getting along, and at the same time, she felt that she really hoped that the relationship between herself and Jingwu could be like them, comforting each other like friends.

It was already 05:30 after the afternoon tea time, and Xunli offered to leave.It takes at least an hour and a half to go from Atobe's house to Akashi's house, and it's time for dinner when I get home.

"It's so rare that you are willing to go home for dinner." Dianzi tried to persuade her to stay after dinner but failed to persuade her to leave.

"Well, the child's father came back from a business trip today, and Xiao Zheng wants to have dinner with him."

Xunli felt very uncomfortable, she admitted that she was jealous.Masashi spent less than a third of his time with Seijuro, but Seijuro adored his indifferent father too much.

……

Xunli waved to the people standing outside the car window who were standing at the door to see him off. The smiling Dianzi, the sweaty young master Jingwu who was forcibly dragged away, and the Mai who came later (it turned out that she was playing tennis recently) In the guise of a coach, he stays at Atobe's house).

The car drove towards the end of the sunset, until their figures were too far away to be seen with the naked eye, then Xun Li rolled up the window, leaned comfortably on the back seat and closed his eyes to rest.

"Young Madam, Young Master's plane has landed and is expected to arrive at the main house in two hours." Butler Zhichuan's report came from the front seat.

"understood."

She closed her eyes and answered in a low voice. At the same time, she felt her shoulders sinking. The sleepy Seijuro took the initiative to lean on her shoulders. After dinner, his father would call him to the study for individual guidance.

At some point, the distance between Xunli and Masashi was greatly shortened by the existence of Seijuro.

Not only got used to each other's existence, they even stopped ignoring each other, and gradually communicated a little.

When did you start?

【Memories】

When the child was only one year old, Xunli was unable to enter his room because of a bad cold.While wiping her red nose, she lingered at the nursery door for a long time, worried that Seijuro would cry because he couldn't see her.Usually she would read him some children's books at six o'clock in the afternoon.

She leaned one ear against the door to study and listen to the movement in the room. The room was quiet and no noise could be heard, which made her feel worried.

"Sure enough, I still have to go in and take a look!"

Xun Li couldn't bear it anymore, and quietly pushed open a crack in the door, although the movement was extremely slow, she couldn't stop the sudden "squeak".

"Who?"

The cold voice sounded from a distance, and she thought she had an auditory hallucination in a trance.

What is Masashi's voice?

Xunli, who revealed her identity, could only push the door open with one hand, but when she saw the warm picture in the baby's room, she was in a bad mood.

"WTF! The big devil is holding his precious son and reading to him!? I must be dreaming!"

Xunli put his hands behind his back, pinched his right palm with his left hand.Well, the pain is real.

But she still couldn't believe her pair of aluminum alloy eyes that were instantly scrapped.

At this moment, Masashi, who was wearing home clothes, was leaning against a corner of the big bed, holding the child who seemed to be carved out of his own mold in one hand, and holding a children's book in the other.

It is said that adults who are close to children are the most friendly, and the smile that flows from the corners of his eyes to the corners of his mouth is actually so gentle and elegant in Xunli's eyes.Seijuro is like a warming stove that melts ice, whoever holds it in his hands can make that person unconsciously relax his nerves and loosen his originally frowning brows.

——She once again lamented that blood relationship and kinship are the most elusive things in the world.

"Sorry to interrupt."

Xunli's uncoordinated movements and out-of-pitch voice had the air of an intelligent robot.She bowed slightly to Ya Shi with a blank face, and after three seconds of silence in her heart, she quickly rubbed the soles of her feet with oil.

—Oh my God, what did she just see! ?

She swears that Masashi was also shocked just now.His smile froze at the corner of his mouth, cracks appeared on his face, and veins popped out on his forehead.

——Pfft, for the sake of myself and Xiaozheng's happy life, I'd better take a detour recently.

Not to mention how embarrassing it was when the two met again after that, but neither of them was the first to speak out about Yashi's black history.His menacing eyes and the automatically turned on air conditioner silenced Xun Li, who was suppressing a smile.

Let her hide this matter in the deepest part of her heart, lock it with a key and throw it into the river~

【End of memory】

"Mom, your smile is really weird."

Seijuro, who had been watching for a long time, complained in a low voice.Just now, he didn't dare to disturb his mother, who was immersed in the funny memories and was smiling all over her face.

"Cough, cough, is it?" Xun Li quickly put away his smile, and retracted the lines at the corners of his mouth to normal length.

"What did you think of?"

"...It's nothing, I just found a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside."

The author has something to say: -Xiaozheng is the cousin of Narcissus, this world is too crazy XD (Again, I lowered the age of Narcissus by one year, which means they are three years apart)

-Suddenly found that Keigo and Seijuro still have some similarities... For example, as the captain, he sacrificed the most in the team, like equestrianism, chess and so on.I'm curious what kind of sparks these two will have (no other meaning==)

-I replied to half of the comments from little angels, and after sending this chapter, I will slowly reply to the rest~ (Hurry up and watch the good voice of heaven Orz Nima Xiongzi read it before I wait for me!!)

-Tomorrow Masashi will appear~