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

Kaoru has been depressed for a long time because of the little episode she met at the dessert shop last time, and she can't figure out who else will threaten her with harsh words.She didn't tell anyone about it.

Fortunately, she gradually forgot about it after devoting herself to intense work.At this moment, the world is the biggest cause!And Mai will never give her a chance to be idle, and happily decides not to give up until she is drained, but she leaves this stall and goes to Europe for a while, saying that she is going to participate in some Paris fashion show.

Kaoru occasionally doesn't stay at home when he is free. Since he went to Seirin to find Kagami last time, he met a group of friends in his circle by the way.They would also meet to eat and chat at fast food restaurants together. The teenagers and girls regarded her as a white-collar worker who had just graduated and was working in the society. Xun Li smiled and said nothing.

Well~ Her real age has always been a mystery in front of outsiders, even Vulcan couldn't guess it.

At noon, a fast food restaurant in Tokyo——

High school students occupy two long tables in one corner of the window, burgers and fries piled haphazardly on dinner plates.

Even if no one competes with Vulcan for food (his stomach is a bottomless pit), Vulcan still has hamburgers with his left hand and fried chicken rolls with his right, for fear that he will be wronged if he doesn’t have enough to eat.

"Vulcan, everyone has finished eating."

"No hurry, no hurry! I'm only [-]% full!"

Xun Li gave him a disdainful look, and turned his head to chat with Heizi.

The first time she saw Kuroko, she knew that he and Seijuro were old times, and she even told him that she was a distant relative of Seijuro without blushing and she had a good relationship with him but they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Maybe it's because the mother and son look alike, but Heizi actually believed it, and would tell her about what happened in Diguang from time to time.

"It's strange, it's impossible to go on the road to Secondary School in this kind of atmosphere." Xun Li stroked his chin, his indifferent face appeared in his mind, and he shuddered silently.

According to Heizi's description, their "Generation of Miracles" had a good relationship, but it's not what it used to be.

"I'm surprised by Akashi-kun's transformation," Kuroko said indifferently without raising his eyebrows, and continued, "Listen to another friend of mine (Itsuki Momoi), what seems to have happened between him and Murasakihara-kun, after that……"

During the whole process of listening to Heizi's story, Xunli kept biting the straw and grinding her teeth, feeling a lot of pressure.

She can't wait to run up to Seijuro in the next second, tell him that she is a mother in one breath, then hug him into her arms, and let him cry hard to vent.

……

Or let her cry a bit ==

Xunli should have blamed the kid named Atsushi Ziyuan, and the group of basketball geniuses who chose to abandon the team in the end, but then he thought there was nothing to blame.

After all, she was just an outburst of protecting cubs.No matter how strong her son becomes, she will always be a child who can't grow up and be independent in her heart.

Seijuro's current state makes her dare not act rashly, what if she is stimulated again and her personality changes drastically?

Xunli was angry and helpless, and Yashi worked very hard to deal with this problem.She also doesn't expect him to act as a bosom brother to appease Seijuro, the position of mother is irreplaceable even by father.

The second boy in question...

Xunli suddenly thought of something again, knocked on his head, turned around and raised his voice to ask Vulcan, "Hey! Did you make Vulcan?"

"What can't be made?"

"Ice room! He wants to go back to Japan."

Xunli was shocked, she thought Vulcan would take the initiative to talk to her, so she left this matter behind, could it be that the text message from the ice room was only sent to her?

She secretly speculated about the possibility of the ice room preparing a surprise for Vulcan... Well, it is very small.

"Oh, come back when you come back—wait! Did I hear you right!?" He really didn't know about this matter, and the unswallowed hamburger just spit out in his throat and was either swallowed or swallowed.

"Don't worry, don't worry, drink some water first."

When Vulcan finally swallowed it down, his eyes widened and his hair exploded, "Why didn't I make it, hey!!"

"How do I know..." Xunli turned his head guiltily, "Maybe he missed your number? Oh yes, didn't you change your phone number after coming to Japan?"

"I told him!"

"Okay... probably because he was too busy, he decided to come here on the spur of the moment." She paused, and added, "Don't worry, he will definitely come to you first."

Xun Li didn't take the subtle relationship between the two of them lightly.She didn't dare to reveal any more information, otherwise it would be to sow discord.This is not good, not good.

As expected of a rough nerve, Vulcan returned to his original state after complaining a few words, and continued to happily eat the third double-layer burger.Afterwards, this group of teenagers who never leave basketball mentioned the upcoming WinterCup, which can be regarded as one of the largest basketball competitions for high school students in China.Vulcan threatened to make it all the way to the finals, threatening to break up the relationship if Xunli didn't come to watch the match.

"Definitely, definitely." She nodded with a dry smile, as a promise.

**

The atmosphere on the other side was not so relaxed and harmonious.

In the study of Akashi's mansion, two Akashis, one big and one young, were confronting each other without giving in.One sat domineeringly at the desk, and the other sat on the single sofa five meters apart, with his back stiff.

"Why do you suddenly want to come back to live?" Ya Shi casually turned over a page of the book, and asked casually again.

Seijuro was a little sullen. Not only did the woman not listen to his advice, but she contacted Masashi more and more frequently.I have never seen anyone dare to challenge his bottom line like this.

Not only that, but he couldn't imagine that that insignificant role would affect his daily life. He was absent-minded during daily training in the basketball team, and his mind wandered more often when he was listening to lectures in class.

After hearing Masashi's "concern", he didn't change his face, but sneered in his heart.

"Didn't father have a bottom line?" He wanted to expose him to bring the woman home, but after all, the other party was a father, and Seijuro would never dare to cross this bottom line, or to put it - disdain.

Because he no longer cares about the people in front of him.

All he cares about is Akashi's reputation.

"So you're sure you're right?"

Masashi's answer made him startled, and a trace of confusion and doubt quickly flashed in his eyes.

"..."

"Yoshikawa (Seijuro's new housekeeper) is almost done with the investigation, I believe you will change your mind." Masashi knows his young heir who has not set foot in society best, and Seijuro's methods were guessed seven times by him. Seven or eight.Still, he took comfort in his keen observation skills.

"!"

Seijuro stood up abruptly without saying a word, and walked out of the study steadily.

Masashi stared at his back calmly, while playing with the pen, he twirled his fingertips beautifully.He evoked a clear smile—since Kaoru was supposed to be a shrinking turtle, he would occasionally act as a catalyst for sacrifice, deliberately let Seijuro find a loophole, and let him dig out the truth that his mother was still alive.

As for the secrets, it really is more shocking for people to reveal them in person.

……

Seijuro didn't say anything on the surface, but after returning to his room, he locked himself in the bedroom and sent a text message to Yoshikawa, asking him to immediately send all the information he had collected to his mailbox.

As expected of professional training, Yoshikawa sent a video and a few blurred photos within 5 minutes.Seijuro clicked on the video without the slightest hesitation——

At first, he had an ominous omen in his heart, but he was relieved when he found out that the so-called video was not some shady scene.

but……

He frowned again, staring at the woman on the screen—black hair, same build, but this time he could see her face.

Then I picked up a few photos in my hand and compared them carefully, and I always felt that this woman had an inexplicable sense of disobedience.Something doesn't seem right.

hair?Attire?Or the way you walk?

perfectly normal.

He didn't feel that the sense of disobedience was very heavy at first, but after observing the woman's facial features, he suddenly felt a thump in his heart, as if it was due to nature, without any reason.

Seijuro installed the software that can enlarge the picture to restore the clarity, glanced at the instruction manual and began to operate it proficiently.

After adjusting the target pixels, click "OK". After the picture is loaded, the clarity will increase, and the woman's appearance will be clearer.

Even remembering the woman's face can't do anything to her, Masashi is very protective of her now.But there was an obsession in his heart, clamoring for him to take a closer look at her—he still thought she was a substitute for his mother.

"..."

Minutes and seconds passed quietly across the clock face, Seijuro still maintained his hand on the mouse without moving.

He stared blankly at the woman's face, not understanding why he had the urge to cry.

Is it because they look too similar?

Or recognize the mother's shadow from this woman?

He hadn't seen his mother for nearly four years, not even a single photo—plus he swore to keep this nightmare in his heart, and he couldn't remember what she really looked like.

But the woman's appearance suddenly pierced his soft and scarred heart like a silver needle, and he was caught off guard without warning.He had experienced this unforgettable feeling - when he was still in the fifth grade of elementary school at the time, his chest seemed to burst with pain after hearing the bad news, which was like a bomb of the bad news that blew him apart.

"So you're sure you're right?"

"Your mind will change."

Seijuro's expression froze, and countless terrifying and absurd thoughts flashed by.Along with those days that he almost buried in his memory, spent in fear and anxiety.

……so similar.

Is there such a coincidence in the world?

Seijuro, who was still sighing, was quickly pulled back to the display in the next second. He decisively closed the page and closed the notebook, forcing himself to wake up.

Perhaps Masashi chose her because of the unexpected appearance.

Seijuro wanted to pretend to be contemptuous, but the impact of the woman on him was far stronger than he thought, as if the buds buried in the soil took root and grew quickly without watering.

That night, Seijuro didn't go downstairs to eat.He waited for Masashi to eat dinner before going downstairs to get food from the refrigerator.

He glanced at the milk on the top shelf of the refrigerator, hesitated for a moment and still didn't touch it.Tonight is going to be a sleepless night anyway.

Sure enough, he guessed right, even though he ended up going to bed on an empty stomach.What I dreamed of in my sleep was not a table of delicious food, nor was I sitting in the classroom doing homework and listening to lectures, but a conversation with my father——

"Did you see it?" Masashi asked him with a rhetorical question in a firm tone.

"That's not really her."

"Stop lying to yourself."

"Isn't it father who deceived himself?"

Yashi smiled, "Are you running away?"

He approached Seijuro, with the confidence in his eyes after seeing through the child's mind.He knew very well that there had already been an uproar in the boy's heart.

"I'm used to living without her," Seijuro said with no expression on his face, but his tone was lighter, "I don't need her in my life."

The current Akashi Seijuro is an invulnerable strong man with no weaknesses, and he believes that he has surpassed his father.

"Lies." Masashi unceremoniously poked/exploded his lies, "You need her, but you never have expectations that cannot be fulfilled."

"If she comes back, she will meet me first." Realizing that he was in a dream, Seijuro was even more daring, and even fought back openly.

Because he was the only one in his mother's heart, he always knew it.

He couldn't face the idea that his mother might still be alive, he didn't even dare to think about it.

"Suppose she's alive—suppose she's standing right in front of you, how would you react?"

"..." Seijuro raised his eyes slightly, his father's reflection reflected in his different-colored pupils.He couldn't remember the state of mind in which he said these cold words, "Whether she is alive or dead, I cannot forgive her."

Because that was the mother he loved the most, but it also hurt him the most.