[Fruit Basket] Her Royal Highness the Rabbit Princess

"Hime, why are you here so late? Didn't you just go to the bookstore to find the sheet music for Japanese nursery rhymes?"

Although it was a reproach, the Soma father and son could easily hear the pampering in it, but Suzuha didn't seem to notice it, and even bowed and apologized anxiously: "I'm sorry, because I accidentally wandered into the picture book area, That's why I saw that I forgot the time... I'm really sorry!"

"Really, at this age, why are you still so obsessed with picture books? You have already given up this bad habit!" After shaking his head and sighing, Himekawa Shuyuki brought Suzuha to Soma and his son, and introduced it to her. Said, "Come on, this is the general manager of Soma Trading Group, and this is his nephew, Soma Hongye-kun."

Although the mood has not calmed down, Suzuha still made a very standard bow to Soma and his son, "General Manager Soma, Soma-kun, hello."

"You don't have to be so polite, just call me Uncle." After everyone was seated again, Soma Hideyuki said to Suzuha very kindly, "I used to hear Xiaotao mention your name, Suzuha, so I always I want to meet you, thank you for playing with Xiaotao!"

Suzuha said with some embarrassment: "Where, I am also very happy when playing with Xiaotao."

"If you have time in the future, come to our house to play. My wife and I really want to hear your piano sound that Xiao Tao can't stop praising." After finishing the polite words, realizing that Suzuha was no longer as nervous as before, Kusanagi Only then did Mo Xiuxing slowly turn the topic to Hongye, "By the way, I just heard from Suzuha that you forget the time when you read picture books. Hongye also likes picture books very much, and he is still publishing them in a company under the Kusama Group. I work in the company, so if Suzuha has any picture books you want to find, you can ask him for help."

Hearing what he said, Suzuha subconsciously looked towards the direction where Momiji was sitting, and immediately blushed and lowered her head when she found that he was also looking at her with a smile on her face.

Seeing her shy look, Himekawa Shuyuki and Kusama Hideyuki both laughed, while Momiji still had a polite smile on her face, but she couldn't help sighing in her heart. At that moment, he realized that her pupils were brown to black, different from Xiao Tou's dark blue eyes...

"Oh, it turns out that Hongye-kun is working in a publishing company now." Finding that his daughter didn't speak to express anything, Himekawa Osamu could only speak out to save the scene, and by the way, learn about the future career choice of this son-in-law candidate, "That's in What kind of work do you do? Do you plan to work in the publishing industry in the future?"

"Although I say I work in the publishing industry, I just want to take this opportunity to hone my translation skills and writing skills. In the future, I still plan to work hard on music."

"It turns out that Hongye-kun also likes music, and Hime also likes music, and she just graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in Austria in June this year." After nodding in satisfaction, Himekawa Shuyuki looked at Suzuha with a smile, "Hime, it seems you have a lot in common!"

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For his embarrassing address, Suzuha puffed up her cheeks angrily and glared at him, but after a while, she realized that this time was different from usual, and Kusama and his son were present, so she soon disappeared. Losing his momentum, he blushed again and lowered his head like an ostrich.

Her reaction made Himekawa Shuyuki laugh a few times, and it also made him realize that if he stayed any longer, Suzuha, who was originally shy and shy, would never have any interaction with Hongye, so he secretly turned to Kusao Mo Xiuxing made a gesture, and then the two found an excuse to leave together, leaving Hongye and Suzuha alone in the box.

Seeing that Suzuha kept sending distress signals with her eyes when Osamu Himekawa left, but finally could only stare at the closed box door, Momiji, who was feeling a little down because of thinking of Toru, couldn't help but chuckle made a sound, and hearing his laughter, Suzuha quickly lowered her head as before.

Although she couldn't see her movements under the table because of the cover of the table, the memory of interacting with Xiaotou in the past was so vivid that Hongye always had the feeling that the other party must be nervously grabbing the hem of the skirt, so he said yes to She smiled and said, "I'm sorry, because Miss Himekawa looks so cute, so I couldn't hold back for a while."

"Well, it's okay." Suzuha, who was starting to feel hot in the ears, raised his head slightly to look at him, and then quickly lowered his head, "Well... Soma-kun, don't be so polite, just call me Suzuha..."

Hongye is kind, "Then Suzuha can also call me Hongye. After all, you also know that our family is a bit big. It's hard to tell if we only call it Soma."

"Oh? Okay... okay, Mo... Momiji-kun..."

Even the habit of using honorifics is so similar... Hongye was stunned for a moment, then smiled and handed her the menu, "By the way, Suzuha should read the menu first, the bookstore must be very hungry after visiting for so long just now Alright, we'll eat and talk later."

"Okay." After nodding with a blushing face, Suzuha looked down at the menu.

Seeing her making various expressions just by studying a menu, sometimes frowning, sometimes biting her lower lip reluctantly, sometimes nodding her head solemnly, Hongye could only put her hand to her mouth to cover her nostalgic yet completely silent expression. Can't help smiling.

After both of them finished ordering and the waiter delivered their orders, Hongye asked in the dining room, "Suzuha should have majored in piano at the Austrian music academy before, right?"

Because the food is delicious, Suzuha put his mind on the food a little bit, and he was not as nervous as before when he spoke, "Well, but besides the piano, I also learned some violins."

"Since this is the case, I will ask you Suzuha a lot. After all, I really want to know how the teachers in Austria teach the violin. Ah, I haven't told you Suzuha yet. I was a double master in college. I study Japanese literature and music, and the instrument I study is the violin.”

"Oh?" Suzuha was stunned for a moment, and then said naively, "But at the beginning, I wanted to learn the violin because... because I thought it was strange not to learn the piano, the king of the musical instrument world, but not the queen of the musical instrument world. , that’s why I learned the violin, so I might not be able to help Hongye-kun too much.”

"That's okay. After all, Suzuha has studied the menu so carefully just now, so I believe that even if it is for this reason that she learned the violin, the process must be very hard." Hongye paused at this moment, "But Suzuha, you're really cute, both in looks and thoughts!"

Hearing him suddenly say such embarrassing words again, Suzuha blushed again, quickly lowered her head, picked up a fork and ate her own dessert as if she didn't hear anything.Because the dessert tasted better than expected, she quickly forgot about the episode just now and concentrated on eating her own dessert.

Her blushes hadn't faded yet, and she had a happy smile on her face, which made Hongye stunned for a moment, and even put down the tableware in her hand unconsciously, and directly supported her head to admire her eating dessert.

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After finishing the dinner with Suzuha, waiting with her at the entrance of the hotel for the Himekawa family's car, and closing the car door for her, Hongye followed her father's previous instructions and took the car to his company.

After being notified by the secretary, he successfully entered Hideyuki Kusama's office.

Seeing him, Kusama Hideyuki let him sit on the high-end sofa for conversation, and then asked with a smile: "How is it, did you enjoy eating with Suzuha?"

"Well, I had a very happy meal just now!" Hongye smiled and nodded, and this was the first time since his mother forgot about him, the smile on his face when facing his father was not at all forced .

"Really." After the secretary poured tea for the two of them and went out, Hideyuki Soma suddenly leaned against the back of the sofa and sighed, "Suzuha is the youngest daughter of the Himekawa family, on top of her There are also two older brothers. Since the wife of President Himekawa passed away in a car accident shortly after giving birth to her, President Himekawa loved her very much for the only daughter who had no mother to take care of her since she was a child. My elder brother also loves her very much, so they never let her get in touch with those sinister and dark things in the mall, hoping that she can live a carefree life.”

Thinking of Suzuha's reaction where all thoughts were clearly expressed on his face, Momiji nodded subconsciously, but he didn't understand why Hideo Kusama suddenly mentioned this, so he looked at him suspiciously, "So?"

"Although today is the first time I saw Suzuha, from her performance and Cynthia's description of her, I can see that she is a very simple child, and she likes music and picture books as much as you do, trust her She is definitely the right girl for you." It seemed that his tone was too absolute, so Hideyuki Kusama added a few more words, "You don't need to force it, even if you can't become boyfriend and girlfriend with Suzuha, it doesn't matter."

"Don't worry, Dad..."

"Momiji," Kusama Hideyuki cut off his words abruptly, "I just want you to know that I didn't introduce you to Suzuha for the sake of the group, I just think she's a good girl, I... hope you can be happy..."

Since she hadn't heard him say so many words to herself as a father for a long time, Hongye froze for a while before recovering and nodded to him with a faint smile on her face, "Well, I know , and I really think Suzuha is very cute, if you can't be a boyfriend and girlfriend in the end, it's fine to be a normal friend."

"Really, that's good."

Hideyuki Kusama smiled gratifiedly, but just when he wanted to say something more, someone knocked on the door of the office suddenly, and the door was opened in the next second.

Seeing someone coming, Hongye immediately stood up from the sofa and nodded towards him, and Hideyuki Kusama also stood up to meet him, "Cinthia, Xiao Tao, why are you here?"

"I just went to pick out new clothes for this season with Xiaotao. It was a little late to leave the department store to check the time, so I wanted to say that I came to have dinner with you before going home." Paipai was about to enter the third grade of middle school, but still Cynthia looked up at the head of Xiaotao who liked to stick to her, and looked up at Hongye who was waving at Xiaotao, "Just now I heard from Otani that you were talking to Hongye-kun, what is it?"

Hideyuki Kusama first asked them to sit down, then ordered the secretary to bring over two more cups of black tea, and then replied with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that President Himekawa and I arranged for him to meet the lady of the Himekawa family at noon today, so I thought I know how they talk."

"Himekawa's house? Is it Suzuha?" Seeing Kusama Hideyuki nodding, Cynthia smiled and looked at Hongye, "Because I heard that Suzuha didn't have a date yet, I originally wanted to find some relatives to introduce her to Yeah, I forgot that Momiji-kun is the best candidate. I heard that Momiji-kun is very good at the violin, so Suzuha and Momiji-kun should have a good chat, right?"

It was the first time I had a non-greeting conversation with my mother, and Hongye was overjoyed, "Well, I just shared some views on famous musicians and classical songs with her during dinner, and many of them are similar."

"That's right, that's good."

At this moment, Xiaotao, who was timidly hiding behind her, suddenly pulled Lacinthia's sleeve, and whispered something in German in her ear.

After listening, Cynthia nodded in agreement, and then asked the puzzled Hongye, "Would you like to have dinner with us later, Mr. Hongye? This kid Xiaotao often plays with Suzuha. I also know a little bit about hobbies and hobbies, if Hongye-kun wants to further associate with her, it should be able to help you..."

Although he was already full at lunch, when he heard that he could have dinner with his parents and younger sister’s family, Hongye’s promised words almost blurted out as soon as Cynthia’s voice fell, but in the end he suppressed his impulse , Turning his head to look at Hideyuki Kusama, he didn't answer the dinner invitation until he saw that he nodded without objection.

Before dinner, because Hideyuki Kusama stayed in the office to sort out documents and confirm tomorrow's schedule with the secretary, Cynthia and Xiaotao mother and daughter also wanted to pack today's booty at the department store in a small room on the side, while discussing where to go later A restaurant, so Hongye took advantage of this time to go back to the floor that Xiaotou was responsible for cleaning.

Looking at the tiled floor, which was so clean that it could reflect light, Hongye's mind subconsciously recalled the appearance of Xiaotou mopping the floor with great enthusiasm.For his own reaction, he could only shake his head helplessly, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows where he could see the beautiful night view, and leaned his head against the window glass.

Looking at her own reflection on the glass, Hongye murmured: "It's really great to be able to have dinner with Mom, Dad and Xiaotao later, it seems... like a dream... it's all thanks to Suzuha... "

Speaking of Suzuha, he also remembered some things he observed at noon: Xiaotou likes to eat strawberries, and Suzuha also likes strawberry-flavored mousse... Really, even the food preferences are very similar Woolen cloth……