Chapter 65 Father and Son

"I'm sorry Iori, I still asked you for help."

"It's okay, it's okay. I did it because I like it. Please don't mind it."

Shimizu Mi sat on the sofa, looking at the backs of Amamiya Iori and Hoshino Akiko as they happily prepared dinner.

After that, Amemiya Iori decided to stay at his house, and on the way home together, they happened to run into Hoshino Akiko who was returning home from get off work.

This was not the first time that Amemiya Iori came to the Shimizu family, and it was not a rare thing.

But Hoshino Akiko noticed that the atmosphere between the two of them was different, and seemed to guess what had happened, so she said a lot of words of blessing.

Although Shimizu had explained to her for a long time that it was not the case, Amamiya Iori looked very happy, and even called Hoshino Akiko "Mom", and said that she would ask her mother for more guidance in the future...

So, the scene just now happened where Hoshino Akiko couldn't help but hug Amamiya Iori.

While waiting for the meal, Qingshuijian tried hard to fight off his sleepiness. The tiredness in his inner world seemed to bring him back to reality.

"My dear, please wait a moment."

Amamiya Iori scooped up half a spoonful of miso soup, blew on it, took a sip and tasted it.

"Mom, can you stop smiling like an idiot?"

Qingshuijian stopped looking towards the kitchen and turned on the TV in the living room to prevent himself from falling asleep.

The speech of the Four-Eyed Tax Increase Man was being broadcast on TV, but he was more concerned about a photo hanging next to the TV.

There was a man and a woman in the photo, they were his parents, but they were very young at that time.

His father abandoned him and his mother before Shimizu was born, so he naturally has no impression of his father, and this person is not specifically mentioned in the background story of the game.

Shimizu Mi looked at the photo and fell into deep thought for a while until he came back to his senses when Amemiya Iori called him.

"My dear, it's done."

"Oh, got it."

After being called by Amemiya Iori, Shimizu walked towards the table. The dishes on it were so sumptuous that it seemed like some kind of festival was being celebrated.

"After all, today is a day to celebrate for my son and Iori. We should have a good meal."

"A day worth celebrating? I'm just staying here for one night, not getting married."

"But it's only a matter of time, right?"

Amemiya Iori answered immediately.

Seriously, why could she say such a thing so naturally... No, when I turned around, I saw that her face had turned red.

At the dinner table, Hoshino Akiko watched this scene with her eyes almost narrowed into a line, and she looked very happy... What kind of scene was this?

Shimizu Mi discovered that after Amamiya Iori broke free from the constraints of her character, the love she expressed from her true self became even stronger.

I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing…

After that, the three of them sat down at the table, clasped their hands together, and began to eat.

"I think stewed meat and potatoes is a standard dish for times like this. How does it taste?"

"The sweetness is just right, it's the taste I like."

"Really? That's great."

Amemiya Iori looked very happy, not only the stewed meat and potatoes, but the other dishes were also delicious.

Shimizu Miyabi tried a bite.

Indeed, the dishes prepared by Hoshino Akiko are always delicious, but with the help of Amamiya Iori, the deliciousness is enough to move people.

Iori Amamiya asked how the food tasted, and continued to enjoy the food. At this time, Akiko Hoshino suddenly muttered to herself:

“It would be nice if that person could see this picture.”

that person?
Qing Shuijian immediately understood who it was.

Hoshino Akiko's expression was a little sad, but at least there was no sadness from the past on her face, which made Shimizu feel relieved.

Although she was ruthlessly abandoned, Hoshino Akiko never hated that man. Instead, she kept saying, "Your father is really a very handsome and charming man. He must have had his reasons for doing that."

However, this might be a good opportunity, so Shimizu asked Hoshino Akiko:

"Mom, how did you know that guy?"

"Eh? You heard me? I can tell you... but I'm a little shy."

Hoshino Akiko was shy for a rare moment.

Shimizu thought that if she showed any sadness, he would end the topic, but it seemed that Hoshino Akiko was already quite interested, perhaps because she had drunk some wine.

Amamiya Iori looked at her and seemed curious as well. Being stared at by the two, Hoshino Akiko sighed helplessly and said:

"When I met that man, Liang, I had just finished a fight outside and was walking home."

"Yes, really..."

Shimizu knew that Hoshino Akiko used to be a bad girl, but he didn't expect this topic to come up here.

Akiko Hoshino was immersed in her memories and continued to narrate:
"I remember now. I was walking while stroking my stinging cheek. I wanted to buy juice from the vending machine and ran into Ryo. It was our first time meeting, but he was very concerned about me, a bad boy. Even though I scolded him and told him to stay away from me, it had no effect at all."

"That's not right, Mom. How can you scold someone who is worried about you when you first meet him..."

"As for me. I used to be a delinquent, but I'm sure I'll be easy to deal with."

"After that, I often met Liang near that street. We would talk and I was gradually touched by his gentleness. I didn't know when I found that I had fallen in love with him. So, I gave up being a delinquent and changed my attitude towards life. The teachers at school were very surprised."

"So that's it."

Because they lived together, Shimizu knew that Hoshino Akiko was a very strong woman.

After hearing about her past experiences, Qing Shuijian also began to understand her strength.

However, he didn't expect that Akiko Hoshino also had that kind of period. Listening to the stories of his mother's youth, Shimizu always had a strange feeling in his heart.

"Actually, Mom, I..."

"what?"

"Actually, Mom, I..."

Hoshino Akiko seemed a little drunk and started talking incoherently.

"Then we started dating in our senior year of high school... until now."

Shimizu already had a general idea of ​​what happened after that.

Probably not long after the two started dating, her father was revealed to be the leader of a theft gang and was taken in by Hoshino Akiko when he was being chased by the police.

What happened during this period was obviously not a good thing, so Qingshuijian thought it would be better not to ask.

"Dating and getting married... that's awesome."

There was a gleam of envy in Amemiya Iori's eyes.

"Right? Ryo is really a good person. Really..."

Shimizu looked at Hoshino Akiko who lowered her head slightly, and had some thoughts in his mind.

Maybe this is a little unreasonable, but he couldn't help but ask himself: Why is this person a thief, and why did he leave us?
After taking a sip of beer, Hoshino Akiko raised her head and pointed at the photo that Shimizu Mi had just looked at.

"Look, that's Ryo, and the one next to him is me. It's a pity that we haven't met at that time. Oh, and this is the first time Iori has met, right?"

"Wow! Please let me take a closer look!"

Amamiya Iori walked closer to the photo and looked at it carefully.

She looked at the photo, as if she was wondering about something. Shimizu followed her gaze and found that she was staring at her father.

"Iori?"

"Ah, nothing. As expected, dear, your handsomeness is inherited from your father."

"Yeah! He's really handsome, right? Ryo is really a good person."

"Mom, you've been repeating these words since just now."

Shimizu Mi suspected that Akiko Hoshino had really drunk a little too much, so he took away the next can of beer she was about to open and stopped her from drinking it.

Although Hoshino Akiko was a little dissatisfied, she also knew that she had drunk a little too much, so she did not make a fuss.

The three of them finished their meal peacefully.

Hoshino Akiko was snoring in her room because she was drunk.

While Amemiya Iori was helping to clean up the dishes, Shimizu Miki went into the bathroom.

I took off my white sweatshirt in the dressing room. At this moment, I felt a pain in my side, and the coagulated blood stuck to my clothes and pulled my skin.

It was a scar carved into the side of the abdomen.

It looked like a hematoma with discolored scabs, and now it was stained red and black by the coagulated blood. The white sweater I was wearing just now was also stained with some blood.

Qing Shuijian had a question - there was obviously no cut, so why was there so much blood and why were the clothes stained with blood?

Why is the mysterious bleeding gone now?

The pain in Amemiya Iori's inner world at that time was obviously real, so why is it okay now?

(End of this chapter)