Chapter 386, Zhuo's Aspiration, Ling's Aspiration
Zero silently looked away.

"Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? Don't be like that... You wash my underwear for me every week. Have you ever thanked me when you saw me?"

"……I see."

Ling nodded and leaned quietly on Zhuo beside her. Zhuo also accepted her with a smile, and they snuggled quietly for a while, waiting for the summons for the interview.

……

"I want to apply to a university with an excellent economics department..."

——Kyoka Moritani, volunteering to study outside the country.

"I have no plans to apply to other schools yet..."

——Kanda Tomokazu, volunteered for internal study.

"My dream is to study medicine at a national university!"

——Yuzhihua (the boy whose seat is on the left of zero) volunteers to study abroad.

……

"You already knew about this, the Hejian Three Competitions~~"

"Ah, well, hey...Mother Utsunomiya, do you know about this?"

"Oh my, you mean that Zhuo has been lazy and greedy since he was a child and wants to get something for nothing? If that's the case, I still know about it."

When it was Utsunomiya's turn for the interview, Saechiko had already dragged Shuo to a chair in the corridor outside the interview room. Shuo separated from Zero and went with Saechiko to greet Mr. Kawama who opened the door.

Now, he is sitting in a spacious meeting room, with his mother Sachiko sitting on a wooden chair on one side, while Mr. Kawama is sitting opposite and asking questions about "future aspirations".

Since this matter was no longer strange, Sa Chiko was particularly excited. She observed Zhuo's reaction enthusiastically and actually poked Zhuo's face with her hand to see how he would react.

Zhuo was already used to this and just gave a wry smile, but he would be embarrassed in front of outsiders, so he had to refuse.

Zhuo knew that his mother was a typical optimist, and if left unchecked, the problem would never end; Mr. Hejian was a typical lazy person, and he would probably turn a blind eye to what he said... So Zhuo sighed and stopped her.

"Dear parent, this is a serious situation. Please do not touch the prisoner at will."

"Oh!? Is Zhuo being interrogated?!"

"It was fine before, but now I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles."

"That's right. This is a special treatment for Ling-chan."

"Normally, it would be understood as an inappropriate location!"

Sa Chiko understood his meaning as "exclusive treatment for Zero", which made Zhuo's face twitch even more violently, but Sa Chiko didn't seem to mind.

"Oh, this prisoner's words are really rude... Come to think of it, wasn't it your idea to not let people touch Zero?"

"No, it's your problem. Everyone has times when they don't like being touched. Stop it, we still have a meeting to go on."

"Not even if it's mom?"

"No, and you're not her mother."

Psychologically, Sa Chiko may be regarded as Zero's mother. Rather, Sa Chiko has completely put herself into the position of Zero's mother, caring for Zero even more than her biological son, Zhuo. However, despite this, she is still only his girlfriend.

As for Zhuo, instead of complaining about these things, he wanted to quickly turn the topic to today's "Three-Aspect Talk".

From the beginning, the uncle opposite, who was rarely slovenly today, has returned to his original nature. He leaned lazily on the back of the chair, holding the hot tea in both hands and blowing away the floating hot steam leisurely, while his eyes were looking at them in a way that said, "Don't worry about me, do whatever you want. I've been busy all day, and I want to take a break, thank you, please stay a little longer."

This was clearly an embarrassment.

"What's wrong with that? It doesn't matter anyway."

"So... forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let me take you to your seat first."

"Yes, there are guests here. Let's continue, please, Sansai."

When Zhuo saw Sa Qianzi facing Mr. Kawamata, she immediately gave him a kind smile, which made the corners of his mouth tremble. Mr. Kawamata, who remained silent, smiled and shook his head and said, "Zhuo's mother is an interesting person." Zhuo then sighed secretly and switched his expression to dead fish eyes mode.

"So Zhuo's ambition... has not changed, right? To be a househusband?" "No, although it has not changed in general, I don't think I will be a househusband anymore."

"Because Rei-chan has already taken care of all of this, right?"

"Don't interrupt, Mom."

"Not polite."

Why must this scene be shown to outsiders? Zhuo felt embarrassed and wanted to sigh again, but he held it back and continued the conversation with Teacher Hejian.

"Ahahahaha, so Zhuo is planning to start a family with Romanov-classmate. I understand correctly, right?"

"……Roughly the same."

"Guests, please! You really made it happen, you are amazing!?"

"…Sansai, pay attention to your image."

"Ahem, anyway..."

"almost……"

"..."

"..."

(After a series of conversations)
——Utsunomiya Shuo, what do you want to do? ? ? ? ? (Kawama Junzheng refused to fill it out.)
……

"I... don't have any aspirations."

"Haha, my daughter means internal promotion. She hasn't found a job or hobby she likes yet, so she's still looking. In this case, she has no choice but to continue her studies and expand her horizons."

"Is this so..."

At this moment, it was Zhuo's father Xiuyi who sat with Ling on the chair opposite to Mr. Hejian, and the three-party talks were in progress...

Having said that, the first question ended up being in a state of rigidity that was in some ways more troublesome than Zhuo. And Shuichi corrected it with a smile, or rather, made some corrections.

After hearing these words, Mr. Kawama withdrew his gaze from Zero, who was looking down at the ground, and looked at Shuichi who was standing beside him. After nodding "I see", he looked at Zero, who was still staring at the ground and made no secret of his disinterest, and spoke.

"But, Utsunomiya-san is on a completely different track~"

"What."

Unlike Mr. Kawama who leaned back too deliberately, Zero immediately raised his head after hearing the name and repeated, "My wish is the same as his."

"Is this so..."

"Is there anything wrong."

"That's not the case. It's just that Utsunomiya-san said... 'You must be joking. Since I marry her, I will definitely let her take care of me for the rest of my life.' She said such a thing with such certainty. It's really amazing, Utsunomiya Shuo-san."

Utsunomiya Shuichi: "..."

Unlike Shuichi who was smiling bitterly because he felt embarrassed, Zero was staring at Mr. Kawama blankly, and it took him several seconds to remember to blink.

"……I see."

"You got the answer so soon?"

"Ah."

"OK then……"

(The sound of writing.)
——Zero Razumovskaya Romanov, volunteers to be a full-time housewife.

...

...

He Jianjunzheng drank beer and pouted: "I finally found someone who is willing to take care of me as a useless person~"

(End of this chapter)