Chapter 141 31: Camel

After class.

Sitting down in a double seat in Hidaka's house, Shirai took a deep breath while thinking about how to start the conversation later.

She knew her mother had always acted like she hated her father, but...
"Kyoko?"

When Shirai came to her senses, her mother was already sitting opposite her, looking at her strangely.

"Are you too tired from studying and didn't get enough rest? I called you several times but you didn't respond."

"No, Mom." Shirai looked at her mother. She had on some heavy makeup and had a gentle temperament and a beautiful face. Sitting with her, they looked more like sisters than mother and daughter.

She held Shirai's hand and said with a smile, "Look, you haven't eaten well again, and you've lost weight."

Shirai shook his head: "I, have food to eat."

"Have you ordered yet? What would you like to eat?"

"Not yet. Mom, do you want to eat noodles?"

"Noodles? I haven't eaten noodles for a long time. They don't like noodles. Let's order two rice."

"Yeah, I can do either."

Shirai was looking at his mother who was ordering on the screen and was about to change the topic to his father, but he saw a bruise on the side of her face.

She lowered her head and bit her lip: "Mom, aren't you hot?"

Shirai's mother was startled, looked at her long sleeves, fiddled with her hair to hide the bruises, and smiled unnaturally: "I'm afraid of the cold, have you forgotten?"

".Dad, he came to see me."

Shirai's mother's face changed, she stared at Shirai and said seriously: "How did he know where you live? Did you tell him? Did he come to borrow money? Don't give it to him, you are harming him! He deserves to die, you will only be implicated if you get close to him!"

Shirai opened his mouth and paused: "He just came to see me, nothing else."

".I'm having some difficulties here during this period. Don't worry, I will find a way to find you a new apartment. The current place is too bad and anyone can move in. I will find you a better place. Don't worry about your dad, okay?" Shirai's mother touched Shirai's face and said seriously.

Shirai's eyes looked a little dazed.

Are you really going to ignore him?

A memory came to her mind.

"Work, work, don't think I don't know you're off work! What? You have to accompany clients to their homes, right?!"

"You took measures? Just the ice pack?! When I came back, Xingzi had a high fever and was unconscious, did you know that?"

"dad."

"Hoo, Xingzi, don't be afraid. Daddy is here. Everything will be fine. Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to call the nurse? Nurse! Nurse! My daughter is awake. Please help me check!"

"Don't blame mom."

".Okay, don't blame her. Sorry Xingzi, we won't quarrel anymore in the future. Sorry."

Dad's face was gradually replaced by Mom's face.

"Apricot? Remember, gamblers don't deserve pity."

"Ah."

She breathed a sigh of relief, patted Shirai's hand, and was about to say something when the phone in her bag suddenly rang.

"Hello? Honey, Shengze has a fever! Ok, ok, I'll go back right away. Sorry, I was fine just now."

After hanging up the phone in a hurry, Shirai's mother stood up in a panic and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Anzi, Katsunori suddenly has a fever. He was so energetic just now. I have to go to the hospital right away. I have ordered two meals and paid for them. It doesn't matter if you can't finish them. Don't force yourself. Take care of yourself."

"Goodbye, Mom."

Watching his mother's hurried footsteps as she left, Shirai seemed to have lost his soul and remained silent for a long time.

"Hello."

"Hello, Mr. Nakagawa, I'm Shirai Kyoko."

"Oh, you've got the money already?"

“I can’t scrape together that much money.”

".You want me to show you the way?" "I won't sell my body either."

"You think too much. Although that is also a path, it is not suitable for you. You have a better path."

"Please tell me."

"You are a student at Shengying College, where there are many children of wealthy people. It should be easy to borrow this amount of money."

Shirai thought of Hirosue.

“That’s their money.”

"Okay, you're very courageous. How about this? You just need to sign the agreement and agree to take on your father's debts. Don't worry about the legal effect. We will make it effective. As a top student, I believe in your future, but as compensation for making us wait, the two million yen will be increased to five million yen, and you must pay it back within two years after you graduate from college."

"But if you can't go to college, you still have three years to pay it back after you graduate from high school."

"I promised, please let my father go."

Nakagawa was a little surprised at how quickly she agreed: "No hurry, let's find a place first."

He gave the address of a izakaya.

After Shirai found the location, he took the train there.

There was no normal customer in the izakaya, only Nakagawa, her father, and a thug.

"Sign it, then go to the counter and steal all the money in it, and consider it a gift from me." Mr. Nakagawa handed over a document that looked like a contract.

Shirai glanced through it quickly and looked at his father with an uncertain feeling.

"dad."

she shouted.

But Shirai's father kept his head down and didn't dare to look at her.

"This is the last time I'll call you daddy."

Shirai's father's body stiffened, but finally, he couldn't help but look up and looked at her with an embarrassed and haggard expression.

"From now on, live a good life and stop gambling."

After saying that, she signed her name one by one in the marked places on the contract.

Shirai's father stretched out his hand to stop them, but was pinned to the ground by the thugs behind him, tears streaming down his face.

Wiping away the tears, Shirai looked deeply at his father and then walked towards the counter.

"Wait, take this knife with you and hold it in your hand." Nakagawa handed her a knife, and Shirai took it silently.

He walked to the counter, opened the unlocked drawer, took out about 30,000 yen in cash, and returned to the opposite side of Nakagawa.

"You can take the money and the knife with you, and your father can be taken away too, if you want." Nakagawa put away the contract with a smile.

Shirai shook his head, dragged his tired body, threw away the knife, and left the pub.

"Typhoon Dafa is expected to hit in two days with maximum wind force."

On the way back, Shirai took the tram and walked like a zombie. By the time she had some spare energy to think, she had unknowingly returned to her doorstep.

"It's you.?"

Shirai meets an unexpected person.

Kondo Saki looked at her for a while: "Did something happen to you?"

"Nothing, just some private matters." Shirai intended to bury this matter deep in his heart.

"If you tell me, I can help you with some advice." Kondo clicked his tongue, "Perhaps this has something to do with Hirosue."

Shirai finally couldn't help it: "Kondo-san, why do you always target Hirosue-san?"

"I'm not targeting her, but I know her well. She won't approach you for no reason if there is no benefit for her. If she approaches you, it must be for other purposes." Kondo Saki looked dim.

Shirai slowly lowered his head, his tone depressed: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my attitude just now. Thank you for your concern for me, Kondo-san, but I'm really tired today. Let me rest for a while, okay?"

Kondo Saki looked at her tired face with a little worry, nodded, and left.

(End of this chapter)