Chapter 380: Chapter 377: Conditions for a Three-Party Meeting
"No."
"Really no?"
"That’s right, I haven’t had any contact with Aunt at all."
"You’re lying! You just hesitated for half a second... your eyes were wandering, and your body language was unnatural!" The pouty brat’s tone was excited: "Shirakawa, you really maxed out your backstab skill, didn’t you!"
"Where did you get this lie-detection standard?" Shirakawa Sawahei retorted with a cold face: "You’re saying that about me, what about you? Aren’t you secretly keeping in contact with Aunt?"
"No."
"Really no?"
"That’s right, I haven’t had any contact with Aunt at all."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
He felt that there was something wrong with this conversation just now...
He didn’t intend to repeat Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s lie-detection standard, instead, he went for the kill: "Anyway, Aunt will come to the school meeting in a few days, right? I’ll go say hello then."
"No way!"
Tsukimi Sakurazawa, like a little cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately threatened with bared teeth and claws: "Shirakawa, don’t you dare report me to my mother! We are good brothers, and if you backstab a brother, you’ll get three stabs and six holes!"
"?"
Shirakawa Sawahei slowly typed out a question mark.
As soon as Tsukimi Yamadori was mentioned, the pouty brat’s arrogance slightly deflated. The girl slacking off was stunned for a long while before speaking in a bewildered manner.
"What do I do about the school meeting...? My parents went on a trip, Shirakawa!"
"..."
Despite having parents, she lived like an orphan... Maybe this is what it’s like to be a biological daughter...
"Maybe ask Uncle to come back if he’s free?"
"That’s impossible! They seem to be on a small island abroad! The only way to contact them now would be to say I’m pregnant!"
"???"
"No way... Koorikin... Your parents really don’t plan on coming back for your school meeting? Parents usually want to be involved in their child’s life choices, right?"
"That’s right. I don’t think Aunt is like that."
Shirakawa Sawahei said while taking out his phone: "Let me ask for you."
"Shirakawa, don’t blame me for not warning you... If you get annoyed by that couple later, don’t take it out on me!"
"Parents don’t want to miss important choices concerning their child’s life."
"Actually, they’ve attended once, the middle school meeting, and after attending their comment was it was a bit boring..."
"..."
A call was made, the ringtone on the other end rang twice, then it was picked up by Ise Yu Yudomura, also known as Ise Yu Yuzhijin’s father.
"Hello, Mr. Shirakawa, long time no see... Suddenly calling, did something happen?"
"No... Your daughter is doing very well... I called mainly to ask about Ise Yu’s school meeting..."
"Eh? Everything is fine? That’s good, that’s good... still, safety first..." Ise Yu Yudomura exclaimed: "Anyway, although Jin is not young anymore, please try to start working hard after high school graduation... after all, the two of us haven’t had enough fun yet, and we don’t really feel like taking care of a grandchild... so... Mr. Shirakawa, I must trouble you now..."
"Darling~ It’s our turn in line! We should get on the cruise!"
"Ah, ah~ no more time to chat, Mr. Shirakawa! Take it easy!"
The busy tone sounded, and Shirakawa Sawahei, bewildered, put down the phone.
"How did it go? What did that couple say?"
Shirakawa Sawahei was silent for a moment, not immediately answering the slacker girl’s inquiry... after all, he couldn’t possibly tell her that her parents hoped we would have the first child a bit later... because they don’t really want to have a grandchild yet...
Darn it, have it later! Me and the slacker girl never planned to have a child! This couple is seriously problematic!
Upon hearing the news of their daughter’s school meeting, they pretended not to hear and skillfully changed the topic. No wonder the slacker girl said that except if they were told she’s pregnant, they wouldn’t come back from the holiday island.
"They’re not coming back..."
"I knew it!" Cute little Ise Yu said angrily: "Damn couple! Next time even if I am pregnant, I won’t tell them!"
"Eh?? Koorikin! You can’t say such things out of anger," the pouty brat quickly advised: "Don’t act on impulse... even if you do, don’t make it easy for Shirakawa..."
"Think carefully! Be cautious!"
Shirakawa Sawahei pressed Tsukimi Sakurazawa’s restless head onto the table with his hand, saying in annoyance: "Speak less, save your voice."
"Shirakawa... what should I do now..." The slacker girl tearfully grabbed Shirakawa Sawahei’s hand, seeking help: "Should I attend the school meeting with Shirakawa... after all, we live together... mmm..."
"It’s a shared rental!" Shirakawa Sawahei pressed the slacker girl’s poor little head onto the table again, with the back of his hand: "I’m not your guardian, why should I go with you... can’t you ask Miss Hinata to impersonate your sister?"
"No way! Sister Yin wouldn’t act properly..."
"Then just do like me, I’ll explain the situation to Teacher Uehara and say your parents are too busy with work."
"Can that even be called work! I really want to expose them in front of the teacher, it’s infuriating!"
"Stop complaining, whether they come or not shouldn’t affect you much, you should have your own thoughts, right?"
"Well... saying that..."
"Isn’t that fine then," Shirakawa Sawahei said helplessly: "If they really came to persuade you to make choices according to their thoughts, you wouldn’t be happy, right? Uncle and Aunt may seem unreliable, but they still respect your views."
After hearing these words, the slacker girl didn’t nod in agreement; instead, she was skeptical: "Shirakawa... why are you siding with them... did you get paid..."
"..."
I’m really stupid, indeed, I knew the slacker girl had a lot of issues, yet I still wanted to comfort her...
The discussion about the school meeting in the Calligraphy Club continued for a while longer and then quickly ended, shifting to the usual idle chats. The usually silent one, head lowered, visibly showed a hint of sadness in her eyes.
Especially... when Shirakawa Sawahei helped Ise Yu Yuzhijin by asking whether her parents would come, Miss Tachibana Chiboku’s expression clearly had a trace of envy...
Father and mother have left again... this time, who knows how long they’ll work...
The school meeting, surely, they won’t come. It was like this in middle school, and it should be the same this time... after all, they already took the time to come back once, I can’t just ask them again...
It’s just... just...
Secretly looking at the boy opposite her, Miss Tachibana Chiboku sighed in her heart.
Would Shirakawa help me talk about the school meeting too...