Chapter 27 Meeting the Parents (?)

Chapter 27

"Excuse me, passenger...what are you going to do over there?"

On the way there, the driver's eyes kept drifting to the rearview mirror. Looking at Kurokawa Kaoru behind him, he swallowed and said cautiously, "If it's not urgent, it's best not to go there. I heard it's not very safe recently. Previously..."

"I know everything you said, can you shut up now?"

Having absolutely no interest in listening to such nonsense, Kurokawa Kaoru narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person expressionlessly: "If you don't want to give me a ride, just drop me off on the side of the road. Other than that, I don't want to hear any more boring topics."

“Yes… yes!”

Under his threat, the driver slammed on the accelerator, accelerating the taxi to its maximum speed. Ten minutes? To be precise, less than five minutes had already delivered Kurokawa Kaoru to the designated location. He pulled a 1,000 yen note from his wallet and handed it to the man. Before he could finish saying "no change needed," the taxi vanished without a trace, as if fleeing some monstrous beast.

Not caring about the taxi driver, Kurokawa Kaoru took a deep breath, took out his cell phone, opened the address book, hesitated for a few seconds before dialing someone.

As if aware of Kurokawa Kaoru's inner anxiety, the call, which was usually answered immediately after ringing, took more than ten seconds to be answered today. Listening to the gentle voice coming from the other end of the line, Kurokawa Kaoru opened his mouth, and compared to usual, his voice was a little hoarse: "Mother..."

"It turns out Xiaoxun still remembers to call her mother."

“…”

Across the phone, Kurokawa Kaoru heard his mother's chuckle. He knew exactly what she was looking at. Resigned to his fate, he lowered his head and pleaded, "I won't run away from home again. Even if I don't go home, I'll tell Mom... Is that okay?"

"Didn't you run away from home because you didn't like the dress Mom bought for Xiaoxun?"

Without waiting for Kurokawa Kaoru to answer, Mrs. Kurokawa gave out a hotel room number and then hung up the phone, without thinking about how much impact her words would have on Kurokawa Kaoru.

"Isn't it cute?"

Putting her phone aside with a smile, Mrs. Kurokawa raised the corners of her lips and turned to look at Gong You who was sitting on the sofa: "Xiaoxun always acts like a spoiled child with me when she is anxious. When she was little, she would cling to me. But as she gets older, let alone acting like a spoiled child, she has become exactly like her father."

At this point, Mrs. Kurokawa sighed: "As a mother, it is so difficult to see my child act like a spoiled child."

“…”

You're already in high school, isn't it normal not to want to act like a spoiled brat?

Seeing the melancholy on Mrs. Kurokawa's face, Gong You opened his mouth, finally understanding who Kurokawa Kaoru always managed to shut him up from. Thinking of the other party's tone on the phone just now, Gong You hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "This is the first time I've seen Kurokawa so nervous."

As soon as Gong You finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Kurokawa looking at him with a smile. His heart tightened when he was met with her gaze, and he asked uncertainly, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Of course not."

Mrs. Kurokawa smiled and shook her head. She stretched out her hand and looked at the manicure she had just done that morning. She admired it for a few seconds before looking at the other person: "It is precisely because you are right that I invited you here."

As the mother of Kurokawa Kaoru, Mrs. Kurokawa is naturally the one who knows each other best in this world. She invited Gong You over, on the one hand to hear her son act like a spoiled child, which she hadn't seen in a long time, and on the other hand to understand what kind of person Gong You is.

"Xiaoxun has had few friends since she was little. Aside from discussing system upgrades with the family's technicians, she rarely talks to anyone."

This kind of person, Kurokawa Kaoru, would stay in a hotel with someone, and after Gong You knew his identity as a mafia member, he would even take the initiative to ask to stay at his house. Things like this would have been impossible in the past.

A woman's sixth sense allowed Mrs. Kurokawa to instinctively discover some clues, but judging from Gong You's attitude, it seemed that there was nothing wrong. In order to verify her guess, she could only choose to scare her son and see his reaction in this way.

"You and Xiaoxun..."

"Mother!"

The door was pushed open.

Seeing Miya You sitting safely on the sofa, Kurokawa Kaoru subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Mrs. Kurokawa on the other side.

"Mother... I'm here."

"Um."

Unlike her gentle demeanor in front of Gong You just now, Mrs. Kurokawa simply nodded calmly, pointed at the box on the table, and said, "Go change it first."

No need to guess what was in the box. Noticing Gong You's gaze was directed in his direction, Kurokawa Kaoru let out a long sigh and smiled at the maids behind him: "I'm sorry to bother you today too."

"Yes, Master."

“…”

Most of the maids that Mrs. Kurokawa keeps around her have watched Kurokawa Kaoru grow up. They treat Kurokawa Kaoru like their own children and are not worried at all that such things might cause them to develop unrealistic fantasies about him.

Just like at home, she put on the dress with the help of several maids. Feeling the tightness of the wig on her head, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed and walked out resignedly.

"I've already put on my mother's..."

"My little Xun!"

"……relative."

Being held in someone's arms like a doll, Kurokawa Kaoru's expression was "ferocious" and he turned his head to meet Miya Yu's gaze. After all, it was the first time he saw Kurokawa Kaoru like this, and Miya Yu blinked in surprise. If you didn't know better, you would think it was the first time they met.

Perhaps because he had been stared at for too long, Kurokawa Kaoru lowered his head, his face flushed red as he whispered, "My classmates are still here. Mother, please at least give me some face."

Mrs. Kurokawa turned to look at him: "Haven't I seen you like this before? If that's the case, there's no difference between once and countless times."

"But……"

"But my Xiaoxun didn't want to wear a skirt of her own accord."

As expected, seeing Kurokawa Kaoru's surprise, Mrs. Kurokawa snorted and poked the other's forehead.

"You and your father are exactly the same. Even when you lie, you don't consider how everyone else feels about lying to reassure you."

After all, he was her own child. Whether Kurokawa Kaoru really wanted to wear women's clothes, Mrs. Kurokawa could tell at a glance. The reason why she said that in front of Mr. Kurokawa was not only to help her son out, but more because she really wanted to see it.

"When she was little, she would wear skirts and cooperate with her mother in taking photos. Why is she becoming more disobedient as she grows older?"

After finally getting the chance to have someone dress in women's clothing, who would have thought that before the urge had worn off for a few days, Kurokawa Kaoru would run away from home. Thinking of this, Mrs. Kurokawa sighed in mock sadness, and her words were filled with resentment: "As expected, Xiaoxun still likes your father more."

"Mother!"

Kurokawa Kaoru raised his voice: "I have never said such a thing."

Knowing that her son would probably throw a tantrum if this continued, Mrs. Kurokawa chuckled and patted Kurokawa Kaoru's head soothingly: "It was you who lied first, telling your father that you didn't want to inherit the family because you preferred wearing women's clothes. I just took this opportunity to fulfill my own wish, but then Kaoru ran away from home."

"That's because..."

"And our Xiaoxun ran away from home without even telling her mother. She'd rather make a deal with a detective she just met than ask for money. If you didn't know, you'd think the Kurokawa family couldn't afford to raise a child."

“…”

Kurokawa Kaoru was left speechless by his mother's words. He lowered his head, his whole body wilting like an eggplant hit by frost. "I'm sorry, mother, I shouldn't have not contacted you for so many days."

"Okay, okay, stop looking down."

In the end, she still felt sorry for her son. He felt the feeling of being spoiled for the first time in a long time. To a certain extent, it also confirmed her guess. She pulled the man out of her arms and looked at the awkwardness on his face. Mrs. Kurokawa's shoulders trembled and she laughed uncontrollably.

After a long while, perhaps she had finally laughed enough, Mrs. Kurokawa took the handkerchief from the maid, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at Gong You not far away.

"Am I right?"

Seeing the confusion on the man's face, Mrs. Kurokawa lowered her eyes, hiding the emotions in them.

"Xiaoxun, who acts like a spoiled child, is the cutest."

Despite this, Mrs. Kurokawa did not take anyone home. She took out a secondary card from her pocket and put it into her son's pocket, telling him that if he had no money, he could use her secondary card so that the family would not notice. After explaining this, Mrs. Kurokawa left.

Kurokawa Kaoru wanted to invite the person to have dinner with him, but Mrs. Kurokawa had an appointment with someone to get her hair done that evening, so he had to give up regretfully.

Before leaving, Mrs. Kurokawa took her son's hand and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I will try to stop your father. If you really don't plan to inherit the family, you'd better be more careful when interacting with the Vongola in the future."

What this sentence means is——

Kurokawa Kaoru's eyes widened and he looked at the other person fiercely: "Does father know?"

"If I knew, do you think I would be telling you this now?"

She stretched out a finger and poked Kurokawa Kaoru's head. Seeing him lower his head in embarrassment, Mrs. Kurokawa's look immediately reminded him of his childhood, and her heart softened immediately.

As a mother, she didn't believe that Kurokawa Kaoru had to inherit the Kurokawa family. Young people always have their own ideas, and as parents, they should support them as much as possible. Thinking of this, Mrs. Kurokawa blinked and made a cheering gesture at everyone.

"Although the gender is different from what I expected...but the other person is pretty good."

Without giving anyone a chance to ask further questions, Mrs. Kurokawa bent down and got into the car. When she was about to leave, she looked at Gong You with a smile.

"Then... I'll leave our Xiaoxun in your care."

At the end of her words, Mrs. Kurokawa lowered her eyes and eventually disappeared from everyone's sight.

TBC.