"No problem, please feel free to do as you please." Yinsen Hondo touched his nose awkwardly and said softly, "Actually, I came here today not only to bring you the gift that Mr. Fujiwara entrusted me to give you, but also to tell you something else. As Mr. Fujiwara's biological son, you have the right to know."

"Right to know?"

Fujiwara Yu's eyes widened in surprise. His intuition told him that Yinsen Hondou's next words wouldn't be what he wanted to hear. His heart even pricked for no apparent reason. What was this? Was this a way to prepare himself mentally and plan for the worst?

"Um."

Yinsen Hondou pulled out a brown paper file bag with a sealing strip from his black briefcase. He handed it to Fujiwara Yu with both hands with a serious expression, then stood up and bowed to the junior, his voice full of apology:

"I'm sorry, your father, Fujiwara Kazuya...died at 11:07 last night..."

Sacrificed at 11:07 last night.

My father passed away at 11:07 last night.

Fujiwara Yuu clenched his outstretched hand into a fist after hearing these words. He stood up so vigorously that the glass on the coffee table was knocked to the ground and shattered into pieces.

His clenched fists slowly opened, and his hand that was reaching for Yinsen Hondo's collar finally landed on his shoulder, straightening him up.

Fujiwara Yuu was silent for five seconds before he reluctantly asked in a trembling voice:

"Mr. Hondou, you're kidding me, aren't you? Is Father trying to make up for my birthday? Even though my birthday is on April Fool's Day, you can't use a joke like this to—give me a surprise."

Fujiwara Yu has a strong sense of insight. When a person shows grief and guilt on his face without reservation, without any signs of acting, it means that these two emotions come from the heart.

It was when he saw Yinsen Hondo biting his lower lip and trying hard to control his emotions that the only light left in his eyes went out.

"This... isn't funny at all."

It's not funny, because it's not a joke at all, it's a sad fact.

His father's sacrifice was a fact, how could he find it funny?