On the other side, Ran, who had rushed out of the hotel, ran all the way and finally caught up with Eri on the beach.
"Mom...Mom, don't be angry, Dad has always been like this."
Ran, panting, grabbed Eri's hand.
Eri stopped and gently shook her head. "Ran, Mom is used to it. I just don't want to continue this endless life anymore. It might be better for all of us if it ends sooner."
"But..." Tears welled up in Xiaolan's eyes.
She bit her lip, wanting to say something to persuade her mother to stay, but she didn't know where to begin.
Eri turned her head and gently patted her little head. Then she looked at the young men and women playing on the beach and said with a smile, "Look how happy these young people are. They must all be college students!"
Her tone was soft, and her smile was bitter.
She once gave up the precious opportunity to study at Harvard University for Kogoro Mouri, choosing instead to study at Tokyo University in Japan.
At that time, she, like these young people, was full of longing for love.
However, it seems that Kogoro Mouri has long forgotten all of this.
Everything has changed...
Ran looked at Eri, tears welling in her eyes, and said in a sobbing voice, "Mom, is there really no way to salvage this? I don't want our family to fall apart like this."
Eri wiped away Ran's tears, her gaze still fixed on the young people on the beach, and said slowly, "Ran, some things, once they happen, are like a broken mirror. Even if you try your best to piece them back together, it's hard to return to the flawless state they once were. Your mother also tried a lot to maintain this family, but your father... never knew how to cherish it."
A gentle sea breeze blew, lifting strands of Eri's hair, her eyes revealing deep weariness: "Mom also wanted to give you a complete family, but this isn't something Mom can decide alone. All these years, Mom is tired too. Perhaps separating is a relief for each of us."
We can all find our own lives again. You will grow up and have your own life to live.
"Mom..." Seeing her mother's heartbroken appearance, Xiaolan could no longer hold back her tears and they welled up in her eyes.
She threw herself into Eri's arms and burst into tears.
Having experienced 10 years of living in a single-parent family, Xiaolan longs for a complete family more than anyone else.
Throughout those long years, she endured so much loneliness and helplessness all by herself.
Eri gently stroked her daughter's back, her eyes filled with tenderness, and said with a forlorn expression, "Ran, Mom is old now, and I no longer have the energy or passion to go on..."
"Cough cough!"
Yuzuru Hanyu, who appeared silently behind them, interrupted her.
He first lowered his head and cupped Ran's tear-streaked face, wiping it clean little by little, then looked up and smiled at Eri.
"Auntie Eri, you don't look old at all! If you were walking on the beach with Ran, people would only think you were sisters, not mother and daughter, unless you said it!"
"Hehe~" Eri Kisaki couldn't help but chuckle at his words, her laughter tinged with self-deprecation. "You child, you don't need to comfort me. Don't you know your own situation?"
Yu Shengnan said earnestly, "I'm speaking from the heart. Age is just a simple number; it doesn't mean anything. Auntie, you have an outstanding temperament, like a rare orchid in a secluded valley, your charm remains unchanged, like a flower that never fades, your elegance... cough..."
He coughed lightly, interrupting himself as he was about to speak.
I spoke too fast and almost couldn't stop.
Ran lifted her head from Eri's arms and said with a pitiful look, "Mom, Nan is right, you're not old at all."
Eri patted Ran's head and looked at Nanami Yuzuru with gentle eyes, "You two, all you know how to say are nice things."
Yu Shengnan waved his hand, "Auntie Eri, I really didn't mean to say nice things to flatter you. Look at your skin and your appearance, you don't look like a mother of a child as big as Ran."
As he spoke, he pulled Xiaolan out of Fei Yingli's arms and made the two of them stand side by side.
Then, a lucky passerby was randomly selected.
"Miss, we are recording a charity program. Could you please answer a question? There's a prize for the correct answer!"
"Huh? What's the question?"
The female college student who was chosen looked at Yuzuru Nanagi in front of her with a blank expression.
Didn't I come here to have fun?
Why did they end up recording a TV show?
"Alright, let's begin the answering!"
With a flick of his wrist, Yuzuru produced a microphone as if by magic.
He pointed to Eri and Ran, who were also momentarily stunned, and asked in a suggestive manner, "Excuse me, are the two ladies standing in front of you sisters, brothers, or what is their relationship?"
"Brother..."
The young female college student's eyes were filled with innocent naiveté.
Her first instinct was to choose the most outrageous option.
Anyway, people love a good show.
"Answer correctly and you'll receive a prize: a free three-day luxury trip to Izu..." Yuzuru said quietly from the side.
"Sisters! They must be sisters!"
The young female college student instantly understood what "it smells so good" meant. Pointing at Eri and Ran, she used every word she knew to praise them, "Look at these sisters, they look exactly alike, and their temperaments are exactly the same too. They are both youthful and beautiful, full of energy, vibrant, stunningly beautiful, breathtakingly gorgeous, naturally beautiful, incredibly attractive, graceful, and charming..."
"Alright, alright, that's enough!"
Yuzuru quickly interrupted her.
This is getting more and more outrageous.
He didn't even dare to imagine what words might come up if the conversation continued.
Eri and Ran blushed from the praise.
"So, did I pass?"
You pass!
Yu Shengnan watched the young female college student happily running towards the hotel with a check in hand, and shook his head with amusement.
He turned and walked to the two of them, asking softly, "Well, Aunt Eri, does anyone recognize you?"
"You child, you're really being ridiculous, giving away such a large sum of money so easily."
Eri Kisaki gave Nanami Yuzuru a reproachful look, but she couldn't hide the smile on her cold and beautiful face.
Xiaolan laughed, her eyes curving into crescent moons. "Mom, look, everyone thinks you're young and beautiful. You've always been beautiful, and now even others think so."
Eri Kisaki smiled helplessly, "You guys..."
She gently tapped Xiaolan's nose, then looked at Yusheng Nan, a warm feeling welling up in her heart.
Seeing the mother and daughter smile again, Yuzuru raised his watch at the right moment, "It's getting late, let's go have lunch first, and then come back for a nice sunbath."
"Alright, then I'll leave it to Yuzuru."
"Then you have to shout..."
"Xiao Lan, let's not talk about him today."
"All right……"
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