Chapter 516 Try to Get Along
Since Kurama Tomoko has already mentioned Asatake Yoshino, Aize naturally has no reason to change the subject.
Originally, he contacted his mother just for this matter.
"It seems that Grandpa and Sister Luhua have already told you everything, which saves me a lot of effort." Aize stopped arguing with his frivolous mother and said, "I want to ask, what do you think?"
Aize really wanted to know what his parents thought about his sudden engagement.
He himself was feeling upset, so it was a good opportunity for him to listen to his parents' wishes.
However, what Kurama Tomoko said next made Aize feel that he had asked the wrong person.
"What can we think? Of course we think it's a piece of cake!" Kurama Toshiko said without hesitation: "You, a stinky boy with autism, are actually capable enough to be favored by the Chaowu family. In your father's words, this is definitely a blessing from the ancestors."
"No...are you so willing?" Aize sat up from the tatami and said speechlessly, "Your own son just went on a long trip and came back to his mother's house, but he got engaged to someone you never knew before. Don't you have any idea about this?"
Even though I was an accident, I shouldn't be so worthless, right?
If this happened to other parents, they would probably feel so ridiculous.
While thinking this, Aize forgot that his old mother was also a genuine Suizhi person.
"Boy, you have to understand that the one you are engaged to is a miko-sama." Kurama Tomoko said earnestly: "Do you know what a miko-sama is? She is the most honorable person in this place of Hoori!"
"When I was a child, your grandparents always told me that there are two most honorable people in Suizhi. One is the miko and the other is Mr. Musume."
"Although Hoori is a small place, the Asatake family is the real local tyrant there. I think the ancestors of the Kurama family are blessing you for being favored by them."
Kurama Toko had always worried that her son, who loved to wield swords and guns and was suspected to be autistic, would be alone in the future without even anyone to talk to.
So, she tried very hard to make connections, letting her son follow Ma Ting Luhua around every day, and letting her mother's children accompany him, just hoping that the child could be more lively and not become autistic.
The result was not bad. Both Ma Ting Luhua and the siblings of the Kurama family developed a good relationship with Aize.
But as soon as she left Hoori and returned to China, this brat returned to his original form. Not only had she never seen him staying with anyone, but no one had ever gone out to play with him. In his cell phone address book, besides his family's contact information, there was only his class teacher's contact information. He didn't have a single friend. His face was even cleaner than hers, which was full of collagen when she was young. It was really worrying.
She was also afraid that no one would like this boy in the future and he wouldn't even be able to find a wife.
Now that she has a daughter-in-law, and she is their Princess Suori, she is so happy that she cannot wait. How could she have any objection?
As for concerns about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?
Does not exist.
She is the daughter of the Asatake family, the shrine maiden of Hoori. Are you still afraid that she might have bad character?
It's not like she doesn't know how good the shrine maiden is. After all, when she was a child, she often went to watch the shrine maidens of the previous generation and even the generation before that perform the Kagura dance.
The Kagura dance performed by the shrine maiden is simply a work of art. Only those who keep working hard, persisting, and practicing with sincerity and loyalty can dance like that.
Coupled with the concepts she had developed since childhood, Kurama Tomoko believed that being able to get engaged to the shrine maiden was a blessing she had accumulated for eight lifetimes.
"What about dad?" Aize also realized that his mother might have a filter for the witch of Hoori, so he quickly asked: "What is his attitude towards dad?"
"Him?" Kurama Toshiko sneered and said, "He almost lost his soul after seeing the photo of the shrine maiden. He also said that what he hoped most was that I could give him a daughter like this. If the shrine maiden could call him daddy sweetly, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams."
Hearing this, Aize was speechless.
Who are these people?
"Do you think it's okay for me to marry into the family?" Aize simply laid it on the table and said, "It seems that the Chaowu family has only one son for each generation. If I marry Miss Chaowu, there's no way I can bring her home. The only possibility is that I will be recruited into the Chaowu family like Mr. Anqing, right?"
You know, his family is also a single-line family, and he is the only child in the family. Would his family allow him to enter the court and become a Wu family?
While Aize was thinking this, Kurama Tomoko said very calmly.
"Don't worry, our family doesn't have those overly serious rules. Your father and I are very open-minded and won't care about these things. If we really care, the worst that can happen is that we will have another child. You don't really think your father is incompetent, do you?" Kurama Toshiko said, "The key is what you plan to do."
"You called here just to know this, right?"
All I can say is, no one knows a son better than his mother. Although Kurama Toko had been arguing with Aize just now, in fact, she probably knew very well what her son's current condition was.
Aize opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he couldn't refute.
He was not the kind of person who would act like a spoiled child to his mother, let alone in the situation of being a human being in two lifetimes.
Therefore, on weekdays, he would not visit his mother unless he had nothing to do, and he would definitely not call his old mother to say hello and chat when he was free.
And since he called Kurama Tomoko, there must be something wrong.
Kurama Tomoko had seen through all of this a long time ago, but she just never said it out loud.
"What? Did you have a fight with the witch?"
Kurama Toko's tone suddenly became gentle.
Even Aize had to admit that although her mother was unreliable at ordinary times, as the daughter of the Kurama family, she was actually a typical Yamato Nadeshiko at heart and was actually very gentle deep down.
It is precisely because of this that Ma Ting Luhua likes to chat on the phone with Kurama Touko so much even though they are a generation apart. They always keep in touch and are as close as mother and daughter.
She was also attracted by the gentleness in Kurama Tomoko's nature.
Listening to his mother's gentle tone, Aize couldn't help but reveal his true feelings.
"It's not a quarrel." Aize looked at the ceiling and whispered, "It's just that I suddenly don't know how to view the relationship between her and me."
"I guess so." Kurama Toshiko was not surprised at all and said softly, "You have never been someone who likes to play with others since you were a child. Now you are suddenly in an unfamiliar environment and suddenly have a marriage contract. How can you adapt?"
"Even though your grandfather has always told me that you are living well in the Chaowu family, and Luhua also said that you often go in and out with the witch lady, and you look like a good match, but don't I know you?"
"You must have not taken all this seriously, and you were only thinking about your own affairs, not paying attention to the people around you, so you just went in and out with a girl you just met, right?"
"You are definitely not a social phobic, but you are definitely not a social bully either. Under your current circumstances, how could you establish a good relationship with a strange pretty girl so quickly?"
All I can say is that Kurama Toko knows Aize better than anyone else and sees through Aize at once.
"To be honest, I'm actually quite happy that you called me today." Kurama Toshiko said happily, "Based on my understanding of you, if you didn't say anything, then it's likely that nothing happened, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing."
"If that's the case, with your personality, the engagement between you and the witch will definitely fall through, right?"
"But you called me today, which proves that you have begun to seriously consider this engagement and this relationship. You are no longer as indifferent as before."
"This is a good thing. At least it gives me some hope of success."
Kurama Tomoko looked cheerful, as if she was really happy.
Aize didn't say anything, but just listened to Kurama Toko's laughter and fell into silence.
After a while, Kurama Tomoko spoke again.
"Brat, let me ask you, do I like the witch?"
Kurama Tomoko's question couldn't be more direct, which made Aize subconsciously want to give an answer.
He naturally wanted to answer no.
Although Yoshino Asatake is very beautiful, she can even be said to be the most beautiful person he has ever seen. She looks like she came out of the two-dimensional world and is completely perfectly modeled.
If Aize was a real young man, he would definitely be attracted by this extraordinary appearance and his mind would be dominated by adolescent hormones.
Sadly, he is not.
Having lived two lives, Aize is no longer a delusional young man. He will not be overwhelmed with joy just because he lives under the same roof with a beautiful girl, nor will he be ecstatic just because he is engaged to such a girl. Instead, he thinks very rationally that he and such a darling of heaven are from two different worlds, and he keeps telling himself that it is best not to take things for granted.
Therefore, he seemed so indifferent to Asatake Yoshino's past indifference, and even responded rudely when Asatake Yoshino unilaterally prevented him from delving into Hoori's secrets.
He believes that he only appreciates Yoshino Asatake's beauty, but it is a very rational appreciation that will not affect his own behavioral logic and judgment ability.
Therefore, he could also say without hesitation that he did not like Yoshino Asatake, because from the very beginning he did not think that there was any possibility of a future relationship between the two of them, and he was not moved at all and would not have any delusions.
However, when Aize wanted to say this, he already knew deep down in his heart that this would be a lie.
After all, he had his heart moved.
Until now, Aize still remembers the scene he saw when he stepped into Kenmi Shrine on the day he just returned to Hoori.
The beautiful shrine maiden, wearing Chihaya and shrine maiden's uniform, dances gracefully, emitting a dignified and sacred aura.
The Kagura dance at that time fascinated everyone, including Aize.
That was also Aize's first impression of Asatake Yoshino, and also one of the rare moments of his losing composure in his life.
The Kagura dance at that time was really beautiful.
Yoshino Asatake was also very beautiful at that time.
It was at that moment that Aize felt his heart beating and throbbing for the first time in his life.
That was why, that night, when he saw the beautiful witch being knocked off the cliff, Aize rushed over without hesitation, and was unwilling to let go even though his life was threatened by the evil spirit behind him.
"I……"
Aize hesitated, then said something uncertainly.
"It's hard for me to say that I'm in love with her, but I also can't say that I'm not in love with her."
This is what Aize thinks of Asatake Yoshino now.
It's too early to say I like you.
But to say that I have no feelings for Asatake Yoshino at all would be absolutely deceiving myself.
"I think I understand."
Kurama Toko was an experienced person and easily saw through Aize's mood at the moment.
So, she said this.
"You two have been together for too short a time. Even if you have a special relationship and special situation with each other, it's too early to talk about whether you like each other or not." Kurama Toshiko said, "I think the situation is the same with the miko."
Aize nodded silently.
He also didn't think that Asatake Yoshino would fall in love with him in such a short time.
But judging from her attitude today, it's probably not right to say that she has no feelings for me at all.
There is a high probability that Yoshino Asatake is in the same situation as herself, where it is too early to say that she likes someone, but it is definitely not the right time to say that she doesn't like someone.
To put it simply...
"I think you two are more than friends but less than lovers right now, right?"
Kurama Toshiko transformed herself into an emotional master and said this with great certainty.
“Again, this is a good thing.”
If you can't even reach a level above friends, then there's no hope.
"In that case, don't overthink things." Kurama Toko gave Aize some advice, saying, "Whether it's the marriage contract or the sword named Musumemaru, just put it all aside."
"Try to spend time with your fiancée, either playing together as friends or going on dates as lovers. In short, try to increase the time you spend together as much as possible."
"Everything is learned through trial and error. You also have to try to determine what kind of relationship you and the witch will have in the future."
"Put half of your passion into this relationship, and wait until you've tried it, then decide what to do next."
These words made Aize's eyes flicker slightly.
"Try to get along...?"
He fell into deep thought.
Kurama Toko didn't disturb Aize. Seeing that he didn't reply, she hung up the phone silently.
Looking at the phone in her hand, Kurama Toko suddenly smiled.
"Maybe, it will work this time..."
Thinking of this, Kurama Toko happily ran to the bedroom to report the good news to the child's father.
(End of this chapter)
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