Chapter 14, still the daily routine.
Chrome's real name is Nagi, and she is a girl who seems very happy to others.
Her stepfather was the sales manager of a foreign company, and her mother was an actress. Logically speaking, a child raised in a well-off family shouldn't be as...insecure as Chrome.
To the two people who should be called her parents, Kurom was like an unwanted accident. They didn't care about their only daughter. Even when she was lying on the operating table, her life hanging in the balance, they didn't shed a single tear, and they weren't even willing to stay outside the operating room for a moment longer.
They were always busy with many things to do, and it was clear that taking care of their daughter was not on their agenda.
I am unwanted. I am superfluous. I am a burden.
Such a thought lingered in my mind.
Until she met Rokudo Mukuro.
“Nagi, I need you.” The boy with heterochromatic eyes reached out his hand to her. “Come to me.”
Kurōmu Dokuro, reversed, becomes Rokudou Mukuro, and from then on, she was no longer alone.
"It seems you don't have much talent when it comes to naming things either," Jing Yuan said after hearing his story with Chrome. "You take after me in that respect."
From initially naming the cat Mimi, to later changing it to Treading Waves Snow Lion after discovering it was actually a lion, Jingyuan's naming skills have been criticized by Qingzu many times.
Rokudo Mukuro no longer cared about the aloof and elegant persona he had once cultivated in front of Jingyuan. He rolled his eyes and retorted, "Don't talk like I'm your biological son."
"How could that be?" Jingyuan's gaze swept over his pineapple leaves. "You can tell from our hairstyles that we're not related by blood."
Although his hair was fluffy, it couldn't be as sharply defined as Rokudo Mukuro's.
Jingyuan suspected more than once that if he rashly touched it, he would be scratched by Rokudo Mukuro's pineapple leaves.
Rokudo Mukuro: "..."
"By the way, didn't you say you were going to Japan to meet the future successor of the Vongola family? Have you met him yet?" Jingyuan asked.
When the topic turned to the Vongola Tenth Boss, who could trip and fall even when walking, Rokudo Mukuro was at a loss for words.
After hesitating for a while, he said, "He's nothing like I imagined."
"Oh? How is it different?"
“It’s different everywhere.” Rokudo Mukuro recalled his observations of Sawada Tsunayoshi over this period of time. “I can’t see any trace of Mafia in him.”
People who grow up in a dark world cannot be as kind as him.
"And he didn't even know that his father was a member of the Vongola." At this point, Rokudo Mukuro couldn't help but laugh. "He always thought his father was dead."
"Ah, this..."
“It’s not his fault,” Rokudo Mukuro said with a smile. “Anyone who heard his mother say that his father had turned into a star would think that his father was no longer alive.”
Hearing this, Jingyuan couldn't help but laugh: "His mother must be a very interesting lady."
"Yes, Sawada Nana is a very nice person." Rokudo Mukuro was also in a good mood when he mentioned that woman.
Only a mother as good as that could raise a child who is so kind as to be foolish.
"Unfortunately, his father was Sawada Iemitsu."
The Vongola's external advisor, a Mafia whose hands are stained with blood.
Seeing that Rokudo Mukuro's Mafia hunting mode was about to be activated, Jingyuan quickly changed the subject.
"Let's not talk about that," Jing Yuan asked. "Are you sure it's okay for you to just kidnap that young girl like that?"
He certainly didn't want to see reports like "Italian man abducts cute Japanese girl" on international news in the near future.
Although Chrome's parents didn't care about her, if a child this age went missing, they would at least report it to the police.
"You overestimate her parents' humanity," Rokudo Mukuro sneered. The couple was quite pleased to have gotten rid of such a huge burden.
Well, it seems he doesn't need to worry about Rokudo Mukuro making the news anymore.
Jingyuan didn't want to continue this topic that clearly displeased Rokudo Mukuro, so he asked, "Where are Inu and Chikusa? They're always sticking to you, why are they nowhere to be seen?"
Mentioning his two companions, Rokudo Mukuro's mood improved considerably. He smiled and said, "Inu is giving Chrome a haircut."
"Oh? He has this skill?" Jing Yuan was somewhat surprised.
Rokudo Mukuro adjusted the camera and then pushed open Chrome's lounge door. There, Jingyuan saw a purple-haired girl sitting obediently in a chair, letting Joshima Inu do whatever he wanted with her hair with scissors.
"Lord Kashiwa?"
The three of them turned to look at him when they heard the door open.
Normally at this time, Rokudo Mukuro would stay in his room reading and rarely come to them.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you guys, Jingyuan,” Rokudo Mukuro explained to Shirojima Inu and Kakimoto Chikusa.
Upon hearing Jingyuan's name, Joshima Inu and Kakimoto Chikusa's eyes lit up instantly: "Mr. Jingyuan!"
The two children ignored Chrome and immediately crowded in front of the camera, chattering to Jingyuan about what they had seen and heard in Japan. After a while, Joshima remembered that their trio had a new member, so he hurriedly pushed Chrome over.
"Mr. Jingyuan, this girl's name is Chrome. She was picked up by Lord Mukuro." Joshima Ken enthusiastically introduced his new companion to Jingyuan. "She never speaks a word, even more so than Chisame. I've never seen a girl like her before!"
While in Italy, the women that Kijima encountered were all incredibly fierce, but Chrome was the first girl he had ever met who was so gentle, quiet, and reserved that he didn't know how to get along with her.
Fortunately, with Rokudo Mukuro by her side, Chrome quickly integrated into the group. Although Kenjiro always complained that she was too delicate, he would instinctively protect Chrome behind him when danger arose.
When Chrome was pushed in front of the video call camera, she panicked.
Being shy is one thing, but more importantly, she wasn't ready to meet Jingyuan.
Yes, Chrome knows about Jingyuan.
Ever since Chrome was brought back by Rokudo Mukuro, she had heard the name "Kagemoto" more than once. Every time Rokudo Mukuro mentioned Mr. Kagemoto, his eyes would become very gentle. So even though she had never met Mr. Kagemoto in person, Chrome subconsciously thought that someone who could be liked so much by Mukuro-sama must be very good.
But then she started to worry.
What if Mr. Jingyuan doesn't like me? Will he ask Master Mukuro to send me away?
This feeling of unease reached its peak at this moment.
However, when she met those golden eyes, all her unease vanished.
"Nice to meet you, Chrome," the man said with a smile. "I am Jingyuan."
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