Perhaps awakened by Akasaka's father's stern shout, Akasaka's mother's eyes glazed over. She glanced at Akasaka's father, whose expression was pained, and then at the two children in the entryway who looked shocked. Only then did she realize that her actions were inappropriate.
She, who should have been preparing dinner in the kitchen, was found standing in the dining room holding a rolling pin.
Akasaka's mother seemed to realize something, and she was so startled that she let go of the rolling pin, which fell to the ground with a clatter.
"What...what's wrong with me?" She took two steps back in a panic, her hands twisting together in a daze.
Ignoring his own pain, Akasaka's father quickly got up, put his arm around his wife's shoulder, and gently comforted her, "It's nothing, Sayuri, you've worked too hard for this family. You need to rest for a day. How about we go out for a meal to change your mood?"
Akasaka's mother asked in a daze, "Is that really true?"
Akasaka's father's stern face softened into a gentle smile. "Yes, is it that Sayuri is still dissatisfied with me? If she is, then we can have a good talk!"
No wonder the unremarkable-looking Akasaka father married the beautiful and gentle Akasaka mother. Despite his serious and rigid appearance, he was incredibly tolerant of his wife.
After taking a heavy blow, his first reaction was to comfort his bewildered wife.
After her husband's reassurance, Akasaka's mother finally calmed down. Then, remembering something, she grabbed Akasaka's father's arm and asked anxiously, "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"No, no, how could Sayuri bear to hurt me!" Akasaka's father laughed and replied, the three vertical lines between his eyebrows smoothing out considerably.
Qianli, who was about to rush over, immediately stopped. His lips twitched, and he pulled Cheng Shuang around to go upstairs to the second floor. As he stepped up the stairs, he called out, "Mom and Dad, we're back!"
"Get ready, we're going out to eat," Akasaka's father called out loudly.
"knew!"
Once inside her room, Qianli let out a deep breath and complained, "Dad's always like this, always afraid of hurting Mom!"
Cheng Shuang glared at him and said bluntly, "Aren't you the same? Otherwise, under normal circumstances, shouldn't a son go and ask about his parents' situation?"
"What do you know? Once they start being lovey-dovey, it can take forever!" Qianli, clutching a cardboard box, casually slumped onto the carpet and sighed, "You don't want to sit in the living room listening to Dad and Mom's sweet talk, do you? It's too awkward!"
"Aren't you in a hurry to find Kojiro anymore?" Cheng Shuang sat down next to him, picked up the cardboard box, shook it next to her ear, and a faint meow came from the originally quiet box. She was not reassured, so she secretly took out a "drawing a circle on the ground to imprison" talisman and stuck it on the bottom of the box.
"Kojiro will be fine." Senri thought of the tangerine peel that usually stayed at home lazily and didn't want to move, and then looked at Kojiro's lively and agile figure before. He suddenly felt that his rush to find it was a bit foolish.
"Sit here for a while, I'll go get some water for the kitten." Akasaka got up and left the room. Once he understood, even his steps became much lighter.
Cheng Shuang slipped a Tai Chi talisman (for warding off evil, averting disasters, and ensuring peace) under Qianli's pillow. The talisman's power was not as pure as the one made by Master Zhengying himself, but ordinary evil spirits could not get close to it.
Kayako is certainly not an ordinary vengeful ghost, but its current target is definitely not Qianli.
After returning from fetching water a thousand miles away, I opened the cardboard box and found the little black cat obediently inside. I breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had been lifted from my heart. Once the water bowl was placed in the box, the little black cat meowed twice and began to lick the water.
Most cats hold grudges, but Xiao Hei showed no reaction when looking at Cheng Shuang.
Cheng Shuang reached out with some suspicion and touched the black cat's fur. It was warm and soft, and felt nice to pet.
So this is an innocent cat?
The little girl rubbed it once and then withdrew her hand demurely. So what if it's soft-haired? It's not considerate, not fierce, not smart, and not loyal. Ha!
The little black cat tilted its head and meowed, which made Qianli incredibly cute.
"Are you hungry?" the boy said gently, and immediately wanted to go downstairs to find some cat food.
"I have a carton of milk here!" Cheng Shuang took out a carton of milk from her schoolbag. Qianli had no intention of investigating the source of the milk. She turned around, sprinkled the little water left in the basin onto the flower bed outside the window, and personally helped Hei Miao unpack the milk carton and pour the milk into it.
The little black cat drank more than half of it without even panting.
"Look at its little belly, it's so bulging, isn't it afraid of getting too full?" Facing the kitten, Qianli finally showed some childlike innocence, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
"Yuko, Chisato, let's go!" Akasaka's father shouted from downstairs, having already gone outside to start the car.
"Coming!" Senri responded, rummaged through Kojiro's unused waterproof pad, placed it under the cardboard box, and then closed the box lid again.
"That puts my mind at ease. Let's go!" He reached out and pulled Cheng Shuang up from the ground, not noticing that Cheng Shuang casually waved her hand and stuck another talisman to the side of the cardboard box to ward off evil spirits.
The four of them ate sushi. Akasaka's father had booked a small private room, and the couple chatted quietly while they ate. Chisato, as usual, took on the task of looking after her friends.
Like a little adult, he helped Cheng Shuang pour drinks, squeeze mustard, and so on.
Cheng Shuang now strongly suspects that the Akasaka family only has one child and doesn't want to disrupt their life together.
After the four finished eating, the Akasaka couple finally stopped being so affectionate. Akasaka's father started asking about Kojiro, while Cheng Shuang sat down next to Akasaka's mother, took out her pearl earrings, and showed them to her.
"Auntie, do you think this is your jewelry?"
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