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Chapter 177 Makoto: My family is missing a pair of chopsticks, Mr. Kitahara, you should understand!
Soon after
With the help of Kitahara Natsuhiro, Mary Akai and Masumi Sera finally managed to move all the luggage they brought from London over.

There were six suitcases in total, filled with their clothes and valuables.

Having lived in London for so long, I naturally have a lot of stuff.

Moreover, they were used to these things and didn't want to change them, so they brought them all.

When they arrived, they didn't think much of it, since they had checked baggage on the plane. But after they got off the plane, they realized how much stuff there was. There were only two of them, with four hands, and they couldn't possibly carry it all!
Fortunately, Kitahara Natsuyu was there. He towed the whole car over, and each of them had two suitcases when they went up the elevator. It was simple and easy.

“Mr. Kitahara,” Mary Akai wiped the sweat from her forehead and said softly, “Why don’t you stay for dinner tonight?”

“That’s right, Mr. Kitahara, you’ve helped us so much, please stay for dinner.” Sera Masumi chimed in, “My mom’s cooking is pretty good, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to raise us three kids.”

Oh no, I almost let it slip.

Outside, Mary Akai only has two children: Shuichi Akai and Masumi Sera.

As for the second son in the middle, Akai Hideyoshi, he is now Haneda Hideyoshi and no longer belongs to the Akai family. Moreover, he is still a backup plan.

If they were all wiped out, then it would be up to Hideyoshi Haneda to carry on their lineage.

Therefore, Mary Akai privately instructed everyone to insist that there were two children, not three.

As a result, Sera Masumi almost blurted it out.

but
So innocent! You were just saying you had three children, weren't you?
But the words came out before she could finish speaking; it must have been Mary Akai's order.

However, I know your family situation very well, but it doesn't matter. I have no interest in you three siblings. The only person I'm interested in is your mother.

Besides, did Mary Akai really feed you very well?
Why do you have such a large bust at such a young age? You're so rich.

But these words can only be said in one's heart, not spoken aloud, or one will get beaten up.

"No, I have something to do later, so let's have dinner another time!" Kitahara Natsumi declined.

He has to go to Akiko Yonehara's place later, so he won't be able to have dinner here.

Moreover, he hadn't seen Akiko Yonehara for a long time and missed her terribly.

Mary Akai glanced at Natsuhiro Kitahara and, realizing he genuinely had something to do later, stopped trying to persuade him: "In that case, I'll invite Mr. Kitahara to dinner another time."

"Okay, no problem."

“You guys go ahead with your work. Tomorrow you can go to the landlady’s place to sign the contract yourselves. She’s taking care of her child right now, so it’s not convenient for her to come over,” Kitahara Natsuyu said.

“Of course, the landlady helped us a lot, so it’s natural for us to go over there,” said Mary Akai.

"Okay, that's all for now! You guys go ahead with your work, I'll be going now. If you have any questions, feel free to call me, don't be afraid to bother me."

"Okay, I will. Take care, Mr. Kitahara."

Mary Akai and Masumi Sera escorted Natsuhiro Kitahara to the door and to the elevator, watching him get on the elevator before turning back to their new home.

After returning home, Sera Masumi took off her shoes and sprawled out on the sofa, exclaiming, "This place feels so homey!"

“It would be even better if there were a man.” Sera Masumi looked at Akai Mary meaningfully.

Upon hearing this, Mary Akai stood next to the sofa, hands on her hips, and said irritably, "Don't overthink it. There's no way we can be together."

He was referring to Kitahara Natsuhiro. Sera Masumi wanted to say something, and Akai Mary knew perfectly well what it was—after all, it was her child!
Sera Masumi chuckled and said, "I don't think anything is impossible."

"Look how attentive Mr. Kitahara is, helping us so much, and he doesn't even have a girlfriend. Most importantly, he wants to eat your cooking. Isn't that obvious he's interested in you?"

Mary Akai said expressionlessly, "He's only helping us because of your cousin, and he wants me to cook in order to come up with new dishes. Don't exaggerate."

Is Sera Masumi exaggerating?
Not at all.

"Mom, am I exaggerating?" Sera Masumi said with a half-smile, "Besides, there's a saying that goes, you can never wake up someone who's pretending to be asleep."

"Mom, who do you think is pretending to be asleep?"

Hearing her daughter's words, Akai Mary could no longer hold back: "Hmph! Your figure hasn't grown, but your mouth skills have certainly improved quite a bit."

"Mom, we're just being genuinely greedy, so please stop with the personal attacks," Sera Masumi said irritably.

Although she said she didn't have any complaints about her figure, she actually had a lot of complaints about it.

After all, her mother's is so big, her cousin's is so big, and her other cousin seems to be quite big too. Why is she the only one who is so small? It's not scientific, it's really not scientific!
So this move hit Sera Masumi right where it hurts; as expected, the old fox is shrewd.

"Hmph! Don't mention such things in front of me again. I'm this old, he's that old, there's no way we could ever be together."

“At this age, I could be his mother, or even someone’s grandmother.”

"If word got out that I had such a young boyfriend, where would I put my face?" Akai Mary said helplessly.

Is it that she doesn't want to find a boyfriend?
Of course not. She lives abroad most of the time and isn't that rigid.

However, the prerequisite is that she needs to raise the child, and by the time the child grows up, she will be fifty years old.

I can't exactly go looking for men in their fifties!

She must be crazy to do that.

After all, a fifty-year-old man is not as strong as she is on her own, so why should she rely on someone else?

As for someone like Kitahara Natsuhiro, he will not be considered.

"Hey, we're in Japan now, in Tokyo. What are you afraid of? We don't know anyone here."

"If I don't mention your age and you don't mention it yourself, then there won't be any problem."

"Why bother with all that?!" Sera Masumi chuckled.

"Hmph!" Akai Mary said with her hands on her hips, "Stop talking nonsense and get up and get to work, or I won't give you dinner tonight."

"I know, all you do is boss people around. You really should find a man to be bossed around. Mr. Kitahara is really nice, you should consider it!"

Upon hearing this, Akai Mary glared at her and said, "Get lost!"

"A little bit!"

Sera Masumi made a face, immediately jumped up from the sofa, and started tidying up the house.

Mary Akai sighed, thinking to herself, "Natsuhiro Kitahara..."

(End of this chapter)