Chapter 143 How many sons and daughters do I have?
The night wind blows and the lights sway.

Uesugi Yue closed his shop early today, which was unusual.

The warm yellow light that shines every night has become dim today, losing its soft and warm glow. The colored lights surrounding the ramen sign have been completely turned off, and only a small low-power bulb on the soup pot can faintly illuminate the words "Closed" next to it.

After waving goodbye to another group of warm greetings from the University of Tokyo students, the smile on Uesugi Yue's face gradually faded.

Most of these college students who haven't had the chance to enter the society are simple and naive. The occasional break by the ramen chef who opens every day does not make them angry like the people in society who suppress their resentment.

On the contrary, after some doubts, they would subconsciously express concern: Is it because Master Yue is old and overworked that his body can’t take it anymore?

Some students thought more about it and even asked Master Yue how many children he had at home. Why didn't he know how to support the elderly? This made Master Yue sell ramen noodles in the streets and alleys to make money at such an old age? After all, in an aging society like Japan, there are many cases of lonely elderly people being abandoned by their children...

Uesugi Yue quickly said not to worry, he was in good health, and changed the subject.

Uesugi Yuexin said that his family background was not normal at all, and it was also involved in a lot of disputes and secrets of the underworld families. If he really told them and let a few college students know, they might be dragged out by the people of the Snake Eight Clan the next day for being involved in confidential matters and given a seat on the cement pile in Tokyo Bay...

What's more, the issues about children raised by the students really touched the heart of Uesugi Yue, making him think a lot.

After several times, the large groups of students who had gathered in twos and threes finally dispersed and left, never to be seen again. The ramen chef's eyes drifted across the dim block at the back door of Tokyo University and looked into the distance.

Just a few dozen steps from here will take you into the brightly lit skyscrapers of Bunkyo Ward in Tokyo, a beautiful night world filled with bright lights, bustling crowds and neon lights everywhere.

The small street where Uesugi Koshi lived, however, avoided the capital of real estate developers and still had the old style of the last century. Both sides of the road were lined with quiet and dilapidated old-style Japanese houses. Most of the houses had two trees in front of the main door, one of which was a paulownia tree, and the other was also a paulownia tree...

This old street looks like it has been abandoned and neglected by the ever-changing times, just like Uesugi Koshi himself.

In fact, the reason why this street was able to survive the tide of the times was because of Inuyama He's secret care.

Originally, the ownership of the land in the entire street belonged to Uesugi Yue, but the money he earned from selling ramen was not enough to pay the land tax, so he kept it in arrears.

Once the years accumulate, the government will forcibly seize and auction the land to real estate developers. Uesugi Yue, who has lost his land, will no longer be able to sell ramen on the street in peace and stability. That means he will truly be homeless.

Inuyama He couldn't bear to see this so much that he paid the taxes for the former movie king Uesugi Yue. Over the years, he had no intention of repaying the favor or disturbing the old man from selling ramen.

If it weren't for the fact that Emiya happened to meet Uesugi Yue and attracted attention this time, Uesugi Yue would not even have the chance to learn from Inuyama He that he might have offspring.

This news shook Uesugi Yue's aging body and mind in an extremely violent way.

Although Inuyama He suggested that a paternity test could be arranged when they met, Uesugi Yue was almost certain that this was his own bloodline when he confirmed the presence of a young man with royal bloodline.

What's more, Uesugi Yue realized that there was a more important issue to consider than doing a paternity test.

He declined Inuyama He's further help and asked him to withdraw his family members. He really didn't want He to work for him for free... and he also temporarily closed his business to regain his peace and quiet and think about this major issue in life.

——Am I really qualified to meet my sons? How should I meet them in a more appropriate way?
Uesugi Yue thinks that a normal father's reaction should be to first ask how his son has been doing over the years? How much has he suffered without his care? Is he satisfied with his life now? Has he found a girlfriend he likes? What kind of person do he want to be in the future? Do what you think is right. Dad will always support you! ...

But he is not a competent father.

Uesugi Yue is the son of his father, Uesugi Hideo, and his mother, Charlotte Chen, a Chinese-French Catholic nun. His father, Uesugi Hideo, had to kill Uesugi Yue's grandmother because she gave birth to a dead baby brother. Since then, Uesugi Hideo has hated royal blood, and so has Uesugi Yue.

Mother Charlotte Chen was a devout, kind, loving and helpful Christian, the most perfect person Uesugi Yue had ever seen. She was simply an angel walking on earth, and she was loved by the people and was affectionately called Aunt Charlotte, but such a person died because of the people of the Sheqi Eight Clan.

From then on, Uesugi Yue hated his family deeply. Not only did he kill the women who might give birth to royal descendants, he also burned down the family shrine and countless books and files, destroying the things that the elders valued most at the time. Finally, he swept away a batch of ancient swords and cultural relics in the family treasury and left the family.

The reason why Uesugi Yue is not known by most of the current Snake Eight Families is because he is the sinner of the family and an unspeakable shame.

And his current son, the Emperor, has become a rising leader of the younger generation. When he returned from wandering around the world, he had become a dragon-slaying hero, attracting worldwide attention and shining brightly.

Alas, would such a son really be happy that he has such a bastard father? Especially compared to his son, this father has achieved nothing in his life, and he is lazy and sleeps with several izakaya boss ladies while selling ramen?
"Master Yue, isn't it open today?"

Uesugi Yue, who was in a confused period in his life, raised his head hastily and saw Emiya's face leaning towards him.

"!" The old man's heart seemed to skip a beat. He was not yet ready for how to start the "recognition", but Emiya had already come to him, so he had to rack his brains to find words and answer randomly:

"I'm sorry, young man. I'm not feeling well today. So, the ramen business..."

Before he could finish his words, Uesugi Yue wanted to slap himself twice.

Oh, why is he so tongue-tied? Isn’t he in a hurry to chase others away?
As expected, when Emiya heard that Uesugi Yue was in poor health, he immediately said with concern, "It's indeed time to close the business. Take care of yourself. We are sorry for disturbing you. Master Yue is so old and you should take a rest. And you'd better not watch those porn movies too often. It's not good for an old man to be stimulated frequently. We'll leave first..."

It seemed that he had used too much force, and Emiya's thoughts turned to strange ideas. "Wait a minute, young man! You finally came to Tokyo again, how can I let you go back with an empty stomach without eating my ramen!"

Uesugi Yue stood up and clapped his hands in front of his chest loudly to show that he was in good health. "Don't worry, my minor illness is nothing serious. I just wanted to use this as an excuse to have some free time. You are rare guests, and I can't let you go back with an empty stomach without being treated well!"

real or fake?

Emiya still had his doubts, but he could not resist Uesugi Yue's unusual hospitality today. In addition, the old man looked rosy and healthy, and did not look like he was seriously ill. So the man and woman finally took a seat.

But today the atmosphere was unusually silent.

On the left, Shirou was holding his phone and furiously typing messages to Nono, asking her what was going on.

Nono replied that she was mistaken by Yuan Zhisheng's men and was taken as some important person of theirs, perhaps a young lady. When they were checking the information, they mentioned red hair and shrine maiden costume.

Emiya understood and quickly sent a message, "The young lady you mentioned is right next to me. You know what, they look alike. I thought they were twins... Her name is Eri, and she seems to be unable to speak due to physical reasons. I guess the person who mistook you two for each other didn't have much contact with this young lady. If she met someone familiar, she would be exposed. Nono, you should come back soon..."

Nuo Nuo replied, "No, it's not easy to sneak in perfectly, just use the opportunity, let me explore this place, send me the photo of the eldest lady, I will put on makeup and see if I can make some minor adjustments."

"I'm in her room now. With a little profiling, I can accurately imitate the lady's temperament, demeanor and habits... Anyway, the longer we can delay, the better. No matter what intelligence we get, we will never suffer any loss. If we are exposed, I will call for Admiral Melyusina and kill him seven times in and seven times out!"

"Gui Gui, don't go in and out so many times, just be thankful that you can return safely!"

While Emiya was having a tense conversation, Uesugi Eri, who was wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume on the right, was unaware of anything. She was holding the NDS handheld she had just bought off the street in her hand, and was playing "Street Fighter" with her head down.

To Uesugi Yue, this scene was just two people who were typing away on electronic gadgets at the same time, like strangers separated by an invisible barrier. Because Eri lowered her head, he couldn't even recognize the difference between Eri and Nono's appearance.

Uesugi Yue thought that there was some conflict between Emiya and Nono, which caused them to feel strange towards each other. While cooking noodles, he thought about how to "recognize" Emiya, and persuaded:
"You young people, if you have any thoughts, it's best not to keep them to yourself. Only by talking to each other can you solve the problem. A cold war will only make the conflicts accumulate deeper and deeper..."

And he didn't see the other two girls who came with him last time. It seems that this "son" has some trouble with his relationship. It will be difficult in the future...

"Ah?" Emiya stopped typing quickly, wondering if this old man had misunderstood something.

Eri also dazedly turned her eyes away from the game screen and raised her face, which was seen by Uesugi Yue. Her face, which looked like Nono, revealed a completely different innocent temperament. The old man looked at her carefully for a while in the dim night light, and then he spoke uncertainly:

"Young man, are you planning on picking up twins?"

Hey! Let's not talk about how messy his relationship is. Anyway, being able to pick up girls to this extent can be considered as inheriting some of his true skills. He is worthy of being called his "son". Awesome!
"What are you talking about! Stop slandering me, okay?"

Emiya shook his head. He and Eri had been walking together since they met until now. Apart from asking her a few questions and buying her a handheld game console, he had not spoken much to her. Every time, Eri would take out her notebook and write down her answers... This conversation was really inefficient.

If the Eri beside him is the sister that Gen Chisei was looking for before, she might be the key person who is hiding some important secret.

Aristocratic families are not kind-hearted. They would not raise a girl who can't speak to this age without any social education, causing her to have a low mental age. They would also put her under strict personal surveillance and send a lot of people to look for her as soon as she leaves the house... This doesn't seem like raising a young lady, but more like watching over a tool.

Emiya thought of the mention in "The Adventure of Lord El-Melloi II" that Akira Yazawa was the vessel of the Okuninushi God chosen by the Yazawa family... Could the truth about this girl named Eri be the same? Perhaps if everything goes well with Nono, the answer will be revealed soon.

"Then tell me the truth, kid. Since you didn't choose the twins to play a threesome with the sisters, then you dumped the Nono from last time and chose this one...right?"

"That's totally wrong! Eri is a serious young lady, she's not someone you can just flirt with. I didn't dump Nono either... No, we weren't dating at all, so the idea of dumping her or not doesn't make sense at all!"

Young lady? Uesugi Yue looked at the girl's red hair and began to wonder, could it be that Ah He didn't tell the whole story?

According to Aga, the one who became the "Emperor" was originally Gen Chisei, who lived in the mountains and was raised by a foster father in the mountains, and was eventually invited back by his family.

Could the family have found his daughter somewhere else?

"Allow me, the ramen chef, to ask a rather presumptuous question. Young man, do you mind?"

"You asked."

"What is your family situation like? I mean your original family."

This really stumped Emiya. His biological parents were a mystery that would never be played. "To be honest, I don't know. I was adopted by my adoptive father and that's why I'm still alive today."

Eri also nodded. Although she didn't understand the meaning of original family, it was her upbringing anyway.

"This...!" Uesugi Yue was shocked by their completely identical family backgrounds. The speculation in his mind kept brewing, making his scalp tingle. Could it be that he had a daughter in addition to two sons? Eri and the sisters Nono, that means two daughters! ?
How many sons and daughters does he have?

(End of this chapter)

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