How to raise a father who is overly controlling of his daughter

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The next evening, at the supermarket.

Izuki watched Rena keep putting drinks into the shopping cart and said, "That's enough, just take one or two bottles."

Reina looked at Izuki pitifully.

"This method won't work for me."

"Hmm." Rena turned her gaze to Makise.

"Hehe." Makise smiled.

There is a play!

Rena's eyes widened, and a light of hope shone within them.

"Take the drinks out of the car." Makise hugged Izuki's arm. "I'll do whatever your father says."

"What?!" Rena's expression immediately changed, and she looked at the father and daughter on the side with a resentful look. "Yixue, what do you want to drink?" "I don't really like drinking beverages, Dad, you can pick one for me." Red marks appeared on her forehead.

"Dad's being unfair!" With Makise watching from the side, Rena angrily took out bottles of drinks from the car.

"Ugh, I want some soda... Ahh, I want lemon tea too... Damn it, my Want Want Milk."

Rena reluctantly put the bottles of drinks from her shopping cart back onto the shelf.

Yi Yue said, "They're all chemical products. Drinking a little bit is good for your health."

Rena pouted and said, "Ugh, I don't care, I want to drink." She grabbed Izuki's arm and shook it.

"No! No means no!" Yi Yue said seriously.

Seeing that her coquettishness was useless, Rena huffed and released Izuki's arm, muttering under her breath as she drew circles on the shopping cart: "I'm drawing circles to curse you." Seeing Makise laughing, she said with dissatisfaction, "What's so funny! Believe it or not... believe it or not, I'll run away from home."

"Hmm?" Itsuki squinted at Reina.

"Hmph." Rena was extremely smug.

As a result, he was given a few hard flicks on the forehead by Makise.

"Damn it, do they really think I wouldn't dare run away from home?" Rena snorted, her eyes darting around as she came up with a good idea.

Back home, I turned off the lights and secretly hid in the closet, creating the illusion that I had run away from home.

"I'm sorry, Rena. Whatever you want to eat or drink, Dad will buy it for you from now on. Don't run away from home again."

Rena seemed to have already seen Izuki, who couldn't find herself and was filled with fear.

"Hehehe." Rena chuckled to herself in the closet.

"Click..." That was the sound of the room door being opened.

"coming!"

Rena saw the light coming through the gap in the wardrobe and heard footsteps getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, the wardrobe door was opened.

"Huh!" Reina looked at Izuki in surprise.

"What are you doing hiding in the closet?" Yi Yue asked.

Rena blinked blankly for a long time before saying, "Dad, how did you find out about me?"

"How did you find out?" Yi Yue asked, puzzled. "Your hair clip is so obvious, it was easy to spot."

"No way..." Rena looked at her ponytail speechlessly.

"You still haven't told me why you were hiding in the closet," Yi Yue said.

Rena chuckled dryly, "N-nothing. I'm going to do my homework." She quickly ran to the table in front of her, sat down, and pretended to be writing furiously.

Yi Yue shook her head helplessly, truly unable to understand what was going on in that little head of hers.

Chapter 142 Summer Job

As soon as Izuki left, Rena hadn't written more than a few words before she tossed her pen aside, leaned back in her chair, and said, "I'm twelve years old, I'm so tired." She took out her phone and started watching anime, saying, "Relaxing helps me study better." She was slacking off, speaking with conviction.

After watching the animation for a while, Rena yawned: "How boring, isn't there any interesting ideas at all?"

I turned off the anime, wondering what Kyoko is doing now. Since I'm just killing time anyway, I might as well call Kyoko and chat.

"Kyoko, what are you doing right now?" Rena asked.

Anzu put down her pen and said, "Do your homework again."

"No way, this is so boring."

"Rena, you haven't even started your homework, have you? Today is already the 14th."

"What does it matter? There's still more than a month to go, plenty of time. Why do it so early?" Rena didn't take it to heart.

Xingzi advised, "It's best to make a little bit every day, otherwise you'll have to cram it all into the last few days. How will you ever finish?"

"Let's not talk about that. Are you free tomorrow? Let's hang out together."

Kyoko said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, Reina, I have to look for a job tomorrow, a summer job."

"No way," Rena said. "What kind of summer job?"

"Haven't looked yet. Ideally, I'd like to find a convenience store... KFC or McDonald's would be fine too. At the very least, handing out flyers would be okay."

"It's so hot, why are you thinking of doing a summer job?" Rena didn't understand.

"..." Xingzi lowered her head and remained silent.

"I know, is it because your parents don't buy you anything or give you pocket money, that's why you're working a summer job?" Rena said, trying to sound clever.

"Hehe." Kyoko forced a smile.

Rena said, "I guessed right. How about this, let's go look for jobs together tomorrow."

Kyoko quickly said, "No need, Rena, you don't need to come with me."

"What does it matter? I've never tried working a summer job before." Rena snorted, thinking to herself, "I'll use the money I earn from working to buy drinks, let's see what Mom and Dad can say then."

"Kyoko, let's go together tomorrow! What time in the morning?" Rena asked to herself.

Kyoko had no choice but to go with Rena: "Okay."

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Morning, at the dining table.

Rena said while eating her sandwich, "Dad, I'm going out in a bit."

"Where to go?"

"I'm going to go with Kyoko to look for a job. I'm going to work a summer job with her," Rena said proudly, thinking that working a summer job would be a lot of fun.

Makise said unhappily, "Why would I do a summer job? It's so hot outside. Isn't it more comfortable to stay home, watch TV, and enjoy the air conditioning? Why go out?"

“I don’t want to stay at home, I want to go to work!” Rena said.

Izuki looked at Rena in surprise. It sounded so awkward coming from Rena, who loved to slack off.

Makise sighed and said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

"What do you want?" Rena didn't understand Makise's words.

"Didn't you go to work a summer job because you wanted to buy things?" Makise asked, as if she knew Rena very well. "What did you want?"

Rena retorted, "No, I just wanted to go out and experience it."

Makise glanced sideways; she knew Rena well. What kind of work would she do? It would only be a fleeting interest; she wouldn't be able to endure hardship.

“We really should go out and experience it,” Yi Yue nodded.

Makise glanced at Izuki unhappily.

Rena said happily, "Look, even Dad supports it. He's much more sensible than some other people!"

Makise's veins were throbbing, and just as I was about to give her a good whack on the head, Izuki reached out and patted the back of Makise's hand to comfort her.

Izuki said to Rena, "You want to work a summer job, right? I have a friend who runs a tutoring center. I'll make a call, and you can go there and hand out flyers."

Makise looked at Itsuki and asked, "Are you sure it's okay?"

Izuki and Makise nodded in unison, their eyes meeting, and said, "It's alright, it's good to teach her a lesson. Let her understand how hard it is to earn money, and see if she dares to buy things recklessly and waste food again."

"Alright." Makise thought for a moment, and she felt at ease knowing that Izuki was her friend, and that she could be notified promptly if anything happened.

Rena pouted and said, "No! I want to go with Kyoko!"

"You're so silly! If you go with Kyoko later, you won't have to go through all this trouble of looking for a job," Makise said.

“That seems to make sense,” Rena nodded. “But I still need to ask Kyoko’s opinion.”

Makise asked Itsuki in a low voice, "Who is Kyoko? Is she Reina's classmate?"

“Okay.” Izuki nodded and said to Reina, “That tutoring center is at the entrance of the alley where your elementary school is located. It’s the Nine-Colored Deer tutoring center you used to go to. Just go there. Whether you go or not, I will let him know in advance.”

"Okay." Rena finished her milk in a few gulps and went straight out the door: "I'm leaving now."

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Apricot's house.

As Xingzi was about to leave, she said to her grandmother, "Grandma, I'm going now."

"Okay, drive carefully." Grandma watched Xingzi leave, sighed, and turned her gaze to Xingzi's father's room.

The younger one goes to work, the older one sleeps.

Grandma shook her head, feeling more and more helpless.

……

The train station was the place Rena and Kyoko had agreed upon.

Rena saw Kyoko walking over from a short distance away and immediately went over to her: "Here she is."