A reversal of fortune and victory in a world hated by all girls!

At this moment, Aoi Ikuko was quite angry with Ryuya, and her gaze remained fixed on the window.

Just then, she felt her cuff being gently tugged.

She turned around and saw that it was the little girl. The next second, a writing board was pushed over.

"Hello, my name is Lina."

The handwriting is neat and concise, completely unlike what a child of this age could write.

Aoi Ikuko was somewhat surprised, then felt her cheeks slightly warm, probably because the car's heater was on too high.

"Your handwriting is quite good. Did you receive formal training?"

“I taught her before, but later Lina basically practiced on her own, following the calligraphy books,” Natsuki Aoi chimed in.

“Hmm.” Aoi Ikuko looked back at Rina, who, upon meeting her gaze, put on a bright, fake smile.

Seeing this, Aoi Ryuya in the front seat could hardly contain himself and covered his mouth to chuckle.

Aoi Ikuko remained calm. After a few seconds of tension, she took the pen from Rina's hand and wrote the word "Rina" on the writing board, but the word was clearly more imposing.

"Wow!" Lina's eyes lit up when she saw the words.

Aoi Natsuki also explained from the side: "My mom used to be a calligraphy teacher, so she is particularly sensitive to handwriting. That's great, Rina, you will have a dedicated calligraphy teacher from now on."

After saying that, he glanced at his mother and saw that she didn't object, so it seemed that she had tacitly agreed.

Lina was still an eight-year-old child. When she was happy, she could easily develop a liking for someone. The next second, she would lean her body against Aoi Ikuko's arm.

This move also exceeded everyone's expectations.

Aoi Natsuki looked at her mother, and after staring at her, her favorability rating was now 43 points.

It's really amazing. After just one video call, the favorability rating quickly reversed, and even without meeting in person, the favorability rating reached such a high level.

This moved him deeply, and his eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"Mom, how was your business trip?"

Well... so-so.

The mother didn't push Rina away; instead, she let her stay close to her like that, her gaze still fixed on the window. But this didn't fool Aoi Natsuki.

Because he noticed that his mother's favorability towards him had increased.

In just a few seconds, the favorability rating reached 52 points.

Aoi Natsuki tried hard not to tear up, sniffing, "I've learned a lot of dishes during my time at home. I'll cook lunch today so Mom and Dad can try my cooking."

"Oh! That's great! Your mother and I are a bit tired from traveling, so let's try our son's cooking. Ryūsō, why don't you stay for a meal too?" Aoi Ryūya said.

"Okay, no problem," Long Ying nodded in agreement.

"Rina must eat Natsuki's cooking every day at home, right? Seriously, how does it taste?" Aoi Ryuya continued to ask in a friendly manner.

"Yes!" Lina gave a thumbs up in approval.

"Really? It looks delicious! Then I'm even more excited to try it."

Hearing this, Aoi Ikuko in the back seat unconsciously turned her gaze to Rina beside her. Rina, who was completely unafraid of her, held tightly to Aoi's arm and grinned at her.

"Ahem." Aoi Ikuko coughed, then took off the scarf around her neck, folded it neatly, and still held the ballpoint pen in her hand. After glancing at Rina, she wrote two more words on the writing board.

"Remember, this will be your full name from now on. Whenever you need to fill in your full name, whether you're going to school or anywhere else, you must write this name. Understand?"

Ikuko Aoi handed the writing board back.

Lina stared at the four characters on the whiteboard, lost in thought for a long time.

On the writing board, there were only two large characters and two small characters written on it.

The two large characters are "Lina", while the two smaller characters are written at the beginning.

Put together, it means...

"Aoi Rina"

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P.S.: This concludes the third update. I'm gradually getting back into a better rhythm between work and writing. Once I'm less busy, I'll continue to update more. Thank you for your support!

Chapter 110 Talking about love downstairs, discussing parenting upstairs

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The car arrived at the community parking lot, which was about three or four hundred meters away from Aoi's house, requiring a walk. Long Ying turned off the car and got out with the others. The moment she leaned out of the door, her tall figure came into their view. It was the first time Aoi and his wife had seen such a tall girl. Not only was she tall, but she was also very beautiful. How did their son know her?

"Let me help you carry your things," Long Ying said enthusiastically, quickly walking towards the trunk as soon as she got out of the car.

Seeing this, Aoi Ryu felt embarrassed to ask her for help again, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Don't bother me, let me do it. The box is heavy, and you're a girl all alone..."

The trunk slowly opened.

Before she could finish speaking, Long Ying grabbed the tote bag of the large suitcase with one hand and lifted the entire heavy suitcase out, then the other one.

Aoi Ryu, who was watching from the side, was also dumbfounded. This time they brought back a lot of local specialties. Each suitcase weighed at least seventy or eighty pounds. This girl took them all out so easily.

Seeing her parents' exaggerated expressions, Aoi Natsuki felt a sense of relief.

I was just as surprised when I first met Ryuzakura. In any case, try not to mistake Ryuzakura for a girl in terms of physical attributes.

Aoi Ryuya's gesture of reaching out to lend a hand froze in mid-air. He looked around at the empty trunk and the two suitcases on the ground, and the smile that had been on his face immediately vanished: "Ryu, Ryuzakura...-chan?"

"Yes! Is there anything else I can help you with, Uncle?"

Yuji Ryuzakura was facing him, and in that instant, Aoi Ryu felt the girl's figure grow increasingly imposing, gradually obscuring his view...

……

"So Longying's family owns a martial arts school! No wonder, no wonder. It must have been tough learning martial arts since you were little. Look at Longying, your arm is so thin, yet you can lift such a heavy suitcase. You must have gone through a lot of training before, right?" Aoi Ryuya pulled his suitcase and walked at the front of the line with great interest, chatting with Longying.

Long Ying answered his questions enthusiastically: "Yes, since I was little, my family has placed high hopes on me to be the next successor of the Shinshin-ryu school, so I have always trained hard. Looking back on that period now, it was indeed very tough..."

Long Ying began to recall fragments of the past: various trials and tribulations, wilderness jungles, and battles with ferocious beasts.

"Is that so? Is that so?" Aoi Ryuya clearly couldn't grasp the deeper meaning of these words. After nodding repeatedly, a series of training exercises similar to rope skipping, frog jumps, and balance beams appeared in his mind.

“Uncle…you are really gentle. Compared to my father, he is a very strict person.” Long Ying suddenly changed the subject, saying words that even Aoi Natsuki had never heard before.

Natsuki Aoi, who was holding Rina's hand from behind and carrying a paper bag in her other hand, also turned her gaze over.

Aoi Ryuya looked at the girl on his right. She was cheerful, came from a good family, and was equally beautiful. If only a girl like her could be a match for my Natsuki…

"Oh...it's nothing. I've never been a strict father, and besides, Natsuki wasn't particularly mischievous when she was little, so I guess I didn't raise her badly." Aoi Ryuu scratched the back of his head, laughing heartily, before returning to the main topic and asking...

"What does Ryuzakura think of my Natsuki?"

Upon hearing this question, both the mother in the back and Natsuki Aoi herself were taken aback.

not good!

Given Ryuzakura's personality, she is very likely to do so!

"Hmm... I find her very easy to get along with." Long Ying's lips curled up slightly, her eyes narrowed into slits, and her smile became radiant in the sunlight.

"I like him very much too."

Snapped--

A voice came from behind.

Longying turned around and saw that Aoi's mother's handbag had fallen to the ground, and she was staring at her blankly with a look of surprise in her eyes.

Aoi Ryuya's expression wasn't much better. After hearing Ryuzakura's answer, his heart started racing and his breathing became rapid, as he had been suffering from arrhythmia.

If such a wonderful girl could like our Xia Shu, then... then that's truly...

That's great!

Aoi Ryuya suddenly turned his head, his excited gaze fixed on his son.

Aoi Natsuki tried to look away, avoiding his parents' gazes that were focused on him.

Longying stopped, bent down to pick up the purse, dusted it off, and handed it back to Aoi's mother.

Seeing this, Aoi Ryuya kept breathing through his mouth to calm himself down and continued to ask, "Ryuzakura, did I misunderstand what you just said about 'liking'? Is this 'liking' just between friends? Or is it something else special...?"

“It’s not just between friends. If Natsuki were willing, I would really like to be his girlfriend. It’s just a pity that he has rejected my confession twice in a row.” When this topic was mentioned, a moment of sadness flashed across Long Ying’s face, but she immediately put on a smile again.

Aoi Ryu was struck dumb, and he looked at his son as if he were an idiot.

What was wrong with you to reject such a great girl?!

Meanwhile, Aoi Ikuko's expression wasn't much better. Although she maintained a composed demeanor, Aoi Natsuki could clearly sense that her mother's high spirits had subsided, meaning that she would inevitably face another round of questioning when they got home.

Forget it, I'll just pretend nothing's wrong and keep playing on my phone.

Aoi Natsuki directly chose to disconnect the link.

The Aoi couple were also furious.

Five minutes later, the group reached the corner in front of their house. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar house, Aoi Ryuya felt a pang of melancholy. He exchanged a glance with his wife and both gave a bitter smile.

After turning the corner, Aoi Ryuya noticed a girl standing at his door, leaning against the iron gate and peering inside.

“Ah.” Aoi Natsuki recognized her and instinctively made a sound.

"Ayano?" Ryuzakura called out her name first.

Ayano Takahashi, who was watching from the doorway, trembled and immediately turned around. She immediately saw Ryuzakura and her face lit up with joy: "Ryuzakura! And..."

There were two strangers standing next to me.

but,

Ayano blinked, her gaze falling on the middle-aged man. Seeing his blank expression, she slowly and perfectly superimposed his face onto Natsuki's face using facial recognition in her mind!

"Could it be... Natsuki's parents?"

"Yes, I am Natsuki's father. May I ask who you are...?"

Upon hearing this, Ayano Takahashi immediately stood up straight, tightened her grip on the drawing in her hands, and said, "Hello, my name is Ayano Takahashi, and I am Natsuki's friend."

Another girl this beautiful...

Aoi Tatsuya's eyes narrowed slowly as he turned to look at his son behind him.