I'll give my daughter one more second.

"Yui, we're best friends, right?"

“Shiyu said… Yumiko, you sat on it and moved by yourself.”

After struggling internally for a long time, Yui finally sighed and whispered the truth in a low voice.

"She! She, she, how could she say that..."

Yumiko was immediately speechless with anger, but after thinking it over, she couldn't find any words to refute it, because what Shiyu said was indeed true.

"Hmph, given the current situation, what other options are there but to volunteer?"

Yumiko's face flushed slightly, whether from anger or from feeling too ashamed, it was hard to tell.

"If you ask me, it must have been a pre-arranged plan between Kasumigaoka and Wu Shen to trick me into this trap!"

"Yui, you have to be extremely careful with Wu Shen! Be extra vigilant! Otherwise, he'll take advantage of you one day!"

Yumiko earnestly taught Yui the lessons of those who had come before.

"Haha, I understand."

Yui nodded, but in her heart she was thinking: Weren't we already completely devoured this morning?

The group continued onward, and gradually the sky darkened. The setting sun had already sunk below the horizon, leaving only a last sliver of crimson light.

At that moment, Wu Shen and the others stopped at a fork in the road.

"The road to my apartment is on the left, and the road to Yumiko and Yui's place is on the right. Yuka, Shiori, are you planning to stay at Dad's or Mom's tonight?"

Yuka raised her head, first glancing at Wu Shen, then at Yumiko, before lowering her head in thought, revealing a troubled and conflicted expression.

On the other side, Shiori was thunderstruck upon hearing these words. Her eyes were red, as if tears were about to fall at any moment.

"Huh!? Shiori, what's wrong? I was just asking about the options for tonight!" Wu Shen panicked immediately.

Are Mom and Dad getting a divorce?

"Divorce? How could that be! Why would you think that?"

We're not officially married yet, so we haven't even met the conditions for divorce.

"Because it's on TV, when parents are getting a divorce, they always ask their daughter who she wants to go with. It's exactly the same as now!" Shiori said in a panic.

Ugh, soap operas are a killer!

"Shiori, you're overthinking it. I was just asking whose house you wanted to go to tonight. I didn't mean anything by it." Wu Shen hugged Shiori and stroked her hair to comfort her.

The misunderstanding was cleared up, but Yuka and Shiori visited their parents several times and still couldn't make a choice.

"Please don't make things difficult for our daughter, okay?"

Yumiko crossed her arms and said, "Actually, I have no choice. I have family here. How would I explain taking Yuka back with me?"

If I told my parents that I already had a six-year-old daughter, the family would definitely be in an uproar.

Yui looked troubled and said, "My mom and dad should be home tonight too."

"So, from the beginning, the only option was to go to my house."

Wu Shen hadn't paid much attention to the situation at Yumiko and Yui's homes, assuming that they, like Shiyu, Yukino, and the others, lived on their own.

It appears that they are still living with their parents.

Otherwise, for their future convenience, we could let them move into an apartment.

Chapter 1068 A Mother's Difficulty Overcoming Her Daughter's Challenge

“Then let’s say goodbye here today. I’ll come see Yuka again tomorrow morning,” Yumiko said.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? Since you've already decided to come to my house, I'm planning to throw a celebration for Yuka and Shiori tonight. Aren't you coming?" Wu Shen extended an invitation.

"A celebration? I want to go!" Yui was the first to volunteer, raising her hand.

"I can help with the celebration dinner."

"Uh, forget about helping me..."

Wu Shen recalled Yui's cooking skills and felt that for the sake of his family's health and well-being, it would be better not to let her enter the kitchen.

Although Yui's culinary skills weren't quite at the level of Mashiro's extraordinary abilities, they were still enough to give them a run for their money.

"Going to your house again?! No, absolutely not!"

Meanwhile, Yumiko was utterly shocked upon hearing Wu Shen's invitation. She shook her head vigorously, as if it were a rattle-drum.

"What's wrong? My home isn't a den of demons."

Wu Shen was somewhat puzzled. He had thought that Yumiko would gladly go.

"Who knows if you lured us to your home with ill intentions or if you're plotting something else?"

Yumiko crossed her arms over her chest, watching Wu Shen warily.

"I'm not going to eat you, why are you so scared?" Wu Shen said, feeling embarrassed.

Yumiko seems unusually wary of me. That doesn't make sense.

"Wu Shen, you still say you won't eat me? You've already eaten me twice today, okay?!"

Yumiko glared at him fiercely.

"Ah ha ha……"

Wu Shen scratched his head guiltily.

Oh no, the facts are so well-founded that they can't be refuted.

"Things won't happen more than three times. Don't worry, Yumiko, it won't happen this time," Wu Shen promised.

"I'll never believe your promises again in my life!" Yumiko crossed her arms. "What do you mean by 'third time'? You think there'll be a third time?"

"Okay, so you're saying you're not coming, Yumiko?" Wu Shen seemed a little helpless.

"No, absolutely not! You've lured us there, there's definitely a conspiracy."

Yumiko said, shielding Yui in front of her, "You invited Yui, you probably just wanted to lure her to your house and then do all sorts of lewd things to her when she's not paying attention, right?"

"Yumiko, stop talking. Wu Shen isn't that kind of person..."

Yui blushed slightly, murmured softly, and reached out to hold Yumiko's hand.

“Yes, if I really wanted to do something, I would tell you directly. I already have a daughter, so there's no need for me to resort to such underhanded tactics.” Wu Shen nodded seriously.

Wu Shen took a few steps forward and whispered in Youmeizi's ear, "Besides, my daughters are at the celebration party, so I won't have a chance to make a move."

"Besides, I've already had two 2v1 Pokémon battles today. I'm not a jackhammer, I need to rest too, you know."

"Really? I always feel like you have so much energy."

Yumiko pursed her lips, her gaze towards Wu Shen filled with suspicion.

Seeing that Yumiko was still hesitant, Wu Shen made a gesture to Yuka with his hand behind his back.

"Mom, come along! I'll be so lonely if only Dad is there and not Mom."

Yuka stood next to Yumiko, reaching out her little hand to tug at her trouser leg, her expression looking incredibly endearing.

"But, however..." Yumiko still hesitated slightly.

“Shiori’s mother is here. If you hadn’t come, how could I have played happily with Shiori?”

Yuka hugged Yumiko's leg and rubbed against it a few times in a coquettish manner.

"Okay, fine, I'll go! I'll go, okay?!"

Under the combined pressure from her father and daughter, Yumiko had no choice but to admit defeat.

"I never thought that even someone as stubborn and strict as Yumiko would have things she couldn't handle. Is this what it means for a mother to struggle with her daughter?" Yui said with a smile.

"No, I didn't," Yumiko shook her head desperately in denial.

My daughter's adorable way of acting cute is just too much. I can't resist, this is cheating!

Instead of parting ways at the fork in the road, everyone returned to Wu Shen's apartment together.

"Please make yourselves at home. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare some ingredients."

Wu Shen took off his school uniform and hung it on the coat rack by the door, then rushed into the kitchen without waiting.

"What's wrong with this guy? He left the two girls outside and went straight into the kitchen with great enthusiasm."

Yumiko crossed her arms and muttered a complaint.

"Haha... Wu Shen has always been like this. Whenever it comes to cooking, he seems to become a completely different person."

As Yui led Shiori into the living room, she turned back to comfort Yumiko.

"He wasn't even this excited when he hugged me," Yumiko muttered to herself as she walked.

"You've misunderstood. If I got this excited about you, your body wouldn't be able to handle it," Wu Shen explained, opening the kitchen door and peeking out.

"Ah! Weren't you already in the kitchen!?"

Yumiko was startled by Wu Shen. Remembering that Wu Shen had overheard what she had just said, her heart pounded.

"Don't be fooled by the kitchen door, my hearing is very sharp."

"Go, go, go back inside and cook." Yumiko, worried that her embarrassed expression would be exposed, immediately pressed Wu Shen's head back down and then closed the kitchen door.

Just as Yumiko breathed a sigh of relief, she saw Yui jogging out of the living room, her destination clearly the bathroom in the hallway.

"Yumiko, please look after Yuka and Shiori for now. I have something to attend to..."

"Oh..." Yumiko nodded, thinking of going back to the living room, but suddenly remembered something and turned around sharply to block the bathroom door.

"Wait! Hold on a minute!"

Oh no! After using the bathroom, Wu Shen carried them to bed to rest, while he himself immediately went to Yui's house to discipline Mai and Yuka.

Afterwards, Shiyu and herself came to their senses and asked Yunying to take them to Yui's house immediately. Then they went back together to take over Chie's work.

If I'm not mistaken, the crime scene in the bathroom doesn't seem to have been cleaned up at all!

Wu Shen, Shi Yu, and even she herself had all forgotten about it!

"Yumiko? What's wrong? Can you move aside for a moment? I can't hold it in any longer..." Yui's legs were pressed together, and she couldn't help but slowly rub them together.