People are in Mygo, and I can write their personalities.

"How should I know..."

However...

Upon hearing the transitional word, Xiangzi tensed up once again, but what Nanami Natsuki said next seemed to be completely different from what she had worried about.

"Personally, I think it would be better to wait another day or two, since I had considered the possibility of such a development from the beginning."

"Nanami... what do you mean... I don't quite understand."

Has anyone ever said a single word to you?

"what?"

“You and your father are actually very similar; you two… are the same kind of people.”

"..."

She'd heard it before; of course she'd heard it. Her father himself had said those words, but she just couldn't bring herself to admit that she was a scoundrel like him.

"Your father wasn't a completely bad person, and neither are you..."

"Why did I become a bad person again...?"

"Don't interrupt me, or I'll make sure your father has no descendants... Oh right, he already has a daughter, what a pity."

"..." As a girl, Toyokawa Shoko didn't react for a moment, nor did she, like a normal man, subconsciously take any defensive actions after understanding.

“Continuing from what I just said, why do I say this? Because you and your father are both too fragile. You are used to a smooth life and being cared for by people who love you. When life changes drastically and everything is different from what you expected, you will quickly collapse.”

"I didn't..."

"Really not? Think about it again?"

"..."

"Believe it or not, with the way you've been acting since leaving the Toyokawa family, continuing like this won't bring any benefit to you or those around you. You'll only hurt yourself and others because you never even considered that all the precious things you possess would really leave you."

"And when they all really disappear one by one—just like your father did before—you will completely lose all motivation and drive."

"Alas, how pathetic... Both the father and daughter of the Toyokawa family are so easily broken by reality. Even after you came to me with nowhere else to turn, you knelt down before I could say anything. What does that mean? It means that you have begun to abandon your dignity, just like your father."

"I was in a hurry..."

"How do you know that when your father first knelt down and begged someone, he didn't have the same thoughts you have now? The more you deny it, the less you realize the seriousness of the situation, and your personality gradually becomes worthless, eventually becoming distorted, and you might even think that you did nothing wrong."

"I……"

"A person really can't lose all dignity, especially when they're desperate. Although dignity is worthless in such situations, if someone still chooses to abandon it until it's completely gone, it wouldn't be surprising if they did something utterly despicable..."

"..."

"Believe it or not... once your father is no longer under so much pressure to survive and regains some hope for life, he will slowly turn back into the man you remember, and take the initiative to face you and all your previous sacrifices?"

"...Then I won't forgive him either."

“He is indeed a bastard, but you don’t want to become like him, do you? Besides… I think your father was right about one thing.”

"Are you saying I shouldn't have left the Toyokawa family?"

"Yes."

“I can’t accept it… I didn’t do anything wrong. I just wanted to help my family. Is that wrong? And I don’t want to be the kind of person who can’t endure hardship.”

"You are good at enduring hardship, but what's the point if you share that hardship with others?"

"However, you are not entirely wrong. There are at least a few things that you and your father are different from each other."

"what?"

“Your grandfather didn’t give up on you, and you are more talented than your father, so no matter what, you shouldn’t end up in such a miserable state as he did.”

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko remained silent, seemingly deep in thought, pondering the suggestion and seemingly absurd reasoning put forward by Nanami Natsuki.

"If I come to see you again tomorrow, you won't change your mind, will you?"

"Enough! Xiao Xiang, why do you always doubt me? Am I really that untrustworthy to you?!"

"……I trust you."

Toyokawa Shoko herself never imagined that the only person she could freely vent her complaints to and seek help from was this little brat in front of her.

Actually, thinking about it carefully... Nanami Natsuki doesn't seem to be that bad?

"Xiaoyue... thank you."

"???"

Chapter 60 Now, I am Toyokawa Shoko (5500 words)

"Wait, did I hear that right? What did you call me? And... you actually thanked me?"

"...It's okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Toyokawa Shoko was also somewhat embarrassed, as she had just involuntarily said some rather strange things.

"...Fine, but before you leave, do me a favor."

"what?"

"Buy me a can of beer."

"......What?"

"If I tell you to go, then go. You're an adult now. If you don't buy it, do you expect me to buy it? Just know that you can't disobey your aunt's orders."

"Oh......"

For once, she obediently followed Nanami Natsuki's instructions. Toyokawa Shoko left the lounge and went to a nearby convenience store to buy a can of beer. Then she looked at Nanami Natsuki, who was putting the beer into her bag, with a strange expression, wanting to ask her something but not daring to.

...She felt like she had become this girl's prisoner.

"Okay, your task is complete. Just give me a call when you need to switch it back. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Take care."

"..."

Watching Nanami Natsuki's departing figure silently, seemingly frightened by her words, Shoko hesitated for a while before leaving through another exit of RiNG.

On her way home, she wasn't as anxious as when she came to find Nanami, but a strange restlessness kept creeping into her heart.

Based on the information obtained from previous conversations with Chu Hua, it can be deduced that Nanami Natsuki is also a pitiful person with a tragic fate.

Her father naturally wouldn't care about her, and her mother seemed to have abandoned her as well.

While she was still grieving over her mother's death, Nanami Natsuki may have already given up hope at that moment.

She still had many friends to rely on at the time, and even if things went badly... she was still the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family.

Leaving that home and living a hard life with her father sounds very touching, but as Nanami said, she can go back at any time... The suffering she experienced was self-inflicted, completely different from Nanami Natsuki's situation.

After getting off the tram and walking through the familiar streets, Toyokawa Shoko took out her key and opened the door.

The room was empty, and Xiangzi felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness.

Her father must have left in a hurry, so the room was arranged much the same way she left it this morning.

Her clothes are still in the closet, and... the doll that her mother left her is also in its original place, untouched.

"Was Nanami always like this, staying at home alone...?"

Toyokawa Shoko did not cry; she simply hugged the doll silently and sat in the corner of the room, feeling the chill of the room.

So many things have happened during this time that she might never have experienced in her entire life.

She met Nanami Natsuki and even started living an adult life because of her. But thinking about it carefully... if it were her, knowing that someone had "stole" her life, someone who had lived a life of comfort and ease since birth while she was left helpless and disliked by her parents...

What will she do?

Moreover, seeing such a control group hypocritically experiencing similar hardships as her, she would probably find it laughable, wouldn't she?

Toyokawa Shoko no longer harbors as much resentment towards Nanami Natsuki.

Compared to her relatives, Nanami had been quite good to her.

Furthermore, whether it's placing Su Shi's memories and emotions on her body or letting her switch bodies with her father, isn't the intention to make her realize some facts she had never discovered before?

"Can't you be a little gentler when you talk to me...? Why do you have to look so irritating..."

However, Nanami Natsuki's words just now reminded her that Shoko has indeed not had a proper talk with her father yet.

Every time, either she would get angry first, or her father would break down first.

Xiangzi took out her phone. She was naturally familiar with her phone number, and her father did indeed have it saved in his phone.

The call was made, but no one answered for quite a while.

Xiangzi didn't want to give up, so he dialed again, and this time the call was answered quickly.

"Hey......"

"Dad, where are you now?"

"...at my old home."

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded tense and hesitant, and Xiangzi could sense that there seemed to be a thick barrier between his father and himself.

When exactly did things turn out this way? It seems like it started a long time ago. Many things are just like what Nanami Natsuki commented. She and her father are indeed very similar, which is why she vents her frustrations on her closest relatives when life is difficult.

"Xiao Xiang...do you look down on me, your father?"

"Yes."

"...They really don't hold back."

The old father on the other end of the phone was clearly using his own voice, but he sounded like a very old man.

“Actually, Xiao Xiang, you should have gone home a long time ago. Your grandfather is still very good to you. After I went home using your identity, he scolded me, but in the end he still tolerated ‘you’.”

"They're still saying things like that even now..."

Although Xiangzi had tried his best to control his emotions, he still couldn't help but lose control after hearing his father's words. "Don't you know why I left home? Don't you realize at all that everyone can call me stupid or naive, but can't you?!"

"..."

"That's too much... Haven't you ever considered me your closest person? Grandpa doesn't approve of you, the rest of the Toyokawa family doesn't approve of you, and even those opportunists in the company don't approve of you... But didn't I always trust you before?"