Daily life in Zongman

Fujiwara Haru compared the map and found that the red exclamation mark was at this location, and Kitagawa-san was also here.

So, something's going to happen to her again?

Kitagawa Umi was delighted at the moment. She jumped up and said, "When I went home and rewatched Violet Evergarden, I found that famous scene where Violet jumps into the lake and steps on the leaves to be so beautiful! I want to try to recreate that, so I came here to buy an umbrella!"

Kitagawa Umi has a strong ability to act, and she does things as soon as she thinks of them, without any delay. When she found that she wanted to recreate that scene at home, she saw that it was not too late, so she immediately went out to look for the same parasol.

"Minister, are you here to buy something too?"

"No, I have something to take care of. I'll be leaving now. Goodbye, Kitagawa-san."

"Then I won't bother you, Minister. Goodbye, Minister! ~"

Kitagawa greeted her happily, chatted briefly and then continued shopping. She planned to buy an umbrella today and look at gloves and shoes tomorrow.

Fujiwara Haru wasn't sure if the red exclamation mark was referring to her, so she decided to look at the map again.

It was discovered that the red exclamation mark was moving away and in the same direction as Kitagawa.

Let’s follow and see for now.

After parking the motorcycle, Fujiwara Haru followed the signs on the map and walked on this busy commercial street.

I opened the map and kept comparing them, trying to confirm whether it was Kitagawa-san. When the map was zoomed in, the red exclamation mark icon took up some space, and when there were many people, it was difficult to accurately confirm who it was. I could only judge by their movements, which was a bit slow.

After following for a while, Fujiwara Haru ruled out the possibility of Kitagawa Umi. She had just walked into a store, and the red exclamation mark was still moving forward on the street map.

After walking for a while, the countdown reached the end. It was nine o'clock in the evening, and it was time to prepare for rest as usual.

Fujiwara Haru already had a preliminary list of suspects, three in total. As he prepared to investigate further, he discovered a young woman had accidentally bumped into a young office worker who had just gotten off work. The young man was unharmed, but the girl was shaken to the side.

The young office worker observed her for a moment, then asked with concern, "Are you okay? Wait, you're a high school girl, right? Why are you hanging out alone so late at night?"

The girl said indifferently, "I'm running away from home. I have nowhere to go back to."

"That's terrible. This is very dangerous. How about this, if you don't mind, you can stay at my house tonight."

The girl looked at him, her tone flat as she asked, "Will this not cause you any trouble?"

"I'm home alone, so it's not a big deal. Besides, it's not a good idea to let a high school girl sleep on the street. This area is not safe at night, and accidents can easily happen."

The two of them were chatting while Fujiwara Haru squatted on the side and watched. He had already confirmed that the girl in the accident was the one in front of him by the red exclamation mark. At this moment, he was wondering whether to wait for the bad things to happen and kick the door in, or to interrupt them now and prevent what would happen next.

After thinking for a moment, I decided to interrupt it, finish it quickly and go home to sleep.

He reached out and patted the young man on the shoulder: "Excuse me, I have a better way to handle this."

The young woman looked over, and Fujiwara Haru simply took out a small stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi's brochures and handed them to the girl. "Find a safe hotel to stay in, and then try to find a job to support yourself. If you encounter any problems, you can contact me."

Without knowing the full picture, in order to prevent bad things from happening to the two people in front of him, Fujiwara Haru came up with the most straightforward and effective plan, replacing the young office worker's plan of going to his house.

The young office worker said "huh" and left.

The girl did not take Fukuzawa Yukichi, but looked at Fujiwara Haru quietly. After staring at him for a long time, she asked: "Do you know me?"

"do not know."

"I don't know you either, so why would you help me? This is over 100,000 yen, right?"

"Want to do good, that's all."

Fujiwara Haru no longer uses promises to cover up his actions. He is now very open and honest. He just wants to do good things. Doing good things makes him happy. Being thanked makes him happy. He also feels happy when he thinks about it. If someone makes him unhappy about doing good things, then he will feel happy when he beats that person up.

No matter what, there is no reason not to do something that will make you happy.

"what?"

The girl found it a little unbelievable. In her original life, there were too few kind people and too many malicious people. In that environment, she held an attitude of disbelief towards pure kindness.

As for the young man who just said he wanted to go to her house and looked kind, she had actually seen that he had other thoughts in his mind a long time ago. His greed to try to possess her was too obvious.

The girl gave up on herself, thinking that she had no money, no place to live, and had been hungry all day. She had no other choice but to cooperate with the young man, saying polite words, and was ready to exchange her useless body for shelter and food.

She didn't believe in pure kindness, especially after her best friend transferred to another school, she hadn't had anyone she could communicate with intimately for a long time.

It's quite funny to say that she had a good friend at school named Yuko Masaka. Yuko was bullied because of her. In the end, Yuko was rescued, and the bully was severely punished and apologized to her. Yuko accepted the apology and could have continued her school life normally with her, but in the end, she was forced to transfer schools under the pressure of her parents.

Yuiko's parents said they were doing it for her own good, and they were thinking about her, but they were doing things that were not good for her.

The girl, Sayu Ogiwara, thought about her best friend's parents and thought of her own mother.

How similar...

"Come with me."

Fujiwara Haru looked at the dazed girl and decided to take her to a nearby coffee shop to sit for a while and find out more about her situation.

The two of them came to a coffee shop and ordered some pastries and drinks for the girl. After she was full, Fujiwara Haru took a sip of juice and started the conversation.

"My name is Fujiwara Haru, what's your name?"

"Ogiwara Sayu."

"So, let's talk about why you ran away from home."

Fujiwara Haru is very direct. He doesn't beat around the bush, but goes straight to the root of the problem.

"..."

Perhaps because of the free food, Ogihara Sayu was silent for a while before finally telling the truth: "I had an argument with my mother at home. I was very angry and depressed. I wanted to die at home, so I ran away. It was a ridiculous reason."

"It's not funny. Having bad parents is a serious problem."

Fujiwara Haru didn't think that this was a quarrel or a temper. He knew that there were bad parents in the world.

Ogiwara Sayu raised her head and looked directly at the boy in front of her for the first time.

"Can you tell me more about it?"

Continue to ask the girl.

Ogiwara Sayu pursed her lips and slowly recounted her experiences at home. Her words were somewhat disorganized, spouting whatever came to mind. Perhaps before this, she hadn't carefully considered the trauma she had endured.

Fujiwara Haru listened patiently and analyzed her situation objectively and carefully.

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Sayu Ogihara is an active high school girl who skips school.

When she was very young, she discovered that she was not loved by her mother, and she never saw her father again after the divorce.

Sayu discovered that her mother had never liked her and had always treated her coldly at home. She tried to be obedient, study hard, and constantly make some achievements, hoping to make her mother happy.

However, every progress I made was never praised. Instead, any omission would be used for comparison and criticism.

"Heh, your grades dropped so much this time. It's just as I thought. It's just a moment of luck."

"Yisa is really smart. He has never fallen out of the top three since he was a child. Unlike you, who are so stupid."

"Forget it. I didn't have any hope for you anyway. Go back to your room and don't interfere with my work."

The cold words and harsh criticisms gradually made Sayu become extreme and distorted.

Some people may think that there is just some indifference between mother and daughter, so why should it be sad?

But that person was her mother, the one she should have been closest to and most trusted with, the one she should have been able to confide in, and one of the only two family members Sayu had. Family was supposed to be a haven to rest and unwind after a hard day outside, but upon returning home, Sayu was faced with a cold mother.

She couldn't talk to her mother, who should have been her closest friend, about the grievances she suffered at school, the troubles she encountered in life, and the difficulties she encountered while growing up. She would often receive negative emotions from her mother, which made her more depressed.

Every time Ogiwara Sayu returned home, she could only feel the cold and suffocating atmosphere.

Fortunately, she has a brother who takes care of her - Ogiwara Issa.

It should be much better to have my brother taking care of me, right?

No, her brother was busy with work and could hardly spare time to look after her. Moreover, Sayu could not say that she liked her brother.

Because he is his mother's favorite child, but she is not.

There was a clear difference in treatment: every time the mother saw her brother, she was very happy, considering him the pillar and hope of the family. But every time she saw her brother, her expression would instantly turn cold and her words would become annoyed.

This made Ogiwara Sayu unable to control her dislike for her brother when she was young. When she grew up, she knew that this was wrong, but some feelings still remained, including envy, jealousy, and... disgust.

Why can her brother be loved by her mother, but she can only be treated as something dispensable.

Sayu Ogiwara gradually collapsed until her only friend transferred to another school and she was left alone again, on the verge of complete devastation.

One day, she returned home very hungry. She wanted to have dinner, but saw her mother sitting alone on the sofa, looking through a report.

On the table was her empty bowl.

She opened the refrigerator, it was empty, there was no portion for her.

She opened her wallet; it was also empty.

She lived in a villa but had to go hungry.

Late at night, my brother, with whom I couldn't get close, didn't come home.

Send a message? He must be working on something overnight. Just wait until the next day.

She didn't want to trouble her brother too much, and the conflicting feelings of liking and disliking him made her feel a little awkward.

Ogiwara Sayu patiently waited until the next morning. Waking up hungry, she went to the kitchen to find the pots and pans cold and no breakfast cooked. Her mother was standing in the entrance, putting on her shoes, preparing to leave.

Her mother didn't look at her. She wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth she was afraid of being scolded.

Just as her mother was about to leave, she whispered, "I'm hungry."

The mother turned around and looked at her: "Don't you have hands? Cook for yourself."

Her mother passed away, and her heart became completely gloomy.

It was just a small thing, but it was like a meteorite, crushing the porcelain doll named Ogihara Sayu, which was on the verge of breaking, into pieces.

Hungry, Sayu Ogihara lost her mind and packed her bags to leave the house. On her way out, she ran into her brother who was returning home to rest. She was stopped and given some money. She was asked to stay outside for a while to calm down with her mother, but to take care of herself.

She agreed, but couldn't do it.

Every time she thought of that cold mother, she would feel very uncomfortable, and then she would give up on herself, comfort herself, or eat and drink to excess, satisfying herself with instant happiness.

Until all her money was spent, she decided to use self-destruction to stimulate her mother out of inertia. This twisted mentality was the product of growing up in a twisted environment.

Sayu Ogiwara did not receive a good family education, and growing up in repression made her distorted.

Some people use their childhood to heal their whole life, while others use their whole life to heal their childhood.

After listening to all of Ogiwara Sayu's chatter, Fujiwara Haru was very glad that he met Yukino Mifuyu, which was the best luck in his life.

He could also understand the discord between Sayu Ogiwara and her mother, but he didn't say anything about trying to understand her. A bad person doesn't become good just because of who they are; bad is just bad.

"Would you like to come work for me? If you work hard, I'll give you 20 yen a month. It's a little low, but I'll provide food and accommodation."

Fujiwara Haru decided to use work-for-relief to help the girl who had given up on herself get back on track.

It's not terrible to do the wrong thing, but it's terrible to do the wrong person. If you can help someone, you should definitely help them.

"Well, I don't know anything..."

After telling her everything, Ogiwara Sayu felt much better and was more willing to trust the boy. After hearing the option of having her work part-time, she honestly said that she didn't know anything.

"In the beginning, I'll give you 10 yen per month. You need to learn and adapt to the job. Once you're qualified, I'll increase your salary. Food and accommodation will still be provided."

"Is it really possible?"

"You just need to answer me, yes or no."

Ogihara Sayu was silent for a long time. She bit her lip and nodded: "Yes!"

If someone could give her a hand, she wouldn't want to sink into the quagmire. After all, she is still a girl who longs for beauty.

"Then come with me."

Fujiwara Haru decided to arrange Ogiwara Sayu as an assistant, a live broadcast assistant, to handle chores for Hoshino Ai and help her prepare materials.

Hoshino Ai's number of fans has skyrocketed recently, and as a result, she has more activities and has become busy, so she needs someone to help her.

As Fujiwara Haru left the café, he felt a lot of people looking at him. He didn't mind; it was a common occurrence. Some people looked at him because of his height, some because of his looks, and some simply stared at him blankly. He was already used to being stared at in crowded places.

Because of this, he did not notice a girl holding a parasol not far behind him.

[The Minister is so handsome~]

[Just like, Major.]

The parasol was spinning in circles, faster and faster, just like the girl's heart at this moment.

She wanted to persuade her favorite person to cosplay together. She would play Shizuku, while he would hold the chain.