You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

Another firework exploded.

It seems to outline the beauty of the passing years.

The fireworks of the festival are still going on, the sound is still ringing in the ears, attracting the attention of countless people at this moment.

But Shiina Riki's sight.

But he couldn't look away from the person in front of him.

29

Chapter 29 Xiang Die: Son, welcome back!

"I am back."

Toyokawa Sho took out the key and turned it to the right. The little emotion he had just felt when watching the fireworks with Shiina Riki was completely gone. His amber eyes only showed deep fatigue and unwillingness.

There is no other reason.

Because the scumbag is also in the house.

Just hearing the scumbag say "bon voyage" in the morning almost made him sick. It took him a day of spending time with Lixi to get back in shape.

It’s hard to imagine how disgusted I’ll be when I go in and see a sober scumbag who has no alcohol and therefore can’t get drunk.

Seeing his face makes me want to vomit.

When I hear him talking I want to beat him up.

Surely I should buy him some wine and let him sleep in his room every day without coming out. Wouldn't that be an eyesore?

No…this would be too much of a burden on Black history.

Forget it, let’s leave the dog head on his neck for now and take it away another day.

In an instant, many negative thoughts flashed through Toyokawa Sho's mind. Finally, he exhaled, threw these bad thoughts behind his head, put on an indestructible smile, and pushed open the door.

"Oh, welcome back, Sho—"

then.

What greeted him at the entrance was a hellish scene.

A forty-year-old man with a decadent look, a face full of stubble, messy hair covering his eyes, and clothes that made people wonder if they hadn't been washed for a week, forced a smile and greeted him enthusiastically.

He quickly closed the door, thinking that he must be too tired. How could he be greeted by a scumbag instead of Toyokawa Shoko?

So he composed himself, took a deep breath and reopened the door.

What caught my eye was the man's heart-stopping smile.

…This must be hell.

…This must be hell…!

Toyokawa Sho's eyes turned black and his body was shaky.

Even though she had maintained a perfect smile until the end when she had dealt with countless girls in RiNG, it disappeared from her face the moment she saw this man, leaving only a pale face and frightened pupils.

He lowered his head and his body trembled, as if he was a lone wolf hit by a bullet, whimpering in pain and fleeing in a panic.

His ears shattered and collapsed from hearing this man calling his name in such a gentle and delicate voice, and heavy breathing and extreme symptoms of PTSD began to appear on his body one after another.

"Um, Xiang, are you okay? Xiangzi has talked to me about your situation. Dad, I--"

The man was panicking and tried to calm down by getting closer to Toyokawa Sho.

“…Don’t call my name…”

Toyokawa Sho took a step back, trying his best to control his body that was about to go berserk, and muttered in a low voice.

"What did you say? Didn't Dad hear you clearly?"

The thick-skinned man had no idea that at this moment, he had already stepped into the killing range where his life was in danger.

"I, say—"

Sure enough, after being exposed to such a distance, Toyokawa Sho could no longer bear it. He almost bit his teeth and roared out from the scar in the deepest part of his heart.

"Don't be so shameless as to call my name with that face of yours, you scumbag...!!!"

Boom-!

A rising dragon punch so fast that it even seemed to make a sonic boom hit the man's chin.

The man didn't even have time to react before he was completely hit by this merciless blow. The self-awareness that he had finally escaped from the hell of alcohol disappeared in an instant.

He swayed, then fell to the ground with a thud, one hand stretched out in front of him, with an index finger extended forward...

If there were people from the fighting world here, they would have noticed that the young man had thrown not just one punch, but also an extremely tricky and fierce right hook following it.

It's just because the punch was thrown so fast that it looked like just one punch.

It is said that there is a man in Thailand who is called the Fighting God. He can throw thirteen fast and fierce jabs in a single breath, and with this incredible strength, he won the title of the first heavyweight quadruple champion in history.

The speed of Toyokawa Sho's punch was so fast that it was close to the level that no one could reach...!

The moment he jumped up.

Mordred, Arthas, Horus and other sons of loyalty and filial piety who left their names in history seemed to have gathered behind him, endowing his fist with the tremendous power of filial piety, helping him to approach the limit of human beings.

Toyokawa Sho was breathing rapidly, and his handsome cheeks were covered with cold sweat due to the chill and fear. The gigolo bag on his shoulder almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he grabbed the shoulder strap with his hand in time to avoid danger.

"I told you not to get excited, you idiot dad..."

At this time, Shoko Toyokawa came out of the kitchen, her hands on her hips, her tone full of disappointment.

She was wearing the autumn school uniform, with the pink apron that Toyokawa Sho wore yesterday tied on the outside. The apron was longer than the uniform skirt, just reaching her knees.

Although it covered the girl's white and slender legs and the penguin band-aid on her knee, she still looked pleasing overall. Wearing an apron and tying her hair into a simple and convenient high ponytail with a ribbon, she looked like you coming home from a tiring day and seeing your wife smiling sweetly at you.

"Shouldn't I take him to the doctor?"

Toyokawa Shoko looked at the scum lying on the ground and said, "I don't have money to treat him."

"...I can't die, I finally held back a bit."

Toyokawa Sho took several deep breaths before slowly adjusting his breathing rate. "I'll probably wake up tomorrow morning."

As he said that, Toyokawa Sho took off his shoes and placed them beside the entrance, then walked onto the floor, stepping on the scumbag's head and body.

He grabbed the scumbag's leg and dragged him into the room like a dog leash, then threw him roughly onto the bed. He didn't care whether his sleeping posture was good or not, and just closed the door and returned to the living room.

"Sorry, he seemed to see you at home this morning, and since I came back he's been pestering me with questions about you."

Shoko Toyokawa walked up to Sho Toyokawa, her tone slightly apologetic.

"Since leaving our family, this is the first time I've seen him so energetic, so I took the liberty of telling him about you... Well, if it makes you feel bad, I apologize."

Keep asking?

That scumbag?

Toyokawa Sho was slightly surprised and frowned unconsciously.

In his memory, the scumbag has been silent ever since he lost power.

During the three years of high school, they hardly had any conversation. No matter how actively he tried to communicate with the scumbag, or how hard he tried to ease the father-son relationship with the scumbag, the scumbag just turned a deaf ear to him.

It was not until he entered his third year of high school that he learned the truth about the scumbag being kicked out of the family and the unbearable black material.

The heroic image of my father in my mind suddenly turned into nothingness and darkness. The tearing sound of betrayal echoed in my ears, and I felt as if my body had fallen into an ice cave, suffocating with cold.

A scumbag like this would actually take the initiative to question his children?

He must have bad intentions!

We can’t let him deceive us about our dark history!

"You don't have to apologize. You did nothing wrong. Everything was that scumbag's fault. I understand how you, as a daughter, feel when you see him cheer up, but that's probably an illusion."

Toyokawa Sho patted Toyokawa Shoko's shoulder and spoke earnestly.

"Holding hope on that cancer of humanity is the most undesirable and inappropriate thing to do. We'll just face it together in the future. As for unburnable garbage like him, we should just throw it aside."

"...I always feel that you are more prejudiced against him than I am."

Shoko Toyokawa didn't expect that Sho Toyokawa would suddenly pat her on the shoulder, but when she thought about it carefully, she even had her feet pinched last night, so a pat on the shoulder wasn't a big deal, right?

"How can there be any prejudice? Even though I hate him, he's still his son after all."

Toyokawa Sho smiled as brightly as the sun. "So I just completely deny him. A scum like him is wrong for even breathing."

Toyokawa Shoko sighed, then showed the same expression, and gently hugged her other arm with her little hand.

"Yeah, parents who disappoint their children are the worst."

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko was beginning to become depressed, Toyokawa Shoya realized that it was time to interrupt this heavy topic.

The scum was beaten and scolded.

I can't let him affect my mood anymore.

"Okay, that's all the unhappy stuff!"

Toyokawa Sho clapped his hands loudly, then smiled cheerfully and amiably.

"Let's cook! You've got your apron on! Your diligence and eagerness to learn are commendable, Toyokawa-san. Next, I, a top-class chef, will open the door to the culinary world for you—"

"I've already bought the food, so you don't have to go to the kitchen to cook."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head and rejected the teaching invitation from a guy who was eager to teach, looking a little embarrassed.

"Although your cooking... is quite delicious... cough, I can't let you cook every day. After all, you're already exhausted after a day's work, and I don't want you to go through so much trouble when you get home... So, let's take turns day by day."

"Today I'm in charge, and tomorrow you're in charge, and we keep switching like this. That is... when you move out next month, we can do the same. If you don't feel like cooking, you can come to my place, or I'll go to yours. I think this will be easier for both of us. What do you think?"

"There's no need to be so polite with me, right?"

Fengchuan Xiang was puzzled. Why was this girl still being so distant with him after she had already given him the token of love last night?

"I'm not being polite, I just think this will ease your burden a little bit, and I'll feel more at ease eating the food you cook."

Toyokawa Shoko crossed her arms and said, "Cooking is very tiring. You don't want to cook for me all day long, do you?"

It turned out to be the case.

All in all, you still want to save face.

Toyokawa Sho nodded, understanding all of Toyokawa Shoko's hidden intentions, and then asked.

"So what are we eating today?"

Toyokawa Shoko's eyes suddenly became evasive, her lack of confidence expression and awkward body movements all proved that she was not confident about her next answer.

Toyokawa Sho immediately understood.

If it were someone else, he wouldn't be able to say, but he knew exactly what Toyokawa Shoko would choose for dinner.

Recalling the memory of squatting in front of the convenience store like a minion, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I guess you bought a bowl of oden for 300 yen and the daily special bread that no one likes because it tastes bad."

"Why would you guess that!?"

Toyokawa Shoko couldn't believe it. What kind of magical power did this person have that he could always surprise her and guess her next move? Even Wakaba Mutsu, whom she regarded as her half, couldn't do such a miraculous thing!

"Because I've been eating oden and bread for two whole years."

There seemed to be tears in Toyokawa Sho's eyes, and his answer was simple and unpretentious, because he had also experienced this hell of fire and water.

"..."

Except for yesterday, Toyokawa Shoko, who had been eating these two things for a month, remained silent, and both of them fell into a stomach-ache silence.

"Let me cook."

As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. Toyokawa Sho was really unwilling to compromise himself on such an important matter as eating, and tried to make Toyokawa Shoko approve of his financial judgment with the vision of investing in the future.

"If you eat this kind of useless food every day, you won't even grow to 1.6 meters tall."

"What about the money?"

Shoko Toyokawa ignored someone's attack on his height and pointed out their biggest shortcoming.

"I only make 100,000 yuan a month. A two-course meal with soup and dessert like yesterday... I hate to admit it, but it's not something we can afford every day these days."