Uneasy daily life

Toyohama Kazuka (Shirokage) and Sakurajima Mai (Kazuka) exchanged a glance.

"……asshole?"

Mai Sakurajima (Wahana) took the initiative and asked a question with some uncertainty.

"Yes, yes, yes." Toyohama Kazuka (Shirokage) nodded repeatedly with a smile, "I'm your mischievous little sister~"

"Get out of here! You old woman!"

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) snorted coldly without any politeness. It must be that bastard colluded with the old woman to cause trouble, which is why she felt that this guy smelled like a bastard.

"Hmm, it seems you're already quite aware of your role as a working person."

Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) pulled a voice recorder from their pocket and handed it over with a serious expression: "Here! Your father's confession!"

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) stared wide-eyed: "?"

"Don't worry, it's not illegal," Feng Binhehua (Bai Ying) said confidently. "If you don't believe me, ask your dad if this is illegal."

"I didn't say it was illegal... This is actually suspected of being illegal? Why did you record this?" Mai Sakurajima (Wahana) asked curiously.

"For your sister."

Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) said with a smile, "Father and daughter have resolved their differences and reconciled. It's a happy ending for everyone!"

She has that weird, old woman vibe!

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) coldly retorted: "My sister won't..."

"Don't you want your sister to know what just happened?" Feng Binhehua (Bai Ying) changed the subject. "If you just relay it, the content will definitely be distorted, and it might even cause some misunderstandings, but a voice recorder doesn't have that problem."

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) reached out her hand, but Toyohama Waka (Shirokage) suddenly pulled the recorder back: "Waka-chan, call out 'Yono-neechan' three times, and I'll give you the pen."

Mai Sakurajima (Wahana): "#!"

After a series of secret transactions, Toyohama Kazuka (Shirokage) gave Sakurajima Mai (Kazuka) some more brilliant ideas.

……

……

Time returns to the present.

"Not interested." Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) denied again, then asked curiously, "So where are they?"

“Dad is probably trying to sneak away; I’m watching him under the heavy snow.” Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) observed her sister’s expression, hesitated for a moment, and then said again, “If you know and understand someone too much, it’s hard to be firm in your stance of distancing yourself from them… Is that what you think, sister?”

“Alright, it seems that Kazuha also wants me to know, so let’s tell you…” Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) frowned slightly, then smiled and said, “Kazuha, do you know? I just discovered something incredible.”

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) took out the voice recorder and asked curiously, "Did that jerk fall down?"

"No, it seems that Yukinoshita Haruno and the Black Fan swapped bodies... the real kind of body swap."

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) said quietly, "Right now, you're the hater."

"?"

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) froze on the spot, her thoughts racing like lightning.

Ah—! I knew I should have just kicked him! Bastard! Damn it!

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Half a Lifetime of Fallen Flowers...

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) turned off the recorder, sat quietly in her chair lost in thought, and occasionally pressed a few buttons on her phone.

Mai Sakurajima (Waka) sat uneasily beside her, looking at her with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation. She probably felt that she was hiding her thoughts again, but in the eyes of a shrewd person, her feelings were completely written on her face.

"Wahana really wants... me and him to get back together?" Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) looked up and asked in a strange tone.

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) quickly shook her head: "Huh? No, no... is it? Well, anyway, I'm standing with my sister!"

The combination of denial and affirmation, along with expressions of loyalty, highlights a utterly inexplicable situation.

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) understood: "Wahan thinks I hate him so much that I might hate you too?"

"Huh?" Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) was taken aback, her expression becoming suspicious—was it possible that the person wearing Koyuki's clothes wasn't her older sister, but a bastard?

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) showed her phone screen, which was a private chat between her and Haruno Yukinoshita.

[Want to be a Bunny Girl: Hater, how did you trick Hehua into joining you in doing all sorts of messy things?]

【It's not Haruno: Huh? What a useless 9528, giving herself away so quickly. Your acting skills need improvement.】

[Want to be a Bunny Girl: Don't change the subject, what are you thinking, Hana?]

[That's not true, Haruno: I don't care about my dad anymore, I'm just worried about what my mom thinks!]

[Want to be a bunny girl: Where are you? I'm coming to play with you. Laughing.jpg!]

[That's not Yang Nai: If you replace "mom" with "older sister," it's pretty much the same idea as a stick figure.]

[That's not me, Yoyo: Humans are such interesting creatures. They clearly have the same thoughts and behaviors as others, yet they can't see the same things in another person, hahaha! This unawareness of my own foolishness is so funny I want to shout it out!]

Online debates are no match for her; Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) is just waiting to retaliate.

"Oh, I see. That's alright then." Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) nodded knowingly, her expression immediately relaxing. "So, my sister didn't dislike Dad after all?"

"It's not that I hate him... To be honest, I've only met him once since I was born. The only person I would hate after meeting him once is probably the hater."

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, and said helplessly, "That's all I know about him. Besides that, I just have a simple understanding that he's a man who abandoned me and my mother. Apart from keeping my distance, I don't have any emotions. But you guys have to interfere in things, which makes me wonder if I should get angry and upset to seem like a normal person..."

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) immediately shifted the blame, saying, "This was done by an idiot, it has nothing to do with me."

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) squinted and said, "Similarly, in my opinion, shouldn't the one who really has grievances be Kazuka?"

"Uh..." Sakurajima Mai (Waka) shook her head slightly, feeling a little guilty. "It's not that bad, it's mostly arguments with my mom..."

Unexpectedly, it was something that happened when I was a child that made my mother sensitive and suspicious, which made my father so bothered that he often went out and didn't come home. And because I admired my sister, I kept saying that I wanted to be her idol... In the end, I was also one of the sources of the current conflict?

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) felt conflicted. Why was things so complicated? The more she knew, the less confident she felt if she ever argued with her mother again. But if she didn't argue back, she would be surrounded by her mother's annoying words, and just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.

If you have to meet someone every day, all they say is, "You're no good here, no good there," "So-and-so did this or that," "You should do this or that," and they go on and on about everything without stopping...

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) pondered, her features scrunching up in an expression rarely seen on her.

I guess I should just run away from home.

Hmm? How come my train of thought is exactly the same as Dad's?!

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) wore an awkward yet horrified expression. "That scumbag dad is me?!"

"what are you thinking about?"

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) couldn't help but ask, looking at her own face making one strange expression after another, feeling quite odd.

“Um… well… I realized that running away from home is just like Dad, he doesn’t come home.” Mai Sakurajima (Wahana) felt particularly strange.

“The more you know and understand someone, the harder it is to firmly feel that you hate them,” Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) said softly. “They are ordinary people most of the time, but when it comes to crucial moments, they transform into bad people or good people… I just searched it up, and when my mother was pregnant with me, it was right when an economic crisis began.”

It was precisely because of hope and confidence in the future that they prepared to have children and were prepared to face difficulties, but they encountered an even more serious situation, and the weight of the times pressed down on them.

“Mom is a very stubborn and strong-willed person. The more difficult it is, the more she refuses to admit defeat and goes all out. That attitude makes him feel irritable and pressured, but he can’t say it out loud and can only keep it to himself.” Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) glanced at the recorder in her hand. “They probably rarely communicate and speak their minds... Hana was shocked to find that she and he are similar in some ways. Actually, I am very similar to him.”

"The pain and frustration build up in one's heart, and the inability to express dissatisfaction with a domineering mother, inevitably leads to a very emotional conflict—even if it is not expressed, the feelings will still gradually wear down, turning into cold and chaotic ashes... Perhaps the relationship between husband and wife and mother and daughter is different, perhaps the mother has changed after that, or perhaps the hater did something, or perhaps the result is still the same in essence."

“My mother and I peacefully ended the relationship between the manager and the idol, and my mother also ended her marriage with him.”

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) looked at the recorder in her hand, shook her head and said, "No one is perfect or correct. The difference lies only in who makes fewer mistakes, so we can see ourselves in them."

"Then, sister..." Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) asked hesitantly, "What do you think of him?"

"not so good."

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) said decisively.

"Ugh?"

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) was full of questions.

"Understand and know the truth before talking about your love and hate." Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) said irritably, "Isn't this the style of the hater? That guy likes to do things that are meant to make things difficult for people! To me, he is ultimately just a father in name only, a stranger in reality, and not even on the same household register... I know and understand what he has been through, but that doesn't stop me from drawing a line between us and keeping my distance. It's not about hatred or anything, it's just that our lives are destined never to intersect."

"If I really have to say what I think, I'd say it's a lesson to be learned. The reason he and his mother ended up like that was because of a lack of communication, life pressures, and personality clashes."

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) looked at her somewhat puzzled younger sister and said in a calm and gentle voice, "Wahana, you must have come to understand by now, right? It's easy to judge everything based on your feelings, but it's difficult to see clearly before your eyes are clouded by emotions and to make your own decisions seriously."

Sakurajima Mai (Wahana) hummed, "What's so difficult about that...she..."

As usual, I can't say it fluently now.

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) shook her head and said, "To entrust your love and hate to emotions and falsehoods is like drinking. Indulging in emotions may make you feel great, but in the long run, it will make you dull, numb, and stubborn... Just like now, do you still think that Auntie's actions are as incomprehensible as a textbook villain?"

Sakurajima Mai (Waka) remained silent, her face still showing the subconscious irritation that came with discussing her mother, but she didn't argue back angrily as usual.

Anyway, it's not my sister's fault, it's that bastard's fault, it's so annoying!

No wonder he tricked his dad into coming; he did it on purpose!

molar!

Yukino Yukinoshita (Mai) opened the text message interface and entered a number.

In the future, I should communicate more with my mother, and I should avoid adopting her style of behavior, which may be helpful to my career but can easily damage my relationships.

No, if we're talking about haters, the situation seems a little different?

……

……

You can find reasons to apologize to your mother, and you can find reasons to apologize to me—that your mother was too domineering and difficult to communicate with, or that your mother and I were lucky, successful in our careers, and didn't need to worry about making a living.

These things are not important. Your mother and I don't need your apologies, nor do we need you.

[But will you still feel guilty towards your aunt and Hehua? Your aunt's excessive pressure has led to numerous arguments and Hehua's repeated running away from home. If this leads to unfortunate events, what excuse will you use?]

If you think it's unimportant, then my words are unimportant too. If you still feel guilty and troubled, then act one more time.

[Mom has never criticized you in front of me; she only said that she misjudged you.]

I hope I haven't misread it.

"..."

On the street, Feng Bin's father frowned as he looked at the text message.

"My sister is such a gentle person. After all, logically speaking, the more specific and clear a person is, the easier it is for them to be disliked. Only a gentle person can calmly face the other person's shortcomings and mistakes."

Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) peeked out, clicking their tongues in amazement, and said, "Given the relationship between my sister and aunt, it's normal for her to dislike you. In my sister's eyes, Dad is probably a cheater, a scumbag, an abandoner of his wife and children, and even after marrying into the family, he's still rarely home. He might even continue cheating, waiting for the day he and Mom have a divorce and have to divide the inheritance..."

"Your wild guess is such a slanderous accusation..."

"Disliking someone is no different from idolizing a celebrity; it's about finding faults and flaws in the other person."

Kazuka Toyohama (Shirokage) started fabricating a story: "There's an urban legend in Yokohama: a scumbag man became a notorious tycoon by marrying, having children to appease his wife, and divorcing her to divide his assets. Later, he went even further, using his wealth to test couples, either by creating hardship for them or by bribing them with money, destroying one marriage after another to prove that love and marriage are worthless. A thousand years later, this urban legend has changed. People now believe he was testing love and marriage, and only couples who pass the test can have eternal, true love."

"Ultimately, his image was sculpted into a statue, and couples prayed to him, praying for eternal and true love."

Feng Bin's father was already used to it, and without being taught, he retorted to his daughter, "You made it up quite convincingly."

“Life always carries a dark humor to it.” Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) shrugged. “Dad found Mom annoying and ran away from home, I found Mom annoying too and ran away from home as well—in the end, either you can’t take it anymore, or Mom can’t take it anymore, and you break the ice and start a divorce. Since the feelings are gone and you’ve even become enemies, then no one will be lenient when it comes to the inheritance…”

Feng Bin's father raised his hand, signaling him to stop: "I'm an adopted son-in-law, so even if we go to court, I won't get any inheritance, and I won't get anything from you..."

"Hmm?" Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) narrowed their eyes and said in a dark tone, "Dad knows so much, he must have thought about it, right?!"

"That's common sense." Feng Bin's father was a little exasperated. "Otherwise, what do you think it means to marry into a family?"

“I see…” Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) looked thoughtful. Just when Feng Bin’s father thought the awkward topic was finally over, she (he) suddenly murmured in a voice just loud enough for him to hear, “Then we can only consider a criminal case…”

Feng Bin's father's eyes widened: "Huh?"

What strange things has this flower learned that make it look so crooked?

"Dad, don't be surprised... Just kidding, hehe~"

Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) blinked their left eyes and said in surprise, "Dad wouldn't actually have that kind of thought, would he? He'd be going to jail for it."

“It’s not all just you talking…” Feng Bin’s father quickly changed the subject, “Weren’t you just saying you wanted ice cream? I’ll buy you some right now!”

"I want a chocolate peanut triple ball!"

"Okay, okay..."

On the street, Feng Bin and Hua (Bai Ying) licked the ice cream they had successfully extorted: "Dad, are we coming home today?"

Feng Bin's father, also holding an ice cream, replied instantly, as was his habit: "I'm a bit busy today..."