Uneasy daily life

"What are you doing?"

The old man's face darkened, his gaze fixed on the white figure, and he pointed at her, demanding, "Have the dishes been washed? Has the chicken been killed? Is it stewing? Has the floor been swept? Where's your good brother?!"

"Ah, the weather in the countryside is so nice."

Bai Ying looked up at the blue sky and white clouds and couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't try to change the subject!" Old Man Yukinoshita said in a sinister tone, "You didn't do your chores and ran out to play in the street, did you? I think you're incredibly lazy..."

"Huh?" Bai Ying stroked his chin and looked back suspiciously. "Grandpa, why do you seem a bit unsure of yourself when you're pointing and gesturing? It feels like you're trying to change the subject."

Grandpa Yukinoshita: "Don't interrupt! You haven't even done what you promised to do. You're really half-hearted and have no focus whatsoever..."

Bai Ying nodded and said, "It seems that you are indeed changing the subject."

"#!"

Grandpa Yukinoshita was furious, lamenting that there was a thief in front of him but no knife at hand.

"Hey," Yukinoshita Haruno rubbed her mother's arm, asking curiously, "What were you two discussing just now? Is Mother or Grandpa more skilled in Aikido?"

Yukino's mother didn't say anything, but gave Yukino Yukinoshita a look, subtly indicating to the person in charge—this was the one being discussed.

Yukino looked over and saw a younger sister with the back of her head.

Huh? Why does Yukino-chan seem a little annoyed?

"I was just asking Grandpa if he hoped I would be born a boy."

Yukino Yukinoshita casually steered the conversation back on track.

Yukinoshita: "Ahem, this..."

“Brave one, your question is very biased and one-sided.” Bai Ying offered a helping hand and said righteously, “Objectively, a person may only be able to do one thing, but subjectively, they have many contradictory thoughts. If you only ask about other people’s subjective thoughts, you will fall into subjective dogmatism first. For example, 9528 finds it interesting to be suddenly seen by you, regrets ending shopping early, and even finds it amusing to use being seen to taunt you, etc. Does she want to be seen by you?”

Yukino glanced sideways at her older sister, who was trying to approach and probably intended to do something to her, and said warily, "That makes sense..."

"right……"

Grandpa Yukino calmly agreed, saying that the kid still had some use after the decimal point and countless zeros.

"Besides, the answer doesn't necessarily have to be said. Look, even Godfather is trying to change the subject. It's definitely because the answer is hard to tell you. And what else could it be?" Bai Ying shrugged. "The question is telling you not to mark it wrong. What more do you want?"

"What nonsense are you spouting, you brat?!"

Caught off guard, the old man immediately shouted angrily.

"So?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked coldly, seizing the opportunity and pressing the question with a stern tone, "What exactly is Grandpa thinking?"

"Ah this..."

"Yeah, yeah." Yukinoshita Haruno grinned as she placed the bricks on top. "What was Grandpa thinking?"

Cornered by his two granddaughters, Grandpa Yukinoshita couldn't quite keep his composure, especially with his younger granddaughter's cold and aloof expression (a classic meme), and his older granddaughter's smiling yet subtly indifferent look (also a classic meme). He awkwardly put his hands behind his back and coughed twice: "I used to think it would be better to have a boy in the family..."

Bai Ying interjected, "In short, it's all the fault of the past."

Grandpa Yukino turned to the side and said, "Back then, who didn't want to have a son? Several of my business partners thought so too..."

Bai Ying nodded: "In short, it's all everyone's fault."

Grandpa Yukinoshita then turned to the family: "This is also a problem of the times. In the past, physical labor was required, men were responsible for their careers, and women were responsible for their families. As the head of the family, I naturally wanted to pass on the fruits of my life's work to the children of the Yukinoshita family, so at that time I naturally felt that it should be given to the boys..."

Bai Ying chimed in, "In short, it's all the world's fault."

"You boy—!"

Grandpa Yukinoshita flew into a rage, unable to bear it any longer, and raised his hand to grab the white figure, his aura like that of a rampaging Asura.

Seeing this, Bai Ying quickly dodged and circled around to the side behind the trio of Yukinoshita, shouting, "Godfather! Calm down! I'm just helping you extract the main points, streamline the dialogue, and use AI-powered skipping!"

"I think you're malicious, taking things out of context, and acting recklessly!"

Grandpa Yukinoshita took a step to the left, and the white figure circled behind Yukinoshita Haruno on the far right. He then took a step to the right, and the white figure circled behind Yukinoshita Yukino on the far left.

Jumping left and right, without finding the right method.

Fortunately, the ordinary gazes of his daughter and two granddaughters quickly calmed Grandpa Yukinoshita down, and he decided to let that brat off the hook for the time being!

"Ahem, well, compared to that little bit of hope, I think... um..." Yukinoshita tried to describe it, "It was just a tiny, insignificant thought of mine, not very important in itself, it's just..."

"Before any regrets, I am delighted that you were born into this world?"

"Yes! That's exactly what I mean!"

Grandpa Yukinoshita nodded repeatedly, then couldn't help but glare at Shirokage.

“So…” Yukino Yukinoshita said softly, “If possible, Grandpa would still prefer to have a boy, right? Especially after my sister is born.”

"Cough cough cough..."

Grandpa Yukinoshita was in a particularly difficult position. He wanted to put on airs and brush it off with a few words, but in front of his granddaughter, whom he had hardly ever met, knew nothing about, and yet was related to by blood, he simply couldn't put on airs.

Is this little granddaughter just naturally inclined to pick fights?!

Yukino teased, "Well, Yukino-chan is like that, she always likes to ask questions like, 'If you could only choose between Haruno and that jerk, who would you choose...'"

"I choose Bai Jun."

It was answered instantly.

Snow beneath the snow has never shown any emotion.

"Huh?" Yukinoshita Haruno's eyes widened, and she decisively gestured to her mother, who hadn't spoken until now, "So, between sister and mother, who do you choose, Yukino-chan?"

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at her indifferently: "I choose my mother."

"Wow! Haruno is angry!" Haruno Yukinoshita turned her head fiercely to look at the white figure, then blinked and put on a smiling expression. "Hey~ Haruno or Yukino-chan, who do you pick, you jerk?"

"Mai Sakurajima."

Still, it was an instant reply.

Yukinoshita Yukino: “?”

Yukinoshita Yono: "?"

"The essence of this problem isn't doubt, but dissatisfaction," the white figure said, spreading his hands. "Since it's the trolley problem, why not choose to destroy the world?"

"That's truly Bai Jun's answer."

Yukino Yukinoshita casually remarked, then subtly probed, "So, what does Haku-kun think of Grandpa's opinion?"

Why don't you ask me what I'm thinking?

Grandpa Yukinoshita was taken aback. Meeting the white figure's scrutiny, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"I'm sorry, I should have chosen you." The white figure suddenly spoke with remorse, looking at Yukino Yukinoshita with deep affection.

Hmm? The question my sister deliberately asked to cause trouble earlier?

Yukino Yukinoshita said coldly, "Haku-kun, isn't this the time for some weird play?"

“No, no, no, you should say, ‘Then I’ll ask you again, who do you choose?’” The white figure waved his hand. “NG! NG! Okay, hero, try again.”

Snowfall is unresponsive, so I won't do anything strange.

Yukinoshita responded enthusiastically: "As expected, I'm still better than Yukino-chan, right? Hmm~"

A look down, a playful nasal tone, and a faint # appearing on Yukino's forehead beneath the snow.

"Of course I'll choose you!"

Bai Ying answered with deep affection and a particularly sincere voice.

Before Yukino could continue teasing her younger sister with the east wind, Shiro turned her head and sighed with relief, muttering, "Finally, I've managed to coax her away..."

"Hey kid, don't do anything weird here. If you want to act, go perform on the street over there. I can sponsor you a bowl for free!"

After being bewildered, Grandpa Yukino became impatient. He was strolling around with his daughter and granddaughter when some annoying outsider jumped in and tried to steal the spotlight.

"Huh? Aren't I just showing my godfather's thoughts through my actions?"

Bai Ying shrugged and said, "It's like saying your girlfriend isn't as pretty as a female celebrity. Objectively speaking, she isn't, but saying that is wrong—what do you do when your girlfriend gets angry? What do you do when you've done something wrong? Of course, you coax her. Isn't your godfather coaxing the hero too?"

Yukinoshita-sama: "?"

He felt a sense of danger flash across his mind.

"Hmm?" Yukino Yukinoshita instantly understood and said coldly, "So, what Grandpa means is that he feels sorry, but he doesn't think there's anything wrong with what you're thinking. You don't think there's anything wrong with the idea that a grandson is better than a granddaughter, but you think there's something wrong with the behavior of expressing this idea?"

Yukinoshita: "Uh... I mean..."

"Is there a problem with this?" The white figure suddenly jumped from behind the three of them to Yukinoshita's side and said confidently, "Hero, tell me—isn't the eldest brother in charge of the Yukinoshita family? In the end, the person who inherits and manages the family business has to be a man. This proves that my adoptive father's idea back then was not wrong!"

Grandpa Yukino glanced subconsciously at his daughter, who hadn't said a word from beginning to end, and raised his hand to try to grab the white figure: "You brat, shut up first!"

Snapped!

Grandpa Yukinoshita, who had intended to knock him down in one go by pressing his hands together, found that he couldn't budge him.

"Look at you and 9528! Two granddaughters! One boyfriend! And you still don't think anything of it!"

Bai Ying kept attacking, kept attacking, and even changed to a godfather-like voice to increase his attack power: "If this happened in someone else's house, it would be a joke about the decline of morality. Now look what's happened, our own house has become a joke - it would have been better to have a son, and to have someone else's daughter would have been a real skill!"

"You wicked man! Stop being so arrogant!"

The old man under the snow has already revealed his true form as a demon.

"come on! Come on!"

Yukinoshita was cheering them on, throwing firewood into the fire.

As expected, things tend to get messy when Bai Jun gets involved, but that also confirms what Grandpa was thinking.

“Grandpa, your thinking is not wrong,” Yukino Yukinoshita said calmly. “Just like the matter between me, my sister, and Haku-kun, you can’t agree with my thinking on this point, and I can’t agree with your preference for boys over girls. It doesn’t matter. You didn’t use your own ideas to bind me or my sister, so I naturally have no reason to criticize you for this—you even understand the mistakes you made in the past, don’t you?”

"Let Bai Jun go. The angrier you get, the more amused Bai Jun will probably be."

Grandpa Yukinoshita paused for a moment, then snorted coldly, released his grip, and took a step back: "You little brat, you'll get what's coming to you with your own mouth sooner or later!"

"Huh?" The white-clad figure shrugged, turned around, and asked, "Brave warrior, what do you think of the traditional idea of ​​valuing sons over daughters?"

"Feudal, rigid, and arrogant, they use gender alone to negate everything about a person. They are not like humans who can think, and they are even inferior to monkeys who follow instinctive thinking. Monkeys know that the reason why the monkey king is the monkey king is not because he is male, but because he has the ability to lead the group. The progress of civilization has led to the brain degenerating to the point that it is inferior to that of monkeys. It is really sad to think about it."

Snow under Snow is outspoken.

The old man's face was stiff.

"Godfather, take it easy." Baiying patted Yukinoshita's shoulder comfortingly. "Look at the hero's appearance. If he were a boy—tsk tsk, wouldn't he be a handsome boy who doesn't care about the atmosphere, has a straightforward personality, is good at pointing fingers, and has a vicious mouth? He wouldn't be cute at all."

"?"

Grandpa Yukinoshita looked at the white figure with a strange expression. Handsome? Direct personality? Good at pointing fingers? And has a sharp tongue?

hiss--!

"Besides, Godfather doesn't need to be too disappointed. With the hero's physique, a short haircut and a change of clothes..."

kill!

Yukino Yukinoshita clenched her fists and charged forward with her head down.

"I'm going back to check on the chicken on the stove!"

Bai Ying simply chose to make a quick getaway, since neither being thrown to the ground by his girlfriend, nor throwing his girlfriend to the ground, nor twisting and turning his girlfriend in the street, were good options.

Feigning anger, and genuinely being a little angry, Yukino Yukinoshita chased away the troublemaker who had been stirring things up. She breathed a slight sigh of relief; if Shiro-kun continued his erratic behavior, he would likely have to contribute far more than she did...

It was himself who uncovered the conflict, Bai Jun who revealed the grandfather's mentality, and himself who successfully brought things to a close.

Then I can take this point!

Yukino Yukinoshita said, "Grandpa, Shiro-kun will be your grandson from now on, which will fulfill your wish to have a son."

"Then forget it, it might shorten your lifespan."

Grandpa Yukino snorted coldly: "If a child like this comes into the family, I can beat him three times a day, without missing a single meal!"

"Without children like this, adults would just brush the problem off, wouldn't they?"

Yukino Yukinoshita reached out and smoothed her hair, her eyes hinting, "I don't really feel much about Grandpa's thoughts. After all, I've only known that he exists since I was born, but I've never actually met him... So, Grandpa, you don't need to feel sorry or guilty towards me, and I don't have any dislike for you."

"Ahem, this..."

Grandpa Yukinoshita coughed lightly: "Actually, I have some photos of you..."

“These things shouldn’t be said to me and my sister.” Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her eyes slightly. “I know how Grandpa feels. Even after the impact of what happened to me, my sister, and Haku, he was still willing to discuss it instead of being extremely opposed… But I don’t want to become a window for Grandpa to vent his guilt. There’s no reason to make amends for some things indirectly, unless that person only intends to forgive themselves, rather than truly be forgiven.”