My love is abyss mode

Chapter 121 Marriage Certificate? (2-in-1)

A black sedan drove along the quiet streets into Chiyoda Ward. The sun was shining brightly. Looking out the window, Kuronuma looked out and saw a red warning sign for "[Private Property]" erected by the roadside.

In the back seat of the car, Hatsushino Ryo lay on his lap, dozing off peacefully, as languid as a cat basking in the sun, with soothing piano music floating in her ears.

A few minutes later, the vehicle drove through the slowly opening black wrought iron gate, and the surrounding scenery instantly changed color, as if leaving Tokyo and returning to the vast pastures of Hokkaido.

It must have started snowing in Hokkaido this time of year, right?
Kuronuma Kiba raised his hand and gently stroked Hatsushika Ryo's short white hair. She opened her eyes and looked down at him, her wine-red eyes fixed on him without blinking.

Hatsushino Ryo wanted to end the meeting as soon as possible and then take over the rest of the time.

Being able to accurately feel the temperature is very important to her.

Finally, the car stopped in front of an old house, a one-story wooden building surrounded by a dry landscape garden, with white pebbles glittering in the sunlight.

"The head of the household is waiting for you in the tea room," the female driver said politely as she opened the car door.

In their view, if everything goes smoothly, Kuronuma Kiba will be one of the future leaders of the Hatsushino family after today.

"Shall we go?" Kuronuma Kiba looked down and met Hatsushino Ryo's wine-red eyes, asking with a relaxed smile.

She closed her eyes and rubbed her head against the fabric of her shirt, clearly somewhat unwilling.

Kuronuma had no choice but to carry the young lady out of the car and onto the veranda of the old house: "Where is the tea room?"

Hatsushiro Ryo pointed in a direction and kicked off her wooden clogs. The maid in the kimono immediately went over to pick them up and carefully arranged them.

Guided by her directions, Kuronuma Kiba walked through a winding corridor, finally arriving at a Japanese-style wooden door painted with a crescent moon.

The faint sounds of a man and a woman talking could be heard behind the door.

"Mr. Kuronuma is still as robust as ever after more than a decade of absence."

The woman's voice was gentle, and she spoke in a calm and gentle tone, without any of the imposing aura of a superior: "Over the years, you have always been unwilling to leave Hokkaido. Now that you are in Tokyo, please allow the Hatsushika family to show you hospitality."

"No need. As long as the Hatsushino family doesn't force my son, I'm not willing to abandon my post." The man's voice was deep, and just from the tone, one could imagine a sour face and dead fish eyes.

“Mr. Kuronuma, this is an era of free love. You are too old-fashioned.”

"To me, teeth know nothing, and that's not freedom."

“If this child doesn’t want to inherit your shrine, it would be a good idea for them to have a child sooner.”

Hearing that the two of them had their sights set on the distant future, Kuronuma Kiba's forehead creased with annoyance. He put down Hatsushino Ryo in his arms and rubbed his temples with a headache.

"I agree."

Suddenly, Shikano Ryo said something, walked barefoot on the wooden floor, walked to the door, and opened the wooden door expressionlessly.

The conversation abruptly stopped.

Behind the door is a Japanese-style tea room. Sunlight shines in from the side, falling on the tatami mats. The spacious room is only furnished with a few tea tables, making it seem a bit lonely.

The woman in the black kimono sat at the head of the table in a standard formal sitting posture, her long, straight black hair falling naturally, and her gentle face casting her gaze upon the two of them.

She had a pair of wine-red eyes just like Hatsushiro Ryo, with a deep gaze that made it impossible to discern her emotions.

Below, at the tea table, a man dressed in a black robe and white floral trousers sat, wearing a diamond-patterned crown symbolizing his status as a shrine priest.

This is formal attire, not a casual hunting robe, representing the position of a shrine priest.

"You are here."

The gentle woman greeted the two with a smile, her voice filled with warmth: "Please take a seat, it's cold, have some tea."

"This is my mother, Hatsushino Chie."

Hatsushika Ryo introduced Kuronuma Kiba to him in a very un-family-like manner, then pulled him into the tea room, where the two squeezed together at a tea table.

Seeing this, Chie Hatsushino picked up the fan on the tea table, covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons: "Ryo really likes you, Kiba-kun."

"Yes."

Kuronuma Fang bowed slightly to her, then looked at the man with an unusually tall crown and greeted him coldly, "Long time no see, Father."

Hatsushiro Ryo made no attempt to greet him, sitting beside him and preparing tea with elaborate tea utensils, her movements mechanical and practiced.

The atmosphere was actually a bit awkward because Kuronuma Kiba's relationship with his hometown wasn't good because of the matter of inheriting the shrine, especially his father who kept nagging him about it.

Fortunately, he was already used to this atmosphere. It was the same in Hokkaido. Whenever the two met, even the dinner table was never peaceful.

Back in Hokkaido, my mother used to create a harmonious atmosphere every day, but now that person has become Chie Hatsushino.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she looked at Tomohiko Kuronuma, who had a sour face, then glanced at Kiba Kuronuma, realizing that the two had a bad relationship, and finally cast a concerned look at her daughter.

“Ryo, this is Ya-kun’s father, Mr. Tomohiko Kuronuma. You should greet him politely.”

His gentle voice contained no blame, but rather conveyed a sense of pampering and affection, completely unlike that of a tycoon's leader.

In Black Swamp Fang's imagination, such a great figure should at least be like Don Corleone in "The Godfather".

"It's been a long time, Mr. Kuronuma."

Hatsushiro Ryo greeted them perfunctorily, then turned and handed the freshly brewed hot tea to Kuronuma Kiba, his wine-red eyes fixed on him, ignoring the two of them.

“This child has always been like this, you know that, please don’t take offense.” Chie Hatsushino said to Tomohiko Kuronuma with a smile, vividly portraying a mother who protects her child who has made a mistake.

"Have you met before?" Kuronuma Kiba whispered to Hatsushino Ryo.

"At birth."

"what?"

"And when I was 6 years old, I lived in Hokkaido for a month."

Hatsushiro Ryo moved closer to him until their arms were in the way of each other's movements, then continued in a completely calm voice, "I've been to the shrine before and saw the tooth once."

"is it?"

Kuronuma Kiba turned to his father for confirmation, his face full of confusion: "Why don't I remember this?"

That shouldn't be the case. With white hair and red eyes, how could he not remember such a beautiful girl?

“At that time, you were busy studying every day, and she only met you once.”

Tomohiko Kuronuma nodded solemnly, a faint sense of death emanating from his lifeless eyes: "I respect your relationship, but your family will support your decision in any case."

After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, making his already cold and hard face appear even more rigid.

"The two children are childhood sweethearts, so why don't we get engaged today?"

Chie Hatsushino smiled warmly, her words carrying a hint of impatience, like a salesperson in a department store promoting products nearing their expiration date: "Now that only my daughter and I are left in the Hatsushino family, we must start having children as soon as possible."

"We only met once, and it's far from being childhood sweethearts."

Completely disregarding the other party's identity, Tomohiko Kuronuma spoke with a cold tone full of confidence and fearlessness: "Kiba, say what you're thinking now, I need to get back tonight."

The situation was completely different from what Kuronuma had imagined, and he roughly understood what his father meant.

Because they were afraid he would be forced by the zaibatsu, they specially came to Tokyo to act as his backer. If he wanted to break up now, the Hatsushino family wouldn't dare to do anything.

So the shrine in my hometown holds such a transcendent status?

They had expected to face difficulties, but now it seems the Hatsushika family is actually more eager for the two to get engaged as soon as possible.

In the quiet tea room, all three of them looked at Kuronuma Kiba. He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and turned to look at Hatsushino Ryo.

Sensing the meaning behind Kuronuma Tomohiko's words, unease flickered in her wine-red eyes. Her fingers gripped Kuronuma Kiba's hand tightly, and a hint of tension appeared on her otherwise impeccable face.

The young lady rarely showed an expression. Tomohiko Kuronuma and Chie Hatsushino noticed Ryo Hatsushino's attitude; the former frowned, while the latter was delighted.

She shouldn't have feelings.

Kiba Kuronuma put down his teacup and looked at Tomohiko Kuronuma. Seeing that his face had become even more sour, he curled his lips into a wicked smile: "Father, you have to tell me what exactly happened first, right?" Hearing this, Tomohiko Kuronuma turned to look at Chie Hatsushino. Seeing her nod, he let out a long sigh, his voice becoming inexplicably heavy.

"There will always be someone who wants to steal something from the fingers of the gods."

Kuronuma Kiba was already used to such exaggerated and absurd propositions, but the unchanged expressions of Hatsushino Chie and Hatsushino Ryo made him realize that this might not be nonsense.

Tomohiko Kuronuma stared at Kiba Kuronuma with a serious expression, his voice low and deep as he slowly began to speak: "You've probably heard many stories like this before—the story of stealing fire, the story of stealing mead, the story of stealing immortality, haven't you?"

"Their results don't seem to be very good." Kuronuma Kiba's eyes showed worry.

Sisyphus pushed a boulder up a mountain, Tartanus was imprisoned in deep water, and others were hung up and fed their livers to eagles.

"This is an inevitable price to pay."

Tomohiko Kuronuma looked at Ryo Hatsushino and slowly closed his eyes, seemingly unable to bear it: "Stealing immortality will make life meaningless; stealing mead will make you see its existence but never be able to drink it."

"Is Senior Liang a child you stole?"

"Yes, so she has no feelings and can only live in vain in this world."

"Our family's shrine is quite impressive."

Kuronuma shrugged indifferently, his face full of disdain: "So what?"

In his view, this was not a very serious problem; Hatsushino Ryo was gradually developing feelings, it was just a matter of time.

As for her innate talent, it doesn't seem to be a bad thing.

"I'm telling you this in the hope that you'll consider it carefully."

Tomohiko Kuronuma lowered his eyes to look at the teacup in front of him and slowly shook his head: "You may think that she is gradually developing feelings, but in reality, she will never become a normal person."

If an ordinary person's feelings are like a teapot, she may only have the capacity of a teacup throughout her entire life, and you don't know how much you have to give but not get the corresponding return.

Your mother hopes you will marry someone who loves you.

"I quite like Ryo-senpai." Kuronuma Kiba didn't seem to care about that statement.

Based on the facts, for him, Hatsushino Ryo was simply the perfect girlfriend.

She is beautiful, loyal, tolerant, and of noble birth, wealthy, and has a very good personality.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hatsushiro Ryo's expression relaxed, then returned to its blank state.

Chie Hatsushino took in her daughter's behavior, smiled sincerely, and said to Tomohiko Kuronuma, "Young people have their own choices, so it's better if we don't interfere."

"In that case, let's get engaged as soon as possible."

Tomohiko Kuronuma took out a stamp from his clothes and stamped it on the documents that had been sitting on the tea table. He said to Kiba Kuronuma with a cold face, "Since you don't want to inherit the shrine, have a child as soon as possible and send him back to Hokkaido."

???

A question mark appeared above Kuronuma's head. He widened his eyes and leaned forward to look at the documents on the tea table.

I can't see it clearly, but surely it's not a contract of servitude?

"The Hatsushino family also urgently needs to expand its branches and branches."

Chie Hatsushino slowly rose from behind the tea table, left her seat, and walked to Tomohiko Kuronuma's side, her kimono trailing behind her. She picked up the stamped document, turned to Ryo Hatsushino, and gave him a gentle smile: "Ryo, how many children do you want?"

"." Hatsushiro Ryo thought about it seriously and didn't say anything.

He had to say something—Kuronuma Kiba quickly interrupted her train of thought to prevent Hatsushino Ryo from jumping into a suddenly different topic and putting him in a difficult position.

"Senior Liang, is this your secret?"

"Ah."

What is Senior Sister Chitose's secret?

"I can't say." Hatsushiro Ryo took the documents from her mother, placed them on the tea table, and began to fill them out carefully.

This time, Kuronuma saw through his "contract of servitude".

The marriage certificate, also known as the marriage application form, is made in duplicate. The names of both sets of parents have been filled in and the seals have been affixed to the witness section.

"Wait a minute, Senior Liang, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

Kuronuma Kiba quickly grabbed Hatsushika Ryo's hand, stopping her from continuing to fill out the form, a hint of panic in his eyes: "I don't think we know each other well enough."

He didn't want to get married out of nowhere.

“You can get to know them gradually in the future,” Chie Hatsushino said with a smile.

"My son is useless; I'll have to trouble you to take good care of him in Tokyo."

Tomohiko Kuronuma showed no intention of speaking up for his own people. He downed his tea in one gulp, stood up, and prepared to leave: "I can't stay away from Hokkaido for too long. Farewell."

"No need to be so polite, I'll send a plane to take you there."

Chie Hatsushino went out to see the guests off, leaving only Kiba Kuronuma and Ryo Hatsushino in the tea room.

[Steel and iron frame], open!

Kuronuma held Hatsushino Ryo's wrist tightly, not wanting her to write another word.

Once the marriage registration form is filled out, it can be submitted to the self-service machine at the ward office to complete the marriage registration. This dreadful thing must be kept in one's own hands.

Otherwise, what if Hatsushino Ryo makes a seal without permission and unilaterally gets married?
"Don't you want to?"

Unable to resist his strength, Hatsushino Ryo turned her head to look at him, a look of doubt appearing in her wine-red eyes: "A legal marriage is very important."

"I think we still have a lot to discuss, such as the issue of surnames."

"Whoever wins, we'll listen to them."

The way to resolve the conflict is quite simple.

"Isn't feeling important when it comes to marriage?"

Kuronuma didn't understand "feelings," but that didn't stop him from using it as an excuse: "At least, we should choose a memorable day, right?"

As he spoke, he took the marriage certificate, folded it in half and stuffed it into his pocket. He then stood up from the tea table and swept Hatsushino Ryo into his arms.

"Didn't Senior Liang say he wanted to do it? Where would be a suitable place?"

"Go take a shower first."

Hatsushiro Ryo's attention was diverted, and she raised her hand to point in the direction: "There's a hot spring."

Kuronuma carried her out of the tea room, through a winding corridor, and finally put her down at the open-air hot spring pool.

The stone lanterns in the pond were lit, and the firelight was reflected in the water, shattering into countless pieces along with the azure sky. Unfortunately, it was already late autumn, and the nearby cherry trees had long since withered.

Hatsushiro Ryo grabbed the hem of her sweater with both hands, took it off, and threw it aside, revealing her slender waistline and perfect bust curve wrapped in a black sleeveless vest.

Her loose cargo pants rubbed against her knees because she didn't like wearing underwear. After throwing off her vest, her fair and slender calves stepped directly into the warm spring water.

Ripples spread across the pool, and against the backdrop of the wispy white mist, her graceful figure was exceptionally captivating.

She turned gracefully, her short white hair swaying slightly, her wine-red eyes looking at Kuronuma, and she stretched out her hands as if to embrace him.

Are you staying overnight?

"I might go to the kendo club this afternoon, but I'll go back to my apartment tonight."

Kuronuma took off his clothes, stepped into the hot spring, and pulled Hatsushino Ryo into his arms, whispering, "I think I should talk to your mother and put your work on hold for a while."

Since there is hope of winning her affections, this is naturally the most important thing right now.

(End of this chapter)