My love is abyss mode

Chapter 147 Worries (4.2K)

The trees in the courtyard, stripped of their leaves, swayed in the cold autumn wind. For Matsusaka Kanon, this was not a happy day.

However, she wasn't in too bad a mood.

Because he was worried about his own feelings, Kuronuma Kiba was willing to cancel his date with Hatsushino Ryo to force Shinkai Shiona to apologize to him. He even arranged a date for tonight. It's certainly something to be happy about to treat a "lover" with this kind of attitude.

The problem is that Shinkai Shionai is too persistent; there's no room for idiots around her.

Even though Kuronuma had just taken a slightly tougher stance, Matsuzaka Kanon still opposed his relationship with Shinkai Shiona. Aside from the woman's own possessiveness, another reason was that Shinkai Shiona was too extreme at the moment.

She may not even know what she wants, nor is she clear about the definition of "happiness".

The topic of "happiness" is just as weighty as "marriage" and "life," and I really don't know when Shinkai Shionai will realize this.

"call--"

Matsuzaka Kanon let out a slow sigh of relief, turning to look at Kuronuma Kiba and Nohi Riri who were talking. The bright afternoon sunlight streamed through the window, outlining his strong jawline, making it hard to look away.

It's perfectly normal for Shiona to like Kiba. Strictly speaking, there aren't many girls in the entire academy who don't have feelings for Kiba Kuronuma. Matsuzaka Kanon is well aware of this, and she has put a lot of thought into solving the "love letter" problem.

Under normal circumstances, Matsuzaka Kanon wouldn't want to be the villain, but she's afraid that Shinkai Shiona will regret it in the future and fall into an even more terrible abyss.

Just now, in order to calm Kuronuma and prevent the awkward atmosphere from affecting tonight's date, she said "I have no objections," which was of course the truth, but with some preconditions.

Besides, Liang probably wouldn't allow it. Forget it, there's no point in thinking about these things now.

Since we don't know exactly what happened between Ya and Shionai today, it's more important to find out his specific attitude first.

Jingle bell bell—

The school bell interrupted Matsuzaka Kanon's thoughts. Seeing Nohi Riri running away with her face covered, she walked slowly to Kuronuma Kiba's side and asked with a gentle smile, "Kiba, you didn't flirt with her just now, did you?"

"I think should not be?"

Kuronuma Kiba answered with some uncertainty, explaining that he had simply been asking about Shinkai Shiona, including the transaction date.

After learning that Wildfire Riri was selling his photos and posters for only 100 yen each at cost price, he didn't even ask for a share of the profits.

As a result, Wildfire Lili suddenly ran away.

"But now that we know everything we need to know, let's go."

Kuronuma Kiba took Matsuzaka Kanon's hand, turned and walked towards the stairs, talking about tonight's date: "I went to Ginza today to accompany Momo to buy an electric piano, and then I found out that the prices there are completely affordable for me. How about we go there for a date tonight?"

Although the bank card was given to Shirakawa Momo, thanks to the development of the tourism industry, in Ginza, a top global shopping district, not only can you use a certain blue software to scan and pay, but most shops also have Chinese-speaking sales assistants.

"Okay, but you didn't waste money on Shiona-chan today, did you?" Matsuzaka Kanon's beautiful gray eyes held a hidden smile.

"She only bought a few bags, but she couldn't take her eyes off them."

"Honestly, Ya knows perfectly well that she's making me angry."

"I let her go hungry for a while at noon and taught her a lesson for you."

"Don't do that again."

The two chatted as they went downstairs. After Matsuzaka Kanon changed her shoes at the shoe cabinet, they got into the back seat of the black sedan parked in front of the teaching building.

"To Ginza," Kuronuma Kiba said to Kobayakawa Reiko, who was sitting in the driver's seat.

"clear."

Kobayakawa Reiko turned around and handed over the tablet computer, saying respectfully, "Young Master Kuronuma, this is the information you requested to investigate. Also, the banquet tonight is at 8 p.m., so you need to arrive about 30 minutes early. The head of the family said you can bring Miss Shirakawa and Miss Matsusaka with you."

After finishing her account of the dinner party at a measured pace, she still didn't start the car, looking at Kuronuma with a hesitant expression, as if there was something she couldn't say.

"Speak your mind. Am I really that cruel?" Kuronuma Kiba took the tablet and looked at the document displayed on the screen.

"Ahem. The patriarch instructed me to relay her exact words."

Reiko Kobayakawa coughed lightly, then repeated with a serious expression, "Kiss~ Don't overthink it~ As a mother, it's only right that I care about my son's emotional state~ I really want to see them~"

After speaking in an affected tone, Reiko Kobayakawa turned back to her car with a blank expression, seemingly quite embarrassed.

Several black lines appeared on Kuronuma's forehead, but he ignored them and silently looked at Shinkai Hideo's information.

Hideo Shinkai, originally named Shota Yokoi, came from a farming family. After marrying into the Shinkai family, he changed his name and surname. With the support of the Shinkai family, he became the vice president of Shinkai Investment Bank, the president of Gem Entertainment, and a member of the board of directors of the Kendo Association.
No wonder Shinkai Shionai has been fostered by the Matsusaka family, and they even have to give her a large sum of money to support her. It turns out she's another guy who married into the family and doesn't dare let his wife know about his affairs outside.

After quickly glancing at her biography, Kuronuma Kiba handed the tablet to Matsuzaka Kanon, turning to meet her beautiful grey eyes: "Shiona is the child of two men who cheated on their parents. Is that something worth hiding?"

"Actually, Shionai once secretly went to see her biological father and some unpleasant things happened."

Kanon Matsuzaka took the tablet, turned it off, placed it on the chair beside her, and said softly, "So, she always thought that being alive was a mistake."

"I see, no wonder she said those things to me today."

Kuronuma Kiba closed his eyes with mixed feelings, his voice tinged with a deep sigh: "So, I've figured things out. The date Nobi-senpai told me about the transaction was the day I went with her to deal with the student council incident, which should have just been an escalation. Judging from those two pieces of bamboo sword, the source should be in Izu."

"I also bear some responsibility."

Matsuzaka Kanon placed her hand on the back of his hand, leaned closer, and asked about the matter that mattered most to her: "What does Kiba think?"

“Xi Nai is naive right now and just wants to find someone to rely on. I don’t want to fool a fool.”

Hearing a soft laugh beside him, Kuronuma Kiba turned his head and said in a serious tone, "If she can live happily in this world and still insists on doing so, I should agree, provided that you and Ryo have no objections."

"I'm relieved to hear that."

Matsuzaka Kanon gazed at him with deep affection in her beautiful gray eyes, and her last worry vanished: "I'm worried that Kiba will take advantage of Shiona-chan's weakness. That wouldn't be a good thing for me."

This was her initial reason for rejecting Shinkai Shionai, and also the premise for agreeing to Kuronuma Kiba adopting Shinkai Shionai.

"You looked so hurt last night, I thought you were going to give up on her altogether."

"Once everything is over, I will give Shionai a good talking-to and teach her what it means to be an older sister."

Seeing her smile grow increasingly terrifying, Kuronuma Kiba immediately changed the subject, showing no interest in learning more about how Shinkai Shionai would be treated in the future.

After all, he didn't really have much say in the family right now. "Kanon, what are your thoughts on how to make Shiona live happily in this world?"

The person who understands Shinkai Shiona best is, of course, Matsuzaka Kanon. With her intelligence, she shouldn't be acting without a plan.

“It’s very troublesome. I went to see Mr. Shinkai, and he was only willing to pay child support through special channels. But the key issue is that Shionai needs to live with dignity.”

Matsuzaka Kanon glanced at the tablet beside her, and thinking that the documents might contain contact information and addresses, she told him with some concern, "If you want to do anything, it's best to discuss it with me beforehand."

When she got down to business, her expression turned stern, like a mother instructing her ignorant child to always use the crosswalk.

"You mean, Shionai needs her biological father to acknowledge that her existence is not wrong, or that he needs to announce in public that he has an illegitimate daughter?" Kuronuma didn't think the matter was complicated. Humans are very fragile creatures; their bones can break with the slightest touch.

"That's difficult, after all, they are bankers with very high social status."

"Tell me what you know first."

On their way to Ginza, Kiba Kuronuma and Kanon Matsuzaka exchanged information about Shiona Shinkai and discussed in detail the various possibilities of healing her.

After learning about Shinkai Shiona's past life, Kuronuma Kiba felt only pity for her. From the very beginning, Shinkai Shiona had not done anything wrong and had suffered all kinds of malice for no reason.

No wonder she called herself "Golden Bell"; a normal person wouldn't compare themselves to an insect.

"I forgive her for what she did in the past."

As they got off the bus at the intersection of Ginza 4-chome, in front of Wako Department Store with its huge clock tower on top, Kuronuma Kiba said this to Matsusaka Kanon.

Although Shinkai Shiona is annoying, she's not particularly hateful, and letting bygones be bygones is the best option.

Thinking about this, he suddenly realized that this morning at the Yamaha flagship store, Shinkai Shionai had been very careful and hadn't clung to him like she used to.

With such a humble attitude, and considering Matsuzaka Kanon's influence, what else is there to argue about?
“However, I still don’t like idiots,” Kuronuma Fang added.

"Based on my understanding of Shionai-chan, she doesn't actually need you to like her."

Matsuzaka Kanon took his hand and got out of the car. While smoothing the wrinkles in her skirt with her other hand, she looked around at the streets: "This is my first time in a place like this. How should I put it? Even the air is filled with the scent of money?"

"Is it really that exaggerated? Actually, I feel that Ginza is not as good as Shinjuku. There isn't even an arcade here."

Kuronuma shrugged indifferently, led her through the mall entrance, and said with a smile in a casual tone, "I saw a lot of designer original brand clothing stores today, so I thought I'd bring you here for a date and maybe do some research?"

"Yes, a fashion designer who can open a shop in Ginza is definitely worth learning from."

Matsuzaka Kanon nodded noncommittally, a touch of emotion welling up inside her, which quickly vanished: "It would be even better if you weren't on a date with another woman today, but instead saw me while shopping and thought of me."

Seeing the reproachful look she gave him, Kuronuma Kiba's smile gradually became awkward. He coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Shall we go to Hatsushino's house for dinner tonight?"

"I don't care, but does Ya want me to go?" Matsuzaka Kanon asked with a smile.

As his lover, she didn't really want to go to the Hatsushino family's house. Putting aside the fact that the person she would be facing was the mother of Kuronuma Kiba's real girlfriend, even if she were his biological mother, their relationship as lovers wouldn't really be appropriate for them to meet.

But if he insists, Matsuzaka Kanon is mentally prepared.

Seeing the hint of difficulty hidden in her beautiful gray eyes, Kuronuma Kiba decisively abandoned his idea of ​​having Shirakawa Momo and Matsusaka Kanon go to the Hatsushino house together that night.

"Never mind, I just can't stand Aunt Hatsukano. She's even more annoying than Shiona. I was originally hoping you could keep her occupied."

"You really think highly of me. That kind of person is not easy to deal with. I have to be careful."

Matsuzaka Kanon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to a shop in the mall, and walked over: "Let's go to this shop. It looks like it has a rather glamorous style, which is perfect since I'm not good at that kind of thing."

"Okay." Kuroguma gazed at her clean and beautiful face, deciding to put all the messy things behind him and enjoy their date.

Shopping with Matsuzaka Kanon is never boring.

She would patiently and meticulously introduce the brands that Black Swamp Fang couldn't name, explaining their history, style, and design concepts. Even in areas she had never been exposed to before, such as equestrian equipment and jewelry, she could explain her understanding and opinions in simple language.

In the words of Kanon Matsusaka, there are many interesting things in this world, and it's never a bad thing to learn more about them.

However, she wasn't interested in shopping; she was more interested in communicating with designers of original brands. By the end of the date, Kuronuma had only bought a box of beautifully packaged snacks.

It was Matsuzaka Kanon who reminded him that he should bring some souvenirs when visiting the Hatsushikano family, and she carefully helped him choose them.

After the date ended, I took Matsuzaka Kanon back to her apartment, and Kuronuma Kiba took a car alone to Chiyoda Ward. He got off the car at exactly 7:30.

As you enter the quaint old wooden house, a maid dressed in an elegant kimono greets you and leads Kuronuma Kiba through a winding corridor to a closed Japanese-style sliding door.

As Kuronuma Fang opened the wooden door, an unexpected scene came into view.

Before him was a tatami room. Hatsushino Ryo stood quietly on the veranda with her back to him, bare-backed, with two wooden trays beside her.

Her short white hair swayed gently, revealing the ear contours that resembled those of an elf from a comic book. No matter how many times you've seen her, you'll still be captivated by her snow-white, delicate skin and curvaceous figure.

In front of her, the tall, straight bamboo grove was a translucent green, and the slender leaves swayed gently in the evening breeze, making a soft rustling sound.

Hearing the door open, Hatsushiro Ryo turned around expressionlessly. The indifference that didn't belong to this world faded from her wine-red eyes, revealing an intriguing emotion.

"Teeth." She turned gracefully, stretched out her hands, her pink lips parted slightly, and called softly.

Why aren't you wearing clothes?

Kuronuma Kiba closed the door behind him, walked slowly to Hatsushino Ryo, raised his arms and hugged her, the refreshing scent of roses filling his nostrils.

"I don't like it, and it's okay."

Because of Chie Hatsushino's personal reasons, even the Hatsushino family's company was divided into two regions.

Furthermore, Hatsushino Ryo seems to have always disliked the constraints of clothing. She usually doesn't wear underwear, and her clothes are all loose-fitting. She never wears socks.

She nuzzled her head against Kuronuma Kiba's chest for a while, then raised her face, her wine-red eyes meeting his gaze with an ambiguous look: "Aren't you going to tell me about you and Shionai-chan?"

"I don't have any ideas yet."

"Will there be more in the future?"

Hearing Hatsushino Ryo ask this, Kuronuma Kiba guiltily looked away, his gaze falling on the dense bamboo grove in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)