I have pure love with them

"Are you longing for the care and security of your family?"

That "Dad" was not her remembrance of her own father, but her longing for fatherly love.

His hand fell on her soft and silky long hair, stroking it gently. Nagasaki Souyo, with her eyes closed, her expression gradually softened. She lay quietly in Quan's arms, feeling the feeling she longed for.

……

"The work is finally over! Haha... I can take a break for a while."

After finishing the tedious and tight work tasks, Ms. Nagasaki returned to her home, stood at the entrance, casually took off the high-heeled leather shoes on her slender feet, put on wide and soft slippers, and slowly walked into the living room while complaining about her work.

"There's no sound in the living room, and the lights aren't on... Have you returned to your room?"

Arriving at the living room, Ms. Nagasaki looked around the room but could not sense any signs of life.

"Hmm... Although under normal circumstances, it is difficult to leave any signs of life in such a large apartment, but there is no smell in the living room... The kitchen has not been touched..."

Ms. Nagasaki raised her delicate nose to sniff, but couldn't smell any food at all, and a confused expression appeared on her face.

"Did you eat out today?"

Looking towards her daughter's room, Ms. Nagasaki wondered whether she should hire an extra nanny to take care of her daughter's daily life.

"Ask Shuangshi."

Although she was a little tired, Ms. Nagasaki still came to the door of her daughter's room.

Her only motivation for work now is the sense of accomplishment and her daughter. If she can't see her daughter for a long time, her motivation will drop rapidly.

"Shuangshi, are you asleep?"

Gently knocking on her daughter's door, Ms. Nagasaki asked her daughter.

"Shuangshi?"

There was no sound in the house, which made Ms. Nagasaki look puzzled. She then looked down at the exquisite ladies' watch on her wrist and confirmed the current time.

"Normally at this time of year, Shuangshi should not have rested yet, right? Why is there no movement at all?"

Ms. Nagasaki frowned and knocked on the door again, feeling puzzled.

"Shuangshi?"

"..."

The room was silent, which made Ms. Nagasaki even more concerned.

"I... am coming in?"

After whispering something softly, Ms. Nagasaki pushed open her daughter's door with doubt in her heart. She moved very gently, for fear of waking up her daughter who was already asleep. But after slowly pushing open the door, she found that it was pitch black.

"Fell asleep?"

She asked the question, but in her heart she had already thought of another possibility. She frowned and slowly walked into the room. After turning on the light, she saw an empty room.

No.

The daughter did not come home.

"..."

A feeling of fatigue instantly overwhelmed her heart. Ms. Nagasaki walked to the edge of her daughter's bed with a gloomy look on her face. She looked at the big bed she had specially customized for her, slowly sat down, and put her palms on the bed. She gave a helpless smile.

Looking towards the desk, her daughter's desk was clean and tidy, yet empty to the point of being depressing.

"..."

Ms. Nagasaki picked up her mobile phone in silence, stared at the screen, hesitated for a moment, then clicked on the contact and called her daughter.

beep--

beep--

"Well……"

After waiting for a while, her daughter's call was connected, and on the other end of the line, her daughter's lazy and charming voice was heard.

The moment the voice rang in her ears, the Nagasaki girl was stunned for a moment. It was a familiar voice, but it gave her a strong sense of strangeness. She had never heard her daughter make such an... ambiguous voice in front of her.

"Shuangshi...you are out, right? Who are you with? When will you be back?"

"With Dad—"

"Ok?"

Ms. Nagasaki, who was sitting in her daughter's room, had a frozen expression on her face. The fingers holding the phone turned white when she heard the word "Dad".

"Well, Ms. Nagasaki, Shuangshi is with me. She was too tired just now and fell asleep. She was talking in her sleep. I will take her home later."

But before Nagasaki Souyo could finish his words, and before Ms. Nagasaki could express her confusion and anger, the phone fell into the hands of another person. The familiar voice temporarily suppressed Ms. Nagasaki's anger. She listened to the explanation on the other end of the phone in silence, silently adjusting her breathing.

"Chihaya-kun?"

"it's me……"

A variety of emotions appeared in Ms. Nagasaki's eyes, but after a period of silence, she sighed softly and did not pursue her daughter's misconduct.

"Shuangshi, is she at your house now?"

"……Um."

Nagasaki Soyo, who was originally in a daze, now clearly realized who he was talking to just now. A shy and embarrassed expression appeared on his face. He was sitting next to Quan, watching him talking to his mother.

"Tell me the address and I'll come pick her up."

"..."

Even Izumi fell into silence at this time, her eyes fell on Nagasaki Soyo. The girl looked at Izumi apologetically, stretched out her fair hands, and motioned for Izumi to hand the phone to her so that she could deal with her mother.

Under the gaze of Nagasaki Sōyo, Izumi shook his head and, under the gaze of the girl, told Ms. Nagasaki where he was now.

"Come right over and let her wait."

Then the call was hung up, leaving Nagasaki Shoyo looking at Izumi nervously.

"Quanjun..."

"It's okay. She's just worried about your safety, so she came to pick you up. Just get dressed first."

"……Um."

Because he had already sent a message to his sister in advance, Quan did not receive a call to urge him to go home, but unexpectedly, Nagasaki Shoyo's mother seemed to have returned home early today.

"The truth has been revealed? No, Ms. Nagasaki must have known about it a long time ago, but it was just so sudden that I didn't expect it to happen at this time..."

Things happened suddenly, and even Izumi himself didn't know what Ms. Nagasaki was feeling at the moment, but Nagasaki Soyo's dangerous remarks just now made Izumi feel a little overwhelmed.

"If I deal with it later and get questioned... it will be very troublesome. Forget it, let's sort it out first."

Considering that Ms. Nagasaki would most likely enter the apartment later, Izumi glanced at Nagasaki Soyo who was getting dressed, quickly and skillfully put on his own clothes, and began to tidy up the room.

Minato took a look at the distance from Roppongi in Minato Ward to where he was and found that it was only 8 kilometers in total.

'For half an hour, I was filled with the gentleness and generosity of Ms. Nagasaki.'

Although it is impossible to step on the accelerator to the bottom in the city, the total distance is 8 kilometers, and even if you encounter traffic lights, you can reach the destination in about 20 minutes at most.

Just as Izumi and Nagasaki Shoyo were getting ready, and less than 20 minutes had passed since the call, Nagasaki Shoyo's phone rang again.

"…Mom's phone call."

Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Izumi, and Izumi nodded slightly at her.

"..."

Seeing that Izumi seemed to have made all the preparations, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his lips and answered the call from his mother.

"I've already arrived."

Hearing her mother's voice, Nagasaki Shoyo couldn't judge her mother's mood for a moment. Just as she was hesitating about how to start speaking, Izumi had already extended her hand towards her.

"I come."

"..."

Facing Izumi's calm face, Nagasaki Shoyo bit his soft lips, then handed his mobile phone to Izumi.

"Chihaya-kun?"

Perhaps it was because of Izumi's voice and the sound of the phone being handed over that Ms. Nagasaki knew who was holding the phone.

"It's me, Ms. Nagasaki, is she at the door now?"

"Yes, in the entrance hall."

"Wait a moment."

334. Eyes as big as bells

Ms. Nagasaki was invited by Izumi to enter the living room. She followed quietly behind Izumi, observing the environment inside the apartment subtly. She stopped when she saw her daughter standing in the living room with a slightly uneasy look on her face.

"Is this where you, Quan Jun, live alone?"

After hurriedly arriving at the address given by Izumi, Ms. Nagasaki was not as anxious as before. After slowly entering the living room, she noticed that there didn't seem to be many people living in the entire apartment. There were only Izumi and her daughter's shoes at the door.

It doesn't look like a place where a family lives, but more like a residence for a single man.

'The decoration and layout style have a very strong personal style.'

But it also indirectly indicates that this place does not have many people living in it. In Ms. Nagasaki's mind, she thought she had come to Chihaya's house, but now it seems more like she has come to Chihaya Izumi's resting place.

Just in this apartment, one can't feel many signs of life left by living here regularly.

"Yes."

From Ms. Nagasaki's question, Izumi could tell what she meant by that, and nodded in acknowledgement with a smile.

"..."

She walked slowly into the living room, ignoring her daughter who looked a little nervous. She walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the bustling city night view that could be seen from this high place, and then slowly looked at the spring behind her.

"Doesn't your sister live with you? Not here?"

"She lives with her parents, and I only come here occasionally, but I spend more time at home with my own family."

Ms. Nagasaki's question seemed a little abrupt, but Izumi just smiled and answered.