People are in animation, but they can connect to reality

"I'm a very stupid person." Toyokawa Seikao took a deep breath and exhaled. He had put an end to his life and recognized his fate.

"The luckiest thing in my life is meeting Mizuho and having a lovely daughter. You know, I come from a remote countryside village in a mountain, which is far away from Tokyo."

"When I was very young, I was determined to escape from that mountain. So I studied hard, desperately, hoping to change my fate through learning. However, no matter how hard I tried, I could never compare to those who were more talented. I began to pretend to be sincere, and used this sincerity to disguise myself, making myself harmless and blending into the group."

"When I grew up, I went to Tokyo to attend university and met Mizuho. She saw through my mask and my disguise at a glance. I was scared, scared of how she would look at me, scared that my disguise would be discovered."

Fengchuan Qingjiao gave a bitter smile. His expression looked a little painful, and the hand holding the beer trembled slightly.

"Mizuho was special. She didn't expose me; instead, she accepted me. She asked, 'I'm curious, can humans really pretend forever?' At the time, I didn't know how to answer this question. I was just scared and wanted to stay away."

Thinking of Mizuho Toyokawa, a rare calmness and serenity appeared on the face of the man in front of him. On that peaceful face, Asagi seemed to see something called happiness.

"But Mizuho approached me very carefully. She really cared about my feelings and didn't dislike me at all. I really don't understand what attracted her to someone like me. She told me, 'I like your sincerity.'"

At this point, Toyokawa Kiyoshi gave a wry smile.

"[Sincerity]? It was clearly a facade. I just felt like she was deliberately teasing me. But I didn't dare resist because I was afraid she would tell everyone the truth. If that happened, I wouldn't be able to survive."

But in Asagi's opinion, he missed that kind of wry smile very much.

"I began to deliberately avoid her, deliberately diverting my time, and deliberately staying away from the places she often went. In this way, I spent a short period of time in peace. But soon, she found me again. At that time, I had just come out of the library, and she was standing on the path outside the library, staring at me straight. That night, the sky was drizzling, and the rain hit her face and soaked her clothes. Ruisui's hair was wet and stuck to her cheeks and neck, which looked very heartbreaking."

"I couldn't understand why Ruihui did that, but I couldn't help but run to Ruihui's side and hold the umbrella in front of Ruihui to block the rain. At that time, Ruihui stared into my eyes, and I saw Ruihui's eyes were wet. I couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears."

"I took Ruihui to a nearby hotel and told her to take a good bath, otherwise she would get sick. When she came out of the bath, I asked her why she did that."

[We are of the same kind. If I lose my kind, I might not be able to hold on.]

"It was then that I understood the pain Mizuho was facing. As the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa Group and the only child of the Toyokawa family's head, I really couldn't imagine the pain she was experiencing. She had no worries about food and clothing, and could squander her life and money as she pleased, doing whatever she wanted. This kind of life is what many people dream of, yet Mizuho was suffering."

"I can not understand."

"Later, I realized that the strong, gentle, and powerful girl had been pretending all along. Mizuho had also been [disguising] herself the entire time. As the heir to the Toyokawa family, she had been carrying the family's future and mission from birth, so she had to live the way the Toyokawa family wanted her to live. She would become a slave of the Toyokawa family, living for the family all her life. In the future, she would marry someone she had never met and did not love, and together they would support the Toyokawa family."

"She was in pain and wanted to fight. But she couldn't. Until Ruihui saw me, she thought I was one of her own. I never thought that one day I would meet someone like me, and I wouldn't be alone. We started to be together, fell in love, and agreed to keep pretending like this until we really became like this."

"I became [sincere], and Ruihui became [strong and gentle]. During that time, we were very happy. In my opinion, Ruihui saved me. Until we had Xiangzi. Ruihui and I agreed that we would let Xiangzi freely choose how to live and give her the right to choose her own future."

Toyokawa Seikao lowered his head even lower, and his voice suddenly choked.

"But Mizuho passed away suddenly. I was supposed to protect Xiangzi, but I lost the power to do so. After being kicked out of the family, I could no longer find a job. Only then did I realize what kind of power Mizuho had faced."

"I can't save Xiangzi. I'm an unfit father. Could you please save her on my behalf?"

As he said this, Toyokawa Kiyoshi handed a letter and the check for 1 million yen to Asagi, who had put the check in another envelope.

[Wash it away] Chapter 326 Can you please save her?