Tokyo, there are too many beautiful girls imitating me

You don't blame her, but it's true that she made you like this.

You know, when your mother talks about "this", she is not only referring to the fact that you work because you are worried about the family finances and her terrible marriage, but also to your appearance and the face you show to everyone.

Helping to clean the barber shop, collecting the free blonde hair dye, helping the manicurist with cheap manicures, hanging homemade jewelry on the head and body, and making a stylish dress according to the fashion magazines...

You are smart and thrifty. At a very low price, you package yourself as a hot girl and show your bold and aggressive temperament to the outside world, as if you really have become a hot girl.

This is proof of your low self-esteem.

And now, you suddenly wake up:

My appearance probably hurts my mother's heart every day.

[The daughter of a hot girl is also a hot girl?

Maybe that's the case, but more importantly, this sentence should be accompanied by a causal relationship.

Because she is the daughter of a hot girl, she is a hot girl.

When I was young, I fell in love with drumming. I was fascinated by the sound of drums that was as loud as thunder and as cheerful as raindrops. I dreamed that I could become a famous drummer in the future and become a superstar.

To do this, you attended music theory classes for five years until the sixth grade of elementary school.

That day, the mother of the girl from the next class blocked your mother in front of the school gate and slapped her in public.

The girl's father was my mother's guest, and as a result, my mother destroyed the other person's marriage.

Although the biggest reason was the father's misconduct, neither the mother nor you resisted at the time, and there was no way to resist.

Hostesses are born at the bottom of the social ladder and find it difficult to fight back even when they are bullied.

And now that it is known and there is no way to fight back, then the malice will surge like a tide day and night.

You were bullied at school for only a week. Your mother, who noticed something was wrong, immediately arranged for you to transfer to another school and moved to a new place where you could feel more at ease.

However, the shadow and fear have been completely imprinted in your heart. You cannot escape, so you think of hiding.

So, you became what you are now, a hot girl.

After all, if the daughter of a hostess is good in both character and study, and if she is a gentle and good girl, then many people will call you a pretentious bitch, but if you are a hot girl, then everything will be natural.

If she is a hot girl, when the day comes that her mother's profession is exposed, the malice will be much smaller, the backlash will be much smaller, and the hurt you will suffer will be much less.

That's it, from a long time ago, from the day you decided to become a hot girl, you were ready to endure the malice of the people around you.

This is the way of escape you choose when fear is planted in your heart.

But, you only considered yourself, and only now did you realize, no, you deliberately ignored and avoided thinking about this matter -

Isn't it true that you, a well-behaved and sensible person, suddenly dress up like a hottie? It proves that the hostess's mother has hurt you thoroughly from the inside out.

You kept running away, but today, facing your mother's apology, you finally...

There is no escape.】

Chapter 101: Staying True to Reality

[It seems to be a dead end.]

When you were young, your mother's job hurt you. Now, you have hurt her, and you are hurt again because of her "I'm sorry". The miserable look you show once again hurts your mother.

The hurt is accumulating day by day. As long as you still love each other and feel guilty about each other, you two, mother and daughter, will only be overwhelmed by endless pain.

And both you and your mother know how to break out of this painful cycle.

However, your clumsy mother has no strengths other than her appearance and is unable to extricate herself from this quagmire. You, who want to change, are too young and do not have the ability to do so.

In this case, what else can I say?

"I'm so sleepy, I need to go to bed. I need to make a delicious dinner!"

"Uh-huh."

If you continue talking, things will get out of control. Your tearful mother turned over, covered her head with the quilt and muttered softly. You agreed softly, walked out of the room in a daze and closed the door.

Then, unable to support yourself, you leaned against the door panel and slowly slid down. You breathed a sigh of relief.

However, this relaxation does not last long, and soon you feel frustrated.

I was angry at myself but felt relieved.

Your mother's words of apology pierce through your self-righteous armor, once again making you realize your inner inferiority and the quagmire you are in.

Wiping the tears from your eyes, you turned into the living room, where your stepfather, who made you feel uncomfortable in every way, was drinking the miso soup you made with a disgusting look of enjoyment.

"The soup Yui makes is so delicious, full of the taste of home, and it makes me feel warm."

Seeing you coming, he put down his chopsticks and looked up, giving you a flattering smile, hoping to get closer to you by praising your cooking skills.

In the past few weeks, ever since he married your mother and moved into your home, he has been trying to get closer to you, putting up with your cold stares and cold words. For a father, his actions can be described as humble.

But no matter how sweet his words are, your opinion of him will not change.

after all......

Ignoring him, you poured yourself some soup and sat down, but he continued chattering on.

"Where are you going today, Yui? Or is it the tennis club's activities?"

"How's school been lately? Has anything particularly bothered you?"

"Just now the neighbor was really fierce and glared at me fiercely."

......

"Come to think of it, Yui has never brought friends home. Is she having trouble at school? She needs to make friends..."

"enough!!!"

He pretends to care about you in an attempt to establish his authority as a father and to gain your approval, but he spends the entire meal chattering instead of eating with his mouth. You can't stand it and just order him to stop.

Hearing this, his body shuddered, and he looked up at you as if he had done something wrong. The man shrank back and immediately stopped talking.

Tsk, seeing him like this, you became more and more annoyed. You refused his request to wash the dishes, stood up, cleared the dishes, and walked back to your room.

Looking at the clock, it was now 9:05 in the morning, and the itinerary sent by Chika Tachibana said that we would meet at 10 o'clock.

If I reply now and get dressed up, I'll be able to catch up and go out with her.

Anyway, your mother has returned safely and is sleeping soundly, and you can't go on with your work today. Maybe you can choose to relax yourself?

So, you choose——】

[1. Stay at home and make some accessories to sell later, and continue to take care of my mother when she wakes up]

[2. Promise Chika Tachibana to go on a date with her for a whole day]

[3. Get out of here, you scumbag! Stay home, install security cameras, and deliberately seduce your stepfather. Gather evidence of his misconduct so your mother can divorce this cowardly and dull man, who is arguably your worst stepfather ever.]

[4. Free simulation (three simulations required)]

After the initial selection, in this second round, the simulation system gave three choices that were very similar to the previous round.

In other words, choosing option one in the first round of choices will not affect the subsequent course of events. At this point, Hanasaka Yui still has the opportunity to change course and choose another path in life.

Will she choose?

If she chooses option 2, will she join the light music club, recreate the scenes that appeared in the simulation of Mitsuki Marin and Akizuki Aino, become a drummer, and make her youth ring non-stop?

At this point, no matter whether Hanasaka Yui chooses option one or option two, Chika Tachibana will offer her blessings in her heart.

However, to her surprise and horror, this time, Hanasaka Yui kept the pointer hovering over option three for a long time.

Not only the result of the selection, but also the process of the simulator host selection was clearly visible to Chika Tachibana, who was using the Peeping Stream system.

At this moment, although no choice has been made yet, just the fact that Hanasaka Yui expressed her intention to choose option three frightened Chika Tachibana, and she almost exclaimed "No!"

After all, even if it is a customary option, the option of a stepdaughter seducing her stepfather is too far-fetched and abnormal.

But now it seems that perhaps this is exactly what Hanasaka Yui has been thinking about for a long time.

Hanasaka Yui does not trust her stepfather.

Based on the previous simulations, Chika Tachibana could roughly understand the source of this distrust.

My mother is a hostess. Her job every night is to drink. After drinking, she would associate with all kinds of men with ulterior motives in society. Knowing her job and understanding that she would inevitably be taken advantage of, he still chose to marry her. What kind of person is this man who always wears half a hat on his head?

How incompetent is a man who allowed her to continue serving wine after he got married, while he stayed at home doing nothing, and even had his accommodation provided by Hanasaka's mother? He was so scared that he trembled when scolded by his stepdaughter?

Such a man deserves to be unrecognized and untrusted.

Regarding her mother's marriage, Chika Tachibana put herself in Hanasaka Yui's shoes and felt that she probably wouldn't be able to stand it either.

But for Hanasaka Yui, this was not just this time. Apart from her biological father, she had experienced this four times since she moved when she was twelve years old.

Also, how did the first three stepfathers...

Born in such a family, Hanasaka Yui has always suffered misfortune.

But even so, option three must not be chosen. Staring at the system light screen, Tachibana Chika prayed devoutly in her heart.

Fortunately, Hanasaka Yui did not disappoint her expectations. The pointer recalled that this time, she still chose - Option 1!

[Are you always honest with yourself, or have you actually already seen through your own destiny and lost hope for the future?

In short, this time you still choose activities that will take place in reality.

Whether it was the music he had long since given up or the budding romance, none of it was as important as his mother.

You only act for your mother, you are so filial.

But, what is the price?

But, what about you? 】

During the simulation, the system asked questions.

Chapter 102: Full

[Whatever the cost, you have chosen your own path.

Today's itinerary has been planned, but before you start making the accessories, you are still thinking about Chika Tachibana.

Thinking that accepting the light music club pendant at Chika Tachibana's house last night was a wrong signal to her, you opened your phone and sent her a message without wavering, solemnly expressing your determination not to join the light music club.

However, as you pressed the send button, your heart seemed to be twisted into a knot. Now, you didn't even have the heart to make the accessories. You simply threw yourself back on the bed and covered yourself with the quilt.

It’s okay, even if you don’t join the light music club, you can still be friends, you said to yourself.

Then he continued: Anyway, a guy like you is not worthy of Chika Tachibana's favor. It is best to let go of hopeless things from the beginning.

After these two sentences, the depression seemed to disappear, replaced by a purer sadness.

After being bored for a long time, you feel thirsty and go to the kitchen.

You take out the chilled barley tea from the refrigerator, pour it in, and the water makes a gurgling sound in the cup. You suddenly realize how quiet it is.

Apart from the sound of pouring water, there was no other sound in the house.

My mother was sleeping, and my stepfather was sleeping too.

You glanced at your stepfather's door, and option three from the previous two choices flashed through your mind again. You bit your lip, breaking a piece of skin.

Like his mother, his stepfather Hanasaka Ryogo is nocturnal and only works at night.

However, the difference is that my mother could only work at that time, while my stepfather simply wanted to work at that time, and his schedule was simply disrupted.

He is a cartoonist. He used to be a corporate slave, but quit his job midway and made his debut at the age of 32. Now at the age of 36, he has only published a few short stories and has never had a serialized record. He is a poor and mediocre cartoonist.

According to their mother, they first met in a nightclub...

Boom!

After drinking half a cup of barley tea, you slammed the cup on the table, feeling more and more distressed.

Just like my biological father, my mother's vision in men is always so poor, and she is always so unreliable...

Such a helpless person seems to go against the mother's wishes. Could it be that she really likes him and is deceived by the sweet words of this gigolo?

Your thoughts become increasingly scattered.

For a long time after your biological father died in a car accident, you had no father in your life. The turning point, the turning point of your destiny, was when you were twelve years old. Because your mother's occupation was exposed, you were disgraced, bullied, and forced to transfer schools.

After that, your mother must have given up on raising you alone and started trying to rely on men.