The woman's eyebrows suddenly rose, as if she was unhappy that she didn't apologize but talked back first.
"Of course I don't know you. Who knows what you are thinking? After all, you have never said anything."
This careless and natural irony only intensified the girl's anger.
"Does mom still remember what she said to me the day I ran away from home?"
The other party thought about this for a few seconds, and then said nonchalantly: "...I don't remember what you said."
"really……"
Sayu murmured and lowered his head, his expression seemed angry or sad.
"I knew... Mom didn't take me seriously at all, and she didn't even try to understand me, right?"
Staring at the graceful side face hidden in the gap between the hair tips, Kato Yusuke felt an inexplicable pain in his heart and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
"You started complaining about me as soon as you got home?" The woman continued: "So you ran away from home just to cause trouble for your family and vent your anger, right?"
"That's not true!"
Sayu shouted and stood up suddenly from his chair.
The sudden outburst of emotion made the other party's shoulders tremble, and he showed a timid expression for a moment, then immediately raised his eyebrows and stared back.
"I just...want to run away from my mother!"
The girl said in a decisive tone: "If you want to escape, you don't want to understand my mother at all! If you want to escape, you will think it's me...you who killed your only friend with your own hands..."
Sayu's voice gradually became softer, and a small cry came from his throat.
It was not an attempt to attack the other party or win sympathy, but an idea to express the feelings in one's heart even if one's own vulnerability was exposed.
After this reminder, the woman seemed to have finally remembered something. A momentary daze flashed in her eyes, and then she changed to a serious expression.
"...Even so, what happens if you run away from home? A child can't do anything even if he runs outside."
"This...although this is the case..."
Sayu hesitated, speechless.
Seeing her like this, the other party pressed her further: "After all that, you ended up hiding in a stranger's house...and bringing other people's children home. Isn't this a crime?"
"Mom, Kato-kun, like Sayu, he is still just a student..." Isa on the side pulled the woman's arm and reminded her pointedly.
The woman seemed to want to get angry for a moment, but she immediately thought of something and stopped her words. She lowered her voice and said: "Even so... you know that this kind of behavior is wrong, right? Why would you bring such a person back...
…”
"that is because--"
While Ogiwara Kazusa was trying to explain...
"Bang!"
Sayu slammed the table hard.
"You always you always..."
A deep voice sounded slowly, as if coming from deep in the throat.
"You always insult the most important person to me like this! That's what I hate about you!!!"
The almost screaming voice made the air in the room tremble.
Before the other person could speak, she continued: "Unlike my mother... Yusuke cherished me from the bottom of his heart. When I was the most self-defeating, he was the only one who gave me 'unconditional love'."
The calm words floated clearly into everyone's ears.
"Unconditional love...?"
The woman murmured, anger appearing on her face.
"What are you talking about...you don't even know my hardships...!"
As she said this, she slammed her hands on the table, and even the scruples in her heart were suppressed by her anger.
"You have no idea how much you have caused me to lose...!"
Immediately afterwards——
"It would have been better if... I hadn't given birth to you in the first place——!"
The words spread throughout the room.
"Mom——!" Ogihara shouted angrily.
There was a sudden silence in the house.
After hearing this, Sayu's face turned pale, without any blood on it, and then she took another breath and bit her lower lip tightly.
Little by little, her eyes became red, and tears began to accumulate in the corners of her eyes.
At this moment, a pair of warm palms pressed on the top of her head.
"Don't cry."
A gentle and calm voice came from the young man's mouth.
"I am here."
"Um……"
Sayu nodded her head vigorously, pinched the corners of her skirt with both hands, and burst into tears.
"Didn't they all tell you not to cry? You are really a crybaby."
Kato Yusuke smiled, his voice became softer, and he raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears on the girl's face.
"Well... don't cry anymore."
Sayu sniffed and responded, her voice sounding muffled, and then she slowly stopped crying.
Yusuke nodded and turned to look across.
"Then, if you regret this, why not let me take Sayu away, madam."
"take away?"
The woman's brows furrowed as she met his eyes for the first time. Although there was a moment of fear, she suppressed it again.
"What do you mean?"
"It literally means that if you really hate your daughter so much, why not just give her freedom? I will be responsible for her future life."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Ogihara family except Sayu was shocked.
The woman first showed a confused expression, and then let out a feeble sigh: "Don't be joking, after all, you are just a child. Do you think this is just a simple talk? If you don't have money-"
"Is twenty million enough?"
"ha--?"
"This is what I can take out now. It should be enough for two people to finish college."
As if she was shocked speechless for a moment, the woman opened her eyes blankly.
Even Yi Sa couldn't help but frown, tapped the table with his hand, and said cautiously: "Kato-kun, do you know what you are talking about? No matter how hard it is for Sayu, this kind of thing cannot be done easily.
Kidding."
Kato Yusuke laughed at this: "I never joke with strangers, have you forgotten?"
As he spoke, he picked up the backpack that had been there since entering the house from under his feet and started rummaging through it.
The women and Yisa stared at him momentarily.
Within a moment, he had a bankbook in his hand.
Without saying anything, Yusuke just put the bankbook on the table and pushed it to the opposite side with his hand.
Seeing this, Ogihara Kazusa couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Just when he was about to reach out and take it, a hand next to him took the bankbook in his hand before him.
"mom……"
Ignoring his reaction, the woman just started reading.
Swish swish swish.
Immediately afterwards——
"What do you mean 20 million...here it's not even half that."
Faced with the woman's words, Kato Yusuke did not panic or rush, but said to Yi Sa: "Can you lend me your laptop? Uncle."
Ogihara Kazusa did not answer immediately, but looked at his mother hesitantly.
"...Go and get it for him, Yisa." The woman said coldly.
"I know, then I'll excuse you." Yi Sa nodded and walked out of the room.
Hardly a few minutes passed.
Holding a thin and light laptop, he returned to the living room.
"Is this ok?"
"Yeah, okay."
After nodding in greeting, Yusuke took the computer and started operating on it.
valley lining
The women crossed their arms and stared at him without saying a word, with an incomprehensible look in their eyes.
For a while, the only sound in the living room was the typing of keyboards.
"alright."
Until Kato Yusuke, who seemed to have accomplished something, raised his head again and turned the laptop screen towards them.
Then the two of them looked up together.
What appears in front of you is the bank account interface.
[Name: Yusuke Kato]
[Account amount: 27,451,500]
…
After seeing the amount above clearly, Ogiwara Kazusa's pupils shrank violently out of shock.
You must know that even for a company inherited from his father, the annual income will only be between 15 and 18 million, and that is when the market conditions are very good. Otherwise, it will only be around 10 million at most, let alone return
When there are losses.
In order to ensure that the company can obtain good profits, as the president, he not only has to stay in the company often, he even does not even take a few days off throughout the year.
Calculated according to the people in Tokyo with an annual income of more than 10 million, this proportion is almost only a very small part of the overall society, and most of them have to support the annual expenses of a family of four.
After all, more than 80% of women in Japan work as full-time housewives after marriage, so their income depends entirely on the man, just like the Ogihara family.
Even so, this is enough to envy the privileged life of others.
But now, a student who was still in high school took out the money so easily in front of him, how could he not be moved by it?
Not only that, the other party also said that he would use the money to support his sister's future life... This made his mood even more complicated.
Even if the money is borrowed, the fact that a high school student can have such connections is worth pondering.
Outstanding appearance, good skills, excellent character, outstanding ability...
Everything is the best choice, even my sister is my whole heart.
Faced with all this, Ogiwara Kazusa couldn't even think of how to express his inner thoughts for a while, which made him feel a little depressed and had a feeling of shame.
Turning and looking to the side.
I saw my mother also had a look of disbelief, and she was in a daze with her mind shaken. It was obvious that she was also violently shaken by this fact.
"Is this okay? Madam."
Kato Yusuke asked slowly, with a dull expression on his face, as if he had no idea how impactful his performance was.
"How...how do you have so much money?" the woman asked silently.
"You only need to know that these are incomes from legal sources and have been reported on taxes. You don't need to know anything else."
The other party was silent again, folded his hands in front of him, and put them to his mouth.
"...You plan to use this money to support Sayu's college education?"
“It’s not just college.”
Kato Yusuke shook his head and spoke eloquently.
"Including Sayu's future life, I will always do my best to take care of her."
"In a sense, I am here to solve your troubles this time. As long as you agree to give Sayu freedom and let her go to Tokyo to study, then everyone can be happy."
"I will not ask you to stop appearing in front of Sayu, and if you want to one day, you can also come to visit Sayu. We will all welcome you."
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to. You can even let Sayu adopt the name of my current guardian and never see each other again. Everything depends on your choice."
The young man's words were very calm, but also very clear, well-organized and comprehensive.
The words did not attack women as "people who must be defeated", but sought a reasonable and peaceful solution, and also thoughtfully provided various options.
It's completely different from the previous angry look, and it even makes people feel that everything not long ago was just a fantasy.
If I hadn't seen the big hole left in the wall when I left the living room just now, maybe I would have really believed it.
First use force to eliminate other people's mentality of being underestimated, and then show off financial resources. It is very natural to use both carrot and stick tactics.
Looking at my mother who was speechless for a long time by these words.
For a moment, Ogiwara Kazusa couldn't help but want to agree.
After all, there is absolutely no hope for the relationship between mother and Sayu. Instead of continuing to frustrate each other, it might be a good idea to let go.
However, out of respect, he still left the matter to his mother. He just whispered "Mom..." and then became quiet.
However, when he did not object immediately but acted like this, it was already a tacit consent.
Not only women understand this, but even Yusuke and Sayu can see it.
The two of them even couldn't help but smile on their faces, and their hands under the table were tightly held together, their fingers intertwined.
The woman's eyes fluctuated and she remained silent for a long time.
The three of them did not rush her, they just focused their attention on her and waited quietly for her to make a decision.
Sayu even held her breath.
This silent pressure made the woman's body tremble.
It was in such a strange atmosphere.
She turned her gaze to the opposite side, switching back and forth between Yusuke and Sayu, and sometimes looking at Yi Sa next to her, repeating this process, thinking.
His face was cloudy and uncertain.
a long time.
Look at the smiling young man, his handsome face is even better than Yisha.
Look at the bankbook and laptop on the table again...
Thinking about the other person's words in my ears...
Everything was full of the feeling of winning, as if taunting her.
"...What is this?"
The woman murmured in a low voice, lowered her head as if to escape, and held her head with both hands.
Take Sayu... away?
From this... the person who slapped me twice?
Thinking of this, a feeling of jealousy and madness welled up from the bottom of my heart.
"Sayu is...my thing..."
She murmured intermittently, and her body began to tremble.
"Mom..." Yi Sa on the side couldn't help but said.
"Even Yisa...is going to be taken away...?"
"What... what... what on earth..."
As the breathing becomes more and more rapid.
With a crunch, she suddenly stood up from the chair.
Then……
"Get out...get out--!"
Under the gaze of three people.
The women began to scream in what appeared to be hysteria caused by the confusion.
"mom……!"
Seeing this scene, Yisha suddenly had a "terrible" expression on her face and stood up immediately.
While gently stroking the other person's back with his hand, he kept saying "It's okay, it's okay" and asked her to sit down.
Under his comfort.
Gradually, women's condition became a little better.
But he still kept muttering words like "What" and "Get out" in his mouth, as if he was immersed in his own world and blocked out the outside world.
Completely unable to communicate.
Seeing this, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but frown deeply, and Sayu also had a sad and sad expression on his face.
"I'm sorry, can you step aside for a moment?" Yi Sa walked over and whispered to the two of them, for fear of irritating their mother.
"Don't you need to call an ambulance?" Yusuke glanced at the woman and asked hesitantly.
Ogiwara Kazusa shook his head with a wry smile and put one hand on his shoulder, "This is an old problem of hers. I will take care of it. You can go to Sayu's room first."
After saying that, he took the initiative to help them pack their luggage.
At the same time, he also handed over everything on the table that might have an impact on his mother, including bankbooks and laptops.
Without any explanation, the two of them were kicked out of the living room by him.