Chapter 92

Chapter 92

The dining table fell silent as the father and daughter focused on the bread, ham, and bacon on their plates.

Cooking was not Minami Yuuki’s forte. This simple breakfast was already the peak of his culinary skills.

“Why do we have to eat bread every day!” Mayuri, having filled her stomach, started to complain.

It wasn’t that she disliked Western-style breakfasts.

On the contrary, she enjoyed the combination of bread and meat.

When Grandpa was home, he always made her eat those detestable vegetables.

“When your mom comes back, you’ll get to eat something different for breakfast.” Minami Yuuki deliberately mentioned Yuko to gauge Mayuri’s reaction.

As expected, his daughter was furious.

“I don’t want her to come back!” She jumped off her chair, stood straight, and clenched her fists.

Just hearing that name brought a wave of bitterness to her heart, which surged through her veins and flooded her mind. The boiling blood turned her feelings of grievance into intense anger.

“I don’t want you either! Just leave my house!” She lashed out at Minami Yuuki, who had mentioned that name.

After saying that, she quickly ran back to her room. The sound of the sliding door hitting the wall was unusually dull.

The moment she uttered the second sentence, Mayuri regretted it.

The force that drove her to run away contained both resentment towards her parents and remorse for her words.

Lying on her bed, she was restless.

I was just saying... That man wouldn’t really leave the house, would he?

She stood up, moved quietly to the sliding door, tilted her head, and pressed her ear against the door, listening carefully for any sounds outside. She heard a car passing by and a cat meowing outside, but beyond that, there was nothing.

At this time, that man should be at the sink, washing dishes, with the sound of running water.

Growing increasingly uneasy, she paced around her room before pressing her ear against the door again. Hearing nothing, she slid the door open and, driven by her anxiety, headed to the dining room.

The familiar figure by the dining table made her relax, her worry dissipating and joy surfacing.

But every time, she was disappointed.

Each car passed by without stopping. The sound of the wheels rolling over the road came from one direction and left in the other. The door didn’t open, and the man didn’t come in.

She climbed back onto the stool and carefully checked the cabinet again. The square stone pot held a delicate asparagus fern, its leaves stretching towards the door. The space beside the flowerpot was empty; there were no car keys.

She walked through the living room, down the hallway, to the man’s bedroom door, and pushed it open. The tatami bedroom was also empty.

The man was not in the bedroom either. Sitting on the living room sofa, she looked at the dining room ahead. It was already past one o’clock. She should have been sitting there eating lunch with the man an hour ago.

She thought about what she had said that morning.

“I don’t want you either! Just leave my house!”

“Hey, get up and do the dishes! Or get out of my house!”

Now, her father had really left.

The wetness in her eyes quickly turned to tears, rolling down her face. She lowered her head, about to open her mouth and cry out loud.

“Click—” The door close to the living room suddenly opened. It was the master bedroom, the room of Minami Haruna and Minami Ryota, which Mayuri hadn’t checked.

Minami Yuuki came out, yawning.

“I went in to get something and accidentally fell asleep. I’ll go buy lunch now,” he said apologetically. “Hmm? Why is Mayuri crying?”

“I stubbed my toe!” Mayuri wiped her tears, but the surge of sadness couldn’t be stopped, and two lines of tears turned into another kind of grievance. “Daddy, you big dummy!”

[Mayuri obviously loved bread and fried meat, yet she scolded you for always making such breakfasts.]

[You were suspicious and conducted a small test, discovering something that left you with mixed feelings.]

[Your daughter, Minami Mayuri, is a tsundere.]

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