Chapter 31: Chapter 31
[Mutsumi-chan]: How is Soyo?
After thinking for a moment, Precious Mutsumi still chose to ask about her friend.
Seeing the message, Kamijo Mutsumi raised an eyebrow.
He looked at Miss Soyo beside him, the blush on her face not yet fully faded, took a picture, and sent it to Mutsumi-chan.
[Big Capitalist]: Your friend looks very... receptive!
[Mutsumi-chan]: ???
Looking at the photo of Soyo, whose eyes seemed to hold a hint of spring (?), Mutsumi Wakaba fell into silence.
In such a short amount of time, what on earth have you two been doing behind my back?
However, due to her personality, she ultimately chose to ignore this question. As long as Soyo was okay, that was all that mattered.
[Mutsumi-chan]: That's good. Good night.
After sending the message, Mutsumi Wakaba put down her phone and looked at the sumptuous meal she had prepared on the adjacent table.
When she was at home before, she was always alone. She should have been used to it by now.
So why... do I feel a little lonely?
Mutsumi Wakaba scratched her head, feeling that her long, vibrant green hair looked unexpectedly conspicuous at this moment.
"What are you doing?"
On the other side, Soyo had also noticed Kamijo Mutsumi's little action. When she saw his conversation with Mutsumi-chan, another round of bickering naturally ensued, until Mrs. Nagasaki came over, at which point Soyo angrily unclenched her fists.
As for her mother's knowing, suggestive gaze...
Soyo was used to it.
She can think whatever she wants. I've given up.
"Kamijo-kun, how is my cooking?"
"A perfect ten, or perhaps even a nine out of ten! Delicious!"
Although it was just standard home cooking, Kamijo Mutsumi wasn't a picky eater.
Besides, who could refuse a lovely married woman looking at you with such an expectant expression?
He felt that he had a responsibility to give Soyo a complete family.
"It's actually just average. Soyo's cooking is much better than mine, you know~"
He didn't doubt this. After all, Soyo was the real chef in this house. In contrast, Mrs. Nagasaki usually acted more like a child crying to be fed.
"Whoever marries Soyo will be truly lucky..." Mrs. Nagasaki still didn't forget to promote her daughter. After all, Soyo was clearly different around him.
"Mom, can you please just eat properly?"
Soyo, sitting to the side, naturally reacted. Faced with Miss Soyo's eyes, which were devoid of any light, Mrs. Nagasaki was instantly scared into sitting up straight, not daring to say another word.
After putting her mother in her place, Soyo sighed softly.
Actually, she no longer cared about her mother's matchmaking attempts. She just felt that, compared to herself, her mom was in more danger.
After all, with a guy like him, anything was possible.
She did not want to come home one day and see a certain scumbag attacking her own "spawn point."
Thinking of this, a chill ran down Soyo's spine.
But looking at her mother, the girl's gaze softened.
Given her mother's 24/7 work schedule, she rarely had opportunities for companionship.
Although there was a certain bizarre creature bothering them now, it wasn't a big problem.
...Probably?
"It's so late, you still have work for me to handle? And I thought I was on vacation today."
Seeing her mother frown as she stood up to answer her phone, the smile on Soyo's face gradually faded.
And the final result was as expected.
"I'm sorry, Soyo. Mom has some work matters to attend to. You and Kamijo-kun go ahead and eat."
"It's okay, Mom. You go ahead."
Busy. Being busy is good!
Soyo forced a smile as she said this, but the disappointment in her eyes was hard to hide.
At this moment, Soyo was finally acting like a "daughter," not the "mother" who could tolerate even her own parent's antics.
Watching the exchange between mother and daughter, Kamijo Mutsumi, standing to the side, found the situation hard to stomach.
Do you really have to follow the script so closely, Mrs. Nagasaki?
Soyo's mom being suddenly called away for overtime, and Sakiko's dad stealing his daughter's money—these were the two classic "delicacies" one simply had to savor when experiencing MyGO!!!!!. He had now tasted a classic.
Watching her mother's retreating back, the disappointment on Soyo's face was no longer possible to conceal.
In truth, it wasn't that she didn't understand her mother. After all, Soyo wasn't born a rich girl. In the beginning, her family's condition, while not exactly impoverished, was definitely not associated with wealth.
For a single mother like Mrs. Nagasaki to fight her way to owning a multi-hundred-square-meter duplex high-rise in a place like Tokyo, where every inch of land is gold, all while maintaining her daughter's high-class lifestyle, she naturally had to put in an effort unimaginable to most people.
But no matter how much she tried to convince herself in her heart, she still felt lonely.
And it was precisely for this reason that she cared so much about Sakiko and CRYCHIC, wasn't it?
"...What are you doing?"
Just as Soyo was about to activate her depression playlist, she suddenly felt a pair of mischievous chopsticks reaching for the tender, juicy Hamburg steak in her bowl. She frowned and immediately blocked them with her own chopsticks.
"I thought you weren't going to eat it, Soyo-chan, so I was going to help you out."
Faced with her questioning gaze, Kamijo Mutsumi wore an innocent expression.
"Don't you worry about it. I don't have a habit of wasting food..."
Soyo almost laughed in exasperation. I'm over here getting emo, and not only do you not comfort me, but you're actually after my Hamburg steak?
The girl's belief was reaffirmed. This kind of bizarre creature... surely only bugs would like it!
What Soyo didn't notice was that the loneliness and emptiness in her heart had, at some point, quietly dissipated.
As a qualified "Traveler" from another world, Kamijo Mutsumi always slept until the sun was high in the sky.
When he arrived in the living room, he unsurprisingly did not see the figure of the certain "divorced" socialite, but he did see the breakfast she had left for him.
She's so pure, my heart breaks for her!
Savoring the taste of the grilled fish and tamagoyaki, although he felt a bit sorry for Mutsumi-chan, he had to admit that Soyo, in her 'mom' role, was indeed the better cook.
But speaking of which, wasn't today the weekend?
Where had Miss Soyo gone?
Taking out his phone and looking at the messages on LINE, he learned that she had been called to RiNG for practice by Miss Taki.
Or perhaps, a band team-building activity?
Tomori-chan had even invited him, but he had been asleep at the time.
He tried replying to her message, and she responded instantly.
...Alright, alright, I admit you're the Queen of Gravity!
Although he, as the manager, could probably only watch from the sidelines, he was more than happy to see the girls perform for free.
But just as he was preparing to go to RiNG, another message from Mutsumi Wakaba caught his attention.
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