Tianhai Maodian's gaze swept over the faces of everyone at the table one by one.

He captured the subtle movements and expressions on the faces and hands of the eldest daughter, the youngest daughter, and the stepson and stepdaughter.

From their expressions, Tianhai Maodian could already vaguely surmise the current situation. But rather than speculating, he wanted to hear how the person concerned explained to him.

"So, did any of you come out and explain what was going on?"

Everyone was silent.

Seeing that there was no response from everyone, Tianhai Maodian closed his eyes and continued:

"In that case—"

"Let me tell you," Sakakihara stood up, he looked at his uncle, who was also his stepfather, and said directly, "Qimingyue and Jiururi both like me. ”

Amami Miwa, who was sitting next to her uncle, frowned slightly.

Unexpectedly, Tianhai Shigeruni didn't react too much in surprise, as if he could calmly accept this fact.

He looked at the eldest daughter on the other side of the long table, leaning on the inside of the house: "Nine glasses? ”

After hesitating for a moment, Tianhai Jiu Liuli nodded lightly. It's kind of an acknowledgment of what Sakakihara just said. Her tangled hand rested on top of the skirt that covered her legs.

Tianhai Maodian put his eyes on the face of his youngest daughter again: "Seven bright moons? ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue didn't nod, but judging from the action of closing her eyes, she also acquiesced to what Sakakihara Le said just now.

Tianhai Maodian was silent for a long time, and then spoke:

"So, my two daughters, both like their brother-in-law who has been acquainted for less than a year?"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue spoke: "More than a year. ”

"What do you mean?"

"My brother and I knew each other when we were kids."

"You knew each other when you were young?" Tianhai Maodian carefully searched for memories, but there was no impression at all, "How old is it?" ”

"When I was five years old, my mother took me and my sister on a trip."

Tianhai Shigeruni frowned and recalled for a moment, vaguely recalling some fragments, "The time she took you to Shikoku Island?" ”

"Yes."

His mother hurriedly added beside him, "Before we moved to Tokyo, we lived in our hometown on Shikoku Island. Didn't Qi Mingyue follow us back to my hometown a while ago? She didn't tell you about it? ”

"She only told me that she was going to see my grandmother, and she didn't explain anything else."

Tianhai Meihe nodded, and glanced at Tianhai Qimingyue and Tianhai Jiuliuli: "I also know from Qimingyue's mouth that several children have known each other since childhood, and I was not at home during that time, and Ah Le and Ah Ling's grandmother were taking care of the two of them. ”

Tianhai Maodian remembered one more thing.

He was very impressed by this incident.

That is, less than a year after Bertha took them back from a trip, Qi Mingyue ran away and ran alone.

She was six years old that day, took a large amount of money that she had put in her family, and ran alone from Tokyo across Kanagawa, Nagoya, Tokyo, Kobe, and Shikoku Chuo City, and ran to Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture by train and taxi.

He searched for many days without any news, and it was not until a week later that he received a call from the county police station in Songshan County, saying that a little girl had come to them and said that she could not find her home.

She only had a small backpack on her, a few loose change, and a map.

It wasn't until he took a plane to Matsuyama City to meet Qi Mingyue that he realized that his six-year-old daughter had crossed most of Japan alone by train and taxi, and that the police and flight attendants he met during the period were deceived by her words and the appearance of a young child.

This incident was a strange news at the time, and even the police officer who was in charge of receiving Qi Mingyue at that time was surprised when he understood the specific situation.

As for the reason

At that time, Qi Mingyue said that she was unwilling to explain to him why she came here, and when she asked Bertha, she didn't know at all.

Jiu Liuli also kept silent about this.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that if it wasn't related to Ah Le, Qi Mingyue would do that when he was deeply affected.

"Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli both like Ling?"

"Yes." Sakakihara nodded in acknowledgment, and Suzu Sakakihara also knew about the situation.

"Was it influenced by you when you were young?"

Sakakihara Le deliberately looked at the Seven Bright Moons of the Heavenly Sea for a moment, and then nodded and admitted: "Yes." ”

“.”

Tianhai Maodian thought for a moment, and probably understood why there was such a situation today.

Can.

Both daughters like the same person

This fact made him feel solemn.

Because of the conflicts with his family when he was young, Tianhai Maodian admitted that he was also aware of the fact that he did not take good care of his two daughters.

Their relationship with them is not good, nor is it bad.

They don't get in the way of their work, and they rarely ask for anything from themselves.

As a father, I can only teach them about etiquette and upbringing.

From the very beginning, I was determined not to let my elders interfere with their own feelings in the future, and I didn't want them to be controlled too much by my "father" like myself.

"I probably already know the situation," Tianhai Shigerunori closed his eyes, "It's nothing more than that both of you like Ah Le alone at the same time." ”

On the other side, Sakakihara Rakku has been paying attention to his uncle's attitude, and judging from his uncle's expression after knowing about this matter, he doesn't seem to be too opposed.

"In my capacity, I don't want to interfere too much with you, and with what I said before, I can't interfere too much with Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli. If I were to forcibly change your minds, forcibly change what you want to do now, then I will undoubtedly become the same person as the old man. That's something I don't want to happen anyway. ”

When Sakakihara heard this, his heart suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

Uncle doesn't seem to be as difficult to talk to as grandpa.

"Let your mom ask you questions."

Tianhai Maodian handed over the right to speak to his mother.

Tianhai Miwa's expression was a little complicated, she didn't expect her son to be liked by the two girls Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli.

They're all pretty good people.

"Jiu Liuli quarreled with Ah Le before, right?" Tianhai Mei and Chaotianhai Qimingyue looked over.

"Hmm." Tianhai Jiu Liuli nodded.

"Is it officially reconciled now?"

"Reconciled."

"And what about your relationship?"

"My brother forgave me."

"I don't have a good opinion of this. After all, it's about your biological mother, but since you've reconciled, you should be Ah Le's girlfriend now. ”

"Yes."

"Then why," Miwa Amami turned her gaze to Ah Ling and Qi Mingyue again, and glanced at each of them, "Ah Ling, you want to say that it is Qi Mingyue when Grandpa asks you?" You should know that Ah Le and Jiu Liuli are dating. ”

Sakakihara Suzu knows that her brother's affairs have all been revealed, and she just wants to tell the truth now:

"All I know is that they've gotten better lately."

"I don't know the fact that I'm not in a relationship?"

"Hmm-"

"Let me explain this matter," Tianhai Qimingyue took the initiative to interrupt Sakakihara Suzu's reply in a cold voice, "It was me who asked my sister sauce to take the initiative to say her name in front of grandpa, she didn't know grandpa's personality in advance, and she didn't know grandpa's idea to get engaged right away To be honest, even I was surprised by grandpa's decision." ”

"Then Qi Mingyue, why did you do this?" Miwa Amami asked.

"Auntie, if I don't, will anyone care how I feel? Or rather, will someone support me? My sister can stay happily with my brother every day, and she smiles and is happy every day. Yes, it's very happy, but I can't stand it.

Because this is the consequence of my sister's decision to choose to steal love and want to be exclusive even though she knows that I like someone. Sister, everything is accounted for, the support of parents, someone's like, and the identity of the bright face

"What if I don't do something? What else can I do? Even if I choose to remain silent and not take the initiative to fight for it, even if I tell you what I think, will you choose to support me?

"No, absolutely not. Because in the eyes of my father and aunt, my sister is the first to come, and she is also the one who is deeply liked by someone.

"Their affection and harmony, and my thoughts are not important at all, and I should not get involved in them.

"If I choose to remain silent, I will only have nothing, everything will be seized by my sister, only through this incident, I can get the support on the surface, let everyone understand my thoughts, and I am willing to pay the heavy price for my ideas.

"Only in this way can I let my father and aunt see the weight of my idea."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue's self-explanatory speech is like a small steel needle hanging in front of him.

It directly made it clear to everyone her attitude and her actions.

Even Tianhai Meihe can understand that this emotion of Tianhai Qimingyue is definitely not something that can make her give up by persuading one or two.

Compared with Tianhai Meihe, Tianhai Maodian knows more about what happened to his little daughter when she was a child.

So he also understands more that Tianhai Qi Mingyue is a serious person.

[It's impossible to convince her to give up], [she understands what she's doing], [she wants to gain what she lost before]

Such an understanding swirled in the mind of Tianhai Shigeru.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue sat upright, and under the flaxen-colored hair, there was an expressionless and delicate face:

"I stress once again that today, I am just letting myself make a formal statement, and only to let you, father and aunt, understand and be clear about my thoughts.

The wide rectangular shape and interior are once again silent.

Tianhai Maodian looked at the eldest daughter: "Then, what about Jiuliuli?" What does Jiu Liuli think about this matter? ”

The sitting posture of Tianhai Nine Glass is also upright, as if another Seven Bright Moon is engraved on another seat of Sakakihara Raku.

She didn't look at her sister, who was one seat away from her, but looked directly at her father and aunt:

"I'm not going to give up.

"For me, there is no substitute for my brother's existence.

"I believe my dad also knows that my mom has come to me recently, and every time my mom asks me to participate in the international piano competition she expects. My mom is a pillar for me, and it's my mom who has always recognized my existence.

"For more than ten years, my mother would always say this to me. My mother's true attitude towards me, for more than ten years, I vaguely perceived something. But when I really heard my mother say in private, 'I didn't see her as a daughter at all,' only my brother forgave me and comforted me.

"I know that I did something completely unworthy of forgiveness to him at the beginning, but after seeing me sad, he still chose to get closer, or chose to forgive. The guilt of him and the gratitude to him are all feelings that I can't fill.

"From that day on, I also realized what real liking is, and I also realized that the people who really like me and are willing to accept me are so close to me.

"In addition, I still received encouragement and support from my brother again and again, and I was liked and recognized.

"So, I'm not going to give up."

Tianhai Jiuliuli said this paragraph calmly throughout the whole process.

Even Tianhai Maodian and Tianhai Meihe, after hearing it, their hearts were full of bad taste.

Especially when Jiu Liuli said the sentence that Bertha said, 'I didn't treat her as a daughter at all', I realized what kind of psychology Jiu Liuli had to say this sentence flatly.

In the eyes, there is firmness, persistence, gratitude and love.

These are good manifestations of liking a person.

However, these things are undoubtedly more difficult choices for Tianhai Maodian.

He suddenly found that there was no point in dwelling on who was right and who was wrong.

His two daughters, Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue, are all trying to strive for their own happiness.

None of them were wrong.

It's like trying to get out of the old man's grip for the sake of his own ideas.

It's all about sticking to the ideas in your heart, the needs of your heart.

He was a father, a father who did not want to approve of the old man's behavior and purpose.

There is no reason to veto the idea of his two daughters.

Tianhai Maodian took a breath, as if the cold wind from the snowy sky outside had filled his lungs, and the heat was diluted.

"Me, understood."

Everyone was waiting for him to continue.

"Your thoughts are not wrong, and your words have made me understand this fact and want me to break the promise I made to you and forcibly change your mind? I'm sorry, but I, as Tianhai Shigeru, can't do it at all. My experiences and feelings since I was a child have taught me not to try to control someone, as this will only lead to rebellion and disgust. It will make a good home become shattered, this is my personal experience. And as a father, I have lacked the 'family' care for you since I was a child, and I am not qualified to forcibly discipline you.

"So. It's up to the two of you. ”

"Flourish."

Tianhai Maodian stretched out his hand and signaled to his wife next to him that he didn't need to persuade himself, "It's hard to distinguish right from wrong in this matter, everyone has someone they like, and it happens to be concentrated on the same person, which is even more sad and sad."

"Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli both know what they are doing, and all they have to do is to strive for the relationship they want.

"I'm sure Ah Le can feel this from them, too."

found that his uncle was looking at him, and Sakakihara couldn't help but look at the two sisters.

"I know you have a hard time deciding, because in your opinion, July and Ruri are both very good girls and people who are willing to respond to your feelings. I don't know much about what happened between you, but I can guess that Ah Le will become very uncomfortable when you are caught between them, swaying from side to side.

"There's no way around it.

"Your mother and I have talked a lot about you, and we have gotten along these days, and although we don't talk much, I also know that you are the kind of person who needs a lot of love. You want to get recognition from them, maybe the concern is obvious, you succeeded, they all lacked care and love because of me or Bertha, so they responded to you.

"I'm also at fault in this matter. I'm not qualified to say that you're wrong, because you're taking care of Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue for us, and it's only right that they like you, and they deserve it."

After taking a long breath, Shigerunori Tianhai continued:

"Having said all this, in fact, it is nothing more than that I respect your personal choice, and you can make your own decisions."

Not to feel like Atlas any longer

Uncle Tianhai's words are really relieved.

Sakakihara also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your understanding."

Tianhai Maodian did not nod according to his words, but continued to look at everyone and said:

"It's up to you to decide, and it's up to you to decide how you want to get along with each other in the future. But I have to remind solemnly, the seven bright moons and the nine glasses. You're twin sisters, twin sisters who are only five minutes apart. More than a decade of feelings, don't be ruined by a momentary impulse.

"I used to marry Bertha on the spur of the moment and didn't realize what kind of person she really was.

"Your feelings are your business, I only make one request, don't make this family into a miasma.

"You have to understand, you have to remember, after you have broken away from your respective feelings, after you have calmed down, you will still be a family, a family that will laugh and reunite together around a table."

Tianhai Maodian suddenly sighed.

"After decades of living, I've only recently understood what I really want. But many things are irretrievable, and it is because of this that I choose to remarry your aunt. This is the experience and the admonition, and you must be aware of it. ”

"Okay, that's it, today is Ah Ling's birthday. Other things, or if there are any questions, will be talked about later. ”

Tianhai Shigeru got up and quickly left the room.

After glancing at everyone and admonishing a few words, my mother also walked out.

Sakakihara saw the relieved people, and also knew that today's official showdown was reluctantly resolved.

(End of chapter)