Minato area, Xinqiao office business circle.

There are many high-rise buildings, and the dazzling sunlight illuminates the glass curtain walls of the high-rise buildings a little dazzling.

The main office of the Asuka Law Firm.

Tianhai Maodian locked the litigation materials in a drawer, crossed his hands on the desk, closed his eyes, and rubbed his eyebrows.

There are details of the incident about this contract dispute in his mind, he can't remember how many times this is the first time he helped the old man wipe his ass, since the last time he had a big fight with the old guy, in order to make a step for both sides, he began to help the family company deal with various disputes.

Upset.

This contract dispute is clearly because a sub-brand company belonging to the group did not pay the money, but it had to come forward to collect information for the family to defend itself.

This dispute has been delayed again and again because he has effectively avoided some information.

Because the company on the family side has a fairly high brand reputation and influence, the small business has been affected by public opinion and media opinion, and if it continues, the company's operation will have problems, and finally the lawsuit has no choice but to be withdrawn.

......

However, this is only a dispute on the surface.

In fact, because of the products that appeared in small enterprises, it disrupted the market that the sub-brand had occupied, and Tianhaijia suppressed it.

The reality is that capable and talented teams are difficult to perform as well as they should.

In business, companies need to deal not only with customers, but also with large enterprises that have long taken over the high ground.

......

This kind of thing, I have seen it countless times in Tianhai's house.

Thinking that when I was young and chose to be a lawyer, I also saw too much of this ruthless suppression and chose the path out of a sense of justice......

Shigerunori Amami remembers that not long ago, a college student who had just graduated from a law school asked himself, "Asuka Law Firm has always provided a fairly high level of free legal aid to small businesses, is it the reason why Mr. Amami still has a sense of justice in his heart?"

"Perhaps..."

Tianhai Maodian can only answer like this, and he basically doesn't help the Tianhai family to do things.

And now that the old man has arranged himself to be such a "evil" case, Tianhai Maodian understands that the old man is also suppressing his original intention.

He suddenly chose to agree to the old man, also because of the quarrel some time ago and the regression between each other.

Otherwise, now in July and Liuli, it is impossible to still study at Mingde School.

Tianhai Maodian got up, put on his briefcase, and left the office immediately.

All the way to the colleagues (employees) in the office politely goodbye, and then went to the downstairs restaurant, until eight o'clock in the evening, until Amami Miwa as the manager officially got off work, he went home with her.

"Actually, you don't have to wait for me like this every time."

"Get used to it."

Riding on the elevator with his wife, Shigorori Amami saw the smile that Miwa Amami was showing in front of him.

Why did you choose her?

That's probably why she often shows such a simple smile in front of herself.

Tianhai Maodian stared at the constantly flashing LED panel in the elevator, and saw the reflection of Tianhai beauty and smile on the metal surface of the elevator......

He suddenly sighed.

Look back on your life.

I've always been serious, straight-faced, and very serious.

Elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college have always been like this......

I have a lot of friends, but most of them are people who have the same views on learning and learning, and most of the people I have made friends with are also children of families.

He suddenly realized that no one could smile in front of him.

Whether it's a father, whether it's a sister, whether it's two daughters......

The communication between each other is only a few words, and it is very purposeful... This

Although purposefulness makes communication efficient, it also makes communication nothing but purpose......

Speaking of which, the first time I met Bertha, it was when she was playing the piano that she smiled at herself in the audience, right?

And Miwa too, when she picked up her work card and gave it back to her, she smiled to herself.

"In the evening, do you want me to make you a separate meal?"

Tianhai Maodian turned his head and found that Tianhai Miwa had hugged his right arm, closed his eyes, and said something in a *** voice.

"Don't think about those worries."

「... I'm sorry to worry you again."

"Nothing, isn't that something to be taken for granted? Maodian is just too polite to people, causing everyone to think that you are very serious, so the people you talk to are only willing to talk to you about serious things. The day after tomorrow on your birthday, I also specially asked for leave, how about taking you out for a walk? Scatter your mind."

Tianhai Maodian heard what his wife said to him, but he smiled inadvertently.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I just think we're both in our forties, but we still have to travel together on our birthdays like young couples."

"Maodian, in his forties, actually looks back and looks at the past, it is only a matter of a moment. Sometimes I'm too busy with things, and I inadvertently think, what is it that has wiped out all the longings of my youth? When Ah Le and Ah Ling were young, I always wanted to take them out to see more of the world... Now, because I haven't taken care of them since I was a child, I feel a little embarrassed to travel with the two of you."

Miwa Amami sighed.

"It's always strange to talk about it now... Ah Le can handle everything properly at home, but I can't find a sense of presence at home. The way I feel about them now is... I tried my best to help what I could, but they didn't seem to need me at all, they were too independent."

The wife also has troubles.

And this trouble is no different from yourself.

They all have emotional deficiencies and psychological embarrassment towards their children.

"Miwa."

"Huh?"

"What do you think I should do about Ah Le?" Tianhai Shigeru understood that his wife still didn't know about the old man's intention to take away her custody before, and he felt a little guilty in his heart.

The two walked out of the elevator together and walked on the busy commercial street.

I'm going to go out for a walk and walk straight home.

The wind at eight o'clock at night in Tokyo Bay has a hint of heat.

"They're all back to school now, right? What did your dad say?"

Tianhai Shigeruni pondered, "My father definitely doesn't agree with that bastard boy's idea, but let's put it down for the time being."

「......」

This incident made the situation extremely embarrassing for both of them.

One is that Kamihara Raku is the son of Miwa, and Qichiri Ruri is the daughter of Shigeru.

Meihe should be on her son's side, but because her son did something wrong, she bears a certain amount of psychological pressure.

Shigeruni Amami had this in mind, and he didn't want to blame his wife at all.

"Things between them are not something you and I can control, and being independent means that they will have their own ideas... And because we are so far away from them in our daily lives, they basically don't think about us...... Xiaole's matter, you don't have to think about it, I don't mean to blame you at all."

"But..." The hair on Amami's forehead was blown by the wind on the sea surface of Tokyo Bay, and the two walked under the city street lamp glowing with white light, "Xiaole will do this, and I also have the responsibility of being a mother......

"Xiaole's fault is not his alone, July and Ruri have their own mistakes in it... The current situation is brewed because their feelings for each other have not been properly handled and are inseparable...... I don't like what Xiaole does, but I also understand him... This example is not exactly equivalent.

But from my father's point of view, if Bertha and I had to choose between July and Ruri in the battle for custody, it would be difficult for me to choose."

Tianhai Maodian sighed.

"It's my responsibility too, so I don't need to say more... I agreed to let July and Ruri go back to Ah Le's class, and I saw that the relationship between them began to return to the previous state."

「... But Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu did not give up their relationship with Ah Le."

"That's right." Hearing his wife's words, Tianhai Maodian sighed again, "After being a lawyer for so many years, I understand that there are not only two solutions to things, and there is always room for compromise and negotiation, so let's do it first..."

"But Maodian, Ah Le and Xiao Qi Xiao Jiu are both young people, I'm afraid—"

Shigerunori Tianhai looked up at the walking path next to Tokyo Bay in front of him, was silent for a moment, and then said slowly:

"At this point, I think the three of them are still measured."

"Hmm." Miwa Amami nodded as well.

*

Walk all the way home.

Opening the door, Miwa Amami walked up to the entrance first, took the initiative to take the briefcase and the suit jacket in her husband's hand, and brought him a pair of slippers out.

Seeing her bending over to hand her slippers, she said, "Don't be so serious every time... You know... I don't like this feeling of inequality."

"It's okay," Tenmei didn't care at all, hugging his suit jacket and smiling at him, "It's just a wife's unique affection for her husband."

「......」

This sentence silenced Tianhai Maodian.

"We're back."

With Amami Miwa shouting into the spacious living room, Amami Shigeruni followed her in.

He noticed that the TV in the living room was on, broadcasting a variety show, and at the coffee table, Suzu Kamihara and Yuki Amami put their heads together, as if they were studying something.

"Huh?" Amami Meihe looked left and right, very surprised, she looked at the Kamihara Suzu and asked, "Today is Friday, alas, how many of them are there?" Gone for a run?"

"I don't know."

Suzu Kamihara, who was sitting with the snow of the heavenly sea, glanced at her mother and uncle, and replied with a pen in both hands, "In the afternoon, the three of them said that they were going out somewhere to play, and then they never came back."

"Where are you going?" Amami Miwa asked, and hung the suit on the hanger in the living room.

Suzu Kamihara poked her chin with her pen cap, and her short hair swayed gently over her shoulders, "It seems to be called Musashi or something, and I went out on a motorcycle."

"Musashi Murayama City?" After Tianhai Shigeru relaxed his tie, he suddenly interjected.

"Ah, that's it!" Suzu Kamihara nodded.

Amami Miwa asked Amami Shigeru, "What is this place?"

Tianhai Shigeru glanced at the snow of Tianhai who was still writing, and then replied to his wife:

"The old man built a manor for my mother here, which is a gift to my mother, it is a very quiet suburb, and I can choose this place for vacations and family trips, and there are also several beautiful flowers to see."

"That dad is really a bit romantic..."Miwa Amami stretched out his hand to cover his mouth.

"Only for my mother..."

Tianhai Maodian wanted to sigh, and he asked about the snow of Tianhai again:

"Zhixue, did they ask you if they took the key?"

"It's done." The snow of the sea suddenly stopped the pen in his hand.

"Oooh! Pretty! It's so pretty! No wonder Aunt Azusa praises Yuki for your talent!" Suzu Kamihara glanced sideways, clapping her hands and cheering up.

"What?"

Tianhai Shigerun didn't react a little, but then, he saw his youngest sister, barefoot with a piece of paper in front of him.

"For my brother."

「......」

Tianhai Shigerun took the A4-sized paper handed by his sister.

Here's a sketch......

Sketches with a high level of completion and standard.

It's yourself who draws it.

The person in the painting sits at the dining table at home and enjoys dinner with his wife, Mikazu Amami, who is sitting opposite.

The picture is dark, as if there are no lights on in the room.

Most of the pictures show the side, and there are suits and briefcases hanging on the stools next to them.

The expression is not serious, and even the action of eating is extremely serious.

Mikazu Amami leaned her head over, and when she saw this painting, she was surprised by the fineness of the painting, and then recognized what kind of scene it was.

「... In the evening, we go home after working overtime, and then I cook for you alone?"

"Hmm."

Tianhai Maodian has a high cultural appreciation.

I immediately understood what the painting was trying to express.

Tianhai Shigeru put the painting down from his hand and looked at his sister, who looked like a daughter in front of him.

She was also looking at herself, and said to herself:

"My brother will be his birthday the day after tomorrow."

"Is this a birthday present?"

"Uh-huh......

Birthday present...

Tianhai Maodian saw the painting in his hand, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

The relationship between himself and his daughters is not very good, and they will still give him gifts before, but because every time he thinks of the fact that he doesn't take good care of them, he basically doesn't say anything after receiving it... The main purpose is to deliberately refuse the kindness of the daughters, because they deserve it.

The last time I received a birthday present from my daughter was eight years ago, right?

Actually, it's been so long.

Looking at the obviously very delicate sketch in his hand, Tianhai Maodian actually felt that the characters in the painting, who were going to look extremely serious when eating in the middle of the night, were fluttering on the paper.

"I sent this to tell my brother not to be so tired, and many times my brother and aunt go home for dinner when everyone is asleep. I thought about it with Suzu."

Amami Miwa hurriedly smiled at Amami no Yuki and Ah Ling and said, "It seems that you really have a heart."

In other words, this is a gift from my sister and stepdaughter, right?

Tianhai Shigeru held the painting with both hands, looked at the person in the painting, and then looked at the face of the little sister.

It's an expression waiting for a response.

He remembers, did the old man say that Zhixue also likes Xiaole?

What is the attitude of the snow towards Xiaole?

......

He reminisced about the past and found that he and his youngest sister did not have much interaction in life.

Zhixue lives in Tianhai's house, grew up in Tianhai's family, and because of her natural defects, she basically has to go to see a doctor every once in a while.

Tianhai Shigeruni still remembers that once when she went to see her by herself, she sat on the hospital bed after the examination alone, and looked out the window alone.

It was a colorless, dull sight... It was as if she was looking out into the world, staring at somewhere in the world that didn't exist.

For her memory, it was that she would only hold the guitar left by her mother and learn music alone in her room.

Because she always forgets things, she has to start over many times when she learns music......

People's ridicule of fools will always be reflected inadvertently.

This can be seen from the fact that "fool" is a curse word.

And his sisters also have an alternative view of this kind of snow......

Myself... Although it doesn't blame the mother's death on Zhixue's body, it doesn't seem to have given Zhixue a birthday present......

"Doesn't my brother like it?"

"No," Shigerunori Amami said, reaching for her shoulder and patting her on the shoulder

He smiled, "I like it."

It's a stiff statement...

The stiffness lies in the fact that Zhixue's brother shouted very kindly......

The word brother, so much so that Tianhai Maodian's heart began to examine whether he was qualified to be the brother of the snow.

How long ago was it to call your little sister like this?

More than thirty years ago, right?

Only at that age when she was still in elementary school, her sister would call herself like that......

Alas......

The old man's pain in the snow is not unreasonable.

If the old man doesn't hurt the snow anymore, then who else in this world will help her?

She has no mother since she was a child, and her father didn't like her at first, and as the eldest lady, she was secretly ridiculed by those people in the family, and even her brothers and sisters looked down on her......

She has always been alone, holding the guitar left to her by her mother, huddled in the corner, learning what she often forgets......

Hand.

Some unconsciously touched the head of the snow in the sky and sea.

Tianhai Maodian saw that the little sister who had regained her luster because of coming to this family was even more difficult to accept her brother's identity.

Compared to her own blood brother, Xiaole is a brother to her, right?

July also said that.

Xiaole took the trouble to teach her common sense, teach her life, teach her not to run around alone, teach her to study, Xiaole also took the initiative to take care of Zhixue's video account that had no fans at the beginning... A while ago, he learned that Zhixue had a music account on a video website, and there were submissions every day before, but in the past few years, thousands of manuscripts have been submitted, but there are only more than 50 followers.

It was Xiaole who helped her make videos that made her account better.

"Well, thank you."

"If my brother likes it, it's fine."

「......」

......

Seeing the snow of the sea that sent out the painting and went back to find the bell of the god to play, the sky sea Shigeru couldn't help but clench her hand and she gave herself the painting.

There is no doubt that if you want to make your daughter happy.

The snow must leave.

But I've never done anything, can I say to Zhixue that you have to leave this house?

Not only did I not pay anything to this family, but I also didn't pay anything to Zhixue... If you don't pay, what do you want to ask her?

Do you want to send her back to that house again?

The old man also said sharply that if Zhixue was sent back, then she wouldn't be able to stay at school.

She could only be arranged by the old man to marry a rich boy she had never met.

"What do you expect to see? You say that you want your daughter to be spared from the arrangement of the family marriage, then do you agree that your sister will be arranged by the family to live? I'm not going to find a rich boy, you go to someone to take care of her? Who qualifies? Can you guarantee that the person you're looking for will take care of her for the rest of her life?"

- I quarreled with the old man at that time, and the old man's fingers tapped on the words he said, which was deafening.

......

As for what is the arrangement of a person who will take care of the snow, isn't it enough?

It's as difficult as knowing that there's a piece of gold in the sea and diving to get it.

I want to find someone who meets the standards of an old man, who is talented and considerate... What is this beetle son-in-law?

This is still without considering the fact that Tianhai Snow itself already likes Xiaole's wishes.

Forcing her to change, and what is the difference between doing something wrong?

What's more, the old man's righteous words asked Xiaole to marry Zhixue, who was as stubborn as a donkey.

He felt like he could vomit the old man's blood all over his face in one breath.

From the father's point of view, I hope that my current self can be good for my daughter.

From my brother's point of view, I hope that I am now

It is good for my sister.

The choice is contradictory, a dilemma......

Tianhai Maodian is really tired.

He felt that if he did something more, he would really be unable to hold on......

What a terrible contradiction...

"Shigerian, do you think about work again?" Miwa Amami put down the phone she had just received a message and saw her husband's status.

"It's okay, it's okay." Tianhai Shigeruni tried his best to calm his mind, and waved his hand at his wife, who cared about him, "It's just that through the painting of Zhixue, I thought of a lot of things... Xiaole, are they coming back today?"

"I don't think so, Ah Le sent me a message just now, saying that he was late to play over there and wanted to stay overnight in the manor, and the dishes were ready. Are they going out to play this time to repair the relationship?"

"Probably, forget it... Don't think about them."

"Okay, I'll make you a copy of what you want to eat today, and there are a lot of ingredients that Ah Le has prepared in the refrigerator."

"Grilled fish, can you have some more tempura?" I'd like to have some beer today."

"It's okay, I'll do it right away, I'll go downstairs and buy you some wine, and I'll drink it with you." Amami is beautiful and smiling.

Tianhai Shigeruni looked at his smiling wife more, "Thank you..."

"Hey, you're welcome."

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