Tuk tuk.

Two knocks on the door.

With a calm and powerful "please come in" from the study, Sakakihara pushed the door open.

The old man's study is not the layout of the bookshelves that Sakakihara imagined to fill the entire room, but a very bright space.

A large area of afternoon sunlight shines through the large area of floor-to-ceiling windows. The light swaying by the shadow of the leaves sprinkled on the beech table in front of it was particularly fresh and bright.

Bookshelves and books are placed on either side.

The bookshelves are very simple, and they are basically only used to store books.

Sakakihara took a closer look and found that these books included classics in various fields such as literature, history, and philosophy, in addition to works on business, economics, and management.

There are also many books on philosophy and spiritual growth

Soichiro Amami, with slightly grayish temples, was sitting at the spacious desk, dressed in a homely kimono with his back to the large floor-to-ceiling window.

The whole person looks serious and formal.

Soichiro Amami seemed to be writing some kind of letter, and the pen in his hand was quite smooth and even.

Sensing that Sakakihara Le pushed the door in, he did not look up, but motioned for Sakakihara to sit down on the chair in front of him, his voice low and sonorous, full of the precipitation of the years.

"Sit down."

Facing the head of the entire Amami family, Sakakihara sat down in the seat directly in front of him.

The atmosphere was so quiet that Sakakihara could hear the old man's pen sliding on the letterhead.

"Any idea what I'm writing?"

Sakakihara heard this, secretly glanced at what the old man had written, and said tentatively, "Letter? ”

"Yes, faith." Soichiro Amami didn't look up, but put down the pen, picked up the letter he had just written, folded the letterhead, and put the letter paper into the envelope, "Xiaole thinks that in this era, I will still write letters?" And why do you write letters? ”

To whom to write a letter?

And why do you write letters?

The old man asked a really strange question.

So, why in today's information age, why use pen, ink and envelopes to convey information in such inefficient ways?

Sakakihara thought about it seriously.

First of all, the person who can let the old man write a letter must have a certain relationship with the old man.

That is, in addition to friends, it can only be a relationship maintained by other things.

Second, in this day and age, social media can replace letters to convey messages.

The old man is not the kind of person who rests on his laurels.

Therefore, letters have a special meaning for the old man.

Sakakihara thought for a long time, then looked up at the old man's serious face, and said:

"This is just a small guess I can see from the seriousness of seeing my grandfather's letter just now, and the recipient of the letter is an aunt."

Soichiro Amami was not surprised, but said plainly:

"It's observant. So, how do you answer the next question? ”

On "why do you want to write a letter?"

Sakakihara pondered for a long time, recalling the pictures he had talked to the old man in the past.

But no matter how you think about it, how you remember it.

Sakakihara couldn't even grasp that opportunity out of thin air.

Until he looked up and saw the appearance of his grandfather and the shadow of his uncle.

So, he replied earnestly:

"Just writing a letter still has its special meaning and value for grandpa. Although electronic communication is convenient and quick, writing letters conveys a deeper level of emotion and care. ”

Soichiro Amami's expression remained unchanged.

Sakakihara was stunned, "Did I guess wrong?" ”

"Nope."

Soichiro Amami denied his claim, and took the green tea that Sakura had just pushed the door in.

Soichiro Amami lifted the lid of the teacup, the heat soared upward, and he took a slow sip.

"What you say is very close to what I think. For me, the writing of letters does have a purpose—letters written by hand are always more emotional than words made up of pixels on the screen.

There are also examples of this statement - two pen pals exchange letters all year round, and the two people appeal to each other in the letters to convey and exchange their thoughts, feelings, and thoughts about life to each other through letters. In the eyes of pen pal A, the quality of the letters and fonts sent by pen pal B became more and more sophisticated, and pen pal A felt the hidden mood of pen pal B in this heart, that is, he respected himself very much, not only changed the material of the envelope better, but also honed his calligraphy, and pen pal A was greatly moved by this.

Soichiro Amami took a sip of hot tea, raised his eyes, and looked at Sakakihara Le:

"Do you know why I'm telling you this?"

"I don't know."

"Why don't you know?"

"Not knowing is not knowing, it's as simple as that. Grandpa didn't give me too many hints, and if I forced an answer, it would just be a guess based on my own thoughts. And this speculation is groundless and meaningless than the speculation just now. ”

Soichiro Amami smiled lightly at his very interesting answer.

I've been flattered too much by some rotten and stubborn guys over the years.

This answer made him feel the taste of some young people.

But Maodian is right about one thing, this is a "stinky boy", even if he has outstanding ability, but once you look at him from the perspective of his family, he always doesn't like him.

The stinky boy in Maodian is much more pleasing to the eye than the stinky boy in front of him.

Thinking so, Soichiro Amami did not speak again, but tasted the tea leisurely.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

If the superior does not speak, it will always bring an inexplicable pressure.

That's how the old man is.

Sakakihara didn't know if the old man was using this to consider his own heart. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't

However, Sakakihara is also guessing about his grandfather's thoughts.

He felt that the old man had absolutely no good intentions when he asked himself to come to the study to talk alone.

The previous school and Liuli and July were in contact at the same time.,It's definitely known to grandpa.。

The old man suddenly beckoned himself over.

I also told some plausible stories just now. Most likely, you have to put pressure on yourself and then force yourself to comply.

Now he was silent for a long time without speaking.

The invisible pressure made Sakakihara ready to meet the old man's next question.

"Little music." Soichiro Amami rubbed the mouth of the teacup with the lid of the teacup.

“.”

"How are you getting along with Zhixue lately?"

"It's okay."

"Well, that's good," Soichiro Amami put down the tea in his hand, "I also noticed the change in the snow during lunch today. In the past, she would always finish eating, say, 'I'm full,' and go back to her room. And now, she will take the initiative to talk to Suzu. As a father, I want to say thank you. ”

After saying that, Soichiro Amami also bowed his head to Sakakihara Le.

“.”

The old man's sudden thanks suddenly shocked Sakakihara Le.

You want to know who the old man is? The head of the Tianhai family!

Needless to say, what kind of person he is usually, even in his impression, the old man is also the extremely arrogant and complacent boss of Tianhai Group.

And now. The old man actually lowered his head to his junior. Say thank you?!

Sakakihara sensed the absurdity.

Ridiculous.

I thought that the old man was going to put pressure on himself again, but I didn't expect it to be a thank you.

This made Sakakihara nervous.

For a while, he didn't know how to answer, how to accept his grandfather's "thanks" to himself.

Sakakihara opened his mouth, never knowing what to say, and closed it decisively.

The air froze again.

"Think it's too bizarre for me to bow my head to my juniors?"

"Yes, yes."

"That's fine, because I didn't like it in the first place." Soichiro Amami returned to that serious and old-fashioned appearance again.

Sakakihara Raku: "."

"But everything has a cause. I remember I told you before, I have done the same thing as Maodian, in fact, compared to me, my father, that is, Maodian's grandfather, is the kind of old-fashioned and hopelessly old man I am most dissatisfied with him, that is, his responsibility to the family, and he always holds his father's shelf, and he can't let go of his family, wrong is wrong, right is wrong, just because he is the head of the family, he is the most vocal person in the entire Tianhai family.

"If there's anything I'm holding on to as an old man who is about to go to earth, it's to be grateful for what I can't do and benefit me."

Sakakihara did not answer. I just thought to myself, what the old man said he couldn't do was to take care of the snow

The old man said these words to himself.

made him even feel that the old man was not like an old man at the moment, but like a father.

How I feel when I get along with my uncle. It's very similar.

"Zhixue was born prematurely and was born with a disability. Her disability is not only due to herself, but also from her acquired experience For a long time after Zhixue was born, I did not go to see her once. It's not so much hating her as resenting her existence and the mistakes I've made to escape myself. As a result, 10 children lost their mothers. ”

“.” When Sakakihara heard his grandfather mention the past, he decisively chose not to speak and listened patiently.

"When she was still alive, this home still had some homely flavors. But after the snow was born, this family lost the presence of his mother, and became colder and colder, and not long ago, Maodian also chose to part ways with the Tianhai family because of his disagreement with me, and ran to the UK alone, and the news of marriage came out. Some series of changes have caused the family's dinners to gradually decrease, and the daughters have begun to choose to move out one after another in order to avoid the snow."

Sakakihara knows this.

Because the mother of the snow is the snow that was born despite everyone's opposition.

Not to mention the disability of the premature snow, it also killed the mother who maintained the entire family relationship

This made her have an "ominous" atmosphere in the eyes of her sisters.

This is not someone's superstition, but a disgust that comes from the depths of the heart.

Even if they realize that they are her sisters, they will subconsciously avoid this relationship.

Even the old man at the beginning thought so, after Zhixue was born, she didn't go to see Zhixue once, and it was the nanny hired by rotation to bring her up.

The Snow Experience.

Sakakihara has learned about it indirectly many times.

Every time he thinks about this, Sakakihara remembers that when Yukiyuki ate McDonald's, he always liked to stand under the advertisement and stare blankly at the "family" photographed above.

She has never felt love.

Deep down, you're longing for someone to hold her hand, right?

This made Sakakihara a little unbearable in his heart.

She always likes to burrow into her own bed, but in fact, she is also seeking love from herself that she has never had.

Because of his help to her and his care for her, she got something she never had.

"Thank you for the gift"

Inexplicably remembered that Tianhai Zhixue was holding the white cat doll on the hospital bed before, and looked at the words it said blankly, Sakakihara Le also felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

"The first ten years of Zhixue's child's life has been a person who endured resentment from her own misfortune and family, and spent her entire childhood, which made her subconsciously close herself and choose to forget most of the things to escape the situation she faced."

"Then grandpa, grandpa, there is also an opportunity for your attitude towards Zhixue to change, right?"

"This thing is more like the guilt I felt when I suddenly realized that I had a daughter who was the same age as my granddaughter."

Soichiro Amami's expression was calm, "Do you know why I suddenly changed my attitude towards Zhixue a few years ago?" ”

“.”

"It's just that when she was sweeping the grave, Zhixue offered flowers to her mother, and I asked Guizhong in front of her mother's tombstone, 'Who is she?' Such a simple question. ”

Who is she.?

No wonder, no wonder the old man's attitude has changed.

Sakakihara could even think of Sakuraku's shocked expression at that time.

As a father, a father located in modern society, at the grave of her mother, forgetting the existence of his daughter herself.

"The first time I heard her call me dad in person was five years ago, when she was 11 years old. Isn't it ridiculous? It is precisely because of this ridiculousness that I choose to respond to the demands and requests of Zhixue in the future. I hope that with my belated response, she will feel a little bit of my presence. Although she had little desire other than to eat. ”

“.” Sakakihara didn't know how to respond to the old man's words.

He was communicating with himself as a father, telling him about the snow.

The old man's attitude towards Zhixue.

It's more like an awakening that came about because of an opportunity.

This emotion is tinged with guilt, with the idea of wanting to compensate her. That's why the old man is on this side of the snow now. And want to obey the desire of the snow, let yourself marry her or something

"My age is also increasing year by year, and I am already the age of her grandfather. I'm sure you've learned enough about Zhixue recently, and her own wishes and actions are quite simple and pure. As long as you treat her well, she will reply to you wholeheartedly.

"The previous question about the letter is actually to tell you that the maintenance of the 'family' needs to rely on feelings, and without feelings, then this 'family' will exist in name only, which is why I am still writing letters to my daughters.

"I know Xiaole, you are facing a difficult choice emotionally, so I don't plan to embarrass you anymore If you don't want to walk with Zhixue, I will bring her back to Tianhai's house in the near future. You are still engaged to Qi Mingyue and inherit the family business of the Tianhai family in the future, there is no doubt about this. That's what your stepfather meant too. ”

After Soichiro Amami finished speaking, he did not wait for Sakakihara Raku's answer.

Instead, he got up silently and took the initiative to leave the study.

Only Sakakihara was still sitting in his chair, dazed by what the old man had just said.

Grandpa is talking about snow, going back to Tianhai's house?

*

At the other end, Soichiro Amami walked out of the Tenkai family's mansion, and a black car was parked in front of the stairs of the gate.

"The master has just come home, and he is leaving?"

"Ah, a bunch of waste has always enjoyed too many blessings."

"You haven't said a word to Miss Zhixue yet!"

"I'll talk about it next time, I'll take the time to see her later."

"Master"

Before the old man left, Sakura Guizhong couldn't help but ask Soichiro Amami, who was about to get into the car.

"What did the master say to the little master just now, is it really good?"

Soichiro Amami changed his kind and gentle father image just now, turned around with a straight face, and said, "Don't talk about that, do you think that kid will be obedient?" Let him harden up and have the choice to resist me, he used to give Maodian such a handle, so that he has an infinite spirit of resistance. ”

“.” Ying Guizhong was speechless, the master had experience in fighting with the young master, and he also used it on the young master's body.

Soichiro Amami received his hands in the middle of the long sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and said coldly:

"Human emotions are the basis of human existence in this world, and if you want to promote the development of feelings, you must let the feelings themselves have scruples and make them contradictory. Contradictions arise in the midst of various emotions, and the accumulation of these emotions is proof that they can no longer be separated. ”

"Master"

Soichiro Amami got into the back seat of the car and waved his hand to Sakura Guizhong outside the window, "There's no need to be sad for that stinky boy, what I said to him is not a lie." It's just that these truths have a purpose in the first place. ”

Uncle Sakura looked at the old man in the car window, "Alas, master, it is precisely because it is the truth that I feel embarrassed for the little master." ”

Soichiro Amami closed his eyes: "He's embarrassed? There are many more things that make it difficult for him in this life. How can you make Yuki's wish come true if you are not embarrassed? As a father, this is the only thing I can give her the best thing and the most compensation in this life. ”

With that, Soichiro Amami waved his hand again and motioned for the driver to close the window.

Ying Guizhong got up from a bent state, stood in front of the mansion, and watched the old man's car leave the Tianhai family's manor again.

(End of chapter)