Chapter 58: A Family of Four

  A super unglamorous mother cat followed the Ice Emperor's entourage into the tennis club, but was blocked from entering the exclusive training court due to lack of a VIP card, feeling extremely embarrassed.

  Qingshui Liangsi stood her ground with clenched fists, she would never give up!

  However, recently she has been encountering obstacles everywhere, perhaps it's time for her to change her tactics!

  Rise up, sea!

  Kazuki Akane's hand shouldn't have reached that far yet, right?! This time, I absolutely can't let Kazuki Akane meet with Taito and the others before her!

  But Akagi Moka didn't know that she had gone to such great lengths to capture the prince, and returned home to find Akagi Kaito already there, this time welcoming a scene of four people eating dinner together...

  Shizuka Ryoko knew that Katsuragi Aya liked Chinese food, so she especially went to learn it. The Katsuragi family wasn't without a cook, but Shizuka Ryoko just wanted to make a meal for her beloved daughter. When Katsuragi Aya was away, they usually ate the meals made by the cook.

  Tonight's dishes on the table are Chinese food made by Shizuka Ryoko.

  This is the first time he's having Chinese food, and from what Kiriya and Shizuka said, he can tell that Kiriya likes Chinese food. He thinks it's interesting to see Shizuka making a colorful dish after learning how to make Chinese food for the first time, but he doesn't know how it tastes...

  However, when he saw that Lin Mu didn't look uncomfortable while eating it, he figured it was at least not bad tasting. So, he picked up a piece of braised pork...

  Kaito Tsurugi was enthusiastically serving Kaito Ayame with side dishes, when he suddenly thought of something and looked at Kaito Akira, "Right, didn't you want to maintain your engagement with Yori-sensei? Find a time to help her transfer from Rikka University to Hyoutei... to foster their relationship..."

  Tanaka hadn't finished speaking when he was glared at by Shizuka Ryoko and fell silent.

  Can't you not talk about this at the dinner table? What if Shou gets angry and storms off with his bowl of rice? Shizuka Ryoko was extremely frustrated, but Tsurugi Tsubasa was determined to make the engagement between Tsurugi Kaito and Irie Yuu official, so that Tsurugi Ayaka could be free. But this wasn't fair to Shou, she couldn't bear to part with either of these two children, she wanted them to be equal! So at this time, let the young people solve it themselves!

  Just then, the braised pork that was being held in his hand fell onto the table and rolled in front of Akagi Serika, who was sitting next to him...

  "Sorry about that." Lin Mu said somewhat awkwardly, and then he threw the braised pork into the trash can.

  Just as he had made up his mind, he heard Kaito mention that matter. He couldn't deny it, but his heart was in a flurry, even more so than when Kaito announced their engagement that day. And with this, he also understood why he had been so flustered at the time.

  But can he really cultivate feelings with another girl, set a marriage contract, and even get married and have children in the future when he already has someone he likes? Although the person he likes is...

  He gazed blankly at the side of Hakuren Oakley, but could only see her beautiful profile. Her very beautiful and clear blue eyes never looked at him. He could smell the sweet scent of a girl coming from her body and feel the thin coolness brought by the Snow Jade Bangle, which confused his heart, but also calmed it...

  Because of the estrangement between them, he couldn't get close to her. The more he wanted to get close, the more his heart sank. Now that Hakumai Tantan has once again broken off their engagement, what can be done? At first, it was he himself who didn't want to give up, precisely because he didn't want to see Hakumai Tan being engaged to another man... Unlike her, when she heard about him being engaged to another girl, she didn't have any reaction at all...

  Looking at the girl eating elegantly, he lowered his gaze, and no one saw the fleeting desolation in those blue eyes.

  "This matter I will handle......" Katsuragi Tsurugi only gave a cold response to Katsuragi Tan, then lowered his head to eat. His messy bangs covered his line of sight, making it so he could only see the food in his bowl and not notice Katsuragi Natsuha looking up at him with her gaze...

  When Lin Mu sat next to her, the cold air had dissipated, but now, although it wasn't emitting a cold aura, why did it have an additional melancholic atmosphere? Moreover, he would actually apologize for rolling in front of her for a piece of meat. She thought that this kind of man was supposed to be proud and aloof...

  ...and didn't know if it was an illusion, but Lin Mu Xiang felt that he was cold and aloof, yet recently she had been feeling like he was gazing at her with an ambiguous intensity. She wasn't a self-absorbed person, and when he said "she and he were just people with the same blood flowing through their veins", she had closed her heart to this young man. How could someone who could say such words possibly be gazing at her...

  But was it really just an illusion?... He had indeed been looking at her just now, although she didn't know why...

  Watching him eat plain rice without even picking up any dishes, she knew that his mind was not on the food.

  She could see that Akagi Kaito was actually averse to the engagement, but she didn't understand why he insisted on it. Although Inoue Yui seemed like a fiery girl who might be able to melt the icy Akagi Kaito, there were differences between fire and ice, passionate girls and cold boys after all. The human world wasn't lacking in changes.

  Although fire can melt ice, who says that a passionate girl must be able to enter the heart of an icy boy? The human heart is the most unpredictable thing. A passionate girl and an iceberg boy are not necessarily a perfect match, they may not walk together, and they may not fall in love.

  However, no matter what, Akane always felt that Aoi was changing, he had been coming home frequently, just like now, and they could still have dinner together.

  But how can you just eat plain rice?

  This reminded her of her brother in her previous life, her brother Gu Xi Ye always peeled the white rice at the dinner table, only waiting for her to give him dishes. This stubbornness was deadly, if she didn't give Gu Xi Ye dishes, he absolutely wouldn't eat them.

  Kaito and Kusaki may be different, but to some extent they really overlap. Akagi gave him a dish without realizing it, and he looked at her with an unbelievable gaze. She felt embarrassed and turned away, "Mom's Chinese food is delicious, eat more..."

  In an instant, it seemed to have shortened the distance between him and her, causing his... heart to beat rapidly, his icy eyes suddenly burning with fire, but quickly returning to normal, yet still being caught by Mu Tong.

  Kaito felt a bit strange in his heart, but he didn't think much of it. The improvement in the relationship between these two siblings was something that he and Shizuka Ryoko had always been looking forward to. However, no matter how much he thought about it, Kaito couldn't shake off the weird feeling that Akagi Touya gave him...

  "Thank you..." Mu Mukuro said in a low, gentle voice that was not his usual cold tone, but rather warm and intimate.

  The strange feeling in Tanmu's heart deepened!

  "Hehe, baby is right, Xiaoliu should eat more. I spent a lot of effort learning this dish and finally got to serve it to you guys! " Jingxiang Liangzi's emotions were stirred up, these two siblings are finally interacting with each other, she was so excited that she forgot about Chenmu Linliu's cleanliness habit, never letting anyone serve him food, and enthusiastically served him a portion!"

  “……”

  The atmosphere cooled for a moment, and Akito's trichotillomania recurred when he saw Shizuka Ryoko serving him food, but it quickly subsided. However, the brief chill made Shizuka Ryoko's mind clear up a bit. Although it has been some time since she last served him food, it is still a very familiar scene. She remembers that in the past, when she served him food, he would throw it away in the trash can! At that time, her heart, filled with maternal love, almost broke into pieces!

  Now, her excited expression has stiffened a bit. She feels that her son still rejects her serving him dishes, humming and hawing, but why does he say thank you so warmly when his beloved serves him? Alas, she is indeed the mother of an unfilial child!

  Akagi glared intently at the piece of meat that Shizuka had given him, desperately wanting to feed it to the trash can, but if he did so, Akane would definitely dislike his behavior.

  Will he tolerate himself just getting a little closer to her and then immediately pulling away again?

  So, for the first time, Lin Mu felt that he was really miserable and had to overcome his mysophobia!

  Jingxiang Liangzi stiffened her face and stared at Chenmu Yan's flowing chopsticks. Although she was eating the dishes that Chenmu Yan had picked for her, her expression rarely relaxed. But as soon as she ate what Jingxiang Liangzi had picked, it was as if she had eaten a fly!

  Shizuka Ryoko: “......”

  Soul is weak! Has she not eaten well with her chopsticks?! She has always been busy with the business of serving food to others, right?! So the dishes she serves absolutely do not have her saliva on them, Soul Weakling Son! Why be so repulsed?! On the contrary, Baby has been eating, and there is saliva on hers, feed! Why must you shatter her motherly love, Soul Weakling?!

  Shizuka Ryoko glared at Katsuragi Tsurugi with gritted teeth. What is that thing you've brought here?! How detestable!

  Kakashi didn't pay attention to Shizuka Ryouko, but instead Kuroba bubbled up and also gave Kakashi a dish of pickled vegetables. Looking at his face as black as coal, he endured the pain and ate the dish he was given, feeling very relieved in his heart!

  Tan Mu's heart was pleased, and he ignored the strange feeling that Tan Mu Liu gave him. He figured out why Tan Mu Liu had been enduring in silence, and this was a great opportunity for him to change his expression!

  Shizuka Ryoko: “......” She knew that the person who provided it was very problematic, and naturally, the tadpole would not grow up to be any better!

  But for some reason, this was the warmest scene Katsuragi Aya felt in this house. Her beautiful face had a faint smile on it, and her blue eyes sparkled with amusement for the first time as she looked at Katsuragi Akira, instantly soothing his anger that made him want to wash his stomach, and calming his expression.

  Du Mu Duan was taken aback, but Du Mu Tong's expression quickly eased. He had been looking forward to seeing the iceberg's big explosion, unfortunately.