The woman's eyebrows suddenly rose, as if she was unhappy that she didn't apologize but talked back first.

"Of course I don't know you. Who knows what you are thinking? After all, you have never said anything."

This careless and natural irony only intensified the girl's anger.

"Does mom still remember what she said to me the day I ran away from home?"

The other party thought about this for a few seconds, and then said nonchalantly: "...I don't remember what you said."

"really……"

Sayu murmured and lowered his head, his expression seemed angry or sad.

"I knew... Mom didn't take me seriously at all, and she didn't even try to understand me, right?"

Staring at the graceful side face hidden in the gap between the hair tips, Kato Yusuke felt an inexplicable pain in his heart and couldn't help but clenched his fists.

"You started complaining about me as soon as you got home?" The woman continued: "So you ran away from home just to cause trouble for your family and vent your anger, right?"

"That's not true!"

Sayu shouted and stood up suddenly from his chair.

The sudden outburst of emotion made the other party's shoulders tremble, and he showed a timid expression for a moment, then immediately raised his eyebrows and stared back.

"I just...want to run away from my mother!"

The girl said in a decisive tone: "If you want to escape, you don't want to understand my mother at all! If you want to escape, you will think it's me...you who killed your only friend with your own hands..."

Sayu's voice gradually became softer, and a small cry came from his throat.

It was not an attempt to attack the other party or win sympathy, but an idea to express the feelings in one's heart even if one's own vulnerability was exposed.

After this reminder, the woman seemed to have finally remembered something. A momentary daze flashed in her eyes, and then she changed to a serious expression.

"...Even so, what happens if you run away from home? A child can't do anything even if he runs outside."

"This...although this is the case..."

Sayu hesitated, speechless.

Seeing her like this, the other party pressed her further: "After all that, you ended up hiding in a stranger's house...and bringing other people's children home. Isn't this a crime?"

"Mom, Kato-kun, like Sayu, he is still just a student..." Isa on the side pulled the woman's arm and reminded her pointedly.

The woman seemed to want to get angry for a moment, but she immediately thought of something and stopped her words. She lowered her voice and said: "Even so... you know that this kind of behavior is wrong, right? Why would you bring such a person back...

…”

"that is because--"

While Ogiwara Kazusa was trying to explain...

"Bang!"

Sayu slammed the table hard.

"You always you always..."

A deep voice sounded slowly, as if coming from deep in the throat.

"You always insult the most important person to me like this! That's what I hate about you!!!"

The almost screaming voice made the air in the room tremble.

Before the other person could speak, she continued: "Unlike my mother... Yusuke cherished me from the bottom of his heart. When I was the most self-defeating, he was the only one who gave me 'unconditional love'."

The calm words floated clearly into everyone's ears.

"Unconditional love...?"

The woman murmured, anger appearing on her face.

"What are you talking about...you don't even know my hardships...!"

As she said this, she slammed her hands on the table, and even the scruples in her heart were suppressed by her anger.

"You have no idea how much you have caused me to lose...!"

Immediately afterwards——

"It would have been better if... I hadn't given birth to you in the first place——!"

The words spread throughout the room.

"Mom——!" Ogihara shouted angrily.

There was a sudden silence in the house.

After hearing this, Sayu's face turned pale, without any blood on it, and then she took another breath and bit her lower lip tightly.

Little by little, her eyes became red, and tears began to accumulate in the corners of her eyes.

At this moment, a pair of warm palms pressed on the top of her head.

"Don't cry."

A gentle and calm voice came from the young man's mouth.

"I am here."

"Um……"

Sayu nodded her head vigorously, pinched the corners of her skirt with both hands, and burst into tears.

"Didn't they all tell you not to cry? You are really a crybaby."

Kato Yusuke smiled, his voice became softer, and he raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears on the girl's face.

"Well... don't cry anymore."

Sayu sniffed and responded, her voice sounding muffled, and then she slowly stopped crying.

Yusuke nodded and turned to look across.

"Then, if you regret this, why not let me take Sayu away, madam."

"take away?"

The woman's brows furrowed as she met his eyes for the first time. Although there was a moment of fear, she suppressed it again.

"What do you mean?"

"It literally means that if you really hate your daughter so much, why not just give her freedom? I will be responsible for her future life."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Ogihara family except Sayu was shocked.

The woman first showed a confused expression, and then let out a feeble sigh: "Don't be joking, after all, you are just a child. Do you think this is just a simple talk? If you don't have money-"

"Is twenty million enough?"

"ha--?"

"This is what I can take out now. It should be enough for two people to finish college."

As if she was shocked speechless for a moment, the woman opened her eyes blankly.

Even Yi Sa couldn't help but frown, tapped the table with his hand, and said cautiously: "Kato-kun, do you know what you are talking about? No matter how hard it is for Sayu, this kind of thing cannot be done easily.

Kidding."

Kato Yusuke laughed at this: "I never joke with strangers, have you forgotten?"

As he spoke, he picked up the backpack that had been there since entering the house from under his feet and started rummaging through it.

The women and Yisa stared at him momentarily.

Within a moment, he had a bankbook in his hand.

Without saying anything, Yusuke just put the bankbook on the table and pushed it to the opposite side with his hand.

Seeing this, Ogihara Kazusa couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Just when he was about to reach out and take it, a hand next to him took the bankbook in his hand before him.

"mom……"

Ignoring his reaction, the woman just started reading.

Swish swish swish.

Immediately afterwards——

"What do you mean 20 million...here it's not even half that."

Faced with the woman's words, Kato Yusuke did not panic or rush, but said to Yi Sa: "Can you lend me your laptop? Uncle."

Ogihara Kazusa did not answer immediately, but looked at his mother hesitantly.

"...Go and get it for him, Yisa." The woman said coldly.

"I know, then I'll excuse you." Yi Sa nodded and walked out of the room.

Hardly a few minutes passed.

Holding a thin and light laptop, he returned to the living room.

"Is this ok?"

"Yeah, okay."

After nodding in greeting, Yusuke took the computer and started operating on it.

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The women crossed their arms and stared at him without saying a word, with an incomprehensible look in their eyes.

For a while, the only sound in the living room was the typing of keyboards.
To be continued...