"nothing."
Busujima Shoichiro withdrew his gaze, then looked at Maeda Kazuko with an affectionate face, and said to Busujima Saeko: "Being able to marry Kazuko is the greatest happiness in my life. After I filed for divorce, she did not resent me, but spent her money It took three years to obtain a teacher's certificate. After you entered elementary school, she also applied for a job in the elementary school of the private Shenjian School. She worked hard to become a teacher in your class and taught you every time you were promoted. The purpose of upgrading is to keep an eye on your growth and... teach you gentleness!"
The emotions in Busujima Saeko's heart suddenly burst out, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.
Yes, that's right, the person who taught me, who was born in a samurai family, to be gentle, wasn't Mr. Kazuko... No, it was my mother! Otherwise, I must be a cold and ruthless woman who only knows swordsmanship!
She was so angry when she saw Busujima Shoichiro and Maeda Kazuko getting together because she truly regarded Maeda Kazuko as a very important person to her, and even vaguely regarded Maeda Kazuko as her mother in her heart, otherwise she would be in awe of Busujima Shoichiro. Busujima Saeko, deep down in her bones, would never be able to rush in front of Busujima Shoichiro and scream.
"Teacher Maeda... No, mother, I'm so sorry just now!"
Busushima Saeko bowed to Maeda Kazuko.
She truly regretted the confrontation and offense just now from the bottom of her heart.
Maeda Kazuko shook his head and gently held Busujima Saeko's hand: "Saeko, how can I blame you? It's us adults who are not good enough to make you suffer so much. Even if you want to say sorry, you should It’s us who say sorry to you!”
Feeling the warmth from Maeda Kazuko's hands, Busujima Saeko felt the warmth seep into her heart.
"Mother, please move back in with me and my father!"
Busujima Saeko couldn't help but said to Maeda Kazuko.
In the past, she didn't even know what her mother looked like or what kind of person she was. Mother was just a strange term, and she wouldn't miss her much. But now, her mother has appeared in front of her, and she even stays with her. The closest person who has been around for more than ten years, let Busujima Saeko remain the same as before and call her "Wakko-sensei", she can't do it!
"this……"
Maeda Kazuko hesitated. She looked at Busujima Shoichiro who looked embarrassed, and shook her head slightly at Busujima Saeko: "I'm sorry Saeko, I can't."
The word "family rules" is so important that Kazuko Maeda, who has been expelled from the Busujima family, dare not disobey it, let alone Busujima Shoichiro, the head of the Busujima family. She cannot bear to embarrass Busujima Shoichiro. .
When they were in the coffee shop just now, Busujima Shoichiro promised her that he would tell Busujima Saeko the truth and let them recognize each other as mother and daughter. This had already moved Maeda Kazuko very much, because Maeda Kazuko knew that her husband must have endured a lot of suffering before he made this decision. With such determination, her husband's character would never allow her to return to Busujima's house and defy the family rules head-on.
Seeing Maeda Kazuko's difficult refusal, Busujima Saeko also realized the problem of family rules, and her happy mood suddenly dropped.
Yes, with family rules in place, it is indeed impossible for Maeda Kazuko to return to the Busujima family.
For a moment, Busujima Saeko, Busujima Shoichiro, and Maeda Kazuko were all silent.
"Um...can I ask some more questions?"
Yan Kai on the side raised his hand weakly.
Busujima Shoichiro nodded and said, "Please tell me."
"It seems you only have one child, Saeko, right?"
Yan Kai asked Busujima Shoichiro and Maeda Kazuko.
The two nodded. Of course they only have one child, Busujima Saeko. She is the fruit of their love.
"Saeko is the heir of the Busujima style, right?"
Busujima Shoichiro nodded. This is a very clear thing. Over the years, he has devoted countless efforts to Busujima Saeko, just to train her to become the most outstanding heir of Busujima style, and to make Busujima style great in the future. Busujima Saeko has lived up to his expectations and has always done a good job.
"Is Saeko a girl?"
Busujima Shoichiro nodded again. Isn't this obvious? You would be hard-pressed to find a girl more feminine than Busujima Saeko.
Busujima Shoichiro felt that the questions Yan Kai asked were a bit redundant. If Yan Kai was not a Yan family member, he would not bother to answer these questions.
"I'm sorry for asking so many meaningless questions. The main reason is that I want to confirm. Please allow me to ask one last question." Yan Kai coughed and then asked Busujima Shoichiro the question he really wanted to ask. , "Excuse me, if Saeko gets married and has children in the future, are you going to let Saeko leave the Busujima family?"
"Of course this is impossible!"
Busujima Shoichiro answered very firmly, how could he expel the heir he trained with all his efforts from the Busujima family? Moreover, if Busujima Saeko leaves the Busujima family, who will inherit the Busujima style in the future? Expecting a newborn child? Although Busujima Shoichiro is still in his prime by martial arts standards, there is no way to wait for another ten or twenty years to train the next successor.
"But doesn't the family rule of your Busujima family stipulate that after the child is born, the mother will leave the Busujima family?"
Yan Kai asked rhetorically.
"this……"
Busujima Shoichiro's mind was stuck for a moment.
Yes, that’s right, in order to prevent children from being addicted to maternal love, the Busujima family’s family rules require the mother of the child to leave the Busujima family after the child is born, but what if this mother is the heir of the Busujima family? Let the child's father leave? But that's not right. The family rules say that it is to prevent maternal love from making children weak, so they only ask the mother to leave. But the mother is the heir, so she cannot leave the Busujima family!
Busujima Shoichiro's mind fell into chaos.
Yan Kai looked at Busujima Shoichiro's head getting bigger and bigger, and warned him: "Mr. Busujima, I have two suggestions here. Are you willing to listen to them?"
Busujima Shoichiro said seriously: "I would like to hear the details!"
"The first one is to ask you and Aunt Wakko to remarry as soon as possible, and then have another child, and it will be a boy. Raise this boy as the heir of the Busujima family. If it is a boy, he can continue the Busujima family's legacy well in the future. It’s a family rule, isn’t it?”
Yan Kai said to Busujima Shoichiro.
"No, Saeko is my only heir, and I will never change this no matter what!"
Busujima Shoichiro shook his head very firmly.
Busujima Saeko was overjoyed, not because she couldn't bear to be the heir to the Busujima family, but from Busujima Shoichiro's answer, she felt that Busujima Shoichiro valued her.
"Then I have a second suggestion here." Yan Kai said to Busujima Shoichiro, "Actually, the second suggestion is simpler. I'd rather ask you to remarry Aunt Wakko..."
At this point, Yan Kai stopped talking. Busujima Shoichiro saw that Yan Kai didn't say anything, so he couldn't help but asked: "What next?"
"Then?" Yan Kai looked confused, "What's the use of that? Then, won't it be over if you two get married again! This family rule that will be broken sooner or later, just pretend it doesn't exist. After you get married, you and Xizi will live a good life. Isn’t this better than sticking to a rut and causing all three of us to suffer deeply? What are you still struggling with!”
Uh, can it still be like this...
Busujima Shoichiro's mind began to get confused again.
But if you think about it carefully, what Yan Kai said does make sense. As long as Busujima Saeko is still the heir of the Busujima style, this family rule will be broken sooner or later. After all, there is no such thing as expelling an outstanding heir who has made no mistakes in this world. House rules!
Any family rule must serve the purpose of "making the family stronger and more stable." If the family rule contradicts this purpose, the family rule must be modified, otherwise it will only lead to the decline of the family.
"Furthermore, the purpose of that unreasonable family rule you mentioned is to cultivate heirs with strong will and perseverance. Doesn't Saeko have these conditions now?"
Yan Kai asked Busujima Shoichiro again.
"Of course my Saeko has such qualities!"
Busujima Shoichiro was very sure that Saeko was the heir he had personally trained, and he knew better than anyone how good Saeko was.
"Did Saeko leave her mother? Wasn't she influenced by her mother?"
Yan Kai looked at Maeda Kazuko.
During the important moments of Busujima Saeko's growth, this strong and gentle mother was never absent, and fortunately she was not absent.
"this……"
Busujima Shoichiro was speechless.
Busujima Shoichiro knew about the fact that Maeda Kazuko became Busujima Saeko's teacher a long time ago, and even silently supported it. Otherwise, how could Maeda Kazuko, a divorced woman with no power, easily enter the private shrine? School, and every time he can smoothly upgrade with Saeko, and he has always been Busujima Saeko's teacher?
As for Busujima Saeko, it is difficult to say that Busujima Shoichiro could become such an outstanding heir without the help of Maeda Kazuko. If he had really followed the family rules meticulously, Busujima Saeko might not be what he is now.
Yan Kai continued: "It turns out that leaving your mother is not a necessary and sufficient condition for developing a strong will and perseverance. I have not read the novel you mentioned before, Mr. Busujima, and I don't know what the protagonist is in it. What a charming character, but I think that all his excellent qualities were definitely not cultivated because of the loss of his mother. Let me ask, in that novel, the sect of the protagonist is the same as the protagonist. Is he an outstanding person?"
Busujima Shoichiro was even more silent, because what Yan Kai said was not wrong at all. In that novel, except for the protagonist, not only did the protagonist’s sect no longer have any outstanding figures, but on the contrary, the junior brother who had the same growth experience as the protagonist was still an ordinary person. An out-and-out arrogant and stubborn donkey, he has never accomplished much except causing trouble and hurting the protagonist.
In fact, the lack of maternal love is not only not a good thing for the protagonist, but also a huge weakness for him. The protagonist, who is fearless in the face of any strong enemy, is only afraid of hearing others say the word "mother" because he does not know how to do it at all. I know what my mother looks like, and I don’t know where my mother is.
So, the protagonist in that novel has a lot to learn from, but my grandfather only saw the most superficial part?
Busujima Shoichiro smiled bitterly, even feeling resentful in his heart.
Deep down in his heart, Busujima Shoichiro also opposed this family rule, and even he himself was a victim of this family rule. It was this family rule that took away his mother and made him spend his childhood in sweat and blood. He was always surrounded by his father's stern face and cold sword. Only after meeting Kazuko Maeda did his heart warm up. But because of this family rule, he had to drive out his beloved woman. Family, how painful this is, I am afraid only the person involved, Shoichiro Busujima, knows.
Seeing the change in Busujima Shoichiro's expression, Yan Kai continued to work harder: "So, don't hesitate anymore, hurry up and remarry your aunt!"
Busujima Shoichiro suddenly grabbed Maeda Kazuko's hand: "Wazuko, we will go to the ward government tomorrow to remarry!"
Maeda Kazuko was suddenly grabbed by Busujima Shoichiro, and the joy in her heart had already surpassed her shyness. She had been waiting for this sentence for seventeen years. She nodded without hesitation: "Well, Shoichiro, please take good care of me for the rest of my life." !”
"Tomorrow?" Yan Kai looked at the clock in the family restaurant and said to Busujima Shoichiro, "Although the time is indeed a bit late, I seem to remember that the district government has a late-night window and can accept marriage registration applications 24 hours a day."
"You're right, Hezi, we don't have to wait until tomorrow, we're going to the district government now!"
Busujima Shoichiro pulled up Maeda Kazuko.
"Wait a minute, Shoichiro, our seals are still at home!"
Looking at the anxious Busujima Shoichiro, Maeda Kazuko couldn't help but smile. She seemed to have seen Busujima Shoichiro more than 20 years ago.
"Then hurry up and get it, I don't want to wait all night!" Busujima Shoichiro said as he picked up Maeda Kazuko, "I'll hold you and run, so it's faster!"
"Shoichiro!"
Looking at the back of Busujima Shoichiro who picked up Maeda Kazuko and rushed out of the door, Busujima Saeko couldn't laugh or cry at first. He felt that his father was too exaggerated and looked nothing like his usual calm self. However, he smiled and shed tears. Her eyes watered.
"Kaijun."
"Um."
"I have a mother..."
"Um."
"Thank you!"
"Why are you so polite!"
…………………………
Busujima Shoichiro, who had been busy for a long time and finally successfully completed the marriage procedures (remarriage is legally the same as marriage), happily walked out of the ward office holding a small potted plant. The potted plant was a gift from the staff. It was a plastic flower pot. It also has "Happy Marriage" printed on it.
The bonsai was just a very cheap potted plant, but Busujima Shoichiro held it in his hands like a treasure.
"Look at how happy you are, isn't it just a potted plant?"
Maeda Kazuko...no, it was Busujima Kazuko who couldn't help but cover her mouth and smiled.
"I'm just happy!" Busujima Shoichiro didn't care at all about his wife's jokes, he held up the potted plant and said, "I want to take it with me and take good care of it every day!"
Busujima Kazuko smiled and shook his head: "You don't know how to grow potted plants, so let me do it!"
"Okay, then I'll take you with me!"
Busujima Shoichiro smiled.
"You're so grown up, but you're still not serious!"
Busujima Kazuko smiled.
The Busujima couple walked under the moonlight and left the ward government. A handsome boy and a cute girl with long pink hair walked into the ward government after they left, and their destination was also the late-night window for accepting marriage registration applications.
"Hello, we are getting married today!"
The handsome young man took a picture of the marriage registration application form in front of the staff.
The staff member glanced at the boy and girl who came to register for marriage. He was surprised at how young they were. He couldn't help but give the boy a thumbs up: "Young man, getting married at such a young age is better than the middle-aged couple just now. Japanese It’s up to you to solve the problem of low birthrate!”
