A night of silence.
After waking up at dawn the next day, Baiyunshan recalled the conversation last night and still couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
The current relationship between the two of them can be said to be very delicate, both close and distant, like friends, but not just friends, but if you want to use the word lover to describe it, it seems more complicated——
It is precisely because of this that the impulsive phone call last night ended up in such a strange atmosphere. Both of them were a little confused about their current identities. They obviously had a lot to say, but they couldn't say it.
But one thing has not changed, and that is that a certain Hokkaido girl is as thin-skinned as ever. Otherwise, if someone else had said those last words, she would not have hung up the phone so quickly——
Coming downstairs, the Hashimoto family's morning was as usual.
A certain Hokkaido girl is still sick. In addition to the conversation last night, no one can tell how much of the heat on her cheeks is due to fever and how much is due to shyness. It is even less likely to get up at this time. .
Therefore, there were only two other family members downstairs. Hashimoto’s mother, who was over 40 years old, went out after breakfast. Although she was still on annual leave, it was supposed to be a rare rest time, but the economic situation was not optimistic, and the entire family The heavy burden on her body still forced her to go out early at this time to work on the new part-time job she had recently found.
This is also a situation of necessity. When Mr. Hashimoto passed away a few years ago, although the family still had debts and financial pressure, it still had financial support from relatives and other subsidies from the government. But now that so much time has passed, these things have naturally gradually worn off. The children are growing up day by day, and the situation has naturally become more embarrassing day by day.
When Nana Hashimoto insisted on going to Beijing alone, she saw that this was not going to work, so she ran to Tokyo to study alone despite her objections. And she has indeed alleviated the burden on her mother to a certain extent, and as time slowly accumulates, this situation will definitely gradually get better, but it is a pity——
Thinking of this, Baiyunshan not only shook his head, but also furrowed his brows and looked complicated.
But soon, he felt a gaze staring at him, and when he turned around, he saw, as expected, it was another member of the Hashimoto family, Kenta Hashimoto.
As the younger brother Hashimoto with the lowest status in the family, although he is still on annual leave and does not have to go to school, the difficult family situation has already cultivated his tough character and good work and rest. It is impossible for him to lie down at this time like his sister. Rest in bed.
At this time, he had already gotten up and had breakfast. When he saw someone walking downstairs, Hashimoto's brother's eyes were firmly locked on him, with undisguised hostility and vigilance in his eyes.
Of course Baiyunshan knew the origin of his hostility, but he couldn't argue with a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old child, especially because he had taken advantage of him... So he just pretended not to see it, but instead He greeted me pleasantly.
"Morning~"
"..."
Brother Hashimoto didn't seem to expect that this guy could be so thick-skinned, yet he had the nerve to take the initiative to say hello to him, and his breathing couldn't help but be stagnant. But he reacted immediately and didn't respond. He just grunted, turned his head away, and stood up to leave without saying a word.
Baiyunshan suddenly felt helpless. Why do everyone in the Hashimoto family have such a temper? Seeing that he was really about to leave without saying a word, he hurriedly spoke and stopped him.
"Hey wait! Do you really... don't want to know what happened to your sister?"
"..."
Brother Hashimoto looked at him with cold eyes and still said nothing.
Baiyunshan sighed, and had no choice but to speak again, "Then you always want to help your sister, right? You are his biological brother, and you must know her better than I do. Can't you see that she must be hiding now?" What's on your mind?"
This time he finally spoke, but his tone was also wary: "Liar!"
"Liar? When did I lie to you-"
Bai Yunshan defended with an innocent face. As he spoke, he saw the sarcasm in the other party's eyes, so he had no choice but to spread his hands and said frankly: "Well, if I didn't explain everything clearly, it can be considered a lie... .But the starting point is still good. After all, we are all thinking about your sister, right?"
"snort--"
Faced with this sophistry, Hashimoto's brother was speechless. However, he obviously would not change his opinion easily just because of these two words. He said coldly: "You are definitely not a good person anyway! Even if it is for me. Hello sister, I will never believe you again. Last time I just thought I was blind and made a mistake——"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but add angrily: "You are no different from those guys!"
After hearing this, Bai Yunshan, who was smiling bitterly and listening to him express his dissatisfaction, suddenly his eyes froze, as if he thought of something, the bitter smile gradually disappeared, his face suddenly became calm, and his eyes narrowed little by little.
He said slowly: "You mean...which guys?"
Hashimoto's younger brother's face froze, knowing that he had made a mistake. Seeing his face, he knew that he would not be fooled. After thinking about it in his mind, he simply turned around and left without saying a word.
"If you don't want to tell me, I can go find someone else and ask, but I don't think you want to see that scene."
Baiyunshan said slowly and in a calm tone.
Brother Hashimoto stopped for a moment. Of course he knew who the other person was, it was his mother or sister, but no matter which one it was, the result could be imagined.
Knowing that he couldn't escape even if he wanted to, Brother Hashimoto had no choice but to turn around and look at him, with doubt on his face, and said, "What's the use of telling you?"
"You can talk about it first."
Bai Yunshan was not in a hurry, but slowly sat down at the dining table, stretched out a hand to signal him to sit down and spoke slowly.
Brother Hashimoto gritted his teeth and stared at him, but found that his eyes remained unwavering, and it was obvious that he had a chance to win. In the end, I could only sit down with some frustration, looked down at the table, and whispered with a somewhat unnatural expression: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I was in school some time ago and heard someone saying bad things about my sister -"
"Bad words?"
Baiyunshan repeated.
"To be precise, my sister happened to be mentioned when we were talking about Nogizaka46. I know all those people. They were classmates in the same class before. Some of them were my former friends. They all knew my sister. They used to be in the same class. When I was a guest at my house, my sister even taught me a lesson because my hands and feet were unclean. I didn’t expect that I would do such a thing now——"
Brother Hashimoto said, with anger still on his face. It was obvious that he was not only angry at his sister when she was slandered, but also angry at the ugly faces these former friends now showed.
As for Baiyun Mountain, after hearing the other party slowly tell the story from the beginning, he actually breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that I was overly worried. The situation of a certain Hokkaido girl did not reach such a bad bottom so quickly. It turned out to be just a conflict between a few middle school students. They just said bad things. At most, it was slander and a bit unpleasant. No. It's not bad that the bad situation that I imagined happened -
However, he suddenly understood and thought of the conversation he heard at the door yesterday. He nodded and said, "I see, that's why you had a fight with them?"
Brother Hashimoto immediately closed his mouth and said nothing.
But this is no different from admitting. Bai Yunshan grinned and raised his eyebrows curiously: "How is it? Win or lose?"
Brother Hashimoto's face froze, and after a moment, he mumbled and said: "There are more of them, I fought several of them one by one, and I have never fought before, so--"
"One person faced several, so he lost? What kind of excuse is this!"
Baiyunshan sneered, shook his head disdainfully, and interrupted his explanation.
Brother Hashimoto's face looked ashamed, then turned red again, and said unconvinced: "You are just good at talking, if you have the ability, try it!"
"Just try it—"
In his surprised and astonished eyes, Baiyunshan said lightly, but then he paused, coughed slightly, and said: "But we have to finish breakfast first."
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