The name she heard was Moko.
It's not Mayu, nor is it Nao, Yuko, Reina, Mitsuki, and even less is it the beloved Shiori, Honoka, Saki, etc.
This is a non-existent name because there is no one with this name in this world.
She thought of how Nan Youxi had called her by this name in a daze when she was a child. At that time, she thought it was a nickname given to her, a pet name.
Two years ago, she talked about this name with her parents. Her mother told her that when she was born, they wanted Yuki to name her, and the name Yuki gave was Moko.
This name was not registered in her birth records, and she knew nothing about it for a long time. Because Yuki took back the name, he told her parents that their daughter should choose her own name.
So her name became Moyu.
So, Mozi is Mozi, and Moyu is Moyu.
So, when she heard the name Moko from Yuki, she was surprised. She felt a little happy and a little sad.
She thought that Yuxi might have caught a glimpse of her figure while turning over and half asleep, and called out this name.
This name is her, but it is not her.
She felt that if one had to give a definition and study the ingredients clearly, there was a name for Moyou in the ingredient column of Moyou, and jasmine accounted for 20% of the nutritional composition of Moyou.
Moko exists in Yuki's heart, and Mayu exists in reality.
She thought that Moko was the name Yuki gave to her daughter, so Moko could stay with Yuki.
And Mayu is the name of a friend's daughter, so Mayu should keep her distance.
She thought of the three times she met Yuuki. She was Mayu, so she had to leave with her biological parents when she was a child, she couldn't leave Yuuki in Utajima when she was in high school, and now she couldn't live in Yuuki's house.
There is no way Mayu can stay with Yuuki.
However, Moyu can be Mozi, and Mozi can be Moyu.
Three years ago, she thought that if she wanted to become Moko, Yuki's daughter or goddaughter, she first needed to become the daughter of Yuki's wife.
A big problem arises here—Yuxi has no wife.
Moreover, she was well aware of Yuuki's aversion to marriage, and it would be more difficult for Yuuki to find a wife than for her to become Moshiko herself.
Perhaps it is because Yuuki has no wife that she cannot become Moshiko. A daughter is a father's little cotton-padded jacket, and a wife is a big cotton-padded jacket. The small and the big exist because of the contrast. If there is no big, the small does not exist, and the daughter becomes the only cotton-padded jacket. Such a relationship is too dangerous for the secular world, especially when she does not care about being big or small.
She could have been the little cotton-padded jacket, but because the big one was empty, she couldn't.
After thinking about this possibility, she was sulking for a long time. She couldn't accept that the problem she was facing was actually an extension of another woman's problem.
Two years ago, after receiving Yuki's painting and lunch box as a farewell gift, she confirmed this possibility. Otherwise, why would Yuki hide from her like this
Now, she was sitting next to Yuki. She had spent two years building good relationships with Nao, Yuko, Reina, Mitsuki and Kazumi. In her opinion, these five people were strong replacements for her godmother.
She knew since she was a child that they all liked Yuki, and she began to wonder why Yuki rejected them.
When she was a child, she was too confident, and this confidence turned into some arrogance, which was also directed at the people around her, especially Nan Youxi.
She felt that it was normal for a man like her brother to look down on those five women.
When she grew up, she realized that Nao and the others were the best people. Maybe there were others as good as them, but there was no one better than them.
She was puzzled, so she sneaked into Asano's house and tried to find out a lot of information through indirect methods.
She was even more puzzled. She knew that each of Nao and the others had an ambiguous past with Yuuki, and they had all had a spark of love, no, it should be a volcano of love, and Yuuki left before the volcano erupted.
Just like leaving Uta Island three years ago.
Yuki left Utajima because he had no wife, and why did he leave Nao and the others
Mayu quickly figured out that it was because there were too many backups for his wife and there was only one position.
She took great pains to verify this guess.
Nao is too sensitive and keeps silent when it comes to related matters.
Yukiko was too smart. Before she could turn the topic to that point, Yukiko noticed it and moved the subject elsewhere.
Reina was too silent and just smiled in response to her question.
One beauty, one question, and I know nothing.
Only Mitsuki would reveal some information, but the information was half true and half false, and Moyu couldn't tell the difference.
So she organized a dinner tonight, wanting to see Nan Youxi's reaction directly.
She felt Yuki's joy.
At this point, she has obtained most of the conditions for this emotional puzzle. The next step is to use these known conditions to solve it.
"Put it down, we'll clean it up!" She stood up and stopped Nan Youxi who was about to pick up the dishes.
Dinner was coming to an end, Reina and Mitsuki stood up and cleared the dishes on the table.
Miyue glanced at Nan Youxi and said with sarcasm: "Anyway, he is just pretending, he won't really clean up."
She also noticed that Nan Youxi was in a good mood, which made her a little annoyed because she thought the man would be sad if his secret was exposed, even though she had comforted the man in the basement.
More importantly, she knew that Nan Youxi didn't care about this kind of provocation. She would think it was good if she could annoy Nan Youxi and make the man talk to her more, even if it was tit-for-tat.
This is also a provocative statement.
The ones who cooked were Nao, Yuko, and Kazumi, and she and Reina cleaned up at the end. This was their division of labor. If Minami Yuki wanted to prove that he was not just pretending, he would follow him to the kitchen.
Then, she could stay in the small kitchen with Nan Youxi.
However, she knew that it was unlikely to get Nan Youxi to take action. Unless there was a need to do so, men would be as lazy as possible.
Just as she thought, after hearing what Mayu said, Minami Yuki was ready to let go, but the reason he let go was different from what Miyuki thought.
The kitchen has a double sink, which is very close to each other. Although two people will not touch each other's shoulders when washing dishes, elbow collisions are inevitable.
It has been a long time since Nan Youxi stayed in a small but living space with one of them.
Even if Moyu didn't stop him, he would only do the work of moving the things, put the bowl in the kitchen and leave.
He turned around and went to sit on the sofa. The sofa in his villa was as comfortable as the one in Asano's house.
At this time, Moyu, who had just stopped him, stood behind him and pushed his back with her soft hands.
"Yuuki and Reina-sister, go wash the dishes." Moyu pushed her with one hand and Reina with the other.
It turns out that Moyu saw through his intention of just carrying the bowls, and asked him to put them down and do the dishwashing job he wanted to avoid.
The sink was made of stainless steel, with greasy dishes stained with cooking juices piled in it, and two streams of clear water flowing from two faucets pouring over them.
The delicious soup on the table became a disgusting stain in the sink.
Change the environment, change the situation, and good things will become bad.
Minami Yuxi put on gloves, looked at Reina who was silent beside her, and sighed in her heart.
He regretted not installing an automatic dishwasher even though he had a chef and a part-time nanny.
"How are Hinata and Honoka?" Minami Yuki fought against the stains on the dishes.
Reina didn't answer. Even she had a little temper, and this was not what she wanted to hear.
Miyue put the dishes and chopsticks on the kitchen counter, looked at the sink where no one could squeeze in anymore, and sighed.
On the sofa, Yuko pinched Mayu's face and said that she loved her in vain.
[Reina, Yuko, Nao, Mitsuki, and Kazumi all saw the paintings you hid, the secrets you buried.]
[If it was more than 20 years ago, they would be overwhelmed by the revelation of this secret, and would stay by your side, eager for your response. More than 20 years have passed, and your answer has been contained in the distance you deliberately kept, and their hearts have only been slightly rippled. ]
[You had a midnight snack together. You didn't ask them why they were here or what they thought. You pretended to be confused.]
[At the dinner table, the atmosphere between you two was pretty good, because you haven't been together for a long time, and you know that they have some expectations of you. ]
[As the meal progressed, you failed to meet their expectations, and the atmosphere between you quickly became low.]
[Ichimi and Mitsuki drove and sent Reina, Nao, and Yuko away. ]
[You drive and take Mayu home. ]
[The street lights are dim, and the moon is bright. You glance at Moyu's profile. You understand what Naxi Lingmei is thinking, but you don't understand what Moyu is thinking.]
[Why did Moyou bring Naxi Lingmei to your home? You were confused. This doubt was soon solved. ]
[The car passed a convenience store and you stopped at Mayu's request. ]
A short dialogue appears.
"Ah, Yuuki, stop for a minute, I need to go get some ice cream!"
"I'll wait for you in the car, come back soon."
"I'm going to buy a milk cup. What flavor do you want, Yuuki?"
"vanilla."
"clear!"
"Why did you buy so much? Don't tell me you forgot the flavors I mentioned, so you bought them all."
"I'm not that stupid! I think it's too little for Yuuki to only eat one. You should have all of them! There are milk, strawberry, vanilla, taro, chocolate, and matcha in it. They are all delicious."
"How can I eat so much?"
"You can just scoop one spoonful each and throw away the rest."
“That’s brutal for ice cream.”
"It would be cruel not to take even a spoonful."
“… I’ll pull your face!”
"Wow, Yuuki's expression is scary!"
"You were so frugal when you were young, how come you became extravagant and wasteful when you grew up?"
"It's all Yuuki's fault!"
[Moyou bought a lot of ice cream. She persuaded you to order all flavors. Her metaphors made you feel distressed.]
[It’s not like you haven’t tried to have it all, and although the feeling at that time was not bad, it was not as perfect as the one you experienced before.]
[After Moyou got home, you returned to your house with the ice cream and put the cups of milk in the refrigerator. There were six cups in total, six flavors.]
[It is already early morning. You have slept too much in the afternoon and cannot fall asleep anyway. You get up and go to the first floor, sitting in the yard and looking at the hazy moonlight.]
[The cool evening breeze blows on your body, which is only in pajamas, but you think of the ice cream in the refrigerator. ]
[You open the refrigerator and want to choose one to enjoy.]
[Excluding matcha, chocolate and original flavors, you are deeply entangled. Each flavor is tempting, but you can only eat one a night. You hesitate which one to choose.]
[At this moment, Mayu's words flash through your mind.]
[You take out the remaining three flavors.]
[Moyu is wrong.]
[It's just a small milk cup, there's no way you can't eat it all and can only take one bite of each flavor. ]
[You finished eating all six ice creams. Apart from feeling a little cold, you had no other discomfort.]
[You put on a blanket, and the coldness soon dissipated. ]
[You think, unfortunately, emotions are completely different, and every cup of milk in emotions is endless. ]
[The next day, you admired the view outside the toilet window for a long time.]
[In the week after the dinner, Moyou did not take any other actions. She only took a photo and sent it to you when she saw something interesting, and smiled and said a few words to you.]
[A week later, she invites you to a restaurant for dinner, and the meeting place is at her apartment.]
[When you arrive, she asks you to open the door with your key and wait in the living room, as she will be home later.]
[You have seen through her plan. If it were you more than 20 years ago, you would not open that door. However, your thoughts now are somewhat different from those of more than 20 years ago.]
[The most sophisticated strategy in this world is a trap that people cannot refuse even if they find out. You don't know whether Moyu planned it perfectly or hit it by accident. ]
[You took out the apartment key that Mayu gave you. ]
[The feelings of love that you accumulated in your dreams more than 20 years ago have been exhausted in these 20 years of loneliness. You have developed resistance. The impression of love awakened from your memory still makes you feel happy, but the amount of joy is gradually unable to match the amount of loneliness.]
You think about the ice cream from a week ago, and that’s one of the things that pushes you to turn the key.
[Open the door of the room and the door of the living room. Behind the door, Nao is standing nervously, wrapped in only a thin bath towel.]
[Hearing the sound of the living room door opening, she thought it was Moyou, and hurried forward to ask Moyou where she hid her clothes. ]
[She didn't expect it was you who pushed the door open.]
Memory scenes emerge.
The curtains in the living room were tightly drawn, not allowing any sunlight to get in. The light from the ceiling was shining on Minami Yuki's fluffy hair and on Nao's fair shoulders and neck.
Nan Youxi thought she saw snow.
There are also towering snow-capped mountains.
Nao was too frightened. When people are surprised, they will either hold the things in their hands tightly or go limp and drop them.
She is the latter.
The bath towel fell on the floor, and the man threw himself on the sofa, hugging the long pillow in front of him.
The morning sun rose into the sky, casting a crimson hue on the snowy fields and snow-capped mountains.
At this point, the story of Mayu should be clear. Mayu wants to stay with Yuuki, chooses to be a daughter, and in order to become a daughter, helps her old father solve his emotional problems. Many readers asked in the group, what kind of problem girl is Mayu, what psychological problems does she have? I refrained from spoiling it. The problem is not Mayu, but Yuuki.
(End of this chapter)