Chapter 300

"I'm still very young, Mother."

"Not young anymore. There are quite a few boys at Sobu High who like you, right?"

"..."

On this point, she couldn't deny it.

From childhood to adulthood, because she looked very cute, she didn't know how many males had expressed their favor and liking to her.

"Actually! It's a very normal thing to have someone you like at this age. Wanting to date the person you like, wanting to have a rose-colored romance, wanting to enjoy the sweetness and warmth of love—these are all very normal things."

How is she supposed to answer this?

Agree, or disagree?

She felt that no matter which answer, it seemed to be wrong.

"Mother, I don't have any thoughts in this regard at the moment. Academics are the most important."

"I'm still quite reassured about your grades."

What does that mean? Is she asking her to date?

Could it be... her mother is already scouting for a suitable object? So she's expressing it now before formally introducing her later?

In an instant,

Yukinoshita Yukino's heart tightened, and her puzzled expression turned into nervousness and worry.

As the second daughter of the Yukinoshita family, her sister Haruno is to inherit the family, and in the future, she will inevitably have to recruit a son-in-law to marry into the Yukinoshita family. And she, barring any accidents, is to get to know, date, and finally marry a family-arranged, well-matched object, or even go straight to the marriage stage.

This is the sorrow of being a daughter of a big family. Having grown up with numerous family resources and living a life without worries about food and clothing, and possessing the rich life that countless ordinary people envy, she also needs to pay the price for the family.

Her own marriage, there's no way she can decide for herself.

Yukinoshita Yukino realized this very early on, and this was also one of the reasons why she moved out of the house after starting high school. She wanted to have a period of free life where she could freely control herself.

She thought this day would be after university graduation, or at the earliest, during university. But she didn't expect it to come so early.

Only in her second year of high school, her mother began to show tendencies in this regard!

It really is... wanting to arrange an object for her early to help the Yukinoshita family!

Yukinoshita Yukino smiled bitterly in her heart, but her expression remained calm, tinged with a trace of sorrow.

"Without affecting your studies, you should learn more about other aspects. High school life isn't just about studying. I remember you seem to have founded a club."

"Mm."

Yukinoshita Yukino wasn't surprised that her mother knew about the 'Service Club'. Rather, if her mother didn't know, that would be what made her astonished.

Although she moved out and her mother didn't manage or contact her much, she knew that her mother had been privately and secretly observing and paying attention to her life.

As long as she didn't do anything out of line, her mother wouldn't intervene.

Clearly, this incident of going out with Lin Ye to find a dog and being attacked made her mother unable to sit still.

"Providing help to others is a very good thing. It can increase your interpersonal communication ability and practical problem-solving ability, but you must pay attention to safety."

Her mother really knew.

It seems her sister Haruno didn't keep the secret well.

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't blame her sister Haruno either. Her sister Haruno's status at home was only higher than hers, but the real person in power of the Yukinoshita family was their mother. Even their father didn't have much say.

"I've worried you, Mother. I will pay attention to safety in the future."

"Have you thanked the classmate who protected your safety properly?"

"I treated him to coffee to express my gratitude."

"Oh!"

Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to hear the dissatisfaction in her mother's words. Is this feeling that 'a cup of coffee is not enough to express the kindness of saving a life'?

"Is a cup of coffee enough to express the etiquette of the Yukinoshita family for a boy who is willing to protect your safety with his own body?"

Facing her mother's rhetorical question, Yukino didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Mother, what do you think I should do?"

"Yukino."

The tone suddenly became serious, making Yukino's heart tighten, and her heart hung in the air.

"You are a daughter of the Yukinoshita family. I hope you think for yourself, instead of blindly seeking a clear answer from me."

The black long-haired girl's hands were placed on her legs, her ten fingers clenching tightly and forcefully without realizing it.

She didn't know what she should do to make her mother satisfied.

Precisely because she couldn't guess her mother's thoughts, she chose to ask directly, but her mother instead 'questioned' her.

"I'll invite him to dinner to express my gratitude."

Thinking and thinking, this was the only one that was more appropriate.

"Sigh!"

Yukinoshita's mother sighed lightly.

Yukino trembled slightly, her dark blue eyes looked over, but she was worried and nervous again.

"Invite him to be a guest at home. As a daughter of the Yukinoshita family, can you not even think of this?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at her mother in astonishment.

Inviting a boy from the same grade to be a guest at home, is this something her mother would do?

"Mm, I know. I will contact classmate Lin Ye, but I'm not sure if classmate Lin will agree."

But since her mother had said so, she had no choice but to agree.

"Yukino, Mother believes you can definitely invite guests to be guests at home."

This was definitely asking her to invite someone to be a guest at home.

Yukinoshita Yukino realized her mother's attitude.

"I know."

She nodded and agreed. If she couldn't even do this, her mother would definitely be very disappointed, right?

She wasn't afraid of punishment from her mother; she was afraid of her mother's disappointed expression.

Compared to her sister, she was completely inferior to her sister, and her mother also favored Haruno more. She had already accepted this reality, but deep down, she still hoped to get her mother's affirmation.

This was actually something that had always existed but she didn't dare to admit.

"The family doesn't oppose you dating at this age."

A sudden sentence made the black long-haired girl stare in a daze.

It's a trap, right?

It's to trick her into saying she has a boy she likes, right?

"Dating in high school is a very normal thing. Finding an excellent male who is suitable is also a thing that exercises one's vision and judgment. Among the males surrounding you, who is sincere to you, and who has ability and potential—these all need you to analyze and judge for yourself."

The amount of information was huge, so huge that Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't process it.

"As long as you grasp the scale and sense of proportion in dating, it's fine. I know you are a very sensible girl, Yukino. You won't let Mother down."

What do you want me to do? Can you just say it directly? Mother.

Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but think in her heart.

"I... don't have any boy I like."

"Like this..."

Yukinoshita's mother's tone calmed down a bit.

"Mm."

"Lin-classmate likes you, right?"

Yukinoshita Yukino was silent.

Lin Ye had confessed to her more than once. It was very normal for her mother to go investigate Lin Ye and know about this.

"He confessed to me, but I refused."

"Don't like him?"

"Mm, don't like him."

"He saved you; giving him a chance actually isn't impossible, is it?"

Yukino:???

"A boy who is willing to protect your safety with his own body is very precious. Only when a person is in danger will they show the most real side of their heart, and only then will you understand your status in his heart. Yukino, do you know why I chose your father back then?"

Yukinoshita's mother's words immediately aroused Yukino's curiosity.

Could there be a story between her parents? She had always thought it was an object arranged by her maternal grandfather, choosing her father, a young and promising male, to marry into the Yukinoshita family, and that was all.

"Twenty years ago, attending a wedding banquet, an attack incident occurred. There were thugs holding guns and killing people. Everyone was scared and fled, but only he chose to protect me at the first moment." ===== CHAPTER 301 =====