"Father, how could you do this?!"
Heiji accused his father, who had slipped meat into his bowl while he was not paying attention.
As the Akimichi Clan Head, his father began a shameless performance. "You must be seeing things, brat. You can't waste food!"
"..." Heiji swallowed the piece of meat with tears in his eyes.
He felt miserable. He had never expected his father to pull something like this.
"Big Brother Heiji, I can't take it anymore..." Little Choza burst into tears as soon as he put the food into his mouth.
"Choza, this is food testing us. And if you can't finish it, you can always give it to your big brother."
Heiji felt utterly wronged. He had only exposed the other man's little trick—did he really have to retaliate like this?
Near the food section was the household goods section.
The Hyuga Clan Head and his wife were arguing about something.
"Darling, I've worked myself to the bone for this family. Can't I even buy a microwave?" Sakura shouted accusingly.
Meitoku felt helpless.
Before coming here, he had said he would not spend a single cent. Turning around and buying something now would be like slapping himself in the face.
He said firmly, "Sakura, no means no. If Old Geezer finds out, he'll definitely laugh at me."
"Hyuga Meitoku, are you saying you don't want to live properly anymore?"
"I... Anyway, no means no!"
"Mother..." Nao felt that, considering their friendship, they would not care about one or two items. "It's just a microwave. I'll ask Shin for one later."
If she did not stop them soon, they would make tomorrow's newspaper headlines.
"No!" X2
The Hyuga couple stopped arguing and opposed the suggestion in unison.
Nao could not understand her parents' refusal at all. "Why?