Chapter 188

He waved his hand as if he were quite satisfied.

After the meal, Ishikawa Hayato had become quite familiar with the Gotou family.

Ishikawa Hayato knew very well that Gotou's parents didn't not want him to take Hitori, but rather they wanted to understand him better and integrate him into their family.

Instead of confirming each other's relationship through a boyfriend Hitori very far away, or Hitori.

Of course, they did this in the hope that he would treat Hitori well.

After dinner, the five chatted on the sofa for a while. When Ishikawa Hayato saw that it was almost time, he made a suggestion to the other two.

"Uncle, Mother-in-law, if it's alright, would you like to come and take a look at the place where Hitori and I are temporarily staying? It's a bit cramped, but it's ready for us to move in."

Now that he understood their thoughts, Ishikawa Hayato naturally made the necessary arrangements.

"May I?"

Gotou Michiyo quickly confirmed this.

Ishikawa Hayato smiled and asked Hitori.

"Hitori, is that alright?"

Yili hesitated for Hitori, then nodded vigorously.

"Um!"

Seeing that Ishikawa Hayato said so, and Hitori agreed, Gotou Michiyo thanked him with a smile.

"Thank you, then please allow us to pay you a visit."

"Everyone is welcome to come anytime," said Ishikawa Hayato.

Futari, who had been bored all morning, jumped up happily when she heard that she could go somewhere else to play.

"Yay, we're going to my sister's new house!"

"Yay, we're going to my sister's new house!"

Gotou Naoki happily jumped around with his youngest daughter, repeating her words.

Looking at the way his future Mother-in-law looked at her husband, with a sharp edge hidden beneath her smile, Ishikawa Hayato understood perfectly why the man of the house had fallen to the lowest position in the family.

Before heading to Ishikawa Hayato's rented apartment, Hitori's parents were making preparations for their trip in the room.

"I feel like Hayabusa has a very high EQ. He seemed to build a good relationship with me very quickly and even invited us to visit. He's so outstanding in every way. I wonder if it's really okay for Hitori to be with him?"

Gotou Naoki looked at his wife, who was holding the bag, with concern.

"Young people have their own ideas, and those are their business. As long as Hitori is happy, that's all that matters."

Gotou Michiyo walked over carrying her bag and smiled at her husband.

"Let's go take a look. Come to think of it, when we first moved in together, we only lived in a 1K apartment."

Gotou Naoki smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

After Hitori finished packing her luggage, the five of them left home, and she had her parents' permission to take her luggage with her.

They arrived at Shimokitazawa Hitori tram that they knew so well they could call it half home.

The five of them chatted as they walked out of the station.

He just looked at Ishikawa Hayato with Hitori strange expression.

Her parents just asked about the house, and he replied that it was a bit cramped, not very big, and the lighting was so-so.

Seeing that Ishikawa Hayato was even teasing his own parents and secretly winking at her to tell her not to expose him, Hitori grumbled inwardly, but still let her boyfriend act like this.

It even felt somewhat amusing.

Before long, Hitori's parents and Futari, with one silently supporting and the other secretly plotting, arrived at the foot of a very eye-catching tall apartment building.

They stopped in front of the building, watched the two people walk inside, hesitated for a moment, and then, assuming the two definitely wouldn't live there, said nothing to avoid embarrassing the young couple.

But when they saw the two swipe their access cards and walk into the apartment building, they were taken aback, thinking it must be an attic or a small single room or something.

But as they stepped into the elevator and saw that Hitori had pressed the button for the fifth floor, questions began to arise in their minds.

The elevator doors opened, and they followed the two men to the room door, staring blankly as Ishikawa Hayato opened it.

As Hitori turned around and looked at her parents' stunned expressions with a somewhat strange look, she felt guilty but also a little amused.

She tugged at her mother's sleeve and whispered a reminder to them.

"Dad, Mom has arrived."

"Oh, you Hitori..."

Gotou Naoki could finish speaking, Ishikawa Hayato, who had just entered the house, laid out slippers and invited him in.

"Uncle, Mother-in-law, please come in."

Looking at the brand-new, gleaming furniture and the bright, spacious room, the two began to question their very existence.

Although Gotou Michiyo previously felt that they shouldn't interfere too much in the affairs of young people, looking at the environment that could already be described as a family, she still felt it was a bit exaggerated.

Gotou Naoki sat stiffly on the rather expensive-looking sofa and asked Ishikawa Hayato a question.

"Falcon, I don't remember your family being particularly wealthy."

His attitude at this moment was exactly the same as when Ishikawa Hayato had first visited his home.

Ishikawa Hayato nodded.

"Yes, this is all money I earned myself. I don't need to worry about the rent, and I have more than enough money left over to buy this place."

Although this way of making money was a shortcut for Ishikawa Hayato and he didn't particularly like it, he had to go against his conscience to shoulder the responsibility of supporting his family.

He stood up as the two men stared in shock, unable to process what he had just said.

My own parents argue and love each other, while the parents in the Hitori are always happy and sweet – both are wonderful families.

But he also wanted to build a more joyful, noisy, and happy family.

Seeing that the two had already agreed and witnessing such a joyful family, he was no longer satisfied with merely allowing them to live together.

He bowed formally to the two of them and said.

"Uncle, Mother-in-law, please give me Hitori."

Futari's gaze shifted from examining the house to Ishikawa Hayato's face, and then to his mother.

Gotou Michiyo paused for a moment before giggling and saying...

"I was told to call Mother-in-law' from the beginning, Hayato-kun is still saying that now."

150. Sound

After entertaining the Hitori family and showing them around the rented house, they left feeling at ease.

Ishikawa Hayato and Hitori escorted them downstairs.

They left after saying goodbye Hitori away.

"You should get along well."

"You should come back more often, Hitori."

"Sister, bye-bye, Brother Hayato!"

After saying goodbye to Hitori family members, the two took the elevator back to their own home.

As soon as he closed the door, Ishikawa Hayato quickly kicked off his shoes, put on slippers, and wobbled toward the sofa, where he lazily lay down.

He said it in a very relaxed voice.

"Phew~ I can finally relax now. Hitori can live here. This is our home."

Inside the room, it seemed as if the words of Hitori's parents, who had given their permission for them to live together, were still echoing, while Hitori's luggage lay by the hallway not far away.

Hitori sat beside him, as if she had already become his wife.

He then looked at Hitori and was surprised to find her with a gloomy and pitiful expression, fidgeting with her fingers in great distress. He quickly asked her what was wrong.

What happened to Hitori?

"I..."

Hitori looked up at Ishikawa Hayato and said in a weak but somewhat unwilling voice.

"I just feel that it's okay to stay here."

She was referring to what Ishikawa Hayato said to her parents after her mother gave her permission.

That was...

Ishikawa Hayato confirmed with some excitement.

"Is that alright?"

"Hmm." Gotou Naoki glanced at Hitori, and said helplessly.

"If we force Hitori to go home, she'll probably get angry too."

"Dad!" Hitori called out shyly.

Ishikawa Hayato breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing that he had successfully kept Hitori.

"Great! I've been thinking about how to convince you two."

"Hmm, what plan did Falcon come up with?"

Gotou Naoki was taken aback and asked curiously.

Ishikawa Hayato's gaze shifted slightly, and he spoke as if he felt guilty.

"Well... before, we used the excuse of the long commute, so I was thinking of having Hitori stay here from Monday to Friday and go back on the weekend, like this."

Gotou Michiyo's eyes lit up as she listened, and she said with great satisfaction.

"That's not bad either!"

"Huh!?"

Hitori, she looked at her mother.

Ishikawa Hayato didn't seem to necessarily want Hitori to stay; he looked at Hitori and asked.

What do you think, Hitori?

Not only him, but also Hitori's father, mother, and Futari all watched Hitori.

The group seemed to hope that Hitori could go home on the weekend. After Hitori, Ichiri was too easily bullied, and if he went home often so that his parents could see him, they would feel at ease.

But Hitori refused; she struggled to close her eyes and clench her teeth.

You must refuse! You must refuse!

I want to be with Falcon even on weekends.

I've grown up, I'm quite capable now, and I can say no to other people's requests!

But it seems that Hayabusa really does agree...

Waaah...

"Good..."

Back to the present.

Ishikawa Hayato smiled sheepishly, then took Hitori's hand and Hitori followed his strength.

"After all, Hitori is a girl, so it's normal for her family to worry and want to see her often. Besides, I don't think Hitori's parents would mind if she just said hello occasionally and didn't go back."

"No, that's not it." Hitori sat down next to him and gently shook her head.

She then turned to Ishikawa Hayato, looking directly into his face, and slowly spoke, with a hint of unease and sadness in her voice.

"If anyone else comes, I can stay quietly in the room, Falcon, don't send me away."

Her pleading voice was heartbreaking.