Asaka Akie had long known that Fang Cheng resembled her younger brother.
Tonight, Fang Cheng had offered to walk Asaka Akie home. She hadn't objected, and even after they entered the house, she hadn't stopped him. Instead, under the pretext of making tea, she'd left him alone in the living room.
Her selfish motive was to have her mother mistake Fang Cheng for Asaka Makoto.
But in the end, her mother had recognized him on her own.
Fang Cheng was puzzled. "Why did you want your mother to get the wrong idea?"
Asaka Akie kept her head lowered, nervously twisting the hem of her clothes. "Mom's been in pain ever since Makoto died. I hoped seeing you might cheer her up a little... I'm sorry I used you."
Asaka Akie bowed deeply to Fang Cheng.
But Fang Cheng didn't think that was the whole story. There was one crucial question he hadn't figured out: why had she tried to kill herself tonight, and where had the scars on her body come from?
Still, since Asaka Akie had chosen not to tell him and was brushing him off with an excuse like this, Fang Cheng naturally wasn't going to ask.
He had plenty of his own problems to deal with.
Looking at Asaka Akie as she bowed, Fang Cheng suddenly said, "Asaka, you're apologizing all wrong."
"Huh?"
Asaka Akie straightened and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"You're supposed to show me your boobs when you apologize. Isn't that common sense?"
"Fang, you're so mean."
Asaka Akie blushed and covered her chest, chiding him.
Fang Cheng chuckled and lightly tapped her on the head. "It's getting late. I'm heading home."
She watched as Fang Cheng casually picked up the cup of tea beside him and downed it in one gulp,