Hashimoto felt relieved when he saw them entering the garden at five o'clock.

She took a deep breath, calmed down her panic, and stood on the side of the road opposite the garden gate to wait.

Not long after, I saw Mother Bird walking with her daughter from the parking lot, and Father Bird followed closely behind her, looking a little humble.

Seeing Hashimoto on the roadside, Asuka's mother's expression changed slightly. She glanced around and made sure she didn't find Wu Geng and the others before holding Asuka's hand and walking over.

"Nanamin."

The little Asuka softly called Hashimoto's name and looked around for something. Perhaps he was concerned about his mother beside him, and looked a little timid.

"Hello, aunt, I am Hashimoto Nanami." Hashimoto bent down and said hello.

"We met last year. At the dinner party after the tour, we didn't talk much." Asuka's mother's aura is slightly stronger than Hashimoto's, but her words are gentle and soft, which does not make people feel uncomfortable.

On the contrary, Hashimoto felt that it was subtle and troublesome. She thought that it would be easier to deal with it if Asuka's mother asked angrily when she came up.

"Um, I'm very sorry, I asked Asuka over without permission today..."

"The birds have told me."

Hashimoto was thinking about what words to choose to respond, but Asuka's mother got straight to the point.

"Mom..." Xiao Feiniao lowered his head and just grabbed his mother's hand harder.

Asuka's mother looked at her daughter dotingly and smiled, then turned to Hashimoto and said sternly, "Don't worry, I'm not here to hold you accountable. As a mother, I can't interfere in the relationship between the members without permission."

Hashimoto secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Of course she knew that things would not end so easily, but as long as the bird mother was not here, she had to distinguish right from wrong. Some problems could not be solved on the spot.

"Hashimoto-san, Asuka trusts you, so I couldn't stop her from coming. I just couldn't help but worry, so I came with her. I hope you don't think too much about it."

"It should be." Hashimoto nodded. How could she not think more about it?

"Birds."

Asuka's mother called Asuka's name, and Asuka had to slowly let go of her mother's hand and stood next to Hashimoto.

Hashimoto's eyes fell on Asuka's face, as if he wanted to see something. However, Asuka's silent and restrained manner did not give Hashimoto many opportunities to take advantage of.

After yesterday's incident, Asuka has become more mature and mature, she thought.

"Hashimoto-san."

"Ah, I'm here."

Asuka's mother smiled, "Hashimoto-san, I'll leave Asuka to you. Her father and I won't go in. You can handle the rest yourself. When it's over, just ask Asuka to call me."

, we will come to pick her up."

Hashimoto nodded blankly. This situation was completely different from what she expected. She thought that Asuka's mother might hold her accountable, or else she would just attack from the side and take the opportunity to make a point. But the other party's attitude was gentle and harmless from the beginning of the meeting.

Don't ask questions when forced.

Even the ending was calm and appropriate. After saying this, he turned around and left without any nostalgia.

"Aunt, wait!"

So much so that Hashimoto always felt that there was something missing in this conversation and subconsciously stopped the other party.

Mother Bird turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hashimoto was silent for a moment. She bit her lip and looked at the little bird next to her who kept her head lowered. There was something stuck in her chest and she was unhappy.

"...Have you known this for a long time?"

"What?"

"Asuka likes the thing about Shixiao-chan."

The name of Wu Geng is like a keyword that triggers excitement. The little bird subconsciously reacted with trembling, although it was only for a short time.

Mother Asuka pondered for a moment, then turned around and faced Hashimoto again and said, "I know."

She said it solemnly, and Hashimoto felt a thin layer of gloom enveloping him like a mist. She spoke with some difficulty, and seemed to have a questioning tone:

"Then why didn't you stop Xiao Feiniao? You knew she would become like this, why didn't you stop her beforehand?"

She realized the inappropriateness of this question the moment she formed her words, so she immediately bowed nervously and apologized, "Ah, I'm sorry, I spoke too -"

"'If parents had stopped it from the beginning, this result wouldn't have happened.'" Asuka's mother interrupted her without showing any sullen expression. She still looked at Hashimoto gently and calmly,

"Is that what you want to express?"

Hashimoto said nothing, which was his acquiescence.

Asuka's mother paused for a moment and seemed to be organizing her words, "Hashimoto-san, Asuka has said a lot about you."

"Me?" Hashimoto was very surprised, "It must be Shiyao-chan, right?"

Asuka's mother smiled, "Of course there are more Shixiao-chan, but you also have a lot of topics to talk about. Asuka's natural personality is clingy, Hashimoto-san, you have a stable and strong personality, she should rely on you

Already."

Hashimoto was slightly touched, and then felt the corner of his clothes being gently pulled. It was Little Asuka.

"Asuka talked a lot about you, and I also read some magazine interviews with members of the group. Hashimoto-san, your father actually stopped you when you chose to go to university in Beijing. How did you choose? Now you will

Do you regret it?"

Hashimoto could vaguely sense what Asuka's mother wanted to express, but from her standpoint, she felt a little embarrassed about this issue.

"This is different," she said.

"Life in Beijing is not easy," Feiniao's mother continued, "after all, you are living alone away from home."

"So that's what happened."

Asuka's mother looked at her, and the emotion in her eyes reminded Hashimoto of his mother who was far away in Asahikawa. He thought that he had not gone back for a long time, so Hashimoto quickly lowered his head.

"It's your choice to go to Beijing, and it's Xiao Feiniao's choice to like Wu Geng. You both chose a difficult and not easy path. To be honest, I think you two are quite similar, in terms of personality."

"That's why I don't want to stop Feiniao. I want to respect her choice. She has the right to pursue her own happiness, even if it seems to me that there will be thorns ahead. But I still think that these will be Feiniao's way of growing up.

Nourishing. Meaningful pain will nourish people's hearts and make them stronger. Moreover, if their children make a decision, as long as it is not against moral conscience, what reason do parents have to stop it."

Hashimoto couldn't refute. Asuka's mother despicably chose to look at this matter from the perspective of a parent, and Hashimoto, as one of the children, would not take a higher position than this no matter how he argued.

"Hashimoto-san, don't be too rigid. You are all still young. It is normal to make impulsive actions. Rules are indeed important, but don't be too restrictive. You are still just kids."

Perhaps because she thought there was something wrong with this sentence, Asuka's mother continued to add, "Even if you are an adult, Hashimoto-san, you are still a child in our eyes. So..."

She looked at her daughter, at Hashimoto standing together, and then looked back towards the direction of Fuji-Q Park.
Chapter completed!