After a whole day of discussion, the final result was that Shoko would be raised by Yaeko. The house was also given to Yaeko, and the mortgage for the house for more than ten years was also borne by Yaeko alone.
The man paid the down payment when buying the house, and resolutely refused to pay the subsequent child support.
The next morning, Yaeko and Suneo went to the ward office (Civil Affairs Bureau) to agree on a divorce. In the afternoon, Suneo packed up his things and left with his mother without hesitation.
Before leaving, he didn't even pay attention to Shoko, who wanted to hug her, and didn't even look at his biological daughter.
"Is Uncle leaving?"
As soon as Suneo walked out the door, he heard a childish voice from the side. He turned his head and saw Shizuka standing under a big tree not far away, and Tsunayoshi in his arms.
"Yes, little Tsuna, next time there is a chance, uncle will bring you delicious food, okay?" Suneo instantly changed his face and said to Tsuna with a smile on his face.
If it weren't for the fact that Tsuna was held by Shizuka, it would be inappropriate, and he would want to hug the child before leaving. He thought how great it would be if this were his child, so sensible and smart.
"Are you ready, Suneo?" Suneo's mother, who was sitting in the black car, saw Suneo standing there and was reluctant to get in the car, and she leaned out of the window and urged impatiently.
Suneo didn't hear Tsuna's reply, but he had to leave first after being urged. He said to Tsuna, "Uncle is leaving, see you next time, Tsuna." He
Also said hello to Shizuka and sat in the back seat, and drove away.
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Shizuka walked into the Nishimiya family with Tsuna in her arms, took off her shoes at the entrance, stepped onto the wooden corridor, and walked into the room in a few steps.
After saying hello to Nishimiya Kei, who was kneeling on the tatami to look after Shoko, Shizuka put Tsuna down and asked him to go play with Shoko, while she went to comfort the lost Yaeko at the low table.
In the past two years, Shizuka and Yaeko have been good friends who can talk about anything.
When Shoko saw Tsuna, she wanted to break free from Nishimiya Kei's arms and play with Tsuna.
Nishimiya Kei put Shoko on the tatami, then stood up with her hands and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Shoko quickly crawled to Tsuna on the green tatami, threw herself on Tsuna, and then wrapped her hands and legs around Tsuna.
"Ah~ah! (Hug!)" Shoko opened her mouth and said Ah Ah.
Tsuna didn't understand what language she was speaking at all, but judging from her behavior, it was probably a hug.
Tsuna sat on the tatami and hugged Shoko's waist, afraid that she would slide off him and hit her head on the ground. Think about it, this child is pitiful, with a hearing impairment, and that bastard father ran away decisively.
Shizuka saw the two children sitting quietly on the tatami and hugging each other from the corner of her eye, and felt that this scene was particularly warm. Chuckling.
"Are you laughing at me?"
Yaeko lowered her head and heard her best friend beside her suddenly laugh. She thought she was laughing at herself and looked up at Shizuka with a wronged face.
Shizuka shook her hand and hurriedly explained in a low voice: "No, no, I feel that the way the two children get along is very warm." After she finished speaking, she raised her left hand and pointed to Yaeko.
Yaeko looked in the direction that Shizuka pointed.
The style of Tsuna and Oko suddenly changed. After Shoko felt stable holding Tsuna, she opened her mouth and pressed against Tsuna's little fleshy face and began to suck, without biting with her teeth, just sucking.
Tsuna has gotten used to it in the past two years. At the beginning, Shoko would bite with her newly grown teeth, but later she changed to sucking after knowing that it would hurt Tsuna.
Now he doesn't want to resist. If he resists, Shoko will cry.
Yaeko chuckled at this scene. Looking at the interaction between her lovely daughter and Tsuna, she thought it was no big deal, and she could just raise her by herself.
Finally, Shizuka carried Tsuna, whose face was half red, back to prepare dinner. Seeing that Yaeko had cheered up, she didn't say anything.
Shoko, who was enjoying sucking, lay on the tatami with a pacifier in her mouth. She watched Tsuna being taken away without making a fuss.
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As soon as she walked into the room, she saw that Daisuke had returned. Shizuka asked in confusion:
"Why did you come back so soon today? Have you dealt with the matter at the office?"
Daisuke watched the program on TV, peeling an orange in his hand, and replied without turning back: "Well, let them deal with it."
Shizuka handed Tsuna in his arms to Daisuke, turned around, and walked towards the kitchen. "Okay, you take care of Tsuna, I'll go prepare dinner."
Daisuke put down the half-peeled orange, took Tsuna, looked at his red half face, and joked:
"Hehe... Why don't you let Shoko kiss the other side of your face red, so that it looks more symmetric?" He didn't care whether the three-year-old Tsuna understood what he said.
Tsuna ignored his own Father, watching TV and planning in his mind that next time he hid money, he would tell Mom first.
Thinking to himself, 'I am only three years old now, except for teasing Shoko and teaching Shoko how to pronounce standard words, although it has no effect at present. There is nothing else she can do. It is good enough that she does not wet the bed at her age, let alone help the Shoko family. '
At night...
The Miyamura family sat at the dining table to eat dinner. Tsuna sat on his own green children's chair, eating the children's food specially prepared by Shizuka with a spoon. Shizuka was talking to Daisuke about the problems of the Nishimiya family.
"Are you still hiring?"
"Yes, what's wrong? Yaeko has to work multiple jobs?" Daisuke swallowed the food in his mouth. When he heard what Shizuka said, he thought of Yaeko.
Shizuka nodded, took a spoonful of rice from her bowl, and replied, "Well, she has to take care of the children and manage the mortgage again. Her previous salary probably isn't enough to support her. I want to help her find a job."
"You can talk to her tomorrow."
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The next day, Shizuka told Yaeko about this.
The next day, Yaeko went to Daisuke's office for an interview and passed it smoothly. It can be considered a professional match. Yaeko started working two jobs.
More than a month passed in the blink of an eye.
When Yaeko was having lunch in the office's restaurant, she just opened the lunch box and felt nauseous for no reason. She thought it was because she was too tired recently. She found another part-time job a week ago.
Daisuke walked by with the lunch box specially prepared by his wife. Seeing Yaeko covering her mouth and staring at the lunch in front of her, he asked out of concern for his subordinate: "Nishimiya-san? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Yaeko was holding the iron chopsticks and was about to move when she heard Daisuke's caring words and waved her hand, telling him not to worry. "Maybe I have an irregular schedule recently and feel a little nauseous."
Daisuke heard her say this and asked with some confusion: "Nausea...? Have you tested it after you divorced him?"
When Yaeko heard this, she suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. Since the second day of the divorce, she had been busy and had never cared about this at all.
Seeing that Yaeko looked embarrassed and didn't reply, Daisuke confirmed his guess 80% and said, "You go back and take a look today, I'll record your full attendance."
Yaeko nodded, quickly packed up the food that she hadn't eaten, and took the bag to the nearby drugstore to buy a pregnancy test stick for testing.
Back home...
Shizuka was chatting with Nishimiya Kei at her house, and was very confused when she suddenly saw her come back at this time.
Tsuna was standing at the dining table, feeding Shoko, who was sitting, ignoring their parents' affairs, and he couldn't help much.
After Yaeko said something to Shizuka, she put down her bag and the drugstore packaging bag, then took out the pregnancy test stick from the packaging bag and ran to the bathroom in a hurry.
Shizuka saw what Yaeko took, and was a little surprised. She told Nishimiya Kei not to worry and go and take a look herself, and then she got up and walked to the closed door of the bathroom. She asked worriedly, "Yaeko, how is it?"
After a long time of no response from inside, Shizuka waited for another ten minutes and asked again.
A slight sobbing sound came from inside, and Shizuka quickly opened the door and saw Yaeko squatting beside the sink, holding her head and crying softly. The pregnancy test stick was thrown into the white round sink.
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Sorry for not uploading, got caught up on reading Genius Archer's Streaming.