Chapter 109: Your new name, “Aoi Lina.”

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“Lena? Lena! Are you ready?” Natsuki Aoi stood in front of the half-mirror in the restroom and yelled towards Lina’s room not far from the second floor.

Hearing that there had been no movement, Aoi Natsuki, who was also finishing up his face at last, walked towards the room at the deepest part of the corridor and pushed the door in by calling out Lina’s name, only to see Lina sneaking around doing something.

“Lena?”

The sound directly caused Lina’s body, whose back was turned to him, to tremble.

When he turned back, a fake smile appeared on his face.

That’s very problematic.

Natsuki Aoi noticed that she was standing in front of the large cabinet on her right, wondering what she was doing.

“Clothes are changed, why don’t you go downstairs.” Aoi Natsuki stepped forward and began straightening up her collar.

“Well.”

With Rina’s eyes closed, Natsuki Aoi looked at the turtleneck sweater that was rolled up into a ball, and also re-straightened it and rolled it up a little bit patiently.

“Hands.”

Rina raised her left hand at that, and Natsuki Aoi extended two fingers and felt inside the sweater, and sure enough, the undershirt had been completely rolled up to the elbow, and he took a moment to dig out the long sleeves of the undershirt again.

“Right hand.”

“……”

Lina didn’t say a word, just stood up straight and bowed her head obediently.

Aoi Natsuki sighed out of the tip of his nose, his gaze became slightly more serious, and turned towards the cabinet next to him, and seeing this Lina became flustered all of a sudden, wanting to say something, but seeing the stern-faced Natsuki, she also retracted her hands that wanted to gesture sign language again, and honestly put on a face that admitted her mistake, waiting for Natsuki’s verbal education to her.

Aoi Natsuki pushed open the cupboard door and pulled open the first cupboard, which was all stacked with some thin blankets as well as quilted pillows for the seasonal change afterward, nothing special, he leaned down slightly and reached into the innermost part of the cupboard with his left hand, and after a touch of fumbling around, it did let him touch something different!

When I dug them out, I found a pair of small pink and red panties, crumpled and seemingly stuffed for some time.

Immediately, Aoi Natsuki’s brows furrowed.

Lina’s heart stuttered as well, and both hands kept flailing blindly forward.

The air in the entire room seemed to be condensing, then Natsuki Aoi continued to start fumbling around, eventually digging out five pairs of assorted small panties, these were the ones he had bought for Rina over the past few months, before he had wondered why there were less and less panties, and now he had finally found the reason!

“Rina!”

Natsuki Arai turned her head angrily.

“Woo!” Lina instantly retreated two steps back in fear, not paying attention to the corner of the bed, and fell straight onto her butt.

There seems to be something perverse about this state of fear.

Aoi Natsuki rushed forward, and the seriousness on her face turned to worry, “Is everything alright? Lina, I’m sorry, my tone was a bit heavy just now.”

Lina lowered her head and didn’t cry, then she raised her eyes to look at Natsuki, and then she burrowed her whole body into his arms.

It was then that Aoi Natsuki recalled Rina’s past, before being abandoned by her family, she should have suffered a lot as well …… That’s why she reacted so much just now after she put on her angry stance.

His heart sank, it was he who had not considered it comprehensively enough, in itself, Leona was physically different from ordinary children, then the way of education naturally had to be changed in order to do so, at this age, she was already understanding enough, it was just that there were some parts of her that still needed to be guided a little more to be able to do so.

“Lina, I’m just concerned about you, that’s why I’m angry with you, it’s not a sign of hating you, I just hope that a child who has done something wrong can be brave enough to admit their mistake, then I won’t be angry no matter what they’ve done wrong.” Aoi Natsuki said in a warm voice.

The right hand brushed over the top of Lina’s head.

And Lina in her arms nodded her head repeatedly.

In the favorability system, Lina’s favorability rose again.

The two are now literally like family, with no separation at all.

“Downstairs then, it’s time to pick up Mom and Dad from the airport.”

Aoi Natsuki stood up, and as for those chaps, they’d be washed when he got back.

“But eight years old and still wetting the bed, Leena you’re ……”

Lina blushed, slightly furrowing her ebony eyebrows as she kept pounding Natsuki’s waist with her two small fists.

Natsuki Aoi laughed out loud and pulled her slowly down the stairs.

After organizing everything, Aoi Natsuki put on her newly purchased knit cap, and the whole person now looked like a wrapped round dumpling, i.e. cute and funny.

It can’t be helped, after all, it’s only zero degrees outside today and it’s better for kids not to catch a cold.

The two walked out the front door while a blue Honda was parked right outside.

Natsuki Aoi opened the door and pulled Rina into the back seat with him, a pleasant burst of warm, exhaling air hitting his face.

The person sitting in the main driver extended his right hand and adjusted the rearview mirror, from which Aoi Natsuki also saw Ryuusakura, who was wearing round-framed glasses.

“Thank you, ah, for being willing to drive us there.”

“It’s okay, we’re all so familiar with each other, it’s only right to help each other, it doesn’t count as a thank you.” Yugiri Dragon Sakura said with a faint smile on her lips.

People who practiced martial arts were like people who rarely said thank you, and their personalities were direct and generous, so this was really good, solving this big problem for him, otherwise the travel expenses to Haneda Airport alone would have been an appalling figure.

With this money saved, how many meals of sukiyaki can be eaten, now Aoi Natsuki has long learned to be thrifty, for every money in the household will be accurate to the error less than or equal to the category of 200 yen.

“I just didn’t think you’d get your license so early, Dragon Sakura, just turned eighteen?”

“Well, since the martial arts school often has to transport some important guests, and sometimes some of the members are too busy to drive, it’s always good to have an extra one who can drive.” Dragon Sakura sidled up and opened the passenger side locker, fished out a handful of candies from it, turned her head and said to Rina with a smile on her face,…

“Here.”

“Awwww!” Lina saw that there was candy and immediately took it with both hands, her whole face beaming.

“Off we go then.” Dragon Sakura turned back around and started the vehicle.

“Whoo!” Lina cheered as she raised her right fist high in the air.

The vehicle then took off.

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Haneda Airport entrance.

When the car drove until it was about to arrive at the door, from a distance Aoi Natsuki saw his parents, and then pressed down the window and waved his hand towards them to say hello.

The second old man’s eyes also looked over in unison.

After that the two hitched a ride in Ryuusaku’s car, with his dad, Ryu Aoi, in the passenger seat while his mom, Ikuko Aoi, accompanied the two Aoi’s in the backseat.

Dragon Sakura drove in the direction back.

From the time they entered the door, the two elders noticed the girl driving the car, the pretty face really surprised them, and when they sat down, they were also very eager to say hello to them, very polite children.

It couldn’t help but make them start wondering who she was.

“I’m Natsuki’s father, my name is Ryuya Arai, and this is Natsuki’s mom, Ikuko Arai, thank you so much for being able to come all this way to pick us up.”

Although Aoi Ryuuya was forty years old this year and had left some signs of age on his face, Long Sakura unexpectedly realized that the way the father and son smiled at each other was almost exactly the same, and both of them would naturally radiate a kind of gentle affinity.

Natsuki’s dad was noticeably more smiley and a bit more trendy than one would expect from a traditional dad, wearing new and trendy ensembles in his style of dress and wearing two silver rings on his hands.

“Hello, my full name is Yugi Ryuusakura, you can just call me Ryuusakura from now on, I mainly have time today so it’s not really a bother.”

Ryuusakura’s answer certainly gained Arai Ryuuya’s favor, turning his head to his wife in the back seat, trying to make a point through his eyes.

But I didn’t want the atmosphere in the backseat to be far deadlier than expected.

Rina was sitting in the center, particularly formal, but since she was Natsuki’s mother, she was still curious and kept peeking at the middle-aged woman on her right.

Turning to notice the male in the passenger seat in front of him turn his head to look at himself, and all of a sudden he was a little shy again.

But when she saw him quickly open his right hand and wave towards her with a smile, her eyes erupted with more surprise as well, slowly straightening up and smiling sweetly at Ryuya Arai.

Aoi Long’s heart also trembled, “Yu Zi! Look, this child is much cuter than in the video, didn’t you used to love children, why have you been silent now?”

“Just be quiet in someone else’s car and don’t cause trouble.” Natsuki’s mom looked like a stern person with a nonchalant tone in her voice, which scared Rina slightly.

“Why, Dragonzura wouldn’t want this return trip to be too boring, would she?”

“Yeah, Uncle just feel free to talk about whatever you want to talk about.”

“Look, Ryuusakura has spoken.” Completely lacking a fatherly demeanor, Ryuuya Arai just rested his head on the backrest and gazed playfully at his wife in the backseat.

Ahhh, Aoi Natsuki was feeling like her mom’s anger level was skyrocketing at this point.

In his memories, his father has always been singing red face, while his mother is singing black face, since childhood, he would be more afraid of his mother, unlike traditional Japanese families, his family is not a strict father, on the contrary, when he was a child in the countryside, often took him to the field to touch the loach, down the river to catch fish, summer to catch the unicorn fairy and so on, and every time you go back, can not help but be counted by the mother a beat.

But counting down to count down, whether it is Dad or Mom, he can feel from them full of love, tenderness and severity, that is affection.

Natsuki Aoi patted Rina’s small hand and whispered, “It’s okay ……”

The reassurance was like giving her enough faith, and Lina mustered up enough courage in her heart, then turned to her right, took out her writing pad, and began to write.

Aoi Ikuko was so exasperated by Ryuuya at this point that her eyes were always looking out the window.

Just then, she felt a gentle tug on her cuffs.

She turned her head and realized it was the same little girl, and the next second a writing pad was pushed over.

“Hello, my name is Lena.”

The font is neat, simple, and not at all like something a child of that age could write.

Aoi Ikuko was a little surprised, and then felt her cheeks heat up slightly, probably from the car heating up too much.

“Nice handwriting, did you have a special study?”

“I taught them all before, but then it was basically up to Rina herself to follow along with the lettering alone.” Aoi Natsuki chimed in.

“Hmm.” Aoi Ikuko’s sight returned to Rina, and the other party did her best to put on a bright fake smile upon contact with her sight.

Aoi Ryuuya in the front seat couldn’t even contain himself at the sight and covered his mouth and snickered.

Aoi Ikuko’s expression remained calm, and after a few seconds of tension had passed, she took the pen in Lina’s hand and wrote the word “Lina” on the writing board, but these two words were clearly more imposing.

“Awwww!” Lina’s eyes lit up as she looked at the words.

Aoi Natsuki also explained from the sidelines, “My mom used to be a calligraphy teacher, so she’s especially sensitive to writing, that’s great Lina, from now on you’ll have a specialized calligraphy teacher.”

Said eyes also glanced at mom, see she did not have any objections, seems to be acquiesced.

Rina was still a small child of eight years old, and when she was happy, she was able to take a liking to a person at once, and in the next moment, she leaned her body against Aoi Ikuko’s arm quite voluntarily.

The move was also beyond everyone’s expectations.

Aoi Natsuki looked over at his old mom, and after gazing at her, the good feeling was now at 43 points.

It was pretty amazing, after just one video call last time, the subsequent favorability was quickly reversed, and even without meeting, the favorability came to such a high value.

This moved his heart for a moment, and his eyes moistened for a moment.

“Mom, how was the business trip?”

“Well …… sloppy.”

Instead of pushing Rina away, the old mom still allowed her to be intimate just like that, her gaze still looking out the window, but none of that fooled Natsuki Aoi.

Because he sensed another increase in his old mom’s favor.

In just those few seconds, the favorability value came to 52 points.

Aoi Natsuki tried to keep herself from tearing up and sniffled, “I’ve learned quite a few dishes in the time I’ve been at home, so I’ll be the one to cook for lunch today, and mom and dad will get a taste of my handiwork.”

“Oh! That dares to be good, it just so happens that your mother and I are a bit tired from running around, so let’s also taste our son’s handiwork, and Ryuusaku stay for a meal together.” Aoi Ryuuya said.

“Uh, no problem.” Dragon Sakura nodded in agreement.

“Rina should be eating Natsuki’s cooking every day at home, right? Seriously, how was the flavor?” Aoi Ryuuya continued to ask with affinity.

“Uh-huh!” Lina gave an affirmative thumbs up at that.

“Yeah, well, it’s delicious, so I’m looking forward to it even more.”

Hearing this, Aoi Ikuko in the backseat also unconsciously threw her eyes to Rina beside her, while the other party already looked like she was completely unafraid of her, tightly wrapping her arm around her and smiling at her with her teeth bared.

“Ahem.” Aoi Ikuko coughed, then removed the scarf from around her neck and folded it neatly, the oily pen still in her hand, and after glancing at Rina again, she scribbled down two more words on her writing pad.

“Remember, this is your full name from now on, no matter if you go to school or when, where you have to fill in your full name, you have to write this name, is that clear?”

Ikuko Arai handed back the writing pad.

Leena stared at the four words on the writing pad for a long time.

Only two large letters and two small letters were visible on the writing board.

The two big letters are “Lena” and the two small letters are written in front.

Connecting the dots is ……

“Lina Aoi”