Chapter 58: Welcome to My Family

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This is the most nervous moment for Natsuki Aoi in recent memory.

He sat at the dining room table with Lina next to him, an ipad propped up in front of him, silently waiting for eight o’clock in the evening to arrive.

Earlier he had briefly communicated with his parents about this matter by way of text message, and both sides had different opinions in this regard, so he finally decided to take some time and discuss this matter by video voice.

The appointed time is almost up.

He’s also going to get ready to video call his parents.

Aoi Natsuki mood is undoubtedly apprehensive, looked at the side of Lina, obviously aware of the situation, she also looks very nervous, pinching the ears of the rabbit doll tightly, the small head also has a lot of ideas, after all, also already eight years old, understand the situation, coupled with the days of the once displaced, the mental age tends to have to be a little bit older.

Aoi Natsuki raised his hand and gently stroked the back of her head, softly saying, “Don’t worry, I’ll find a way to let you stay no matter what.”

After all this time, he had also long gotten used to having such a little one in the house, and the relationship between the two had quickly warmed up, and it was safe to say that he also considered Lina to be his family.

No one abandons their family.

Just ……

The only bit of worry Natsuki Arai had came from his mother’s side, because of his physique, he was sure that she would hate him just as much, which would cause a big obstacle in the matter of adoption, and he was very apprehensive about this happening.

So he was actually in a hurry in his heart right now.

Eight o’clock arrived quickly, and Natsuki Aoi reached down and tapped on the video call, and it took about twenty seconds before the other side picked up.

Asuka Arai Natsuki took a look, her parents were sitting in front of the couch on the left and right.

It had been a few months since she had seen her father, and Natsuki Arai could see that he had a few white hairs on his sideburns, and his parents didn’t look like they were trying to accuse him of anything in their demeanor; instead, they kept searching the screen for the little girl’s figure.

“Oh, Mom and Dad, this is Lina, Lina, come say hello.” Natsuki Aoi hastily moved the screen and turned the camera to Lina on the side.

Lina’s body shuddered, but reacted quickly enough to raise her hand and beckon before picking up the prepared writing pad and displaying it in front of them.

“Hello.”

Mom and Dad had learned about Lena’s inability to speak via text message before and had seen pictures of her, a very sweet child.

“Natsuki, Natsuki?”

“Yes, I am.” Aoi Natsuki hurriedly moved the camera back, and her expression became tight.

Dad on the other side of the screen slowly removed the old glasses, first a moment of silence, and finally spoke: “I heard that you have a friend to help her to do the admission procedures, but this is only for a moment, to raise a child is very hard, I’m always outside with your mother does not come back, you only have one person then …… “

“No problem! I’ll take on all the things that come with raising Rina!” Aoi Natsuki immediately answered, but that’s something anyone would say in a moment of excitement, so he quickly calmed down and said with a firm gaze that

“I know you may not believe me, Mom and Dad, when I say this at the age I am now, because I’m too young to have experienced the hardships of society, and worry that I’ll pay the price for this statement in the future.

Actually, Mom and Dad, I’m well aware of your concerns, and I’m acutely aware that raising a child, unlike raising a pet, is something that requires a wholehearted, cut-your-heart-open kind of level of…

After the time I’ve gone through, I’ve come to fully consider Lena family, and there’s no way I’m sending her away again.”

“But can you afford to have one more child to follow up with basically full care?”

“Aye! I’ll do my best.” Natsuki Arai bowed deeply towards her mom and dad on the screen.

A not-so-long silence immediately followed.

All Natsuki Aoi could hear was the sound of the clock swinging in her ears and her father’s coughing on the screen.

“Natsuki.”

Dad on the screen suddenly speaks.

Aoi Natsuko looked up immediately, “Yes!”

“How have you been?”

“This …… isn’t bad, is it?”

“Shouldn’t be enough for pocket money, should it? There’s an extra person in the house.”

“Yes, so last week I started working part-time to make money as well as I do some design work online, which can be kind of positively profitable at the moment.”

“Oh? Can’t see it’s quite capable.” On the screen, the father drew a paper towel to wipe the sweat from his palm, then said, “The son has also grown up it ……”

Natsuki Aoi would smile, “You’re getting gray around the edges of your hair, dad.”

“Haha, has long been white, just at home when often to dye, now out of the house did not care about these, three meals a day remember to eat oh, do not eat all day to eat some junk food, fried eat less, unhealthy.”

“Well, I usually cook my own now.”

“Yes, it’s healthy to cook it yourself, but you also have to think about nutritional balance, don’t eat too badly, and if you don’t have any money, talk to your dad, who asks for it and asks your mom.”

Natsuki Aoi burst out laughing.

All of a sudden the originally heavy atmosphere was relieved.

“Alright then, that’s it, your mom and I will probably be back in the New Year, so I’ll see you then.” Dad said.

The mom beside her was mute and turned to the dad, “That’s it?”

“Oops, what else is there to talk about, the light show downstairs is about to start, let’s go straight down to see it.”

“Mom and Dad, are you at the hotel?” Natsuki Aoi asked.

“Well, it’s a beautiful night here in China, your mom is always dragging me down for walks these days, hahaha, no more talk, no more talk, hang up.”

“Wait.” Natsuki Aoi suddenly interrupted, he hadn’t even spoken a word to his mom on this call, and even he was filled with doubt.

“Mom, are you disgusted that I’m doing this?”

His mood was undoubtedly hanging in the air the entire time he asked the question, and his eyes went straight to his mom on the screen.

“A little bit, but ……,” Mom sighed long and hard, “and what mom wouldn’t be supportive of her kids.”

“……” Aoi Natsuki froze.

Dad then laughed and shook his arm around his not-so-happy mom, hanging up the video right after him.

The entire dining room was silent again.

It wasn’t until Rina tugged on the corner of his shirt that Natsuki Aoi reacted.

And by this time his eyes were red.

Yes, and what parent wouldn’t love their child ……

Natsuki Aoi sniffled and turned to Lina, who had an overwhelmed look on her face, apparently not reacting to what the current situation was.

He broke into a grin and reached up to pinch Lina’s cheeks, snapping at her.

When Lina saw this, she first froze, followed by a shrinking of her neck, and in the next second, tears quickly accumulated in both of her eyes, and she cried out with a wow.

Maybe just three or four seconds before and after.

Natsuki Arai held her close to her own arms, one large and one small, one comforting and one crying.

The cries resounded throughout the dining room as well as the living room.

Outside the house, Yoshi Sauce also perked up his ears and raced to the balcony glass window to look back and forth.

Aoi Natsuki felt warm and drew tissues to keep wiping her tears as they stared at each other.

“Welcome to being my family, Lena ……”