Fujiwara Shunsui was clearly completely overwhelmed by Nakamura Aoi's statement, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
All he had in his mind was a complete re-evaluation of this Little Girl.
Even so, he regained control of his emotions, calmed himself down, and asked Nakamura Aoi patiently and calmly:
"You mean your mother and father divorced a long time ago, and your mother is still a full-time housewife without a job. But even though they divorced, they didn't leave the home, and the three of you still have to live together, is that right?"
Seeing Fujiwara Shunsui, who seemed to understand her meaning, Nakamura Aoi felt greatly relieved and quickly nodded in response:
"Yes! Even though they divorced, we are still a happy family of three!"
Hearing Nakamura Aoi's reply,
Fujiwara Shunsui took a deep breath, and then continued to ask:
"You mean a divorced full-time housewife doesn't return to your so-called home once every half month or month, and then your father found a girlfriend who became your stepmother!"
"That's right!"
Nakamura Aoi's tone was noticeably higher; she felt she had finally found someone who understood her.
"And then, your mother never appeared again!"
"Yes! It's all because of that woman, otherwise, my mother wouldn't fail to come home or look for me!"
Looking at the young girl in front of him, Fujiwara Shunsui's impression of her had undergone an earth-shattering change.
Madam, are you serious? You're an adult, you have a cell phone, you have a computer, and you're claiming that others can't contact you because of your dad's girlfriend?
"From what you're saying, before you went to college, your stepmother was decent to you?"
Hearing Fujiwara Shunsui say this, Nakamura Aoi fiercely retorted, "That was all the wicked witch's poisoned apple—honeyed words and a hidden dagger, merely a way to indirectly curry favor with my father!"
"No, no, no, you misunderstood!"
Hearing Nakamura Aoi say this, Fujiwara Shunsui quickly waved his hand to interrupt her.
Your mind isn't quite right, and you absolutely must not lead me astray.
"My point is, she hasn't done anything truly bad to you, yet you want to kill her?"
"Furthermore..."
Fujiwara Shunsui paused significantly here.
"And you are seriously looking for a killer?"
"That's right!"
Nakamura Aoi finally heard the words she wanted to hear. At this moment, she even thought that Fujiwara Shunsui might truly understand her and that he might agree to her request.
Harumizu now had only one thought in his head: Escape!
Generally, interacting with such "wunderkinds" who have faulty brains and strange thought processes leads to trouble.
Strangely, these types of people usually have extremely good luck, while those who associate with them become particularly unlucky.
Thinking of this, Fujiwara Shunsui subconsciously retreated a few steps.
Are you serious about taking half a step back?
Nakamura Aoi looked at Fujiwara Shunsui with some confusion; she couldn't make sense of Harumizu's behavior now.
A few minutes ago, he was pressing her step by step,
So why, after a simple understanding of the situation, did he become so eager to avoid her?
"What's going on? Weren't you about to agree to my request?"
Nakamura Aoi still couldn't help but ask Fujiwara Shunsui. She didn't even know what he was trying to do!
What am I doing? Getting away from a Chang Gui, of course!
Just as Fujiwara Shunsui felt he was about to retreat to the door: I can bolt any second now. I definitely can't afford to mess with this woman!
[system prompt]
[side quest—Obsessive Nakamura Aoi]
[Nakamura Aoi has opened her heart to a strange man for the first time and seems to have designated the Host as the target who will help her take revenge on her stepmother. Her "ambiguous scrutiny" of the Host has reached a new level. Favorability Rating of Host +5]
[Nakamura Aoi Favorability Rating: 35/100]
"Come on, what is the meaning of this?"
"System Daddy, we have no grudges from the past or present. Why are you making me see her Favorability Rating?"
"This kid has some mental issues. Don't let her kill me too eventually. Doesn't she know murder is illegal?"
Fujiwara Shunsui was cursing internally at this moment.
Her parents have been divorced all along, her father found a new wife who seems decent to her, but she believes that this person destroyed her family.
Where can you even find such a weirdo?!
But this was also Fujiwara Shunsui's fault for his curiosity; he wanted to inquire about everything and solve every problem.
Furthermore,
Plus, Nakamura Aoi did look quite good, good in every way, and she was still just a child.
That's why he wanted to play the role of the "Patient Big Brother,"
But now, forget being a patient brother, he didn't even want to be the Landlord anymore!
As the saying goes, it's not the thief you fear, but the thief's constant attention.
If Nakamura Aoi ever decided to take revenge on him, he would truly be more wronged than Dou E.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, Miss Nakamura, please don't misunderstand!"
"First of all, you need to know that murder is illegal!"
Fujiwara Shunsui had already reached the entrance hall. If the system prompt had arrived a second later, he might have bolted out the door. Now that the system's side quest had advanced the plot, he had no choice but to push forward.
Running away was impossible, even if there were mountains of daggers, seas of fire, or bottomless cliffs ahead.
No one can refuse a side quest that increases attribute points, no one!
The main reason, however, was that Fujiwara Shunsui had seen the system prompt.
He and Nakamura Aoi had only met briefly two or three times, yet her Favorability Rating for him was already 30 points.
Oh, wait, it's 35 points now.
Fujiwara Shunsui recalled that the rewards for previous quests that increased the Favorability Rating by five points at once were generally good!
The previous [Nissho Taro's Favorability Rating] was also a side quest, and the Favorability Rating shot up rapidly.
Therefore, for the sake of the reward, he could only brace himself and proceed!
"I know, that's why I'm paying you to kill her!"
Perfect logic, truly admirable.
"Then do you know that if I get caught for murder, and it's revealed that you hired me to do it, you would also be guilty of a crime and would be arrested as well, do you know that?"
"I know, but aren't the people in your Syndicate supposed to be loyal?"
Well-reasoned, impossible to refute.
Fujiwara Shunsui was momentarily speechless. Suddenly, he didn't know what words to use to refute Nakamura Aoi.
"Your stepmother hasn't done anything wrong, has she? Why are you so obsessed with killing her?"
"She is living with my father right now. If they don't separate, my father and mother will never get back together!"
Whenever the topic of Nakamura Aoi's stepmother came up, her emotions became agitated, as if the other party truly had a deep, blood feud with her.
Hearing this,
Fujiwara Shunsui still felt a little pity for Nakamura Aoi in his heart. Sure enough, every hateful person has something pitiable about them!
Regardless of whether Nakamura Aoi's relationship with her stepmother was good or bad,
If her stepmother had made even one small, substantive move against her, Nakamura Aoi would have mentioned it just now.
And the biggest problem the stepmother had was apparently marrying a single husband who had a daughter!
There was another fundamental issue that Nakamura Aoi overlooked:
Everyone is an adult with independent awareness. If her mother truly wanted to contact her, how could she possibly fail to do so after all these years?
PS: Husband, I want it!