“Maki-chan, let’s have lunch together~”

Maki, who was in a state of doubt about her life, was interrupted by a cheerful voice.

Along with the sound, a girl with short orange hair, petite figure and beautiful face appeared in front of her desk.

“I, I don’t need it for now. My appetite is not very good now. You guys go eat first.” Maki forced a smile. She really didn’t want to eat with her mind full of thoughts.

Lin’s eyes widened as if he had discovered some new world.

Realizing that Maki’s face looked indeed not very good, she scratched her head in distress, not knowing what to do for a moment.

When Hanayo tugged on her sleeve, Rin came to her senses and followed her out of the classroom.

Maki breathed a sigh of relief. She was actually not good at hiding her emotions, especially in front of her good friends.

Mom is fine, but Dad will definitely be very angry.

Even though she only took second place once before, her dad said something like, “So Maki isn’t first? Then it doesn’t matter whether she plays the piano or not.”

Clearly what she wanted to hear was praise like “you’re awesome” and clearly what she wanted was a simple pat on the head and a hug.

Maki sighed again. She didn’t know how many times she sighed during this short lunch break.

In fact, Maki did not become cold towards her parents just because she was born in a wealthy family and her parents did not understand her or support her in playing the piano. She had a very good relationship with her parents since she was sensible since she was a child.

We have also been working hard to respond to their expectations.

So, Mom and Dad, can you give me some freedom to pursue my dreams?

With a lot on her mind, but unable to tell Muse and the others because of her face, Maki finally thought of the senior who gave people a very mature and reliable feeling…

After school in the afternoon, Maki hurriedly left school, finding a random excuse to explain to Rin Hanayo and the others and skipping today’s practice.

She really has no mood to practice at the moment.

The two girls looked at each other. Faced with this situation, they could only consult with senior Sonoda Umi and the others.

After returning home, Maki sat at her desk without even having time to change her school uniform, took out the test paper with many mistakes, compared it with the textbook, and made revisions on it.

“The mistakes were mostly about the new questions the teacher taught recently…”

After an afternoon, Maki, who had calmed down a lot, held her forehead with her hand.

But as long as she keeps working hard, there will be no problem next time!

Although the next concert and lovelive are coming up soon, Muse has an inseparable weight in her heart, so she will have to spend less time practicing Muse in the future.

On one side are the expectations of her parents, and on the other side are her friends and their dreams. Maki can only try her best to strike a balance between them.

At this moment, there was a slight sound of unlocking the door of the entrance hall.

The next minute, a middle-aged man dressed formally and with an imposing manner appeared at the door of the living room.

Seeing Maki buried in writing, he chuckled, put his briefcase aside for the time being, and walked over.

“Maki, you’re back so early today.”

The attitude was neither overly serious nor friendly, just like an ordinary father and daughter greeting each other.

One would not be able to tell that this rather elegant man is the director of a general hospital.

“Ah…yeah, Dad. You’re home so early too.”

Hearing the sound, Maki, who had not noticed it just now – or had noticed it but did not avoid it, gritted her teeth and hummed.

Maki calls her father by the very intimate and coquettish pronunciation of “Dad” instead of “Father”. Generally speaking, in reality, few girls in high school would call their fathers that way. From this small detail, we can see that she and her father have a very good relationship.

“I came back to get a document. I have to go back to the company soon. Remember to eat a good dinner.”

Facing his own daughter, Maki’s father’s tone was casual and intimate.

Come to think of it, no one could hate such a well-behaved, obedient and lovely daughter.

Maki’s father has been very pleased with her since she was a child.

“I see.”

If Maki heard this normally, she would feel a little disappointed, but today was completely different. She felt a little relieved that her father had left and asked about her grades.

but……

Maki’s father, who had not paid much attention to her homework, walked up to her and discovered that the test paper was covered by the textbook.

He immediately took out the test paper from under the book with great interest, and said, “By the way, today is the final exam. How did you do, Maki? Ah… Dad, you are asking too much. Actually, I don’t need to ask too much, after all…”

In the middle of his speech, Maki’s father stopped talking abruptly, like a duck with its neck strangled.

Maki lowered her head guiltily, staring at her toes.

“What’s going on?” Seeing the glaring bright red score, Maki’s father raised his eyebrows and asked in a calm tone.

It was precisely because of the calmness that Maki felt even more frightened.

“that……”

Maki hesitated for a long time but couldn’t explain clearly.

What was she going to say?

If the real reason was really told, her father would be even angrier.

“Maki, are you feeling unwell for the exam?”

After noticing this result, Maki’s father was no longer in a hurry to go upstairs. He sat opposite Maki with the test paper and his tone softened a little. Obviously, he still didn’t believe that this result was obtained by Maki.

I said the same thing as the teacher…

Maki still didn’t respond.

Her silence was also an answer.

Everyone has gone through student days, not to mention that Maki’s father knows his daughter very well.

Finally, the middle-aged man’s patience seemed to have reached its limit.

“Have you studied hard since entering high school? You used to get full marks in all the exams. And look at you now! You can even get this kind of score on the Otono Board exam. Are you a little too lax, Maki? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have let you get close to the Otono Board. It must be the kids around you who have influenced our Maki—”

At first, Maki’s father intended to have a good talk with Maki, but as he spoke, he got angry.

It may be that as the dean, he is used to giving orders to others, and this habit of giving orders and making decisions for a long time was brought into his family education.

Seeing her father’s face flushed with excitement and what he said, Maki admittedly felt a lot of pressure, but now she felt more angry!

Her father said it was okay to say that about her, but why did he say that about her friends!

Yes, she can, but her friends can’t!

“My test scores were bad because I didn’t study hard enough. It has nothing to do with other people!” In the eyes of her parents, Maki, who had been very docile since childhood, got angry and didn’t care about anything else. She just retorted with one sentence.

“…”

Maki’s father was stunned when faced with his daughter who raised the banner of rebellion against him for the first time.

But what followed was an even angrier mood.

Maki’s father sat on the sofa with a gloomy face. With his neatly combed hair and meticulously dressed suit, he gave people a very serious feeling.

Maki regretted saying it without thinking.

She was in the wrong in the first place, but even so she couldn’t blame her friends.

“Maki, I didn’t teach you to talk to your parents in this tone, did I?!”

The angry sound was like thunder tearing through the night, and Maki shrank back in fear.

“Looking at your test scores, I doubt what you’ve learned in school recently! I originally asked you to study on the Otono Board in order to facilitate the geographical connections necessary for running a hospital. And if you perform well, I will be able to communicate better with the local councilors who work in education, so I will let you study in this school.”

Maki’s father frowned and continued to speak with anger. However, anger did not make him lose his mind. He keenly noticed Maki’s persistence in her friend, so he did not continue to make a fuss about it.

Of course, the real reason was that he also didn’t think that Maki, whom he had watched grow up, would be influenced by her friends.

Chapter 314 Running away from home

(I checked the last chapter and revised the second half because I was not satisfied with it. If it doesn’t connect to the beginning of this chapter, just refresh the table of contents and read it again. And the last chapter has 4000 words! So this chapter counts as the third update. By the way, I feel so lonely without any complaints…)

Maki was stunned.

Before she met Muse, she had wondered and complained about why her father would let her go to Ononomatsu-sensei, a school with inconvenient transportation, backward school facilities, and on the verge of closure.

So this is the real reason.

Was she being used by her father whom she loved and was close to?

Just like being used as a chess piece.

Maki never imagined that the plots in TV dramas that she scoffed at would happen to her.

Heart-wrenching.

It is a kind of heartache of being betrayed and not understood by the people closest to you.

This was a thousand times more painful than if she had done poorly on an exam.

Maki’s father had not yet noticed his daughter’s bad mood. He was still angry and couldn’t get an answer from Maki, so he took out his cell phone, looked through the phone book, and called Maki’s head teacher directly.

Maki, whose mind was now filled with questions about whether her father had feelings for her, did not try to stop him.

“Yes, I am Maki’s father. I want to ask about Maki’s recent situation at school…”

After the call was connected, Maki’s father took a deep breath, calmed himself down, put a warm smile on his face again, and his tone returned to normal.

Anyway, since he was able to become the director of Chiyoda General Hospital, it shows that Maki’s father has some skills. Controlling emotions is the most basic of the basics.

However, compared to the real upper class or politicians, after all, Maki’s father runs a hospital that treats and saves lives, so he must still have his own integrity in his heart.

A big reason why he couldn’t control his anger towards Maki was that he cared too much about his only daughter.

“School idol? What’s that?”

Hearing the unfamiliar words in the microphone, Maki’s father rubbed his slightly protruding temple and asked calmly.

Although he didn’t know what a campus idol was, the word “idol” completely caught his attention.

If this wasn’t a phone call, he would definitely be furious right now.

“Well, I think I understand. Thank you, teacher. Please keep an eye on Maki in school from now on.”

After hanging up the phone, Maki’s father’s face looked even uglier than before.

After listening to the teacher’s explanation, he completely understood the whole story.

In order to save the school, Maki joins a campus idol group called Muse.

Is this a joke? Besides, how could Maki, who will inherit the hospital in the future, become an idol?

Originally, Maki’s father knew that Maki had made a lot of same-sex friends recently, and he was happy about it, and told Maki that they were welcome to come to his house anytime. Even if we don’t talk about benefits and connections, it’s good to make some friends just from Maki’s perspective.

But now it seems that these friends are part of that idol group?

Maki’s father twisted his eyebrows together when he learned about his daughter’s declining grades and the series of things she had done, including being an idol without telling him. He felt unprecedented rage in his heart and resisted the urge to throw something, and looked at Maki.

“What are girls doing nowadays! Maki, your grades must be falling because of this idol!?”

Like the voice of an evil spirit.

It’s like someone poured a bunch of snow down your collar in winter, so cold that it makes you shiver.

My father still found out about this.

In the worst case scenario.

“Dad, you make such a judgment without knowing anything about us…”

Maki shuddered and lowered her head even lower. Her mind was blank and she dared not say this.

On the contrary, she didn’t bother to think about what her father thought of her – she was more afraid of what her father would say next.

“Quit this club right now!”

as predicted.

Dad still said such words.

Facing her furious father, Maki’s lips trembled, and she wanted to make a final resistance, “Dad, we are not what you think. Let me explain…”

“This matter is not negotiable.”