Maki’s father interrupted Maki without thinking, his tone firm.

“I still want to stay in Muse…”

This was the first time Maki spoke to someone in a pleading tone.

His voice was full of helplessness and anxiety.

Sadness welled up in my heart.

My heart beats as fast as a morning bell.

It still ended up being the worst situation she feared the most.

The hand holding the edge of her clothes tightened and loosened. Maki’s face gradually turned pale, and even bystanders could see through it at a glance.

She had always firmly believed in a bond that she believed could not be shaken or replaced by anything.

Could it be cut off so easily?

“No. This is the only thing that’s wrong. Maki is going to inherit our hospital in the future, how can she hang out like a bad girl? Also, don’t hang out with those girls in the future! Really, they must have led my Maki astray.”

“…”

“Dad, you are so rude! You can say it about me, but why did you say it about my friend? Besides, wasn’t it you who decided that I should go to school at Onono-no-Matsumoto? But I just found out that this is the real intention of Dad for letting me go to a nearby school? It was just for Dad to expand his business and advance his career… I feel like a fool for believing in you all this time.”

“This…this…this dad who doesn’t care about how I feel at all is really the most annoying!”

Faced with failure in the exam, her father’s questioning, the exposure of her campus idol, and the panic of leaving Muse and the others, all the negative emotions squeezed together, and after a fuse, Maki exploded.

The explosive hidden in her heart was completely ignited, and Maki, who was so elegant in the eyes of her parents and people around her, no longer cared about anything else.

She stood up from the sofa excitedly and spoke loudly to her father.

The voice was choked.

The words are incoherent and do not make sense.

Maki sniffed hard and casually wiped her eyes with her sleeve, but the crystal tears in the corners of her eyes continued to appear even after she wiped them away.

Facing her dazed and bewildered father, Maki’s entire body was trembling slightly.

I don’t know if it was excitement, fear, or the slight pleasure of revenge against my father.

The words had just fallen out, and her emotions had not yet been completely vented. Maki, who didn’t know how to face her father next, instinctively drove her to trot out of the living room.

Then, he left the house without even having time to change his slippers.

As for where to go, she had no idea.

She simply didn’t want to stay at home and face her father now.

Is this what they call running away from home?

She never even dreamed that this day would come.

Chapter 315 Enlightenment

Maki felt that what happened today was just like a dream.

Of course, it’s not a sweet dream.

To be honest, she regretted it as soon as she ran out of the room impulsively.

But this time she was really angry and aggrieved.

Her father was really going too far! No one could resist describing her most cherished friends as rude bad girls and trampling on their dreams at will.

So she didn’t plan to run back spinelessly now, because that would make her look like Honoka, that idiot with no IQ.

Thinking of Honoka and the others…

Zhenji couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat again.

This time, it is really impossible for her to continue staying in Muse.

Arguing with her father and even running away from home for them was the limit of what she could do.

Maki didn’t know how to continue to express her protest to her parents.

So… where is she now?

Maki rubbed her red and swollen eyes and looked around in confusion.

The sun sets in the west.

This is a bench in a strange park.

She remembered that as soon as she went out, she hailed a taxi on the street and randomly mentioned a place.

Fortunately, I had enough money to pay for the bus fare.

But there is no money left to go back.

Maki felt her pocket and found that the few coins she had were not even enough for the train fare.

This should still be Tokyo.

In this situation, Maki, whose emotions gradually stabilized, was somewhat panicked. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Maki was a girl with a perfect family background and academics, but once she stepped out of these ranges, she was just an ordinary girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. She would not deal with this situation of her family, nor did she dare to tell her friends.

Maki’s obvious crying appearance naturally attracted the attention of passers-by. They whispered and pointed at this place from time to time.

Although Maki’s look of someone who just broke up is very attractive, no one has come to talk to her yet.

After all, Japanese people are taught from a young age not to cause trouble to others.

But if it takes a long time, it’s hard to say.

Maki sat on the chair feeling uneasy, looking very lonely.

She took out her cell phone, which showed several missed calls.

They all belong to her father.

Maki ignored these messages out of spite and instead considered whether to call her friends.

This situation is a bit scary…

She felt the malicious gazes of several men not far away.

Maki is currently not brave enough to face Muse. They should be practicing right now…and there is a big gap between girls and boys when it comes to sense of security.

Her eyes scanned the phone book and finally locked on Ji Qi’s number.

Ask him for help…

Maki is not stupid. Faced with such a dire situation, she will not cling to her face and tsundere.

At this stage, only something completely unrelated to this matter can make Maki feel at ease.

“Hello, Senior?”

“It’s me… Maki? What’s wrong?”

After a long pause, the call was connected with Maki feeling uneasy.

The familiar warm voice made her feel much more relaxed.

Ji Qi put down what he was doing and was quite curious about why Zhen Ji took the initiative to call him.

You know, after they exchanged phone numbers, they didn’t talk on the phone many times. They mostly communicated via text messages and Line.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m helping my classmates correct their papers. What’s wrong with you? Do you have a cold?”

Hearing that Zhenji’s tone was not right, Ji Qi asked curiously.

He had just distributed the test papers this afternoon and was correcting questions for Kato Megumi at her home.

After his private teaching, Kato Megumi’s grades improved a lot.

She was originally hovering around the passing line, but this time she scored above 70 points in every subject.

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Chapter 316 Short and weak

“No… well, actually I’m lost now, can you come and help me?” Zhenji said in a very low voice on the phone. After that, she was so shy that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

It’s really embarrassing that you’re still lost in high school.

But the real reason was that she didn’t dare to leave here alone… and she had no money in her pocket to go home.

“What?” Ji Qi, who didn’t know the inside story, widened his eyes. Lost? Could it be that Zhen Ji was also a person with poor directions?

“…”

They were both silent for a while.

“I see. You are in Tokyo, right? Tell me if there are any landmark buildings nearby, and I’ll come find you right away.”

Ji Qi rubbed his temple and spoke directly without asking what happened specifically.

He knew Maki’s character very well. Unless things were dire enough, she would definitely not be able to bring herself to ask others for help.

“It should be in Tokyo. I remember the taxi didn’t take long. As for the buildings… I’m sitting on a chair in a park right now. There’s a KFC nearby.”

“How many parks and KFCs do you think there are in Tokyo, my lady?” Ji Qi sighed helplessly. Maki’s reference opinion was not of much value.

“Ah, my phone is running out of battery…”

Looking at the window that suddenly popped up on her phone, Maki was really panicked.

It was about to get dark, and it was not a fun thing to stay alone in a strange park under such circumstances, not to mention that there seemed to be bad people with bad intentions nearby.

Of course, there are not so many bad things in reality, but people don’t think so much when they are scared.

“To make matters worse… just stay where you are and don’t run around. There should be a lot of people in the park at this time, so there won’t be any big problems for now. If you encounter someone who hits you on the head, don’t be too scared, just reject them directly. If they keep pestering you, just shout ‘molest’. There should be patrolling police around in places like this. Don’t worry about your face, I’ll be there soon.”

Considering the occasional sobbing sound of Zhenji on the phone, Ji Qi could probably guess what happened. This kind of situation could easily make those men feel that they had an opportunity. He quickly admonished Zhenji.

“Well, I see.”

Maki responded obediently, feeling relieved now that she had a solution.

Then the call was disconnected.

Ji Qi put away his phone and looked at Kato Megumi who was holding her cheek.

“Mei, a friend of mine has a problem. I’m going to pick her up. I’ll give you the rest of the tutorial tomorrow. By the way, tell my uncle and aunt that we won’t be eating here for dinner.”

Ms. Kato nodded gently, “Yes, okay.”

After explaining to Kato Megumi, Ji Qi hurried out of the room.

Kato Megumi looked at his disappearing back, wondering what he was thinking.

Ji Qi was standing on the street. Although he was very worried about Zhen Ji, the young lady who was inexperienced in the world, he knew that being anxious would not solve the problem.

First, organize the information obtained.

The key is the park and KFC.

These two places can really be found everywhere in Japan, but not often combined together.

In addition, Maki lives in Chiyoda, so the taxi she mentioned didn’t go far and could shorten the distance.

Ji Qi used the navigation map on his phone to search around Chiyoda.

There are several goals.

It should be in one of these places.

After calculating in his mind how to run through these places as quickly as possible, Ji Qi hailed a taxi on the road.

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PS1: Do you think these two chapters are short? Actually, they are two chapters in one! Let’s get back to normal!

PS2: This month’s perfect attendance is gone QAQ. Cry, cry for me.