"… A gardener."
Gardener? Seiji revealed a confused expression.
"Yui Haruta -san is a frequent customer of mine. She's always bought the flowers that I plant," Shouzou explained.
"I've talked to her about many things, including the matter of her younger brother … Haruta Seiji -san, I never expected to meet you like this."
"I also didn't expect that Amami-san would know my older sister." Seiji sighed.
Everyone fell silent.
Both of them sipped on their tea.
"Seiji -san, how long have you been using the name 'Seigo Haruta'?" Shouzou inquired.
"No need to call me 'young master.' I'm not a young master." Seiji explained. "I started using this alias when I transferred to Yuen Hwa Secondary School. I've been using it for about one and a half months."
"Does Haruta -san know about this?"
"She knows."
"What about the fact that you helped my grandson?"
"That … I'm not sure." Seiji hesitated.
Shouzou blinked in surprise.
"Harano-kun … is it alright if I continue to call you that?"
"Yes."
"Harano-kun, your actions and personality … are vastly different from the person that I heard about. What was going on here? Can you tell me? "
Seiji chuckled.
"Of course, it's actually not that complicated of a story."
He told Shouzou about how he was determined to turn over a new leaf.
"Seeing 'death' …" Shouzou muttered with a deep look in his eyes, as if he was deeply moved. "… This is indeed something that can cause a person to change greatly."
Seiji silently sipped on his tea.
At this moment, someone arrived.
She was a beautiful girl who wore casual clothes. She had thin eyebrows, green eyes, and an excellent figure.
Rion Amami … or Kotomi Amami.
Seiji couldn't recognize which of the twin sisters this girl was.
"Grandpa, dinner is ready," the girl said, then looked at Seiji Mukai.
This was their first meeting after almost a month.
"Hello, Harano-san. Welcome to this place."
"Hello, Amami-senpai. Sorry to bother you."
They greeted each other calmly.
Seeing this, Shouzou's eyes flashed slightly.
"Harano-kun, let's eat together," he said.
The old man and the young man stood up and followed the young girl to the dining hall.
Apart from the other twin sister in the dining hall, there was also an old woman wearing home clothes. Her silvery-white hair was tied into a ponytail, and her face was slightly round. She had a kind expression on her face.
Shozo introduced her as his wife, as well as the twin sisters and Hoshi's grandmother, Yukina Amami.
Seiji greeted the old woman politely, and the latter greeted him with a smile.
Then, everyone sat down and ate dinner together.
The dishes were delicious and sumptuous. Seiji felt that every dish was delicious and sincerely praised them.
"Rion and Kotomi were the ones who made all these dishes. I was only their assistant," Yukina said.
"No, we were only able to do so well because we followed Grandma's instructions."
"Yep, Rion and I wouldn't have been able to do so much by ourselves."
The twin sisters agreed.
"Don't say that, this was indeed your handiwork … You learned how to cook very quickly, and you've done so well that you're qualified to be excellent brides." Yukina looked at the twin sisters.
Rion and Kotomi's faces reddened slightly under their grandmother's gentle gaze.
Seiji felt gratified when he saw this heartwarming scene.
"By the way, I'd like to thank my two Senpais," he said with a smile. He smiled and said, "During the school festival, you helped my good friend. Thank you very much."
Rion and Kotomi exchanged glances before looking back at him.
"Are you talking about Mika Uehara?"
Seiji nodded.
"That was only our duty," the twin sisters said lightly.
"What's going on now?" Shouzou asked. "Harano-kun, could you explain it to us?"
"It's like this …"
Seiji told Shouzou what he heard from Mika.
"Oh … you did well, Rion, Kotomi." Shouzou looked at the twin sisters and praised them seriously.
"We only did what we were supposed to do …"
The twin sisters' faces flushed even redder after receiving praise from their grandfather.
Seiji chuckled out loud.
Everyone looked at him.
"I never expected … that I'd hear my Senpais say the same thing as me," Seiji said.
'I only did what I was supposed to do.'
This was exactly what he had said when he was talking to Zhengzang last night.
Now, the twin sisters were saying the same thing to Shouzou.
He felt that this was rather interesting, so he chuckled.
Shouzou understood what he meant and smiled as well.
Yukina expressed her curiosity, so Shouzou explained it to her. After she understood, she smiled gently at the twin sisters as well.
Rion and Kotomi's faces flushed even redder.
Seiji felt that they … were rather cute like this.
'Wonderful.'
All the emotions in his heart converged into this one exclamation.
…
After dinner.
Shouzou had Seiji go back to the living room and called Rion and Kotomi over as well.
"I have a suggestion," he said to the twin sisters. He said to the young boys and girls, "You may find this abrupt, but this old man has seriously thought about it, and I think this is a very good idea."
'Suggestion?'
Seiji had a confused expression.
Rion and Kotomi had the same expression.
"My suggestion is … you guys should date each other!"
Shouzou looked at them with a serious expression as he spoke in a serious tone.
Seiji and the twin sisters were rendered speechless.
"What?"
All three of them were stunned and said the same thing in unison.
This scene was quite comical, just like something out of a comedy comic.
What did this old man just say?
Date each other?
Me, Rion, and Kotomi!?
Seiji knew what he heard, but wondered if he had misheard. Was there something wrong with his ears?
He looked at the two beautiful girls in a daze.
He just so happened to see the two girls looking at him in a daze.
After three seconds of dazed staring at each other, all three of them turned to look at Shouzou in unison.
'Did you say something wrong, old man!?'
Both the boy and the girls' eyes and expressions conveyed the same thought.
"I didn't say anything wrong," Shouzou said with a serious expression.
"I already learned from our conversation earlier that Harano-kun doesn't have a girlfriend, and Rion and Kotomi don't have boyfriends either, so there's no problem at all for you to date each other."
'No, no, this is a huge problem!' Seiji retorted in his mind.
"Amami-san, not having a girlfriend or a boyfriend is only a prerequisite for dating, not all of it … Amami-senpai and I …"
"I know that you don't have a good impression of each other right now, but that doesn't mean that you're unsuitable for each other," Shouzou continued.
"Harano-kun, after my observations and understanding of you since we first met, combined with my previous considerations, I've come to the conclusion that you're the most suitable boy for Rion and Kotomi to date!
Your appearance and personality, your style of speech and actions … are all excellent. And the most important thing is that you're the one who defeated them and made them change for the better!
Being together with them will make them respect you, and you'll be able to guide them well. This is something that other boys won't be able to do. "
Seiji was rendered speechless.
He could roughly understand what Shouzou meant, but …
"As for Rion and Kotomi … perhaps they're not the most suitable girls for you, but they're excellent. They're beautiful, talented, and excellent at cooking. As long as they continue to develop, they'll become incredibly charismatic women! They're definitely qualified to be your companions. "
'Hey, before saying all this, you're ignoring an important fundamental problem!
Rion and Kotomi are two girls, and I'm just a boy, alright!! '
Wait a moment, Seiji had a strong sense of déjà vu, as if he had made a similar comment before … Oh, he remembered now! Wasn't this the same comment he made to Hoshi!?
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