Chapter 307 Haruno, can I punch you?
Inside the Miyazawa household, the atmosphere was inexplicably tense.
After Sawayama Haruno brought Maki in, they sat down obediently opposite the two elders, while Mana sat in the "old seat" from last time, and was looking at the people in the field with some hesitation.
"Zeshan."
In the end, it was Miyazawa's father, who seemed more calm, who broke the silent deadlock.
He looked at Zeshan Haruno who was sitting opposite him and asked slowly, "I heard you wrote a book?"
"Correct."
Sawayama Haruno's face was confused for a moment, but when he came to his senses he immediately began to explain.
"I wrote a book when I had some free time, and luckily it was published. I didn't expect my uncle to have heard about it."
"It's not really what I heard."
Miyazawa's father noticed that his wife looked a little surprised, so he slowed down his voice and said, "When I was on a business trip in Nagoya, I bought a book in a bookstore near the hotel. It was called "Norwegian Wood", and it was a very good novel."
"Because the author's pen name, from the meaning of the Chinese characters, is somewhat opposite to Zeshan's name, so I have always had a deep impression of it."
"When I came home the day before yesterday, I saw the same book in the study."
Miyazawa's father paused and gave his eldest daughter an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, it looked like it was yours, but I flipped it open and took a look, and I saw Zeshan's autograph inside, so I guessed that it might really have been written by him."
"dad."
Miyazawa Mana, who was poked by him, suddenly blushed.
However, Maki Miyazawa on the side was not in a good mood.
She secretly reached out and pinched the tender flesh on Zeshan Haruno's waist to express her inner dissatisfaction.
This guy actually signed Mana's book, damn, she didn't even have one, it looked like she had one, but it was just casually thrown on the bookshelf.
Forget it, let's let the other party go.
Miyazawa Maki withdrew her hand angrily, completely ignoring the helpless expressions of her parents sitting opposite her.
"Pen name?"
Sawayama Haruno pretended to be calm, as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to be more low-key, so I chose a pen name, but I didn't expect that someone familiar with me would still recognize it at a glance."
If I had known earlier, I should not have used my own name in reverse order as a pen name. If Miyazawa's father could see it, I'm afraid that other people who know me better can see it too.
By the way, people in school probably don’t know about this yet, right?
Sawayama Haruno imagined what would happen if his classmates knew about this, and he suddenly felt overwhelmed.
Will there be someone with the same eccentric personality as Maki, who will come running to ask herself: "Sawayama, Zeyama, how did you write such vulgar literature?" No, I can't. Just thinking about it gives me a headache, and I have an inexplicable sense of social death.
"So Zeshan actually wrote his own book? This is the first time I know of this."
Miyazawa's mother's eyes fell on Mana, and she asked in a slightly soliciting tone: "Can you let me see the book later?"
"It's in the study. Mom can read it anytime she wants."
Seeing that the other party said so, Mana had no choice but to agree.
Maki's expression on the opposite side became more and more resentful.
"Well, let's put the book aside for now."
Miyazawa's father interrupted the discussion between the mother and daughter at the right time.
He looked at Zeshan Haruno and said very seriously: "I have heard the details of your relationship with Maki from them, minus the unnecessary, unpleasant and superfluous parts, that is to say."
Halfway through his words, he suddenly paused for no reason.
It seemed like nothing had happened, it was just a normal speech jam.
But only the observant Haruno Sawayama noticed that Miyazawa's mother slowly withdrew her hand from the other person's waist as if nothing had happened.
My goodness, this is strangled
The corners of Zeshan Haruno's eyes twitched slightly. Should I say, are they really worthy of being mother and daughter?
Although they are not biological children, Maki and her mother always have a frighteningly tacit understanding at times like this.
As soon as the other party heard her husband say something like "unnecessary, unpleasant and superfluous", she immediately started to pinch him without saying a word.
Sawayama Haruno suddenly had a strange feeling that he and his future father-in-law were actually the same kind of people, so much so that when the two of them were chatting afterwards, he couldn't bear to look at the other person being pinched on the waist by Miyazawa's mother.
"That is to say."
After a brief pause, Miyazawa's father finally spoke the rest of the words slowly.
"Are you planning to get married now?"
"Yes, there are plans in this regard."
Seeing this, Sawayama Haruno quickly explained: "I didn't have any irresponsible thoughts. After I knew that Maki was pregnant because of me, I planned to register for marriage as soon as possible."
"To be honest, we got the marriage form back two days ago, but we haven't filled it out yet."
He held Miyazawa Maki's slightly uneasy little hand and said seriously, "We are planning to come here to get your blessings and then register."
"is it?"
Miyazawa's father smiled with relief.
"My daughter has a bad temper. I guess she has been causing trouble for Sawayama all along." "No, Maki is a very cute girl to me." Sawayama Haruno said without hesitation.
This is a very pertinent statement. After all, we are now seeking the opinions of the other party's parents to see whether we can get their blessing for the marriage.
But Sawayama Haruno never expected that the moment this sentence came out of his mouth, everyone in the field except him looked at Miyazawa Mana almost at the same time.
His expression froze instantly.
“A very cute girl.”
Miyazawa's mother gave him a meaningful look.
It seems like nothing was said, yet it seems like everything was said.
Even Maki, who was originally smugly challenging her sister, couldn't hold back and started to pinch her again.
it hurts
Sawayama Haruno groaned inwardly, but his expression remained calm as he said, "Come to think of it, Maki, you have something to tell Auntie, right?"
"Eh"
Unexpectedly, Sawayama Haruno stated his purpose so straightforwardly, and Miyazawa Maki was stunned.
But Miyazawa's mother seemed ready to have a serious talk with her. After a short silence, she looked at Maki and asked, "Let's go upstairs and talk?"
"Oh"
Miyazawa Maki pursed her lips and said reluctantly, "Whatever, I just have a few questions to ask."
After saying that, she took the lead and stood up from the sofa, walking towards the stairs without looking back.
Seeing this, Miyazawa's mother also slowly stood up, but she took Mana with her before leaving.
Maybe she wanted to leave the living room for the two men who were going to discuss serious matters.
Seeing that his wife and daughters had gone upstairs, Miyazawa's father pondered for a moment and took out a set of tea sets.
"I bought this tea when I was on a business trip to Nagoya."
He said with some emotion: "Every time I come back from a business trip, I will buy some famous local products, but I will rarely use them in practice, after all, I have to go out and travel again within a few days after returning."
"Zeshan. No, Haruno, can I call you that?"
"Please feel free to do so." Sawayama Haruno nodded quickly.
"Haruno's job is to write novels. To be honest, this kind of work is pretty good. At least I can do it at home."
Miyazawa's father smiled helplessly and said, "Sometimes I want to spend more time with my family, but due to the company's decision, there is nothing I can do."
"Generally speaking, those who meet the age requirements can apply not to be assigned abroad, right?" Sawayama Haruno asked curiously.
“Indeed, you can apply next year.”
Miyazawa's father handed over the brewed tea and casually asked, "What about Haruno? Is there any trouble at work? According to Maki's personality, she should pester you, right?"
"That's not the case. She actually has her own social activities. Even when I was out writing novels, she was usually working part-time or making plans with friends."
Zeshan Haruno paused and smiled, "She has a cat at home to keep her company, so she won't deliberately choose to chat when I'm working."
Miyazawa Maki seemed quite sensible in such a place. When he was writing a book before, she really didn't come to disturb him when she shouldn't have.
Of course, as compensation, Sawayama Haruno must give her a more generous "reward" after finishing the book.
However, it is better not to mention such things in front of your future father-in-law.
"Maki has become much more sensible. It turns out that staying by Haruno's side is a good choice."
Miyazawa's father said helplessly: "Her mother is also a gender-confused person. I'm afraid it's not easy for Mana to be caught between the two of them."
"To be honest, when I heard Haruno-ni say that she hoped to marry Maki, I felt relieved."
"uncle."
Sawayama Haruno was suddenly delighted.
However, before he could be happy for a while, a word from the other party made him feel embarrassed and dared not speak.
Miyazawa's father said quietly, "But what about Mana's problem?"
"I also heard that Mana seems to have never let go of her feelings for you. Just looking at her reaction just now, it's not hard to see that Mana probably still likes you."
"I didn't expect that sisters who look the same would fall in love with the same man."
Miyazawa's father sighed and suddenly said, "Haruno, can you let me punch you?"
".please."
Sawayama Haruno sat forward obediently and even stretched his face forward.
But what greeted him was not pain, but some puzzled looks.
"Don't you understand jokes?"
"Eh?"
Sawayama Haruno's mouth twitched.
Is that a joke?
I don't think so no matter how I look at it. You were clearly playing the role of a gloomy old father just now!
Aren't you usually the type who doesn't smile? Why do you joke like this in private? Mana has never told me such a thing!
(End of this chapter)
