Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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After seeing who it was, he calmed his heaving chest, still shaken.

"Mahiru-chan just received a phone call, and then she rushed here by taxi. I noticed that her expression was off, so I followed her."

Su Qing nodded; the other party had already mentioned these points on e.

Yui's choice of location was very deliberate; although it was only the back, one could still observe Mahiru sitting inside the store by following her line of sight.

Shifting her gaze slightly backward, she saw a mature woman who bore a resemblance to Mahiru sitting opposite her.

As expected, it was Shiina Sayo—Mahiru's biological mother.

He had seen a photo of Mahiru when he was researching her family background.

Through the glass, Su Qing saw Shiina Saya's lips moving slightly, but she didn't know what they were talking about.

"That woman just arrived a few minutes ago. Xiaoqing, do you know who she is?" Yui asked.

“Mahiro’s mother, but it’s probably only in a physiological sense,” Su Qing said after thinking for a moment.

There's nothing wrong with that statement.

Being a mother should not just be an identity, but also a responsibility, or rather, an expression of love.

However, based on Su Qing's understanding and Mahiru's attitude towards her, Shiina Sayo completely failed to do so.

"Huh? So their relationship must be really bad!"

No wonder Mahiru-chan had that expression when she received the call.

Yui suddenly realized, then looked at the woman inside the glass window and stomped her foot in indignation, "That wretched woman!"

Su Qing withdrew her gaze, glanced at the innocent girl beside her, smiled with amusement, but said nothing.

"Then... what can we do for her?"

Yui pursed her lips, raised her eyes to look at Su Qing, and asked with concern.

For once, Su Qing was silent. “Pray? Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say believe.”

"Eh?"

Yui was taken aback and asked in confusion.

"She told me a long time ago that she wanted to make a clean break with the past."

So this is her decision, and all we need to do is trust her…

Yui stared intently at Su Qing, noticing a hint of something indescribable in his usually clear eyes.

The girl lowered her head and softly hummed in agreement.

I don’t know what I’m thinking.

……

Meanwhile, inside the coffee shop.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Mahiru looked at the woman sitting opposite her, her biological mother in every sense of the word, and spoke softly.

"Let's skip the formalities," Shiina Sayo frowned, her tone clearly displeased.

"What did you want to talk to me about the other day? Why did you insist on meeting in person? I remember I told you from the beginning not to contact me unless it was for some necessary documents."

"Yes, that's true." Mahiru thought to herself, "Just as I thought."

Before Shiina Sayo even showed up for the appointment, her heart was racing from the moment she received the call until just now.

Even if you try your best to control it, it's all in vain.

But hearing this answer again, the answer she had already expected, she suddenly felt much more at ease and calm.

"Before you tell me what happened, shouldn't you apologize to me first?" Mahiru looked directly at Shiina Sayo and said calmly.

"Apologize?" Shiina Sayo was taken aback for a moment, then said disdainfully, "Why should I apologize to you?"

"Because today is not the time we agreed on, you disrupted my schedule. Don't you think you should apologize for that?"

Mahiru remained calm, completely unconcerned about the other person's changing expression.

"You've gone to university, and you don't even know how to use honorifics with me anymore?" Shiina Sayo laughed contemptuously.

"When you called me that day, I actually didn't want to come."

Logically speaking, we shouldn't have kept in touch after you went to college, and even if it's about asking for living expenses, that guy should be the one to give it to you.

But then I thought, it's better to deal with troublesome things sooner rather than later, so say what you have to say now, and don't waste my time like that annoying guy, okay?

"What a troublesome... thing..."

Mahiru couldn't help but murmur softly, biting her upper lip lightly, and finally asked a question she had always wanted to ask but had never dared to:

"Have you ever, even for a single moment, treated me like your own daughter?"

The girl's eyes remained fixed, as if afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

But Shiina Saya's face changed from contempt to expressionlessness. "Just for something like this? Ha, how boring."

Please answer this question seriously, don't evade it.

As if unwilling to give up, Mahiru pursed her lips tightly, leaned forward slightly, and asked in an unquestionable tone.

"Escape? Haven't you been escaping from yourself all along? Do I really need to tell you the answer to that question myself?"

Shiina Sayo coldly looked at the girl in front of her. On her face, which had not yet completely lost its childishness, one could vaguely see the shadow of that man.

If she were like her, that would be fine, but she happens to resemble her father.

Thinking this, a genuine sense of disgust crept into those emotionless eyes.

The silverware on the dining table reflected a cool light under the warm glow, highlighting Zhenzhu's eyelashes, which trembled as lightly as cicada wings.

She continued to ask:

"Then... if you didn't like me from the beginning, if you never treated me like a daughter, then why... did you give birth to me?"

"Do you think I want this?" Shiina Sayo sighed helplessly, her voice as cold and merciless as the chilling wind from a dry well.

"It was too late when we found out. The doctor said that once the abortion was performed, there would be no possibility of getting pregnant again."

"Just because of...this?"

Mahiru chuckled self-deprecatingly. It turned out that the answer to the question that had troubled her for so many years was really that simple.

So... what was she really hoping for back then?

Sometimes, people can't even empathize with their past selves.

"You don't understand the value of fertility to women." Shiina Sayo seemed about to say something more, but then her tone suddenly stopped.

"Forget it, this is a waste of time. Let's just leave it at that and don't contact me again, understand?"

After saying that, Shiina Saya got up to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Mahiru suddenly called out to the other person, meeting a helpless and indifferent gaze that was the complete opposite of Su Qing's.

I don't know what she was feeling, but she asked with a calm smile:

"So, whatever I do in the future, whether it's getting married or anything else, it has nothing to do with you, right?"

……

outside the store.

"Hey, Xiaoqing, that woman seems to be leaving."

Yui and Su Qing had been observing the situation inside the store. Seeing that Shiina Sayo was about to leave, Yui spoke up.

Su Qing simply gave a soft "hmm".

"But it seems like Mahiru called me back again," Yui said.

"What do you want to say?" Su Qing asked, looking at the girl beside her.

"Are you saying it's really okay to keep waiting like this?"

"Didn't I say..."

"But if you really believed that, you wouldn't have come here, would you?"

Yui interrupted Su Qing, "Trusting Mahiru is of course fine, but what if she gets bullied by a bad woman?"

Xiaoqing, even though you didn't say it, your eyes clearly showed your worry!

"No way..." Su Qing said helplessly. Was it really that obvious?

But he really had no intention of barging in and interfering.

As he said, this was the choice of the daytime.

"Then just take it as me talking nonsense." Yui curled her lip in disdain.

Even after all this, you still say there's nothing?

Xiao Qing is indeed super arrogant!

Then Yui smiled slyly, came up behind Su Qing, and pushed him forward as he looked on in astonishment.

"What are you doing?" Su Qing asked, frowning.

The girl, however, ignored everything and continued pushing and talking.

"You've almost finished talking, right? Now's your chance to save face before everyone else leaves!"

And you guys just don't understand!

Even if the girls don't say it, they actually hope that a hero will come to save them at this time!

Hmm...girls are such troublesome creatures, always saying one thing and meaning another.

"And what about you?" Su Qing asked.

Where are you going?

Are you also a girl who says one thing but means another?

Do you ever wish for a hero to save you?

Yui simply smiled matter-of-factly:

"Of course I'm going home! Otherwise, why would I stay and be a third wheel?"

Okay, okay, stop wasting your time on me.

So...go quickly, great hero!

As she finished speaking, the girl gave Su Qing a hard push forward.

Su Qing took several steps forward due to inertia. When she looked back, she saw the girl standing on tiptoe, waving her hands enthusiastically as if cheering her on.

"Be careful on the road."

Until the very end, Su Qing didn't know what to say.

When Su Qing turned around, the girl's gentle smile, like the last ice flower on the snowfield, remained unchanged.

Even at the very end, Yui Yuigahama's heartfelt words remained gentle and sincere, like a blessing.

[Keep it up, my...great hero.]

……

Shiina Sayo suddenly became interested when men were mentioned.

"So that's why you suddenly contacted me."

She sat down again, giving a meaningful smile.

"You've found a boyfriend and want to marry him, right?"

"So what if it is?" Mahiru didn't refute, but asked in return.

"Hmm, nothing, I'm just a little curious about what kind of man you found. Hehe, you should have thoroughly investigated his family background, right?"

"...It's not what you think."