"Professor, where did you pick her up?" Yuhara Kozue glares at Umezaki Yushiro. "You can't bring people to the farmhouse. There is a reason why hospitals exist."
Umezaki Yoshiro turns the page of the book. "What makes you think that this farmhouse is not a place for healing?"
"She's too fragile." Yuhara Kozue has only seen her from afar. Professor Umezaki has warned him not to make a sudden appearance.
"Is she opening up?"
She can't begin healing if she doesn't speak up.
Professor Umezaki ignores his questions. "Are you my student or not? It's your job to observe her."
"I am keeping a watch."
He has been observing her. The girl thinks that she is seventeen. She usually takes long walks with the red head man. At other times, she will play videogames with the redhead. She eats alone in her room. At night, he has seen her walking around aimlessly before going back to her room. He thought that she was sleepwalking, but that's not the case. Sometimes, she would sit in the garden and look at the moon. That's basically what's been going on for the last two days.
"Isn't it better if there is a woman here? She might trust a woman better than a man."
There is only that redhead, Professor Umezaki, and him staying at this farmhouse currently. Even a cook is a man. It's not good for a girl to live alone with several men.
"I thought that women make you nervous." Professor Umezaki simpers. "Yuhara, are you comfortable around women now? I should hire female servants now."
"No!" Yuhara shakes his head. "Professor, don't be cruel to me. I will not ask questions anymore. You can bring anyone you want. It's just that I feel nervous around her. I can't observe her well and make reports if I can't get closer to her. It was better if she was a man."
Yuhara Kozue is afraid of women. To cure his gynophobia, he decided to study psychology. He went to a boys school. Later, he enrolled at a college where the number of boys was significantly high compared to girls. It wasn't an easy journey to come this far. Professor Umezaki was the first one to notice his discomfort at the university.
"It's a good opportunity to get over your fear of women." Umezaki Yushiro closes the book and places it on the table. "In any case, keep an eye on her. Make sure that she doesn't watch TV or get her hands on the internet. She is a computer wiz. She is also smart. She might notice that something is wrong with the dates and figure out things. We want that to happen, but not when she is not prepared."
Yuhara makes a note to keep her away from electronics.
***
Kiyohira gazes at the picture of the woman taking a walk on the field of flowers. Ren has taken a picture of her secretly and sent it to him with a text that she is better than before. Kiyohira wonders if he will ever be able to stand in front of Rie again. He is scared that she would break again when she sees him.
She is punishing him this way. He can only see her from afar. He can't hold that hand again. It's been two days since he saw her.
Harumi runs into the room. "Master, please turn on the television."
The phone drops from his hand. Kiyohira frowns, but he decides to not mind Harumi's actions. He turns on the television.
[According to the statement by Takeuchi Seiji, Takeuchi Rie is adopted. She has always been a troublesome student and aware of the fact that she was adopted. She intentionally caused problems for the Kamiyama family to squeeze out money from them. She forced them to take responsibility for her and rebuild her old house by emotionally blackmailing the eldest son of the Kamiyama family. Takeuchi Seiji has removed her name from the family register for wronging an innocent family and ruining her adopted parents' name in public. She is no longer connected to the Kamiyama family and the Takeuchi family as a family member.]
"Harumi, where is Grandmother?"
***
Grandmother Kamiyama is surprised to hear the news from the television. Takeuchi Seiji has promised her that he would take care of Rie. She didn't expect him to go to the media straight after he arrived in the country. How much did this man hate his adopted daughter?
This isn't good. If Rie isn't Hitomi's daughter, the major hindrance between Kiyohira and Rie is gone. If she had known, she wouldn't have let Takeuchi Seiji reveal the secret to the world.
"Did you tell him to do this?"
Grandmother Kamiyama glances at Kiyohira. "You already knew?"
"Did you tell him to reveal it to the world like this?" Kiyohira looks at her with hate. "Rie doesn't know about it yet. She never came to the Kamiyama family willingly. She didn't ask me to rebuild her house. She didn't blackmail me."
She sighs. "I didn't ask that man to do this. I had no idea that she was adopted. I -"
Kiyohira runs out of the study room before she could finish. This boy is completely in love with that girl. She dials Chisa's father number to make another announcement.
***
Rie yawns like a lazy cat. She is bored out of her mind. There is no TV or a computer. She decides to go to the library inside the house. She has explored half of the house. The servants usually avoid her when she comes across them. She hasn't seen the brooding student in the house yet. She keeps walking until she hears a sound.
She pushes the door and sees a boy in the early twenties sitting in front of the TV. The boy throws the popcorn in his mouth, "If I hadn't seen her with my sight, I would have believed this fake news."
She looks at the TV screen. There is a picture of her father, her mother, and Kamiyama Shintaro. Though the sound is set on low, she can still read the words on the screen.
"She must be with that boy now." The brooding student mumbles to himself, "It's safe to watch this. I must gather more information on her."
Kiyohira reaches the hotel where Takeuchi Seiji is staying with his wife. Takeuchi Seiji is about to leave with his wife for dinner when Kiyohira appears at the door. He grabs Takeuchi Seiji's collar and shoves him inside.
"Why did you do that?" He asks him with a dangerous voice. "If you wanted to tell her, we could have found another way. How could you use the cruelest method to tell her?"
Takeuchi Seiji recognizes him with a glance. "You are Kamiyama Shintaro's eldest son."
"What are you doing?" Hamada Midori, Takeuchi's wife pushes Kiyohira away. "Honey, what's going on? I thought that we were going to have a talk with Rie. Where is she? What did you do this time?"
"Ha!" Kiyohira looks at Takeuchi's Wife with disbelief. "You don't know what your husband did?"
"What did he do?" Hamada Midori asks him. Kiyohira ignores her and turns to Takeuchi Seiji.
"Why did you force her to go to school when you knew that she was being bullied?" He curls his fingers into a fist. "You knew how hard it was for her."
"Being bullied?" Hamada Midori stares at Takeuchi Seiji. "You never told me that. You said that she was doing fine. You told me that she hated me and she didn't want to talk to me once."
"I don't understand why you care so much for that useless girl." Takeuchi Seiji has had enough of both of them. "Don't pretend in front of me. We have done enough. We gave a family name to an orphan. Even that Hitomi pretended to care about that girl until I asked her to choose between Kamiyama Shintaro and that girl. She still chose Shintaro over Rie. What was the point of raising that girl if she couldn't stop her mother from leaving me?"
Kiyohira steps back. "You hated her because she couldn't stop Kamiyama Hitomi from leaving you?"
"I thought that she would come back if she sees that Rie was in pain." Takeuchi Seiji falls on his knees and grabs his hair. "I waited for so long. I knew that Hitomi was keeping a watch on Rie. I even put a condition for our divorce. Hitomi couldn't take Rie with her or meet her after the divorce. If she did, I would reveal it to the world that Rie is adopted. Still, she left me. That Rie was disposable for that woman."
Hamada Midori watches her husband still crying for his ex-wife. She knew that he was in love with her. Why Rie? That girl made no mistake.
"You are proud of having revenge on a little girl for a woman who left you. Did you ever think of Rie as your daughter?" Hamada Midori slaps Seiji. "Was all the time that you spent with that child was a lie?"
Seiji can't meet his wife gaze. Pathetic. Kiyohira turns around and walks away.
"Wait." Hamada Midori chases him. "Where is Rie?"
"I can't tell you." He glares at the woman. "I won't give you another chance to hurt her."
"I need to talk to her." Hamada Midori breaks into tears. "I know about her mother. Please let me meet her once. She must learn about her father."
This woman knows about her birth parents. Even after days of investigation, he couldn't find a single clue regarding Rie's origins. Rie is not in the state to listen.
"Tell me." Kiyohira looks at the woman intently. "I will listen and decide when she must find out about her real parents."
***
"What are you doing here?" Yuhara Kozue freaks out when he sees Rie standing at the door. Her eyes are glued to the television screen. He turns off the TV. "You can't watch it."
"That was my father." She points at the black screen sluggishly. "No, I can't call him my father. He's not my father."
"T-T-T-THAT... " Yuhara Kozue can't take a step toward her or away from her. His chest becomes tight when she walks into the room. He leans on the table for the support. "Leave."
"What I am missing?" She turns on the TV again. The news is repeated. Kamiyama Shintaro and Kamiyama Hitomi died. "I should have guessed that I am not their biological daughter. That makes sense."
Yuhara Kozue can only understand half of her murmurs. He makes a distance away from her. His gynophobia makes it difficult to share the same space with women. "Lady, can you leave the room?"
"Rie?" Ren is gasping for air. "I was looking for you everywhere. Come, I have brought the games. If you defeat me, I will buy -"
His eyes wander to the TV.
Rie looks at him with emotionless eyes. "Kamiyama Hitomi died in an accident. I am not their biological child. I tried to extort money from the Kamiyama family."
"Rie chan..." Ren rushes to her side. "Rie chan, that's a lie. Fake news. They are trying to spread rumors."
"I was just an adopted puppy who was abandoned when the owner had to move away," She whispers in a pained voice. A tear falls from her right eye. Her body becomes limp. Ren catches her before she falls to the ground. "Rie chan! Rie chan!"
***
"Does she remember now?" Kiyohira asks Umezaki Yushiro.
"She hasn't regained consciousness." Umezaki Yushiro sighs. "Wait for her to wake up."
Kiyohira will wait. He paces outside the room. After five minutes, he opens the door slightly. Ren is sitting beside Rie silently. He walks into the room to see her once. He will leave after a glance. Ren is startled when he sees him. Kiyohira puts his finger on his lips and mouths, "Silence."
He takes a seat beside Rie. She looks thinner than before. He holds that hand and plants a kiss on the back of her hand. "Rie, forgive me for my mistakes."
She opens her eyes and looks at him. Ren and Kiyohira are at loss for the words. She jerks his hand away and crawls away from him toward Ren. She looks at him with horror. "Did she send you to get me? You must be one of her men."
"Rie chan, nobody is here to..."
She doesn't listen to a single word and hides behind Ren. She clutches the back of his jacket and whispers, "She sent him. He is going to take me back to her."
Takeuchi Miwako. Kiyohira grits his teeth. She will pay for what she did to Rie.
Dr. Umezaki walks into the room. He sees Rie hiding behind Ren and looking fearfully at Kiyohira. He instantly figures what's going on. Both men are extremely stupid.
"Little one, he was sent by me." He smiles warmly at Rie and pats her hair. "He is my student. His name is Ichihara Kiyoshi."
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