Still want me to call you daddy?

20 minutes later.

"Good afternoon you two."

Naoki and Miku came to the agreed place, and a young man in a suit greeted quickly, and handed over his business card with both hands. He was an employee of a brokerage company who had an appointment yesterday.

Renting a house requires going through various procedures which are quite troublesome, so people usually ask for help from a brokerage company.

"Good afternoon." Naoki nodded "I'm Asakawa Naoki."

Miku just said good afternoon, then stopped talking, and all the negotiations fell on Naoki.

After both parties confirmed their identities, Naoki quickly said: "Please take us to see the house."

"Okay, please follow me."

...

The three of them soon arrived at an ancient apartment building nearby. There is only a third floor in total, and the house to be rented is in the middle of the second floor.

"Come in, you two."

The agent took out the key and opened the door.

After entering the door, Miku's slender brows quickly furrowed.

It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is slowly setting west, the lighting in the room is not good, it looks a bit dim. The room size is only forty square meters, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, you can imagine how cramped it is.

After introducing the room step by step, the middle man came out to answer the phone, leaving room for Naoki and Miku.

"Do not like?"

Naoki glanced at Miku's attitude.

"The room is too small." Miku shook her head "It feels completely different from the picture, almost like two rooms."

"That's normal." Naoki said when he heard ity's words "Girls like to fix pictures when they take pictures, so people aren't allowed to fix houses?"

Today's photo technology is amazing. Unless you saw the real thing, you really couldn't believe your eyes. For example a popular tourist spot on the Internet looks beautiful in a photo or video, it's a gulf that can't be bridged.

"It's called photo fraud." Miku was annoyed "Come here, record the video and send it to the group, let Ichika and the others see it."

Because of the winter trip, the Quintuplets had no money at all, so they definitely wouldn't rent a house, and they came here just for formalities, so as not to lose faith.

Naoki nodded, took out his cell phone, and started recording a video.

After a while.

The intermediary who finished the call returned, and Naoki briefly said a few words to the other party, then got off and left together.

"If you two have any other requests, please contact me."

The middle man's smile remained unchanged, and after bowing, he immediately turned around and left.

"Let him go in vain, I always feel a little regretful..."

Looking back from the other party leaving, Miku whispered.

Naoki walks over to the vending machine and inserts a coin:

"Small layout."

"Eh?"

Naoki bent down to pick up a can of hot coffee, opened the tab, and handed it to Miku: "Here."

After Miku took her coffee, Naoki bent down to pick up another can of coffee, and said:

"As a career in sales, you have to be out and running a lot. Regardless of whether you succeed or not, it is better than staying in the agency. Maybe he bought a lottery ticket on the way home and won tens of millions of yen all at once."

"Things like that only exist in movies." Miku took a sip of her coffee.

"Another possibility." Naoki pondered for a moment, "For example, on his way home, he suddenly met a girl who was destined for him."

Miku paused: "Is that a plot in the manga?"

"If you lose the east corner and harvest the mulberry trees, there may be additional benefits." Naoki said casually, "You think we're wasting his time, but actually we're not wasting it, because the cost of his time is paid for by the intermediary company. If we The boss and the boss' wife made him work so hard, and in the end they didn't pay him and kicked him out, so he should feel guilty then."

"I always feel something is wrong..." Miku held the coffee in both hands, and sighed lightly, "It turns out that renting a house is really difficult, I feel like I can't find a house that satisfies everyone."

"I know a place that can satisfy everyone's opinion." Naoki said firmly.

"Eh?" Miku was full of curiosity "Where is that?"

Naoki smiled and said, "Come with me and you will find out."

"Mysterious."

Miku muttered under her breath while holding hot coffee, following Naoki to the train station.

"You want a train?" Miku frowned. "If the distance is too far, it will be troublesome to go to school in the morning."

"It's not that far away." Naoki threw the prepared coffee can into the trash, "As long as you don't miss your bed, there won't be any problems."

Miku complained "Ichika will definitely stay in bed."

"You have little faith in Ichika."

"Sorry, not at all."

Naoki looked at Miku, and said, "A poor girl with only a few thousand yen in her body shouldn't look down on the patriarch."

....

The two boarded a carriage and walked a long way.

After a while.

Naoki and Miku got off the train.

"Here is..."

Miku looked at the station in front of her where some places were unfamiliar, while others were very familiar, her eyelashes twitched uncontrollably slightly, and a faint guess emerged in her heart.

"It's not there yet, let's go further."

Naoki held Miku's right hand as he spoke.

The girl's skin was smooth and silky, and it was very comfortable to hold.

Miku followed Naoki to the front.

After a while.

The two of them came to a park.

Since it was not yet dark, many adults and children were having fun in the park.

"The swing is still there..."

Miku looked out over the garden, saw a gently swaying swing, a complicated expression on her face.

"It's still there."

Naoki's tone was calm, and he remembered the summer night before summer vacation, when he and Yotsuba were swinging in the garden together.

After stopping and observing for a while, Naoki led Miku and continued walking forward.

The surroundings became more and more familiar, and Miku's expression became more complicated.

As a building that was so familiar in her memories appeared before her eyes, Miku held Naoki's hand tightly, and a feeling of embarrassment from being close to home welled up in her heart.

Familiar fence, familiar mailbox, but the name on the mailbox is no longer Nakano, but Kurosawa.

This is the deepest and most unforgettable place in memory, from the first time he opened his eyes to his mother's departure in the fifth grade of elementary school, leaving countless laughs.

Seeing that Miku was in a daze, Naoki didn't rush things, and waited silently while waiting for Miku.

After a while, Miku woke up, she said quietly:

"This… is already someone else's home."

Naoki said as usual: "Just buy some more."

"Eh?"

Naoki held Miku's hand, stepped forward, then pressed the doorbell.

After a while.

A middle-aged woman wearing an apron opened the door, looked at Naoki and Miku suspiciously, and said doubtfully:

"Who are you looking for?"

Naoki said: "Are you Mrs. Kurosawa?"

"I." The woman nodded.

"May I ask if you are planning to sell your house?" Naoki asked straight to the point.

"What?"

Mrs. Kurosawa looked confused.

Two high school students in high school uniforms came and asked if they wanted to sell the house, and apparently opened the wrong door.

"Sorry, I have no plans to sell this house." Mrs. Kurosawa shook her head, "Did you find the wrong person?"

Naoki looked at Miku: "Is something wrong?"

"Correctly."

Miku shook her head subconsciously.

Naoki withdrew his gaze and looked at Mrs. Kurosawa: "We didn't find the wrong person."

"Sorry, I still have to prepare dishes. Please go, you two." Mrs. Kurosawa frowned and was about to close the door to see off the guests.

"Please wait a moment." Naoki took out his cell phone, then said, "I checked the prices of houses around, and this house's current price should be... In this way, I will add an additional two million yen. The only condition is that you get out as soon as possible."

Mrs. Kurosawa was taken aback, and couldn't help but look around: "Are you the staff of the prank show?"

"Of course not." Naoki said "If you don't believe me, I can pay a deposit first..."

"Wait a moment."

Miku finally regained her senses, hurriedly bowed to Mrs. Kurosawa, then pulled Naoki aside, and said in disbelief: "Reckless Asakawa, where did you get so much money?"

"Actually I bought a lot of bitcoins before," said Naoki honestly.

Miku opened her eyes wide: "Does that legendary item really exist?"

"Substitute as fake."

"Even if you have money, you can't waste it like this." Miku bit her lower lip, "When mom was here, we only rented here."

Naoki said: "I spend my own money, so it's okay to buy and invest?"

"No." Miku said with a serious expression, "I don't agree."

Naoki complained, "It's not shared property between husband and wife. Looks like I don't need your approval to use it."

"Anyway that's impossible." Miku said firmly, "Come back with me."

"There are some things you don't know yet." Naoki stretched out his right hand and gently ruffled Miku's hair, "You call and ask Ichika, and see what Ichika has to say."

Miku took out her cellphone, and dialed Ichika's number.

"Hi, I'm Ichika."

The phone connected quickly, and a soft and pleasant voice sounded in the ear.

Miku looked at Naoki, took a light breath, and explained the situation just now.

"The reckless Asakawa asked me to call you, how could something like that…"

"Okay."

Ichika answered softly.

"Eh?" Miku was taken aback, and said blankly, "Ichika, what are you talking about?"

"I said yes." Ichika wrote lightly, "By the way, I'll be with Asakawa-kun forever, so you don't have to care about such a small thing."

Miku was a bit confused.

Ichika really said yes, she must have heard wrong, right?

They obviously didn't have a formal relationship yet, so how could they agree to something like that.

Also, why was Ichika so nonchalant, not surprised at all, as if she had known about it all along?

All kinds of doubts flooded her mind, Miku raised her eyes to look at Naoki and said, "Are you and Ichika hiding something from me?"

There must be something very important to hide from her.

It's strange to think that Ichika, who has been extremely possessive since she was a child, would agree with Naoki to open a harem, and even act as a traitor between the sisters!

"There is indeed something I haven't told you." Naoki admitted frankly.

"What is it?" Miku asked.

Naoki pondered for a while: "I won't tell you."

Miku puffed out her cheeks: "Guilty! Harakiri!"

Since Ichika agreed, Miku could only remain silent with doubt.

"Mrs. Kurosawa, I made you wait." Naoki walked back to the door "Please tell me your bank card number."

The woman is skeptical, these two people are not liars, right?

Good looks don't necessarily make you a good person!

But... it didn't matter if she tried, if it was true.

Mrs. Kurosawa was alert and took out a rarely used spare bank card.

Naoki didn't talk nonsense and transferred the money right away.

After a while.

Mrs. Kurosawa was wide-eyed after receiving the transfer reminder: "That's not a liar?!"

"Transaction successful." Naoki said calmly "Please ask Mrs. Kurosawa to move in before the weekend."

"I understand." The woman shook her phone excitedly and hurriedly nodded, "I promise to move before the weekend."

Facts prove that money can indeed solve 99.9% of the world's problems.

As for whether Mrs. Kurosawa will renege on her debt... Naoki firmly believes that the other party will not.

"Let's go, go home."

Naoki and Miku said their goodbyes and left.

....

While returning around the apartment, Naoki suddenly stopped and looked at the garden. Nanako is walking her dog in the park.

"You go back first." Naoki said to Miku "I'll go and say a few words."

Miku was still immersed in complicated emotions at this time, glanced at Nanako in the garden, then looked away: "I'll be back."

Naoki waved his hand, crossed the road, and walked towards Nanako.

"Woof Woof."

Before Naoki came, Kabuinujiro already shook his head and tail, then ran enthusiastically.

Nanako was led by Kabuinujiro for a few steps, and immediately saw Naoki walking over, a flash of surprise appeared in her eyes, and then she saw Miku across the street, her face stiffened quickly, and she snorted softly:

"What are you doing here?"

Naoki squatted down and started playing with Kabuinujiro's dog head: "I will come and see Kabuinujiro."

Touching Kabuinujiro's dog's head, Naoki looked at Nanako: "Mami-san's deadline is coming again, and she urgently needs help, can you go and help?"

"You still want to lie to me!" Nanako gritted her teeth, "Several days have passed since the due date!"

"Hah?" Naoki quickly figured out the reason, "You and Mami-san actually communicated secretly without telling me?"

"What do you mean by hiding it from you?" Nanako snorted softly, "No need to tell you this kind of thing."

After the assistant incident last time, she added Mami's communication account. Then she occasionally chatted and found that she was able to chat unexpectedly. The same trick obviously couldn't be used the second time.

Naoki clapped and stood up, getting to the point: "Is the admission fee for the winter trip enough?"

"Enough." Nanako turned her head away.

"Are you sure?" Naoki raised his eyebrows lightly, "The consequences of lying to me will be very serious."

Nanako raised her hand, her courage tested: "What do you want?"

Naoki ponders: "I remember you calling out at the park last time..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Nanako flew into a rage and kicked him.

You still want to be called daddy, you seek your own death!