hotmtlnovel Chapter 1032: Xiao Ai and Ming Mei’s Reactions
Chapter 1032: Xiao Ai and Ming Mei’s Reactions
"Mother mother..."
The title "Mother-in-law" made the two sisters' eyes flash with shyness at the same time, but then, deep sadness surged up like a tide, drowning that shyness.
Mother Elena Miyano...that is the eternal pain in their hearts.
They all understand that the dead cannot be resurrected, and have long accepted this cruel reality.
In fact, after meeting Hanyu Kusunoki, who was like a god and possessed all kinds of incredible methods, the two sisters had a faint fantasy deep in their hearts - could their mother be resurrected?
But even the most tsundere Ai never took the initiative to mention this extravagant wish to Hanyu Kusunoki.
Resurrection from the dead and reversal of yin and yang seriously violate the laws of nature and are even more absurd than "immortality". They involve the most fundamental mystery of life and may require an unimaginable price.
They didn't want to add unnecessary trouble and burden to Hanyu Kusunoki, and they were even more afraid of hearing a negative answer and shattering the last glimmer of hope.
Sometimes, keeping illusions is more bearable than complete despair.
The rational Xiao Ai was the first to break free from her sad mood.
She forced herself to think calmly, her brain working rapidly.
Sera is pure... Sera...
If I remember correctly, before my mother married my father, her surname was... Sera.
Sera Elena!
Sera Masumi... Sera Elena...
Two identical last names.
Combined with Hanyu Kusunoki's profound words, "You should know each other too," and the familiar look and canine teeth of that girl, vaguely similar to those in her mother's photo...
An astonishing guess flashed through Xiao Ai's mind, causing her ice-blue pupils to suddenly shrink. Her petite body stiffened suddenly, and she even forgot to slap away Hanyu Kusunoki's hand that was playing tricks on her lower abdomen.
Could it be that... that Sera Masumi, my mother... and them... are related by blood?!
Hanyu Nan looked at the surprise that flashed in Ai's eyes in her arms, and the equally thoughtful expression on Mingmei's face beside her, and knew that they had grasped the key.
He smiled evilly and continued to drop a bombshell:
"Yes, it's just as you think. Sera Masumi, in terms of blood relationship, is your mother's sister - Akai, or Sera Mari's daughter. In other words, she is your... cousin."
"Cousin?!" Mingmei covered her mouth in surprise.
Xiao Ai murmured, "That girl who looks like a tomboy... is she my aunt's daughter?"
Their impression of their aunt Akai Mary is still based on the few words their mother occasionally mentioned when she was alive - an MI6 agent with outstanding abilities and a strong personality, who did not seem to have a particularly close relationship with their mother.
They never thought that they would meet their aunt's child in this way under such circumstances.
"But...why did she approach me and Edogawa?"
Xiao Ai quickly calmed down, frowned her delicate eyebrows, and analyzed, "What if she is from MI6 and approached us for organizational reasons? Or... has she discovered my identity?"
As expected, she is Ai, the epitome of rationality.
After the initial shock, her first reaction was not the emotion and joy of seeing her family, but she quickly entered analytical mode, with a vigilant light flashing in her ice-blue eyes.
Now that she has met Hanyu Kusunoki, an extraordinary existence, Ai is no longer the same as before. She has a very stable mentality and is not afraid of the organization at all. She even feels like laughing.
If this happened in the original anime, the ever-fearing Haibara Ai, who was always worried about being hunted by the organization, would have probably started considering packing her luggage overnight, contacting Dr. Agasa to prepare to escape to another city, and even thinking about how to fake her death when she noticed that an unidentified person suspected to be an agent was deliberately approaching her.
Hanyu Kusunoki calmly watched the two sisters digest this information, giving them enough time to think.
My mother’s biological sister…the blood relationship is actually very close.
They are real cousins.
It is even possible that the other person is their closest blood relative in this world, besides each other.
After the two sisters gradually calmed down from this sudden information, their reactions were subtly different.
They always thought that after their parents' unfortunate death, they had no other blood relatives in the world and were each other's only support.
Unexpectedly, my mother actually has an older sister alive in this world, and they also have a cousin of similar age.
Mingmei's personality is softer and more emotional. After the initial shock, a hint of joy and curiosity that came from blood instinct appeared in her eyes.
After all, knowing that there are relatives in the world who are connected to you by blood always makes people feel a little happy.
Ai, on the other hand, had a completely calm look on her face, as if to say, "Oh, I see, and now what?" There was no expression on her delicate little face, as if she had just heard some gossip about a distant relative who had little to do with her, and she even had a premonition that "trouble was coming."
For her, family affection had long become somewhat indifferent and luxurious in the organization's cold laboratory and the worry about her sister being in danger again and again.
She now has her sister, Hanyu Kusunoki, and this wonderful "home", and she is already very satisfied.
But the two sisters' common reaction was that they were not particularly excited, and there was no crying or rushing to recognize their relatives.
Because although the other party said they were his aunt and cousin, he hadn't seen them for many years and was almost a stranger.
Moreover, thinking back carefully, when her family was persecuted in the organization, her parents passed away, and she and her sisters were struggling to survive in the organization, her aunt, who was an MI6 ace agent and should have been well-informed, did not extend any helping hand to her sister's family.
Even if it's just a secret look after.
Of course, there may be complex reasons such as the organization's blockade of information and MI6's internal regulations, but from the perspective of Mingmei and Xiaoai, this is how they feel -
When help was needed the most, this closest blood relative was absent.
Therefore, although the two sisters felt a subtle sense of comfort that they still had relatives in this world, they had no desire to rush up to recognize them, hug each other, cry and pour out their hearts.
Years of estrangement and lack of companionship cannot be easily made up for by simply saying "we are relatives".
And this is the case when someone doesn't reveal another more explosive piece of news.
If Ai knew that the FBI investigator Shuichi Akai, who had exploited her sister's feelings and nearly caused her death, was actually their aunt Akai Mary's eldest son, and therefore their cousin...
I guess tonight this brown-haired lolita, who looks cold but is extremely protective of her family, will transform into a magical girl on the spot, carrying the Clow Cards, and perform a grand "killing relatives for the sake of justice" to let her cousin deeply experience what it means to:
"Don't offend anyone but the sister who has a sister complex, especially when this sister has super powers."
Hanyu Kusunoki touched his chin.
That scene must be very...wonderful.