In Hentai World as Mira Tsubakihara's Relative

Chapter 600: Even Family is Not Safe

"Yoshida-san, I feel like your luck lately hasn't been very good. People seem to target you wherever you go," Hikari said.

"Ah… I guess that's true!", Yoshida Saki looked troubled. She had realized it too. She had just been bullied by Nogami Izumi and the other gyaru girls this morning, then got targeted by that drug addict Hayato in the afternoon.

"You're going through bad luck lately, so be extra careful. Even at home, don't completely let your guard down."

"It's best to stay cautious around everyone except yourself, even… family," Hikari looked at Yoshida Saki and spoke casually, as if chatting normally.

But Yoshida Saki listened to every word extremely seriously.

She kept nodding repeatedly.

As soon as Hikari finished speaking, she immediately replied, "Okay! I'll remember everything Hikari-kun said!"

"No matter where I am, I'll definitely be careful!"

Seeing that she had taken it to heart, Hikari did not say anything more.

"Alright, then go inside. I should head home too. See you."

Hikari waved at her and turned to leave.

"See you!", Yoshida Saki hurriedly said goodbye as well.

Only after Hikari's figure disappeared from sight did Yoshida Saki turn and walk into the house.

But what she did not expect was, the moment she opened the door, a figure was already standing behind it, smiling at her.

"M-Mom?", Seeing her mother looking at her with a strange smile, Yoshida Saki jumped in shock and immediately grew nervous.

"My my, I saw him, you know. That boy who stood outside with you at the front door for so long just now," Yoshida Saki's mother wore a teasing smile that clearly said she understood everything.

"That boy was pretty handsome. He's your boyfriend, right? I didn't expect you to quietly get yourself a boyfriend so soon after starting high school, Saki-chan~"

Her mother's tone was full of teasing.

Hearing those teasing words, Yoshida Saki's face instantly turned red, and she shyly tried to explain, "No! Hikari-kun… Hikari-kun isn't my boyfriend!"

"We're just… just classmates."

Hearing that, her mother covered her mouth and laughed, "Oh ho ho, really? Ordinary classmates would walk you home and stand outside chatting at the front door like they can't bear to part for that long?"

Watching her daughter's face grow redder and redder, the smile on Yoshida Saki's mother's face became even brighter.

Though she was not sure whether Yoshida Saki really had a boyfriend, she actually did not mind much.

Yoshida Saki was usually very introverted and barely even had friends.

So if getting a boyfriend could help change her gloomy and withdrawn personality a little, then her mother thought that was not a bad thing.

"Mom, Hikari-kun really isn't my boyfriend. We just happened to run into each other, so he walked me home…", Yoshida Saki continued trying to explain.

"Alright, alright. If you say he's not, then he's not. But even if you really did get a boyfriend, your mother wouldn't mind, okay? Relax, Saki-chan," Her mother smiled.

"Right, dear?", Yoshida Saki's mother turned toward the dining room as she spoke.

Only then did Yoshida Saki realize, besides her mother, her father was actually home too.

Just like usual, he had not made a sound at all, so she had not noticed him.

Unlike Yoshida Saki's mother, who was gentle and in a good mood, her father seemed to be in a bad mood right now.

His face was stiff and unpleasant.

After hearing Yoshida Saki's mother speak, he immediately turned around.

Then he suddenly snapped at Yoshida Saki harshly, "Boyfriend, boyfriend… what boyfriend?"

"At your age, all you kids do is mess around!"

"This should be the age where you behave yourself, but instead you fool around all day."

"I'm talking about you, Yoshida Saki!"

"You're already in high school, but instead of studying properly, you still act completely immature. All you do all day is play around. You don't even know how to help ease the burden at home."

"Do you know how hard your father works every day? Do you know how difficult it is to support this family—"

Faced with her father's sudden barrage of scolding, Yoshida Saki lowered her head and did not dare argue back.

Her mother patted her back and softly comforted her, "Saki-chan, don't take it to heart. Your father doesn't mean to yell at you."

"It's mainly because things haven't been going well at work lately. The company's unstable, and I heard there are massive layoffs happening, so he's under a lot of pressure." [T/N: Layoffs are actually rare in Japan.]

Hearing her mother's explanation, Yoshida Saki did not say much.

She simply nodded slightly and quietly answered, "Okay… I understand…"

Looking at her father, who had scolded her nonstop without even glancing at her once and only kept staring at the newspaper in his hands, Yoshida Saki said nothing else and quickly returned upstairs to her room.

———

Back in her room, Yoshida Saki instinctively reached for the game console on her bookshelf, wanting to start gaming.

But then she suddenly seemed to remember something.

She immediately put the console down and picked up a fashion magazine she had just bought at the bookstore.

After studying it carefully for a while, she turned and sat at the desk with the vanity mirror.

Yoshida Saki looked into the mirror, then started trying to put on makeup using the very limited cosmetics she had compared to other girls. Her movements were clumsy and unfamiliar.

She had tried putting on makeup a few times when high school first started.

So although her technique was still awkward this time, she still managed to finish all the basic makeup smoothly.

Then she searched through her wardrobe and took out a knee-length dress she had bought a while ago but still looked new, then changed into it.

She stood in front of the mirror for quite a while, turning around a few times. In her own opinion, it actually looked pretty decent.

"If I dressed like this, I could probably barely stand beside Hikari-kun."

"And I still have room to improve."

"It feels like there's still something wrong with the makeup. Maybe I should ask Mom."

Yoshida Saki hurried downstairs toward the living room.

"Mom, how do I look dressed like this?"

Standing in front of her mother, who was sitting on the sofa, Yoshida Saki asked.

Her mother looked her over for a moment, then nodded, "Mm, not bad. Saki-chan looks pretty this time, and your makeup is done quite well too."

"So you really did get a boyfriend, huh? You've even started dressing up now~"

After praising her a little, her mother started teasing her again.

Yoshida Saki's face immediately turned red again, and she lowered her head shyly, "I really don't have one…"

At that moment, Yoshida Saki's father suddenly walked out from his room.

After vaguely hearing their conversation, he immediately scolded her in an unpleasant tone, "Makeup and dressing up?"

"You're a high school student. Instead of studying properly, why are you wasting time thinking about this stuff all day?"

"Seriously!"

Hearing her father's words, Yoshida Saki immediately lowered her head and prepared to go back upstairs.

But her mother stopped her and smiled toward her husband, "Oh come on, girls naturally start dressing up when they grow up. What girl doesn't care about looking pretty?"

"Saki-chan finally dressed up for once. What's wrong with complimenting her a little?"

"Saki-chan's father, you take a look too."

Hearing his wife's words, Yoshida Saki's father subconsciously turned his head.

Seeing Yoshida Saki with her delicate makeup, fair face, and pretty features, especially the graceful look she had in the dress, he froze for a moment.

'This child…'

'When did she grow up this much?'

With confusion in his eyes, his gaze slowly moved downward.

His eyes lingered several times on Yoshida Saki's chest, which already had obvious curves and fullness beneath her clothes.

Then he noticed her pale, slender legs beneath the hem of the dress, and his throat unconsciously bobbed once.

"Old man, what do you think? Doesn't Saki-chan look pretty dressed up?", Yoshida Saki's mother casually asked with a smile, not noticing anything strange about her husband.

Yoshida Saki's father hurriedly replied, his voice unconsciously stammering slightly,

"Y-Yeah… she looks good!"

"Saki-chan… h-has grown up…"

Hearing that, Yoshida Saki herself was not particularly happy, but her mother laughed.

"You finally complimented Saki-chan for once. That's rare."

"Alright then, when are we eating?", Yoshida Saki's mother asked the two of them.

Yoshida Saki's father quietly glanced at Yoshida Saki standing nearby again before speaking.

"L-Let's eat later. I'll take a bath first."

After saying that, he unexpectedly took the initiative to speak to Yoshida Saki.

"Um, Saki-chan…"

Hearing her father rarely speak to her first, Yoshida Saki quickly responded, "Yes? What is it, Father?"

A rare smile appeared on her father's face as he said, "Saki-chan, I heard from people that when daughters grow up, they scrub their father's back during baths. It helps wash away bad luck. But I don't think you've ever done that for me before, right?"

"Now that you've grown up, how about helping me scrub my back while I bathe later?"

"Eh?", Yoshida Saki froze for a moment, then hurriedly shook her head.

"T-That doesn't sound very good…"

Beside her, Yoshida Saki's mother frowned slightly too.

"Old man, who told you that? What nonsense about daughters scrubbing their fathers' backs?"

"All my coworkers and friends say that! What nonsense? It's just scrubbing someone's back, not like it means anything!"

Seeing that not only Yoshida Saki herself refused, but even his housewife wife, who had always depended on him, was opposing him too, Yoshida Saki's father immediately felt irritation.

In front of Yoshida Saki, the self-proclaimed head of the Yoshida family felt humiliated.

Ignoring his wife's objection, he stiffened his face and continued asking Yoshida Saki, "Saki-chan, are you willing to scrub your father's back?"

"N-No…", Yoshida Saki shook her head repeatedly.

She was already extremely introverted to begin with, and her father also loved acting like the head of the household and throwing his authority around.

Ever since puberty, Yoshida Saki sometimes barely exchanged more than a few words with him in an entire year. Faced with his sudden request now, she felt incredibly troubled.

She did not want to agree, but she also did not really dare refuse.

Only after Hikari's figure appeared in her mind did she finally gather the courage to directly reject her father.

After saying that, Yoshida Saki immediately turned around and headed upstairs.

Seeing her hurriedly return to her room, Yoshida Saki's father immediately grew irritated.

"Look at that! This is the wonderful daughter you raised!"

"She won't even listen to her father anymore. Raising this child all these years was completely pointless!"

After angrily throwing out those words, Yoshida Saki's father walked into the bathroom alone.

"Oh stop being angry already. Saki-chan really has grown up, so of course there should be more boundaries between men and women now. How about I scrub your back instead?", Yoshida Saki's mother said with a smile.

"No need! No need! Your old woman hands would scrub my skin right off. Hurry up and make dinner," Yoshida Saki's father waved his hand and quickly entered the bathroom.

Watching the father and daughter part unhappily again, Yoshida Saki's mother helplessly shook her head.

———

Soon, it was time for dinner.

The three members of the Yoshida family quietly gathered around the table and started eating together.

Although the sounds of chopsticks picking up food continued, hardly anyone spoke.

Both Yoshida Saki and her father mostly stayed silent, with only her mother occasionally saying a few things.

During the conversation, her mother accidentally mentioned the company layoffs. Yoshida Saki's father's expression immediately darkened, clearly unhappy.

Seeing that, Yoshida Saki's mother stopped talking, while Yoshida Saki continued silently eating.

Just as Yoshida Saki was about to finish dinner and prepare to clean up the dishes and leave—

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