Chapter 78
[Seeing Ibuki Yuko enter her son’s room, Minami Haruna excitedly went downstairs to share the news with her husband.]
[Minami Ryota, who worked at the police station, appeared calm on the surface but was secretly overjoyed.]
[Minami Haruna urged her husband to use the peeping skills he had honed at work to see what the two youngsters were up to, but he sternly refused. Left with no other choice, she decided to sneak upstairs herself.]
The memory scene appears.
The room where Minami Yuuki slept today was a usually empty guest room, quite simple, with some magazines and idle items piled up.
Minami Haruna had given Minami Yuuki’s original room to Ibuki Yuko, unable to bear the thought of such a sweet girl sleeping in a plain guest room.
This arrangement provided her with a perfect excuse, as the family shrine was located in the guest room.
Taking a stick of incense as a cover, she quietly went upstairs. She pressed her back against the wall next to the door and peeked inside.
It was late afternoon, and the sky was misty, seeming like it was going to snow. The curtain was only half-drawn, letting in a thin light from the uncovered half of the window.