Uehara Shigeo weakly raised his small hand. The woman standing at the door was stunningly beautiful. Even though her tone was gentle, she couldn’t hide the sharp aura within her.
"Apologies." Hayakawa Sawaba nodded slightly: "I came early because there are some important matters that need to be handled later."
"Ah, it’s no problem..." Uehara Shigeo quickly said, "The order of these interviews wasn’t arranged in any specific way, so your timing is perfect. I’ll call Asano in to join us..."
Takagi looked disdainfully at the Uehara Shigeo next to her—this guy had no teacher’s authority at all, getting scared into submission by the student’s parent as soon as they met. How was he supposed to play the role of a teacher and guide the student in the upcoming three-way meeting in this state?
As expected, a coward is just a coward... no spirit at all...
As the homeroom teacher of Hayakawa Kashi, Takagi held her head high with pride, signaling that she wouldn’t be easily intimidated by a student’s parents like Uehara Shigeo.
"Hello, is this the teacher’s office? Is Teacher Takagi here?"
A man spoke such words, peering inside. When he saw Hayakawa Sawaba, he immediately put on a cheerful expression and swaggered in.
"Looks like no need to ask further. This must be Teacher Takagi. Hello."
Asano Fūsei naturally extended his hand, just about to get friendly with his daughter’s homeroom teacher, when the corner of his eye caught Hayakawa Sawaba’s slightly furrowed brow, almost breaking out in a cold sweat.
Wow... I was just dancing on the edge of death, almost stepping into Nirvana.
Brimming with a will to live, Asano Fūsei immediately switched from offering a handshake to clapping his hands, skillfully saving his own neck.
Durian sales are down, help the children!
"I’ve long heard of Teacher Takagi’s noble ethics, always putting students first. Seeing it now, it truly is the case... I’m really relieved that Kashi has such a responsible teacher like you..."
"No... not at all... I haven’t really done anything..." Takagi was a bit bewildered by Asano Fūsei’s barrage of compliments, combined with his kind smile and charming voice...
What a handsome parent... this is what a charming middle-aged man looks like! I should have responded quicker and shaken his hand just now... Speaking of which, did he intend to shake hands earlier? Why did he suddenly switch to clapping instead?
Hayakawa... worthy of being Hayakawa’s parent, the child is outstanding, and the parent is no exception!
Uehara Shigeo also looked disdainfully at the Takagi next to him, thinking at least he was subdued by the aura, but Takagi got swept away by compliments...
Forget it, no more mocking her... Young people really lack restraint. If things got physical, she’d definitely have the advantage as a woman...
Uehara Shigeo felt quite noble but chose not to speak.
"Please, Ms. Hayakawa."
The two homeroom teachers each pulled out a chair, inviting the two to sit down, and then prepared to call in their respective students. Hayakawa Sawaba and Asano Fūsei simultaneously stopped them.
"We’ve already informed them to come in."
"Besides, let’s talk together; we’re family."
Uehara Shigeo and Takagi made shocked expressions at the same time—second and third place in the grade were actually family...
But... this was never gossip at school...
Could they be cousins?
Teacher Takagi felt her dream crumble before it even started... The story of a handsome uncle crossing paths with a female teacher because of their child really only happens in manga...
Hayakawa Kashi and Asano Nazuki walked in slowly from outside the door. Upon seeing their parents sitting together, the Black Hearted Lolita was clearly startled and quickly glanced around to see if there were any other students nearby.
Oh no, oh no, are Dad and Mother conspiring against me? I haven’t even revealed my sisterhood with the Black Hearted Woman!
I need to bribe these teachers quickly! I hope my pocket money is still enough!
Despite the turmoil inside, on the surface, the Black Hearted Lolita maintained an impeccable demeanor, slowly walking over to Hayakawa Sawaba, and sweetly called out "Mother."
Hayakawa Sawaba responded lightly, then placed her attention back on Uehara Shigeo and Takagi.
Uehara Shigeo took a deep breath, trying his best to puff out his chest to appear more imposing, ready to handle the questions from the student’s parents in perfect condition.
"The first question."
"Who is the first place student in the entire school, Akihisa?"
Miss Kaori slightly raised an eyebrow, glancing at her mother, thinking who knows what.
"Eh? This... isn’t the three-way meeting supposed to discuss the child’s future development..."
"Yes... about the university..."
Asano Fūsei waved his hand: "We’re not very concerned with that. Kashi and Nazuki both have strong opinions. We’re mainly here to focus on the children’s youthful lives this time..."
Uehara Shigeo and Takagi were bewildered once again.
"Youthful lives... does that mean..."
"It refers to matters like romance and life experiences. As parents, we’re eager to understand these aspects too." Asano Fūsei smiled and said: "I heard Kashi planned a sports festival recently? How was it? Was there a lot of buzz?"
"Ah... about the sports festival... the students were indeed very passionate at that time..." Uehara Shigeo hesitated for a moment, still a bit unwilling to let go of steering the topic back to the three-way conference.
"I see... that’s great..." Asano Fūsei ignored Uehara’s attempt to redirect and continued emotionally: "I was worried about Kashi; the kid has been competitive since childhood..."
"Speaking of which, I heard there was another organizer for the sports festival, right? Who was it?"
Miss Kaori raised her eyebrows slightly again, but this time looked at her father.
"That... it was Shirakawa... the one mentioned earlier as first place in the school is also him."
"Oh~ so that’s the case..." Asano Fūsei once again commented: "It seems Shirakawa not only excels in academics but in other skills too."
"That’s true." Uehara Shigeo started to get enthusiastic when mentioning his student, expressing: "Shirakawa is indeed the most outstanding student I’ve encountered in my teaching career..."
"But surely such an outstanding student would have a lot of gossip about them?" A certain stubborn father-in-law glanced at his wife’s expression and continued to stir the pot: "I heard a lot of gossip involving Shirakawa and my Nazuki..."