After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 236 - 235: The Grudges and Sentiments of the Previous Generation

Kiryu Hina pulled out a photograph from the drawer beneath her desk.

"This is a copy I secretly made from my father’s collection of albums."

Kagura Hikaru took the photograph she handed over and examined the front.

The photograph was somewhat old, clearly of a style from the last century.

At the center of the frame were three adults, two men and one woman, who appeared to be in their twenties, with a certain school as the backdrop.

The three individuals stood in front of a pine tree in the order of man, man, woman. The handsome man in the middle had fluffy, curly hair and was smiling with teeth showing, dressed in a black baseball uniform, his arms around the shoulders of the two beside him, facing the camera directly.

The man on the left wore thick-rimmed glasses and had neatly combed hair, giving off a quiet and cultured impression, his hands clasped behind him and a light smile on his lips; he was also quite handsome.

On the far right, a woman wearing high-waisted trousers and a blouse, with long curly hair and well-proportioned features, seemed to shine even in an old photograph. She held a book in her hand and was smiling with pursed lips, looking at the man in the middle.

Kagura Hikaru didn’t recognize the woman, but felt she bore some resemblance to Kiryu Hina.

Apart from her, Kagura Hikaru quickly recognized the other two individuals.

The man on the left with glasses was Kiryu Hina’s father, Kiryu Masaki.

He hadn’t changed much from his younger days; both his figure and face were almost the same, making him easy to identify.

The man in the center was the same case.

That man, smiling with teeth showing and dressed in a baseball uniform—no matter how one looked at it, he was the guy Kagura had just recently met at the Ayakoji family home, who might now have been bludgeoned to death by Ayakoji Chiyoko using a game controller.

The father of Ayakoji Chiyoko, Ryoma Ayakoji.

"The three people in the photograph are my parents and Ryoma Ayakoji," Kiryu Hina said from the side. "All three of them were students at Tokyo University back then. Although my father never mentioned it, they must have been very good friends at the time."

Kagura Hikaru: "..."

No matter how one looked at it, the woman in the photograph clearly favored Ryoma Ayakoji more.

She didn’t resist being embraced by him and was distracted during the photograph, looking at him with a smiling gaze, tilting her head affectionately. Perhaps they were in a relationship back then.

Yet, Kiryu Hina claimed she was her own mother.

Just from looking at this single photograph, Kagura Hikaru could imagine an entire melodramatic love triangle.

However, to be honest, he wasn’t particularly surprised.

He had already guessed the most likely possibility when he learned that Kiryu Hina was after a DNA sample from Ryoma Ayakoji, and now it had simply been confirmed.

"You want this sample for a paternity test with you and Ryoma Ayakoji, don’t you," Kagura Hikaru said calmly as he placed the photograph on the table, looking at Kiryu Hina. "You suspect that he is your real father."

"To be honest, by now, there’s not much to suspect anymore."

Kiryu Hina closed her eyes and let out a soft breath. "When I accidentally came across this photo in the album, I asked my father about it. That’s when I realized he wasn’t being honest. He refused to admit that he and Ryoma Ayakoji were friends, saying only that they had been classmates at university, and even got a little angry at my probing.

My father isn’t one to easily lose his temper, and he’s only gotten angry in front of me once. That was when he talked about how my mother’s family didn’t come to her funeral. Now, his emotions were stirred just by the mention of Ryoma Ayakoji."

"At that time, I knew there must be a story between the three of them, and it was very likely highly related to my mother."

Kiryu Hina leaned back in the computer chair, spun around lightly, and looked up, "So that day, I secretly took some of my father’s hair for a paternity test. What do you think the result was after the test came back?"

"..."

"Well, you don’t need to guess, right? I am not his biological daughter; I share not a single drop of blood with him."

Kiryu Hina frowned, sitting up straight: "If my mother were still alive, I could have just asked her who my biological father really is. But she’s been dead for over ten years. So I had no choice but to follow the clue associated with Ryoma Ayakoji."

"If you suspect him, instead of looking for samples at the Ayakoji family’s place, wouldn’t it be faster to find Ayakoji Chiyoko?" Kagura Hikaru asked, "Ryoma Ayakoji is a big star. It always seems easier to look for his daughter."

If this speculation were true and Kiryu Hina was Ryoma Ayakoji’s daughter, it would mean that she and Ayakoji Chiyoko are related by blood.

As half-sisters, it’s also possible to confirm their genetic relationship.

"Of course, I did that too. It wasn’t difficult to get a hold of Ayakoji Chiyoko’s hair. The test results proved my guess."

Kiryu Hina placed her hands on the desk, her fingers impatiently tapping on the surface, "The staff responsible for the test told me that the probability of us being half-siblings was extremely high, with almost no chance of error. In other words, Ayakoji Chiyoko and I are sisters, and by looking at the birth dates, she’s even my younger sister!" Find your next adventure on novelbuddy

Kagura Hikaru: "....So that’s why you’ve been bullying her."

Kiryu Hina: "I haven’t been bullying her, she started opposing me on her own, so I just played along with her."

Kagura Hikaru: "..."

So this ’playing along’ means stirring up a lot of dirt on each other and turning Yuqiu High School upside down?

It looks like Ugao High has really lost its virtue in the past life to take in both of you.

"Regardless, after receiving both test results, things became very clear," Kiryu Hina said, "Ayakoji Chiyoko was born after me, which means Ryoma Ayakoji had a relationship with my mother first, got her pregnant, and then abandoned her to marry another woman and have children. And my father, the poor guy, ended up as the sucker."

"To call your own father ’the sucker’ is really something," Kagura remarked.

"The truth is the truth," Kiryu Hina waved her hand nonchalantly, "Moreover, I don’t think knowing this will change the relationship between my father and me."

"..."

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Kagura Hikaru shook his head, "According to what you say, isn’t the truth already very clear? You’ve known everything from the start; there’s no need for me to steal samples."

Kiryu Hina shifted her gaze slightly: "There’s also the possibility of an error in the test, like a mistake by the testing facility, or the possibility that Ayakoji Chiyoko and her father also have no blood relationship."

"That’s far-fetched."

"I also feel it shouldn’t be to such a melodramatic extent. So, that’s like a final confirmation," said Kiryu Hina, caressing the plastic bag on the desk containing two strands of Ryoma Ayakoji’s hair, her expression somewhat lost, "When the last test result comes out, I can’t run away from it anymore."

A child who learns the truth about their parentage has two choices.

One is to keep it a secret, pretend nothing happened, and continue living life as usual.

The other is to come clean, to acknowledge and embrace their relatives.

Now, Kiryu Hina was wavering between these two options.