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He followed Ikari Fumihiko outside, looking back every few steps.

"What to do now?"

"Of course, I'm going to fill my stomach, and then... well, let's go to the ground to look at the stars! If the application is not approved, I will go to watch a movie or a documentary."

"Aren't you going to do combat training? Li hasn't trained in three days."

Rei Ayanami seemed a little anxious when she said this.

It's obvious that she wants to train and become stronger than her leisurely daily life.

Feeling this, Fumihiko Ikari shook his head.

"Sweat..."

He gave up halfway through. Talking too much and making things too complicated would only confuse Rei Ayanami. It would be better to maintain the status quo and let her feel that training was the way to become stronger.

"Well, after dinner, we'll take a break and then go do combat training."

The two came to the office.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Ibuki Emi explaining a problem to Akagi Ritsuko. He was not surprised. Ikari Yui took over the leadership of Unit Zero, and Ibuki Emi, who was usually the busiest, now had some free time. In the afternoon, when Akagi Ritsuko came over, Ikari Fumihiko handed over the tutoring task to her. He came here to ask if they wanted to have dinner together and to check on the situation.

After all, Naoko Akagi trusts him so much, and he can't let her down.

When the next semester starts, I must make sure that Ritsuko Akagi gets the top spot in the grade.

"Want to go to dinner?"

"We've eaten, you two go ahead."

Ikari Fumihiko nodded.

Dinner in the cafeteria starts at five o'clock. It is almost half past six now. It is normal that the two of them have already had dinner.

He teased with a smile.

"Teacher Huimei, you have worked hard."

Even though he agreed readily, he actually had no idea what to do. Now whether Ritsuko Akagi could get the first place in the grade depended entirely on Megumi Ibuki.

Ibuki Emi rolled her eyes.

"If you are too nice to me for no reason, you are either a traitor or a thief. Tell me! What trap have you set for me?"

"It's nothing, I just think you teach very well, please keep up the good work in the future."

After saying this, Ikari Fumihiko added another sentence.

"You see, teaching one is teaching, teaching two is also teaching, can you teach Li's cultural subjects as well?"

"I'm relatively free today..."

"Tomorrow, no! The situation has been similar in the past few days. I will make other arrangements when you are busy with your work."

"You really are the epitome of a capitalist."

Ibuki Emi's tone was full of helplessness.

Fumihiko Ikari smiled awkwardly at the side.

At this moment, Ritsuko Akagi suddenly spoke.

"I can teach her cultural lessons."

Feeling the expectation in her eyes, Fumihiko Ikari couldn't bear to refuse.

it should be no problem?

After all, she is a high school student, so there shouldn't be any problem in teaching her some elementary school knowledge.

It's also a good opportunity to bring the two closer together.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Ritsuko-sensei."

kid.

You should coax when it’s time to coax.

"Please rest assured, parent. If you leave her to me, she will definitely be admitted to the University of Tokyo."

Ikari Fumihiko secretly gave Ibuki Emi a look, and the other party immediately understood and nodded helplessly.

Taking Rei Ayanami to the cafeteria, the meal time was over and they started to clean up. Ordinary employees missed their meals and could only make do with fast food such as bread and instant noodles. However, both Ikari Fumihiko and Ayanami Rei had privileges. Not only could they ask the chef to add more food, even if they wanted to change the meal time, it only took a word.

Seeing Fumihiko Ikari and Rei Ayanami arriving, the cafeteria manager immediately came over.

"Dr. Wen Yan, what would you like to eat tonight? I'll ask the chef to prepare it right away."

"Don't bother too much. Just stir-fry two Chinese vegetables and make an egg soup... Well, I'll have rice, and she can have a bowl of udon noodles."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Fumihiko Ikari looked at Rei Ayanami who was looking at him with a conflicted expression, and he knew what she wanted without asking, so he immediately added another sentence.

"Two bottles of iced Coke, please."

"Okay, wait a minute."

While the two were drinking Coke and waiting for their meal, Naoko Akagi walked in from outside.

Naoko Akagi nodded to Fumihiko Ikari, said hello, then found another seat and sat down, but did not come over to have dinner with him.

The relationship between the two is just lukewarm.

Ikari Fumihiko hesitated for a moment, but still greeted Akagi Naoko.

"Dr. Akagi, there's no outsider here, come and eat together! It saves the cafeteria staff from having to clean up two places later."

After hesitating for a moment, Naoko Akagi walked over and sat next to Rei Ayanami, then said nothing.

Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Fumihiko Ikari had to take the initiative to break the silence.

"I showed her the video of you praising her yesterday."

Naoko Akagi frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Fumihiko Ikari's casual interference in her family affairs.

Without waiting for him to speak, he continued.

"She was grinning the whole time after getting your approval."

As he said this, he showed Naoko Akagi the photo he took yesterday of Ritsuko Akagi smiling silly.

Looking at her silly-smiling daughter in the photo, she felt dazed, and her thoughts were drawn back to the memories of the family outing, when her daughter's smile was so innocent.

It took me a long time to come back to my senses, and my mood became complicated.

Ikari Fumihiko did not continue speaking, not because he did not want to say anything, but because he had no experience in dealing with such things, and he did not know what Akagi Naoko was thinking, so he did not know how to say it without making any mistakes.

Akagi Naoko was silent for a long time before she spoke.

"It's been a long time since I saw Ritsuko smile so innocently. I almost forgot when was the last time."

"After getting your approval, she kept smiling like she had found a treasure and kept holding the disk that stored the video." After hesitating for a moment, Ikari Fumihiko added, "She was so happy just by getting your approval from the video. If she could get your approval in person, she would definitely be happier."

158. It is really commendable

Her daughter's innocent smile touched Naoko Akagi's heart at this moment. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say it.

She didn't know how to face her daughter, let alone how to express her love.

Except that her daughter has too many shadows of her husband.

The most important thing is that she has passively accepted everything planned by her parents since the moment she was born and has never actively fought for anything. She has long been accustomed to such a passive life and does not think there is anything wrong with it. If nothing unexpected happens, her life will continue to be so passive in the future. However, the second impact changed everything.

Without a leader, life has completely lost its direction.

but……

Life will not stagnate because of this, she can only imitate her parents' education, but she is only one person and cannot take on the roles of both father and mother at the same time.

This confused her and frightened her.

Afraid of not handling it well.

She knew that avoiding the problem would not solve the problem and was not right.

But she still kept avoiding it. She wanted to do it countless times, but didn't know how to do it.

Although there are many people around me, they are all colleagues at work. There is no one to talk to and no one to rely on.

Ikari Fumihiko was afraid of rushing things, so he didn't say anything else.

"She is so well-behaved, just like me when I was a kid."

There was one thing that Naoko Akagi didn't say. It was because she was so well-behaved that she had the opportunity to continue to escape.

At the same time, the conversation with Ikari Fumihiko made her recall her past life and figured out one thing.

The immoral love he has for Ikari Gendo in his heart.

It's not true love, but the desire to find someone to rely on so that life can return to the familiar track it once was.

Ikari Fumihiko was unaware of the other person's active thoughts and just continued speaking along with what he was saying.

"She is indeed sensible. She is the most well-behaved person I have ever met, except for Li."

Naoko Akagi glanced at Rei Ayanami. Although she didn't say anything, in her mind, she felt that her daughter Ritsuko Akagi was more sensible.

"..."

I have no idea what she wants.

The words on the tip of her tongue were not spoken because she came to her senses.

This is just shirking responsibility.

“Can you share that photo with me?”

Fumihiko Ikari naturally would not refuse, and immediately sent the photo to Naoko Akagi via MMS.

Looking at Ritsuko's innocent smile in the photo, she was silent for a moment before speaking.

But the courage I mustered up disappeared as soon as I opened my mouth.

"Can I ask what made you take this photo?"

Fumihiko Ikari did not hide anything.

"I'll use it to tease her later."

In fact, he didn't say the second half of the sentence, he was laughing like an idiot.

This answer moved Naoko Akagi so much that she fell silent.

"..."

It took a moment before he spoke.

"Isn't this not good?"

In fact, Ikari Fumihiko realized that he had said the wrong thing after he finished speaking, but he couldn't take back what he had said, so he didn't change his words. Now that Akagi Naoko has given him a chance to change his words, of course he must seize it.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a genuine smile. I couldn't help but take a picture of it."

Ayanami Rei, who was secretly drinking Ikari Fumihiko's Coke, subconsciously glanced at the photo.

Such a silly smile.

Naoko Akagi was very satisfied after hearing this answer.

"Indeed, in a world like this, few people can laugh from the bottom of their hearts."

He hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"Can you tell me why you care about this?"

"Such a smile is worth protecting, isn't it?"

After responding in this way, Fumihiko Ikari realized that this was an opportunity to put himself in someone else's shoes.

"Actually...

I feel the same way and don't want the regrets that happened to me to happen to others.