Chapter 2584: Chapter 1728: Playing House (So Tired Today, Still Tired Tomorrow)

After enjoying the LIVE performance, everyone gathered at SPACE again the next day, with Fukawa Shoko and Ruoya Mu returning.

However......training was still impossible today.

The reason was equally simple.

"Why do I have to be responsible?"

Looking at Fukawa Shoko, Duanmu Huai was baffled, while Fukawa Shoko looked at him discontentedly.

"Because it’s your fault Mu is like this, so you have to take responsibility!"

"How original, she’s the one with the issue, not me......"

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes and glanced at Ruoya Mu, who was hiding behind Fukawa Shoko, clutching a guitar.

"Then how do you want me to take responsibility? Marry her?"

"Impossible!"

Facing Duanmu Huai’s reply, Fukawa Shoko was speechless. She glanced at Ruoya Mu beside her, biting her lip—yesterday, Fukawa Shoko and Ruoya Mu had an open one-on-one conversation, and Fukawa Shoko learned where Ruoya Mu’s concerns stem from.

It’s her family.

Ruoya Mu’s parents are both famous artists, her mother is a film star, and her father is a comedian. To outsiders, this family seems quite happy and perfect; in fact, during shows, her parents praise Ruoya Mu endlessly, calling her adorable and talented.

But......that’s not a family.

Fukawa Shoko could somewhat understand Ruoya Mu’s feelings, though now her own family is shattered. But Fukawa Shoko had been cared for and loved by her parents, she was their treasured, beloved daughter.

But what about Ruoya Mu?

She seems to have never felt familial affection from her parents, evidenced by the fact that her parents ask her to call them by their names—or nicknames, rather than referring to them as mom and dad.

To outsiders, this seems like a very progressive style of education, but for the child themselves?

Titles are the foundation of status: Dad, Mom, Father, Mother. These titles remind others and oneself who the parents are, who the child is.

But for Ruoya Mu, she doesn’t have a real sense of parental presence; she feels more like she’s living with familiar strangers—in fact, she is, as her parents don’t pay attention to her and don’t even know what she’s doing.

This is also why Ruoya Mu became withdrawn and even unable to communicate with others. After all, if her own parents don’t communicate with her, who else can she communicate with?

However, these are Ruoya Mu’s family issues, and Fukawa Shoko doesn’t plan to explain them to anyone else.

"I hope......that Mu can feel familial affection......"

"You’re really asking for the impossible here."

Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.

"We’re not her relatives, so how about this, I’ll go catch a chicken, we’ll sever its head, burn yellow paper, and swear an oath of brotherhood? Not to be born on the same day, but to die on the same day?"

"Ah, like the Oath of the Peach Garden from the Three Kingdoms?"

Hei Chuan Chi Yin was quite excited about the idea.

"It sounds like fun."

"That sounds too ominous, why wish to die on the same day!"

However, Fukawa Shoko was firmly opposed to this.

"It feels like some kind of curse."

"You really don’t understand at all........."

Just as Duanmu Huai was about to argue with Fukawa Shoko, Yahata Miru, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Since that’s the case, let’s play house."

"Play house?"

"That’s right, Ruoya Mu wants to feel familial affection, but we’re not her parents, so from this angle, playing house is one way to fulfill her wish. As long as it’s treated as a game, it won’t be complicated."

Saying this, Yahata Miru took out a board game.

"By the way, let’s use this to play."

You were silent on the side just to prepare this thing?

"I don’t mind."

Duanmu Huai shrugged, and Hei Chuan Chi Yin also didn’t object. After all, as actors, playing house is the game they’re most familiar with—or rather, every performance is playing house.

Just with different roles.

"Mu?"

Fukawa Shoko looked at Ruoya Mu, who paused for a moment and nodded.

"It sounds......interesting."

"Then let’s decide, let’s start."

Soon, everyone began drawing lots, and Ruoya Mu drew the role of a "Docile and Obedient Little Daughter," Fukawa Shoko drew the role of a "Mature and Honest Elder Daughter," Hei Chuan Chi Yin drew the role of a "Devoted Wife," and Yahata Hailing drew the role of a "Hard-Working Husband."

The settings feel strangely realistic.

Incidentally, Duanmu Huai’s role was.........

"A boss?"

Duanmu Huai looked at the slip of paper in his hand. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"What does a boss even do?"

"Just improvise, do whatever."

Idle time is spared, since they’re playing, let’s all play together. Consider it a bonding activity to enhance the band’s feelings, and with the SPACE house being so large, it’s easy to find a three-bedroom, two-living-room setup to simulate a real family. It must be said, this role-playing seems quite authentic.

After establishing the roles, the next step was the scene.

This time, they drew the scene of the family hosting guests for a joyous dinner.

Although the game is just a game, playing house casually, there’s no need to take it seriously, but given the supplies on hand, they made it a bit more extravagant—in short, it’s a realistic version of playing house.