After dinner, it was time for tutoring. Originally, they were supposed to go to Marina’s room, but Airi kept pestering them, insisting on tutoring together and that they had to go to her room. Song Ning and Marina couldn’t refuse, so they went with Airi. As a result, the school uniforms on the floor and the bras, panties, and stockings on the bed made Airi blush. She chased Song Ning out and made Marina help her clean up. A few minutes later, she opened the door, didn’t invite Song Ning in, and just snorted as if to let him in.

Song Ning didn’t say anything, but secretly glanced at Ai Li’s buttocks. Was she wearing nothing underneath her pajama pants?

What about Marina? Is she not wearing underwear either?

Song Ning didn’t dare to look too much, afraid that Ai Li would notice something. She sat down next to the two of them and took out the materials she had prepared in advance to start her foreign language tutoring.

Today’s tutoring session was still about imitating clips from foreign language movies and TV shows. To his surprise, Airi’s foreign language skills were much better than her sister’s. She could almost communicate with him entirely in a foreign language. Song Ning should have realized that since Sawamiya Naho’s ex-husband was a foreigner, foreign languages ​​should have been a strong point for this family. Why was Marina finding it so difficult to learn?

There must be some hidden story here; perhaps we should talk to Naho Sawamiya alone.

The tutoring session lasted for nearly two hours. After it ended, Naho Sawamiya personally saw him off. Song Ning also had something to say to Sawamiya, so he didn’t refuse.

“You’ve really worked hard,” said Sawamiya, his tone no longer using formal honorifics, making him seem much closer to Sawamiya.

Song Ning shook her head. “Well! No, it’s just chatting with the kids. I don’t have anything else to do anyway.”

Sawamiya asked curiously, “What? It’s the weekend, don’t you need to go on a date with your girlfriend?”

Song Ning looked slightly embarrassed: “What are you talking about? I don’t have a girlfriend!”

Ze Gong was a little skeptical: “You’re young, handsome, and polite. You should be very popular with girls. It would be strange if you didn’t have a girlfriend.”

Song Ning decided to take the initiative: “Then by the same logic, Naho, you’re so pretty and have such a great figure, why aren’t you dating anyone?”

“What…what are you saying!” Sawamiya was caught off guard and started to panic. “How do you know I’m not in a relationship?”

“Wh…what!” Song Ning was startled. Could it be Akizuki Kozo?

“Does Sawamiya have a lover?”

Ze Gong shook his head vigorously. “They’re not lovers, we just had tea together. He’s a pharmacist who makes medicines.”

As expected, Akizuki Kozo had already extended his clutches to the Sawamiya family.

Song Ning hurriedly asked, “So, how do you feel about him?”

Ze Gong shook his head again: “That man is gentle and refined, and very handsome. It is said that he is developing a very important medicine. If successful, he will become a famous figure. But…” The woman did not explain, but just shook her head.

Song Ning breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn’t know why, it seemed that Sawamiya Naho hadn’t decided on anyone else yet. She said with a relaxed expression, “That’s great. It seems I still have a chance.”

Sawamiya Naho was stunned for a moment, then realized what Song Ning meant. She lowered her head, feeling embarrassed and angry, and said, “What opportunity? I don’t quite understand what you’re saying!”

Song Ning didn’t press too hard, and changed the subject: “What’s wrong with Marina’s foreign language skills? She’s clearly working hard, but she hasn’t made any progress no matter what she does, even though Airi’s foreign language skills are great.”

“Sigh…” Sawamiya sighed, “It’s probably because of her father!”

Song Ning did not interrupt and listened attentively to Naho’s explanation. It turned out that when Marina was a little over one year old, her father, who was also Naho’s ex-husband, passed away. At that time, Marina was just learning to speak with her father.

At that time, Marina couldn’t understand death. She just felt that her father, who had loved her, never came home again and never taught her a foreign language again.

Thus, a seed of pain was planted deep in Marina’s heart, and her poor performance in foreign languages ​​was one of the bitter fruits that this seed took root and sprouted.

Ellie is the posthumous daughter of her ex-husband. Having never met her father, she was actually less affected by his death.

After hearing the whole story, she said, “Then why haven’t you remarried? Marina and Airi still need their father’s love.”

Naho Sawamiya lowered her head, looking very downcast, and did not answer Song Ning’s question.

Perhaps I shouldn’t ask that. She must have her own difficulties. Stopping in her tracks, Song Ning turned around and suddenly hugged Sawamiya Naho.

Ze Gong’s body stiffened. Since her ex-husband’s death, she had never been hugged by a man. The hug after so many years seemed especially warm. Her body gradually relaxed, and she felt extremely at ease leaning against Song Ning’s chest, completely forgetting that Song Ning was more than ten years younger than her.

Song Ning gently placed his hand on the woman’s back and said softly, “Marina is missing her father’s foreign language lessons, so let me, her teacher, make up for it! I will gradually dispel the sorrow in her heart, okay?”

If a hug can be explained as a friend’s comfort, then Song Ning’s suggestive words are practically a confession of love.

Sawamiya couldn’t believe it, asking herself, “Is he trying to make up for Marina’s lack of fatherly love by replacing her ex-husband? Is he… is that what he means? I must be overthinking it!” She couldn’t believe it, but her heart couldn’t help but race. She couldn’t help but compare him to Akizuki Kozo, with whom she had tea, and she recalled the four of them having a happy meal together and tutoring her two daughters in foreign languages. “It seems that Marina and Airi like him too.”