Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 412 If you two are arguing, call me along to argue with you!

"Good morning, Chikage!" Kitahara Natsuyu dialed Kuroba Chikage's number as he walked toward the school.

The next second, Kuroba Chikage's voice came through the phone: "Good morning, Xia Yu."

"You're calling me so early, do you miss me? If it's me, I'd be quite happy."

"If not, I'll be very sad!"

She was sitting in the living room drinking coffee. Before drinking coffee, she had been tidying up the huge villa, and now it was time to relax.

As for the rest of the family, they had all gone out. Kaito Kuroba had gone to school, and Kinosuke Terai had not yet returned to Japan; he was still in the United States handling some matters.

However, things in the US are almost done, and we'll be back in Japan soon.

So at this moment, only Kuroba Chikage was at home, and she was genuinely happy to receive Kitahara Natsuhiro's call.

She would be even happier if Kitahara Natsuhiro belonged to her alone, but that was impossible, and she knew that very well.

"Of course I miss you," Kitahara Natsumi said, choosing a pleasant tone. "Otherwise, why would I call you?"

Of course, we should say nice things. Besides, saying nice things won't hurt us, and it can make Kuroba Chikage happy. Why not?

Moreover, Kuroba Chikage was long past the age of a young girl, so she immediately became happy upon hearing Kitahara Natsuyu's words.

Women her age can be very happy; all they need is someone to be with them and say some nice things to them.

Unfortunately, in this world, probably only Kitahara Natsuhiro is willing to say such nice things to make her happy.

As for his son, Kaito Kuroba?
Let's just pretend this brat was never born!
And as long as Kaito Kuroba doesn't make her angry, she's grateful and happy enough.

This is the helplessness of being a mother!
"Speak, what do you want to see me about!" Kuroba Chikage asked softly with a sweet smile on her face.

She knew perfectly well that Kitahara Natsuyu hadn't called her so early in the morning just to say nice things; he probably had something to ask her.

However, she didn't find it troublesome to do things for Kitahara Natsuhiro; on the contrary, she was very happy.

Asking someone to do something for you means that they consider you one of their own.

Of course, there are also cases of pure exploitation, but this kind of pure exploitation does not exist in Kitahara Natsuhiro's case.

After all, Kitahara Natsuhiro had already helped her so much.

"Hahaha," Kitahara Natsuyu laughed, "As expected, you can't hide this from Chikage."

"Then I'll just say it straight."

"Do you want to come out to work?"

"Going to work? Me?" Upon hearing this, Kuroba Chikage pointed at herself and couldn't help but be stunned.

Going to work—such a distant concept. She's hardly ever worked in her life.

After all, her family was quite wealthy before she graduated, so she didn't have to worry about money. After growing up, she ran away to become the Phantom Thief Lady. Later, she married the world's number one magician, Toichi Kuroba, so she was even more financially secure and had no reason to go to work.

Even in the United States, she runs a casino. Although she works in the casino, the boss is the boss and the employee is the employee; it's not really considered working a regular job.

Now, Kitahara Natsuhiro is telling her to go to work, which is really unexpected for her!

“Yes,” Kitahara Natsuyu said, “Fumiyo has started a company and is short-staffed. You happen to be free and not very comfortable staying at home all by yourself, so I was wondering if you would like to come work for us.”

"After all, we're all on the same side, so we can help each other out, don't you think?"

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Chikage remained silent for a while before saying, "Going to work is fine."

"But I want to ask, did you really provide the money for Wen Daikai's company? And was it a large sum of money?"

She had heard from other women that Kitahara Natsumi supported Fumio in starting his company and had even given Fumio a sum of money.

Of course, she knew that this Fumiyo was Fujimine Yukiko, and she also knew that Edogawa Conan was the former high school detective Kudo Shinichi, and she knew about the relationship between the two of them.

However, Yukiko naturally chose to hide her identity, so she wouldn't reveal it herself. Therefore, both of them knew each other's identities, but neither of them said anything.

It's a situation that you know, I know, but others don't.

After all, there must be external and human reasons why Shinichi Kudo became like this, which is why they hid themselves away.

Chikage Kuroba already had a lot on her plate and didn't want to get involved in Yukiko and Conan's troubles anymore.

Otherwise, if they attacked together, Kaito would definitely be dead without a burial place!
As for why I asked this question, it was purely out of curiosity.

After all, isn't Kitahara Natsuhiro being a little too good to his woman?

They directly provided such a large sum of money for Yukiko to start a company.

Even Yukiko's ex-husband, Yusaku Kudo, would be unlikely to do such a thing, and her deceased husband, Toichi Kuroba, would also be unlikely to do so.

Because both of these guys are a bit traditional.

However, she was able to open the casino because of Kuroba Toichi's money, but by then all the money was already hers.

After all, Kuroba Toichi died, and his estate naturally transferred to her after his death.

However, she didn't pocket a single penny; instead, she went directly to the United States to open a casino with Toichi Kuroba.

“Yes!” Kitahara Natsuyu said, “One billion. I even made a plan for her. She can make money by following it.”

"One billion?" Kuroba Chikage was extremely surprised when she heard this number.

Although she also had a billion yen, Kitahara Natsuhiro casually took out a billion yen for Yukiko to spend, and even started a company with it. It was truly something that made women envious!

“One billion,” Kitahara Natsuyu said. “It was completely handed over to Yukiko. I don’t participate in the company’s affairs, and I didn’t even take any shares. It all belongs to Yukiko.”

“I have always been very supportive of Yukiko’s career. Of course, if you want to start your own business, I can also provide funding. I have some money on hand.”

Yes, he still has some money on hand, and as for where the money comes from, it naturally comes from the black organization.

In addition, he has also purchased the Twilight Villa through Vermouth's channels.

Twilight Villa is that villa made of gold.

As for whether the Twilight Villa was truly made of pure gold, he wasn't entirely sure, because he hadn't seen it yet, and Vermouth hadn't told him either.

But one thing is for sure, this villa is definitely very valuable.

So he can still take out a small amount of money, and he can even take out a large sum of money without using the energy stored in his back.

They can just withdraw the money directly from criminal organizations or the FBI.

For him now, money is just a number.

"Hmm," Kuroba Chikage was speechless for a moment after hearing Kitahara Natsuyu's words.

Anyway, she feels very warm inside right now.

Kitahara Natsuhiro truly understood how to warm a woman's heart. "How about it, do you want to come work at Fumiyo?" Kitahara Natsuhiro asked again.

Kuroba Chikage said, "Sure, I don't have anything to do at home anyway."

"I'm either shopping or having afternoon tea. Kaito goes to school, you go to work, Aoi goes to work, and I don't even have anyone to talk to at home. I'm actually very lonely."

She doesn't have many close friends, and after living in the United States for so many years, she has long lost contact with the friends she used to keep in touch with.

The only friend I'm still in contact with is Bizi.

Of course, Fumiyo, Masami Hirota, and Akiko Yonehara are also her friends, but because of their relationship, they don't usually keep in touch.

So going to work outside is indeed a viable option.

As for Kaito at home, there's no need to worry about him. After all, he's already seventeen and an adult. He can take care of himself. So she feels very relieved knowing that Kaito isn't going to become Kaito Kid.

Unfortunately, Kaito is really disobedient!

“Okay!” Kitahara Natsuyu said, “Then let’s talk like this. You can go to Fumiyo’s place anytime. The company is located in Beika Town. Our main business is games, manga and anime, mainly games and manga.”

"Okay, I understand," said Kuroba Chikage. "I can go to Fumiyo's place tomorrow."

"You can decide this yourself, but don't you two start arguing!"

"If you really have a fight, you can call me along, and we can fight together!"

"Let's argue together?" Kuroba Chikage was taken aback for a moment after hearing this, then realized what she meant and couldn't help but scold playfully, "You pervert, all you think about all day long is that kind of thing, really!"

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu shrugged and said, "Not all men are perverts."

"If you don't want a man who isn't lustful at all, then you can only hope he's just hanging on the wall."

"Hanging on the wall? What does that mean?" Kuroba Chikage was still a little confused, but Kitahara Natsuyu's explanation made her suddenly understand.

"After I died, my portrait was hung on the wall, and then I stopped having any lewd thoughts!"

"That makes sense."

Although Kuroba Chikage knew that Kitahara Natsuyu was talking nonsense, there was a real point to it.

The saying goes that a man is a boy until he dies; that's roughly the idea. He's lustful until he dies, but he stops being lustful after he dies.

The same applies to women. Before a woman dies, she is always eighteen years old, and only after death does her true age become apparent.

"Right! What I said makes a lot of sense, doesn't it!" Kitahara Natsuhiro laughed loudly.

Kuroba Chikage laughed on the other end of the phone.

“That’s right, women should smile more,” Kitahara Natsumi said. “Just hearing your laughter, I know you must look beautiful right now!”

"Hmph!" Kuroba Chikage swung her legs and couldn't help but snort, "You're so good with words!"

"Of course! If I couldn't speak well, how could I have so many female confidantes?!"

"Isn't it because you lead by example?" Kuroba Chikage blurted out.

Now it was Kitahara Natsuhiro's turn to fall silent.

"Being physically fit is a gift, but don't say it out loud!"

"Hahaha," Kuroba Chikage covered her mouth and laughed.

And so, Kitahara Natsumi chatted with Kuroba Chikage for most of the day, only hanging up after he arrived at the school.

And at this time, it was the time for get out of class to end, and it was also the lunch break.

The morning has already passed.

After arriving at the school, Kitahara Natsuhiro went straight to the school cafeteria, where he found Haibara Ai.

"Hey, you're here so early! You're not thinking of getting a free meal at school, are you?!" Ai said, carrying a tray.

Her lunch was simple: miso soup, vegetable salad, fried chicken nuggets, and a piece of fish. That was her lunch for the day.

The school only provides this much food, since it's an elementary school and the teachers and students eat almost the same things. However, the taste is just so-so, definitely not as good as what Kitahara Natsuhiro makes.

But in schools, the smell isn't the most important thing; hygiene and safety are paramount, and everything else is secondary.

pat.

Kitahara Natsuhiro snapped his fingers: "That's right, I came here for this lunch."

"If we go outside, it will definitely cost money, and quite a lot of it, so we'll just eat at school."

"As expected." Ai Haibara nodded. "But why are you only arriving now? Was something wrong this morning?"

She found a seat and started eating.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get my food first, then I'll talk to you."

Kitahara Natsuhiro took a tray from the side and went to get his food.

soon
Kitahara Natsuhiro returned, bringing with him a plate piled high with fried chicken nuggets.

He quite likes fried chicken nuggets and the like. Although the school's cooking skills are so-so, they are still edible and not too bad.

Since it's free anyway, I'll just make do with it!

“I didn’t go back yesterday. I hypnotized Rum on the way!” Kitahara Natsuyu said while eating fried chicken nuggets.

He didn't pay attention to the other teachers around him when he spoke, because they couldn't hear him at all.

"Rum." When Ai heard this code name, she paused for a moment, then moved and picked up a chicken nugget from Kitahara Natsuyu's plate.

For some reason, the food in Xia Yu's bowl looked more delicious.

"Yeah, this guy wants to investigate Conan again, so we can only make him forget about it."

Ai knew about this, and had known for a long time. She also understood why Xia Yu didn't kill Rum directly.

Because she wanted to watch a show, she thoroughly enjoyed watching Shuichi Akai's show last time.

It's so great that your enemy is suffering a fate worse than death!
"Oh, so that's what it was about," Ai said. "And then?"

"Then I went to Yukiko, because the debts of the children are repaid by the mother."

"I've helped Conan so much, Yukiko definitely has to pay back the debt!"

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(End of this chapter)