Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"of course can."

After briefly explaining his solution, Watanabe Toru returned to his seat. As soon as he sat down, Ayumi leaned towards him and said with admiration, "Watanabe-san, you are so amazing."

Watanabe Toru smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

008. The Disliked Kudo Shinichi

As the school bell rang, Watanabe Toru breathed a sigh of relief.

The boring day is finally over.

"Xiao Toru, where is your home?" Ayumi asked Watanabe Toru while packing her schoolbag.

After a day of spending time together, Ayumi thought that her relationship with Toru Watanabe had made great progress, so she changed her address to "Toru" from "Watanabe-san" at the beginning.

Watanabe Toru didn't really care about the name, so when Ayumi asked, he casually replied, "I'm temporarily staying at the Mori Detective Agency in Go-chome."

"Mori Detective Agency?" Ayumi had no impression of this place. She turned around and asked Mitsuhiko behind her: "Mitsuhiko, do you know this place?"

"I don't know." Mitsuhiko shook his head.

"What about Yuantai?"

"That firm...does it sell eel rice?" Yuantai swallowed.

Mitsuhiko sighed and corrected him, "Genta, the so-called detective agency is where detectives work, not where they sell eel rice. Watanabe-san, is your relative a detective?"

"Uh...sort of."

"That's amazing! I used to think about becoming a detective when I grew up."

"Well, why don't we go see how a detective works?" Ayumi suddenly suggested, "We can also take Xiaotuo home. He's new to this place and must be unfamiliar with it."

"I agree."

"Even though there's no eel rice, it seems interesting to go to the detective's house."

Mitsuhiko and Genta raised their hands in agreement.

Hey, hey, hey, please ask my opinion first.

Watanabe Toru really didn't want to get involved with these three brats after school. After hearing their plan, he immediately said, "Well... Uncle Maori is out meeting a client today. He's gone very far away and won't be back for two days. Even if you go, you won't be able to see him. Also, my sister will come to pick me up, so there's no need to bother you to take me home."

"Oh, that's a pity." Ayumi said with regret, not doubting the truthfulness of Watanabe's words.

"Well, I'll be leaving now. See you tomorrow."

Fearing that these three guys would cause trouble again, Watanabe Toru picked up his schoolbag and hurriedly left the classroom.

"Xiao Che."

As he walked out of the school gate, a pleasant voice made him stop and turn around. Xiaolan, wearing the Teitan High School uniform and carrying a uniform bag, was walking towards him, followed by a man and a woman.

"Sister Xiaolan, why are you here?" Watanabe Toru asked in surprise.

He told Ayumi and the others that Xiaolan would come to pick him up from school, saying that he lied because he didn't want to stay with them, but he didn't expect Xiaolan to really come.

Xiaolan smiled and said, "After all, this is Xiaoche's first time going home alone, and I was a little worried. After thinking about it, I decided it would be better to take you home. I was worried that I wouldn't make it in time, but luckily I made it in time."

Watanabe Toru opened his mouth and saw beads of sweat on Xiaolan's cheeks and forehead, and he knew how fast she had walked when she came over.

Before he could say anything, a beautiful short-haired girl next to him looked at Watanabe Toru and asked, "Xiaolan, is he the brother your father found for you?"

"I'm not looking for her, she's just staying at our house temporarily." Xiaolan corrected her, and then introduced Watanabe Toru: "Xiao Toru, this is my sister's friend, you can just call her Sister Sonoko."

"Hello, Sister Sonoko." Watanabe Toru greeted Sonoko obediently: "Sister Xiaolan's friend is also very beautiful."

"Hahaha." Sonoko was very pleased with Watanabe Toru's flattery. She said with a smile: "Xiaolan, your brother has good taste."

Xiaolan smiled with her lips pursed.

Only that boy curled his lips and muttered, "Flatterer."

"Kudo, what did you say?" The sharp-eared Sonoko caught this and her eyebrows immediately raised. "Children don't understand flattery. They just say whatever comes to mind. Or do you think I'm not pretty?"

"That's not what I meant." Kudo Shinichi shrank back.

The look in Miss Suzuki's eyes at this moment seemed to want to eat her alive.

"Then what do you mean?" Yuanzi insisted.

"I…"

"Okay, stop making trouble." Xiaolan quickly stood between the two of them and said with a headache on her face, "Don't scare Xiaoche."

Watanabe Toru was very happy to see Kudo Shinichi's face getting frustrated, and said harmlessly: "It doesn't matter, since you have accepted Uncle Mori as your master, then in the future..."

"Pfft..."

Before he finished speaking, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help laughing out loud and teased: "Xiaolan, I didn't expect that someone would ask your father to be their master. What does the uncle plan to teach?"

Although she knew her father very well, she still felt uncomfortable being teased like this, and her tone became lighter: "You, the great detective, don't have to worry about this. Xiaotetsu, Sonoko, let's go."

Leaving Kudo Shinichi with a messy face, the three turned and left.

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009. Campus Story

"Sister Xiaolan, did I say something wrong?"

After returning home, Toru Watanabe took the lunch box out of his schoolbag, handed it to Xiaolan, and then asked carefully.

"Huh?" Xiaolan was stunned and asked curiously, "Why did Xiaoche say that?"

"If I didn't say anything wrong, then why does Sister Xiaolan look unhappy?" Watanabe Toru raised his little face and looked at Xiaolan: "Isn't it because I did something wrong?"

"No." Xiaolan bent down and looked at Watanabe Toru at the same level: "It's... it's that guy Shinichi."

"That guy is so annoying. Even though he's good at reasoning, he doesn't have to talk about Dad like that. What do you mean by what I can teach you..."

Seeing Xiaolan's indignant look, Watanabe Toru comforted her, "Don't be angry, Xiaolan. I once heard my mother say, 'Ten years of sharpening a sword will make it sharp when it is unsheathed.' Although Uncle Maori is not well-known now, I believe that one day, Uncle Maori will become a household name and a famous detective."

Watanabe Toru said this very seriously, but Xiaolan just took it as comforting words and rubbed Watanabe Toru's head.

"I believe in Dad, too. By the way, Xiao Che, how was school today? Are you adjusting? Did your classmates bully you?"

"Well, everyone is very caring towards me. I was even praised by Mr. Kobayashi in math class."

"Really? Tohru is awesome."

……

We had Sukiyaki for dinner.

Use bonito and kelp as the base, then add pork slices, mushrooms, tofu and cabbage.

The pot was bubbling and boiling, and other ingredients, dipping sauces and Maori Kogoro's beer were placed around it.

During the meal, Kogoro Mouri asked Toru Watanabe about his school life. Upon learning that Watanabe was adapting well, he refilled his glass with wine with relief.

After eating and taking a shower, he watched TV with Maori Kogoro for a while. It was not until half past nine that Watanabe Toru happily followed Xiaolan back to the bedroom when Xiaolan, who had finished washing clothes, called out that it was time to go to bed.

The soft sunlight shines through the dense leaves and falls through the window, forming spots of golden light.

As May approaches mid-month, the weather is getting warmer.

The alarm clock rang...

Toru Watanabe and Xiaolan opened their eyes at the same time.

"Good morning, Sister Xiaolan."

"Good morning, Che."

Xiaolan propped herself up, her soft black stockings falling over her shoulders, slightly revealing her collarbone.

"Xiao Che, take a nap. I'll go prepare breakfast."

"it is good."

Half an hour later, Watanabe Toru walked out of the room. Xiaolan had already placed breakfast on the low table. Seeing Watanabe Toru coming out, she reminded him, "Xiao Toru, wash up first before eating."

"I understand, Sister Xiaolan."

After breakfast, the brother and sister went out together to school.

Teitan Elementary School didn't require students to wear a uniform on weekdays, and Watanabe Toru didn't mind that. What could a seven or eight-year-old girl do?

"Xiao Che."

A silver bell-like sound came from behind.

Watanabe Toru turned around and looked at Ayumi, who was wearing a red dress today, and the bullet-headed man and the pockmarked face standing behind Ayumi like bodyguards, one on each side. He nodded and said, "Good morning, Yoshida-san, Kojima-san, and Tsuburaya-san."

Ayumi sniffed, looking unhappy: "Aren't we already friends? Why is Xiaotuo still calling me Yoshida-san?"

"Hey, Xiao Che, don't you consider us friends yet?" Yuan Tai shouted in dissatisfaction.

Watanabe Toru had no choice but to change his words: "I know Ayumi.

Ayumi then smiled.

……

The first class in the morning was Teacher Kobayashi’s Chinese class. At the podium, she was teaching new words.

Toru Watanabe looked at the blackboard, his mind blank.

It was too tiring to ask him to pretend to be serious.

"Ito-san, could you please make a sentence using the new words you learned?"

"Okay, Mr. Kobayashi."

A little Loli with a bun hairstyle stood up nervously.

After finally finishing the morning class, the teacher just announced the end of get out of class. When the classroom still maintained the quiet atmosphere of class, Yuan Tai shouted loudly: "It's time for lunch."

He took out his lunch box from his schoolbag and couldn't wait to start enjoying it.

"Wait a minute, Genta." A hand suddenly stopped Genta, and Mitsuhiko said to him seriously: "You must wash your hands before eating, otherwise the bacteria will be eaten into your stomach and your stomach will hurt."

"I know, I know. I'll go wash my hands now." Yuantai muttered, put down his lunch box reluctantly, and went outside to wash his hands.

Watanabe Toru washed his hands and opened his lunch box.

The lunch that Xiaolan prepared for him was fried pork chops and vegetable salad, with a few strawberries as a snack after the meal.

"Wow, there are strawberries in Xiaoche's lunch box." Ayumi took a look and said with envy in her eyes.

Watanabe Toru smiled slightly and handed over the lunch box: "Want to eat? I'll give you half."

"Is that okay?" Ayumi said with surprise, "Then I'll trade you my croquettes. My mom's croquettes are delicious."

010. Ayumi sprained her ankle

The last class in the afternoon is physical education.

According to school regulations, all students must wear white short-sleeved shirts and navy blue shorts. Due to their physical limitations, first-graders are not yet required to learn complex sports like gymnastics, baseball, and parallel bars. Instead, they focus on various sports games to develop coordination and discipline, laying the foundation for their future.

On the green grass, Yuan Tai's chubby figure was as agile as a rabbit. He dribbled the ball under his feet, ran for a while, and kicked the ball to Guangyan: "Guangyan, catch the ball."

"it is good."

Mitsuhiko steadily caught the football kicked by Genta, ran with the ball for a while, and then passed it to Watanabe Toru: "Little Toru, I leave it to you."

Watanabe Toru stretched out his leg to intercept the flying football, hooked it with his foot, and deftly carried the ball to his shoulder. He shook his shoulders, and the football seemed to have become an obedient child, bouncing left and right to Watanabe Toru's rhythm, until Ayumi shouted, "Little Toru, here."

Watanabe Toru kicked the football lightly to Ayumi.

Ayumi ran after the football, but perhaps she ran too fast, or perhaps she stepped on some protruding stone, Ayumi's body suddenly leaned forward, and in an instant, she fell heavily to the ground.

"Ayumi——"

"Ayumi, are you okay?"

Genta and Mitsuhiko, who witnessed the tragedy but were unable to stop it, hurried over. Watanabe Toru naturally could not ignore it. The three of them helped Bu Mei up and checked her condition.

In addition to some mud stuck to his body, his knees were also scraped and blood was oozing out.

"Can you stand up, Ayumi?" asked Toru Watanabe.