Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

Miyano Akemi understood and lowered her voice: "So, you are an orphan?"

Watanabe Toru scratched his head: "I have another uncle."

"So you live with your uncle now?"

"No, my uncle was too busy, so he sent me to live with a detective uncle."

Miyano Akemi fell silent, feeling complicated. She saw her past self in Watanabe Toru.

She also lost her parents at a very young age, but she was luckier than Watanabe Toru. When her parents died, she was already in junior high school and was basically able to take care of herself. Moreover, she had a younger sister, and this blood relationship was also her motivation to live with hope.

But Watanabe Toru is different. His only relative is his uncle, and from what he said, it seems that his uncle is not reliable, otherwise he would not have sent his nephew to live with someone else.

Being busy with work is just an excuse.

Miyano Akemi squatted down, placed her right hand on Watanabe Toru's face, and asked with pity: "So how are you doing now?"

"It's fine." Watanabe Toru smiled and said, "My uncle and his family have taken great care of me."

"That's good." Miyano Akemi nodded as if relieved: "Xiaotuo, you must live well. You must believe that everything will be fine."

Did this silly girl misunderstand something?

Watanabe Toru muttered in his heart, "I understand, Sister Yamei, thank you."

"By the way, this is for you." Miyano Akemi took out a business card from her bag: "This has my sister's phone number on it. If you encounter any trouble, just call my sister."

"Okay." Watanabe Toru accepted the business card and said, "Then I'll be leaving first, Sister Yamei."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

After saying goodbye to Akemi Miyano, Toru Watanabe was on his way home again.

The Mori Detective Agency was quiet and deserted. Ran was training in karate with the school club, and as for Maori Kogoro, Watanabe Toru guessed that he was out playing pachinko.

At five o'clock in the evening, Xiaolan and Maori Kogoro returned home one after another.

Xiaolan was about to start preparing dinner when Maori Kogoro called out, "Xiaolan, we are not eating at home today. There is a new pizza restaurant nearby. Let's go there."

"Huh?" Xiaolan looked at her father in surprise.

How could these words come from the mouth of my usually stingy father?

She asked, "Dad, did you receive a commission today?"

"No."

"then you…"

"He won the game of marbles, right?" Watanabe Toru said suddenly.

"Yes, yes." Maori Kogoro beamed with joy and said triumphantly, "Today's luck is so good, actually... uh..."

Realizing that he had spoken out of turn, Maori Kogoro slowly turned his head to look at Xiaolan. Sure enough, Xiaolan's face had darkened, and with her hands on her waist, she shouted angrily: "Dad, didn't I tell you not to play Shotgun again?"

……

next morning.

Xiaolan woke up from her sleep with the sound of the alarm. She reached out to turn off the alarm, yawned, and got up in a daze.

After washing her face, brushing her teeth, changing out of her pajamas, and putting on an apron, Xiaolan, the good wife and mother, began to prepare breakfast in the kitchen.

Breakfast is simple, with bread, milk, sausages, and fried eggs, and it doesn't take long to prepare.

After placing breakfast on the table, Xiaolan walked into the bedroom again, bent down and gently pushed Watanabe Toru, who had not yet woken up: "Xiao Toru, it's time to get up, breakfast is ready."

Watanabe Toru opened his eyes in a daze and saw Xiaolan's delicate and pretty face.

"Good morning, Sister Xiaolan."

"Morning, Che."

At the dining table, Toru Watanabe, who had finished his breakfast, put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a tissue, said, "I'm full," then took the empty plate into the kitchen and handed it to Xiaolan who was washing the dishes.

At 7:40, Watanabe Toru put on his schoolbag and called out to Xiaolan, "Sister Xiaolan, it's time for us to go out."

"Wait a minute, Toru." Xiaolan took out two folding umbrellas from the entrance cabinet and handed one to Toru Watanabe.

"According to the weather forecast, there will be heavy rain this afternoon and it will last until the evening. Xiao Che, take your umbrella with you."

"Okay." Watanabe Toru took the umbrella and stuffed it into his schoolbag.

042. Mrs. Yoshida is going to lose her job

In the afternoon, it really started to rain heavily, and there was no sign of the rain abating until school was over.

"What should we do now? How are we going to get back?" Ayumi stood at the classroom door, looking at the hazy rain curtain, and said to her friends with a bitter face.

Mitsuhiko and Genta were also at their wit's end: "If only we had checked the weather forecast last night, we wouldn't have known when the rain would stop."

Watanabe Toru took out an umbrella from his schoolbag, opened it, and said to Ayumi, "Ayumi, I'll take you home."

"Ah, Xiao Che, you brought an umbrella." Ayumi looked surprised.

"What about us?" Mitsuhiko and Genta looked at Watanabe Toru eagerly.

Watanabe Toru thought for a moment and said, "This umbrella can only be used by two people at most. If there are more, everyone will get soaked. I saw the weather forecast and it says the rain will stop at four o'clock. You guys should wait a little longer."

As he said that, he moved the umbrella over Ayumi's head and said, "Let's go first, Ayumi."

"Okay." Ayumi nodded and said goodbye to Mitsuhiko Genta: "Then we'll leave first. When the rain stops, you guys should go back quickly."

Mitsuhiko, Genta: "..."

The rain was heavy. Although they had umbrellas to shelter them, Watanabe Toru and Ayumi were still mostly soaked when they got home.

"Xiao Che, wipe it quickly." Ayumi took a dry towel from the bathroom: "The rain is too heavy, why don't you stay at my house and go back after the rain stops."

Do you really think the rain will stop at four o'clock?

Watanabe Toru shook his head: "No, I can just take a shower when I get home. By the way, Ayumi, did your mother bring an umbrella?"

“It seems not.”

"Then give me an umbrella and I'll give it to Auntie on the way."

"Is it okay? Thank you, Xiao Che." Ayumi ran to the entrance and took out an umbrella from the cabinet.

After leaving Ayumi's house, the wind and rain got stronger. Watanabe Toru held the umbrella handle tightly, walked slowly against the wind.

The journey that was supposed to take ten minutes took twenty minutes before we finally reached the bakery where Mrs. Yoshida worked.

Putting away his umbrella under the eaves, Toru Watanabe walked into the store.

"Mr. Gao Nei, have you made up your mind? Do you really want to sell this store?"

Toru Watanabe heard Mrs. Yoshida say this.

A middle-aged man responded to Mrs. Yoshida: "Ms. Yoshida, I'm very sorry, but my company has run into some capital problems and is in urgent need of money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be selling this shop. This bakery is the starting point of my business and it means a lot to me, but..."

"Mr. Takauchi, I understand your difficulties." Mrs. Yoshida smiled bitterly. "I will be prepared. By the way, when do you plan to sell this store?"

"Just in the next two days. I'm already contacting the buyer."

"Aunt Yoshida." Watanabe Toru said.

"Little Toru?" Mrs. Yoshida was slightly startled when she saw Watanabe Toru, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here? Are you here to buy bread?"

"No, I'm here to bring you an umbrella."

"Send me an umbrella?" Mrs. Yoshida looked at the soaked Watanabe Toru, then at the umbrella in his hand. A warm feeling welled up in her heart: "How did you know Auntie didn't bring an umbrella?"

"That's what Ayumi said." Watanabe Toru explained: "After I sent her home, she said you didn't bring an umbrella either, so I asked her to get an umbrella for me and I'll bring it back to you on the way."

No wonder I felt that the umbrella in Watanabe Toru's hand looked familiar, it turned out to be from his own home.

Mrs. Yoshida said gratefully, "Thank you, Xiaotetsu, for sending Ayumi back home and also for bringing me the umbrella. I was just wondering how I was going to get back."

"It's okay, I'm passing by here on my way home."

"Ms. Yoshida, who is this child?" Seeing that Mrs. Yoshida seemed very familiar with Toru Watanabe, Takanehashi interrupted and asked.

"He is my daughter's classmate and a very smart kid." Mrs. Yoshida's tone did not hide her liking for Toru Watanabe.

Takanehashi nodded and looked at Watanabe Toru: "I can see that."

Watanabe Toru looked up and met Takanechi's gaze: "Uncle, are you going to sell this store?"

"Yes," Gao Neiqiao said, "for some reasons, uncle had to make this decision. Little boy, if you want to buy bread from now on, you can only go to other stores. Sorry."

"Have you found a buyer yet?"

"This... not yet."

"In that case, Mr. Cornell, could you give me your business card?"

"Huh?" Gao Neiqiao asked in confusion, "That's fine, but what do you want my uncle's business card for?"

He didn't think Toru Watanabe was going to buy his store.

Watanabe Tetsu said: "I once heard my uncle say that he wants to open a store in Beika Town if he has the chance. Since you are selling the store, maybe my uncle is interested."

"I see." Takanechi Bridge quickly took out a business card and handed it to Watanabe Toru: "My phone number is on it. If your uncle is interested, you can call me anytime."

"Okay, I'll tell my uncle." Watanabe Toru accepted the business card and said with a smile.

043. Acquisition of stores

It was not easy for Mrs. Yoshida to find a suitable job.

If she didn't have Ayumi, she could leave Beika Town, leave Tokyo, or find an ordinary white-collar job. But because of Ayumi's existence, she had to consider more, which resulted in very few jobs suitable for her.

What's more fatal is that if Mrs. Yoshida loses this job, her and Ayumi's life will fall into trouble again.

However, since Watanabe Toru planned to raise Ayumi as his own daughter, he would not let them live in poverty. He had money, and although he could not give it to her openly, as long as he became Mrs. Yoshida's boss, all problems would be solved.

……

After returning to the Mouri Detective Agency and greeting Kogoro Mouri, Toru Watanabe went upstairs.

He used his other cell phone to call Kogoro Mori.

beep...beep...

The phone rang twice before being connected.

Maori Kogoro's enthusiastic voice came: "It's Mr. Tanaka. It's rare for you to call. You want to ask about Xiao Tetsu's situation, right? Don't worry, Xiao Tetsu is here and everything is fine."

Watanabe Toru chuckled in the voice of his uncle, Tanaka Kentaro. "I'm very relieved that Mr. Mori is taking care of Tetsu. I called because I have something to bother Mr. Mori with."

Maori Kogoro: "Oh? Mr. Tanaka, please go ahead."

Watanabe Toru: "Look, I plan to buy a shop in Beika Town. This will not only allow me to take better care of Toru, but also lay a foundation for his future development."

Kogoro Mori: "Mr. Tanaka's words make sense, but there don't seem to be any shops for sale in the Beika-cho area. I'm afraid..."

Watanabe Toru: "Just now, Toru called me and said that the owner of a bakery is planning to sell his shop due to financial problems. I think this is an opportunity, but I'm overseas and can't come back for a while, and the owner is in a hurry to sell the shop, so I'd like to ask Mr. Maori for a favor."

Maori Kogoro: "You say."

Watanabe Toru: "I want Mr. Maori to help me buy this store in your name. Of course, I will transfer the purchase funds to you. After I return to China, we will sign the store transfer agreement. Of course, I will not let Maori Kogoro's work be in vain. After the store is purchased, I will reward you generously."

There was silence on the other end of the phone: "Does Mr. Tanaka trust me so much?"

In Tokyo, a city where every inch of land is valuable, even a small shop is worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yen. Such a large sum of money is enough to make people greedy.

Watanabe Toru smiled and said, "Che said that Mr. Maori is very reliable. I chose to foster Che to you, so naturally I trust Maori very much."

Maori Kogoro took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I understand. I will go talk to the owner of that bakery in the next two days."

Watanabe Toru: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Maori. If you need anything, please feel free to call me."

"it is good."

After the phone was hung up, Watanabe Toru heard a sound outside the door and Kogoro Mouri opened the door and walked in.

Looking at Watanabe Toru who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, Maori Kogoro said with a smile: "Toru, your uncle just called me."

Perhaps it was the sentence "Kato said you are very reliable" that really pleased Kogoro Mouri, and now the way he looked at Toru Watanabe was even more friendly than usual.

"Did you talk about buying the shop?" Watanabe Toru fished out the business card Takauchihashi had given him from his pocket. "Uncle, this is the business card of the owner of that bakery. His phone number is on it."

Maori Kogoro took the business card, glanced at it, and asked curiously, "Xiaotetsu, how did you get the owner of this store to sell it?"