Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"Is Yuanta staying home too?"

Yuan Tai drooped his face and said in a muffled voice, "I want to go to my grandma's house and hide for two days..."

He failed the exam again...

……

July 17th, the second day of summer vacation.

Toru Watanabe came to Ayumi's apartment and stood on tiptoe to ring the doorbell.

Soon, Mrs. Yoshida's voice and footsteps were heard from inside the house.

The door opened and Mrs. Yoshida leaned halfway out.

She was wearing an apron, her long hair was tied into a bun, and she had a light blue headscarf tied around her head.

Seeing Watanabe Toru outside the door, Mrs. Yoshida asked in surprise: "Toru? Why are you here?"

Watanabe Tetsu raised his little face and said with a smile: "I heard from Ayumi that you are moving today, Auntie. I was bored at home, so I came over to see if there is anything I can do to help."

"Ah... is it okay? This is embarrassing... Xiao Che, come in first."

Mrs. Yoshida stepped aside and invited Toru Watanabe into the house.

Inside the house, cardboard boxes were everywhere. Watanabe looked around but didn't see Ayumi.

"Auntie, isn't Ayumi at home?" asked Toru Watanabe.

"Ayumi went out to buy something and will be back soon." Mrs. Yoshida poured a glass of juice for Watanabe Toru: "I heard from Ayumi that Toru got first place in the final exam again."

"We're tied for first place." Watanabe Toru scratched his head shyly.

"That's also number one. Xiao Che is really good."

"Then..." Watanabe Toru looked up at Mrs. Yoshida: "Will Auntie give me a reward?"

Mrs. Yoshida was slightly stunned, and when she met Watanabe Toru's clear and expectant eyes, the softness in her heart was suddenly touched.

"Okay."

She leaned over and gave Watanabe Toru a light kiss on the mouth.

097. Encountering Ooka's Red Leaves in Kyoto

On the Shinkansen to Kyoto.

Maori Kogoro held his chin in his hand and said unhappily to Xiaolan and Watanabe Toru who were sitting opposite him: "I'm going to attend a friend's wedding. What are you two doing here?"

"Because I've never been to Kyoto." Xiaolan pouted slightly: "I heard it's very beautiful..."

"Hmph, let me make it clear first, I won't take you guys out to play, and besides, we'll be back tomorrow."

He had planned to drink heavily at the banquet and brag about being in the newspaper. After all, not everyone paid attention to the news, and some people might not know that he had become a "famous detective."

Xiaolan touched Watanabe Toru's head and said, "It's okay. Xiao Toru and I can go play by ourselves."

Two and a half hours later, Kogoro Mouri and his group walked out of the station.

"Maori, here!"

At the exit, a man about the same age as Maori Kogoro waved at them.

He was wearing a brown shirt, was tall, had regular features, and his beard and hair were neatly groomed.

Maori Kogoro went up to him, punched the man on the shoulder with his fist, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Kurokawa. I thought you were never going to get married."

Kurokawa Shunsuke chuckled: "Before I met Jiahezi, I thought so too."

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Ran and Toru Watanabe who were standing behind Kogoro Mouri.

"Xiaolan has grown so big. This boy... Maoli, is he your son?"

"He is Xiao Tetsu. He is temporarily living with me and is considered my disciple." Maori Kogoro introduced.

"Hello, uncle." Watanabe Toru greeted politely.

"Hello." Kurokawa Shunsuke touched Watanabe Toru's head and said, "Let's go, Maori. Everyone is waiting for you."

"it is good."

……

The wedding went very smoothly. While Kogoro Mouri and his friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time were drunk, Ran and Toru Watanabe left the hotel.

"Uncle Kurokawa said there's a shrine nearby, and it gets very lively at night."

Xiaolan held Watanabe Toru's hand and walked on the busy street: "Shall we go over there and take a look?"

"Okay." Watanabe Toru nodded in response.

After crossing a large intersection, they could see a crowd of people heading in one direction, which was the direction of the shrine. Following the crowd, Toru Watanabe and Xiaolan saw the bonfire inside the shrine.

The two climbed the stone steps and entered the ancient mountain gate.

Shrine staff were distributing free sweet tea, and across from the bonfire were crowded vendors.

Toru Watanabe and Xiaolan drank sweet tea, washed their hands in front of the washstand, and then walked along the approach to the worship hall.

The worship hall was on a flight of more than ten steps, and it was crowded with worshippers. The two of them were at the end of the line.

Every minute or two, the crowd moved up a step.

Several people stood in a row horizontally, threw down five-yen coins, put their hands together and made a wish, then walked away to the next row.

After Watanabe Toru and Xiaolan finished their worship, they left the worship hall and came to the approach road filled with lanterns.

In the night, the light of lanterns illuminates the silhouettes of pedestrians.

There are various shops on both sides of the shrine, selling a wide variety of goods.

There are also shops run by the shrine itself. High school girls who come to work during the summer vacation wear red and white shrine maiden costumes and sell talismans such as arrows to ward off evil spirits, tumblers, and amulets.

Behind the worship hall is the granting place, where oracle fortune sticks, ema, amulets and other sacred objects are given to worshippers.

Xiaolan asked for a fortune stick, changed the fortune stick according to the number, and quietly read the poem on the fortune stick: "When the willows meet spring, the withered flowers bloom on the old branches. In the heavy frost and snow, the golden color shines even brighter."

"This is a lucky sign."

A gentle voice came from behind.

Xiaolan turned around and saw that the person who was talking was a girl of the same age as her. She had brown curly hair and a pretty face. She was wearing a light blue V-neck short-sleeved shirt with a pleated miniskirt and red round earrings.

The most eye-catching thing is the size of her chest. Even Xiaolan, who is also a girl, couldn't help but take a few more glances.

She stared at the fortune stick in Xiaolan's hand, and said with some envy, "Whoever draws this will have their wish come true."

"Ah? Okay...thank you." Xiaolan came back to her senses and looked at the girl curiously and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"My name is Ooka Hongye, and I'm a sophomore at Kyoto Izumishin High School." Ooka Hongye said with a smile.

"Hello." Xiaolan also introduced herself: "My name is Mao Lilan, from Tokyo, and this is my younger brother, Watanabe Toru, who lives in my house."

"Huh? So you're from the countryside?" Ooka Hongye exclaimed, then said enthusiastically, "Welcome to Kyoto."

Tokyo, the countryside...

Watanabe Toru twitched the corners of his mouth.

He didn't expect to meet Ooka Momiji in such a place. By the way, he didn't seem to see her personal housekeeper Iori Muga.

Coincidentally, Xiaolan asked this question for him: "Did Ooka come here alone?"

"Just call me Hongye." Ooka Hongye said, "I came out with the butler. He went to get the oracle for me. Look, he's coming over."

Iori Wuwo, dressed in a black suit, walked towards the three people.

"Miss, here are the fortune sticks." Iori Muga handed the fortune stick to Ooka Hongye and looked at Xiaolan and the other person: "Who are these two?"

"It's a friend from Tokyo." Ooka Hongye took the fortune stick, frowned slightly, and said unhappily, "Why is it another bad fortune stick?"

"It's just superstition, Miss, don't take it seriously." Yizhi Wuwo comforted.

Ooka Momiji pouted slightly. "Even if it's superstition, I still hope to get a very auspicious fortune. Forget it, I'll tie the fortune sticks to the branches later."

This is a tradition in Wano Country. If you draw a lucky lot, you can take it back to increase your good luck, but if you draw an unlucky lot, you have to tie it to a rope or branch in the shrine to ward off disasters and misfortunes.

"Hongye, what are you asking for?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"Marriage." Ooka Hongye answered openly: "I want to ask the gods whether my fiancé and I can get married smoothly."

"Fiancé?" Xiaolan almost dropped her jaw in shock.

The girl in front of me is a sophomore in high school like me. I don’t even have a boyfriend, but she already has a fiancé.

"Yes." Ooka Hongye nodded and said, "We knew each other when we were very young. He promised me that he would marry me the next time we met..."

See you next time?

Xiaolan was stunned: "Do you rarely see each other?"

Ooka Momiji rested her slender fingers on her chin and recalled, "It's been about ten years since we last met."

"Huh?" Xiaolan's eyes widened.

098. Bomb Expert Gin-san

The next day, Kogoro Mori and the other two boarded the Shinkansen back to Tokyo.

Kogoro Mouri was yawning constantly. He looked very listless after drinking all night.

Xiaolan complained: "Even if it's a classmate you haven't seen for a long time, you don't have to drink so much."

Maori Kogoro said confidently: "Everyone come over to toast, I can't refuse, this is the social way of adults, what do you kids know."

"Yes, yes." Xiaolan said unhappily, "It's just that I almost missed the Shinkansen."

As he was complaining, the aisle door of the carriage slowly opened. Watanabe Toru looked up and glanced at it, his expression suddenly changing.

A tall man in black and a shorter, sturdy man wearing sunglasses walked into the car carrying a black briefcase.

Gin!

Vodka!

It was actually them.

Watanabe Toru was startled and quickly retracted his gaze. Given Gin's vigilance, if he kept his gaze on him for too long, he would definitely feel...

Watanabe Toru didn't dare to bet whether Gin had also seen his childhood photos. In order to avoid trouble, "transparency" was the best way to deal with it at the moment.

It was not until Gin and Vodka passed by them that Watanabe Toru turned around and glanced at their backs, and then he remembered something.

Train, black briefcase, gin and 657 vodka.

Isn't this the Shinkansen explosion incident!!!

Watanabe Toru was no longer calm. He actually encountered something with such a small probability.

He recalled the plot. The person who had done business with Gin was a professional woman in the first class carriage. The cause of the explosion was that she made a phone call at the time Gin told her, which caused the bomb to be activated.

That is, the train is safe until Gin and Vodka get off.

Watanabe Toru rubbed his chin, thinking. He couldn't act rashly just yet. He had to wait for Gin and the others to get off the train, then contact the train attendant. Of course, if he said there was a bomb on the train as a child, no one would believe him. He also had to control Uncle Mori.

Seeing Watanabe Toru silent and frowning, Xiaolan asked with concern: "Xiao Toru, are you feeling unwell?"

"Ah? No, no." Watanabe Toru shook his head: "I'm just a little sleepy."

"Didn't you sleep well last night? Do you want to sleep on me for a while?"

"Good~"

Maori Kogoro suddenly stood up: "I'm going to the bathroom."

……

After a few dozen minutes, the train stopped at Nagoya.

Watching Gin and Vodka get up from their seats after the transaction, Toru Watanabe shrank into Xiaolan's arms. After the two got off the car, he sat up straight again.

The train slowly pulled out of the platform.

Maori Kogoro stood up again: "I'm going to talk to the flight attendant about something."