Chapter 28 Chapter Six

On the way back from Haru's house, Kurita and Aoi didn't talk much, just walked silently on the international road. Kurita is puzzled by the unexpected real identity of the suspicious person and the serious unexpected situation. "At least I know that I'm not a thief trying to break into the empty door, so I don't need to take precautions." When Kurita left, he said this encouraging word to Xiaochun, who had no clear effect, and Xiaochun also nodded with a wry smile. ——Now it’s not a question of whether to take precautions or not.Kurita groaned vaguely. Kurita knew that Koharu must have quarreled with his father and almost ran away from home to get married.She should have hoped for her father's blessing.From Xiaochun's words, it is easy to see Xiaochun's mentality.

"Really..." Kurita scratched his head indiscriminately, and Aoi who was walking aside said in a cheerful voice, "That, Mr. Kurita." "What? Are you hungry?" "Hey... When did I get regarded as someone who gets hungry easily? It seems that the bag might have brought too strong an impression. Let's put this matter aside, Miss Xiaochun's father often patronizes your store, right? " "Oh, I don't come here often, but I will visit once every ten days." "Once every ten days should be quite frequent. Listen to me, the next time Miss Haru's father goes to Limaru Hall—"

"Don't tell him about it, I know." Although Kurita is not the kind of personality who will take the initiative to solve problems for others, after all, the object this time is different.If Kira comes to Kurimaru Hall again, Kurita intends to calmly persuade Kira to reconcile with his daughter. "However, he just went to take a peek at Xiaochun's house. No matter what, he can't go to my store today. Do you have any arrangements?" "Well...I think I'll take this bag home today, which can be retired after graduation." On Aoi's shoulder was a high-end-looking satin shoulder bag, which was full of snacks.

"Then I'll take you to the station together with your stuff." "Ah! Great..." "Go this way, take a shortcut." Kurita and Aoi turned east at the intersection to ask for directions. After walking for a while, the two turned right into a small road, and it didn't take long to come to the wide land belonging to Sensoji Temple.Kurita subjectively believes that passing through here is the shortest route to the station. However, when the two were about to pass by the big incense burner in front of the main hall of Sensoji Temple, they accidentally ran into a person.

"what?" Kurita couldn't help thinking: "This is too coincidental." I saw Xiaochun's father - Bunki Kira - being smoked by the censer.He pushed the white smoke towards the center of his chest. Kurita speculates that after fleeing from Sumino's house, Kira may have changed in the public restroom and is now preparing to go home. When Kurita couldn't help but stop and look at Kira, Kira also spotted Kurita and took the initiative to talk: "Jin, it's you!" "Whoa whoa." Because they have known each other since Kurita's father's generation, Kira does not call Kurita by his surname, but by his first name.

Even in this colder season, Kira still didn't wear a coat, but a wine red sweater and black pants.At his feet was a bulging leather bag. Kurita and Aoi approached Kira after he beckoned with a firm gesture. "How is the situation recently?" "……fine." "Who's that pretty lady? Is this yours?" Kira raised his pinky finger and asked with meaningful eyes, and Kurita replied, "No." As usual, the shy Aoi behaved strangely again. "Ah... uh... um... I didn't expect to see the movement of raising the little finger now, the old street is really great..."

"Wahhaha! Right, right! Although I don't know what the situation is now." When Kira smiled, wrinkles formed on his face.He seems to like Aoi. While looking at Kira's smiling face, Kurita thought to himself, "Actually, everyone in this area is just like Kira." Although they speak rudely, they are kind and warm in nature, including their clumsy performance, which makes it impossible to really hate them.They are definitely not bad guys. Kurita once again had the idea of ​​helping Kira reconcile with his daughter. "Are you here for sightseeing? Asakusa is great, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes... Asakusa is better than I imagined. There will be various events here, and I won't get tired of it." "That's it. Then come to Asakusa more often. I usually pull rickshaws, and weekends are the easiest time to make money, so I rest every Wednesday... Here, here is my business card." Kira took out a business card from his wallet and handed it to Aoi. "Thank you, thank you, you are so kind." "Our company is near Kaminarimon. Remember to name me when you come to take a rickshaw. Asakusa is like my backyard. I will take you to all the must-see attractions and let you enjoy an extremely luxurious Asakusa sightseeing itinerary."

"Yeah... VIP-level treatment!" Aoi clapped her hands together and cheered. "Actually, I've always wanted to take a rickshaw ride. Thank you..." Aoi seemed quite happy, so happy that her tone of voice returned to normal. Kurita looked sideways at Aoi and Kira talking happily, while thinking about how to cut into Haru's topic. Perhaps because he thought Kurita's silent attitude was strange, Kira took the initiative to turn the topic to Kurita and said, "Jin, what's wrong with you? You look melancholy." "Oh...how should I put it..."

Kurita seemed a bit hesitant at first, but soon looked at Kira from the front and said, "Xiaoharu told me everything." Ji Liang's expression suddenly changed. The corners of the mouth on both sides drooped, and the originally cheerful voice instantly became stiff. "--what are you saying?" "Don't pretend to be stupid now, I know everything." Kurita told Kira that he had just heard about the quarrel between his father and daughter at Koharu's house, and was about to go home now. "I know you are reluctant to part with your lovely only child, but when Xiaochun is about to get married, your attitude is too much, right? As long as you candidly apologize to Xiaochun, there should be room for things to change."

"...you pretend to understand if you don't know about it." Kira's voice trembled slightly. "what?" "You bastard who doesn't know anything, don't be self-righteous over there!" Kira yelled fiercely, and Kurita suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, but then he thought that he had known Kira for so long, and he didn't want to let Kira lose face and suppress him. However, if they back off at this time, neither Xiaochun nor Jiliang can be redeemed. So Kurita decided to reason with Kira. "It's not that I don't know anything, and I can understand your mood." Kurita said in a calm tone. "...What did you say?" "Actually, you really want to reconcile with Xiaochun. Because you don't hesitate to be treated as a voyeur, and you also want to care about your daughter's condition." Kira's expression froze and he couldn't speak. Kurita looked directly at Kira from the front and said, "You never thought that you would be regarded as a voyeur, did you? However, from the standpoint of the party being peeped at, you are a voyeur." mad." Kira opened his mouth to try to explain, but Kurita took the lead and said incessantly, "In that bulging bag at your feet, is there a woolen hat and a black jacket for changing clothes? Haru came to me because of the appearance of a suspicious person." The timing of the discussion is today and last week... The point is that it is every other week, because you have a rest every Wednesday. The reason why you will peek at Xiaochun while eating unpalatable dried fruit is to immerse yourself in memories In the middle, you don’t really like to eat dried fruits. Why do I say that? That’s because every time you go to Kurimaru-do, you only buy sweet mantou or Dou Daifuku, which are easy to eat even if you have bad teeth. Fruit. You were next to the big incense burner just now, and the reason why you drew the smoke toward your body was because your chest hurts. In other words, you want to heal your heartache—this is probably the case, right?" Speaking of the white smoke from the large incense burner in front of the main hall of Sensoji Temple, it is said that as long as the white smoke is drawn to the uncomfortable part of the body, it will have a healing effect. "Just apologize to Xiaochun frankly. You should also want to get close to your grandson, don't you?" "...You guys are really amazing." Kira moaned with a surprised expression. "Your father is a smart and sharp wagashi master who is the most powerful in Asakusa, and you have inherited his lineage 100%." "Thank you for your compliment." Kurita raised his eyebrows and said.Kurita told himself that at this moment, he had to be frank and happy. "But... that doesn't mean you're right." Kira lowered the corners of his mouth again. "what?" "Listen, I—" After hesitating for a while, Kira yelled like an emotional outburst: "I didn't say anything wrong! The one who is unreasonable is not me, but Xiaochun! It was that guy who ran out on his own regardless of my objection. I don't need to compromise. !" Kurita didn't expect Kira to become angry with embarrassment. "Speaking of which, Jin, didn't you do a lot of things yourself? When your father was still alive, if you were willing to inherit Kurimaru-do, the old man would be so happy. You have no right to self-righteously intervene in other people's family thing!" "Hmm!" Kurita swallowed his words as if feeling a sharp knife piercing his chest. "Go and tell Xiaochun, tell her that I did nothing wrong!" Kira said those words to Kurita who was stunned, shrugged his shoulders angrily, and walked away quickly. A gust of cold wind blew by, and the small dead leaves scattered on the ground floated up one after another. Unknowingly, Kurita's body, which had become hot with blood, cooled down a little. He sighed and muttered, "...What a stubborn old man." Kurita quietly pressed his forehead. Although it is not a bad thing to confront Kira head-on, it made Kira's temper more stubborn.It is precisely because Kurita's words hit Kira's sore spot that the stubborn Kira is even more stubborn. Now it is even more difficult to convince Kira. "Oh... I'm afraid I can't convince Mr. Kira with words..." Kurita looked back and saw Aoi smiling with a troubled look on her face. "It's common sense that a correct theory may not work..." Aoi lamented the cruel truth in a cheerful tone as if nothing had happened. Kurita suddenly noticed something, he found that Aoi's expression was very calm.As time spent with Aoi increased, Kurita gradually became able to roughly understand Aoi's demeanor. Kurita believes that Aoi is a girl with various advantages, and at the same time, a person who comes up with various ideas because of her cheerful and unrestrained personality. "...Did you think of any good ideas?" "yes……" After Aoi smiled with a carefree appearance, she raised her index finger and said, "As a person who is related to fruits, I have an idea. To deal with someone who cannot be persuaded with words, use food to convince him." Bar!"