Conversation is an art.
Since it is an "art", it naturally requires skills.
When Tang Ze and others ask for information about relevant people, conversation skills are even more needed.
A lot of information was revealed from casual chats, which was why Tang Ze and the others did not rush to ask the main questions first, but instead collected intelligence through casual chats.
In this process, cooperation between the two is indispensable, so that they can guide each other to continue the topic tacitly.
It can also reduce the other party's vigilance when asking key questions at the end, so as to prevent the other party from refusing to answer the questions.
So in the previous chat, Takagi and Karasawa cooperated tacitly to guide the topic.
The basic routine is to chat about family matters first, then get some information about other people from the side, and then get to the point.
Even if the other party reacts strongly, is unwilling to answer, and starts to "see you off", the two will not be kicked out without any gain.
Of course, this is also a measure that is generally taken under the other party's circumstances. Fortunately, Lady Katori belongs to this "general situation" and even revealed a lot of information unconsciously during the conversation.
Seeing that the conversation was almost over, Karasawa and Takagi exchanged a glance, and then the good-natured Takagi looked at Katori Tenten and said, "Um... I heard that it was you, Mrs. Katori, who introduced Mrs. Mitori to everyone?"
"I...well...actually, I only met Mrs. Mitori at the supermarket..."
As they were getting to the point, Mrs. Katori hesitated, but still slowly began to speak.
"Self-service shopping mall?" Tang Ze was a little confused by the name. "What exactly is it?"
"Well, it's a place like a bazaar or flea market in a nearby square." Mrs. Katori explained: "That's where we met, but we weren't really close..."
“Don’t touch!!”
"But!!"
Just when the atmosphere was silent for a moment, two children, one big and one small, who were playing in the next room, had a slight conflict.
"Haha, do you all like trains too?"
Seeing that the two children were about to quarrel, Takagi smiled and walked over to divert their attention.
When they went to pick up the two children from school, the two men had already revealed their identities, so the two boys were not afraid of them.
"It's Pioneer One." Takagi came to the two of them, pointed at the running train and said with a smile.
"So awesome, you're worthy of being called Mr. Criminal!" The older child praised while standing up from the ground and showing a sign from a box beside him to the two.
"Look!"
"This is amazing, it's the Pioneer No. 1 brand!" Takagi seemed to know a lot about railways. He took the plaque and explained to Tang Ze in amazement.
Pioneer 1 was a train from a long time ago, and this plaque was its license plate number at that time.
"Authentic?" Tang Ze said as he took the plaque handed to him by Gao Mu. The heaviness in his hand showed that it was not a replica. "That's really amazing."
Mrs. Katori, who was standing by, saw the two of them coming over to coax the child, and she also came over with a smile.
But when he saw the pile of debris on the ground, he immediately panicked, "Ah, I'm talking to you two!!"
Mrs. Katori immediately picked up a vase from the ground and scolded the two children, "Hey! Didn't I tell you not to play with this?! What if you break it?!"
As she spoke, Mrs. Katori turned the small vase back and forth, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the vase was not damaged.
"Um...excuse me, what is this..." Tang Ze asked curiously, "Is it an antique?"
Judging from the other party's behavior, it must be an expensive vase after all, otherwise there would not be such a big reaction.
But unfortunately, he knew nothing about antiques in his previous life, let alone Japanese antiques. He was completely in the dark and had no choice but to ask.
"It's a small Kutani porcelain vase, and it's quite old, so it's very valuable as a souvenir." Mrs. Katori finished her explanation and said with a smile, "Actually, Mrs. Matsushita gave it to me."
"Is it a gift from Mrs. Matsushita?"
Gao Mu was surprised. After all, although this vase was not a precious item worth tens of millions, it was still valuable enough.
"Well, Mrs. Matsushita said this was a vase her grandfather bought when he was appointed ambassador." Mrs. Katori touched the small vase and said, "It was placed in her home without any care."
"And then she gave you this little vase?" Takagi exclaimed. "She's truly a celebrity."
"Ms. Matsushita is actually very generous." Mrs. Katori smiled a little embarrassedly: "But maybe it's also because I look like I really want it.
Ah, of course, it’s not that I accepted all of them just because she said “here you go”, it’s just that I really liked this one, so I accepted it.”
At this point, Mrs. Katori seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became a little unnatural.
Hearing the implication of the other party's words, Tang Ze said, "In other words, someone accepted Mrs. Matsushita's generosity without hesitation?"
"Well..." Mrs. Katori said this with a grim expression, "Although I shouldn't say bad things about the deceased..."
Although the other party did not say it explicitly, everyone present knew who he was talking about.
"So, it's Sanae Mitori?"
"It was Mrs. Mitori. She didn't refuse Mrs. Matsushita's kindness and was even greedy and had no conscience at all."
Faced with Takagi's question, Mrs. Katori finally spoke and told Karasawa and the others what was on her mind.
Not long after the other person came to Mrs. Matsushita's house, he fell in love with an item just like Mrs. Katori did.
But after Mrs. Matsushita gave her that item, she started to get worse.
She even deliberately said she wanted Mrs. Matsushita's necklace, which made the situation very awkward. However, Mrs. Matsushita still gave her the necklace, and she even said hypocritically, "It's not good, is it okay?"
This kind of talk is almost the same as sarcasm. As the saying goes, "It's better to be lenient when taking something from someone." It's okay if you just take something from someone, but you also mock them.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Katori always looked unhappy when she was at Mrs. Matsushita's house.
Because she felt that it was her fault for introducing Mrs. Santori, which turned the originally harmonious gathering into something else.
Later, Mrs. Mitori died again. When Karasawa and others visited her, Mrs. Katori was silent because she didn't want to mention this matter.
Because this would make her feel very sorry for Mrs. Matsushita.
Because the person she recommended caused so much trouble to the other party, Mrs. Katori felt guilty towards such a good person as Mrs. Matsushita.
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