Chapter 486 This girl is hiding very well
"jingle--"
When Aize pushed open the door of Tian Xinwu and walked into this Japanese dessert shop, a pleasant wind chime sounded first.
"Welcome!"
What followed was a sweet voice that sounded particularly familiar to Aize.
Before Aize could recognize who the voice belonged to, the other party spoke out in surprise.
"Isn't this my brother?"
The person who spoke was Kurama's younger sister, Kurama Koharu.
"Xiaochun?" Aize was stunned and asked, "Why are you here?"
The reason he asked this was because Aize saw that Kurama Koharu was not here to play with Ma Ting Luhua, nor was she here to patronize Ma Ting's business. Instead, she was like a waiter, serving tea and water to the guests at each seat.
The clothes she wore were not casual clothes, but work clothes. The skirt was very long, and she wore black stockings underneath. Her upper body was a top with alternating orange and yellow stripes. She also wore a white apron. You could tell at a glance that she was a staff member.
"It's really my brother!"
After Kurama Koharu confirmed that it was Aize who came in, he immediately trotted over here with the tray.
The appearance of the little animal, as if being summoned, was exactly the same as when she was a child, which made Aize feel a little nostalgic.
"Why is brother here?" Kurama Koharu trotted to Aize, looked up at him, her big eyes flickering, with a look of surprise, joy and worry, and said: "Has the matter of the divine sword been resolved? Brother can leave the Kenshi Shrine now?"
Obviously, Kurama Koharu still vividly remembers the sensation caused by Aize pulling out the Cong Yu Wan yesterday, and is worried about him.
"Of course I can leave the Kenshi Shrine. I haven't committed any crime. It's as if I'm under house arrest." Aize smiled and said, "As for Cong Yuwan... the matter of the Imperial Sword, it can be considered a preliminary solution."
At least that's what it seems.
As for what kind of secrets are hidden in secret, due to personal reasons of Asatake Yoshino, Aize is still in a state of half-understanding or even half-understanding.
But that is something I need to solve myself, and I don't need to bring it to Kurama Koharu and others who know nothing.
"Is that so? That's good." Kurama Koharu was obviously relieved. She stroked her chest and looked very cute. She said, "I thought something would happen to my brother. Grandpa was the same. He refused to tell us anything. He only said that my brother would live in Kenji Shrine and would not help out at Shinato-sho anymore."
“Well, grandpa probably doesn’t know how to explain it to you.” Aize scratched his head and said, “I didn’t expect things to turn out like this. It’s already very good that grandpa can handle these things calmly.”
"Anyway, you don't have to worry about me. I'm doing fine now. Not only do I not have to work during the holidays, but I also have someone to take care of my food and accommodation. It's so beautiful."
"By the way, you haven't told me why you are here."
Aize returned to the main topic and looked at Kurama Koharu.
"I'm working part-time at Luhua's store." Kurama Koharu explained the reason, and as if she was embarrassed by Aize's gaze, she said, "What, what's wrong? Will it be weird if I dress like this?"
The little girl seemed to care a lot about Aize's opinion, and looked both expectant and nervous.
"No, it's not strange at all." Aize commented truthfully: "Rather, it feels like it suits you very well. It feels like Xiaochun has finally grown up."
Aize was indeed quite emotional.
You know, Kurama Koharu used to be very small, and she only knew how to run around behind Aize, looking very clingy. I never expected that after not seeing her for a few years, she has grown into such a pretty girl.
Although she is still petite, according to Cong Yu, this girl is actually quite well-endowed?
Aize glanced at Kurama Koharu's chest inconspicuously, but could not see anything.
If it is true as Cong Yu said, that this girl has grown up to be quite promising, then Aize can only say that this girl is quite good at hiding things.
"Really?" Kurama Koharu didn't know that the brother she had been calling affectionately had already begun to figure out her own development level. After hearing what Aize said, she smiled foolishly and said, "I will grow up too, although not as much as you, brother."
Speaking of this, Kurama Koharu looked at Aize's face, whom she had to look up to see, and her heart was touched.
Since she was a child, she has liked following this cousin who is completely different from her childish brother, looks very mature, and can persist under the strict guidance of her grandfather. Even her grandfather can't help but praise him again and again.
When his elder brother only cared about himself and had fun, this cousin was always driven by his aunt to play with his sister with a look of despair on his face, but he never forgot to follow behind him.
Kurama Koharu especially likes to hold on to her brother's clothes and follow him. Her brother will look back at her from time to time to make sure she is catching up and not getting lost.
"It would be nice if the brother was my real brother."
This is a catchphrase that Kurama Koharu has been saying since she was a child, which shows how much she likes her brother Aize.
Now, several years have passed, and her favorite brother has grown taller and taller, so that she, who is short in stature, can only look up to see him, which makes Kurama Koharu quite puzzled.
But seeing her favorite brother growing more mature, stronger and taller, Kurama Koharu couldn't help but feel happy from the bottom of her heart, and even began to admire and rely on him.
Boys are so cunning. They all grow up tall without realizing it. Even their stupid brother has left them behind and grown taller. It's really unfair.
However, including Brother Lian, other boys are still childish in other aspects even though they have grown up. Only Brother Aize is different. He always has a feeling of being experienced and looks very precocious and reliable.
"You will definitely continue to grow." Aize didn't know that his cousin had such a rich psychological activity. He just touched her head naturally like when they were children and said, "By the way, where is Rentaro?"
"Stupid Rentaro isn't here." Kurama Koharu half-closed her eyes in happiness, enjoying Aize's pat on the head. When she heard Aize mention Kurama Rentaro, she puffed up her cheeks and said, "He must have gone out to chat up foreign tourists again."
"…Rentaro has changed a lot." Aize's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly: "I remember he was not like this when he was a child. Why did he suddenly become so fond of chatting up girls?"
"Who knows, stupid Lian-ge is just a fool, maybe he thinks it's more manly?" Kurama Koharu said angrily: "Brother, you can't learn from him, okay? You will become stupid!"
It seems that what Kurama Rentaro did was really unbearable enough to make the cheerful and lively Kurama Koharu couldn't help but curse like that.
"What about Sister Luhua?" Aize decided to change the subject and asked, "Is Sister Luhua in the store?"
"My sister is helping out in the kitchen!" Kurama Koharu said with a smile, "I'll go get her!"
As she said this, Kurama Koharu held the tray and ran away with small steps.
"Sister! Brother is here to see you!"
The little girl kept shouting like this, and soon a head popped out from the direction of the kitchen.
"Oh my, isn't this Aze?"
Ma Ting Luhua was just like Kurama Koharu just now, half surprised and half delighted, but she didn't worry at all, and walked out from the direction of the kitchen.
It was seen that this childhood sweetheart, who was two or three years older than Aize, was wearing different casual clothes than yesterday, and was now wearing Japanese-style work clothes.
The upper body of the work clothes was a dark red shirt with a striped pattern, and the lower body was a dark blue long skirt. She wore black tights under the skirt, small leather shoes on her feet, and a white apron that was not wider than her hips. She looked more like a full-time housewife at home than a staff member.
"You're free to come here now?" Ma Ting Luhua patted Aize's arm and said with a sly smile, "Why don't you spend more time with the miko in the shrine and strengthen your relationship?"
Hearing this, the corners of Aize's eyes began to twitch uncontrollably.
The fact that he had pulled out Cong Yu Wan could not be concealed because there were so many people present at the time, and it spread quickly.
However, the fact that he and Asatake Yoshino had entered into a nominal engagement had not been announced to the public by Asatake Yasuharu.
Therefore, the people who knew that he had a special relationship with Asatake Yoshino were limited to those few people who knew the truth.
So, how did Ma Ting Luhua know?
The answer is simply obvious.
"…My mom called you again?"
When asking this question, Aize already knew the answer.
"Mr. Xuanjuro just discussed this matter with Auntie over the phone, and I received the call." Ma Ting Luhua smiled very happily, as if she had stolen something good, and said with a smile: "Oh, I didn't expect that my brother would be engaged to the witch. I am so proud of him."
Aize said with a dull face.
"You can chat with my mom so well, are you sure you are just my sister, not my aunt?"
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, Aize's mouth was grabbed.
"Is it this mouth that says such disgusting things? Is it this mouth?"
Ma Ting Luhua still had a smile on her face, but that smile had become very forced, and a cross appeared on her forehead. The hand that was pinching Aize's mouth was so tight that it hurt Aize.
"Wrong."
Aize admitted his mistake very easily, otherwise the next move would definitely not be pinching his mouth but his waist.
"Humph, Aze is getting more and more mean-spirited. He even teases people with a girl's age." Ma Ting Luhua let go of Aze's mouth and muttered unhappily, "I just graduated from high school not long ago. I'm a fresh college student in public. Calling me auntie is really rude."
"...Nowadays, no college student would use the word 'fresh' to describe themselves, right?" Aize couldn't help but complain: "Only old ladies would use such an old-fashioned word."
Without any surprise, Aize's mouth was pinched again.
"Is it this mouth that uttered such arrogant words? Is it this mouth?"
Ma Tingluhua used a lot of force this time, and it was obvious that she was really angry.
“Wrong, wrong!”
Aize quickly begged for mercy, causing Kurama Koharu beside him to cover her mouth and laugh.
The three of them started playing around again, and the customers in the store couldn't help but smile.
After a while, Aize sat down at one of the seats in the store at the invitation of Ma Ting Luhua and Kurama Koharu.
"So, what would you like to eat, my guest?" Ma Tingluhua seemed to be playing a game of pretending to be a waiter, and said with a smile, "Here is today's menu, please take a look."
"Ah..." Kurama Koharu puffed up her cheeks when she saw this scene, and whispered, "I want to entertain my brother too..."
Aize didn't hear what Kurama Koharu said. He took the menu and started looking through it.
“It feels like there are more styles than before?”
Aize was inspired.
This was not the first time he came to Ma Ting Luhua's dessert shop. Although the last time he came was several years ago, he vaguely remembered that at that time, Tian Xinwu did not have so many styles of goods, and they were all older types.
Tianxinwu used to sell the same old desserts, like senbei (rice crackers), but now it has added parfaits, puddings, chocolate cakes and other desserts that young people like, which are almost the same as those in the dessert shops in the city.
"These were added after my sister started running Tianxin House."
Kurama Koharu said so.
"After all, Suizhi is different now. The main business target is no longer locals, but tourists." Ma Tingluhua's smile became much more restrained, and she even said with a bit of self-mockery: "If we still run it the old way and don't launch new products, we will be eliminated by this era sooner or later."
From Ma Ting Luhua's self-mockery and this sentence, Aize vaguely glimpsed the hardships and hard work of the operators.
I guess running her own dessert shop isn't an easy task for Ma Ting Luhua, right?
"Aze, it's okay to order whatever you want." Ma Ting Luhua didn't seem to want to talk too much about this topic. She quickly adjusted her mood and said with a smile, "I haven't been here for so many years. Today, I will treat you, your sister."
"Then I won't be polite." Aize naturally would not refuse, and said very straightforwardly: "Give me a fruit ice cream and a cup of Coke."
Considering that the two grew up together, being polite would be a sign of estrangement and bad relationship, so Aize would not refuse Ma Ting Luhua's invitation.
Of course, he could ask Ma Ting Luhua to treat him, but not others.
"Please pack me a copy of each of the new products in the store." Aize said, "I'm going to take these back to the shrine. Put them on the account."
"Thank you for your patronage!" Ma Ting Luhua said with a smile, "Remember to tell me what you think later. I am considering making some improvements."
Aize nodded readily and agreed.
Ma Ting Luhua then returned to the kitchen, and Kurama Koharu also started to get busy.
Aize looked at this scene, not knowing what he was thinking.
(End of this chapter)
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