Chapter 102 Mother's Love
Dong Yexi's passport was definitely lost, so he had no choice but to call the police and then go to the embassy to apply for various certificates.
So the next day, he refused the company of Ran Mouri and others, asked them to take Seiji Hatori to play with them, and left the bodyguards to them.
After a day of getting along, Seiji Hatori developed a liking for Ran Mouri and was willing to follow her.
Higashino Hiroshi only took Hatori Yui with him to go through the paperwork. They didn't rush, but walked around and explored the city of Shanghai.
They strolled along the tree-lined avenue, browsed for delicious food in the snack street, and took photos at popular tourist spots...
Perhaps because he was in a foreign country, Hatori Yui unexpectedly felt a sense of freedom. The unfamiliar language in his ears made his dependence on his senior reach its peak.
It would be great if it could always be like this.
Hatori Yui held Higashino Hiroshi's hand and thought silently.
The two of them walked and played all the way, and finally arrived at the embassy before the end of the working day. After explaining his situation, the staff began to help him issue a certificate.
As Higashino Hiroshi and Hatori Yui were sitting in the lobby waiting, an elegant middle-aged man approached the workbench. He glanced at the busy staff and casually asked, "Are you still busy?"
"Yeah," the staff member said casually, "Another one who lost their passport. These people don't even know how to keep their important documents safe."
The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "Maybe he didn't mean it." He picked up the information he needed and was about to leave when he heard the staff member say, "This man's surname is Higashino. I wonder if he's a relative of Higashino Keigo."
Someone nearby laughed and said, "You only know Keigo Higashino! Higashino is a Chinese surname, very old, and more common in Shandong."
"Really? Forgive my ignorance."
After hearing this, the middle-aged man paused and turned to ask, "His last name is Dongye? What's his name?"
"His name is Dong Yexi. The guy is so handsome. If he wasn't so young, I would have wanted to take action against him." The staff member joked.
The person next to him said, "Come on, you're just talking big."
The middle-aged man frowned slightly and asked, "How old is he?"
"Twenty-two." The staff member finally felt a little strange and turned to ask, "Mr. Takahashi, is he someone you know?" Mr. Takahashi was different from them. He was a mid-level manager at the embassy. These positions were filled by people from the embassy's own country and would be transferred after a few years. As Chinese, they could only do clerical work.
When Gao Qiao Zhusheng heard the name, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not sure either. I'll go and take a look."
The staff reminded: "People are waiting in the lobby."
Gao Qiao Zhusheng nodded and walked out quickly.
Seeing their usually gentle and calm boss suddenly showing an anxious expression, the two employees looked at each other in bewilderment. It seemed like they knew each other. They silently sped up the process, deciding to go to the other departments themselves to get the official stamps later.
Gao Qiaozhusheng ran to the waiting room and saw Dong Yexi at a glance. He thought to himself: He is still as handsome as when he was a child, and he has not grown ugly.
He calmed his breath, straightened his suit, walked calmly to Dong Yexi, and said with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Dong Ye."
Suddenly, a strange man came to greet him, and Dong Yexi was stunned. He nodded politely and said, "Hello." Then he asked, "What can I do for you?"
"I have something I want to talk to you about," Gao Qiao Zhusheng whispered, "about your mother."
Dong Yexi's expression changed slightly. Mother? Wasn't the original owner's mother already dead?
The two of them followed Takahashi Takesho to his office. Hatori Weiyi patted Higashino Xi's back soothingly and whispered, "I'll wait for you at the door." Since this was related to his senior's mother, it would be better for him to avoid her for the time being.
Dong Yexi wanted to say that it was not necessary, but he didn't know what the uncle was going to say, so he could only nod slightly.
Yui Hatori considerately helped close the door, and only Higashino Hiroshi and Takahashi Takesho were left in the office.
Takahashi Takesho asked Dong Yexi to sit down and looked at him with a smile, his eyes somewhat loving.
Dong Yexi felt a little embarrassed by his gaze, touched his nose and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
Gao Qiao Zhusheng said with a nostalgic look on his face: "You may not remember me, but I was a friend of your mother. I met you once when you were little."
Dong Yexi smiled awkwardly. Of course he didn't remember, he wasn't the original owner!
Gao Qiao Zhusheng didn't care about his forgetfulness. He asked Dong Yexi to wait, then took the key from his briefcase, opened the filing cabinet, and took out a small wooden box with a lock. He then took a small golden key from his neck and opened the small golden lock.
Dong Yexi was stunned and thought: What is so important that it needs layers of locks?
Gao Qiaozhusheng opened the box and pushed it in front of Dong Yexi. He pointed to the things in the alley and said, "This is what your mother left for you."
Dong Yexi picked up the folder inside in confusion, and when he opened it, he found that it contained contracts from various trust institutions.
"These are all prepared by your mother for you. There are seven institutions in total. Four are in Japan and three are in the United States. Your mother said that if you leave the Tono family, she will give these to you directly. If you do not leave the Tono family until your eldest brother inherits the Tono Group, then she will give these to you after you graduate from university."
Dong Yexi looked at the contract in his hand with mixed feelings.
He probably understood what his mother meant. If he left the Higashino household early, it meant he wasn't doing well, and even his eldest brother couldn't help him. In that case, the money would be a timely help. If he stayed with the Higashino household, it meant that no matter what the family relationship was, at least he had his eldest brother's protection, and didn't have to worry about falling into poverty. In that case, all this money would be icing on the cake.
Takahashi Takesei continued, "Your mother was very wary of your father, so I helped keep these things. I've been following your growth, but when you were in junior high school, I was transferred to China. Later, I heard that you went to Kyoto to study, and I thought your father sent you there, so I wanted to give these to you. But then I asked someone to check and found out that you were living happily in Kyoto and had no shortage of money. I thought your family relationship wasn't that strained yet, so I decided to wait and see. Not long after, your eldest brother inherited the Tono Group, and I knew you wouldn't be short of money in the future. So, these things should have been returned to you when you graduated from university, but I never received any news of your graduation, and after investigation, I found out that you were studying for a master's degree."
Takahashi Takesho was genuinely at a loss for words, wondering if he should wait until he graduated from graduate school. He said, "Well, there's no need to wait now. Your father's gone, and your eldest brother probably wouldn't appreciate these things, so let's return them to their rightful owners." God knows how happy he was when he saw the news of Higashino Kai's death reported in China. If he hadn't been so busy at the time, he would have flown back to Japan.
Dong Yexi felt that what he held in his hands were not a few light pieces of paper, but the weight of his mother's love. He could tell from the attitudes of the deceased Dong Ye Hai and the arrested Dong Ye Xia Jiang and Dong Ye Zhao that the original owner was not happy at home. He could only rely on the few relics left by his mother to remember her and the maternal love he had lost.
Dong Yexi put away the documents and decided not to touch the money. It belonged to the original owner and he had no right to use it.
But... he should be considered as part of the eldest brother's brotherhood, right?
Dong Yexi thought with some guilt.
He put the folders back into the box when he noticed a key inside. He picked it up and saw a number engraved on it. He asked, "What key is this?"
Takahashi Takesei explained, "This is the key to the safe at the UBS Japan branch. I don't know what's inside. Your mother has set up a fund to keep it topped up. You have to bring the key and ID in person to access the contents."
Dong Yexi frowned in thought. It was actually being kept in a Swiss bank. It must be something very important, right? He decided to take it out and examine it when he got back. If it was too valuable, he would lock it up along with the contracts.
Dong Yexi wanted to ask about his mother's illness, but unfortunately, Gao Qiaozhusheng didn't know either. He only remembered that when Fei Xiyu handed these things to him, she was already very thin, and two months later, he learned that she had passed away.
"Senior left in such a hurry." Takahashi Takesho said.
Dong Yexi thought: She has time to make so many arrangements, she must have anticipated this.
However, it turned out that his mother was a senior of Takahashi Takesho. Combining the way he looked at him and the way he spoke of his mother, he felt that this uncle must have been a fan of his mother.
Takahashi Takesho didn't say much about reminiscence. As time passed, no matter how beautiful the people were in his memory, all he could do was sigh when he recalled them now.
Higashino Hiroshi brought a small suitcase, the issued certificate, and returned to the hotel with Hatori Yui.
Mao Lilan and the others haven't come back yet. They were in such a hurry last night that they didn't get to enjoy the fireworks show, so they'll be back a little later tonight.
Seeing Higashino Hiroshi was silent all the way, Hatori Yuiichi thought that the senior was depressed because he was thinking about his deceased mother. He was a little at a loss, not knowing how to comfort him.
He had never even seen his parents. If his aunt hadn't told him something, he would have thought he had no parents.
So, Hatori Yui could only raise his hand and gently stroke the back of Higashino Xi's neck.
Higashino Xi: ...He has wanted to say it for a long time. Hatori Yui always touches him like this. Does he think he is a cat?
He said with a helpless smile, "I'm fine." He was just thinking about his parents.
When he first traveled to another world, he often wondered what had become of his former self. Had he died suddenly? Fortunately, he had an older brother, and his parents were taken care of. But as time went on, his thoughts about his time before traveling became less and less frequent.
He felt that he might be a little heartless, or maybe he had been worrying about his life since traveling through time and had no energy to think about it.
But after receiving the small box from the original owner's mother today, he found that his feelings towards his relatives had turned into a faint regret, and even his impression of them had become a little vague.
His feelings for his own parents are actually not as great as his longing for the original owner's mother?
She's not his biological mother, what does he miss?
Dong Yexi couldn't help feeling a little panicked when he thought of this.
Is this because he is such a cold person, or is there something else going on? Will he completely forget the feelings he had before the time travel? What will happen then?
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