Chapter 156: Trip to Nagano (First appearance)
Chapter 156: Trip to Nagano (First appearance)
Miss Kawamoto Aoi's house is nearby. Just turn the corner from Nagao's house at 5-chome and cross an alley to get there. It takes less than ten minutes to go there and back.
Kawamoto Aoi and Tsushima walked side by side in front, talking and laughing. Midorikawa Hikaru followed behind the two ladies, listening silently to their casual chat.
"We're here. My house is in front. My father makes wood carvings. The house may be a little messy, so please don't mind." Kawamoto Aoi pointed to the house not far ahead.
"It's a wood carving! It looks great!"
"Brother, what do you think about me ordering a life-size wooden sculpture of a man with silver hair?"
Tsushima praised him a few words, then turned to ask the person behind him with great interest, his iris-colored eyes sparkling like a curious cat.
Midorikawa thought that the life-size wooden sculpture of a silver-haired man could only be referring to Gin.
Customizing a wooden sculpture of Gin probably means you want Gin to hunt you down until the end of the year!
It is already mid-November and the New Year will be here in just over a month.
Thinking of this, Midorikawa Hikaru roughly calculated that he had been lurking in the organization for three years.
Like a white horse passing by in a crack, it is gone in a flash. *
"Hey~ What do you say, brother~" Tsushima acted coquettishly towards his brother in public, looking at Midorikawa Hikaru with amusement in his eyes, as if he was ready to ask someone to do something bad for him.
Midorikawa Hikaru: ...
——I’m not your brother, please don’t Q!
He didn't want to be hunted by Gin until the end of the year.
If Midorikawa Hikaru doesn't speak up to veto it, he might not have another chance later.
He smiled as warm as spring breeze and rejected Tsushima's nonsense.
"No!"
After hearing this, Tsushima showed a regretful expression, curled his lips, put his hands on his hips and snorted, showing his dissatisfaction vividly.
Kawamoto Aoi looked at the brother and sister and chuckled, joking, "You two have such a good relationship!"
"No way! He always bullies me, meddling in my affairs and not allowing me to eat!" Tsushima said sincerely as he criticized a non-existent brother.
Midorikawa Hikaru didn't get angry. He just listened to the end and then ruthlessly exposed the other party's words, "Are you referring to the fact that I didn't allow you to eat cold foods when you had a stomachache?"
Say it right.
"That's canned crab meat, which is equivalent to the source of life!" she exclaimed in an aria tone.
Midorikawa Hikaru smiled, "So?"
Tsushima: ...
——Humph, those who don’t understand the charm of crab meat will be hated by the Crab Meat God!
Kawamoto Aoi was enjoying the interesting interaction between the two.
After a few steps, I reached the gate and saw a uniformed public official standing on each side of the entrance to Kawamoto Aoi's residence. When I wanted to go forward to ask, I was stopped by the other party who raised his hand to signal me not to approach.
Kawamoto Aoi and Tsushima looked at each other. There was confusion in her eyes. She had no idea what was going on, so she looked at the people around her helplessly.
Tsushima patted the other person's shoulder and motioned for her to ask.
"Gentlemen, this is the home of Miss Kawamoto Aoi. May I ask what happened inside?" Tsushima ignored the prohibiting gesture and walked up to ask.
After hearing this, the two turned around to confirm something with each other. One of them said, "Wait a moment. I'll go ask for instructions and then take you in."
Tsushima nodded and watched the other person run in, probably to inform his superiors of the situation.
"Tsushima-san, I... I have a bad feeling." Kawamoto Aoi, who was waiting anxiously at the door, covered her suddenly panicking chest with one hand, and held the arm of the person next to her with the other, seeking a sense of security.
Tsushima let his arm be grabbed, and patted the other person's back with his free hand, comforting her, "It's okay, Miss Kawamoto, look into my eyes now, don't think about anything, adjust your breathing, follow the rhythm, inhale, exhale..."
Tsushima led his men to do several sets of regular breathing and gradually stabilized the other party's condition.
If I'm not mistaken, Kawamoto Aoi's heart condition is not very good. She looked very pale, her breathing rhythm was too irregular, and her heart rhythm was a little abnormal. It is very likely that she has a heart disease. The details can only be known after a check-up.
After a while, Kawamoto Aoi calmed down, patted her chest and thanked him, "I'm much better, thank you."
"Ms. Kawamoto, have you seen a heart doctor?" Tsushima reminded her directly when he saw that the patient was really stable.
"My heart? I haven't checked it, but my father has heart disease. I occasionally have some chest discomfort. It shouldn't be a big deal, right?" Kawamoto Aoi explained and mentioned her father in passing.
"Is that so? Ms. Kawamoto should check it out when you have time," Tsushima suggested.
"I will, thanks for the reminder." Kawamoto Aoi thanked the other party for his kindness.
Midorikawa Hikaru, who watched Tsushima's actions silently from beginning to end, fell into deep thought.
The two had not been chatting for long when the public official who had left earlier came over with a man.
The man was wearing a dark blue suit and a light blue tie. He was tall, had a mustache, had upturned eyes, obvious double eyelids, and wore white gloves. *
Tsushima looked at the man, and her eyes lit up at his appearance, especially the familiar blue eyes.
——You are so wise!
--elder brother!
Midorikawa Hikaru also noticed the person coming. He didn't expect that meeting Brother Gao Ming again after such a long time would be such an unexpected scene.
He glanced at the man's eyes, which were filled with deep longing. He was his closest brother, and their blood was as close as water.
——Brother Gao Ming, long time no see! You seem to have lost a lot of weight and your hair has grown a lot longer. I wonder if you have been eating well recently.
——Maybe he was too busy with work to take care of it.
Zhu Fu Jingguang had a lot to say to the other party, but he stopped when the other party looked at him.
The two people's eyes met in silence, and in less than three seconds, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked past him first, as if they were meeting for the first time.
The visitor was very smart. He glanced at the three people at the door several times, or rather, his eyes were fixed on the familiar faces at first, and then he looked away without showing any sign of it.
——Don’t do it.
Of course he recognized who was standing at the door. Although his temperament and appearance had changed, it was impossible for an elder brother to not recognize his younger brother.
A brother who depends on each other for survival.
"Officer, what exactly happened in my house?" Kawamoto Aoi asked impatiently.
"Ms. Kawamoto, the incident happened suddenly and we received a call from the police. We learned that Mr. Kawamoto was murdered. We are now searching for the murderer. We hope you will accept my condolences." Zhufu Gaoming explained to her with a serious expression.
This news was undoubtedly a major blow to Kawamoto Aoi.
"How could it be? Father! He...no!" Upon hearing the sad news, Kawamoto Aoi's mood, which had just calmed down, became tense again. She covered her chest, gasped heavily, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably, and she shook her head and sobbed in disbelief.
Tsushima next to her focused his attention on her, and when he found out that someone was not right, he quickly knocked the person out with a knife to prevent her from being too sad, as excessive emotional fluctuations would put a bad strain on the heart.
Tsushima's speed and decisiveness stunned everyone present.
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