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Nakano Satsuki's eyes lit up, and she skillfully scrambled onto the train like a fish to grab a seat.
Yotsuba Nakano is exactly the same.
Even Ichika and Nino, who were behind them, skillfully squeezed into the train after arriving and found advantageous positions to sit or stand.
Luo Chen was only a step too late to get on the bus, and it was too late. He was squeezed to the doorway. Of course, another person who liked to wear headphones suffered the same fate as him.
Because Nakano Miku had been wearing headphones the whole time, it was already late when she noticed the train arriving. Even if she wanted to squeeze into a better spot, it was too late, and she was even a step behind Luo Chen.
She could only squeeze into a super narrow and cramped little space at the subway entrance. When the train doors closed, Nakano Miku hurriedly shrank back.
Swish~!
Without veering too far, I fell right into a broad and warm embrace!
P.S.: The five Nakano sisters wish everyone a Happy New Year! (Six!)
Chapter 328 Things I've Loved Again
"Oto-chan, I never expected to run into you here. I thought we'd lost touch ever since we parted ways at the training course..."
In a café in the rest area of the Kieisha club in Chiyoda Ward, Kiyotaki Keika and Murasame-sensei sat down facing each other.
Ms. Murasame gave a bitter smile, holding her coffee in both hands, and said, "We'll never see each other again, right? After all, I was so cowardly back then."
"how come!"
Kiyotaki Keika quickly stopped her, saying, "Oto-chan is also a very strong person. No one understands Oto-chan's helplessness back then better than me."
Ms. Murasame shook her head helplessly, no longer arguing with Kiyotaki Keika about these things, and instead asked, "Keika, what brings you to this place? Are you a contestant?"
Kiyotaki Keika nodded shyly and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I guess so, but I was eliminated in the first round."
Kiyotaki Keika felt ashamed, but Murasame-sensei didn't feel that way at all. At the same time, because of this inquiry, a fact was confirmed, and she felt even more ashamed.
"I didn't expect you to keep going all this time, Guixiang..." Teacher Murasame sighed softly, looking down with admiration. "Regardless of anything else, you are far superior to me, Guixiang. If someone like you like Guixiang feels embarrassed, then how can someone like me feel comfortable?"
"Oto-chan, it's not that exaggerated. Even if I keep persisting, I'll still be an idiot in the end."
Even in front of her closest former best friend, Kiyotaki Keika didn't hold back and frankly stated a fact that was actually very cruel to her: "After all, even today, I still haven't succeeded in getting a boyfriend."
Teacher Murasame smiled wryly, took a sip of her coffee, and said, "Kiss, let's not discuss these things anymore, otherwise I'll only feel more and more ashamed and hate my own incompetence back then."
Kiyotaki Keika pursed her lips, hesitated slightly, and then understood Murasame-sensei's thoughts, so she stopped mentioning it.
"But, Oto-chan, what are you doing here? I think I just saw an elementary school student? That student is amazing, he's won two games in a row, right?" Kiyotaki Keika changed the subject.
"Yes, that's love."
The shame on Teacher Murasame's face finally faded a bit, replaced by a strong sense of pride. She smiled and said, "Since I left the training association and stopped learning Go altogether, I joined a JS training institution and have been teaching elementary school students general knowledge. Ai is one of my students this year, and she is a super outstanding child."
"Ai~, Miss Hinatsuru Ai?" Kiyotaki Keika didn't really know much about Hinatsuru Ai, because she was always studying shogi diligently, even though she hadn't made any progress.
"To be honest with you, Keika, this time, our ultimate goal is to win the Kurashiki wisteria flower competition!" Ms. Murasame said proudly.
Kiyotaki Keika smiled and said, "I wish you success in winning the championship."
"Thank you."
Ms. Murasame raised her coffee cup and clinked it with Kiyotaki Keika's, as if they were drinking together.
"However, seeing how you are now, I feel much more at ease. It seems you've found something you can love again."
Kiyotaki Keika chuckled and teased, "You have no idea how startled I was when I first saw you with your eyes full of tears, crying your eyes out."
Ms. Murasame blushed and quickly stopped her, saying, "Don't mention it. It's because I was reminded of my own incompetence, and how I heartlessly abandoned you, Keika, and left you there. Otherwise, why would I have cried so much? I haven't cried in a long time."
"Really? I even played a part in making Oto-chan cry?" Kiyotaki Keika chuckled, her eyes crinkling with a teasing smile.
"Yeah, what else did you think?"
Ms. Murasame smiled and said, "But it's all good now. Fate has brought us together again. We can add each other's contact information and continue to hang out together."
Kiyotaki Keika's eyes lit up. After being prompted by Murasame-sensei, she also became somewhat expectant and hurriedly asked, "By the way, Oto-chan, which ward in Tokyo is your JS Research Institute located in? Perhaps we will be very close to each other in the future. I have good news for you. Although I was eliminated, I will stay in Tokyo to study for the next six months."
Ms. Murasame immediately explained, "I'm from Adachi Ward, and you're Katsura?"
"Adachi???"
Kiyotaki Keika was clearly taken aback; a look of utter surprise appeared on her gentle and mature face.
Ms. Murasame blinked, her throat dry as she asked, "It's not that far, is it?"
After saying that, she quickly changed her words, put on a smile again, and patted Kiyotaki Keika's shoulder to comfort her: "But it doesn't matter if it's far away, I can just come to see you every time. Don't worry, our young master is very good to me, and the new housekeeper is growing up, so I can leave work early and go to Keika's place!"
Kiyotaki Keika shook her head, both amused and exasperated, and said, "~Oto-chan, it's not because of the distance, but rather..."
"And what is it?" Murasame-sensei's heart skipped a beat, thinking that she was about to lose the happy opportunity to drink and chat with Kiyotaki Keika every day.
Kiyotaki Keika murmured, "Oto-chan, actually, after I leave Chiyoda, the place I'm going to is also the Adachi Ward JS Research Institute..."
Ms. Murasame was dumbfounded: "What?!"
……
...
Kyoto, Kiriya Station.
"Hurry! Hurry up! The foghouse is just ahead, let's go quickly, or we might not be able to get a spot!"
After getting off the train, Yotsuba Nakano was the most lively. She raised her hand high to remind everyone and happily skipped and hopped ahead to lead the way.
Nakano Ichika, Nakano Nino, and Nakano Satsuki were in the same group as Luo Chen, walking at a leisurely pace.
Nino Nakano said calmly to Yotsuba, who was running ahead, "Yotsuba, just be quiet for a while. Even if the Kiriya is really packed, the young master who invited us to dinner is now the true owner of the Kiriya. We can just kick them all out."
"puff!"
Nakano Satsuki's lips twitched violently. She hurriedly ran over and covered Nakano Nino's mouth, spitting and cursing under her breath, "Nino! If you can't speak properly, then shut up! Listen to what you're saying!"
"Waaah~!" Nakano Nino resisted defiantly, trying to break free from Nakano Satsuki and argue with her about why she wasn't speaking human language.
Nakano Ichika was extremely embarrassed. After receiving a signal from Nakano Satsuki, she hurriedly bowed repeatedly to Luo Chen and explained, "Young Master, Nino didn't mean it. Please don't take it to heart!"
Chapter 329 My daughter is in your care
"It's nothing." Luo Chen shook his head, somewhat speechless.
To be honest, he really knew Nakano Nino's personality inside and out.
A pure tsundere who cares deeply about the relationship between the five sisters, even to the point of being overly stubborn; and a fool who, once she discovers someone she likes, immediately transforms into a love-struck prodigious person.
However, if someone acts so arrogantly on the first meeting, it still makes you want to punch them!
Regardless of the reason, I just want to punch him!!
"Woooooo~!"
Ahead, Nakano Satsuki was still controlling Nino, preventing her from saying anything out of line or uttering anything incongruous.
How could someone like this become a leader in the Japanese Go world at such a young age? Putting everything else aside, his magnanimous character alone is something that ordinary people can hardly match.
"It seems May has really met a remarkable person," Nakano Ichika thought to herself.
Luo Chen, who wasn't as magnanimous as Nakano Ichika had imagined, received a phone call just before arriving at the Kiriya.
"Kiyotaki Tsuna 003... Master Kiyotaki?"
Luo Chen was slightly surprised when he saw the caller ID.
He and Kiyotaki Kansuke exchanged contact information when Sora Ginko first came to the JS Research Institute, but they never contacted each other again.
"This sudden call, could it be related to the Celebrity Tournament?" Luo Chen narrowed his eyes and turned to Nakano Ichika, saying, "Miss Ichika, you go in first, I'll go make a call."
"Eh?"
Nakano Ichika scratched her short hair and hurriedly said, "Let's wait for you outside the restaurant. After all, it's not so easy to get into a place like this."
"Whatever." Luo Chen didn't mind, answered the phone, and walked to the side. "Hello? Master Qinglong, why did you suddenly think of calling me?"
"Hehe, Brother Luo Chen, it's been a long time." Even in his fifties, Kiyotaki Tsuna was very composed, which was evident from his laughter.
"It's been a long time. After the Celebrity Tournament, I will definitely visit you with Yinzi at Christmas," Luo Chen said with a smile.
His pairing with Sora Ginko was mainly due to Kiyotaki Tsunasuke, and Luo Chen naturally wanted to express his gratitude on this basis.
"The next generation of celebrities... Master Kiyotaki, isn't it a bit too early to say that? The Celebrity Tournament has only just passed the first round." Luo Chen said modestly.
"Really? But I have high hopes for you, kid. That game where you beat Uchimura Takuto 8th dan in 24 moves was absolutely amazing!" Kiyotaki Kansuke had clearly been watching the Kyoto Meijin Tournament closely, and he was now talking at length.
Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, curious after hearing Kiyotaki Kōsuke's words: "Judging from what Master Kiyotaki said, it seems that this call to me wasn't about the current Celebrity Tournament. Is there something else?"
"Cough cough cough cough!" Kiyotaki Kansuke suddenly coughed a few times, as if he had choked, and his voice began to carry a hint of embarrassment and awkwardness, "Um, Brother Luo Chen,"
Luo Chen smiled and said, "Master Qinglong, just say what you want to say. We're practically family, so if there's anything I can do, I'll do my best to help."
"I'm relieved to hear Brother Luo Chen's words." Kiyotaki Tsunayoshi smiled wryly and said, "Actually, it concerns my daughter, Guixiang."
cinnamon?
Qingtaki Guixiang? !
A name popped into Luo Chen's mind, along with the image of a mature, elegant, and sexy older sister next door with chestnut hair and a hot figure.