The debut battle is over, and it’s almost time for Chihiro Higashino to go on vacation.
However, before the holiday, there is one very, very important thing.
That was the qualifying match in July. This was not only the first qualifying match for Manchester City's Tea House after joining the team, but also an agreement between him and Cao Shangfei.
Chapter 115: Fulfilling the Promise
After recruiting Manchester City Tea House into the team, Chihiro Higashino conducted a comprehensive analysis of Manchester City Tea House and finally concluded that she was a more pure long-distance player.
Although Manchester City Tea House's adaptability in the middle distance is not bad, it is still far behind its peers such as Flying on the Grass and Condor.
Therefore, her future competition plan is more obvious, focusing on pure long-distance competitions, rather than two-way competitions of middle-distance and long-distance like the previous Xiaohaiwan and the next Miyu.
The long-distance trials that Manchester City Tea House registered for this time are also 2800 races.
Then there was the grass flying that was the focus of Higashino Chihiro this time. She chose to sign up for the 2000-meter grass race, exactly the same as the last time.
"Oh, after this tryout is over, I can go out and play happily."
Mitsuji Okino stretched lazily. If the selection competition had not required all trainers to be present, he might have already bought a ticket to Hokkaido for vacation.
"Even if it's just a formality, you have to be a little more serious."
Nanban smiled slightly. Naturally, he would spend this holiday with his girlfriend just like before.
"By the way, Minamisaka, when are you and Iwae getting married?" Higashino Chihiro looked at Minamisaka jokingly and said, "When you get married, don't forget me and Okino-senpai. We're both waiting to attend your banquet."
Nanban smiled and said, "It will be soon. When the time comes, both of you must give the same gifts."
"You will definitely not be missing."
Higashino Chihiro was about to change the topic to Okino Mitsuji, but how could the other party not know what Higashino Chihiro was thinking? "I know what you are thinking, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later, so you should be prepared to bleed heavily when the time comes."
Higashino Chihiro just smiled. Fumuya Sara, who was standing beside them, couldn't help but cover her lips with the folder in her hand and laughed when she heard the three of them chatting and joking.
The morning race was still the mile race, and none of them had anything to focus on here… so apart from watching the race seriously, they were just chatting and joking the rest of the time, and they didn’t talk much about the horse girls on the race field just now.
In the afternoon, the expressions of several people became more serious, and they focused their eyes on...
Enter the horse girl who will appear.
Chihiro Higashino was particularly serious, because this match was exactly the one that Flying Grass was going to play, and what a coincidence that one of Flying Grass’s opponents this time... was the horse girl who had narrowly defeated Flying Grass by a head difference last time.
In the middle of the game, Cao Shangfei did not rush to the front like he did in the previous game, but quietly waited for the opportunity.
And this opportunity, right at the last bend, Cao Shangfei suddenly accelerated halfway through the bend...
With his powerful last kick, he rushed from the middle position to the front and maintained his position until the finish line. In the end, he succeeded in revenge with a lead of three lengths.
Seeing Cao Shangfei's powerful last kick, even the trainers who had been rejected many times by Cao Shangfei were moved again and climbed over the guardrails and ran towards Cao Shangfei.
Cao Shangfei, who was surrounded by trainers, did not refuse as quickly and neatly as he did last time, nor did he leave directly. This made the trainers seem to see hope, and they began to talk about their promises.
Higashino Chihiro was pushed on the left and squeezed on the right, and she couldn't say a word. Are these guys doing this on purpose? They squeezed me whenever I wanted to speak.
Just as the wrinkles on Higashino Chihiro's forehead were getting bigger and bigger, and he was about to force his way out, Cao Shangfei walked towards him with a smile...
The trainers thought she still chose to refuse to leave, so they made way for her.
"Thanks for coming to the game, Trainer."
Higashino Chihiro rubbed her arm that had been squeezed for a long time and said with a smile: "I'm here to invite you again."
Cao Shangfei chuckled and bowed slightly, "Yes, then, please allow me to introduce myself again. My name is Cao Shangfei, and I appreciate your guidance."
Cao Shangfei's words surprised the trainers who had not left yet. When did this kid Higashino Chihiro convince Cao Shangfei?
Didn’t it say that Cao Shangfei didn’t plan to find a trainer? Didn’t it say that Cao Shangfei rejected Higashino Chihiro? Why is this happening?
Even if they have more doubts now, Higashino Chihiro and Kusagami Tobi will not answer them.
After handing the prepared signing form to Cao Shangfei, and after the other party signed his name, Higashino Chihiro still needed to continue watching the game...
So he asked Xin Xin Guang Hui to help him hand in this form to the Student Union... and by the way, he took Cao Shang Fei to show him the training room and his office.
Of course, she also needs to get to know her future teammates well.
"When did you recruit Grassfly?"
Nanban couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Hasn't Higashino Chihiro been busy recruiting Manchester City teahouses during this period...
He often saw Chihiro Higashino walking towards the training ground at night after giving instructions on the team's training.
Moreover, I haven’t heard anyone say that Dongye had contact with Cao Shangfei many times. Why was he recruited so suddenly?
Higashino Chihiro smiled and said, "Of course it's because I'm more capable. There's nothing I can do about it. Charming people are just like that."
"Go, go, go, I'm talking to you seriously. I also want to see if there is anything I can learn."
Bunya Sara, who was standing aside, also looked at Higashino Chihiro with his eyes open, wanting to learn something from him.
It was obviously impossible for her to replicate the trick she used to recruit Xingyun Tiankong a second time... Besides, he was lucky because Xingyun Tiankong's personality was not like Cao Shangfei's... Otherwise, she might not be able to recruit him even if she pestered him until he retired.
Seeing their thirst for knowledge, Higashino Chihiro did not hide it. There was no technique involved anyway, it was all emotion.
The next day, the Manchester City Tea House trials began. She also used her last-foot advantage to catch up with the leading horse girl in the last straight line and overtook her, eventually winning with a two-length advantage.
The end of the trials also means that the trainers can take a break from their work for some time. Next up is a rare half-month vacation for the trainers.
And Higashino Chihiro also followed the horse girls in her team...
Together they went to a mysterious country that they had not visited for a long time.
Chapter 116 Grandparents
"Oh... Is this the capital? There are so many people..."
After exiting the subway and arriving at the most prosperous area of the capital, the horse girls seemed very curious about the huge crowds of people on the streets.
Little Chestnut was also looking around, his little nose twitching, as if he had smelled something delicious.
"There are many people in the capital, so don't get separated. Let's go to the place we reserved before and put down the gifts, and then go out for a walk."
Since there are so many people traveling this time, it is impossible for Higashino Chihiro to take care of them all. Fortunately, Maruzenski, Mejiro Aldan and others are very reliable and can help look after them.
After putting everything away, Higashino Chihiro looked at the many horse girls in front of her and said:
"I'm going to visit my grandparents and the master chef later... so I may not have time to hang out with you these two days... but Maruzen, Aldan, Miuhao and Xiaokua can all speak Chinese, so you will have no problem following them."
Hearing what the trainer said, Mejiro Aldan and the others wanted to ask to go with him, but when they thought about following the trainer rashly...
His grandparents' family is not very good. If he leaves, the others in Dragon Country will be like a combination of blind and deaf people, so...
"If there's no particular place you'd like to go, come visit with me."
Because Manchester City Tea House herself said that her health has not been good since childhood, and after Higashino Chihiro examined her, there was not much she could do and she could only slowly adjust her condition.
Originally, he wanted to call his mother to ask, but then he thought that he was about to arrive in Longguo, so why ask his mother? Wouldn’t it be better to just ask the chef and his grandparents directly?
Manchester City Tea House was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
She didn't seem to care about traveling to Longguo. She could go anywhere... Anyway, it was just to cater to everyone's collective action. Even if she stayed alone in the hotel reading books for a few days, she was fine with it.
The horse racing girls who had originally felt sorry that they could not go with him, looked at him with expectant eyes after hearing what Higashino Chihiro said.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't tell me you want to go too?"
Seeing that Mejiro Aldan, Super Bay, Maruzenski and others kept nodding, Higashino Chihiro rubbed his forehead and said:
"If you all go, what will happen to the others? I think Little Limao and the others have been wanting to run out and play for a long time."
When Xiao Limao was called, he was about to nod, but someone tapped his waist. He immediately said, "Actually, I also want to go see Torena's grandparents."
With a helpless sigh, Higashino Chihiro said, "Okay, then come with me. Fortunately, my grandparents' house is big enough, otherwise it really can't accommodate so many of you."
As the horse girl with outstanding appearance walked out of the hotel, Chihiro Higashino received countless murderous looks along the way.
But he had received many such looks in Japan, and they were totally harmless...
If she wasn't worried about attracting the police, Higashino Chihiro would even want to taunt her, but they didn't dare to do anything anyway.
There are a group of horse girls on our side, and they can't withstand a punch from each of them.
"It's just ahead."
Leading many horse girls into a community full of books and literature, filled with courtyard houses, Higashino Chihiro came to a door and knocked gently a few times.
"Here you are...?"
"Hello, I am……"
"Isn't this Chihiro? How come you suddenly came back today without even calling me?"
An old lady walked up quickly and patted Higashino Chihiro on the shoulder. She was very happy to see her grandson in such good spirits.
"Xiaochun, this is my grandson. He hasn't been back for many years."
Grandma looked at Chihiro Higashino and was very happy.
She hasn't seen Chihiro Higashino for many years. Ever since the boy entered junior high school, he has never come to see them again. He would only call her occasionally to see what she looks like. Otherwise, she would not recognize Chihiro Higashino now.
"these are……"
Grandma looked behind Higashino Chihiro, it was hard not to notice the dozen or so young and beautiful horse girls.
"These are the horse girls in my training team at Tresen College. They heard that I wanted to visit you today, so they followed along."
With that, Higashino Chihiro turned to the curious horse girls behind him and said, "This is my grandmother."
As soon as the words fell, everyone immediately bowed and said, "Hello, Grandma!"
Higashino Chihiro: "..."
"Okay, everyone come in and sit down. Don't stand outside in the sun."
The courtyard house of Higashino Chihiro's grandmother is very big, and usually only the old couple lives there, so people don't feel it is cramped when they walk in.
"Yeah! Chihiro is back?"
A white-haired old man saw someone coming in, put down the newspaper in his hand, got up from the recliner and walked over.
"Well, not bad. You look fine, but you still look like you often stay up late. You need to be more careful. You can't squander your body recklessly just because you are still young. You need to..."
The grandfather on the side pulled Chihiro Higashino and started nagging, and the grandmother on the other side also happily entertained these horse girls.
Originally, Sakura Chiyo and the others were worried that they couldn't speak Dragon language and wouldn't be able to understand what their grandmother was saying, which would be a bit awkward...but their grandmother suddenly spoke fluent Neon language, which surprised them and made them a little shocked.
"Don't be surprised. It's because my daughter ran away to Neon. We old couple usually have nothing to do at home except practicing medicine, so we learned some Neon language. When we go to visit her... when we travel there, we don't need her to follow us all the time."
Grandma wanted to pour some tea for the girls, but Mejiro Aldan and Kusagami Tobi quickly snatched the work from her hands.
After taking a sip of tea, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that these two girls had such attainments in making tea. It was really rare.
She is an old lady and usually stays at home...
The best thing was chatting with old men or people hired to help with cleaning and cooking, but life was pretty boring.
Now that her grandson has brought so many people here, it's a good opportunity for her to relax, chat with them, and get to know them...
Some of my grandson’s work outside.
Chapter 117 Take It All Home
I thought that after not seeing my grandparents for a long time, they would greet me with concern and care...
Chihiro Higashino has already calculated in her mind countless times how to reject her grandparents' kindness.
But what I didn't expect was that this time when I came back, I was scolded.
After being held back and scolded by grandpa for most of the day, it was finally time to eat. Because I didn't tell them in time that Little Chestnut had a big appetite, I had to go out to buy some food and was nagged by grandma.
"There's one more thing. Go back now and cancel your hotel reservation and move all your luggage here. It's not like we don't have enough room here, so why do you have to stay in a hotel?"
Hearing her grandmother's words, Higashino Chihiro laughed and said, "Hey, I'm just afraid of disturbing you, grandma, and I can't move so much luggage by myself."
"What do you mean by disturbing or not disturbing? I wish I could be disturbed more often!"
Grandma glared at Higashino Chihiro and said, "Then, if you can't move it, just get a car and ask someone to help you move it. Don't you know this?"
"Go quickly, I'll have a good chat with you in the evening."
Originally, Maruzenski and the others wanted to go with Chihiro Higashino... but they were stopped by their grandmother, who said that it was just a small matter and they could just go by themselves, and they should stay here as she would check their bodies one by one later.
After taking great pains to bring back all the luggage, Higashino Chihiro heard her grandfather say that her grandmother was checking in the inner courtyard with people, so she got up and went to the master chef's house not far from her grandfather's house.
After seeing Chihiro Higashino, she also started nagging for a while. It was only when Chihiro Higashino said that she had brought all her team members here and was at home, and wanted the chef to help take a look, that she stopped talking and followed Chihiro Higashino.
