Chapter 363: Shiori wants to date?
The registration was completed, and the next step was to go out for dinner with Miyazawa Maki.
After solving the most important problem, Sawayama Haruno felt a lot more relaxed, but he was not the only one who felt happy.
On the other side, in a restaurant in Bunkyo Ward, Mine Shiori was sitting and having dinner with her apprentice whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
After the waiter served all the dishes, she took the lead in caring about the other person's life and asked earnestly, "How is the university application I mentioned before going?"
"It's already been done, but we still have to go through the formalities in January next year."
Ezaki Suguha paused and added, "Master, don't worry about me. After all, I have my kendo results here. That school also hopes to recruit me into their kendo club to replace the existing female college students."
Among the island nation's kendo competitions, the most popular ones are of course the Yulongqi and National Kendo Competitions held at the Budokan. The latter is more of a symbolic competition to showcase their country's national spirit, but if we really talk about competitive events, it has to be the Yulongqi.
But the Yulong Flag is after all aimed at high school students, and there are some competitions that only college students and above can participate in, and Suguha Esaki will still have the opportunity to shine after this.
She started practicing kendo in junior high school and can be said to have defeated all the female players in the island country. She is the TOP1 among the TOP1. Even boys find it difficult to beat Suguha Ezaki in her prime in kendo. After all, not everyone has the unreasonable strength of Haruno Sawayama.
Such a dazzling girl like Suguha Esaki will naturally become a "guest of honor" at major universities wherever she goes. After all, which leader would complain that his or her school has too few honors?
Recruiting Suguha Ezaki is equivalent to buying a powerful kendo trump card for your school, an trump card that can directly touch the crown in university sports events. Special students certainly have the advantages of special students, not to mention in an island country that attaches great importance to sports events.
Similar to kendo, the most famous college competition is the Hakone Ekiden, which is also participated by college students, but one is in kendo and the other in relay race.
"Is this so"
Seeing her apprentice so confident, Mine Shiori slowly felt relieved.
As the other party's former tutor, she was very worried about Ezaki Suguha's terrible academic performance. Fortunately, Ezaki Suguha also had a specialty in kendo, and with this, she was able to be admitted to the university as an exception. It was a blessing in disguise.
The thing that was most worrying had been resolved. Mine Shiori looked at the small portion of steak in front of her, hesitated for a long time, and then asked about another thing that concerned her.
"Um. Is Haruno going to take Mana's sister out today?"
".Um."
Suguha Esaki was keenly aware of what her master wanted to ask, but it was not easy for her to say it. After all, Mine Shiori liked Sawayama Haruno just like she did, and saying it out loud would be too hurtful.
I have joined this family a long time ago, and after getting used to it, I don't have much resistance to Maki and Haruno registering their marriage. But Mine Shiori hasn't officially joined yet, so naturally I can't tell her the truth so bluntly that will make people sad.
Fortunately, Mine Shiori seemed to have accepted this reality. After taking a long breath, she said slowly, "Really? I guessed it because Haruno told me before."
"Suguha knows that we're going to Canada to attend the company's annual meeting soon. He told me about this when I asked Haruno for his identity information to buy the plane ticket. He probably thought it was not good to keep it a secret from me, so he just admitted it."
"How should I put it? I'm very happy that the other party can be so frank. After all, I was mentally prepared from the beginning that this would become an underground relationship."
Mine Shiori paused, her tone showing some disappointment that she couldn't conceal. She said in a calm tone, "I originally thought that there was nothing wrong with doing this with Suguha, but when I think about what happened between Haruno and Mana-sister, I still feel a little sad."
"Master." Ezaki Suguha didn't know what to say.
She really wanted to explain that Haruno would not be biased because of such a thing, but she couldn't say it out loud. After all, from the other party's perspective, this matter seemed understandable.
Finally, after being silent for a long time, Ezaki Suguha could only comfort him: "Don't worry, Haruno is still the same Haruno."
"Ah."
Mine Shiori nodded slightly.
Of course she understood what the other party meant, otherwise she would not have accepted the gift from Sawayama Haruno.
In other words, when she accepted the gift, she had already made sufficient mental preparations, but Sawayama Haruno hurried back to Osaka, and the two of them were unable to further confirm their relationship.
Although we communicate with each other through social platforms every day, online chatting is slightly different from real-life chatting.
If we only chat online, we still can't help but miss each other.
If it were in real life, she would be too shy to tell the other person what she really thought.
So tangled.
Mine Shiori pursed her lips, not knowing what to do.
Such a hesitant look was naturally seen by Ezaki Suguha who was sitting opposite. After just a little thought in her heart, she understood her master's concerns.
So Ezaki Suguha organized his words and asked tentatively, "How long will your annual meeting last?"
"Ok?"
Mine Shiori came back to her senses a little and said without hesitation: "About a week. In fact, the annual meeting is only held on the second to last night. The rest of the time is for company-organized outings."
After all, Kodansha is one of the four major publishing houses in the island country. Backed by a giant like the Otowa Group, its annual meetings are held as richly as possible. Not only are air tickets and accommodation fully included, but various travel activities and entertainment projects are also held, giving everyone a chance to relax at the end of the year.
Of course, you can also choose to leave the main team, return home early or fly there the day before the annual meeting, and this part of the expenses will not be included in the company's reimbursement. After all, it is too troublesome to make an account for you separately, and no one will accept such a thing.
"One week, isn't that plenty of time?"
Suguha Ezaki said softly, "Haruno probably won't be in the mood to work while abroad, so Master should just ask him to have some fun together in Canada."
"Together." Mine Shiori subconsciously clenched the knife and fork in her hands.
To be honest, Suguha Ezaki's suggestion was something she had thought about many times before, but she was always too embarrassed to bring it up. After all, she didn't know what Haruno was thinking, especially after registering her marriage with Maki Miyazawa, she didn't know whether she would feel bored with her.
The shyness that is unique to young girls made her feel embarrassed to speak up in front of the person she liked, let alone invite him to go out and play together.
In the end, after hesitating for a long time, Mine Shiori just said one sentence slowly.
"I'll think about it. I'll talk about it when I get to Canada."
"Master, sometimes you think too much." Ezaki Suguha shook his head and said firmly, "Haruno will definitely not refuse. If you don't invite him, no one knows what the answer will be. In any case, Master should take a small step forward."
"Forward?"
Mine Shiori didn't know how to answer.
Her thoughts were inexplicably confused. Obviously, Suguha was one of Haruno's secret lovers, but now she was encouraging her to date Haruno as soon as possible.
Sure enough, it was because of what happened in Kyoto. Suguha felt a little sorry for taking Haruno away from herself, so she wanted to create an opportunity for herself now?
This was the only result she could think of, and in fact it was almost the same. Suguha Esaki just felt that it would be a bit unfair if Shiori Mine could not join.
After all, Mine Shiori has had a crush on Sawayama Haruno since high school. Although she lost to the Miyazawa sisters twice, that youthful crush has not faded until now. What's more, she has also run away, so it would be a lie to say that she doesn't want to help Mine Shiori.
Besides, with Mine Shiori's weak personality, even if she dated Haruno, it would not have any impact on their current relationship. Instead, it might even make it more stable.
After all, Mana seems to have a good relationship with Mine Shiori, and Ayano Yui should also know Mine Shiori, but they just talk less frequently.
With me managing the situation, and Haruno always upholding the principle of treating everyone equally, there shouldn't be any problem even if there are five people, right?
With some confusion in their hearts, both of them chose to change the topic, but the content that had been discussed before kept lingering in Mine Shiori's mind.
Even after returning home from dinner, her mind was filled with the thought of inviting Haruno to go out and play together.
The petite girl tried to control herself from dwelling on these things, but as Friday slowly approached, the thought was not only not curbed, but became stronger.
Finally, when she was getting ready to leave for the company on Friday morning, Mine Shiori made up her mind.
On the other side, downstairs of a high-end apartment, Maki and her friends were surrounding Sawayama Haruno in a circle, talking about the souvenirs they wanted.
I don't know when the custom of bringing back gifts when traveling far away started, but a few days ago, Maki searched the Internet for Canadian specialty products, and after learning about maple syrup, she pestered Haruno to bring some back.
Unable to convince the others, Sawayama Haruno finally had to agree to their requests one by one. However, before officially setting off, he still looked at Miyazawa Maki with some concern.
"Are you okay for the next few days?"
"What's the problem?" Miyazawa Mana wrinkled her nose and said unhappily, "It won't be a big deal even if I'm alone at home. Besides, Xiao Wei will come to accompany me in the evening."
"Brother, you just worry too much. You might as well worry about Suguha's exam."
Ayano Yui pushed Sawayama Haruno and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, the company's special car has been waiting for a long time, let's get on quickly."
"Remember to behave yourself when I'm not home."
When saying this, Sawayama Haruno was looking at Ezaki Suguha beside him, as if hoping that she could help keep an eye on Maki and Ayano Yui, two unreliable people.
But he changed his mind and thought that Suguha might not have time to pay attention to them. Besides, he would have to move after he came back, so he immediately changed his words and said, "Forget it. Just don't do anything stupid. I'll let you know if I come back early."
"Okay, okay, let's go." Miyazawa Maki urged.
This guy doesn't trust herself at all. Is she the kind of person who would do something stupid?
Well. But, during the days when Haruno was not at home, she did have a little plan. It would be better to say that it was a little plan to go back to the Miyazawa family and show off again.
Even though she had already had dinner with her family when she got the marriage certificate last time, she was too embarrassed to show off the marriage certificate in front of Mana because of her parents and Haruno. This time the other party was on a business trip, so she could just use the excuse to go back and live for a while.
You must be proud of yourself for once, the strong must bully the weak!
It seemed as if Miyazawa Maki had already imagined her sister's defenseless side, and at this moment she couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.
Such a strange scene naturally made Zeshan Haruno a little worried, but the special car sent by the company had been waiting downstairs for a long time, and it was already the time for everyone to gather at the airport. If they were late, the plane would not wait for anyone.
So he had no choice but to give Ayano Yui another look, signaling her to help keep an eye on Maki, and then he got into the car with his suitcase and notebook.
The special car sent by Kodansha was a business Mercedes-Benz. The interior was quite luxurious, and drinking water and snacks were thoughtfully prepared on the back seats.
The driver first confirmed his identity with Sawayama Haruno, then sent a message to the company leader, and then slowly started the car, preparing to drive straight to the airport.
Looking at the scenery rushing backwards around him, Sawayama Haruno, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn't help feeling a little dazed.
There are less than 20 days left until the end of the year, and if nothing unexpected happens, I will find a way to make it clear to Mine Shiori that we both feel the same way during this time. Although I don't know if she will agree to date me, and I don't know if the other girls will agree to this either.
However, this is probably my last plan this year.
Whether successful or not, this year has finally come to an end.
For a moment, even though Zeshan Haruno had rich experience in two lifetimes, he could not believe that he had changed so much in the past year.
After thinking about it carefully, it was because of that rainy night when I found Miyazawa Maki in the back street of the convenience store.
(End of this chapter)
