Upon receiving a call from Chen Yu asking her to keep an eye on Kube Rokuro, Misumi Mikoto felt sowhat surprised.
She certainly knew that Chen Yu and Kube Rokuro were good friends, and it was normal to be concerned about a friend, but the information Chen Yu revealed to her over the phone made Misumi Mikoto feel rather peculiar.
Kube Rokuro had fallen for a female doctor at the hospital? Wasn't that a perfectly normal thing? Why would Mr. Chen Yu ask her to keep an eye on Kube Rokuro and yet not let him know?
Despite not being one to indulge in gossip, having Tokairin Yuko, a woman who loved to chatter about all sorts of rumors around her, made Misumi Mikoto quite alert to these matters.
Was there sothing fishy about this female doctor, and Chen Yu was afraid that Kube Rokuro might be taken advantage of, so he wanted her to watch over him?
Or could it be that the female doctor wanted to take advantage of the fact that Kube Rokuro was Professor Kube's son to achieve so ulterior motive, or maybe she just wanted to marry Kube Rokuro to beco the daughter-in-law of the professor's family?
Or even more conspiratorially, did the female doctor know about Chen Yu, the Transcendent's, identity and wanted to get close to Chen Yu through Kube Rokuro?
Perhaps because Kube Rokuro's image was too harmless, in all the possibilities Misumi Mikoto considered, she subconsciously placed him in the position of the victim and never considered the possibility that Chen Yu was worried about the female doctor being hurt by Kube Rokuro.
It might have been because she usually focused her energy on work, and was criticized by Tokairin Yuko for not being womanly, but Misumi Mikoto thought for a long ti and still couldn't figure out why Chen Yu had called her to pay attention to Kube Rokuro.
Unable to co to a conclusion, Misumi Mikoto had no choice but to seek help from Tokairin Yuko.
"You're saying Rokuro has a crush on one of the female doctors at Professor Chen Yu's hospital, but now Professor Chen Yu is asking you to monitor Rokuro?" Inside the changing room, when Tokairin Yuko heard Misumi Mikoto's explanation, her eyes imdiately lit up, sensing the scent of gossip.
"It's not monitoring. The teacher just asked to pay more attention to Mr. Kube on a regular basis and to inform him in case anything happens," Misumi Mikoto imdiately denied Tokairin Yuko's wild guess and reiterated to her firmly, "It's just a matter of concern between friends!"
"Hehehe! Of course, it's normal for Professor Chen Yu to be concerned about Rokuro, but why does he want you to keep an eye on this?" Tokairin Yuko wasn't interested in quibbling over the choice of words with Misumi Mikoto, she was just excitedly guessing Chen Yu's intentions, "For one thing, Professor Chen Yu must know this female doctor that Rokuro likes. He senses there's sothing unsuitable between the two of them, so he wants you, iqin, to keep an eye on Rokuro. If they want to go on a date or sothing, Chen Yu can be inford in ti to act accordingly."
"Um... Maybe Mr. Kube's dad knows about it, and he asked Mr. Chen Yu to keep an eye on it? That's also a possibility, isn't it?" Misumi Mikoto brought up a different view, perhaps to refute Tokairin Yuko, or simply to analyze the possible situation.
Upon hearing this, Tokairin Yuko shook her head and disagreed, "It's not very likely. The relationship between Rokuro and his dad isn't good. If his dad thought it was inappropriate, he would directly tell that female doctor to stay away from his son!"
As she said this, Tokairin Yūko purposefully imitated Professor Kube whom she had seen before, speaking in a rough voice as she pointed at Misumi Mikoto, "Break off your relationship with my son this instant! Otherwise, leave this hospital!"
"..." Misumi Mikoto wordlessly looked at Tokairin Yūko putting on an act, shook her head, and then said, "If it were that way, Professor Kube would definitely have asked a teacher to persuade the female doctor, he wouldn't be so direct."
"That makes sense," Tokairin Yūko nodded her head, stroking her chin and imitating the classic pose of Furuhata Ninzaburo as she deduced, "So, Professor Chen Yu might be considering the friendship and that's why he asked you to pay attention to Rokuro, to understand the progress of his relationship with that female doctor, and to find a way to convince Professor Kube?"
"Considering the relationship between the teacher and Mr. Kube, he would probably do sothing like that, but the way teacher talked, it didn't seem like that was what he was thinking..." Misumi Mikoto also fell into thought, unconsciously adopting the pose of Sugishita Ukyo.
"iqin, since when have you started calling Professor Chen Yu 'teacher'? I've been hearing you say that a lot recently and I haven't really noticed," Tokairin Yūko suddenly seed to discover sothing as she looked at Misumi Mikoto, getting very interested in her way of addressing Chen Yu, as if she had found so new gossip.
"Eh? No way! I've always called him that! After all, he's a professor, and calling him 'teacher' is a sign of respect!" Misumi Mikoto hurriedly fobbed her off, while also steering the conversation elsewhere, "I think teacher must have felt sothing was off about the female doctor, which is why he asked to pay attention to Mr. Kube, to prevent him from getting hurt."
"Uh-huh, right, with Rokuro's personality, just a little bit of trick from a woman would be enough to make him head over heels, wouldn't it? It's normal for Professor Chen Yu to be worried about him getting hurt," having been sidetracked by Misumi Mikoto, Tokairin Yūko forgot to ask about why she called Chen Yu 'teacher' and instead started praising Rokuro, "To be able to stay down-to-earth at a place like UDI, Rokuro is really outstanding! Plus, he's honest, and has a kind heart, he's truly a rare good man!"
"If you think Mr. Kube is so great, why don't you pursue him? Like you said, just a bit of scheming and he'd be completely enchanted, right?" Misumi Mikoto looked at Tokairin Yūko curiously, as with her inclination towards socializing at mixers, it seed unlikely she'd pass up soone as good as Rokuro.
However, hearing Misumi Mikoto say this, Tokairin Yūko suddenly started to fake cry, "But I'm older than Rokuro!"
"All right, all right, don't cry, don't cry!" Seeing Tokairin Yūko fake crying, Misumi Mikoto comforted her helplessly, "Let's take care of Mr. Kube's matter first, I'll ask teacher to introduce you to a male doctor at their hospital later, okay?"
"Really?" Upon hearing Misumi Mikoto's promise, Tokairin Yūko quickly looked at her.
"Really! Truly! I'll definitely introduce you next ti," Misumi Mikoto hurriedly assured her.
With Misumi Mikoto's assurance, Tokairin Yūko stopped the fake crying on her face and brought the topic back to Rokuro, "So, how are we going to monitor Rokuro?"
"I've already said it's paying attention, not monitoring!" Misumi Mikoto corrected Tokairin Yūko, but she also felt troubled about what to do, "For now, let's just take more care of him and see what he normally does."
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