The room’s furnishing was very simple, nevertheless, as a whole, it gave people quite a serene feeling.
Inside the room, Naoko went straight to a cabinet on her own initiative. She opened the first drawer and took out a tea cup, a teapot and a can of tea. Then she walked to the next room to brew the tea.
Soon, after the tea was ready, she poured a cup and placed it in front of the elderly. And then she poured one for Lei Yin and herself.
After drinking the tea, Naoko knelt behind the elderly and began to gently massage her shoulders. As she rubbed the elderly, Naoko said, “Grandma, because so ti ago I published a number of articles in a magazine, the Japanese Association of Young Writers invited to participate in their annual young writers’ conference in Nagoya. Taking advantage of that, we’ve co here to see you. How are you recently?”
“I am fine. What about your father and mother, are they okay?”
Naoko answered, “Father was still very busy with works, but they are in good health. Big brother and brother are also well.”
“Then what about you?”
“I am fine. Please don’t worry about .”
The elderly nodded in satisfaction, “Then I can rest assured. Naoko, why don’t you introduce to this young man.”
Naoko imdiately blushed, totally afraid to look at Lei Yin. She leaned over and whispered in the elderly’s ear, “Grandma, he is the man I have been waiting for.”
Hearing the reply from her granddaughter, the elderly quietly watched Lei Yin. After a while, she suddenly said to him, “Please take care of Naoko.”
Lei Yin seriously replied, “I will. Please don’t worry about it.”
“Grandma... thank you!” Hearing her grandmother’s response, Naoko was pleasantly surprised. Just then she was worried about her grandmother’s perception of Lei Yin, but now she felt relieved.
The elderly did not ask about Lei Yin’s career, family, or other problems, but just casually talking with him about trivial things in life. Seeing their interaction, Naoko beca jubilant and thus acted like a pampered little girl, which she rarely showed, smiling without care by Lei Yin’s side.
After talking for quite a while, a burst of quarrel ca from the store outside.
Hearing this loud argunt, the elderly slightly frowned.
“Grandma, let’s go outside and see what happened, okay?” Naoko said to her.
The elderly nodded and stood up.
When the three walked into the shop, they saw a thirty-sothing-year-old man was arguing with Ikehakura Soshi.
At this ti, the man angrily exclaid, “Are you kidding , I know that thing is definitely here, why don’t you take it out.”
“I am sorry, Sir, we really don’t have the thing you said.”
“That’s bullsh*t. I know you must have hidden it.”
“Sir, please be reasonable, how could we give you sothing that we don’t have?”
That man was furious, “Call your boss, I want to personally ask him.”
Ikehakura Soshi beca sowhat impatient, “The last ti you ca here, I have clearly told you that we don’t have it here, but you don’t believe it. How many tis do I need to say it?”
“You lied to , bastard. Just call your boss here!” The man heavily slamd the table with his palm.
“I am the boss here, how can I help you?” The elderly walked over and said to the man.
“You’re the boss here? Are your surna Kigo?”
“Yes, I am.”
At this ti, Ikehakura Soshi went over to the elderly, leaned over and whispered to her.
After hearing to what she said, the elderly carefully looked at the man and after a while, said, “Sir, can you tell why you insist this shop has the thing that you’re looking for?”
At this ti, the man has a very complicated look, as if he was struggling to decide about sothing. After a while, he deeply looked at the elderly and said, “I am sorry, excuse .” After he finished saying, he turned around and walked out of the antique store.
Unable to believe the man so easily left, Ikehakura Soshi couldn’t help but feel surprised.
“Grandma, what is the thing that man looking for?” Naoko asked.
After withdrawing her gaze from that man’s back, the elderly said, “He was looking for the sacred Katana.”
“Katana? Do you an the Katana at the shrine in the little room in the eastern part of the house?” Naoko said is a surprise.
“Yes. The two of you co with .” With that, she walked back inside the house.
The elderly took them to a locked small room that looked like a utility room at the eastern corner of the house.
“Naoko, do you rember this room?” At this point, the elderly suddenly said.
Naoko replied, “Of course I rember. Moreover, I also rember that you warned to never co close to this room, under no circumstances, much less to go in.”
The elderly did not speak again. Instead, she took out a key and used the key to open the door.
After she opened the door, the elderly said, “Co with .”
The room was dark. Apart from the door, the only source of light ca from one small window. Because it was never opened for a long ti, the room was filled with a faint musty sll.
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