As expected, Fujiwara Chika fell into the trap:
"Eh? Is that what you think, Kaguya-chan?"
Fujiwara Chika looked at Shinomiya Kaguya with tears in her eyes, her eyes eager like a pink golden retriever:
"Um~~ I'm sorry, Kaguya-chan, I didn't mean not to introduce my friends to you..."
This guy is too easy to fool, right? x3
Luo Shu, Shinomiya Kaguya, and Kasumigaoka Utaha who were present thought so at the same time.
...... . ...
Especially Shinomiya Kaguya, who was afraid that she would really make Fujiwara Chika cry at the funeral, so she hurriedly comforted her:
"It's okay, Fujiwara-san. After all, I know Fujiwara-san definitely didn't mean it, right?"
"Yeah, yeah." Fujiwara Chika nodded repeatedly, and then said innocently: "I just met Luo Shujun not long ago, and I didn't mean to hide it from Kaguya-chan, it's just...it's just..."
"No chance?" Kaguya Shinomiya added quietly.
"Yes, there is no chance." Fujiwara Chika grabbed Fujiwara Chika's hand with a touching look on her face, and said with emotion: "Sure enough, Kaguya-chan still understands me!"
You are so easy to understand sometimes... Luo Shu's face twitched, then he sighed in his heart, and then said to Shinomiya Kaguya:
"I guess this child will need your care in the future."
When Shinomiya Kaguya heard this, she was stunned at first, as if she didn't expect Luo Shu to speak in such a tone.
But soon, she adjusted her mood and smiled and said:
"I can't help it. I'm Fujiwara-san's best friend..."
Hearing this, Luo Shu looked at Shigong Huiye meaningfully, and then said:
"Is that so? Then you two are really good friends..."
After speaking in an ambiguous tone, Luo Shu dragged the burden of Fujiwara Chika and chatted with Shinomiya Kaguya for a long time.
The group quietly spent the entire night in the ceremony until they entered the final stage.
Chapter 174 The Sad Little Girl
At the end of the ceremony, Luo Shu, who was waiting in line, took out his wallet, which he had not used for a long time, from his shirt pocket.
Similar to the customs in China, the island country also uses new banknotes for weddings and old banknotes for funerals.
So Luo Shu directly stuffed 5 yen of old bills from his wallet into the prepared white envelope.
The envelope was prepared in advance by Yukinoshita Yukino, and it looked very exquisite.
After taking a glance at the envelope, Luo Shu stuffed the gift money into it and wrapped it up. Then, when it was his turn, he threw the envelope into the wooden box in front of him and bid a final farewell to the deceased in silence.
After a few seconds of silence, Luo Shu turned and walked to the left. After a few steps, he saw Sayuri Sawamura and Eriri who were wearing mourning clothes.
Sayuri Sawamura, the 'widow', is distributing gifts to the guests.
When it was Luo Shu's turn, he came forward to Sawamura Xiaobai's "913" group, with a solemn face, and said in an unusually sociable manner:
"Madam, please accept my condolences. Although this happened suddenly, I'm sure Mr. Robert doesn't want you to continue to be sad. Please work hard towards tomorrow!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Eriri, who was wearing mourning clothes next to her, almost couldn't hold back her expression. Even Sayuri Sawamura couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and look at him.
Don't say anything when you shouldn't. Can't you just take the gift and leave?
Under the resentful eyes of Sayuri Sawamura, Luo Shu stretched out his hand to take the return gift. Sayuri Sawamura deliberately scratched his palm, which made Luo Shu shudder. His expression was extremely unnatural and he couldn't help but glare at her.
Tickling the palm of your hand is a suggestive gesture. Would you do it at this time and in this situation? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?
After being given a return gift, Luo Shu no longer dared to act naughty. He quickly took the return gift and left, fearing that Sayuri Sawamura would do something else.
After walking a few steps, Luo Shu slowed down and saw Kasumigaoka Utaha catching up with him, keeping a speed half a body length behind him and walking towards the gate together.
At the gate, several monks from the temple were directing the guests to the dinner venue.
After the farewell meal, the funeral of the outsider is basically over, and the remaining funeral procession, cremation, and burial are the responsibility of the immediate family members.
Seeing this, Luo Shu did not stop, but followed the wizard's instructions and walked towards the banquet venue.
After leaving the mage's sight, Kasumigaoka Utaha who was following behind said:
"It's finally over!"
Hearing this, Luo Shu couldn't help but look back at her with a slightly strange expression.
In response, Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled her eyes and said, "What? Are you waiting for me to lecture you again about Mrs. Sawamura's matter?"
"Do you think I have the energy to pay attention to your dirty business every day?"
Luo Shu laughed awkwardly, then explained:
"It seems Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya are both in the back. Should we wait for them?"
"What are you waiting for? Waiting for you to continue your awkward conversation with the eldest lady of the Shinomiya family?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled at this time and couldn't help but say:
"He talked to the little girl about national politics, complained about taxes, and criticized the suffering of the American people. The most important thing is that he talked for almost an hour."
"Why don't you talk to the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family about light novels and anime series?"
"Didn't you see that the other person had a frozen face in the end, responding to you?"
Hearing this complaint, Luo Shu was not annoyed, but laughed cheerfully:
"It's a taboo to talk about deep things when you're just a stranger. It's your first time meeting Kaguya Shinomiya, so you can just talk about these boring things."
"Compared to the content of the conversation, what I want to know more is, when I was chatting with her, what did you read from her mind?"
"This is the important thing. After all, this is what Kaguya Shinomiya thinks firsthand."
Hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha paused, then sighed softly and said:
"What else could she be thinking? She was thinking of building a relationship from the beginning, otherwise how could she listen to you talking nonsense for an hour?"
"Besides these... Kaguya Shinomiya's mind is all about how to use the fact of 'getting to know you' to gain enough benefits from the Shinomiya family..."
"Of course, the more interesting thing is that she was planning to use you as a pretext to exchange a certain degree of 'freedom' from her elder brother. For this reason, even after listening to your nagging for an hour, she didn't show any impatience at all."
Then, Kasumigaoka Utaha gave her own evaluation of Shinomiya Kaguya:
"Putting values on the scale, acting completely according to interests, but in essence, hating this lifestyle in the heart, longing for freedom'canary'.. 0 "
"Kaguya Shinomiya is such a caged bird."
"That cold appearance and noble demeanor are all marks left by the cage."
"A very sad little girl."
"I now understand why Fujiwara Chika insisted on bringing her to you after she found out that she was also a candidate for the Familiar."
Hearing what Kasumigaoka Utaha said, Luo Shu also smiled and said:
"When we were chatting just now, Qianhua kept sending me messages through internal channels. Although she didn't say it directly, her meaning was to ask me to help Shinomiya Kaguya."
"Chika cares about this friend a lot."
"Oh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Luo Shu with a little surprise: "She also sent you a message?"
Speaking of this, Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but laugh:
"That kid really considers Shinomiya Kaguya a friend!"
"Isn't it the other way around?" Luo Shu said with a smile, "Although she has been denying it in her heart, in her actions, Shinomiya Kaguya also treats her as her only friend."
"Of course, normally Kaguya Shinomiya would probably laugh at Chika Fujiwara's stupidity in her heart, right?"
"That's the kind of person you're talking about."
Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head: "The key point is that her words are not in line with her heart, and she didn't say it out loud."
"Perhaps, when one day, Kaguya Shinomiya dares to tell Chika Fujiwara about her inner complaints directly to her face, she will probably be happier, right?"
"After all, this means that Kaguya Shinomiya has finally broken free from the shackles of her family and dares to speak out..."
Luo Shu was a little surprised when he saw this: "You seem to have a good impression of Shinomiya Kaguya?"
"I can relate to her somewhat..." Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed softly, "If I lived in a big family like that, I would probably be a 'woman' similar to her."
Luo Shu suddenly understood what he said, and then said softly:
"That would be a disaster for you..."
As he spoke, Luo Shu glanced at the banquet venue that was about to arrive, and then said calmly:
"Let's go, after dinner, it's almost time to get down to business with that Silver Princess!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha remained silent, then followed Luo Shu into the venue.
Chapter 175: Shinomiya Kaguya's Shock
In the black extended Lincoln car driving away from Sanyuan Temple.
Inside the truly luxurious car, Sigong Huangguang took out red wine from the car refrigerator with a stern face and poured himself a glass.
After he had finished tasting a glass of red wine while appreciating the scenery outside the window, he said to himself:
"The Silver Princess of Aldikia is much more difficult to deal with than I thought."
“No matter how much benefit she promised, she didn’t give in to the batch of medical equipment.”
"It seems that even these Nordic nobles know some inside information about the old man's illness. Was it the person who was present at the time who reminded them?"
Listening to Shinomiya Huangguang's words, Shinomiya Kaguya, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, did not respond at all, and even tried to breathe more lightly.
Because she knew clearly that Sigong Huangguang was not talking to her at all, but was just talking to himself.
If I answer without authorization at this time, I will only be met with Sigong Huangguang's cold gaze and warning.
For Kaguya Shinomiya, who had learned her lesson, it was impossible for her to make the same mistake twice.
However, Kaguya Shinomiya still listened carefully to what Shinomiya Huangguang said.
It was because of what she heard that she began to have doubts in her heart.
From Sigong Huangguang's tone, it seemed that the Sigong Zaibo had targeted a batch of cutting-edge medical equipment in the Kingdom of Aldikia, but the transaction did not seem to have any results.
The reason is that the illness of her father, Shinomiya Gan'an, the current head of the Shinomiya family, is suspected to be known by Aldikia.
Because it was determined that this batch of medical equipment was the life-saving equipment used by Shinomiya Yanan, the Kingdom of Aldikia is waiting for a good price?
What do you mean by telling me this, brother? This shouldn't be something I should know, right?
At this time, Kaguya Shinomiya had a lot of doubts in her mind.
Not to mention the fact that her father was seriously ill, she had just received the news from Sigong Huang Guang. Just the motive of her elder brother saying these words to her was quite fishy.
After all, this seemed to be something that did not need to be told to her, because in Kaguya Shinomiya's view, things like family property were competed for by her three brothers.
It seemed useless to tell her that her father was seriously ill and needed advanced medical treatment.
Could it be that he was testing whether the imprisoned youngest daughter had any intention of competing for the inheritance?
How can this be....
Although she didn't know the reason, Kaguya Shinomiya was very clear about the attitudes of the various branches of the Shinomiya family towards her.
From childhood to adulthood, she has been looked down upon by her family and relatives. In such an environment, even if she expressed her desire to compete for the inheritance, or even just hinted at this idea, she would probably be suppressed by the entire family.
Shinomiya Kaguya is not stupid and would never do such a thing.
And if it wasn't her, then the person that the eldest brother wanted to test was the third brother Sigong Yunying who had a similar stance to her?
Is this to test my third brother's thoughts through me, or even to test whether my third brother has informed the Kingdom of Aldikia?
Shinomiya Kaguya kept pondering in her mind who Shinomiya Huangguang wanted to target and what his real intentions were.
In response to this, Shinomiya Huangguang just said a few words to himself, but his eyes were indifferent. His gaze was cold, as if he was looking at a butterfly in a glass bottle, watching Shinomiya Kaguya struggle.
Before Shinomiya Kaguya could come up with a conclusion, Shinomiya Huang Guang said:
"Come to think of it, Minister Fujiwara's daughter asked you to meet new friends. Who did you meet this time?"
Hearing this, Shinomiya Kaguya's expression froze, and she felt both relieved and nervous.
