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"Gui Xiang, that child...sigh~! How should I put it? From a young age, she has always dreamed of becoming a professional female Go player."
Unfortunately, this child has limited talent. She has been learning shogi since she was a child, and she has watched as everyone, including Gin and Bayi, have achieved remarkable success and shone brightly in the shogi world, but her own shogi skills have remained stagnant.
Now she's 26 years old, but she still hasn't been able to achieve professional status and become a true female Go player...
As her father, I've done everything I can, so I was thinking that perhaps a change of environment and a different teaching method might help her succeed. That's why I thought of you.
Kiyotaki Tsunasuke felt rather embarrassed talking about these things.
No matter how much we tried to persuade him, he was a 9-dan Go player, and had even been promoted to A-rank Go player. Yet now he couldn't even teach his own daughter, a female Go player who had achieved professional status.
What a huge embarrassment!!
Luo Chen nodded slowly and said, "I understand. Master Qinglong wants Sister Guixiang to come to our Adachi Ward to study JS for a period of time, right?"
“That’s right.” Kiyotaki Tsunasuke said with a complicated tone, “Over the years, the matter of women’s professional ranking has almost become a mental obsession for Keika. If she continues to fail, I can’t imagine what else might happen to this child. Moreover, Brother Luo Chen, you should also understand one thing: as she gets older, if Keika still cannot achieve professional ranking in the next two days, she may never become a true female Go player in her life.”
Luo Chen chuckled and said, "Master Qinglong seems to have put a lot of thought into Guixiang's matter. This is not a big deal. As long as Master Qinglong trusts me, there will be no problem. I will do my best to help adjust Guixiang's condition."
"..." Kiyotaki Kansuke suddenly went silent.
Luo Chen asked in confusion, "Master Qinglong?"
"Ahem! Um, Brother Luo Chen, although I know you didn't mean it that way, could you please use a different word like 'adjust'?" Kiyotaki Tsunasuke's tone became increasingly complicated.
"Oh, sorry." Luo Chen was both amused and exasperated.
I never expected that Kiyotaki Kansuke, this middle-aged man in his fifties, would be surfing the 5G internet and know so much.
“In that case, Brother Luo Chen, I’ll leave Gui Xiang in your care. After the Kurashiki wisteria flower competition in Chiyoda, she will probably head to Adachi Ward. I’ll be counting on you to take good care of her then,” Kiyotaki Tsunasuke said sincerely.
"Okay, leave it to me." Luo Chen nodded with a smile.
Having said all he could say, Luo Chen didn't continue chatting with Kiyotaki Kansuke. He put away his phone and returned to the entrance of the Misty House.
Just then, the door to the foghouse seemed to open.
A pretty girl with long blue hair tied in two braids came out and awkwardly said to the five Nakano sisters standing at the door, "Um, I'm sorry, Hinako-senpai said that the Kiriya is booked out today and they're not accepting any guests, so you..."
"Eh??"
Halfway through her sentence, the girl looked up and suddenly saw Luo Chen. Her beautiful eyes widened immediately, and she quickly took out her phone and opened her photo album to compare.
After comparing them, she exclaimed in surprise, "You are that young master?!"
Chapter 330 Nino is so angry she's about to cry: He's clearly petty too!
Luo Chen recognized the girl who was probably working as a waitress at the Fog House for the time being.
With her blue braided hair and unexpectedly cute style, it couldn't be anyone but Megumi Tadokoro.
"It's me." Luo Chen nodded with a smile.
"Come in please come in!"
"Hinako-senpai didn't open the door all day because she said you would come, young master, so she's been waiting for you!"
Once Tadokoro Megumi recognized the right person, she immediately bowed politely to Luo Chen, making a gesture of inviting him into the store.
"Hinako-senpai?" Luo Chen narrowed his eyes, paused for a moment, and then asked hesitantly, "Let me ask first, is Miss Inui Hinako's surname Inui-Hi or -Inui?"
“Huh?” Tadokoro Megumi blinked and said, “Of course Inui Hinako-senpai’s surname is Inui.”
Luo Chen: "..."
"Oh, did you call the young master by the wrong name before? It's alright! Hinako-senpai said that these things happen often, and she doesn't care anymore," Tadokoro Megumi comforted her thoughtfully.
"alright."
Luo Chen nodded, no longer thinking about it, and casually reminded the five Nakano sisters, "Ichika, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki, you can come in too."
"Are these ladies also your friends, young master? I'm so sorry! I didn't know that before!" Tadokoro Megumi turned around and apologized again, feeling embarrassed.
"it does not matter."
"Yeah, yeah, after all, we came here to freeload a meal."
"Hehe~"
Nakano Satsuki, Nakano Ichika, and Nakano Yotsuba each spoke with a mix of embarrassment and anticipation.
Because the legendary Misty House was right in front of them, and everyone was about to eat the amazing sushi here, no one noticed that Luo Chen had deliberately not called out to Nakano Nino.
The proud and aloof Nakano Nino didn't expect that Luo Chen, who had been generous and didn't care much about her all the way, would suddenly become petty. For a moment, after everyone went into the mist house one after the other, she froze.
Her proud heart told her, "Hmph! Since that idiot Luo Chen was so petty as to not let me come along, then I'll just not go in! It's just Kiriya cuisine, right? I'm not eating it!!"
But everyone went inside, leaving her alone outside would be so awkward!
And if everyone else gets to eat the amazing Kiriya cuisine, and she's the only one who doesn't, wouldn't that... wouldn't that seem a little...
"Miss, do you have something else to do before you come in?" Tadokoro Megumi asked, noticing Nakano Nino standing outside, looking conflicted.
“I!!…” Nino Nakano’s pretty face flushed red instantly, and her hands, which were wrapped around her shoulders, trembled nervously.
"This young lady?" Tadokoro asked curiously.
"I'm fine! I'm here!"
Nino Nakano tightened her pretty face, took a deep breath, and quickly followed him into the Kiriya restaurant.
Since she was the last one to come in, and to avoid being questioned by everyone and becoming even more flustered, Nakano Nino immediately decided to pretend to go to the restroom.
But! But what about it?!
The wicked voice rang out again.
Luo Chen, who had entered early, hadn't gone far. Instead, he stood a short distance away with his arms crossed, a half-smile on his face, and asked with concern, "Miss Nino, why are you only coming in now? Is it because you don't like the food here?"
Nakano Nino:??
"Eh? You don't like it? I'm sorry, miss, if there's anything unreasonable about Kiriya or anything that makes you unhappy, you can tell me, and I'll definitely improve it right away!"
"Actually, although Kiriya has hosted many impressive figures from all walks of life, including high-profile gourmets, it has never received any negative reviews. As the owner, I also have a lot of headaches."
A gentle voice rang out right behind Luo Chen.
Nakano Nino, who had originally intended to confront Luo Chen directly, accuse him of being petty, and reveal that Luo Chen had deliberately not called her name earlier, was suddenly speechless.
A pair of beautiful eyes widened as they looked towards the source of the soft voice, which was the person behind Luo Chen.
The head chef of the Kyoto Kiriya restaurant! Ms. Hinako Inui!!
Although Nino Nakano is a tsundere, she is not the kind of tsundere without limits. When faced with Hinako Inui, a top chef in Kyoto's culinary world, how could she dare to make any demands?
So, she could only glare at Luo Chen resentfully, then force a smile through gritted teeth and frustration, and hurriedly shook her head at Inui Hinako: "No!!"
Request flowers00
"Eh~? Is that so?" Hinako Inui gave a cute, confused look, smiled, and said to Megumi Tadokoro, "Megumi, take this guest to the private room and let him join the other guests who just came in."
"Hi~!" Tadokoro Megumi agreed and led the way.
Nakano Nino, who had never suffered such an injustice in her life, was extremely depressed. Before leaving, she secretly glared at Luo Chen with a fierce and resentful look.
Luo Chen didn't care at all, his eyes smiling.
Luo Chen was startled when Inui Hinako's face was almost touching his nose. He took a step back helplessly and said, "Miss Hinako, you're overthinking it."
"Oh~, you suddenly started calling me Miss Hinako, not bad, not bad. Would you like some persimmon seeds?" Hinako Inui adopted a reward-giving posture, taking out persimmon seeds and handing them to Luo Chen.
Luo Chen said with a wry smile, "We'll be able to eat Miss Hinako's top-notch sushi soon, so let's put aside the persimmon seeds and other snacks for now."
"This is also delicious." Hinako Inui popped one into her mouth, and surprisingly, she steered the conversation back to the topic, asking, "If there's no grudge, why would the young master deliberately make things difficult for someone? If I hadn't spoken up just now, that person would definitely have gotten angry and confronted you, young master, right?"
Luo Chen touched the tip of his nose, not hiding anything, and said, "There's really no grudge. It's just that this girl is too arrogant and said some things that made me uncomfortable. It's just a small punishment. After all, no one is a saint with a particularly broad mind, right?"
"That's it. That's it."
Hinako Inui nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She clapped her hands and said, "Alright, since you're here, young master, please take your seats. I'll serve you dinner first, and we can talk about more important things after you've finished eating."
Chapter 332 He! He actually matches my perfect romantic partner perfectly?
"Miku!"
"Miku?"
"Sanjiu!!"
"Sanjiu..."
On the way home, from Ichika Nakano to Nino to Yotsuba and then to Itsuki, everyone cast incredibly shocked glances at Miku Nakano.
How bizarre!
They couldn't even imagine that one day, Miku, the shyest and most socially awkward of the five sisters, would actually muster up the courage to loudly ask a boy for his contact information.
This is absolutely crazy!
Nakano Miku's face turned bright red, and she hurriedly waved her hands to explain, "It's not what you think! It's just that when I was on the train, the young master told me the story of the Three Kingdoms. I was very interested, so I wanted to keep listening and that's why I specifically asked for 1ine!"
"Really? What is the Three Kingdoms?!" Nakano Yotsuba asked curiously.
"Well, that..." Nakano Miku was stumped by the question. She hadn't heard much about it either. How would she know?