that touch of blue

Chapter 24

The old man Atobe sat on the sofa angrily, looking at his son, wife and housekeeper. He hurried back to see the girl brought home by his proud grandson, but he missed it. She walked behind him arrive.

"Master, what would you like to drink?" The butler's voice could only be heard by the few people around him.

"I need to reduce the fire, give me ice cream." The old man's anger was unusual.

"Miss Zhan said that eating ice cream at your age is a little childish." The butler knew that the old man would not listen to his opinion, but the old man's body did not allow him to eat such a stimulating drink, and now the old man is more concerned about That little girl who has never met before, her words should be of some use.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the old man Atobe calmed down and said calmly, "Give me a glass of milk."

The Atobe couple looked at each other and smiled. The Fox Butler really lived up to his reputation. He has been with his father for so long, and he has already figured out his father's habits. He knows what his father's weaknesses are better than their children.

"Where did she go?" the old man asked after taking a sip of milk.

"Kanagawa." The Atobe couple sat down.

"What are you doing there? Why don't you send a car to take her there?"

"Xiaolan didn't say the reason. She rejected Xiaojing's suggestion last night and said that she would take the bus with her friends." Mrs. Atobe answered her father's question.

"How long?"

"It's said to be about ten days, and I'll come back when things are done." Shingo Atobe knew that his father's anger had mostly subsided by this time.

"Tell me, this little girl is really strange. If you tell other people that our family sent a car to take her there, you will be overjoyed. This little girl is not happy." The old man Atobe has rarely seen such a thing. His child is even more proud than his grandson.

"Does father like it too?" Mrs. Atobe asked tentatively.

"Let's talk again, talk again." The old fox's fox tail wagged, he hadn't seen himself yet, how could things come to a conclusion so quickly.He shook his head and wobbled back to the bedroom. The butler quickly followed behind him. The two foxes were probably about to discuss something.The Atobe couple just smiled as they watched their father and the housekeeper leave one after another.

The weather these few days has been very nice, suitable for visiting relatives and friends. No, the Sanada family from Kanagawa came to Tokyo to visit the Atobe family.

"Old man Sanada, what are you doing at our house?" The old man Atobe stared at the old man in kimono sitting on the sofa in his house, his face was full of displeasure, he was sleeping soundly in his afternoon nap, when he heard the butler come to report The head of the Sanada family visited with his children and grandchildren.

"Sanada clan, please drink tea." Mrs. Atobe respectfully placed a cup of tea filled seventy percent full in front of Sanada Kenwa, the current head of the Sanada family.

"Hmm." Patriarch Sanada nodded grimly, and turned his gaze to his old friend Ajibe, who was sitting on the sofa and looking at him leisurely, "I heard that a little girl with black hair and blue eyes lived in your house?"

"You are quite well-informed. Why, which boy in your family has taken a fancy to and wants to marry her as your granddaughter-in-law?" Upon hearing this, the old man Atobe began to think wildly, and kept using his eyes Shoot Sanada's two grandsons standing behind him.The eldest grandson Seiichiro heard that he has a girlfriend and is engaged.The youngest one is as old as his own grandson. He is the deputy head of the school's tennis club, and he is also a man of great surprise, but this kid looks like a black-faced god. In a word.I heard from my daughter-in-law that Xiaolan doesn't like to talk too much, so how can it be, Xiaolan will definitely become a boring gourd when he is with him, and it is simply impossible to live that day.

"Old man Atobe, where did you go?" Patriarch Sanada couldn't bear the nonsensical thoughts of the old man Atobe. If he didn't stop him, he might think that his great-grandson would be more boring than his grandson.He immediately interrupted, "Why would my Sanada family make fun of the happiness of our children and grandchildren?"

"Tch, forget about what happened 16 years ago." The old man Atobe reminded Patriarch Sanada.

The excited expression on Patriarch Sanada's face was replaced by sadness. He leaned weakly on the sofa and let out a long sigh. At this time, he was no longer the commanding chief of the police station in the past, but a father who lost his son. Grandfather with grandchildren.

Seeing his old friend suddenly become decadent, the old man Atobe knew that he had once again uncovered his scars.

"Grandpa Atobe, this is why we came this time." Seiichiro Sanada couldn't bear to see his grandfather sad and sad, so he spoke instead of his grandfather.

"No, Seiichiro, I will speak for myself." Patriarch Sanada took a deep breath, calmed down, his old eyes were filled with dim tears, "Do you remember Seiichi?" The old man mentioned his youngest son .

"I remember, of course I remember, he has the same pair of eyes as Mieko, they are both azure blue, as blue as the sea in Kanagawa." The old man Atobe vaguely seemed to be able to think of what Patriarch Sanada wanted to say to him.

"Yes, Chengyi's eyes are exactly the same as Mieko's, and they are completely inherited. When he was in college, he met an international student from China. They met and fell in love. When he proposed that they want to get married, I flatly refused. Because at that time I found a woman for Chengyi that I thought was the most suitable for him. Chengyi not only looks like Mieko, but also has a similar personality. The mother and son are exactly the same. He left Japan with the Chinese girl. I went to the girl’s hometown...Shanghai, China. Since then, no one has known their whereabouts. I asked all the people who knew Chengyi and the girl, and they all said they didn’t know.” The old man fell into that period of the year In the sad memory, muddy tears dripped on his legs and soaked into the hem of the kimono. He regretted it, really regretted it.

"You haven't found it all this time?" The old man Atobe naturally knew about it.

"I asked Shouyi to look for it according to the home address that the girl filled in when she entered school. They had already left that place. The neighbor at that time said that there was indeed a boy who moved with her, but the specific place to move to was unknown. I don’t even know.” The old man regretted it shortly after his son left, and he immediately sent his eldest son to Shanghai, but he returned without any results.

Both Mrs. Atobe and Shingo Atobe turned their attention to Mrs. Atobe and the housekeeper. They were the only ones present who had been in contact with Zhanlan for the longest time. Mr. Atobe didn’t even see a shadow of him. This made him most depressed of.

"Her name is Zhanlan. She is 14 years old. She is indeed from China, but I didn't say the specifics. But her father is Japanese and her mother is Chinese. I only know this information. Xiaojing should know more. He should be back soon." Mrs. Atobe tried hard to recall the useful information she had obtained from Zhanlan in the past few days.

"Oh? It's called Zhanlan? I remember that girl's surname is also Zhan. What's her name like Zhan?" As she gets older, her memory also declines.

"Zhan Ran." Sanada Moriyoshi reminded.

"Yes, that's right, it's called Zhanran." Patriarch Sanada also remembered after his son's reminder, "By the way, has she been anywhere these days?"

"A few days ago, um, it was Monday, the day when the national competition started. Ms. Zhan went to the University of Tokyo, and then I heard from Master Renzu that when I came back at noon, I went to Qing Xue, and in the afternoon, I was with the young master. We came back together." The housekeeper reported Zhan Lan's whereabouts in the past two days.

"Tokyo University?" The old man was shocked. It seems that the two grandsons saw the same person, but why did she go to Tokyo University?

"Yes, I heard from Ms. Zhan that it was the school her parents attended." The butler of the Atobe family continued to report.

Patriarch Sanada's heart was shocked even more.

"The young master also said that when Ms. Zhan came to Japan, Mr. Ren Zu and his wife went to pick her up." The old butler reported again, one after another like a landmine, making Patriarch Sanada unable to tell the difference between east, west, and north.

"Ninjazu? You mean Ninjazu, the authoritative brain department at Tokyo General Hospital?" Sanada Moriyoshi asked.

"Yes." The old housekeeper nodded.

"Father, Renzu is Chengyi's senior, and his wife is Zhanran's classmate." Sanada Shouyi vaguely remembered that he went to find the two couples back then, but they all said that they did not know Chengyi's whereabouts.

"Old man Sanada, you don't think that Zhanlan is Chengyi's daughter, but your granddaughter?" The old man Atobe finally confirmed his thoughts.

"As long as there is any possibility, I will not let it go." Sanada Kenwa said vowedly, "Is she in Tokyo? Did she go to the arena with your family Jingwu, but we didn't see her this morning. "In order to meet his granddaughter, Patriarch Sanada endured thousands of decibels, and he almost got out of heart disease.

"Not anymore, she went to Kanagawa with her friends in the morning, and I haven't even seen what she looks like?" When this matter was mentioned, the old man Atobe was furious.

"What did she go to Kanagawa for?" Patriarch Sanada asked incomprehensibly.

The door opened with a "creak", and the teenagers dragged their tired bodies into the room, each with discontented faces, as if someone owed them all their wealth and hadn't paid them back, all of them were murderous. Even Jirou Akutagawa, who is usually sleepy, opened his dull eyes. They lost again. They lost to Aigaku three years ago, and then lost to Aigaku three years later. Could it be that this is fate, and Aigaku will always be their nemesis?

Atobe raised his head and was surprised to see that the deputy head of the Tachikai Tennis Club who was supposed to be watching the match was at his house. Genichiro Sanada nodded at him, and after returning the salute, he crossed Sanada to see his grandfather and the head of the Sanada family Also, thinking about it, did something happen?

Atobe calmly walked up to his grandfather: "Grandpa, Patriarch Sanada, Uncle Sanada."

"Grandpa Atobe, Patriarch Sanada, Uncle Sanada, I am Yushi Ninzu." The blue-haired boy smiled slightly.

The two old men nodded, and Moriyoshi Sanada also nodded.

"Xiaojing, Yushi, your grandpa Sanada has something to ask you two." The old man Atobe handed over the right of inquiry to his friend, and took a sip of a cup of tea by himself.

"Yes." Atobe and Shinozu nodded.

"Jingwu, where is Zhanlan from in China?" Patriarch Sanada thought for a while, and finally felt that it would be more straightforward to ask straight to the point.

"Shanghai." Keigo Atobe replied.

"Yushi, what is the relationship between her mother and your father? Is it your father's junior?"

Ninja Yuuji nodded.

"Did your father mention her parents to you? Do you know their names?" This is the most critical question.

"This is the first time I heard my father mention it. He just said that some reasons prompted them to leave Japan and settle in China. I only know that Zhanlan is her mother's surname. As for her father's name, I am afraid that only my parents know." Renzu He observed Patriarch Sanada's pale face.

"Then, is she going to Kanagawa for something?" Sanada Moriyoshi asked.

He paused for a moment, wondering how he should explain it, when Akutagawa interrupted and said, "Sister Lan Lan said that she would go to Kanagawa to find her grandfather and uncle, to fulfill her father's wish."

Everyone in the Sanada family froze there. They were so shocked by Akutagawa's words that they no longer knew what to do. According to all of them, Zhanlan might really be the daughter of their Sanada family. Her full name should be It's Sanada Azure.