Chapter 5 Dean Hanashiro
"Dean, you——"

Fujii Itsuki's pupils shrank sharply.

Gray hair and wrinkled face.

The director looked much older than when he first left the orphanage.
"It's really a tree," Fujii Hanayo asked with a kind smile, wearing an apron and holding her hands in front of her. "When did you come back? Your head is covered with snow."

".I arrived in Otaru two hours ago and walked back."

"So early? Have you eaten?"

“.We ate in Sapporo before taking the Hakodate Line.”

"Is work going well recently?"

".fine."

"That's good. It's not easy for you to be alone in Tokyo. I originally said I would send you some rice crackers and jam in the near future."

Ugh.
Fujii Tree didn't want to sigh, but seeing the dean's old appearance,
When he came back a few years ago, the dean was completely different.

"Is there still no one to recruit in the hospital?"

Director Fujii Hanayo smiled and said, "After all, this is a small town. Neither the people nor the government have much money. The children can still make a living by selling cookies and handicrafts. Chitose comes to help the welfare home as often as before."

"Then Dean, you also told me about the situation of the welfare home—"

"If I don't tell you that, can you work safely in Tokyo alone?"

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Fujii Itsuki was silent. The welfare home has been like this for many years. It seems that the development of Otaru city center, let alone the Shukutsu area, is still regressing year by year.

The dean is probably still as busy as before.
"Dean Huadai, do you know this perverted uncle?"

At this moment, the girl who had been silent just now stood behind the dean, still with a vigilant look on her face.

"I haven't asked you who you are yet!" Fujii Itsuki glared at him immediately. This guy actually took the initiative?

"Do you know?"

"I don't know him." x2
Fujii Hanayo smiled kindly, "It seems like we know each other then."

"Dean, you haven't told me who this perverted uncle is."

"Shu, isn't Shu the Fujii Shu I've been telling you about? The one who has been helping the welfare home even after graduation and work."

"Fujii Itsuki? Him? The top student who graduated from Kyoto University?" The girl looked even more incredulous.

"What do you mean?"

It would be fine if this girl was deliberately showing this shock, but now she seems to be really frightened by his title of Kyoto University.

The girl frowned, looked at Fujii Itsuki carefully, and hesitated for a long time.

"The person Yue was talking about last night was Shu?" Dean Huadai's eyes shifted back and forth between the two of them.

The girl nodded, "It's this perverted uncle."

"Maybe there's some misunderstanding between you two."

"Dean, how could there be a misunderstanding that he was the one who said those words yesterday?"

"Shu, did you really say those things yesterday?"

"Just to scare her back home."

Fujii Itsuki was not in a hurry at all, the dean knew him well.

And the dean seemed to know what was going on between the two of them.

When the dean saw the current situation of the two, he explained to the girl more about Fujii Itsuki and repeatedly told the girl that he was a teacher.

He said that just to scare you from wandering around alone at night and go home quickly.

Dean Huadai explained it several times, and only then did the girl feel less scared.

But she still had a very disgusted expression towards Fujii Itsuki.

She put her hands in front of her and bowed to Fujii Itsuki to apologize, "I'm sorry, please forgive me for not being able to connect the perverted uncle I met last night with the Fujii Itsuki mentioned by the dean. According to the dean's description, no matter from which angle you look at it, he is a very outstanding and handsome person."

You'd better not apologize at all.

Fujii Itsuki straightened his attitude, "Well, now that the misunderstanding has been explained, should we change the name?"

The girl looked at Fujii Itsuki a few more times, closed her eyes, and said seriously: "I'm sorry, I'm always outspoken."

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This girl.
Although he is timid, he still has a strong character.

"So, Dean, where did this rich girl come from?"

"Please don't keep staring at me like that."

The way this girl frowned in disgust was not cute at all. "This is the child of the Kuka family." Fujii Hanayo introduced.

"Jiuhua Family? Is that the Jiuhua Family I'm thinking of?"

"Yes."

This is incredible.

This is not a rich lady at all, she is clearly a rich lady.

"Are you still a noble from the old times?"

"There's no need for such strange names. They are just businessmen who manage money, and that's all in the past. It has nothing to do with me now." Jiu Huayue closed her eyes.

He was not wrong last night. This girl's background was really extraordinary.

No wonder her temperament and body shape are so different from those of ordinary people.

Fujii Itsuki never thought that he would actually see the descendants of his family appearing in history textbooks.

"That's all in the past. Don't think that the Jiuhua family is the same as it was in the past. It's modern times now, and there's no such thing as aristocracy or not. Her parents aren't as rich as the big companies today."

"Dead?"

Dean Huadai nodded slightly and said slowly, "That's right."

Things are different now. The merchants who helped the Matsumae domain manage the entire Hokkaido trade will also fall one day.

"She just moved back here from Tokyo a while ago to study. Her parents and I are old acquaintances. She came here today to pick up the letters her parents sent her."

This girl named Jiuhuayue just moved to Otaru recently.

No wonder he speaks with a pure Kanto accent.

Then why did she want to commit suicide last night?

"Dean, I remembered that there are some leftovers at home, so I'll take my leave first."

"It's so sudden. Aren't you going to stay for lunch this time?"

"No," Jiu Huayue shook her head and bowed her head to apologize. Her tall figure was particularly eye-catching. "It would be a waste if I don't go back to eat the dishes I made the day before yesterday."

"Then walk slowly on the way back. The road is slippery in the snow."

"Okay, Dean. I'll come over to play in a few days."

"It's okay, you're always welcome."

After saying that, she gave Fujii Itsuki a warning look, and without paying any attention to his gaze, she walked out of the gate of the welfare home alone.

She walked away along the snow-covered alley.

Maybe she really had some leftovers, but Fujii Itsuki thought that it was because of the way he looked at her that she was afraid of being exposed, so she made up an excuse to leave.

She's a girl with good eyesight.

In the following time, Fujii Itsuki was really curious about the girl and asked the dean about Jiuhuayue's condition.

It is learned that she is the eldest daughter of the Kuka family who recently transferred back from Tokyo to study.

Her parents still work and live in Tokyo, and she returned to Otaru alone to study.

He could not have imagined that the Jiuhua family, which was once so famous, had fallen to such a state. This girl was the only legitimate descendant of the Jiuhua family.

Of course, even if the Jiuhua family has fallen to this point, it is still something that a small unemployed man like him can compare to.

Just by looking at the girl's temperament, you can tell that this is not something that an ordinary family can cultivate.

Her family was at least wealthy middle class, similar to the families of modern superstars.

When asked about her life, the dean said that she basically lived alone in an old villa in the city and was a very independent child.

Fujii Itsuki then asked the dean how her parents treated her.

The dean replied that the Jiuhua couple still cared about her very much, and not long ago they asked the dean to help look after the child.

It’s just that the dean is always very busy, so he can only visit her occasionally.

To be honest, none of this is useful information.

Fujii Itsuki didn't figure out why the child wanted to commit suicide last night.

I wanted to ask more questions, but the director was suddenly called back by the nurse, saying that he had something else to do, so he left first.

That's it.

Fujii Itsuki doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs.

In this case, let's put this matter aside for the time being. I'll ask the dean to tell her parents to call and ask them to pay more attention to the girl. That will be the most I can do.

After all, that girl likes to call him uncle, and what he hates most is others calling him uncle.

(End of this chapter)