As they approached the classroom, someone heard Jiang Xia's footsteps.
The door opened with a bang, and a woman appeared from behind the door. She had a gentle appearance and was wearing simple casual clothes. She looked up outside and was slightly startled when she realized that so many people had suddenly arrived.
"Miss Komiyayama!" Suzuki Sonoko waved to her, gestured to Mao Lilan, and explained, "I have something to do tonight, so I had to ask a friend to come for me."
In addition, thinking of Subaru Okiya who had been friendly just now, Sonoko Suzuki pointed to the other side and helped introduce:
"This is Mr. Okiya. Someone sent him an experience letter, so he wanted to come and take a look."
"So that's it... Hello." The assistant lady smiled at them, squatted down and took out a few pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet and asked the guests to put them on. At the same time, she introduced herself, "I am Mr. Uemori's assistant, Komiya.
Yama Yuko."
…
Several people put on slippers and entered the classroom.
There is still a short period of time before class, and there are not many people in the classroom.
Apart from them and their assistants, there was only an elderly woman sitting alone in the corner.
When she heard someone coming in, the woman raised her head from the menu, glanced over, and then looked away without interest.
The assistant noticed her movement and introduced Jiang Xia and the others in a low voice:
"That is Mr. Uemori's high school classmate, Ms. Yashiro Aie. They have known each other for many years."
Mao Lilan nodded. Seeing that Yashiro Gie had no intention of paying attention to them, he did not go over to talk to them and harass them.
As a culinary enthusiast who started cooking at a young age, her eyes were quickly drawn to an oven under the table.
"What a big oven." The oven actually filled the entire table. Mao Lilan squatted down in surprise and touched the door with interest.
Okiya Subaru glanced down, his eyes immediately fixed on the oven.
Hearing Mao Lilan's words, he couldn't help but nod secretly: It's indeed big enough to fit one person in. If you try harder, you can even fit a pair in... This kind of thing must be very popular with Uzuo.
The assistant lady turned her head and accidentally saw Subaru Okiya's expression. She was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was not right - there seemed to be a hint of disapproval and slight rejection in Mr. Okiya's eyes... Could it be that he didn't?
Have you ever seen such a big oven, are you not used to it?
…
Just as I was thinking about it, the door behind me was pushed open with a click.
A young man walked in.
He seemed to be a veteran student here. He opened the shoe cabinet with familiarity and put on his slippers.
He raised his head and saw a group of newcomers in the room. The man greeted cheerfully: "Good evening, are you new students? - My name is Nishitani Hiroaki, an active chef. I am here to improve myself. If there is anything I don't understand,
Feel free to ask me."
As soon as he finished speaking, before a few words of greeting could be exchanged, the door was pushed open again.
But this time, what opened was not the door to the outside, but the door on the inside that connected to the lounge.
Those who came out seemed to be insiders.
I originally thought it was the "Teacher Kamimori", but after a closer look, I saw that the age was wrong - she was a woman about the same age as the assistant lady, with a mature and charming temperament, but there was a bandage across her left eye.
"This is Kaoru Kamimori," the assistant said in a low voice, "she is the teacher's daughter-in-law."
…
The elderly Yayogoe was sitting in the corner reading a book.
At this time, when she saw the appearance of her old classmate's daughter-in-law, she was suddenly startled and stared at the bandage: "What's wrong with your eyes?"
"My eyes...recently developed a stye." The daughter-in-law said in an unnatural tone, "The swelling was ugly, so I covered it with a bandage."
Nishitani Hiroaki noticed the impatience in her tone and thoughtfully changed the topic.
He looked at Suzuki Sonoko, his eyes wandered around the beautiful dress, and praised: "You are so beautiful today..." After a pause, he looked at Jiang Xia again, "You brought these people next to you.
New student?...Looks a bit familiar."
"I'm not a student. I just asked Xiaolan to give me a lesson and teach me again when I get back."
Suzuki Sonoko grabbed Jiangxia's arm, secretly pulled him to the side, away from Nishitani Hiroaki's inquiring sight, and firmly drew a clear line between "Jiangxia" and "cooking classroom".
Then she cleared her throat solemnly, and continued what she had just said, regretfully saying: "Although I also want to come to class, unfortunately, I have something to do today."
Hearing this, Yashiro Gie laughed from a distance, and the laugh lines at the corners of his eyes piled up: "I think you are afraid of being scolded by Uemori - she has such a bad temper, it is normal for you to want to run away."
After saying that, the elderly aunt looked at Mao Lilan again and said: "Little girl, be careful, don't be scolded early - then the class will not be able to continue."
Mao Lilan: "!"
Nishitani Hiroaki saw her anxious look and comforted her: "Don't listen to Ms. Yashiro's threats, she won't do that."
When Subaru Okiya heard these words, his originally stagnant gaze moved slightly and moved away from the oven, kitchen knives, electrical appliances, etc.
He looked at Nishitani Hiroaki and asked rigorously in an academic tone: "Since Miss Yashiro is trying to scare people...could it be that Mr. Uemori actually has a good temper?"
"That's not true..."
Hiroaki Nishitani rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and lowered his voice: "How should I put it, although the teacher does like to make things difficult for others, she will try to make things difficult for everyone, not just for one person - everyone is scolded together, so there is nothing to feel bad about.
of."
Okiya Subaru: "..."
...I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel like something is going to happen here tonight.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Jiang Xia.
However, perhaps because this famous detective has experienced too many cases and met too many strange people - Jiang Xia seems to be insensitive to the "smell of events" and does not have the same worries as Subaru Okiya at this time.
Instead, he was looking around the kitchen with a somewhat comfortable expression. The atmosphere in the room seemed to make him very comfortable.
Okiya Subaru observed carefully for a while and guessed that Jiang Xia thought of French cuisine from the various kitchen utensils, so now his mind was full of delicious food and he didn't care about the dangerous atmosphere.
"..." Alas, the happy young man has never experienced the ordeal of "the sudden sudden death of someone around him".
Subaru Okiya pushed up his glasses silently, thinking of his life so far, and his eyes couldn't help but flash a bit of vicissitudes that didn't belong to his age.
"Speaking of which, isn't the teacher here?" Suzuki Sonoko looked around.
After all, Mao Lilan was the person she introduced. Suzuki Sonoko originally planned to say hello to her before leaving despite the terrifying sight of Teacher Uemori.
However, until now, when class was about to start in a few minutes, she had not seen Yoshitomo Uemori.
