Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 432 Ai Haibara: Who is this woman?!
"I do not know either."

Mr. Ohata grabbed a stool at random, sat down, and said in a low voice.

"I heard it from someone else. I heard it was a girl, and quite young, who seems to have just graduated not long ago."

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu was somewhat surprised: "There really are new students coming to our school? That's rare."

The last new teacher to come to their school was Ai, but at that time, one of the teachers resigned because she was going to America to live a better life.

But this matter is also related to Vermouth, because she intervened, which is why Ai was able to join the company so quickly.

Of course, this was also at Kitahara Natsuhiro's request.

The school should be fully staffed right now, but they still have teachers coming over. That's quite something!

Their school has decent teachers, so the fact that they brought in extra teachers under these circumstances clearly indicates that they have powerful connections. Not to mention, Teitan Elementary School is a top-tier elementary school, ranking highly in Tokyo.

So this person's background is not simple.

“That’s right,” Ms. Ohata continued, “I heard she’s the one who teaches us first graders, I think it’s drawing and crafts.”

“Drawing and crafts,” Kitahara Natsuyu said. “Isn’t this Fujiwara-sensei’s class? Why the teacher?”

Art and craft classes are only held twice a week, even fewer than PE classes, and there was only one teacher teaching first grade. Now they've brought in a second one. Could it be...?
"I heard that Fujiwara-sensei had some family issues and was planning to resign, so the school hired someone else to fill the gap seamlessly," said Ohata-sensei.

"You really know a lot about this."

“I knew nothing about this,” Kitahara Natsuhiro laughed.

Hearing this, Mr. Ohata pursed his lips: "Of course you don't know. You're always late or leaving early. You don't care about school matters at all."

"Physical education teachers really have it easy. They only have a few classes a week. It must be so comfortable."

"Unlike me, I'm exhausted every day, and these little ones are so disobedient, it's driving me crazy!"

No matter the world or the country, teachers of core subjects are quite tired, while teachers of elective subjects, such as physical education teachers, have it relatively easy.

Furthermore, children at this age are quite mischievous, and very few teachers can tolerate them.

Fortunately, Kitahara Natsuyu was authoritative enough and had enough methods to keep those kids in their class in check; otherwise, even Ms. Kobayashi might not have been able to control the situation.

After all, their class has Conan, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu laughed and said, "With your skinny arms and legs, you're not cut out to be a PE teacher. I am!"

He showed off his well-defined muscles.

It's already June, and summer is just around the corner; the weather is starting to get hot.

Tokyo, which wasn't hot before, is about to turn into Tokyo Hot, so people have already started wearing short sleeves.

The young women on the street had already started showing off their long, fair legs.

However, in Japan, most girls wear skirts, and some of them are quite short. Only some schools with stricter rules allow long skirts, which reach the ankles. The rest are above the calves or even above the knees, and are quite short.

"Damn it!" Mr. Ohata pinched Kitahara Natsuyu's arm hard. "Wow, that's really hard. I'm so envious of your physique, but I can't get one like that!"

Kitahara Natsuyu said, "You should just stick to your classes. After all, you're not young anymore. You shouldn't go to the gym to work out. Be careful not to hurt your back. Running and jumping rope are more effective ways to exercise."

Mr. Ohata waved his hand: "You don't understand. I don't have any perseverance when I train alone. I can only have it when I go to the gym."

"Because I don't want to lose to anyone else!"

The worst thing is comparison. For example, if you go to the gym and don't exercise but instead read a book or play on your phone, you might get strange looks. Besides, gyms aren't just for men; there are women there too.

Therefore, we must fight for this pride!

Another point is that he spent money on it, so it can't be wasted!

However, many people only go a few times a year after paying the fee, and the rest of the time it's a waste.

Mr. Ohata is one of those people.

"Alright!" Kitahara Natsuyu said, "Take care of yourself and your health!"

"Don't worry, it'll be fine!" Mr. Ohata said with a smile.

Ding-ling-ling
Just then, the bell rang to signal the start of class at Teitan Elementary School.

"Sigh, time to go to class again." Mr. Ohata felt like he was about to be executed when he heard the school bell.

And the first class today was his class.

"Go on!" Kitahara Natsuyu patted him on the shoulder: "Give those kids more homework, and they'll behave!"

"You rascal!" Mr. Ohata laughed loudly, "If they knew, they'd probably hate you to death!"

"I don't care, I'm doing this for their own good!"

He went through the same thing before, and now that he's grown up and become a teacher, it's necessary for him to lay a solid foundation for them.

He's not the kind of person who would break their umbrella just because they got wet in the rain. He's not that kind of person. He's not that bad!
"Okay, that's all for now, I'm going to class."

Mr. Ohata got up, went to his seat, took his lesson plan, and went out.

After watching Professor Ohata leave, Kitahara Natsuhiro picked up a teacup, took a sip, and leisurely leaned back in his chair, gazing at the scenery outside the window, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Because there aren't many classes in the first grade, there are relatively few first-grade teachers. In addition, there are other things to do, so there are only a few teachers in the office now.

Even if they did, they were busy with lesson plans, unlike Kitahara Natsuhiro who had so much free time.

"Teacher Kitahara"

Just then, the dean of academic affairs arrived at the office door and called out.

Hearing that familiar voice, Kitahara Natsuyu turned around and said, "Director, who is this?"

The moment he turned his head, he saw a woman standing next to the dean of academic affairs.

She had short, brown hair with signs of perming and dyeing. She was very pretty and had a great figure. She stood gracefully next to the director, her hands on her lower abdomen, and nodded slightly to Kitahara Natsuyu.

Kitahara Natsuyu nodded slightly at her, feeling as if he had seen this woman somewhere before, something familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen her before!
"Let me introduce you," the academic affairs director said. "This is Sachiko Katsuragi, the new art and craft teacher for the first grade. As for Ms. Fujiwara, she has some family matters to attend to and cannot come to school for the time being."

"From now on, you'll be new colleagues. Could you please show Ms. Katsuragi around the school and let her get acquainted with our Teitan Elementary School?"

Katsuragi Sachiko, what a familiar name.

Wait, isn't that the girl from the diplomat murder case? It's her!

At this moment, Kitahara Natsuyu remembered who the somewhat familiar girl in front of him was.

However, in the anime, after Katsuragi Sachiko's biological mother killed her husband to avenge her ex-husband, she and her husband should have put aside their past grievances and lived together.

But it doesn't seem to be like that in this world.

Katsuragi Sachiko is a medical school graduate, how could she possibly be here as an art teacher? Even if she were to become a teacher, she wouldn't likely be working a regular job; she should be living the life of a wealthy housewife.

After all, the Tsujimura family is quite wealthy, but to appear in a place like this, and looking rather haggard, suggests that she is not doing very well right now.

As expected, anime is always just anime, and it's completely different from reality.

After all, your mother killed my father, and my father killed your father, and even my grandfather went to jail with him.

In this complex environment, it is almost impossible for two people to get together, unless they are really stupid.

Given their deep-seated blood feud, seeing each other every day would only remind them of what happened before, making marriage and living together even more impossible.

Therefore, Sachiko Katsuragi probably did not marry her boyfriend and live together!
“Okay, Director, leave this to me!” Kitahara Natsumi said with a smile.

There are very few teachers in the office who have time, and he, as the physical education teacher, is the most idle, so the academic affairs director will directly approach Kitahara Natsuyu.

We can't let Kitahara Natsuhiro get paid for nothing, so we should make him do some work.

"Okay." The academic affairs director nodded. "By the way, could you also help Mr. Katsuragi tidy up a table for him? Thank you."

"No trouble."

Kitahara Natsuyu responded and then watched the dean of academic affairs leave the classroom until he disappeared from sight.

"Hello, I'm Sachiko Katsuragi. Starting today, I'll be the first-grade art teacher at Teitan Elementary School. Please take good care of me, Mr. Kitahara Natsuhiro." Sachiko Katsuragi smiled brightly and extended her slender hand.

However, in Kitahara Natsuyu’s eyes, Katsuragi Sachiko’s smile was not bright, at least not a genuine smile, and even carried a trace of sorrow.

As for what was troubling him, Kitahara Natsuhiro didn't know, nor did he try to pry into Katsuragi Sachiko's heart.

He felt that Sachiko Katsuragi's sudden arrival might not be simple, and that it might have been Rum's doing.

So he decided to be an ordinary physical education teacher and see what tricks Rum and Sachiko Katsuragi would pull.

"Hello." Kitahara Natsumi also extended his palm.

The two hands, one big and one small, clasped together.

Just as Kitahara Natsuyu was about to withdraw his hand, he suddenly felt something tickle his palm, making it itchy.

He subconsciously looked up and saw Sachiko Katsuragi's smile, so he returned the smile.

Is this woman trying to seduce him?

So she really is Rum's woman?
However, Kitahara Natsuhiro noticed that Katsuragi Sachiko's palms were not as fair and tender as they seemed, and they also had calluses, though they were not thick and were probably formed recently.

It seems she's really not having a good time lately!

Although Sachiko Katsuragi had lost her father and mother, she was adopted by relatives and lived a good life. She was even admitted to Tokyo Medical College.

Then, after starting school, she met Takayoshi Tsujimura, whose family was even more well-off, so naturally he wouldn't let his girlfriend suffer.

It could be said that Katsuragi Sachiko had worked part-time while studying, but not much; she was the kind of person who lived a carefree life.

But now she has new calluses on her hands, so her fate changed after that incident.

So the question is, who is to blame for this?
Katsuragi Sachiko's mother? Tsujimura Takayoshi's father and grandfather?

It's definitely the latter.

Of course, you can also blame Conan Edogawa, after all, he's a Grim Reaper!

If someone dies, it's always right to pin the blame on Conan!
"What's wrong, Kitahara-sensei?" Katsuragi Sachiko's smile was as gentle as ever.

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsumi also gave a gentle smile: "It's nothing."

"Mr. Katsuragi, there are a few more tables in this office. You can choose one."

Katsuragi Sachiko smiled, looked around the office, glanced at her surroundings, and then chose a spot near Kitahara Natsuhiro's desk.

"Is it okay here?"

She chose a seat by the window, the same spot that Kitahara Natsuhiro often looked out from, and this particular seat was right by the window.

The moment she arrived at the office, she happened to see Kitahara Natsuhiro looking out the window at the scenery, so she chose this spot.

From now on, Kitahara Natsuyu will only need to look out the window to see her. If he looks at her a few more times, the two of them should make a lot of progress, and then they can complete the task that woman gave her.

Although she felt it was somewhat shameless, it was the only thing she could do.

She would never have done that before, but everything changed after that incident.

The world she saw changed, and even she herself changed.

And she doesn't want to die!

At this moment, Kitahara Natsuhiro was unaware of Katsuragi Sachiko's inner turmoil. Instead, he took two rags from the back of the office and handed one of them to Katsuragi Sachiko, saying, "Katsuragi-sensei."

"Okay." Sachiko Katsuragi smiled, took the rag, and began cleaning her workstation.

This workstation isn't very dirty, but there's still quite a bit of dust.

After all, this workstation is always near the window, and the window is open every day, so it's normal for it to be dusty.

However, the faculty and staff offices are cleaned every few days, so they're not dirty!

Soon, Sachiko Katsuragi's workstation was tidied up.

Afterwards, Kitahara Natsuhiro took Katsuragi Sachiko on a stroll around the campus, explaining the layout of the school to her floor by floor.

However, while Kitahara Natsuyu was wandering around with Katsuragi Sachiko, Haibara Ai, who was in the infirmary, happened to see this scene and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

Who is this woman?!

(End of this chapter)