The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 15 Lucky Mutual Aid Society (7)

Facing the other party's questioning, Inuyama Heita knew that she was asking him if he was following her or something. Inuyama Heita did not want to be misunderstood by the other party, so he simply told Suzuki how he was invited by Matsui and then took the time to come and see, without mentioning any weird things at all.

"Don't be fooled!" Suzuki warned him, "These people are complete liars! They say some nonsense, such as getting lucky, which is totally impossible."

Hearing Suzuki's remarks, Inuyama Heita was very surprised. He didn't expect that before he could persuade the other party to sober up, the other party advised him to be careful. Inuyama Heita asked in confusion: "Since you know this, why did you come here and take several days off from school?"

"It was my mother... She insisted that I attend the ceremony, or else she would expel me from school." Suzuki's tone showed a trace of sadness, and she shook her head: "I won't say it anymore. Anyway, I've already attended the so-called ceremony, so she has no reason to make a fuss again."

Inuyama Heita asked curiously, "Why did your mother insist that you attend this ceremony?"

"Because the president got a 'revelation'." Suzuki replied sarcastically, "It said that I will encounter an opportunity to change my luck during this period of time. Once I seize this opportunity, I will be lucky all the way, and my family will also become lucky. As long as the ceremony is over, I can feel the arrival of good luck... It's nonsense. I don't believe in such things that have no factual basis. Anyway, my business is over, and you don't need to be fooled by them. My mother is still waiting for me, and I have to go."

Inuyama Heita nodded and was about to say goodbye and leave when suddenly the phone in his pocket vibrated. He took it out and saw that it was a text message.

[Oh, I forgot to tell you, if you meet Miss Suzuki, remember to take a few photos of her pendant.]

It was sent by Qian Xiaoyi. Inuyama Heita hurriedly stopped Suzuki who was about to leave and said, "Um... can you show me the pendant they gave you? I'm a little curious."

Suzuki frowned. She reached out and took off the pendant from her neck and handed it to Inuyama Heita, complaining, "What's so good about this cheap thing? If I wasn't afraid of my mother making a fuss, I would have thrown away this ugly jewelry long ago. If others saw me wearing this, they would laugh at me for having old-fashioned tastes."

Inuyama Heita took it and studied it for a while, then took a few close-up photos of it with his mobile phone and gave it back to Suzuki: "It's OK, thank you."

Although Suzuki felt a little strange about Inuyama Heita's behavior, he didn't say anything. After the two separated, Inuyama Heita took the train to Reiku Office. What he had said to Matsui before about working part-time was all a lie. In order to attend the Lucky Mutual Aid Association meeting, he specially asked the store manager for a day off today.

It was already evening and the door of the office was open. Inuyama Heita said "Sorry to bother you" and walked in. Inside, Qian Xiaoyi was sitting behind his desk, concentrating on doing something. Inuyama Heita walked closer and found that he was doing handicrafts, such as making something like a wooden sign. His mobile phone was placed aside, showing an enlarged photo of the pendant that Inuyama Heita had just taken.

Seeing that Qian Xiaoyi ignored him, Inuyama Heita sat on the chair opposite the table and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"Yes." Qian Xiaoyi answered briefly without even looking up, and then there was no more, and the office fell into silence. "Um..." Inuyama Heita continued to ask embarrassedly: "Can you tell me?"

Qian Xiaoyi paused, looked up at Inuyama Heita, and asked, "Why should I tell you?"

This made Inuyama Ping stunned. He was very puzzled by Qian Xiaoyi's behavior of abandoning the donkey after it had served its purpose. He said in surprise: "But we are together... I understand. I can entrust you. I have earned some money from working part-time during this period..."

"You seem to have made a mistake." Qian Xiaoyi interrupted him: "We have never been together. This time it was just a chance encounter. I didn't know you would be there, and you didn't know you would meet me, right? More importantly, why did you get involved in this matter? To save the classmate you never contact and only know? You don't seem to be such a warm-hearted person, right, Heitaro?"

Inuyama Heita looked at Qian Xiaoyi silently, and did not even correct him when Qian Xiaoyi called his name wrong.

Qian Xiaoyi continued, "If you are here because I helped you a few days ago and made you feel warm and determined to help others, then you can leave now, because you have done a good job and the next step will be handed over to professionals, that is, me. Or, as a high school student, your second-year soul is burning and you want to be a hero? In that case, I am even more sorry. I don't need an amateur high school student to save the world... But the question is, do you really want to participate for this reason?"

"..." Inuyama Heita thought for a while and finally shook his head: "In fact, both of the reasons you mentioned are true, but the main reason is not that."

"Tell me about it." Qian Xiaoyi put down the work in his hands, stared at Inuyama Heita and said, "I'm very curious about what exactly motivated you to want to get involved in this matter."

Inuyama Heita was silent for a while, as if he was struggling with whether he should tell his reasons, but after a long silence, he made up his mind and confessed: "...In fact, my family has encountered the same thing."

Qian Xiaoyi was not surprised at all: "I remember you once said that your mother died of illness a long time ago, and your father disappeared, leaving you alone in Tokyo."

"Yes." Inuyama Heita nodded. There was no light on in the office. The setting sun shone through the window onto the table and stopped right in front of Inuyama Heita. In the shadow, his eyes were dull, like a pool of stagnant water. He stated calmly, "My father suffered a great blow after my mother passed away. His work was not going well. Because I could see things that ordinary people could not see, he did not know what to do. So, with the introduction of an acquaintance, he joined a well-known religious group and became a believer of that sect. At that time..."

"There's no need to talk about what happened next." Seeing that the other party's pressure was getting lower and lower, Qian Xiaoyi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing more than getting deeper and deeper into trouble, and all the family property was invested. If you ask me, your situation is actually quite lucky. Your father didn't leave any loans, and the property is still there. Otherwise, you wouldn't even have a place to live, let alone continue to go to school. So after you saw your classmate encountering this kind of thing, you finally couldn't help but go up to help her to prevent her from repeating the same mistake, but you should have a deeper reason, right? For example..."

"-Want to destroy this kind of organization, or something like that." Qian Xiaoyi stared at Inuyama Heita, seeing the disgust and anger hidden in the other's calm eyes, Qian Xiaoyi said slowly.

(End of this chapter)