Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 43 41. Mother and Daughter Meet
For three whole days, Katsuragi Sachiko locked herself in the dormitory and did not see anyone. After three days, the extremely haggard Katsuragi Sachiko walked out of the dormitory and called Tsujimura Kimie.

"Mrs. Tsujimura? I'm Katsuragi Sachiko. Can we meet today?"

Hayashi Ryoma's arrangements against Katsuragi Sachiko and Tsujimura Kimie were carried out simultaneously, but after the Isshinkai members who were targeting Tsujimura Kimie realized through indirect inquiries that Tsujimura Kimie might have already known that Katsuragi Sachiko was her and Yamashiro Kenji's daughter, they stopped interfering.

Choose to stop the action.

Some things are too much or too little. After all, Tsujimura Kimie is the wife of two diplomats. She must not be a fool to be in charge of the Tsujimura family.

If it's too obvious, it will alert Tsujimura Kimie.

In fact, Tsujimura Isao's abnormal attitude had already made Tsujimura Kimie feel that something was not right, but because the time was too short and Katsuragi Sachiko had not appeared in the Tsujimura family again, Tsujimura Kimie suppressed his doubts in his heart.

Sometimes when faced with certain situations, people tend to have an ostrich mentality, as if she would never have to face it if she didn't delve into it.

After receiving the call from her daughter, Kimie Tsujimura was also confused. She didn't know what her daughter wanted to say to her.

Maybe she was begging me to allow her to enter the Tsujimura family? Or maybe it was something else?
Kimie Tsujimura couldn't figure it out or guess it, but she didn't want to miss the opportunity to get close to her daughter.

The meeting place was decided by Kimie Tsujimura, at a high-end Western restaurant in Ginza.

Given Tsujimura Isao's attitude towards Katsuragi Sachiko, Tsujimura Kimie knew that Katsuragi Sachiko's reappearance might irritate her husband's sensitive nerves.

A cafe is just a place to talk about things, and Kimie Tsujimura thinks it would seem a bit strange to meet in a cafe.

Even though the relationship between the two is so unfamiliar.

Kimie Tsujimura finally chose to meet Sachiko Katsuragi in a western restaurant. Although she had never participated in her daughter's growth, she still hoped to have a good meal with her daughter.

The driver of the Tsujimura family drove Tsujimura Kimie to Ginza, and she arrived at the restaurant early. After being led to the reserved seat by the waiter, Tsujimura Kimie took out a makeup mirror from her handbag to check whether her makeup was perfect.

About ten minutes later, Katsuragi Sachiko was led by the waiter to her reserved seat.

Kimie Tsujimura frowned the first time he saw Sachiko Katsuragi.

The reason was simple. Although Sachiko Katsuragi had makeup on her face, Kimie Tsujimura could still see at a glance the haggardness hidden beneath the makeup.

Too much worry and lack of sleep, the red bloodshot in Sachiko Katsuragi's eyes alone were enough to show that Sachiko Katsuragi definitely didn't get enough rest these days.

As a mother, Tsujimura Kimie was naturally distressed to see her own daughter so haggard, but she couldn't show it.

As the wife of Tsujimura Isao, every move of Tsujimura Kimie when facing others represents Tsujimura Isao's will.

Tsujimura Isao doesn't want Katsuragi Sachiko to marry him, so no matter how distressed Tsujimura Kimie is, he will not give Katsuragi Sachiko the wrong signal at this moment.

Tsujimura Koie frowned and said sarcastically, “You can’t enter our Tsujimura family in this state.

Don't tell me you've been like this since you left our house."

Katsuragi Sachiko showed a sarcastic expression when she heard Tsujimura Kimie's "reproach": "Yes, Mrs. Tsujimura, you are right. Maybe I should wait until Takayoshi's first wife dies of illness and then become her second wife?"

Tsujimura Kimie was speechless for a moment. Katsuragi Sachiko's words were like a slap in the face. Every word in the two sentences was not about Tsujimura Kimie, but every word was about Tsujimura Kimie.

If someone else had said this, Tsujimura Kimie might have been angry, but definitely not that angry. But the one who said this was her own daughter.

Tsujimura Kimie suddenly became angry and embarrassed - how could she think of me like this? What right did she have to think of me like this?
When Yamashiro Ken was imprisoned for malfeasance, what could she do as a full-time housewife? How could she raise a child alone without a job or experience?

Who did she think was the reason why she was able to grow up this big, receive a good education, spend a lot of money on cram schools in high school, and afford to study at Dongdu Medical University?
What puzzled Tsujimura Kimie even more was that the last time they met, Katsuragi Sachiko was not timid, but could be described as well-behaved and sensible.

Why is Katsuragi Sachiko so mean now that they meet in private? Was all that before just a disguise?

Sachiko Katsuragi had no interest in playing charades with Kimie Tsujimura; she came here to confront him.

"I don't think I've formally introduced myself to you yet, Mrs. Tsujimura. My name is Katsuragi Sachiko, but you can call me Yamashiro Sachiko.

I am the daughter of the late diplomat Yamashiro Kenji, and of course I am also your biological daughter, Yamashiro Kimie."

Yamashiro Kimie, what a familiar name. But no one had called her that for a long time since she remarried into the Tsujimura family fifteen years ago.

"Sachiko, you, you know everything?" Tsujimura Kimie's face changed drastically. She realized something was wrong when Katsuragi Sachiko mentioned Yamashiro Kenji, and she was even more shocked when Katsuragi Sachiko mentioned Yamashiro Kimie.

There is no reason for my daughter to know this! And even if Katsuragi Sachiko knew about her biological father and her, she shouldn't have this attitude.

Even if they didn't perform a touching drama of mother and daughter reuniting after a long separation, at least there was no need for them to be so hostile to her. It wasn't her fault that she, Kimie Tsujimura, remarried in the first place!
"Shouldn't I know? Shouldn't I know that my father was also a diplomat;

I shouldn't have known that my father was imprisoned because he was wrongly accused!
Shouldn't I know that my mother remarried early and even became my boyfriend's stepmother, or shouldn't I know that my mother actually married into the family of my enemy? ! "

There was something in Sachiko Katsuragi's heart that she couldn't hide. Three whole days of confusion and countless emotions suddenly burst out. When facing her biological mother, Sachiko Katsuragi finally started crying.

Kimie Tsujimura was shocked. What did she hear? Her ex-husband was imprisoned for malfeasance and was wrongly accused?
Marrying into the family of the enemy means that the one who framed Yamashiro Kenji was her husband Tsujimura Isao? !

Wait! How could an ordinary college student like Katsuragi Sachiko know such a secret from 20 years ago?

Tsujimura Kimie could no longer sit still. She came to Katsuragi Sachiko, hugged the girl and wiped away her tears.

"Sachiko, Sachiko, listen to me. Calm down. I will answer whatever you want to ask or say. Now tell me, who told you about your father, Kenji?"

No one knows how much of the mother and daughter's crying and hugging each other's hearts is sincere and how much is false.

However, Katsuragi Sachiko was still kind. She did not reveal the identity of Okubo Shinsuke, but only said that an enthusiastic reporter contacted him.

After hiding the name of the reporter, Katsuragi Sachiko told Tsujimura Kimie about how Okubo Shinsuke had approached her.

After all, Katsuragi Sachiko, who has lived under the care of others since she was a child, still longs for family affection and parents. Her harshness towards Tsujimura Kimie still cannot change her longing for her mother.

(End of this chapter)