"Huh? Brother-in-law?!"
Seeing Qing Shuijing and his sister suddenly appearing in the hall, Suzuki Sonoko ran forward with a happy face at first, then suddenly stopped, put his hands on his hips, and said angrily:
"Didn't you say you couldn't come? What's going on now? Why are you here with my sister again? Did you do it on purpose?"
"No garden."
Looking at her with a smile, Qing Shuijing explained: "I didn't expect the police to let me go so quickly. I'm sorry for making you worry..."
"Then why didn't you inform me? I thought you wouldn't come..."
"I sent you a text message."
After Qing Shuijing said this, Suzuki Sonoko quickly took out her mobile phone from her pocket and saw an unread text message from Qing Shuijing.
"Ahem..." His momentum suddenly collapsed, and he was quite embarrassed. Suzuki Sonoko coughed twice and said in a low voice:
"Then, I will forgive you this time. Please remember to call next time? After all, text messages cannot be seen at any time..."
"Okay." Qing Shuijing nodded gently and responded with a gentle voice.
Only then did he turn his attention to Karasuma Ying and Mao Lilan behind Suzuki Sonoko.
"Karasuma-san, Mori-san, good afternoon."
His eyes swept over the two of them, and Qing Shuijing took the initiative to say hello to them.
Ever since Qingshui Jing came to Didan Middle School as an art teacher, he changed the name of the two of them from "Miss" to "Classmate".
"Good afternoon, Mr. Shimizu." Karasuma Ying responded with the same smile.
Her relationship with Qing Shuijing was actually not that deep. Many times, she would only hear about the Suzuki family's son-in-law from Yuanzi.
The two rarely met in school. Even if they occasionally met in the corridor, they would only nod and say hello.
If there is any relationship between the two, it is that Karasumaying once added Qing Shuijing's contact information in order to learn to cook.
However, neither of them has ever used this contact method. On the rare occasions when Qing Shuijing was temporarily unable to pick up Yuanzi from school due to something else, she just asked her to watch Yuanzi and not let her run away...
The relationship is obviously such a shallow one, but for some reason, Karasumaying always feels an inexplicable... feeling of closeness in her heart every time she sees Qing Shuijing?
This was a very special feeling that made her want to get closer to Qing Shuijing for no reason... She herself couldn't quite explain the origin of this feeling.
But Karasuma Ying was very sure that this was definitely not the so-called love between a man and a woman.
"Um, who are you?"
While a few people were chatting, a fat middle-aged man came over.
The man is short and fat, with a mustache on his chin. He looks to be in his fifties and seems to be a staff member here.
"Hello, we are here to attend a secret meeting." Qing Shuijing replied.
"I see, the secret meeting will start in twenty minutes. You can enter the venue directly from the entrance next to it."
"Okay, thanks..."
"Ah, wait!"
At this moment, Suzuki Sonoko quickly called to the middle-aged man and asked:
"Excuse me, has the Black Witch Diviner gone to the venue now?"
"Ah, that's not true. She's still in her room. What's wrong?"
"Can you please take us to see her now? I am Suzuki Sonoko, who has made an appointment with her before..."
"Suzuki Sonoko?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment when he heard the name, and then looked at Suzuki Sonoko carefully, and a smile as bright as a chrysanthemum suddenly appeared on his face.
"It turns out to be Ms. Suzuki! I remembered it! You have made an appointment with Kimiko for fortune telling before, right? Are these all your friends?"
"Uh, yes, yes..."
The middle-aged man's sudden change of attitude made Suzuki Sonoko quite uncomfortable.
"Um, may I ask you..."
"Oh! I almost forgot! My name is Daijiro Arai. I am not only a staff member of the fortune-telling studio, but also the personal assistant of Black Miko."
"Arai?"
Suzuki Sonoko was a little surprised when she heard that the last name was the same as the black miko's real name.
"Are you just..."
"Yes, I am Kimiko's husband." Daijiro Arai nodded and smiled.
On the side, Karasumaying keenly noticed that when introducing her husband's identity, Arai Daijiro's face turned ugly for a moment.
It felt like he had said something disgusting himself...
[Is this couple not on good terms? 】
"Okay! I'll leave it to you, Mr. Arai!"
Just when Karasuma Ei was thinking secretly, Suzuki Sonoko had become completely familiar with Arai Daijiro, and in a few words she made him agree to take them to see the black miko right now.
"No problem! Miss Suzuki! Please come with me!"
Daijiro Arai led the way very enthusiastically, leading everyone through the hall, from the corridor to the second floor, and finally stopped at the door of a room locked by an iron door.
"Kimiko, I'm coming in."
Opening the iron door with the key, Daijiro Arai led everyone into the room.
"Wow, this place has such a sense of atmosphere. It's worthy of being the black witch's room..."
The first time they entered the room, everyone was slightly shocked.
The walls of the entire room are covered with black iron panels, and various paintings with strange styles that seem to be related to divination and supernatural beings are hung on the walls and ceiling, which gives people a very depressing feeling psychologically.
There were no windows or lights around the room, and the only external light source was the small skylight on the ceiling.
The weak sunlight shines through this skylight onto the black "Thorn Devil Statue" that is almost three meters high directly below.
On both sides of the iron gate behind everyone, there is a two-meter-high "white knight statue" placed on each side, which seems to be trying to form some kind of echo with the thorn devil statue opposite.
I have to say that this room does give people the feeling of... a fortune teller.
"Kimiko, a guest is here."
Directly below the skylight, there is a long table with a crystal ball and various books. Beside the long table, there is an old woman wearing glasses sitting, reading with the help of the weak sunlight.
The old woman had short wavy brown-red hair, many wrinkles on her face, bright lipstick on her mouth, and heart-shaped pendants on her ears and neck.
She was on the fat side and was wearing a pink women's suit. Her fat belly held up the suit, which further highlighted her middle-aged and stout figure.
This old woman should be the "Black Miko" Kimiko Arai.
It seems that he is a person who loves vanity but is not very good at dressing up...
This was Karasumaying's first feeling.
