"..." Sato Miwako thought about it carefully, and it seemed that such a thing was indeed the case. She didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking it was just a joke that Uehara didn't want to mention.
After all, this man's past romantic debts are here. Didn't expect this to be true?
"Do you think that friend is me?" Looking at his partner's strange look, Katsumi Uehara didn't know what she was thinking.
Miwako Sato, who was slightly guilty, turned her head subconsciously. Although she didn't answer, her gesture said everything.
"Come on Noriko, let me introduce you. This is Police Officer Sato from the Investigation Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department." Kawamura Takashi helped his pregnant wife slowly sit down and acted as the introducer with a smile: "Uehara doesn't need to be introduced. You guys have known each other before." After finishing the debate with his partner, Uehara Katsumi said with some emotion in his voice: "Long time no see, Noriko Nagayama."
"Long time no see, Katsumi Uehara." Her beautiful face was filled with maternal love, and a smile appeared on the face of the woman named Noriko Nagayama: "I heard that Ryuji said you are already in the police department, congratulations."
"It's all empty, it's all empty. I'm exhausted from running errands every day." Waving his hands nonchalantly, Uehara Katsumi stared at Kawamura Ryuuji and joked: "You kids are almost here and you haven't even told me. , look down on me." After hearing this, the latter raised his hand and scratched the back of his head with a naive smile: "When Noriko and I first got together, you were still checking your eucalyptus, so I didn't want to disturb you, and you would have been hospitalized after that. ."
"It seems so, then just pretend I didn't say anything." Katsuki Uehara raised his eyebrows and instantly raised his hand to unzip the zipper.
"But, speaking of Uehara." Kawamura Ryuji suddenly thought of something, frowned and said strangely: "Do you know where Kunihiko went? I was also thinking of inviting him to be the best man with you.
"He didn't answer either the phone or the email. I went to his house and found no one. Even his family members were missing. Have they moved?
"Your conflicts haven't reached this level, right? I wanted to take advantage of my wedding to let you sit down and have a good chat."
"..."
"..." After hearing this question, Sato Miwako subconsciously pursed her lips and turned her head to look at the man who was silent for a moment.
"he died."
"Oh, he - huh?!" Kawamura Ryuji, who was still a little unresponsive for a moment, paused for a few seconds and then his eyes widened, staring at his friend in disbelief: "What did you say?! Dead?!"
"Ah, he died in the mission. As for his family, they were avenged." Playing with the tachyon in his hand, Katsumi Uehara said with a normal expression the fate of Oikawa Kunihiko and his family.
This time it was Kawamura Ryuji and his wife's turn to be silent.
"When you are an undercover police officer, death is normal. Even as a police officer, I almost died before, if I hadn't been lucky." Seeing that the atmosphere in the restaurant fell silent for an instant, Uehara Katsumi took a deep breath and said, He raised his hand and patted his friend's shoulder: "Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Just burn some more paper money for him later. But you, what does it mean to invite me to be the best man? Are you not married yet?"
"Ah? Hmm, um." Kawamura Ryuji's expression was still a little off when he came back to his senses, but he still calmed down and nodded: "Something happened in the store when Noriko was pregnant with the child, so the wedding had to be postponed. .
"The matter was resolved later, and her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and it was no longer suitable for a wedding. So we simply thought of holding a make-up wedding after the baby was born."
"When is my sister-in-law's due date?"
"The 18th of next month."
"Then the wedding won't take a long time?"
"Including training preparations and the like, I estimate it will be half a year later, so we are going to go through the marriage formalities first." Kawamura Ryuji, who talked about his life-long event, reluctantly removed the negative emotions in his heart and tenderly held his wife's hand. , forced a smile and said: "Isn't this because I want to make an appointment with you two groomsmen in advance?"
"I'm fine, I'll be on call." Uehara Katsumi with a smile on his face made Kawamura Ryuuji sigh: "Noriko, sit down for a moment while I go prepare lunch for Uehara and Officer Sato."
"Yes." Although the woman looking at her husband's expression was a little worried, she nodded obediently and didn't ask any more questions.
It wasn't until his departing figure disappeared at the kitchen door that Nagakawa Noriko turned around and cast her eyes on the two people not far away in front of her.
"Kunihiko refers to...that Oikawa Kunihiko? The person who did magazine shoots with me and you?" Noriko Nagakawa hesitated for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Uehara Katsumi, who nodded.
"It's okay. He is an adult making his own choices. He is responsible for the consequences." Uehara Katsumi did not say much to Noriko Nagakawa. Instead, he persuaded her to pay more attention to Kawamura Ryuji's emotions recently.
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"The relationship between Ryuji Kawamura and Kunihiko Oikawa is better." After lunch, Katsumi Uehara, who said goodbye to Kawamura and his wife, walked along the perimeter of the training base to eat, and explained: "At that time, my focus was more Mostly through football and school, they spent more time together and became closer.
"However, this world is still really small. I didn't expect Noriko Nagakawa to be with Kawamura."
"Judging from the previous names, Nagakawa Noriko has not been officially naturalized yet. Did something happen to their store before?" Recalling the two new people she met during this meal, Sato Miwako was a little curious: "They are both pregnant. It’s been so long.”
"I don't know. Judging from the time, I was still lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital when something happened in his store. Now that it has been resolved, there is no need to mention such sad things." Uehara Katsumi shrugged and said indifferently: "Compared with this, I'm still more curious about how he could marry a bartender and get her pregnant."
"Ah." Miwako Sato narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a long voice: "Are you trying to save others by yourself?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I just think he may have a better choice, that's all. I have no problem with Nagakawa Noriko's job. It makes money, and the economy is in decline. It's not shabby." The economic bubble burst, and the Heisei Great Depression era came.
As a policeman who guarantees harvests despite droughts and floods, Katsumi Uehara naturally does not have to worry about corresponding income issues, not to mention the extra money he earns from the European Cup.
But for Japanese society as a whole, the most intuitive feeling brought about by the economic depression is that it is difficult to make money and it is unstable.
"Are you worried that your friend has been trapped?" Miwako Sato heard the sound and knew the elegant meaning, and raised her eyebrows.
"I don't know. Let's go back and check. After all, we are just friends."
"You are really strange. Sometimes you always trust someone inexplicably, and sometimes you are wary of people."
"Huh? Is there any?"
"As a senior member of the brewery, Miyano Shiho may have someone's life on his hands, so you trust him. Nagakawa Noriko said that she did a magazine shoot with you before, so it's not a casual relationship, but you don't trust her."
"Well, maybe it's because of the relationship between Kawamura Ryuuji and me." Uehara Katsumi smiled: "Care will lead to chaos. I don't have many friends to begin with. If I trust Miyano Shiho, I have nothing to lose."
"Is it related to you..." Miwako Sato pursed her lips, her eyelids twitched a few times visibly, and what her best friend Yumi Miyamoto said to her before going out rang in her ears. She couldn't help but take a deep breath and said: "Uehara, can I ask you something?" Uehara Katsumi stopped, turned sideways and asked, "What's the matter?"
"What is the relationship between you and me?"
