Ishii Shirō visits

  "Anzi, what did you just call Inoue in relation to you and Shihō?" Li 'Yu' E asked, looking at the already distant back of Inoue. Although Li 'Yu' E had also read some books, most of them were traditional Chinese ethics and morals, and she didn't quite understand the terms used by seniors in modern universities.

  "Oh, he's my and Shibuya-kun's senior, oh, which means we're alumni too, and also a student of my uncle's. He graduated two years before Shibuya-kun and I entered school."

  Anzu seems reluctant to talk about Inoue too much, but she doesn't know why. After meeting Inoue, she suddenly feels like something might happen, but can't quite put her finger on what it is.

  "Oh... I see! Haha... I thought the senior was some kind of official or something! Haha..." Li Yu'e said with a slightly embarrassed smile.

  Inoue Masao was born into a wealthy Osaka family in Japan, and as the eldest son, his family had originally intended for him to take over the family business. However, he had always been interested in medicine since childhood, so he secretly applied to the medical department of Kyoto Imperial University without telling his family.

  Inoue Masao was extremely talented and hardworking, earning the favor of his teacher, Ishii Shirō. He often visited Ishii's home as a guest, becoming familiar with Ishii's daughter, Ishii Kyoko. Over time, Inoue's visits became more frequent, not just for academic purposes but also to see Kyoko, who was still in high school.

  Unfortunately, despite his strong feelings, Kyoko only saw him as a friend or older brother. It wasn't until she met Zhao Zhibang later on that Inoue finally gave up hope. Based on this experience, Inoue declined his teacher's offer to stay at the university and teach, instead enlisting in the military as a military doctor. At that time, he was a lieutenant medical officer in the Japanese Northern China Garrison Army.

  It's been almost three months since the last time something happened at Xidan. Anzi is also about to give birth, and because Zhao Zhibang's work is very busy, Zhao Chuanfu has handed over all business matters to his subordinates. He has been staying at home these days, and everyone in the Zhao family is delighted with the upcoming arrival of the little one. On this day, the sky was gloomy and occasionally drizzled with rain.

  "Ding Dong" Just then, the doorbell at the entrance of the courtyard rang.

  "Yi Die, go take a look who it is. Your brother shouldn't be back so early, right?" Li Yu'e said to her daughter in the living room while she was busy preparing dinner for the family in the kitchen.

  "Oh..."

  "Who are you? What's the matter?" Zhao Yidian opened the small window on the gate and asked the two strangers outside.

  "Little girl, hello! Excuse me, is this Zhao Zhibang's home?"

  "Yes! He is my brother, who are you?"

  "Oh, I'm a friend of your brother's, and this is Mr. Ishii, Apricot's uncle!"

  "Yi Die, who is it?" The speaker was Zhao Chuanfu, who was currently in the garage watching the driver inspect the car.

  "Dad, they say it's Auntie's uncle!" Zhao Yidian said as she turned around to glance at Ishii Shirō and Inoue Masao again.

  "Then why don't you hurry up and welcome the guest in!" After saying that, he ran over, shaking out his somewhat wrinkled long gown as he went.

  "Oh dear! Honored guest arriving at the door, sorry for not welcoming you from afar, sorry for not welcoming you from afar! Come come come, please hurry inside!"

  "I shouldn't be bothering you, please forgive me! Hehe..." Shi Ishirō, who had just walked in, bowed respectfully and said to Zhao Chuanfu, who was taken aback for a moment before hastily bowing back.

  "Auntie..." Hearing Zhao Yitian and Zhao Chuanfu's conversation, Xingzi also walked out of the house with her big belly, and as soon as she came out, she hurriedly shouted, so anxious that Li Yu'e immediately put down her work to hurry out and support her.

  "Anzi, hehe... you slow down, slow down..." Ishii Shirō saw Anzi coming out of the house and, without even bothering to be polite to Zhao Chuanfu, ran over to her in small strides. This was truly unthinkable for Ikegami Masao, as Professor Ishii Shirō had never been seen doing something so impolite before. This also showed that Ishii Shirō genuinely liked this niece of his.

  "Oh dear! Good child, don't cry, it's not good for you to cry! Uncle saw that you're okay and feels at ease now." Ishii Shirō quickly walked up to Kyoko's side, took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears while saying this, but in fact he himself had also started to choke back sobs.

  "Come on, come on, Mr. Ishii is inviting you inside, we've all been waiting for you to arrive." Then everyone went into the house one by one.

  Because Ishii Shirō had been to China at an early age, he spoke Chinese very well. Only Inoue Masao, who had only learned some Chinese during his years as a soldier in China, spent most of the time listening and rarely speaking.

  "Oh dear, it's been so long since Anzu and Shihō got married, we haven't had a chance to meet with the relatives yet, it's really a bit regrettable! Today I finally get to see Mr. Ishii, it's also fulfilled my wish of many years!"

  "I've always wanted to visit you, but unfortunately I couldn't find the time. Anzu has been following me around and has been spoiled by me, if there's anything she did wrong, please forgive her." Ishii Shirō said lovingly as he glanced at Anzu.

  "Mr. Ishii said that it's a blessing for my son, Shigeru, to have married Anzu, who is gentle and elegant. If he dares to bully her, not only will I, as his father, not forgive him, but even my little 'daughter' won't let him off the hook!" He burst out laughing after saying this.

  "Zhibang is my student, a very intelligent and capable person with good character. If Xingzi marries him, I will be completely at ease. Seeing you and your wife again today makes me even more reassured." Ishii Shirō said with a satisfied smile after rubbing his hands together and taking a sip of tea.

  "Just then, the door was suddenly pushed open, and it turned out that everyone was too polite to notice that Zhao Zhibang had already returned."

  "Oh, Zhi Bang is back, haha... Ah, it's been a while and he's going to be a father soon!" Ishii Shirō exclaimed as he stood up from his seat and shook Zhao Zhi Bang's hand excitedly.

  "Hehe... Teacher, Uncle, it's been so long since you came, both I and Xingzi miss you very much!" Zhao Zhibang kept calling him "Teacher" until Zhao Chuanfu gave him a signal with his eyes, then he changed his words. The sudden change in address made Ishii Shirō stunned for a moment before bursting into laughter, it can be seen that this "Uncle" is still quite pleasing to him.