Chapter 401: Construction Site

Yoshiyuki decided to go directly in and ask someone.

After he entered the construction site, he looked around and finally locked his eyes on a man who was holding a drawing and giving orders to the workers.

Looks like a foreman.

If you ask him, you should be able to find out what happened to Asakura!

Yoshiyuki waited for a moment to make sure the other party had time to talk, and then went to talk to him.

Yoshiyuki: "Hello, do you have time to say a few words? I'm looking for a girl who worked here some time ago."

Foreman: "Huh? Girl?"

Foreman: "Oh, then you must be talking about Sachiko Asakura. She is the only girl who has worked part-time during this period."

Yoshiyuki: "That's right! That's her."

Yoshiyuki: "She is my friend. After searching for a long time, I found out that she was in Haiou Port, so I came to this city. Later, I heard rumors that she had worked here..."

Foreman: "Well...that's it."

Foreman: "However, she has left the construction site for a long time. It's a pity that you should have come earlier."

Yoshiyuki: "Yes, I know."

Yoshiyuki: "Can you tell me where she went? Or did you mention who she was looking for?"

Foreman: “I don’t know.”

Foreman: "But I seem to have heard that she wants to save money for something."

Foreman: "Go to the canteen and ask. The aunt who cooks there is familiar with her."

After hearing this, Yoshiyuki hurried to the cafeteria.

Here he saw the largest pile of potatoes he had ever seen in his life.

Pile like a hill. There was no room for them in the warehouse next to the kitchen, so they had to be piled into the hallway.

This resulted in the corridor becoming quite narrow, making it very difficult to pass through.

Here Yoshiyuki found a middle-aged couple busy preparing lunch.

If two people want to prepare enough meals for the entire construction site, they must start working early in the morning.

A man is peeling a radish.

And his wife was peeling potatoes.

Yoshiyuki looked at the piles of fatty pork next to him and thought that this might be the lunch for today - stewed radish with potatoes and pork.

Of course, the so-called pork is either big fat slices, or it turns into layers of meat oil floating on the vegetables.

Yoshiyuki felt that with Asakura's not picky eater, she could still eat several large bowls of such a meal.

Yoshiyuki also noticed that the elderly couple had placed a beautiful gift box on the shelf in the corner of the kitchen where they kept their personal belongings.

Since the box was not tightly closed, Yi Xing could vaguely see that there was a dumpling hidden inside.

…Of course, it’s a doll.

"Oh, someone is here." The aunt noticed Yi Xing's arrival and greeted him in surprise: "Excuse me, is there something wrong? This is the kitchen and outsiders are not allowed to enter or exit."

"Ah, I'm here to see Sachiko Asakura. The foreman said that she is familiar with you, so I came to ask you."

Yi Xing answered truthfully.

After hearing this, the couple began to look at each other.

"That child Sachiko, does he owe money?" The aunt asked her husband in a low voice with concern on her face.

"Probably not. Maybe I'm just being hunted." The uncle answered very casually.

Wait, they have a strange misunderstanding!

If they don't correct it quickly, they will be unwilling to tell the information!

Just when Yoshiyuki was thinking this, they said this again!

"Isn't that even worse?!" After hearing this, the aunt looked very nervous: "Sachiko is a good child, we have to help her hide it! We can't tell the bad people the news."

"Yeah, I think so too." The uncle nodded in agreement.

After the two of them finished their conspiracy in a whisper that Yi Xing could hear clearly, the aunt put down the potatoes in her hand, stood up, and said this seriously.

"Sorry, we don't know this person. Please go back."

"Ah no, I'm her friend!" Yi Xing explained in a dumbfounded voice: "I came to see her because we got separated! She should have mentioned to you that she is looking for friends, right?"

"Huh? It seems that Sachiko did say that." The aunt said to the man in a low voice.

"Indeed, so this is not a bad person. I think we should tell her everything we know. This way they can be reunited!"

The two of them talked again at a volume that was not low enough.

Afterwards, they smiled and said to Yi Xing that he could ask any questions and they would tell him whatever they knew.

In this regard, Yoshiyuki feels that although it is good to be trusted again...

...But I always feel that these two people are a little too trusting of others.

Why don't you ask me what my name is? Asakura must have told them who he was looking for!

Yoshiyuki broke into a cold sweat because of this.

He felt that if he was really the one chasing her, Asakura would be unlucky if he met this couple.

Next, Yoshiyuki asked Asakura if she had said where she planned to go when she was working here, and where she went after leaving the construction site.

The old couple said that Asakura seemed to be planning to go somewhere far away, so they were preparing travel expenses.

It seemed like it would take a long time to go where she wanted to go.

As for why she wanted to go, she didn't say. There should be some reason that must be kept secret. But the two of them felt that she probably just heard the news about a friend far away.

As for the reason why Asakura left the construction site, it seemed that he just felt that he had to work here every day and was not free.

She wanted to find a part-time job that was relatively short-term and allowed her to have more freedom in her schedule.

After getting this necessary information, all that's left is small talk.

Both husband and wife found Asakura to be a very lovable and incredible girl.

For example, she is very strong, far stronger than the average man. I can do all kinds of manual labor such as carrying bricks and cement.

Moreover, this little girl is very smart. During her break, she squats there to watch how the bricklayers build the wall. I really learned how to divide three by five and divide by two. Once you can even do technical work, you will earn more money.

This wasn't what surprised them the most.

They think Asakura's greatest strength lies in his ability to understand dog speech.

She can know what emotions the dog is expressing and what appeal it wants when it barks.

The couple are not locals. They also come from far away hometowns.

There are druids in these two people's hometowns, and they can also understand animals.

They felt that Asakura was obviously not a dog demon but had such a talent, so he might have the potential to be a druid.

But Yoshiyuki felt that this was probably too much thinking.

Just being able to communicate with dogs is far from being a druid.

Many people among the Kuroba Ryu ninjas can communicate with animals. But basically you can only communicate with a specific kind of animal.

Because of the genre, they are basically crows and dogs.

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