My new wife discovered my past

Chapter 45 45. Orders from the Shogunate

"Have you told your colleagues in the office, Tetsuya-kun? About the girls' tea party, and that I want to add their contact information."

As soon as she got in the car and exchanged greetings with her husband, Jiko, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked this.

"I told them during lunch break that they are all willing to attend the tea party initiated by Noriko." Watanabe sighed, "They all want to meet Noriko, especially Takahashi's fiancée. I heard from Takahashi that she has always admired Noriko for a long time.

"If you're anxious to add them, just use my phone to add them as friends. I'm busy driving."

As he spoke, Watanabe handed his cell phone to his wife.

Taking the phone from her husband, Keiko replied, "Okay, but it's too much to say I admire you! I'm just being polite."

She unlocked Watanabe's phone and clicked on Line.

The top contact on the chat interface is naturally [Noriko Watanabe], and below it are only the contacts to whom you have recently sent messages.

Tetsuya Watanabe has a very narrow social circle and he doesn't like making friends. He has no more than 30 close friends.

He also has some strange obsessive-compulsive disorder, and only keeps the friends he has contacted recently on the chat interface.

Other things, such as advertisements and friends who have not sent messages to each other in the past few days, Watanabe Toru will clean them out every few days.

Noriko Shimizu didn't even need to scroll down, there were only a few read messages on it, from colleagues and her father Kenichi Shimizu.

Kurosawa Ryosuke, Matsumoto Hitomi, Miyagawa Tsuyu, Takahashi Rinto, and...the new neighbor next door, Saotome Hazuki.

"Hmm, Miss Saotome..."

Noriko Watanabe was deeply impressed by Hazuki Saotome.

It is extremely impolite to peek at other people's chat records. If the person you are peeking at is your boyfriend or husband, the crime will be even more serious because it represents a crisis of trust.

But this universal theory does not apply to the marriage between Watanabe and Noriko.

In the first year of their relationship, or to be more precise, two or three months after they confirmed their relationship, they were already able to check each other's phones anytime and anywhere.

"It's all about handing over work to colleagues..."

After reading the chat messages between her husband and several male and female colleagues, Jiko said to herself.

Then...is it the same with Miss Saotome?
I don't know why, maybe it's a woman's sixth sense, but Noriko has always been nervous about Saotome Hazuki, who coincidentally got a job as a teacher at Yu High School, coincidentally moved next door to her apartment, and came from the same high school as her husband.

A feeling of inexplicable panic and palpitations.

She clicked into the chat page.

[Saotome Hazuki: Hello, Mr. Watanabe, I am Saotome Hazuki, please give me your guidance.] (April 4, 18:15)

Read, not replied.

'Really?! Others have actively greeted me enthusiastically, but why haven't I read my message and replied?'

Noriko complained silently in her heart and couldn't help but glance at Watanabe Tetsuya who was concentrating on driving.

Watanabe looked at the phone in Noriko's hand and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"Hmph~ It's okay."

Jiko continued to look back at the second chat record.

[Saotome Hazuki: Mr. Watanabe, can you tell me Ms. Noriko’s Line account? I want to go to the tea party.]
[Tetsuya Watanabe: recommended "Tetsuya"]
Noriko's ID on Line was originally "Tetsuya", but she asked Watanabe to note her as "Watanabe Noriko".

[Saotome Hazuki: Thank you.]
[Tetsuya Watanabe: You’re welcome.]
The above are all the chat records that Noriko Shimizu saw. They are so brief that they can be clearly seen at a glance.

Right, all right.

Shimizu Noriko received a friend request from Saotome Hazuki two hours ago, and of course she accepted it. She also learned from Saotome that it was through Watanabe that she learned about the Line account. Now, Noriko can finally put her mind at ease.

As for deleting the chat history? Ji Zi had never considered the probability or possibility of such a thing.

The Watanabe Tetsuya that Noriko Shimizu knew would not do such a false or deceptive thing to her.

"Tetsuya-kun~ Miss Saotome sent you the first greeting message on Line, why didn't you reply? It's rude not to reply after reading it..."

Jiko looked at the chat history.

Watanabe had considered this situation since he met Saotome Hazuki again.

So he has been deleting chat records these days.

There are some things to pay attention to when deleting chat history. You can’t just delete them all at once.

If Watanabe also deleted the message that greeted Saotome, the chat interface would be completely empty. Wouldn't this be a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt?
In addition, Watanabe also asked Saotome to perform a scene asking for a Line account.

To his surprise, Saotome Hazuki agreed very readily and did not attach any conditions. It was simply unbelievable and unreasonable.

Watanabe Toru couldn't help but guess that Saotome Hazuki probably didn't want Noriko to find out, or find out about their relationship so early...

"Saotome-sensei's greeting?" Watanabe seemed to realize what his wife was referring to:
"I was busy with work and neglected it... By the time I realized it, two or three days had passed. If I had replied at that time, it would definitely be very strange, right? I briefly explained the situation to Saotome-sensei in person, and she understood, so I didn't pursue it."

"As expected, Miss Saotome is a very gentle woman..."

Watanabe was so shocked by what Noriko blurted out that he almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.

When she arrived home, perhaps because she had never visited Saotome's rented apartment before, and because she had recently learned about her husband's disrespectful behavior, Kiko brought some homemade rice cakes as a gift and rang Saotome Hazuki's doorbell.

She was alone and Watanabe did not follow.

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April 4th and 27th are the days for the end-of-month tests for Yougao High School, and after the tests it will be the Golden Week holiday.

The whole day was spent in boring exam supervision, and there was a foreign language discussion at noon.

But Watanabe Tetsuya felt very sorry for Noriko. Today, he used the excuse of being an invigilator for the exam. Although he did not evade the video call, he moved the fixed time of the video call forward to 12:10 and cut the duration to less than 15 minutes.

Noriko was a kind-hearted person. She even comforted Watanabe, allowed him to work with peace of mind, and rewarded him well in the evening.

Watanabe Toru felt even more ashamed.

Then he was rewarded well by Saotome Hazuki.

Personality and dignity are trampled upon, and mental humiliation does not necessarily mean physical discomfort.

During the afternoon exam, half an hour before the end of get off work, Watanabe received another call from the head teacher.

Watanabe Toru thought he was urging him to make a choice of club instructor as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that to be the case.

The head teacher had something more important to discuss, so he asked Watanabe to go to the school chairman's office immediately for consultation.

Watanabe Toru was confused. Why should he go there?
But the other party is the grade director, his direct superior after all, and the school chairman is his superior's superior.

Watanabe couldn't twist the arm against the thigh, so he could only go over to find out what was going on.

Unexpectedly, the result was beyond his expectation. Watanabe Toru couldn't believe it after hearing it. Anyone who heard it would find it incredible.

The Utsunomiya shogunate issued an order - for the visits of major countries on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of next month, Watanabe Toru must accompany the shogun to receive the distinguished guests as a simultaneous interpreter and must not refuse.

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