"How beautiful..."
The three girls all exclaimed in admiration at the kimono lying inside the box lid.
Though they could not make out the exact patterns and design without taking it out, simply seeing it folded neatly in the box was enough to convey how exquisite—and expensive—it was.
"It was mailed to your house, so was it a gift from one of your relatives or friends?" Sonoko Suzuki asked curiously. "Kyoto should have quite a few old-established workshops..."
"My mom probably ordered it." Tangze smiled, stroking the fabric inside the box with a nostalgic look on his face.
"Huh, so your mother had it made for you?" Ran Mouri's eyes widened slightly.
The Tangze couple had not lived here for a long time. Anything sent to the Tangze residence could only have been intended for Tangze himself.
"Yeah. The style isn't very common, right? My mom isn't Japanese, so she prefers fashionable, pretty designs like this. She doesn't care much whether it counts as a traditional kimono or not. She had modified yukata made for my dad too, not just me..."
The main reason the Tangze couple had chosen to settle in Japan was, frankly, that Tang Ze Yichuan, who was a few years older than Leona, had already earned his doctorate and had a hospital and department where he worked.
If he had followed Leona back to England, he probably could still have found suitable work. But whether he could have received the same degree of recognition and support through his mentors' hospital connections as he had in Japan was difficult to say. Not to mention that Tang Ze Yichuan also had some assets in Japan, making their living conditions more secure.
So after they decided to get married, Leona took her newly obtained diploma and chose to settle