I'm on the scramble

"Miss Li, are you talking about President Fukuzawa?"

Suddenly a boy's voice came from near his ear, bringing Ah Li's consciousness back to reality.She blinked at Dun several times with her pure almond eyes, and then realized that he had misunderstood who the subject was through the combination of the two words he had said.

"No...well, but it can't be said that it doesn't count at all." Ah Li rubbed his chin in thought, after all, during the time with his father, his words and deeds also affected his growth.

The ambiguous words made Dun look at a loss, Ah Li looked up at him, could not help but smile, and pushed his back towards the counter.

"Okay, okay, I still want to buy a few boxes of new royal knife oil to buy tonight, and pay the bill quickly after I've picked it——"

It's a nightmare for women to go shopping.

It didn't take long for Dun to carry shopping bags all over his body, and he really became a bag-carrying boy who followed her shopping.

When Ah Li brought people back to the Armed Detective Agency, Dun was so tense that now he had lost a drop.

On the contrary, Ah Li, who was walking in front, was full of energy, and as soon as he opened the door, colleagues around him rushed up like a tide.

"Miss Li, is the work over yet?"

"Yeah, I'm back from work~"

She greeted the young ladies next to her with a radiant face, then Li Lingdun handed the gift to herself, and showed it to them, "Look at what I brought back for you—"

"Wow! It's chocolate! Miss Li, I love you so much!"

Seeing this, Naomi Tanizaki and Kirako Haruno, who are clerks, couldn't help covering their lips and let out a cry of surprise, and surrounded her with a few clerks to divide up the pile of gifts.

The petite girls surrounded in the middle chatted and laughed with them. The scene on their side seemed to be trapped in a gentle village in the clouds, spreading out the fragrant fragrance and fresh color, which formed a sharp contrast with other areas of the office.

Unlike the popular seniors, Atsushi sighed exhausted physically and mentally after unloading the burden, and was caught by Kunikida and asked: "Atsushi, how is the work done?"

When asked about this, Dun felt that his whole body was once again dominated by the pure black nightmare of last night, and his whole body was not well.

"Uh, um...it's okay..."

His face was as white as a piece of transparent paper, and it took him a long time to stammer out these words. Unexpectedly, Kunikida, who has always been rigorous, did not make too much comment, but pushed his glasses with a complicated expression, and comforted: "Thanks for your hard work."

Atsushi whimpered immediately, turned his head, and happened to meet Tanizaki who was next door.

For a moment, these two people of the same age who were similar in temperament seemed to meet a brother who had gone through the same encounter in the bitter wind and rain, and there was a different kind of sympathy for each other.

"Mr. Tanizaki..." Atsushi's tears welled up in his eyes, and he performed what is called "Tiger humming".

Tanizaki didn't say anything, just walked up to Atsushi and patted him on the shoulder as an 'experienced person': "It's okay...everything is over."

All the grievances in Dun's heart suddenly burst out in this comfort, his nose was sour, and he burst into tears with a 'wow': "I won't go again next time——"

(Although, once Ms. Li decides to have someone to accompany her, no one can refuse...)

Knowing this tragic fact well, Tanizaki patted the back of the tearful Hoton, feeling a desolate storm in his heart.

At this time, Ah Li was finally willing to get out of the girls' siege, and planned to share the remaining snacks with the boys around him.Both Tanizaki and Kenji thanked her obediently, and even Kunikida, while nagging her about wasting money, accepted the gift she carefully selected with a sense of integrity.

Of course, Ah Li did not forget his most important purpose.

Verbally instruct Tanizaki to go to the infirmary for a trip, and deliver the share with Yosano to her, and then she dawdles on her toes and moves to her desk.

Ranpo was sitting there.

I felt timid in my heart.

He seems to be in a bit of a bad state today, lying weakly on the table and playing a game of picking with the sugar snacks that came with the thick snacks, and playing with bamboo sticks. Candies in the shape of colorful animals, stars and cherry blossoms, the colorful colors look very childlike interest.

Usually this famous detective is very immersed in this game, but now he is careless, squinting his eyes to look at the sugar toy from time to time, and from time to time he deliberately raises his eyes to look at his green plum, like a little boy who just got his head out of a cave. like animals.

—— This guy, Luanbu, must be waiting for her to speak first, after all, he said before that he would definitely not talk to her before he gave up.

At this moment, Ah Li was holding the snack bag in his arms, feeling nervous all of a sudden.

Finally, she took a deep breath, opened her mouth and said in a vigorous voice: "Chaos... Ugh! Dad is staying in the president's office now? I'll go and bring him some snacks!"

In the end, he bit the bullet and said it out loud, but somehow turned a corner and went to the president.

(Ahhhhh...)

After reacting, Ah Li almost wanted to blow her head off, her face uncontrollably exploded into a cloud of powder mist, she quickly hugged the paper bag and ran away, rushing straight into the president's office like the wind.

Of course, she turned her back and didn't notice that the famous detective was in a hurry and dropped the bamboo stick in his hand, and his whole face was full of anger.

The sweet and lovely cat-eared girl didn't know about this, and ran to the door of the president's office to take refuge without looking back, knocked on the door, and got in flexibly after getting a response.

On weekdays, not many people dared to bother the president. The room was filled with a peaceful but majestic atmosphere. The main reason was that the man in the kimono who stayed inside had an overly serious demeanor, suppressing the entire detective agency like a protective animal.

Ash was relieved.

As soon as she entered, the girl couldn't wait to pounce on Fukuzawa Yukichi, not at all afraid of the other party's cold face.

"Dad, I'm back from solving the case over there—"

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the room, Ah Li jumped up quite triumphantly, opened his arms, and hung his whole body around his neck, his feet were jumping wildly, shocking Fukuzawa Yukichi into a stiff body.

Whenever this kind of intimacy happens to him, this conservative middle-aged man will be shocked out of his body.The more rigid his reaction is, the more Ah Li likes to bully Keke... he likes to cling to him, wishing he could use his handsome adoptive father to crawl around like a cat climbing frame.

"Li, there is no accident at work, right?"

Finally, Fukuzawa Yukichi's thinking finally broke through that layer of mysterious state, he calmed down repeatedly, then hugged his beloved daughter's arms and raised them up, and brought the 'little cat' with a cat ear headband on his head back to the desk to stabilize lay down.

"This time it's easy to solve~"

Ah Li obediently sat on the president's desk, shaking his legs freely, and then took out the new gift he had prepared for a long time - a brand new white cat ear headband, and put it on Fukuzawa Yukichi's head.

The president...he didn't refuse, but condoned her nonsense.

Aside from pity for his daughter's running around and not wanting to interrupt her, Ah Li has already identified her adoptive father's weakness: that is, he can't resist all the cute things about "cats".

When tidying up the house, he could still find the light yellow scarf that he often wrapped around his neck when he was young, which was printed with cute cat patterns.It is conceivable that, with a stern exterior, his heart is full of meows.

Seeing the president's shy cough, Ah Li snickered, quickly lowered his head before he gave him a condemning look, put aside the snack box he brought, and unwrapped the ribbon adorning the snack box.

The dessert chosen for the president is chestnut yokan, which is best eaten with green tea.

She spread out the caramel-colored chestnut yokan in a smooth manner and piled them on the saucer, then took the teapot that was still warm at the side, and poured tea into the two porcelain cups. Shows the fragrance of tea.

While drinking tea and snacks, Ah Li explained the process of the trip to Fukuzawa Yukichi. The father and daughter wore the same cat ear headbands, and the harmonious atmosphere looked warm and happy.

This is a little habit she develops every time she finishes her work. She does this not only because she wants to spend more time with her adoptive father, but also because she wants to show off and get his praise.

After listening to his daughter's report, Fukuzawa Yukichi touched her head encouragingly.He pays attention to one relaxation and one slack at work, and he solves two tasks perfectly in succession. He is not very willing to make his daughter too tired during the trip.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's take a break in the next few days." Fukuzawa Yukichi patted the soft hair.

There was a wave of love and affection under the rough and gentle palm, and Ah Li rubbed against it, and said without any resistance: "Okay~"

Seeing her cooperate so much, Fukuzawa Yukichi's stern face softened slightly.When the work came to an end, he seemed to recall the conflict between Ah Li and Luanbu earlier, and the silver-haired man's face could not help but be stained with some hesitation.

"Li, speaking of it, the recent incident between you and Ranbu..."

Ah Li's nerves tensed immediately, she didn't want to make a fuss to the point of suing her parents, so she quickly gestured here to make a promise.

"We're fine! Don't worry!"

Fukuzawa Yukichi saw her flustered expression in his eyes, his expression didn't change much, and he continued to stroke the soft hair on top of his head soothingly.

"None of you are used to being willing to admit defeat. Even if there is a conflict, let's see it for the sake of childhood acquaintances. Maybe there is something wrong with Luanbu..." Fukuzawa Yuji paused, then continued : "But he's a good boy."

Ah Li felt relaxed after hearing this, and felt unprecedented peace of mind.

Because of this, she is the clearest.

She held her adoptive father's palm, and shyly squeezed a sweet curve because of what she was going to do next.

"I know, I also have something to say to him today."

At this time, someone knocked on the door of the president's office, and then Kunikida pushed the door in with work documents in hand.

"President, regarding the reply from the government last time..."

The young man with flaxen hair was talking, the eyes under the lens inadvertently reflected the object on the head of the president, and his tongue instantly knotted: "Uh cat, cat ears?!"

The two looked at each other from the air, as if they were caught in Medusa's death gaze, and everything hardened into stone.

Fukuzawa Yukichi felt that the cat ears on the top of his head were hot: "..."

social death.

……

Ah Li cruelly left the two stones that could no longer speak together in the office, while she walked out holding the paper bag containing the last gift, and looked around the office with her little head wearing a cat ear headband.

"Where's the random walker?"

Just taking advantage of the time when she slipped in to find her father, she didn't know where she went, and there was no sign of him on the office chair.

Seeing her asking about this matter, Tanizaki, who was pressing the keyboard to type a report, kindly told her: "I remember that before Mr. Ranpo left, he seemed to say that he was going to sit in the "Whirlpool" for a while. "

--good chance!

Ah Li's eyes lit up, he tried his best to maintain the balance of the corners of his mouth, and patted Tanizaki's head so hard that he almost lost his mind.

"Good job Tanizaki, I will reward you well next time—"

Tanizaki, who was dizzy from being slapped, woke up instantly after these words. Thinking of her character of often not playing cards according to the routine, she fell into despair: "...Actually, I don't want rewards that much... ..."

It's a pity that Ah Li completely put his sincere words to the back of his mind, and ran to the tea room next door with his things in his arms before he finished listening.

In addition to the office, conference room, president's office, infirmary and operating room, the detective agency also has a pantry for employees to rest and store sundries.The tea room does not take up too much space, and there are rows of lockers neatly stacked on the walls, where they usually store their personal belongings.

Although I bought coffee jelly before and wanted to make up, but it still feels a bit pretentious and awkward to hand it to Ranpo face to face.Thinking of this, Ah Li couldn't help hugging the paper bag in his arms tightly, and walked to the door of the cabinet with the Ranbu sign printed on it.

"He's so smart, he should be able to tell at a glance that I want to reconcile..."

Ah Li clamped the paper bag with one arm, and then took off the hairpin on the side of the bangs, pointed the tip at the keyhole of the locker in front of his eyes, inserted it in and continued to fiddle with it.

"Thanks to learning a hand from Dazai before, that kid's ability to pick locks is really not covered."

The newly promoted king of locks, A Li, concentrated on fiddled with the small lock cylinder, and soon there was the sound of the lock cylinder twisting, and with a click, the locker opened smoothly.

(Next, just put stuff in it...)

Since her head was filled with other things, she didn't think too much for a while, and opened the cabinet door happily.

In the next second, a lot of snacks and chaotic steps poured out of it.

Ah Li was terrified by this scene.

"—Random steps?!"