Supernatural ability spring flowers and autumn fall

This time... is an hour or two earlier than the previous time.

As soon as Qiu got off the high chair, she saw a man with an indescribable appearance coming in from the door of the bookstore. The man had a strong figure, dark skin, and he was obviously wearing a black suit, but he looked sloppy.

It was too late to go up.

Shuya lowered his eyes, minimized his sense of existence as much as possible, and stood beside Yasuo Sakuraniwa.

"Hey stinky old man, give me the money, I'll be busy drinking later." The muscular man said unceremoniously.

"Please wait a moment Mr. Shibui Maru, I'll go get it, because you arrived earlier than usual today, so we were a little caught off guard." Sakuraba Yasuo said, his words were all in this honorific but his tone was flat and unwavering. Without a trace, he covered Qiu Ye behind him and reached for the safe at the counter.

"Stinky old man, when did you get such an employee in your store, your granddaughter?" Shibui Maru, who was planning to have a drink with his brothers after taking the money, noticed Qiu who was bowing his head beside Yasuo Sakuraniwa. Also, even if you don't see the whole face clearly, but you can see the small half of the face vaguely, you know it's a beauty.As he said that, he stretched out his hand to pinch Qiu Ye's chin, intending to get a better look.

With her head down, Qiu could also see the hand stretched out towards her, which was very dirty, and there was dirt in the nails on that hand.After the picture of dirt entered Qiuya's eyes, it magnified in his brain, making his scalp feel numb, and he hid behind Sakuraba Yasuo reflexively. At the age of 12, he just reached Yasuo's grandfather's shoulder. If he hid behind his back, Sakuraba Yasuo would just cover him completely.

"It's just a distant relative who came to seek refuge from the countryside, and it's a boy." Yasuo Sakuraba explained, hiding Shuya behind his back.

Shuya came to Sakuraba second-hand bookstore for almost two years and indeed neglected to cut his hair for various reasons. Yasuo Sakuraba did not want Shuya to come into contact with the mafia. The reason was the order of the former leader to kill children indiscriminately, and there were also his own reasons. Experiencing why.Now half-long hair took advantage of this cute face to be a bit indistinguishable, but he was wearing an orthodox men's kimono, and he was a boy.

Yasuo Sakuraba originally thought that it would be enough to explain clearly that Qiu is also a boy, but he didn't expect that Shijing Maru didn't mind at all, he said: "Although I prefer women, it's not impossible to be a man like this." He said and walked away Went to the left hand side of Yasuo Sakuraba, and stretched his face to Shuya who was hiding behind him: "How about you kid, do you want to play with my brother? I will give you money?"

The tone is so disgusting, and the face is so ugly...

Qiu, whose scalp was numb before but now has goosebumps all over his body, didn't answer, and buried his face in the kimono on the back of Yasuo Sakuraniwa, his body trembling slightly, and his mind was full of thoughts about when this person would be able to leave.

"Mr. Shibui Maru, he is not suitable, and he is only 12 years old." Yasuo Sakuraba turned slightly sideways, once again blocking Shuya behind him.

"Twelve years old is just right, and when I'm older, it'll be... huh." For some reason, Shibuta Maru's expression became disdainful, and then he straightened up and said to Yasuo Sakuraba: "Still old man, are you going to resist me? I, Shibui Maru Taku , From tomorrow onwards, you will be a member of the troops directly under the reserve cadres, or are you going to resist me?" As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Qiuya's kimono haori, intending to pull him out directly.

"Mr. Shijing Maru," Yasuo Sakuraba stretched out his hand to stop that hand again. He pressed Shijing Maru's wrist, then asked him to let go of Qiuya's kimono, let go, and then said in a flat tone: "Congratulations on your promotion, I I just want to say that the bookstore has a good turnover this month, so the protection fee can be more than before."

As he spoke, he maintained the posture of protecting Qiuya behind, stretched out his right hand and took out all the banknotes in the safe, and handed them to Shibui Maru Takuo in front of him.

Only a few coins left...

Shu, who also turned his head to the right, also saw Yasuo Sakuraniwa's movements. Shu couldn't help but grasp the kimono behind Yasuo Sakuraniwa, and his light blue eyes became wet.

As if feeling Qiuya's movements, Sakuraba Yasuo stretched his left hand back and patted Qiuya as a comfort, handed the banknotes in his right hand to Shibei Maru and said: "Please hurry up to celebrate your promotion, Mr. Shijing Maru. This child It won't make you happy, after all, he still speaks a local accent."

After taking over the banknotes, Shibui Maru felt it, it was indeed much thicker than before, then snorted, shook the wad of banknotes and said: "Forget you are sensible, old man. I hope it will be the same number next month, otherwise it will be too late." Speaking of your grandson..."

Before finishing his sentence, Shibui Maru put away the banknotes and left the bookstore.After he left, Yasuo Sakuraba went forward to close and lock the iron door of the bookstore, and Qiuya, who lost his support, knelt on the ground limply, tears could not help but flow from his light blue eyes.

So scary, so disgusting...

Although Shibui Maru has left the bookstore, the feeling he brought to Shuya is still in his mind.

Moreover, their bookstore managed to get better business this month, and they had hoped to lead a better life.But because of his fault, in order to help him, Grandpa Yasuo will have to pay more protection fees next month, and may not even be able to afford food...

Thinking of this, Qiu Ye's tears couldn't stop falling down.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa Yasuo..." Qiu Ye, who was kneeling on the ground with her head bowed, said, her voice was full of tears that could not be concealed.

His existence has caused Grandpa Yasuo a lot of trouble...

After locking the door of the bookstore, Yasuo Sakuraba went back to help Shuya up, but did not respond to his apology, and said, "Go back to the second floor with me and cut your hair."

……

Kneeling and sitting on the tatami in the bedroom on the second floor, Qiu also kept crying and stumbling to apologize. Next to him, Yasuo Sakuraniwa held scissors, grabbed the boy's hair with one hand and cut it with his hands, without any scruples about the beauty of the hairstyle .

"I'm sorry...it's all my fault," Qiu Ye sniffed, tears fell into the tatami: "If it wasn't for me..."

"Akiya," Yasuo Sakuraba interrupted, cutting off a handful of hair with the scissors in his right hand: "You are not wrong."

Qiu Ye cried even harder: "If I had come back then..."

"Akiya," Yasuo Sakuraba interrupted again. He put away the scissors at hand, supported Qiuya's shoulders with both hands to make him sit up straight and raised his head. He looked seriously at Qiuya, whose face was full of tears and his messy hair, and said: " You don't need to bear anyone's evil, so you are not wrong. What is wrong is that man's behavior, and you are also a victim. As a victim, you don't need to admit your mistakes to anyone, because you are not wrong, understand? "

"Grandpa Yasuo..." The old man who couldn't help stretching out his hand to talk to him seriously, Qiu Ye sobbed softly: "I'm sorry..."

"It's not you who should apologize." The old man stretched out his hand and patted Qiu Ye's back, then rubbed his head with messy hairstyle, his fierce expression was softer than before: "It should be that man who apologized to us."

"Hmm..." Qiu Ye sniffed, nodded, and then whispered in a crying voice: "Then what about the protection fee..."

According to this amount, they may not be able to make it up every month, and even if they make it up, there will be no extra money for food...

"...There will always be a way. Maybe he will no longer be responsible for the protection fee of Jiushu Lane after he is promoted, or he will not collect so much next month." Yasuo Sakuraba said, and he pushed Qiuya away. Shoulder, let him stop hugging himself, and said to him: "What you have to do now is to rest well, and live every day well, and there will be a way next month."

"...Well." Although he felt that this solution was purely optimist, Shuya nodded to express that he accepted it so that Yasuo Sakuraba would not worry.

Yasuo Sakuraba's words suddenly changed: "Do you want to eat?"

Qiu also shook his head and said, "I want to rest immediately."

Maybe it was because Shibui Marutaku was too frightened that he also had a fever the next day.Yasuo Sakuraba was going to the publishing house that day. After finding out that Qiuya had a fever in the morning, he told him not to go to the bookstore on the first floor, let it close for a day, and asked Qiuya to have a good rest in the bedroom.But after Yasuo Sakuraba left for the hospital, Shuya, who was in better condition, went to the first floor to open the bookstore.

All the money in the bookstore has been given away yesterday, if it is closed for one day this month, it is very likely that the turnover will not be reached, and they have no money to eat and it is not their turn to be sick and delicate.

This is Qiuya's idea.Still feverish, he climbed up to the high stool behind the counter and sat down with difficulty. The late autumn wind blew in through the door of the bookstore from time to time, making him feel colder and dizzy.

Depressed and sick, he didn't have the energy to read the "Encyclopedia of Plants" he usually read. He just sat there blankly, staring at the door of the bookstore, praying from the bottom of his heart for a customer to buy a book.

"Aki-ya-jun, I'll get the book~" Following the sound of the bookstore door being pushed open, the bookstore ushered in the first customer of the day, Osamu Dazai.He spoke with the same casual tone as before, and exaggeratedly said to Qiu Ye who was in a daze when he entered the door: "This is your new hairstyle? It's so ugly——"

"..." Because his head was dizzy, it took a while for Shuya to realize what Dazai said.He raised his hand to touch the hair on the top of his head, and said, "There is no way to do this." His voice was a little hoarse due to illness and fever.

Hearing what Shuya said, Dazai looked at him for a while, and then quickly walked to the front desk with a very interested expression: "Qiuya-kun—tell me, what happened to your hair? And your face changed It's ugly—”

"..."

Dazai put his hands on the counter and rested his head on it. This posture caused Shuya who was sitting on the high stool to have a higher perspective than Dazai.The black-haired boy slightly raised his head to look at Qiu Ye, whose face was flushed from fever and his eyes were a little swollen, and put on a harmless smile: "Hey, tell me, what happened?"

The author has something to say: In fact, there is a little reason why Shibui Maru said: "Any older is not good", because the person who is two years older than Qiuya is the leader's celebrity, and his status is higher than him.When I wrote that he said this sentence, I had such a setting in my mind.

But then he would die, 4 years later, at the age of 44.That is, he is now 40 years old.

By the way, Chief Mori of the TV animation timeline is also 40 years old.Just look at his 40-year-old face and you will know why he is the leader. This one is a gangster ← from Yan Kongqiuye's dislike.