Did I fall off the horse with Touzi today?

It was four years ago that Zhu Fu Jingguang met Tsushima Natsuna for the first time.

When he was desperate because his undercover identity was exposed, the person who appeared in front of him to take him out of danger and fake the death scene for him to deceive the organization was Xia Nai.

The 20-year-old Xia Nai is bright and full of energy, younger than those who just entered the police academy three years ago...

But she was mature and experienced in handling things, not only did not let the organization find the slightest flaw, she even succeeded in making them think that the traitor Scotch was dead.

The technique is so beautiful that even the police would feel ashamed.

Among the people Zhu Fu Jingguang knew, it seemed that only his elder brother and Fa Xiao had such means and wisdom.

Facing Xia Nai, who was only in his early 20s at the time, Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't have any thoughts, and he didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief for his successful survival.

He was just thankful that his exposure would not affect Fa Xiao, who was an undercover agent, and his elder brother who was far away in Nagano.

Later, Zhu Fu Jingguang found out that Xia Nai had a connection with the old man in the Imperial Pillar Pagoda, the King of Gold.

I became acquainted with Shana after she was sent to Scepter4.

Zhu Fu Jingguang is a member of the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department. Although his rank is not high and he has no access to higher-level secrets, he still has some foundations for matters such as the king, the emperor of the Yuzhu Tower, and Scepter4. understand.

Naturally, he also knows what kind of existence S4 itself is.

When he was sent to Scepter4 by Xia Nai, the person in charge of Scepter4, which was famous among supernatural beings in the past, was still acting commander Yan Jinyuan.

As if she was used to Xia Nai's behavior of constantly stuffing people into Scepter4's prison, since Yanjinyuan, the few members stationed in S4 have no meaning for Zhu Fujingguang's arrival.

They didn't even have any blame or contempt, as if S4 knew from top to bottom that Zhu Fu Jingguang was neither a bad person nor a sinner, he just came to S4's empty prison to borrow a room as a temporary residence. Just a poor man with nowhere to go.

In fact it is.

Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't know what the relationship between Xia Nai and S4 was, and he didn't know what deal she had made with S4 and Yanjinyuan.

He only knew that since that day, Scepter4's cell had become his safe house.

And he lived there for four years.

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who lived in the S4 prison, discovered several things within a few days.

One is that he is not the first person sent in by Xia Nai using this method.

The second is that Scepter4's prison life is more relaxed and regular than that of the outside world.

The third is that Xia Nai's work is busier than he imagined.

In Scepter4's empty prison, he's not the only resident.

There was Shibusawa Tatsuhiko who came in four years earlier than him, and there was Oda Sakunosuke who moved in a few days earlier than him.

They were imprisoned in Scepter4 for different reasons, the only thing that was the same was that the people who arrested them were Shane.

None of the three of them were cheerful and talkative people, but Momoku Jingguang quickly established a relationship with Oda Zuku who lived in the room on his left.

From his mouth, Zhu Fu Jingguang knew that Xia Nai was not a member of Scepter4, and that she would not come to Scepter4 to visit the prison every day.

Facts have proved that Odasaku's news is not wrong.

When Zhu Fu Jingguang was just "in prison", Xia Nai would visit him about every one or two days, asking him how he was doing in Scepter4 and what he was missing.

She seemed to feel a little guilty about putting the police in prison, even though she and Zhu Fu Jingguang knew that this was an excellent place that would never be thought of by the people in the organization, let alone discovered by them.

"I'm lucky to be alive."

"It was you who saved me. I should be the one thanking you. You don't have to feel guilty."

"I'm fine here, you don't have to worry about my situation."

In the earliest days, every time Xia Nai came to visit Zhu Fu Jingguang's situation, he would say such words.

Appreciative yet rusty and polite.

Later, Zhu Fu Jingguang regretted it more than once. If he had said something else to Xia Nai who came to visit him, it would be like the lines that Oda Tsukuru used as a reference for himself and was used in the novel after he refused... …

Will the future development be completely different from the present?

However, the trend of reality is the same as a sentence often used in novels——

"It's a pity that there is no if."

After confirming Zhu Fu Jingguang's situation in Scepter4, Xia Nai's visits gradually began to decrease.From once a day or two at the beginning, to every three or five days thereafter, and then once a week.

Sometimes, she doesn't even show up for more than half a month.

As Oda Saku said, she is very busy, very busy.

Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't know what Xia Nai was busy with, but through her relationship with Scepter4, he could vaguely detect some clues.

Looking back at his 20 years old, he seemed to be still discussing with Fa Xiao that he would take the public service exam after graduation, become a policeman, and start investigating the nightmare case that had haunted him for many years.

But even so, they still have time to rest every week.

Where is it like Xia Nai, who is so busy that he hardly touches the ground, comparable to the colleagues he met after entering the Metropolitan Police Department, it seems that even going to the vending machine at the end of the aisle to drink a cup of coffee, you need to pinch the stopwatch to time .

Xia Nai's 20 years old is as busy as the 22-year-old him in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Even after entering the police department at the age of 22, it is rare to see Furutani Ling who even has a drink after get off work.

Yes, in fact, from that time on, Zhu Fujingguang felt that Tsushima Natsuna was very similar to Fugu Rei, but he refused to admit it in his heart...

I don't even want to put their two names together.

Xia Nai didn't seem to really forget them because of her busy work.

She still comes to Scepter4 occasionally. When she is not very busy, she can come once or twice a week, and sometimes she can even bring takeaways, give them extra meals, and chat with them about what's going on.

During this period of time, the relationship between Zhu Fu Jingguang and Xia Nai finally had a turning point.

Even though they said so, in fact, they just changed their address from "Miss Tsushima" and "Zhufu-kun" to "Nana" and "Jingguang".

It seems that it is indeed a lot closer, and it was even proposed by Xia Nai, but in fact, most people around Xia Nai will call her that, and Xia Nai's reasons are the same, "I am not used to being called my surname."

It is said that this is not Shana's original surname, but the last gift given to her by friends who left her in the early years in order to prevent Shana's enemies from attacking her young.

"Tsushima" is a surname abandoned by Shane's friends.

But he hopes to use this surname to bring Shana a short-term shelter.

Xia Nai said that this is a rare and naive but precious agreement between precocious children.

Probably this surname is really useful. After she called herself Tsushima, the number of people who kept assassinating and attacking her gradually decreased. The surname abandoned by her friends became her talisman.

After a long time, this surname that didn't belong to her actually became her property.

Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't tell how he felt when he heard this story.

The sticky but sour feeling like honey was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't spit it out or swallow it, which made Zhu Fu Jingguang's chest feel tight and uncomfortable.

It was only later that he realized that this feeling might be jealousy.

Compared with Xia Nai who occasionally mentioned his past, Zhu Fu Jingguang seldom talked about his past.

He revealed the most about his own situation, and the only place where he was born was Nagano Prefecture.

Considering that he is a police officer, Xia Nai never asked him much about his situation—whether it was information related to that organization or Zhu Fu Jingguang's own affairs.

Only occasionally when she goes on a business trip to Nagano Prefecture, she will bring back Ichida persimmon, a specialty of Nagano Prefecture; or she will ask the kitchen of Scepter4 to add a dish of Shinshu buckwheat to the menu.

Xia Nai's thoughtfulness warmed Zhu Fu Jingguang's heart, even though he knew that Xia Nai's thoughtfulness had become a habit.

It's like she will prepare curry and write manuscripts for Oda, and she will give strange psychological counseling to Shibusawa Tatsuhiko who is diagonally across the room.

He's not the most special one.

Zhu Fu Jingguang has always known this.

Shana's working hours and intensity are very unstable, and sometimes she can't get away for several months at a time. At this time, the person who replaces her in Scepter4's prison to visit them is another friend of Shana Nakahara Chuya.

Nakahara Chuya has a good temper, but he is not so good.

He has always been kind to Momoko and Oda, and he will bring them things that Shane prepared for them, and occasionally he will take the initiative to give them and the Scepter4 people additional meals.

But for Shibusawa Tatsuhiko, Nakahara Nakahara never had a good face, it seemed that there was some deep hatred between the two.

It's just that Nakahara Chuya and Shibusawa Ryuhiko never wanted to mention what kind of enmity there was between the two of them.

But Zhu Fu Jingguang was not curious about these either.

What he cares more about is the situation outside, and...

What none of them knew was Shana's past.

Zhong Yuanzhong is also not very willing to mention these things. He is a person who doesn't like to talk about others' right and wrong, and even less like to take the initiative to bring up other people's past. This is very similar to Zhu Fu Jingguang's childhood.

However, Nakahara seems to have a lot to say about the "friend" that Shana once mentioned, who gave his surname to Shana.

Annoyed, displeased, reprimanded.

It seems that he is very familiar with Shana's friend named "Dazai", and he is also very unhappy.

It was at that time that Zhu Fu Jingguang finally understood why he felt unhappy when he heard Xia Nai mention that period of the past.

Time would become blurred in hospitals and prisons. If it wasn't for Oda Saku who was writing next door to deadlines every day, Zhu Fu Jingguang would not even be able to figure out what month and day it is, and what day of the week it is.

A lot has happened over the years.

For example, Xia Nai couldn't tell the difference between guitar and bass. On his birthday one year, he mistakenly gave him a guitar as a bass, and then brought him a lot of sheet music to pass the time.

For example, Shana has been in touch with Rye, whose real name is Shuichi Akai, so Zhu Fu Jingguang also heard from her that Rye's undercover identity was discovered by the organization, and with the help of Shana, he fled Japan overnight.

For another example, Xia Nai told them that she finally had a boyfriend with a sweet smile one day.

"We met in Nagano Prefecture. At that time, my car broke down and he helped me."

Talking about the process of getting acquainted with her boyfriend, Xia Nai had a happy smile on her face.

"We exchanged calls later, and that's when I learned he was a clerk at a coffee shop in Tokyo."

"Tou-jun, he should be in college or just graduated. He looks like he is in his early 20s and looks very young. I don't know the specific situation, but I don't care about it. As long as he is an adult, he will be fine. gone."

During the period when Shana and her boyfriend first dated, Odasaku happened to be in short supply of novel materials.

At the instigation of Oda Saku, Xia Nai, who was in a sweet love period, also talked about how she met her boyfriend and her boyfriend's situation.

"However, although Tou Jun looks very young, his thinking is very mature and his action is very high. He is not at all like a student with no social experience, but more like a person who has experienced a lot of society. This contrast is really too cute. Bravo!"

"How should I put it, I just like weak, innocent, innocent and cute young puppies!"

Oda, who was taking notes quickly, mumbled, "So you like the type who is weak, innocent and cute?"

——Isn’t this silly and sweet?

And how do you feel that it is completely opposite to the "bastard Dazai" that Chuya Nakahara said?

"I don't like silly white sweets!"

Xia Nai immediately understood Odasaku's subtext, "It's just that I spent a long time with the thoughtful Fa Xiao, so I feel that if we want to date, it's better to choose a simple and simple one."

Odasaku nodded, and quickly jotted down a note on the paper, "By the way, what is your standard for being weak?"

Shane replied loudly——

"Anyone who can't beat Zhong Ye is considered weak."

Odasaku: "..."

Fine.

……

Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't recall the subsequent conversation.

When Xia Nai mentioned her "boyfriend who works in a coffee shop", the brilliance and sweetness on her face could not be concealed no matter what.Having known Xia Nai for so long, this is the first time Zhu Fu Jingguang saw such an expression on her face.

Until this day, he thought that the person Xia Nai liked was the boy who gave his surname to her; sometimes he also thought that if the person Xia Nai liked was her boy, then he really had no hope .

But it wasn't until he saw the expression on Xia Nai's face that he realized that he had been jealous of the wrong person for the past two years.

If he had understood his feelings earlier, would many things have really been different?

Zhu Fujingguang's mood was very divided. He didn't want Xia Nai to be hurt emotionally, nor did he want her to live an unhappy life, but deep down in his heart, there was a faint and despicable hope that she could break up with her boyfriend.

This split mood tormented Zhu Fu Jingguang for a long time, until he heard the news that Xia Nai was hospitalized in a car accident, he finally changed.

He really hoped that Shana would be safe and happy.

Even if the person who can give her this happiness is not herself.

Zhu Fu Jingguang spent another year in the prison of Scepter4, which had changed owners. The change in the management of Scepter4 did not affect the corner sheltered by Shane.

After being discharged from the hospital, Xia Nai didn't seem to have changed at all. She still visited them occasionally in the prison, and would occasionally talk about the progress of herself and her little milk dog boyfriend in the coffee shop until...

Osamu Dazai, who was childhood sweetheart with Natsuna, was imprisoned.

And she brought the blind date information given to her by Scepter4's new Wang Zongxiang Reiji.

The peaceful days turned around.

After hearing that her blind date partner was Zhu Fu Jingguang's young boy, Xia Nai didn't even open the blind date information and left it to Zhu Fu Jingguang.

After Zhu Fu Jingguang waited for Xia Nai to leave, he looked through the exquisitely bound documents, and saw the photos of Fa Xiao when he joined the company without any surprise, as well as the basic situation and experience that he could recite back and forth.

He has always felt that there are many similarities between Xia Nai and his childhood friend Zero, but he never thought that one day he would see Faxiao's blind date information appear in Xia Nai's hands.

What about Zero?

Did he also get Xia Nai's information?

Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't think that Fa Xiao, who was full of work, would accept this blind date, but he knew how good Xia Nai was, and he was only worried whether Zero, who had excellent insight, would find out from the thin information provided by S4. Shane's highlights.

Even though his throbbing towards Xia Nai has faded now, he still doesn't want a crack in the relationship between Xia Nai and her boyfriend.

But in the short three months since then, events seem to have moved even more rapidly than in the past four years.

The relationship between Xia Nai and her coffee shop boyfriend did not change because of the appearance of the young Mofu Jingguang, but there was a turning point in other places; Come to Shana's side, and then...

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at Fa Xiao who was facing him with a look of astonishment, and Xia Nai who was holding his arm next to Fa Xiao who was slightly anxious, suddenly had the illusion of feeling the malice of the big universe.

The boyfriend of the person I like is my childhood friend.

What a coincidence and malice.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was a little unbelievable, he looked at Fa Xiao, but saw Zero pursed his lips, and nodded slightly with an imperceptible margin, his expression looked a little embarrassed, but he still admitted to him what Xia Nai said wrong.

Eh, wait, if that's the case...

Zhu Fu Jingguang glanced at the nervous Xia Nai again, and finally understood one thing.

If that's the case, does Shana know that her boyfriend is actually Furutani Rei—that is, her blind date?

Zhu Fujingguang didn't know how much Shana knew about Zero's situation, and whether she knew that her boyfriend's name "Amuro Toru" was just a fake name.

But now he has no position to tell Xia Nai these things, he can only quickly exchange a glance with Fa Xiao, and then pulls an unnatural smile on Xia Nai.

"That's really a coincidence."

Zhu Fu Jingguang tried his best not to sound so strange.

"I met your boyfriend before..., but I didn't expect him to be your boyfriend, Xia Nai."

He vaguely explained the organization. If Shana knew that Toru Amuro was organizing an undercover police officer, he would naturally understand. If she didn't know, it wouldn't have much impact on Zero.

Xia Nai naturally knew about it, and she also thought of his answer when he asked Zhu Fu Jingguang if he knew Toru Amuro.

Now Xia Nai is more convinced that Jing Guang and her boyfriend should have seen each other a lot, and they only know each other's code name, but they don't know each other's real name, "I didn't expect such a coincidence. conversation?"

"It's almost the end of the conversation," Zhu Fu Jingguang and Amuro Toru exchanged glances again, "What about you? Has Mr. Ranpo settled it?"

"Just now, halfway through talking with Luanbu, he was kicked off by him."

Xia Nai sighed, and ordered a cup of black tea from the female clerk in the coffee shop who was already familiar with her, "But if it wasn't for Luanbu, I didn't know that Jing Guang and Tou Jun were acquaintances."

Shana has been talking to Jingguang ever since she appeared. Although Toru Amuro's expression has returned to normal, there is still some sourness in his heart.

Especially now that he has realized that Xia Nai is the person Jing Guang likes.

The sour taste was even harder to suppress.

"Speaking of which, Nana, are you familiar with Mr. Ranpo from the detective agency?"

He didn't remind Xia Nai that his hand was still holding his arm, and he didn't mention that they were still in an awkward situation.He naturally interjected into the conversation between his girlfriend and Fa Xiao, and successfully drew Xia Nai's attention to himself.

Toru Amuro wanted to erase the unhappiness the two had had when they had doubts about each other's identities, but Shane held grudges very much.

"Do you want to know?"

She winked at her boyfriend, "If you want to know, you can ask Luanbu, you should already know each other, right?"

Thinking about it now, Ranpo will know that his boyfriend is in the vortex is not necessarily the function of super reasoning.

After all, when they got off the car, Toru Amuro, who was supposed to be in Tokyo, was sitting in the Uzumaki coffee shop drinking tea. No matter how they thought, it looked like they had met someone here before they came.

Hearing Shana's name for Ranpo, Toru Amuro already knew that they should be familiar with each other, but he still pretended to ask:

"Then will he tell me?"

Xia Nai also pretended to think for a moment, "I'm afraid not necessarily."

Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't stand it any longer. Although he already knew that Xia Nai had a younger boyfriend when Xia Nai was just dating her boyfriend, but it was still difficult to connect her boyfriend with his own. Another matter.

Seeing Xia Nai and Zero's seemingly bickering but intimate conversation, Zhu Fu Jingguang felt that even if he could maintain the superficial calm, it would be difficult for him to stay here any longer.

"It suddenly occurred to me that some details were missing from the information you gave to Mr. Ranpo just now, Nana."

Zhu Fu Jingguang said in a shy voice, "Talk slowly, I will go to the detective agency to check the situation with Mr. Ranpo first, it may take a while, if you have something to do, don't wait for me."

Xia Nai was taken aback, "Then you..."

"You and Ze... Amuro-kun haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"

Even in this situation, Zhu Fu Jingguang is still very considerate, he hasn't even forgotten the pseudonym Fa Xiao used in front of Xia Nai, "It's rare for you to meet, so let's use this time to enjoy the world of two, don't waste it. "

Shana still wanted to say something, but Toru Amuro already understood Faxiao's intention.

"Okay, we will."

He pressed Xia Nai's shoulder, exchanged glances with Zhu Fu Jingguang, and then thanked him earnestly.

"Thank you, Jing Guang."

Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't want to hear this sentence, but he couldn't tell what he wanted to hear, but compared to his friend's apology, his thank you didn't seem so difficult to accept.

He got up and waved his hands at the two, then turned away from the whirlpool and walked straight towards the detective agency.

Xia Nai leaned in Amuro Toru's arms, looked at Zhu Fu Jingguang's back, and asked her boyfriend quietly after a long time:

"Mr. Tou, are you... hiding something from me?"