After becoming a chaotic daughter

In June, the weather in Yokohama is getting hotter.

After the midterm exam was over, the bulletin board in front of the teaching building was replaced with the latest ranking list, and the list of the top 20 midterm exams of each grade was posted.

Nanako's name appeared on the list of the first grade, and the neatly printed [Edogawa Nanako] in black and white was at the top of the list, the most conspicuous place.

Some well-informed senior students have already found out from their teachers that No. 1 in the entrance examination for freshmen this year is also a student named "Edogawa Nanako", and there is only one girl with this name in the entire first grade.

The new "No.1" face always makes people curious. A few days after the ranking list was posted, some students would come to the door of the classroom of the second group of the first year to see what the top of the list of freshmen this year is like. student.

No.1 in the second grade is a versatile red-haired senior who often appears on the stage of school performances.No.1 in the third grade is the current vice president of the student union, a member of the doubles golden team of the tennis club, steady and reliable Oishi Shuichiro.

Compared with them, Nanako seemed so ordinary that she couldn't be more ordinary.Whether it's looks, hair color, or words and deeds, she has no distinctive features, and she is even very taciturn. Even her classmates don't know her very well, so she can only vaguely give "I don't know much about people", "But people seem to It's not bad", "Sports don't seem to be very good", "I'm good friends with Miwa", and so on.

Put together with the two "predecessors" who are also at the top of the list, Nanako is somewhat ordinary, which makes people feel a little disappointed. Moreover, she is still a short person, and she can't even see a shadow when thrown into the crowd. After a few days, come to watch Her people lost interest, like the morning mist, and quickly dissipated without a trace.

Nanako, the person involved, didn't notice this little episode that ended within a few days. Even if she noticed that there seemed to be students from other classes at the door of the classroom, she thought it was Echizen's growing support group.

She got No.1 in the mid-term exam, Nanako looked at the report card and forgot about it. After all, she was not really a first-year student. If she learned what she had learned again and did better than other students, it was not worth it. It's a matter of pride. When the knowledge learned and the test questions become more difficult, her grades will also drop.

Questions that cannot be solved because they are not smart enough, even if they learn the knowledge again, they still cannot do it.It is a more reliable way to do more questions honestly and let yourself become more proficient in the questions you can do.

Entering June, the regional competitions of various sports clubs have also ended one after another, and many sports clubs in the school have become more and more busy.

Both Sanlun and Echizen have been busy participating in club training recently. Their clubs have entered the Kanto competition of their respective events. In order to win the competition smoothly, the basketball and tennis clubs will practice extra every day.

Tennis has always been Qingxue's strong point, so this year's tennis club entered the Kanto Tournament, no one is surprised, but the school's women's basketball team has been in decline for several years, and it even fell to the bottom of the sports club last year. After coaching, the first expedition was a blockbuster, which surprised many teachers and students who heard about it.

There was a big reshuffle in the main election, almost all of them were new faces. As the main force, Sanlu also attracted the attention of many people because of his outstanding performance. Nanako occasionally opened the forum, and she could see posts about her with a quick swipe.

Today's last class is art. This semester's art class has to learn sketching. Nanako is not good at this, or more precisely, she is not very good at almost every "sub-subject". She always stumbles and needs help. After staying a little longer after class, she finally finished drawing the practice tasks for this class.

She handed the painting to the teacher, packed up her things, and walked out of the school gate alone with her schoolbag on her back. As soon as she came out, she saw the bus driving away in front of her.

Summer has just entered, and in the early summer season, although the temperature has risen a bit, it is not too hot. There is often a breeze blowing on the street, which is a good weather that makes people feel comfortable.Nanako stood at the school gate and thought for a while, then chose to go to Hanadako's house to supervise his training tasks for today.

She passed the river bank, and the broad surface of the Tsurumi River shone with sparkling waves in the bright afternoon sun, as if scattered with broken glass.This river runs through the entire city of Yokohama and will eventually flow into Tokyo Bay, with tributaries extending everywhere on the way.

When Nanako was in elementary school, she would go through one of the tributaries on her way to Holy Night. Now that she came to Qingxue to go to middle school, she would still pass by another tributary on her way to and from school.

She walked along the river bank for a while. At this time, there were no passers-by on the river bank, and it was so quiet that there was only the sound of the rushing water.Nanako lowered her head and kicked the stones on the road, walking slowly, but suddenly heard the sound of chaotic steps in front of her.

"To-zai-!"

"Quick-click-up-come-!"

Standing on the bridge, walking in disorder and shouting into the river below in a very unhappy tone.

The bridge is just tens of meters away, spanning the river, and Dazai's "waves and waves" answered quickly from the river:

"Ranbu-Gululu...Mister...you said-what...Gululu..."

Luanbu on the bridge also pulled the tune, repeating what he had just shouted: "Quick-come up-come on!"

Nanako's unhurried pace slowed down a bit, she looked down at the river, and soon found Dazai who was undulating in the river and drifting away with the waves.

Dazai seems to like swimming very much. Nanako passed by the river several times and saw him floating in the river, but his water skills seemed to be very good, and he could not drown no matter what, so apart from the first time Nanako helped him call the nearby people for help, Then I pretended not to see it.

She looked up at Ranbu on the bridge again, and saw that Ranbu looked impatient, as if planning to leave by herself.She dropped the stone she was kicking, and ran towards the bridge with her schoolbag on her back. When she was walking down the bridge, she ran right in front of him.

"Nanako?" Ranbu ran into Nanako as soon as he stepped off the bridge, but he realized in the next second, "Oh, it's almost time to leave school—did you miss the bus?"

"Yeah." Nanako nodded.

With Nanako leading the way, Ranbu immediately had no intention of caring about Dazai. He was about to go back to the detective agency with Nanako, when he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and shouted at Dazai who was drifting away in the river: "Dazai—! It's written—I'm going to take Nanako shopping!"

Dazai's answer came from a distance: "What-what-?... Gululu..."

The voice drifted away along the river with the figure.

Nanako: "..."

It seems that the detective agency must be very busy today, otherwise, Kunikida would never let her unreliable idiot father go out with the even more unreliable Dazai.

She didn't care about Dazai, she raised her head and asked Luanbu: "What are you going to buy?"

"Go buy a new quilt and pillow." Luanbu answered her casually, took off the hat on his head, and put it on Nanako's head, "The original one is too old, Dad will buy you a new one."

Nanako thought about it in her heart, and found that her current futon was actually only three years old.Nanako didn't think the quilt was old after only three years of use. She used to use the same two sets of quilts from elementary school to high school and never changed them. The pillows were only changed once when the pillowcases were worn out.

But Ranpo said she wanted to change it, so let's change it, it can be replaced with an adult-sized bedding, she is still using a 1.7-meter-long children's quilt, and when she grows taller, it will be a little short.

After thinking about it, Nanako asked Ranpo again: "Do you want to change the one in the fruit?"

"Don't care about him, that kid has gone somewhere else, let him go back and buy it himself, or just pick a set for him." Luanbu replied very perfunctorily.

He has always been so casual with Gogol, as if he was too lazy to care, but Gogol has never lacked anything, so Nanako doesn't think there is anything special about it.

She said "Oh", and led Luanbu to find a place where she could take a taxi, and took a taxi with Luanbu to the shopping street.

*******

Today is a working day, and it is less than four o'clock in the afternoon. Most of the shopping streets are students shopping after school.

Nanako followed random steps into a shop where the seller spun. The spacious shop was divided into several different areas, with bright lights and various fabrics of different patterns and styles everywhere.

Futons for tatami mats and bed futons are placed on both sides of the bedding area. As soon as Nanako entered the store, she subconsciously walked towards the display area with tatami mats. He dragged it back with his schoolbag and put it beside him.

——"Go here today."

Ranpo pointed to the display area where the bed was placed, and said to Nanako solemnly.

Nanako looked at the big bed over there, then raised her head, and pointed out a very important problem to Ranbu: "There are no beds in the dormitory."

"Then we won't live in the dormitory." Luanbu said nonchalantly, "Next month we will move to live in a bigger apartment."

【Bigger apartment】

Nanako thought about it, and felt that the dormitory she lived in now seemed a bit small.It’s obviously a one-bedroom apartment for one person, but there are three people living in it. It’s okay that she and Gogol were children before, but Gogol is now the same size as Ranpo, and she herself is almost 1.5 meters tall. It becomes a bit cramped for three people to live together, and many of her things have to be kept separately, taking up a little more space.

[Probably change to rent out a larger two-bedroom or three-bedroom apartment. 】

Thinking so, she walked to the display area of ​​bedding with random steps.

In addition to the bedding displayed on the display bed, there are also various quilts on the shelves on both sides, and there is even a brochure for the product display.

"Which one do you want?" Luanbu asked her.

Nanako looked at it for a long time, and finally pointed to a set of not very expensive sheets on the shelf, and said to Ranpo, "I want this."

It was a set of gray sheets with a pattern of stars.

Luanbu leaned over and took a look: "Do you like this?"

"Yeah." Nanako replied, "This one doesn't get dirty easily."

"It's not about how easy it is to get dirty, it's about which one you like." Luanbu corrected her, emphasizing the syllables and emphasizing the point, "——you like it yourself! You can also have a very light color. If it's dirty, take it to the dry cleaners for washing , besides, dirt is the same, gray just makes dirty things look less obvious."

——But if you can’t see it, you can treat it as if it doesn’t exist.

Nanako wanted to say that to Ranpo.But she closed her mouth obediently, looked around, pointed to another set of pink-gray sheets with small flowers beside her, and said to Luanbu again: "...then I want this."

The color tone is still a bit dark, but it looks more lively with pink. This time, Luanbu passed her application, and asked the shopping guide to get a new set, and pointed to a set of honey-colored sheets and a set of platinum I asked the shopping guide to take the colored sheets together.

After choosing the quilt, Ranpo took Nanako to the curtain area and asked her to choose the curtain she likes.

Nanako chose a pink-gray single-layer curtain that was the same as the bed sheet, but wandering around exercised "the authority of an adult" and changed to another three-layer curtain with a similar style but more complicated, with thin screens and thick curtains. Curtains, and pointed to two other sets of curtains to the shopping guide, and then took Nanako to the carpet area.

... Do you have to prepare so many things again when you change to a rented apartment?

Nanako felt a little skeptical as she walked away from the curtain area with her schoolbag on her back.

She has never moved, and she doesn't know what things need to be repurchased after moving, but she is certain about some things.

"Father." Nanako called Ranpo.

"Huh?" Ranbu turned back to look at her, and slowed down a little.

"Just one layer of curtains is enough." Nanako said to him with an expressionless face, paused, and added, "The rented apartment doesn't need to be carpeted."

There are no carpets or three-layer curtains in the dormitory, and the rented apartment should not be particularly well-furnished, after all, it may not be for a long time.

[It's not a new house decoration. 】

As she thought so in her heart, she saw Ranpo glance at her with the eyes of "what are you talking about?"

"Not a rented apartment."

Ranbu said to her.

Nanako: "...?"

Otherwise, can it still be an apartment bought?

"Didn't you say it during the Chinese New Year?" Ranbu said naturally, "The dormitory is too small, we need to buy a new big house, so you can have your own room."

"I bought the new house in the first month of the month. It took a few months to renovate and ventilate. Now that I have bought these things, I can move in almost next month. The new apartment is very close to the detective agency and the dormitory. You can In the morning, go to the dormitory to get the bento Yosano and the others made for you, and then take the bus to school."

He finished arranging the next thing in a few words. Nanako stood still, still digesting what he said in his mind. Whether it was buying a new house or decorating, it was a matter of burning money. The flowers are all gone.

"……dad."

"hold head high?"

"You have to work hard."

Not wanting to work hard, Edogawa Ranpo decided to continue pretending not to hear the idiot daughter's words as usual.