After becoming a chaotic daughter

Nanako didn't want her father to know about it.

She doesn't want her father to know that she still has an "auntie", and she doesn't want her father to know that she sneaked out to meet her "auntie", but the last thing she wants is for her father to meet this "auntie".

Because she is Dad's "false daughter".

Just like what the blind policeman said a month ago when he was threatening her, Nanako is just Luanpo's adopted daughter, her father is her "false father", and she is only her father's "false daughter", they are not their biological fathers Female, there is no blood relationship at all, just because Nanako didn't want to go to the orphanage, she "touched" Ranpo, so she can be Ranpo's "daughter".

Although people around me never mention this, and Ranpo never mentioned it once, Nanako is not really a six-year-old child. Nanako remembers that she was adopted by Ranpo. clearly.

She even remembered that the president's grandfather wanted to send her to the orphanage at first, but she didn't want to go, and her father didn't want her to go, so the president's grandfather finally compromised, and because of this, her household registration has remained the same until now. Hanging at the president's grandfather.

She is a daughter adopted by her father, that is to say, her father can abandon her at any time.This is the difference between "natural daughter" and "adopted daughter".

So Nanako didn't want this "auntie" to enter the detective agency, and she didn't want her father to see this "auntie". She just wanted to get things done secretly so that her father wouldn't find out.That way, Dad won't think about "Nanako is my adopted daughter".

As long as she doesn't think about it, or as long as she doesn't think about it and no one talks about it, her father is still her father.

But if Dad meets this aunt—

The swing was motionless.

Nanako gripped the rope chain hanging from the swing board tightly, her back tensed.There was still no expression on her face, and no light was reflected in her dark eyes. She just looked at the woman without turning around, but it seemed that the hairs all over her body were standing on end, as if she had just been stepped on. cat with tail.

Nanako wanted to tell her "Don't go to my father", or ask her "When did you meet my father", but no matter what she said, it seemed to be useless.The woman in front of her had already met her father, and they had also talked, and she even told her father that she wanted to take her away.

But Nanako doesn't want to go with her.

She is sitting on a swing that is no longer shaking, and the swing is suspended by a metal chain, but Nanako always feels that the chain will suddenly break in the next second, and then she will fall to the ground with one ass, although her ass is now It's not on the ground yet, but it seems to be starting to hurt.

【Father probably won't agree to this aunt. 】

Nanako thought about it in her heart.

But she still felt like her head was covered with a layer of fog, dazed and chaotic, as if going back today, Luanbu would tell her "Go back to your own home!" This aunt didn't even give her her luggage, and closed the door in front of her with a "bang", and then her little yellow duck doll was thrown out of the window and thrown into the trash can downstairs.

In her head, she was still thinking about the little yellow duck doll that was thrown into the trash can. She had held the doll for several years, and the filling cotton was loose, but Nanako still used to sleep with this doll, although she bought several more later. There was a new little yellow duck, but when she dazedly stretched out her hand to grope on the bed in the middle of the night, she would still accurately pick out this "old yellow duck" from a pile of dolls and hug her into her arms.

"I didn't tell your current father that I wanted to pick you up because I thought the detective agency was too dangerous." The woman said slowly, her voice pulled Nanako's thoughts away from the "little yellow duck". After getting back, Nanako's hand subconsciously pulled the swing chain, and the iron chain rubbed against the cross bar, making a harsh "squeak" sound.

"I just told him that you are 14 years old now, not a six or seven-year-old girl. If you live with male elders, there will be a lot of inconvenience."

The woman's gaze was fixed on the front, but she wasn't looking at anything, as if she was recalling her conversation with Ranpo.

"... There are many things that only 'mother' can teach you. He can't help you with these things. If you don't have female elders around you, you can only learn by yourself, and you will have a hard time."

Nanako probably knew what she was talking about.For example, when girls grow up, they have to wear underwear and have menstrual periods.If she is really just a child who grew up for the first time, she will only realize that she is going to take her to the underwear store when she suddenly thinks about it with Xie Ye, and she will probably be confused when she has her period for the first time If you are ignorant, it takes a long time to clean it up. …She was like this when no one taught her before, when she "grew up" for the first time.

She lowered her head, blinked a few times slowly, then raised her head again, and said, "Sister Jingzi can teach me."

The woman smiled lightly: "That's what your father told me too....'If there is something I can't do, then ask Ms. Xie Ye for help'."

"However, I also answered him in the same way at the time—" She suddenly turned around, "The familiar 'colleagues of my father' are different from my 'mother's elders'. I just want to say one thing, that Dr. Yosano doesn't live with you, does he? If you don't live under the same roof, many things will be completely different... Maybe your father doesn't understand it very well, but you should I understand, those different and inconvenient places."

Nanako thought about it for a couple of times, and finally figured out where the "different" places are. It might refer to things like "dirty clothes during menstruation can only be cleaned secretly in the bathroom early in the morning", if she If there is a "mother" or other female elders, the "mother" will help her wash the clothes. She doesn't have to squat in the bathroom to wash clothes in cold water during her menstrual period.

But she scratched her head, thought for a while, and replied: "It's not inconvenient...I can do it myself."

Nanako didn't think there was any "inconvenience" in this since she didn't have a father or a mother. It would be nice to have a father. ...Although this father seems to have nothing useful other than making money to support the family, and he can't do any housework (or he just doesn't want to work), and ten pieces of clothes can be folded for 15 minutes, which is not as good as Guoli use.

The woman gave a soft "hmm" and didn't refute Nanako's words, she just said: "But it will be easier if someone like 'mother' is around, isn't it? You won't learn it by yourself So hard work."

"...that's what I told your father." The woman said, turning her head and looking at Nanako, "Although it was just an 'excuse', I really thought so, Mr. Edogawa is a A young father, he has never raised a child, and he doesn't know what a 'girl' will experience when he grows up, maybe what you are worrying about, he doesn't know that a girl will encounter these troubles when she grows up. So I am worried that he will I can't take care of you well."

Her voice stopped, like a withered yellow leaf gently falling on the ground, Nanako felt that what she said seemed to make sense, but she kept her mouth shut and sat silently. on the swing.

After a while, Nanako spoke in a low voice: "...Dad took good care of me."

Dad will remember to warm her milk.

Although it was a hot summer, she didn't have her menstrual period either.

Dad also buys laundry detergent for menstrual periods.

Although it said that the detergent was for hand washing, he poured it all into the washing machine box.

Dad also reads the parenting guide given to him by sister Akiko.

Although he has read a book for seven or eight years and still hasn't finished it, he sometimes uses it as a table top.

But Nanako feels that Ranpo is taking care of her very seriously. After all, Ranpo can't even take care of herself well, and she always gets lost when going out.But when Nanako was in elementary school, Ranpo memorized the path from the dormitory and the detective agency to Shengye Elementary School; when Nanako was in middle school, Ranpo memorized the path from the apartment and the detective agency to Qinggaku.

Dad is just a little stupid.

Nanako thought about it in her heart.

And she doesn't really need her father to take care of her, she can take care of herself, so her father is not very good at taking care of her, that's okay.

Although her father is an idiot, Nanako still doesn't want to be thrown away by her father, or taken away by this aunt, she still wants to stay at home.

"I know."

The woman said softly, she stretched out her hand, and touched Nanako's hair lightly, Nanako hardly felt the force of her touch.

This was the first time she touched Nanako, and she moved very carefully, as if she was facing a vigilant cat, fearing that if she moved a little too much, it would scare the cat away.

"He treats you very well and takes good care of you. I told him that I wanted to take you away, and he immediately became nervous... He was just like you, he didn't want me to come in, and he blocked the door He walked out the door, and then I entered the room, and he also acted like he didn't want to talk to me."

When the woman said this, she slowed down her speech: "...he was very afraid that I would snatch you away."

"I asked him, 'If I want to take Nanako, will you agree', he didn't say yes or no, he just kept saying 'Nanako won't go with you', 'Nanako disagrees with that No way'. He doesn't want me to take you away, and he also thinks that you won't be willing to be taken away by me, but he is a little scared——"This is Nanako's relatives, if Nanako really wants to go with her, So what to do'. . . . I guess that's what he thought."

"I don't want to go." Nanako's voice was very small, like a whistling sound, which was hard to hear.

Dad didn't want her.

Nanako only noticed this, which made her feel less confused.

She suddenly said this sentence again, muttering, the woman fell silent, and after a few seconds of pause, she spoke again:

"But staying in a detective agency will be very dangerous for you."

Nanako thinks it is dangerous not to "stay in a detective agency". She thinks that Japan is a strange country, and she always meets strange people on the road, and most of the reasons she calls the police have nothing to do with the detective agency.Either you will meet a kidnapper, or you will meet a thief, or you will meet a strange gangster. If you stay in a detective agency, you will still have a positioning device for a flower bag and an alarm system.

"I can protect myself." Nanako answered her, thought for a while, and continued, "Daddy will protect me too."

——Although the real strength of the Edogawa family is probably only Gogol.If she really encounters bad guys, it will probably be Gogol who protects her and Luanpo.

"Your father said the same thing." The woman said slowly, "I just told him that I thought he couldn't take care of you well, so I wanted to take you away, but when I got up to leave, it might be because he After realizing something, he suddenly said to me, 'No matter what danger the detective agency encounters, I will not let Nanako be in danger'."

"But anyone can say such a scene. I won't let you stay there with confidence just because he said so. So I just said, let him think again and ask What do you think, I will come to visit again some other day. After a few days, I received your call. "

"If you don't want to go with me, I won't force you." The woman exhaled lightly, with a faint smile on her face, "For you, Mr. Edogawa is the father, and the child wants to To be with parents, parents don't want to be separated from their children, that's a matter of course. ... I just want to hear from you, your own thoughts."

Just as Edogawa Ranpo held a little bit of fear that Nanako would choose to leave with her relatives, she also held a little hope that Nanako might choose her as a relative.

Even if the possibility of both is very slim, such thoughts will still come from a corner of my heart.The former is afraid to ask for proof, while the latter wants to ask for proof. Before getting the answer, no one can be 100% sure what the result will be.

If it's Nanako, maybe that's it.

If it is "Nanako", then this tiny possibility of one percent, one thousandth, or one ten thousandth, in any case, may exist before the final decision is made.

——But Nanako is "Edogawa Nanako", not "Nanako".

Nanako still raised her small head, looking at the woman with her dark eyes, like a starless and moonless night, unable to see any light.

She seriously said what she really wanted to say to the woman in front of her today:

"'Nanako', is dead, I'm sorry."

It's not that her only remaining relative didn't choose her, but her only remaining relative has also died.

The person who chose to adopt his "father" was "Nanako Edogawa", not "Nanako".

Nanako didn't know if the woman in front of her could understand what she wanted to say, but she could only say this, at most she could only say such ambiguous words.

The woman sat silently on the swing, and Nanako didn't know what she was thinking, but after a long time, maybe 1 minute, or 5 minutes, she heard the sound of a woman on the other swing beside her. A soft and calm voice.

"That's right."

Nanako stood up with her schoolbag on her back. She turned her head and looked at the woman sitting on the swing. Then she raised her short legs and moved two steps forward, standing in front of her like a small wooden stake. at every turn.

The woman stretched out her hand and touched Nanako's cheek, her face still had a gentle expression, a pair of dark eyes like Nanako's was quietly watching Nanako's face.

"Then you have to grow up well, Nanako." She said softly, as if she was muttering to herself, and the words were almost blown away in the wind.

"Eat well, study hard, tell the adults when you encounter difficulties, and if you meet someone you like, you must tell your father first...then grow up in peace."

"Yeah." Nanako nodded and pursed her lips again, "Auntie."

The woman's hand stroking Nanako's cheek paused for a moment.

"Go home quickly," she said.

Nanako looked down at her, looked at her for a while, took a small step back, and said "goodbye" to her, then walked out of the park with her schoolbag on her back.

She walked to the sidewalk outside the park, walked a short distance, stopped, turned around, and saw her aunt still sitting on the swing with her head down, as if she was crying.

Nanako stopped in place, and after a few seconds, she took another step and walked towards the detective agency.

The author has something to say:

My setting for my aunt is actually very simple, she looks ordinary, has no name, and her personality can only be summed up as a vague description like "gentle and a little bit tough as an elder sister". In fact, it is not stated whether she is married, the only thing that is relatively certain The setting is that she is a working woman with a job and a "technical director" engaged in the research and development of certain types of products

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In fact, I blurred out the background related to "Nanako" on purpose. Whether it is the "Nanako" of the original owner or "Lin Nainai", many places have adopted the "passer-by npc"-style vague writing.

For example, Nanako did not set basic information such as her birthday, and even her height only had vague expressions such as "1.4 meters +" and "early 1.5 meters".

For example, Lin Nainai didn’t say how old she was or why she became an orphan (even the setting of the orphan was very circuitous in the early stage)

The most clear setting is her special physique, and in fact such a detailed setting is useless, mainly to persecute Wu Mou, Mori Mouwai and others passing by

If Ranpo's title is [World No.1 Detective], Nanako's title is probably [Yokohama No. Background board for eating, sleeping, going to school and doing homework