After becoming a chaotic daughter

"Mr. Ranpo, how did you become Nanako's father?"

Sitting in the coffee shop, Tanizaki Junichiro held a cup of hot tea and asked curiously to Kunikida, who had just returned from a field trip.

The same situation happened once a few months ago. Just the day before Atsushi Nakajima joined the agency, Tanizaki happened to be sitting in the coffee shop like this, and asked Kunikida, "How was the detective agency established?" What?"—such a question.

Kunikida, who was sitting beside him, frowned, and answered his same words in the same tone: "Don't you even know this?"

"Uh...I'm sorry." Tanizaki's answer was also like a copy and paste.

Kunikida snorted through his nose, in a tone similar to "I hate iron but not steel", as if he sighed heavily, which made Tanizaki even more inexplicably weak... Although he really didn't know this No one has ever told him the answer to the question. It would be better to say that the colleagues in the agency hardly even mentioned the matter of "Nanako was adopted by Mr. Ranpo". Only then did I find out about it from my sister Naomi.

"So... is there anything inconvenient to say?" Tanizaki asked cautiously, and then hastily added: "If so, just pretend that I didn't ask."

The tall man with pigtails rubbed the center of his brows, and his sharp eyebrows seemed to be furrowed even tighter. Just when Tanizaki thought he would not get an answer, he heard the senior next to him say:

"It's not something that has to be concealed... No, it's better to say that there are quite a few people who know about this matter. As long as they are employees who worked in the agency at that time, they all know the whole story of this matter."

After a pause, Kunikida looked up at the store manager who was making coffee at the bar, and then turned his gaze to Tanizaki: "The store manager and his wife also know a little bit."

Tanizaki opened his eyes slightly in surprise, subconsciously looked at the calm middle-aged man at the bar, and was greeted with a smile from a calm gentleman on the other side.

Although it was the weekend, the weather today was not very good. There were no other customers in the store except them.Sigma was practicing how to squeeze beautiful flowers out of butter in the back kitchen, and Lucy was pointing him at the side, dissatisfied with his clumsiness, and his sharp and coquettish voice could be heard even through the curtain, and the waiter aunt also spoke Talk to them with a smile.

Looking around, Kunikida said to Tanizaki, "It's because of a case."

"Case?" The answer was surprising, but when he thought of "Mr. Ranpo", it seemed quite normal. Tanizaki tentatively asked, "Is it... the orphan of the victim of which case? Or... ...Nanako is the victim?"

For example, a child who was rescued in a certain abduction case, but his biological parents could not be found, so he was adopted by Mr. Ranpo.

"Neither." Kunikida shook his head, vetoing his two conjectures, and Tanizaki was stunned by the next sentence, "It's the child of a criminal in a case."

"What, what?" Tanizaki was so shocked by this answer that he stuttered, he couldn't even speak, but he subconsciously lowered his volume, and called out in a weak voice, "Sin, sin...criminal?! "

Isn't it supposed to be irreconcilable, a detective and a criminal?Although Mr. Ranpo has a special personality, he may not care much about criminals...but he is a criminal!And since it is a case related to Mr. Ranpo——doesn't it mean that Mr. Ranpo let Nanako's biological father or biological mother into the situation!

Even if you know that the "criminal's child" may be innocent, it is really difficult for Tanizaki to hook Nanako and the "criminal's child", not only because Mr. Ranpo can be said to be "rarely able to take care of people" for Nanako, but also Because of Nanako's attitude towards the police...

——Not only is there no conflict, most people will feel awe when they see the police. The officer asked for a drink change.

Kunikida could see through Tanizaki's inner thoughts at a glance. After all, this guy was still very unstable, and all his thoughts were on his face.

In order to prevent Tanizaki from thinking about something, Kunikida simply explained the matter.From the fact that it was Mr. Ranpo's birthday that day, to when he suddenly received an urgent commission, how did he go to the dormitory to pick up the reluctant Mr. Ranpo to the scene, and then he was sent by Mr. Ranpo to buy a sandwich and came back. I saw two radishes... I was wrong, it was Mr. Luanbu squatting on the side of the road in a daze with a little radish.

The specifics of the case didn't matter, he briefly covered it in a few words, but he basically gave a general idea.Kunikida still focused on describing how Mr. Ranpo sold himself for an ice cream, which was even paid by Kunikida, and how Nanako followed them back to the detective agency. Just stayed there in a daze.

"At that time, I still thought that Mr. Ranpo was too hasty, and brought a child back casually as his own daughter, but now it seems that I was too young at that time, and I was not as thoughtful as Mr. Ranpo. Kunikida pushed his glasses, with a look of admiration on his face.

"At that time, Mr. Kunikida was only in his teens, right? He was still very young." Tanizaki echoed.

"Indeed, I was only 14 years old at that time, and I only joined the detective agency for two or three months." Kunikida nodded, "Although I have witnessed Mr. Ranpo's talent, I still haven't been able to treat Mr. Ranpo like I am now. Such a deep understanding."

"I only thought that for the detective agency, raising a child would be a troublesome thing, and I thought it would be good to send Nanako to an orphanage with acceptable conditions, but I didn't think about it. With Nanako's situation at that time, What kind of ups and downs will you encounter when you go to the orphanage? Mr. Ranpo must have considered this, so he made the choice to adopt Nanako himself." Kunikida looked deeply convinced.

"Nanako is a very weak child. Her biological father did not fulfill the most basic responsibility as a father. When she first came to the detective agency, she was already six years old. Logically speaking, children of this age should have She started going to elementary school, but she, "

Kunikida drew a height of about one meter by the high chair he was sitting on.

"At that time, she was only this tall, about the same as a three- or four-year-old child in kindergarten. Her limbs were also very thin, and she stumbled even when she walked. She always used her hands and feet to climb up the steps at the entrance of the coffee shop; the elevator in the office building, She couldn't press the button for the fourth floor at all, and then she moved a stool by herself, put it in the elevator, and always had to step on the stool to press the floor."

Kunikida was lost in memories. The 14-year-old was a year in which his life was turned upside down.That year, he met Fukuzawa Yukichi, the president of the Armed Detective Agency, and worshiped him as a teacher, practiced martial arts, and came to work in the Detective Agency after studying. Nanako also joined the Detective Agency that year. .

At that time, he hadn't completely lost his childishness—not the kind of "childish" who likes to have fun, but a kind of "childish" who didn't have a broad vision and was immature in dealing with things—and therefore, it was very important for him to take care of Nanako. Child, he always felt a little awkward and stiff, and it was not until several months passed that he gradually calmed down.

"She wasn't even very good at talking then."

Kunikida recalled Nanako at that time.

"I can only express myself with some fragmented words, like a young child who has just started to learn to speak, and his language level is much worse than that of his peers."

"Ah..." Tanizaki felt that he could vaguely imagine such a situation, "Nanako doesn't like to talk much now."

However, Nanako's writing skills are very mature and experienced. Tanizaki has seen her Chinese homework. Whether it is paragraph description or discussion composition, it doesn't look like a junior high school student, and there are even many complex Chinese words and expressions.

"Indeed." Kunikida nodded, "But she is very sensible."

Tanizaki nodded sympathetically, although he didn't know what Nanako was like when she was young, but at least since he joined the detective agency, Nanako has always been very self-reliant and never caused trouble to the members.

Nanako would finish everything silently by herself, and she would try her best to grab Mr. Ranpo who always wanted to do this or that on a whim—whether it was successful or not, even if it was not successful, she would run away immediately Find the president—sometimes when everyone needs help, she always pokes her head out of nowhere and quietly helps to get things done.

For example, whenever Yosano is going to "treat" him, Nanako will often help to drag Yosano's big bag of "treatment tools" out of a corner, put it at the door of the operating room, and then cover her ears run away.

Thinking of that desperate scene, Tanizaki couldn't help shivering.

In this matter, Kunikida failed to empathize with him.He talked to Tanizaki in a gratified tone and said that Nanako would watch children's popular science programs and learn knowledge actively since she was six years old; I am preparing for the college entrance examination every day, even bought foreign teaching aids to practice the questions, and I rank among the best in every exam...

Such a good student who is eager to learn and self-discipline really makes Kunikida's teachers' hearts surge. Even if they work overtime, they have to sort out two sets of "high gold content" papers for Nanako every week, so that this good seed will not be delayed.

What he said was so sincere that even Tanizaki, who was sluggish because of the thought of "treatment" with Yosano, gradually cheered up again.

"Then," Tanizaki, who regained his spirit, asked curiously again, "How did Gogol-kun be adopted by Mr. Ranpo?"

Kunikida, who was still speaking impassionedly, suddenly stopped talking after hearing Tanizaki's question, like a radio that was suddenly unplugged.

There was a weird look on his face.

"...Mr. Kunikida?" Tanizaki looked at his face and called out cautiously.

Kunikida came back to his senses, he glanced at Tanizaki, then picked up the tea in his hand, lowered his head and took a sip, and when he spoke again, the calm tone that could barely be maintained, even Tanizaki could hear the " I also do not understand".

"When Nanako first started school, one day, for some reason, she suddenly wanted to get a dog, so she asked me the question 'where can I buy a dog'." Kunikida said.

Tanizaki didn't understand what this sentence had to do with his question, and looked at Kunikida suspiciously.

Kunikida continued: "I told her that if you want to keep a pet dog, you have to go to a pet store, or go to a rescue center to adopt one."

"Well, what then...?" Tanizaki asked tremblingly, because Kunikida's answer was so strange that he didn't know where to start to express his opinion.

Kunikida was silent for a moment.

"Then, when she came back from school the next day, she dragged Gogol back to the detective agency."

Tanizaki: "..."

"And never mentioned the topic of wanting to have a pet dog again."

Tanizaki: "..."

"Gogol was so muddled by Mr. Ranpo... let's say he was adopted by Mr. Ranpo."

Tanizaki: "..."

Behind them, the crisp sound of wind chimes colliding suddenly sounded at the door, and some heavy glass doors were pushed open from the outside. Along with the sound of wind chimes, it was Gogol's brisk and clear voice.

"Why do people like to 'meow' when they see a cat?" The white-haired boy held the glass door, waited for the girl to come in, and then withdrew his hand holding the doorknob.

The glass door closed behind them, and Nanako slowly answered him as she walked into the cafe: "...Because it's dogs who like 'woof'."

Gogol tilted his head, turned his face and looked down at Nanako, his tone seemed to be a simple question: "Wow?"

Nanako stared straight ahead expressionlessly, perfunctorily as if covering a broken window with paper towels: "Well, woof."

[Who is a serious person who would say "Wow, woof, woof" to a cat. 】

Nanako thought to herself.

She climbed into the high chair and said to the store manager in a serious manner: "A strawberry cake, and then pack a chocolate cake, thank you."

"Please give me an apple soft cake~ thank you." Gogol also sat down beside her and said with a smile.

The waiter's auntie responded from the back kitchen. The calm and elegant store manager nodded and smiled. After a while, he served them an extra glass of lemonade with honey.

【...Why didn't we send extra desserts? 】

Tanizaki quietly asked his senior with his eyes.

[Are you a child? 】

Kunikida sat still on his high chair, and answered his question with his eyes.

The author has something to say: the text ends here~~

Next is the extra volume, or the "Time Leap Dafa Volume", which is about Nanako "after growing up" (but it's actually not that big, probably at the university stage)

The extra volume will be updated slowly, everyone will stop watching me from tomorrow, go to bed early _(:з」∠)_

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[The following is a little nonsense]

In fact, when I first wrote this book, I just wanted to write about the various daily life of Ranbu raising her daughter. They are all very detailed plots. It can be said that the main line (?) is very weak. What kind of chemical reaction will this match have”, so I started writing.

I started this article very impulsively. When the last article was nearing the end, I expected to write the librarian’s book, but because of reasons I don’t know, I suddenly came to write this book. It seems that at the beginning, because I couldn't find food for random steps everywhere, and I didn't know why, I suddenly thought of cutting my own thighs, and then "registered author→open text→code" in one go.

It can be said that Luanbu made me make a lot of decisions impulsively (no throwing pot×

But the final results of these decisions are actually not bad, not to mention, so many code words, at least my typing speed is really fast (?)

So if you have a dream, don't be cowardly and just do it.

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Nanako is probably the worst heroine in my writing, a rare one who can’t fight at all, a complete "ordinary person", just like her name, a very popular "Nanako", even myself This name has been used several times in other articles, it is completely "passerby configuration", just like her position in the plot, a passerby passing by, ordinary, ordinary, living her own life, from a The child grows up slowly again.

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Ranpo turned Nanako back into a real "child" instead of a "little mushroom" that can only grow up by itself.

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Thank you for reading Nanako's daily life, the extra volume will start to update slowly after about a week

The next book will probably be "What to do if Brother Luanbu is an idiot", welcome to bookmark