After becoming a chaotic daughter

-Language dysfunction.

- Delayed language development.

— Weak language skills.

No matter what kind of expression it is, in short, it means the same thing over and over again. The six-year-old Nanako has not reached the language level that a six-year-old child should have. It may be pathological, it may be caused by psychological problems, or it may just simply not learn much. I haven't spoken well yet.

Naturally, as a teacher, Nanako's class teacher has been very responsible for noticing this. Even if most teachers realize that Nanako doesn't talk much, they will only think that this child is more introverted.

However, as a teacher of Holy Night Academy, Teacher Koizumi not only needs to be proficient in the basic teaching of various subjects, but also needs to study books on pedagogy such as child psychology education, so it is not surprising that she can find this. .

But her judgment was still a little off.

An adult came to pick her up, although it wasn't time for school to end, but the situation of the "Parents' Association" was special, so Ranpo took Nanako and went straight out of the school.

Taking Nanako to buy a double-stick popsicle at the dim sum shop in front of the school, Luanbu broke the popsicle in half, gave the smaller half to Nanako, and the larger half to himself.The father and daughter, one big and one small, stood on the side of the road in front of the dim sum shop and ate popsicles together.

It's only the middle of May, and the weather in Yokohama is neither too cold nor too hot, but there's nothing wrong with eating a popsicle.

A popsicle that looks a bit big for one person becomes a bit smaller after being broken into two.After Luanbu finished eating the popsicle in three or two bites, and threw the sucked stick into the trash can at the door of the store, Nanako was still carrying her small schoolbag, squatting on the side of the road, burying her head and swallowing hard to melt the popsicle. Da da dripping sugar water.

Children eat slowly, and Nanako’s speed at sucking ice sticks is far behind the speed at which the ice sticks melt. After a while, even her hands are covered with sticky sugar water. Almost half of a small ice stick melted and dripped On the ground, only a small half was eaten by Nanako.

His hands were sticky with sugar water, and he couldn't wipe them clean, so he had to buy another bottle of water for Nanako to wash his hands. He even wiped his mouth with a wet paper towel before putting the mineral water bottle in the trash with the paper towel When she lost it, she took Nanako and prepared to go back to the detective agency.

While they were eating popsicles, Shengye Primary School was also dismissed. Only a few students who had no club activities scattered out of the school gate, and then went home.Most elementary school students in Japan do not need to be picked up by their parents. Nanako has been in school for two months. Except for a few children from rich families who are picked up by their drivers, she is the only one who picks them up every day. I don't see any grown-ups.

But today, a little girl carrying a schoolbag led a middle-aged man by the hand and walked out of the school together.

The little girl looks like she is only in the first grade, and the middle-aged man is her father.Smiling and talking with her father, the little girl was bouncing when she walked, and just a few steps out of the school gate, she dragged her father to carry her on her back. Lie on Dad's back like riding a big horse, hug Dad's neck, and direct Dad to walk in the direction of home, with an innocent and cheerful smile on his face.

Nanako is in the first-grade month group, and that little girl is in the first-grade star group. Today, she and her father came to school for a "home-school communication meeting".

Luanbu looked at the little girl who was coquettish with her father, and then looked down at Nanako who was holding her hand. Nanako still had no expression on her face. She looked like a dull puppet. Show a little child's liveliness.

Nanako never acted like a baby with him.

Suddenly realizing this, Ranpo squeezed Nanako's little hand.It's soft, and it has grown a bit more flesh than when he picked it up, but it can still be held in his hands with a little warmth, a small one.

Nanako, who had been pinched, raised her head to look at him. There was no light in her dark pupils, like rigid eyes embedded in a doll. Her black hair, which had been neatly combed for so long, was only at the length of her shoulders. It was still very fluffy and warped, like weeds that grew up randomly in summer, and it looked like a mess.

"dad?"

Nanako called him slowly, she seemed to be slow in everything she did, as if she was very slow, even the movement of blinking her eyes seemed to be much slower than others.

Luanbu squatted down, squatted in front of her, stretched out his hands and grabbed her cheeks, pinched them like plasticine, and ordered Nanako with a confident look: "Laugh!"

——Nanako never smiled either.

Being grabbed by the cheek, Nanako's soft little face became flattened like a jelly, and the slightly deformed little face still had the somewhat dull expression, and she looked at Ranbu for a while without showing any emotion.

Boom!

"Wow!"

Her little head hit Ranbu's forehead forcefully, and Ranbu cried out in pain, and leaned back.

Shaking her head hard, Nanako shook off Ranbu's hand pinching her cheek, stretched out her short hand and rubbed it for herself, then carried her schoolbag and dropped Ranbu who was covering her forehead and squatting in place, a portrait Like a little snail with a shell on its back, it walked slowly on its short legs.

【This father is an idiot. 】

Nanako thought confidently in her heart.

*****

Nanako’s language ability is just not very proficient, this point can be 100% sure, just like he can understand Gogol’s Waibibabu, as Nanako’s "father", he can also understand Nanako was a little stumbling, and occasionally even mixed in some half-baked Japanese from other languages.

As for why Nanako's Japanese is mixed with foreign languages ​​such as English and Chinese that normal children should not be able to understand, that kind of thing is not important, as long as they know it, Ranpo is too lazy to bother to study such things, anyway, he is not listening Do not understand or do not understand.He is a famous detective with extraordinary talents, and his daughter is also a little bit gifted. Isn't it strange? After all, aren't his own parents also gifted.

Isn't it normal for smart adults to have smart kids—and the same goes for the ones who picked them up.

But Nanako doesn't talk, act like a baby, or laugh at things like this, so Ranpo thinks it's necessary to check.Although it is said that Nanako will definitely not have any "language barrier", that does not mean that she does not have any "emotional barrier".

Seeing his biological father's corpse, he didn't feel "disgust", "sadness", or "excitement", and he didn't even have the "fear" or "disgusting" that ordinary people should have when facing a corpse.Nanako's emotional ups and downs are almost non-existent, as if she were a lifeless dummy, and she didn't feel "uneasy" when she was accidentally left at the police station by Ranpo, and she didn't respond to the strange environment of the detective agency.

——There is no [feeling] at all.

The judgment that Ranpo made on Nanako half a year ago has not changed in the slightest.

"...kid, can you tell auntie your name?"

In the warmly decorated children's consultation room, the middle-aged doctor in a white coat asked kindly. She has a very ordinary face that makes people subconsciously unguarded, and maintains a proper sense of distance in every move. It will neither make children feel indifferent, nor will it frighten shy and restrained children because of excessive enthusiasm.

She didn't understand why Ranpo and Yosano brought her to see the doctor, but Nanako still sat on the small upholstered chair and answered the doctor's aunt's questions honestly.

"Nanako."

"It's Nanako, what a cute name. How old is Nanako?"

"Six years old."

"It's six years old. It's the age to go to school. Has Nanako gone to school?"

"..."

After answering a few questions intermittently, most of them were questions such as "Do you have good friends in class", "What do you like to eat for school lunch", "What is your favorite toy?" Nanako felt that there was something wrong with her. Right, this way of asking questions seems to be a routine for checking intellectual development or psychological status... Could it be said that the education of children in Japan has developed to the point that children have to check this kind of thing regularly?

Nanako felt as if she had learned some strange Japanese common sense again.

Her Japanese is not yet proficient. Even if the doctors and aunts in front of her are asking questions in very simple sentences, she slows down her speech, but she answers a series of trivial questions back and forth, and she must always concentrate on understanding those questions. Nanako gradually felt a little tired after answering the question and organizing a sentence in Japanese.

The consultation room was very quiet, and there was a faint fragrance, which made Nanako even feel a little drowsy.

"...What kind of person does Nanako think her father is?"

The topic changed from "Daddy will take you to school every day" to "evaluation of daddy" naturally. Nanako, who didn't know too many adjectives, scratched her little head and thought for a long time. Finally, she spoke very slowly. answer her:

"Daddy's an idiot."

Doctor: ...Huh?

The doctor who heard this answer for the first time was stunned.

Her professionalism as a doctor allowed her to recover quickly. After transitioning through a few common questions, she once again raised a new question that had been whitewashed: "...why is Nanako rarely let her father hug her?" Woolen cloth?"

"Because... um..." Nanako organized the grammar in her head, and said in a dragged manner, "Daddy...can't hold her up."

Doctor:……

It is a reasonable answer that cannot be refuted with reason and evidence.

After chatting for a while, the doctor took Nanako to do some basic tests. The cognitive ability is normal, the logical judgment ability is normal, the language level is slightly weak but it is normal, and the moral common sense is normal... Combined with the chat with Nanako The way she showed, the doctor came up with a preliminary diagnosis after a little thought.

"... Nanako's performance in all aspects is relatively normal, but the language level is slightly weaker than children of the same age, but this problem is not a big problem, as long as the parents communicate with her more often. You can encourage her to participate in some language classes. activities, such as speeches, hosts, recitations and other interest activities, but if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to take part in it. to the opposite effect."

Holding a "everything is normal" diagnosis sheet, Luanbu squinted his eyes and carefully read every word on the paper. By the way, after listening to what the doctor said, he felt that the diagnosis result was too perfunctory .

"But Nanako won't act like a baby with my father! She won't even ask for a hug!" He said very dissatisfied, somewhat resentful.

——Everyone else’s children will want to be hugged by their fathers!

doctor:"……"

Obviously this father did not have a clear understanding of his own arm strength.

She coughed and said tactfully: "Some children are naturally more intelligent and independent, and according to this child's childhood experience, it is normal for her to be more independent and restrained due to the influence of her growth environment, and she can also Communicating with people normally and making friends at school shows that her personality is not to the point of 'solitary', which is normal."

Although she said so, Ranpo still feels dissatisfied with this explanation. After all, it is mostly "Nanako doesn't act like a baby with her father", "Nanako doesn't smile at her father", "Nanako rarely talks to her father", "Nanako..." This kind of fragmentary reason.

Among them is probably "Nanako can't smile at Dad", which seems to be a problem, but the doctor also asked Nanako, and the answer was...

"Dad is stupid...can't laugh."

Seriously, dad, shouldn't you reflect on why you are an idiot in your daughter's heart?

The doctor's sharp eyes hidden behind the glasses cast on the mumbled Chaos on the other side of the table.

I have seen all kinds of weird children, and Nanako is quite normal among them, but she doesn’t like to laugh very much. As for some answers, the brain circuits are a bit strange-children’s brain circuits are always whimsical, she I also treated a child who insisted that his father was Ultraman. It is not a problem for a child like Nanako whose answer is a bit strange at first glance, but who can be consistent with her own logic.

Ranbu was reluctantly pushed out of the consultation room by Xie Ye and half coaxed and half persuaded, and stayed with Xie Ye and the doctor to continue talking.

Sitting on the waiting chair at the door, Nanako saw Ranbu coming out, jumped off the chair and ran over, grabbed his little cloak, looked up at that little face that still had no expression at all, and spoke to Ranbu in a nonchalant tone. Said, "Daddy, I'm hungry."

[The doctor can't see it either. 】

Looking again at the diagnosis sheet in his hand that said "everything is normal", Luanbu stuffed the diagnosis sheet into his pocket casually, then took Nanako's little hand, and led her to the vending machine on the first floor Before, I bought her a buttered bread and a carton of milk, and chose a can of soda for myself.

Two [-]-yen coins were stuffed into the coin slot, and the bread and drink on the shelf were pushed down the delivery port. Hearing a few thuds, he lowered his head and looked at the Staring intently at the little carrot head at the exit, he suddenly reached out and stroked her messy black hair, and said in a tone that sounded very casual:

"Nanako,"

"Even if you're an idiot, Daddy loves you."

The already messy hair was messed up even more. With a head of black hair like a bird's nest, Nanako raised her small head and stared at Ranbu with her dark, lifeless eyes. They looked at each other for several seconds. , opened his mouth, and said dryly:

"...you're an idiot."

She raised her short legs and kicked limply.