The bosses cry and put down the butcher knife

When he realized that he had become the "late" person instead, Oda Miyuki had a brief panic.

After ten seconds of panic, she let herself go completely.

Anyway, it has been such a long time, Oda Miyuki thought, even if he ran back in a hurry now, he would be discovered by Asuke.

Moreover, she did a good deed to save Xiaozhuan, so she should be praised!

Thinking of this, the girl's expression gradually returned to normal, and she smiled and held the boy who was much taller than her: "Okay Xiaozhuan, let's go back now."

The other party was also very accustomed to this "hand in hand and go home together" way of getting along, so he nodded obediently.

Regardless of the height difference between the two, one might think that Oda Miyuki is the older one.

Perhaps it was the fear of suddenly escaping danger, or the beatings and cold violence of the previous years had accumulated to a certain zero point.On the way back for the two of them, Shimura, who was in a relaxed mood, turned around and suddenly opened up the chatterbox.

"...Actually, for as long as I can remember, Dad never let us say anything about 'heroes' at home."

When the two used to play together, Oda Miyuki was always the one who talked more.It was rare that the little friend wanted to talk about something this time, and the girl listened intently with her eyes wide open.

For Shimura Zhuanhu, it is not so much chatting with girls, but perhaps finding an outlet for those words that are pent up in his heart.He talked about his father's deep abhorrence of "heroes", about how he used to like playing hero games, and even said that every time a man came back, he had to be very careful.

"Father, he hates heroes very, very, very much, even more than Mom is afraid of snakes," the boy added a few "special" to emphasize his tone, "so he always beats me for this, and makes me shut up in the yard. confinement."

The girl looked at him, feeling that she should say something, but didn't know what to say.

"But yesterday morning, my sister came to see me and showed me a photo." Shimura turned around and said, his expression suddenly became cheerful, "Do you know Axue, that's my grandma's photo—— Grandma, you are actually a 'hero'!"

"'Hero'?" Oda Miyuki repeated, "The one that will appear on TV, the golden one...?"

She's not quite sure.After all, in terms of the family environment, Oda Sakunosuke hardly talked with her about it.As for the kindergarten children, not everyone is keen on the game of "playing a hero".

Therefore, she probably knows that there is such a profession, which is the same as giving money to the police uncle after picking up money.As for the difference between a "hero" and a "policeman", it is obviously far beyond the knowledge of a five-year-old girl.

It's not surprising that Shimura turned the arc, just like in the past two years, they have hardly talked about this topic.The boy stroked the girl's soft hair, his voice lowered due to inertia, but there was an undisguised longing:

"Let me tell you a secret, Xiaoxue—although my father has been forcing me to give up, I still hope to be a hero and help those who need me."

He showed a bright smile: "I made an appointment with my sister. I will hide from my father in the future and become a heroic sibling——Xiaoxue, can you come with me?"

Oda Miyuki looked at the boy's smiling face, thought for a while and said, "I don't seem to have thought about 'what to do in the future', and my father didn't tell me... But maybe I can become a hero with you? Anyway, I don't want to be a scientist.

Even if I can't be a hero, if Xiaochang becomes a hero, I will be the 'woman behind the hero', right? "

Shimura froze for a few seconds, instinctively felt that this statement was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong: "Y-It should be like this, but Xiaoxue, you are a girl, not a woman, so you should be called 'the girl behind the hero'?"

Oda Miyuki was even more confused than him. After all, she heard all these messy things from adults: "That's a girl? Anyway, I must be a woman, not a man."

She looked at Shimura Zhuan arc again: "Xiao Zhuan is a man."

This familiar gender issue once again made the nine-year-old boy feel lack of knowledge.Before he could decide whether to continue this topic, the girl's attention had already shifted to other places:

"By the way, Xiaozhuan, is your face still itchy recently?"

"..."

What she was talking about was a problem that Shimura Zhuan arc had had several years ago. It is said that he went to the hospital for an examination, but nothing was found out.

The specific situation is not serious, but it's definitely uncomfortable—when Shimura is at home, the skin on his body, especially the skin on his face and neck, will always feel itchy for no reason.

Shimura reacted in an arc for a while, and then slowly caught up with the other party's topic, "Oh, that, I don't seem to feel the itching much."

Speaking of this question, he suddenly thought of another related guess: "It doesn't itch much recently. The last time my mother asked me, it felt like I scratched my neck last time and went to your house to apply medicine—Xiaoxue, My mother said it wasn't because of the medicine, could it be... could it be because of your personality?"

Although so far, neither of them has shown any obvious personality, or any other special ability.

"I don't want this kind of personality." Oda Miyuki rolled his eyes, "Besides, if I really had any special abilities, Dad's injury would have healed by now."

"Hey, has your father been injured recently?" Shimura turned a little surprised.

"Uh..." Oda Miyuki didn't know how to answer. She couldn't say that her father almost fell into the unbuilt sewer when he was working outside. "Anyway, it must not be my fault."

"That's it." Shimura turned around and was a little disappointed, but seeing his friend's determined expression, he didn't worry about it anymore.

"Anyway, it's a good thing that it's not uncomfortable." Already able to see the building where they lived, the girl took a deep breath and said as if swearing, "In the future, let's become heroes together—like today Those guys who bully you, if you encounter such a thing in the future, you can step forward to stop them and shout 'there are heroes here, stop your bullying of your classmates'!"

"...Pfft." Shimura burst out laughing.

Oda Miyuki was not very satisfied with this reaction, but she just pursed her lips.Then she thought of something again, and her expression became excited again: "Also, I will be able to go to elementary school with Xiaozhuan next year. Because Xiaozhuan is older, you should become a hero earlier—like today Before you become a hero, let me protect you!"

"OK, all right?"

"What kind of tone! I'm very good. I can beat three boys in my class. And my father promised to teach me how to use a gun next year... I can really protect you, trust me!"

"Well, I believe in Xiaoxue."

……

……

When Oda Miyuki walked to the door of the house, he found that the door was open.She was somewhat guilty, and obediently said "I'm back", then opened the door forcefully and walked in.

When she saw the situation in the living room, the girl froze for a moment.

"Asuke?"

The girl looked at the boy squatting on the edge of the living room with an oversized suitcase in front of him, and said in a daze.

Oda Sakunosuke heard the voice and turned to look at her.Then he breathed a sigh of relief almost imperceptibly, and was about to say something—

"Asuke, why did you take out the box?"

Oda Miyuki was already one step ahead of him and asked this question.

Oda Sakunosuke was stunned, and then realized something: "Did I forget to tell you——Sorry, maybe I've been a little busy recently, so I mixed things up."

"..."

"It's like this. Because we changed jobs, we have to move to a place closer to the company. I asked about the housing prices and prices over there, which are cheaper than here."

The boy was speaking naturally, and was about to continue packing his things, but his voice and movements stopped at the same time.

Then, that face that was always expressionless suddenly showed a little panic:

"Xiaoxue, why are you crying?!"