Not too many out of four

The rain dripped down, forming large and small puddles on the ground.

The white and delicate hands stuck out of the shelter, feeling the coolness of the raindrops on the palm of the hand, the girl said distressedly: "I forgot to bring the umbrella..."

She obviously read the weather forecast and knew that it would rain today, but she forgot to bring an umbrella when she went out.

Fujimine Toshika looked up at the densely packed dark clouds in the sky. The rain that has been falling since noon until now does not seem to stop in a short time.

I could only run back in the rain like every time I forgot to bring an umbrella.

She retracted her hands and pulled out the cuffs. Diguang's uniform jacket was draped over her head, and she took a deep breath and rushed out of the shelter of the teaching building.

The leather shoes ran quickly on the ground, and the rain, cement and soil mixed together and splashed on the white socks, leaving mud spots on the white socks. Even if there was a coat to cover it, it could not completely prevent the rain from dripping on the body.

Teiko Middle School is only two streets away from Mihuacho [-]-chome. If you take the short path and go back, you can get home faster.

Although the sky was getting darker, she had walked the trail a few times, and there was no danger except for the accumulation of debris all year round.

Fujimine Toshika gathered himself together and turned into the trail.

The subtle voice came into her ears, she subconsciously stopped, her heart was slightly nervous: "W-what...?"

"...Meow!" "Meow!" "Meow! Meow! Meow!" "Meow, woof!"

The little thing hiding in the corner found someone's movement, opened its throat and desperately let out a thin voice to call for help. The faint meowing was in the patter of rain, and it was impossible to find their existence without stopping to listen carefully.

They have been waiting here for a long time, and no one has ever entered the alley.

It rained continuously for several hours and wet their fur, and the wind blew their bodies so cold that they couldn't help shivering, but no matter how loud they shouted, their voices couldn't fly out of the alley and the heavy rain curtain.

The fur was completely wet, even if they were squeezed together to warm each other, the body temperature was constantly losing, and the consciousness began to become weak and fuzzy.

Lost their supernatural powers and turned into kittens who couldn't even stand upright. The cardboard box containing them became the only place to live...

"Yes, a cat?" Toshika Fujimine followed the slight meowing of cats and found the cardboard boxes piled up next to the sundries, which were soaked by the rain. Inside were four shivering kittens huddled together.

She reached out and touched the cats. The fur of the four cats was soaked and cold. If they were left in the cardboard box, they would freeze to death.

Fujimine Toshika hesitated for a moment, bit her lip and hugged the four cats into her arms, wrapping them with the dry inner side of the coat: "Be good, don't bark."

Although she is also dependent on others now, it should be fine if she just takes the cats back and hides secretly for one night, right?

The rain wet the clothes on her body and quickly took away her body temperature. Fujimine Lijia tightly protected the kitten in the coat and ran back to the place where she lives now.

The name of Kudo is written on the house number. This is the place where Fujimine Toshika's aunt Yukiko Fujimine lived after she got married. She has now changed her name to Yukiko Kudo and her husband Yusaku Kudo has a son who is in the first year of high school.

Because they travel all the year round, she and her aunt's son Shinichi Kudo live together at home.

However, Kudo Shinichi is also a busy person. As a high school student detective, he often rushes to various murder scenes to help the police solve the case and catch the murderer. It is rare that he returns home earlier than her.

As long as she hides the cats in her room and doesn't let them out, she should be able to hide from the high school detectives.

"Li Jia, did you forget to bring your umbrella when you went out today?"

Fujimine Toshika froze, she bowed her body and faltered: "Yes, yes..."

Transferring the coat to her back, she said weakly: "Brother, brother, are you back so early today?"

"Well, there is no case today."

Kudo Shinichi raised his eyebrows and pointed behind her: "What are you hiding behind?"

Fujimine Lijia shook his head vigorously, and the deliberately long black hair on both sides almost flew up: "...No, no, I didn't bring anything home."

Kudo Shinichi laughed and said, "Li Jia's lies can't even be fooled by Lan."

Probably a good boy since he was a child. When Fujimine Toshika lied, his expression would be panicked, and his movements would be exaggerated several times. Even his childhood sweetheart Mao Lilan would not be fooled by her.

"You won't pick up some small animals and bring them home, will you?" Although the meaning in the words was to ask, his tone was already almost certain.

Stepping back slowly, she shifted her gaze and dared not meet Kudo Shinichi's eyes: "Brother, it's getting late, I'm going back to my room first."

She ran back to the room and closed the door, her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand, she slid her body against the door and sat down, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "Ha..."

She was scared to death, and my brother almost guessed everything.

Both her uncle and cousin are very good at reasoning, one is a famous mystery novelist, and the other is a famous high school student detective. She always feels that she can't keep any secrets from them.

She quietly unwrapped the coat, and the cats huddled together, their blue eyes that had not faded quietly stared at her.

The dry fabric on the inside of the coat was soaked by the cat's drenched fur, absorbing the water on the surface of their fur. She stroked the cat's fur carefully, and the unstoppable tremor passed through the thin body to the palm of her hand.

"You need to warm up your body quickly." Toshika Fujimine frantically turned on the air conditioner and heater in the room, and dug out a few new towels from the closet.

The orange-white kitten that was placed on the ground supported its trembling legs and shook its body vigorously to shake off the water. Strands of hair stood up on the surface of its body, like a blown-up hairball.

"No, you can't run around." She panicked and wanted to catch the cat.

If the cat made a mess in the room, she would be scolded by her brother.

The cat, which had been scattered in all directions and wanted to explore everywhere, stopped its paws, shook its ears and came back obediently to her hand, meowing softly.

She was surprised and delighted, although she didn't understand how the cats understood her words, but as long as they could be obedient, it would be fine.

The towel was on the skinniest cat, and she didn't even dare to use her strength for fear of rubbing it.

The two larger ones yelled at her, "Meow." "Meow."

Fujimine Lijia watched them dumbfounded and slipped to the air conditioner to enjoy the feeling of warm wind blowing over their fur.

"Would it be better to wipe it under the air vent?" She whispered to herself.

The wet black hair was sticking to the sides of her face and neck, and she suddenly remembered that she could still use a hair dryer. It should be said that using a hair dryer might be able to dry the cats more efficiently.

Putting down the half-dry cat in her hand, she got up and looked through the hair dryer in the drawer. After the hair dryer was connected to the electricity, the whirring sound of the wind was extremely noisy in the quiet room, and the cats nestled under the air conditioner immediately suppressed it. Ears, blue eyes looking straight at her.

"...Uh, don't you all like it?" She whispered awkwardly.

The orange cat stretched, and responded shortly: "Mi."

The short tail stood straight up, and cat meows rang out in the room one after another. Toshika Fujimine said in a panic: "Don't bark, don't bark, brother will find out."

The hair dryer fell to the ground with a whistling sound, and there was a sudden knock on the door behind him.

She was beating wildly in panic, and subconsciously raised the wind power of the hair dryer to the highest level, the roaring wind covered up the cat's shrill meowing.

"Brother, what's the matter?" She asked with a raised voice.

"Li Jia, there is goat milk powder in the kitchen, you can drink some goat milk after taking a bath," the voice outside the door paused, and continued as if nothing had happened: "For small animals, goat milk is emergency food."

Fujimine Lijia stammered: "Yes, is it? Thank you brother."

"Although I don't know what you brought back, it is necessary to report for raising large dogs in the urban area, as well as breeds of dogs that will grow into large dogs in the future." Kudo Shinichi left a meaningful message, turned and planned to go back to the room.

His sister...

Although he is the child of his mother's sister, he is very introverted and shy. He usually doesn't dare to talk to him. After moving here for more than half a year, he dared not look him in the eyes and talk.

Even if he really brought the small animal back, he probably wouldn't dare to speak to him.

The door quietly opened a crack, Fujimine Toshika whispered: "Brother..."

Kudo Shinichi was a little surprised, thinking that she would not open the door again tonight.

He bent down and focused his eyes on her, avoiding the room where he might spy on intentionally or unintentionally: "What's wrong?"

She opened her mouth, hesitating and hesitating.

Kudo Shinichi didn't urge her either, and waited patiently for her to speak.

"Can I, have a cat?" Her voice became smaller and lower, and she lowered her head.

He almost didn't hear her speak, he was stunned and said, "A cat? I thought Li Jia would like puppies."

It's like a small dog or something, it doesn't look threatening, the kind that barks loudly to help her scare away bad guys.

"...It's not a dog, can't it?" She lowered her head so that Kudo Shinichi could only see the black hair, and the whole person shrank into a ball like a mushroom.

"No, no, cats are fine too, it's better to say that cats are easier to take care of." Kudo Shinichi said haha, and hurriedly redeemed him.

He pretended to be interested and changed the subject: "What kind of cat? Sanhua? Black or white?"

Fujimine Toshika took a few steps back and opened the door halfway: "It seems to be orange and white."

His eyes fell on the four orange-white cats that started to roll and flop on the carpet, and he asked in surprise, "Are there four?"

He thought there would be only one or two at most, but he didn't expect the child to pick up a litter and bring them back.

"Well, it seems to be a family." She picked up the orange cat that had rolled to her feet, and asked carefully, "Brother, can we adopt all these children?"

Wang Lan's sea-like beautiful eyes stared at him, clear and bright like spring water, a child who was obviously not good at talking had a pair of beautiful eyes that seemed to be able to talk.

Promising Yukiko Kudo to take good care of his younger sister, he sighed deeply and stroked her half-wet hair: "Raising four cats is exhausting, is Li Jia confident that she can take care of them?"

With beautiful blue eyes lit up, Toshika Fujimine happily nodded vigorously: "I can do it."