Not too many out of four

"Li Jia, I will wait for your answer." The young man's eyes focused on her, with a strong burning emotion that made people dare not look directly at him or think deeply, and said in a low voice, "I will wait no matter how long it takes."

Li Jia opened her eyes slightly, her cheeks were puffed with a healthy and lovely color, she raised her hand to cover her lips and looked at "Mr. Zhongye" with some defense and helplessness.

Lan Yingying's eyes were wide open with shyness and bewilderment, she blocked her lips and said in a muffled voice: "...I don't understand what love between a man and a woman is."

She doesn't know how long it will take to give the answer Zhongye-kun wants. Maybe a few months or a year or two. Passionate love.

She didn't even know whether Mr. Zhongye mentioned Brother Zhongye and Mr. Zhongye because of a misunderstanding or whether they really had the same idea and wanted to get the exclusive emotion called love from her.

Knowing that her mother left Mihua Town and her relatives and friends for love, Li Jia didn't dare to touch such sweet and easily hurtful emotions.

Even though she knows that there are many beautiful love stories in the world that will eventually get married, she still deeply remembers and even cannot forget the hard work of her mother raising her alone when she was a child.

Fujimine Toshika is a coward who dare not get close to strange things and feelings. She is afraid that she will be like her mother, who will be let down by the love that once blinded her eyes, leaving her alone in the end.

She was afraid of the change in their relationship with Chuya Nakahara, and she was also afraid that they would leave, so she didn't know how to deal with it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand now," "Mr. Zhongye" gently pushed her back to the bedroom, showing a rare tenderness and consideration for a teenager, watching her shrink into the bed and pull the quilt as a defensive weapon over her head to wrap her whole body, as if Not being exposed to his sight is victory, "I'll wait for you to figure it out slowly."

He left the bedroom and turned back into a cat, lying quietly at the door so that Li Jia could hear his movements and breathing. His tail was raised unconsciously behind him, revealing the boy's mood.

The kitten turned over and hugged its fluttering tail and pressed it under its body, posing as a well-behaved goalkeeper.

"..." Li Jia was stuffed in the quilt for a long time, until she was almost out of breath, she poked her head out and glanced quietly, and some corridor lights came in through the slightly opened door.

Her cheeks were flushed from lack of oxygen, and she lightly touched the corner of her mouth, which still felt faintly hot, with her hand clutching the quilt nervously. She shook her head vigorously, turned over and rolled to the other direction with her back facing the door, not daring to continue thinking and had to Try to close your eyes and hypnotize yourself to fall asleep quickly.

She is only in the first year of high school and she is younger than when her mother left Mihua Town. It is too early to think about it now. Loving someone is an important matter in her life, and she cannot make a decision so easily.

Not to mention being soft-hearted and compromising with Mr. Zhongye as usual, liking is a relationship that cannot be compromised casually, so we must be cautious and cautious.

She needs time, a lot of time, to think about it.

……

Falling asleep with such messy thoughts, Li Jia didn't even have time to pay attention to whether the other Zhongye cats came back to the room, or she didn't dare to think too much at this time, so she could only try to hypnotize herself to fall asleep as soon as possible.

She fell asleep drowsily, and she seemed to dream of many strange things in her dream, which caused Li Jia to be mentally tired and yawned again and again when she woke up the next day.

She seldom loses energy and sleeps well, and she doesn't dream much at night. Last night, she had several dreams one after another. It is hard to say whether it is related to the explosive confession given to her by Mr. Zhongye.

"Li Jia, didn't you sleep well last night?" The red-haired young man bent down worriedly, and touched her head with a force that made people feel relaxed and relieved, but now Li Jia was terrified when she saw Zhongye Zhongye's face. I can't help but think of "Mr. Zhongye"'s confession last night.

She turned her head to avoid "Brother Zhongye"'s hand, and whispered: "But, there may be some."

Li Jia didn't dare to look at "Brother Zhongye"'s injured and surprised eyes, and said with a laugh: "I seemed to have a very long dream last night. I dreamed that you suddenly disappeared or something."

Li Jia is not lying.

She did dream last night that she was alone by her side, that her relationship with Sakura Chiyo did not improve when she went to and from school, that she had no second friend after graduating from Teiko Middle School and separated from Momoi Itsuki, with her brother and Miss Ran and the others. The relationship can't get close, just get along with each other under the same roof.

In the first dream, she didn't seem to have picked up Nakahara Chuya and the others. She lived quietly and alone, with no one to confide in her heart and complaints, and she was shrouded in loneliness and loneliness.

In order to take care of her emotions, the people around her are very kind to her, and they carefully keep a distance that is neither far nor close, but the feeling of loneliness is not caused by the people around them. lonely.

Their existence is already a very important family to Li Jia, an existence that is irreplaceable and does not want to be lost easily. She can hardly imagine how quiet and lonely her life would be if she did not pick up these lovely cats.

"Dreamed that we disappeared?" Several people at the dinner table looked at each other, and there was a subtle and silent communication in the same deep cobalt blue eyes. This may be a rare tacit understanding among the Central Plains.

"Zhong Ye" lowered his eyes and loosened his tie, feeling that his breathing was being suffocated, and said, "Don't, cough, maybe it's just a dream that we leave for a while, and we will be back soon."

He almost said that sentence habitually again, but thinking that Li Jia might not want to hear it, he changed his words hastily.

Even if he will leave suddenly one day like he suddenly appeared at the beginning, he will definitely try his best to come back, no matter how many years he will definitely return to Li Jia's side.

"Probably just going out to work." "Brother Zhongye" restrained his strange emotions, smiled and comforted her: "Aren't we also going on business trips for a few days now and then coming back?"

Li Jia is not in good spirits today, and he is in charge of breakfast. Some simple fried eggs and bacon served with milk and bread are convenient and quick, and it will allow her to relax and take a break.

Although they usually take turns to take care of the housework, there are always times when they have to postpone or change the plan due to work reasons. Like now, the four of them are at home, and it is rare for Li Jia to be able to take care of the housework normally. .

These few days are just good for her to relax. They stay at home for a few more days before going out to work.

"... That's true," Li Jia was silent for a while, her eyes drooped and her lips moved: "What happened in the dream is the opposite."

They are family members who have met each other in real life and have lived together for nearly two years. How can they deny and doubt everything now because what happened in the dream does not match the reality.

If the first dream only made Li Jia feel lonely when she didn't meet, then the second dream was the culprit that caused her to stay awake in the middle of the night and keep her eyes open for a long time in a daze.

Different from the quietness and silence in the first dream, which seemed to be separated from the world and the surroundings by a layer of thin veil and mist, Li Jia's second dream was very close to her real life.

I picked up a kitten on a rainy day, took care of it and raised it until it was one year old. The cat became Chuya Nakahara. After being shocked and embarrassed, they still lived together according to their previous habits. Time passed slowly, unconsciously. The relationship between Li Jia in the dream and Nakahara Chuya changed.

They confessed to each other and became lovers, vowing to stay together for a lifetime.

They thought they could continue this kind of life, but what they didn't expect was that Zhongyuan Zhongye suddenly disappeared one day, without a trace without leaving a trace, so that Li Jia couldn't find him no matter what.

She has tried to find and waited, but several years have passed, and Zhong Yuanzhong has never returned to her.

She was abandoned by her lover like a mother, and could never wait for that beloved boy again.

The sadness and loneliness when waking up from the dream made Li Jia unable to fall asleep for a long time. Although her current life is different from her dream, Kudo Shinichi will become Edogawa Conan in her third year of junior high school, leaving her alone Living alone in the huge Kudo house.

Even if Zhong Yuanzhong also appeared in her life, he will eventually leave and never come back.

The feeling of getting it and then losing it is more sad than never getting happiness, and it makes her even more unable to let go.

In the dream, Toshika Fujimine lost her most important family and lover.

In reality, will she also experience such a heart-wrenching sad parting sooner or later, from not being able to believe their departure to chasing after them in pain, resenting and accusing them of why they had come to her life and left cruelly, Finally had to compromise to accept the reality.

She would lose Nakahara Chuya forever, whether she was in love with him or not.

She wants to reject such a future, but with her abilities, what can she do to prevent them from leaving.

Zhong Yuanzhong also wants to leave, probably no one can stop them.

As suddenly as they had come, they departed without leaving a trace, so that she could no longer track and catch them.

Li Jia has never realized for a moment that parting is such a painful thing. Everything that happened in the dream seemed to project her emotions onto her. She could feel her sadness and pain in the dream, and finally had to accept the reality. Keep trying to live.

People come to this world alone from birth, and they are naturally alone when they leave after death.

Accepting the fact that everyone will leave eventually, holding that one day is one day, regardless of the future, may be a lot happier.

It was her luck to meet Nakahara Chuya and the others, but luck has a time limit and she will leave sooner or later.

One day, she will get used to the life of being alone in her dreams.

……

"Zhong Ye" cast his eyes on Li Jia frequently, even absent-mindedly eating breakfast.

He was rushed back to the room by Li Jia early last night, his body was exhausted and sleepy, and he turned back into a cat lying in the cat's litter. After a while, he felt sleepy, and he heard Edogawa Conan's voice in a daze, so he just went out and took a look. Be part of the hunted army.

It is not difficult to avoid the famous detective who has become smaller. Kudo Shinichi has lived in the bungalow for more than ten years and is extremely familiar with it. They have also lived here for a long time, and even almost stayed at home for the past two years. Some small layout changes he is clearer than the other party.

He found a random place to hide, and he was going to wait for people to leave before going out, but he waited to be defeated by drowsiness and fell asleep in the cabinet, and was not woken up by the punctual biological clock until dawn.

When he got out of the closet, he wondered why Li Jia didn't come to him today.

Lijia's abnormal behavior is not only because she didn't come out to look for the cat, but also "brother Zhongye" prepared breakfast today, her appetite and food intake have decreased a lot, and she is always in a daze when she is absent-minded.

"Mr. Zhongye" peeked at her a few times, and didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with Li Jia's state, but he was uncomfortable pretending that he was having a good breakfast, took a few mouthfuls and then secretly looked at her.

"Brother Zhongye" and "Mr. Zhongye" seemed to have reached a consensus, they didn't say anything to Li Jia's strange behavior, they calmly raised the topic of Li Jia's interest, and coaxed her to eat more.

This feeling of being excluded by everyone is very subtle and awkward, as if they all know why Li Jia is like this, only he is very strange about Li Jia's abnormal behavior because he went to bed early and was mentally sleepy and didn't pay much attention to what happened to them yesterday.

She couldn't even bring up a smile, and when she got up in the morning, she had no energy and appetite, and she didn't look like usual at all.

They are so preoccupied that they frown slightly, obviously unhappy, why can they act like normal people?

"Chuya" cleared his throat and asked aloud, "Did Kudo leave last night?"

He remembered that at past eleven o'clock last night, Edogawa Conan was still running after them all over the house in high spirits, thinking that he would stay and rest last night.

Li Jia blinked slowly, and after his reminder, she realized that there seemed to be one person missing at the table.

The famous detective who has become smaller has rarely come back to stay overnight since he went to the Maori Detective Agency. Li Jia is used to not seeing the other person in the morning, so she didn't see anyone this morning, and she didn't notice anything wrong even though she was absent-minded.

But Edogawa Conan obviously went back to his room to sleep last night, so he should come out to have breakfast together this morning.

"By the way, where's brother?" She turned to look at "Mr. Chuya" and the others.

"Mr. Zhongye" settled the breakfast silently and quickly, and said: "At the doctor's house next door, they made an appointment with the boys from the Boy Detective Team to go camping today, and they will also go there to solve the breakfast together."

Li Jia was startled, then lowered her head and replied, "...that's how it is."

She was slightly lost in thought, the fork in her hand poked the fried bacon without moving for a long time, and said softly: "Shall we go camping together?"

"Brother Zhongye" said in surprise, "Are you with those brats?"

Although today is Sunday, they didn't prepare anything. They only received a call from Li Jia last night and hurried back. They still had some work to do.

"It's just the five of us," she raised her eyes to look at them, there was still some melancholy and quietness between her brows and eyes, her brows were slightly frowned, and she couldn't even arouse a smile, she just asked softly: "Can't you?" ?”

"Zhong Ye" frowned a little bit, Li Jia was really not quite right today.

He whispered: "I'm free during this time, I can go camping or go anywhere."

Compared with the task of the winery, Li Jia's mood is more important. His efficiency in completing tasks during this period of time has almost caught up with the code-named members. It is better to slow down a little and spend more time at home with Li Jia.

Anyway, there is still Ireland in the mission. He is always in the limelight and steals other people's missions, and he is too anxious to attract attention, so it is better to take the opportunity to settle down.

"Mr. Zhongye" and "Brother Zhongye" looked at each other, and smiled helplessly: "If you want to go camping, hurry up and finish your breakfast and pack your things."

Time waits for no one, and they won't be able to set off until noon.

"Mr. Zhongye" coughed hastily, and said solemnly: "I'm going to pack my things now."

Kissed someone impulsively last night. Although he was willing to wait for Li Jia's answer no matter how long it took, the waiting mood would inevitably make people anxious. He didn't even taste the breakfast carefully and ate it whole.

"...Aren't you working today?" Li Jia was silent for a while, and couldn't help asking.

It was obvious that she was the one who wanted to go camping, but after Nakahara Nakaya and the others agreed without hesitation, she began to look a little gloomy again and asked, "Did I disrupt your plan?"

Suddenly called people back and suddenly proposed to go camping.

No matter what request she made, Chuya Zhongya and the others agreed without hesitation, and they didn't even mention their own difficulties, but accommodated her emotions and wishes.

...Is this really good?