Not too many out of four

On Christmas Eve, Li Jia went to Dr. Ali's house next door and invited them to have a barbecue.

Without preparing too many fancy procedures, even ordinary cooks can quickly get started with barbecue. Unexpectedly, Li Jia's plan happened to run into them, so they simply barbecued in the yard of Dr. Ali's house.

"Mr. Zhongye" brought all the ingredients over, and rolled up his sleeves to help with the ingredients: "Can you eat spicy food? Or do you not eat any spicy food?"

The meat ingredients are first marinated and then grilled, so that the taste will enter the meat more easily. Although the barbecue is simple to prepare, there are many preparation procedures, especially because there are still a lot of people here.

"I can eat a little spicy food, those two children can't eat spicy food, and the doctor's diet should be light and can't eat spicy food." Okiya Subaru replied with a gentle smile, "I'll also come to help, are you going to marinate the meat first?"

"Mr. Zhongye" looked him up and down vigilantly, and replied: "Ah, it's almost like this."

A graduate student named Okiya Subaru is actually a guy brought back by Edogawa Conan. He also likes Sherlock Holmes. He is currently looking for a house to live in during his internship. It happened that Dr. Ali had a lot of rooms in his house, so he let him live in it.

He felt that this person was not like an ordinary graduate student. The gun calluses on his hands were the marks of frequent grinding with guns. How could ordinary students have gun calluses.

This is why "Mr. Zhongye" concluded that this guy's identity is not simple, and the graduate student is just a disguise on his bright face.

Apparently, Dr. Ali's family is younger, and the girls who are usually more mature think the same way. They hide and avoid him, and when they pass by Okiya Subaru, they will hide behind their sister, watching him vigilantly to prevent him from doing bad things.

But after staring at him for a few months, I didn't find any problem with him. After a long time, Hui Yuanai also let go of his vigilance and vigilance, and only regarded him as an ordinary borrower, who didn't need to deliberately establish a good relationship or pay special attention.

"What do Yajun and Aijun want to eat?" Li Jia moved a small bench to sit with Huiyuan sisters, and asked with a smile: "Chicken wings, chicken legs, cabbage, green onions, eggplant..."

She tilted her head and counted: "If it's not enough, we can go buy it again."

Anyway, it’s not too late to go to the shopping street, but there may be a lot less variety to choose from, and the dishes are not so fresh.

"It's enough," Hui Yuanya smiled softly and brightly, and she didn't look like an ordinary elementary school student: "Today's dessert is pudding. If you don't mind, we can eat together after the barbecue."

Huiyuan Masa is always keen to study desserts and cakes. From time to time, she will send them to the next door to Li Jia and Nakahara Chuya to taste together, because Dr. Ali can't eat too many desserts, and she always distributes the excess desserts to her neighbors.

When they were first picked up by Dr. Ali, the two sisters looked very embarrassed and worried, like a frightened bird that would frighten them if they were a little abnormal.

After finally settling down, they gradually got used to the life here and got used to treating this place as their own home and the doctor as their relatives. Only then did they begin to show bright and relaxed smiles like ordinary children.

"Then we won't be polite," Li Jia smiled softly and said, "Yajun's cake making skills are getting better and better. Do you want to be a baker in the future?"

Hui Yuanya paused, and thought about it carefully: "I haven't thought about it so far yet, it's just a sudden interest, and I may not necessarily regard this as a job in the future?"

If it was Miyano Akemi who was still under the supervision of the organization, she would naturally not choose a job like a baker. Whether it was a company employee or a bank teller, some inconspicuous and easy-to-organize jobs were her choice.

"If you like, you can go abroad for further studies." Hui Yuanai spoke coldly, with concern and importance for her sister in her tone, "Now you don't need to sacrifice anything."

Both she and they have already left the organization. Under the operation of Edogawa Conan, the organization confirmed that their identities have died. The new identities belonging to them have also been prepared by the Central Plains. Even the passports for going abroad are not There will be problems.

The method touches the bottom line and the gray area, but the Miyano sisters grew up in the black organization, so naturally they don't have any opinions on their method, and they even feel that the dust has settled and they can completely settle down.

They are no longer children who must inherit their parents’ behest and stay in the organization. They don’t need to be controlled by the organization, and they don’t need to be afraid of the organization anymore. They are birds who can fly wherever they want.

Li Jia didn't understand the meaning of their words, so she followed suit and asked, "Has Mr. Ai thought about his future career?"

Primary school teachers don't often assign essays to write down their future dreams. Haibara Ai seems to be a very assertive girl, and she may have already set her future life goals.

"Probably researching and inventing some dangerous medicine." Hui Yuanai snorted inexplicably, and revealed the sense of maturity that surprised Li Jia, and said something that he didn't know if he was joking or serious.

She looked up at Li Jia's blankly blinking eyes, and changed the subject: "Is he going to come back like this? Cats can't eat barbecue, right?"

Nakahara Nakaya, who was squatting obediently at Li Jia's feet, turned his tail to his side, raised his head and yawned big, without the slightest awareness of becoming the center of the girls' topic.

The Huihara sisters are all people who participated in the rescue of Li Jia at the Yokohama Wharf, so they naturally know that the four orange cats in Li Jia's family can become humans.

According to Kudo-kun, those four guys are definitely the same as him. They took some special medicine to change from humans to cats. Obviously, he would rather believe that humans can become cats than think about metaphysics.

As the producer of ATPX4869, Haibara Ai is very curious about what medicine can turn a person into a cat, and her opinion is more inclined to experiment.

Whether it is Edogawa Conan or Haibara Ai, they don't think that Nakahara Chuya and the others have changed from cats to humans.

After all, based on the actual age of cats, when they become humans, they are only one-year-old cats. It is absolutely impossible to know so much human knowledge and ethics, and their thinking is infinitely close to that of humans.

She is very curious about the Chuya cats, but Haibara himself opposes human experimentation and hates human experimentation, no matter how curious she is, she will not take offensive or probing actions, at most, she will occasionally observe their movements.

The result of observation is that all actions in the human form are no different from those of humans. The cat also looks like a real cat in the form of a cat. In terms of personality, there is an impulsive side that is easy to get over, and a side that is willing to think calmly.

It is an existence that is even more incomprehensible than Kudo-kun.

Hui Yuan Ai's usual little tricks, her sister who lives with her could not have not noticed, she always sent cakes, puddings and snacks over frequently because she was worried that her sister would really do something bad, and hoped that when the incident happened, she would get the little girl from the neighbor's house A lot of tolerance.

Li Jia hadn't noticed Hui Yuanya's thoughts, Hui Yuan Ai felt her sister's thoughts first, but after being helpless and speechless, she could only put away her boring curiosity and stop letting her sister worry about her affairs.

Anyway, the exploration is just a matter of incident, and the research and development of the antidote to ATPX4869 is the serious matter.

"Mr. Ai, is that Mr. Chuya?" Li Jia looked at him sideways in some embarrassment, and the cat immediately noticed her gaze, tilted its head and shook its ears, and waited for her to speak attentively.

Stepping on the green grass with snow-white plush paws, he stepped forward and gently rubbed against Li Jia, leaving a little smell without leaving a trace.

Even a person who is usually calm and composed, will inevitably want to rub some of his own scent on his sweetheart to show his possessiveness when the cat's wild thinking has the upper hand.

Cats are animals that like to use scent to mark their belongings and territory. With only rationality, Zhongyuan Zhong also remembers that he can’t just enclose his territory casually. Under the deliberate patience and restraint, his desire to mark his belongings is even higher, and he takes the initiative to get close to Li Jia. The number of times has also increased considerably.

"Let's leave some unmarinated fish for him." Nakahara Chuya's question was not convenient to explain to Haibara Ai and the others, and she tried to smile with a frown between her brows.

Zhongya Zhongya and the others have had more and more problems recently. Li Jia is worried that their bodies will not be able to support them, and occasionally they have to change back to the cat posture or it is because their body's self-protection function is activated.

But the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't ignore their physical condition, so she could only try to keep the wild Chuya cats with her.

Hui Yuanai and Hui Yuanya looked at each other, she was just asking casually, but she didn't expect that there was really something hidden in it.

I also know that when I can be a human being, Nakahara Chuya and the others cannot turn into cats to move and eat. He is indifferent to their topics and voices. It is likely that he does not understand their words now.

Only when the cat owner speaks or mentions his name, the cat will froze its ears and give its own response.

"I also want to have a cat." Hui Yuanai sighed quietly, and raised a cat that would pay attention to her wholeheartedly.

Of course, the premise of raising a cat is that the cat is a real cat, not a cat turned into by some strange man.

……

Everything is ready, and when "Mr. Zhongye" and the others burn red coals, the grilled ingredients can be put on it for roasting.

The aroma of meat and vegetables slowly came out, and Zhongyuan Zhong didn't waver at all, and didn't even wag its tail, and followed Li Jia's footsteps step by step.

"Mr. Nakaya hungry?" Li Jia squatted down and reached out to touch his soft and white belly.

She buried her icy cold hands into the cat's warm soft flesh. She was a little worried that the cat would be frozen, so she only touched it lightly and was ready to take it back.

"Meow." Zhong Yuan lowered his head and bit her cuff, and dragged Li Jia's hands together to lie down on her own initiative.

The orange cat's head was lifted up to reveal cobalt blue cat eyes as bright as jewels. He hugged Li Jia's hand seriously: "Meow, meow, meow."

The silent big cat rarely meows non-stop, but this time for Li Jia's body, he tried his best to convey his meaning to her.

Li Jia pursed her lips lightly, held the cat's belly and hugged him tightly, and said with a light smile: "I have received Mr. Chuya's concern and nagging. Since you want to warm my hands, can you ask Mr. Chuya to come along with you?" Warm my arms?"

"Meow." He held his head high and called out solemnly.

"Mr. Zhongye, can you give me an unmarinated mackerel?" Li Jia sniffed the aroma of the barbecue and asked with a smile.

"Does he still remember how to eat fish?" the teenager muttered, still handing over an unmarinated mackerel.

The words were not very nice and there was a hint of disgust, but the boy who was in charge of bacon did not forget to leave some meat for the cats. He even kept some of everything in the middle of the Central Plains because he was afraid that the cat's thinking would get the upper hand.

If the cat is not interested, it can be roasted and re-seasoned.

Zhongyuan Zhong also shook his ears, and turned his head when he heard the words mackerel, without even sniffing.

Zhongyuan Zhong, who has always looked mature and stable, loves to eat everything, and has no taboos, also rejected mackerel.

"Is it because the fish was not grilled well?" "Mr. Zhongye" was a little puzzled. He smelled very fragrant. Although no spices were added for seasoning, the simple grilled fish smelled very attractive.

"Try the steamed stuffed bun?" He casually took another bunch and handed it over. This time, Zhongyuan Zhong didn't have any objection and opened his mouth to grab it, but Li Jia narrowly hugged him sideways and avoided: "Mr. Zhongye!"

"The stuffing inside the bun is seasoned, how can you give this to Mr. Chuya." She said angrily and helplessly: "Mr. Chuya doesn't know what he can't eat now."

He really wants to treat his future self as a cat, and even teases the cat with baked buns.

"...Sorry," the young man rubbed his nose in embarrassment, he really forgot that this guy's judgment is about zero now, "Let's eat pork skewers, I replaced the shallots with eggplants."

Cats can't eat onion and garlic condiments, but eggplant can be eaten.

"Mr. Zhongye" saw him obediently staying in Lijia's arms, and tried not to let the food fall out of his mouth when eating, eating in a gentle and clean manner, and he looked no different from the normal state.

"Isn't this guy just pretending?" He couldn't help wondering, "He doesn't look any different from before."

Elegant, calm, gentle and calm, these words that cats should not have can be put on Nakahara Nakaya, even the appearance of licking his mouth and grooming himself after eating skewers is normal.

Li Jia laughed and asked: "If Mr. Nakaya is pretending, then why is he pretending?"

Being a cat is not as comfortable as being a human, is it?At least when eating and doing activities, the identity of human beings is more unfettered.

"Mr. Zhongye" thought about it seriously, and couldn't deny it.

He clicked his tongue and asked, "Did those two guys still not reply?"

A few hours later, they still haven't seen Li Jia's text message. Has the matter gotten to this point?

"It's impossible," Li Jia helped the cat in her arms wipe the place where her tongue couldn't be licked, and smiled softly, "They are contributing to world peace."

The information and connections in the hands of the black organization will indeed cause big trouble if they are not handled properly.

She wrinkled her nose and lowered her head to touch the wet cat's nose in Central Plains, and said with a smile: "Let's be more considerate, shall we be heroes who work hard outside on Christmas Eve?"

"Hero..." "Mr. Zhongye" snorted softly, and said in a soft tone: "Then the lady who is liked by the hero, are you going to play fairy sticks after eating barbecue? The doctor prepared a lot of fireworks that children like today. "

Li Jia blinked in surprise, before waiting for her answer.

Pure white and light snowflakes dangled from the sky, falling finely on the tip of the nose and melting, leaving a trace of coolness.

She murmured and said, "I'm quite interested, but it seems to be snowing now, do you want to move the grill into the house first?"

It's hard to cook meat while it's snowing.

The Dr.'s house doesn't have a lot of eaves out of the way, not enough for so many of them and the grill and food to hide under it, and the snow will also reduce the temperature of the grill.

"Meow?" Zhong Yuanzhong also licked the snowflakes that fell on the tip of his nose, feeling his forehead starting to become wet and cool.

The tail swayed from side to side, and he began to arch Li Jia's face, signaling her to go back to the house to hide from the snow.

"Yes, we will enter the house after we move our things back." Li Jia turned her head left and right to see that there was no good place to put the cat down, so she put it directly on the ground and was afraid that the cat's meat pad would be damaged by freezing, so she had no choice but to put Zhong Yuanzhong in herself The hat behind the clothes froze for a moment.

Her hat is not too deep, I hope Mr. Chuya can be careful not to fall out.

After being put into the hat, Zhong Yuanzhong also made a low snoring sound. He quite liked this position, he could get very close to Li Jia, and he could also see her white and soft nape of the neck.

"Is Mr. Chuya very happy?" The little girl asked softly with a smile.

Cat's tongue licked his teeth, and he purred again in pleasure.

The familiar footsteps gradually approached, Zhong Yuanzhong also turned his ears, stopped the non-stop snoring, and noticed the person before everyone who was packing up.

"Are we coming back late?" Wearing a suit and thick coat as usual, "Brother Zhongye" held a bag of apples in his hand, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Should I say Happy Christmas Eve or Happy Christmas Eve?" ?”

"Zhong Ye" rolled his eyes at him, and the sound of tongue licking was like an angry voice rolling out of the throat, with some characteristic lazy and indifferent meaning: "Christmas Eve has not passed yet, and it is still a few hours too early to say Merry Christmas."

Although there was still some quarrel, when the boy and the young man stood side by side and smiled, they almost said the same thing: "Li Jia, I'm back."