Not too many out of four

Although Cat Day is not an official festival in Japan, the shopping street in Mihuacho has specially formulated a special sale event for Cat Day, which led to the fact that men and women on the street have accessories with cat elements around them half a month after Cat Day.

Cute skirts and shirts, cat pendants and accessories, even cat phone cases and cat phone straps, there are cat elements everywhere, as if you have entered the world of cat country.

Li Jia looked around and stood in front of the bus stop waiting for the bus.

Today, she is going to help her uncle Yusaku Kudo to run errands to deliver the manuscript of the new work to the editor in Okuho Town. The manuscript should have been faxed directly to the editor, but Uncle Kudo couldn’t contact Mr. Editor, so I asked my brother to go to the editor’s house in Yamagishi in Okuho Town. look.

However, Kudo Shinichi had to deal with the commission from Toriya Town today and couldn't go to Okuho Town, so she offered to help out.

In order to prevent accidents on the road, her brother also asked her to bring the family's Zhongye cat with her.

Li Jia carefully opened the bag and took a look inside. The fluffy Mao Maotou hid inside, and shouted energetically: "Meow!"

She raised her index finger to her lips and whispered with a smile: "Shhh, keep your voice down."

Although she didn't understand what her brother meant, Li Jia secretly put the kitten at home in her bag when she went out, and asked "Mr. Zhongye" to accompany her to go out.

The Nakaya cats at home like to go out, but according to the tracking locator given by Dr. Ali, they only walk around in Mihua Town and Kuboto Town, and have not been to other places.

Since she was going to a place she had never been to, she thought it would be better to ask Kitty Nakaya, who is the least shy of life and loves to go out, to accompany her. It is probably the first time for "Nakaya-kun" to come to Okuhocho.

"Meow." The little cat shook its ears and lowered its voice accordingly.

Li Jia pursed her lips and smiled, and followed the lines on the kitten's forehead with her fingers: "Be good, be good."

The sound of the bus engine approached, and it slowly slowed down and came to the stop. Li Jia whispered urgently: "Mr. Zhongye, we are getting on the bus."

She lowered her head to protect her bag, got into the car, inserted coins, walked to the back row and sat down in one go.

Seeing that the sporadic passengers on the car didn't care about her actions, Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief and changed the position of the bag to the front of her body and quietly opened a gap to meet the blue cat's eyes, she slightly bent the corner of her mouth and nodded a little The tip of the cat's nose.

The little cat obediently hiding in the bag and going out with Li Jia licked its nose, raised its head and arched her fingers.

Although there is no express prohibition on bringing pets on the bus, city rules generally do not allow small animals other than working dogs to be brought on public transport by default, so as not to cause trouble to drivers and passengers on board.

But Kudo Shinichi was really worried that Rika would go to Okuhocho alone. The child hadn’t left Mikacho and Kubotocho much in half a year in Tokyo. Even if she looked at the map and went to Okuhocho, it was a completely unfamiliar place to her.

Not to mention Yusaku Kudo vaguely mentioned that the editor of the publishing house has not responded to his news for three days, maybe something happened.

If it weren't for the fact that the client in Toya Town was really anxious, Kudo Shinichi was thinking of going to the editor's house in Yamagishi in Okuho Town to investigate the situation by himself later, and it was because of his troubles and headaches that Li Jia offered to help run errands.

Under the circumstances that neither party should delay, he had no choice but to let Li Jia set off with worries, at least with Zhongye Maomao, who had defeated the robbers, there should be no need to worry about Li Jia's safety.

Of course, Li Jia never thought that the role of the kitten is not to make her brave, but to act as her bodyguard.

……

"After getting off at the Okuho Post Office, turn right, turn right until the end and then turn left..." Li Jia looked down at the note, and set off to the destination along the address route left by Kudo Yusaku.

The little cat in the bag poked out a cat's head and looked up at Li Jia: "Meow?"

Li Jia glanced at him when he heard the sound, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sister can find the way."

So far, finding where editor Yamagishi lives has not been a problem.

Standing in front of a house with the word "Shan'an" written on the door plate, Li Jia pressed the sticky note to her chest and took a deep breath, raising her hand several times without daring to press the doorbell.

The trembling hand that landed on the doorbell still couldn't press it down, and Li Jia whispered distressedly: "What should I do..."

Her heart was pounding, and she was too nervous to press the doorbell.

She didn't know Uncle Kudo's editor at all, and she didn't say hello to her coming before she left the house, so she came to disturb him rashly, if Editor Yamagishi was away from home or had a personal matter and couldn't get out of the house, she could reply to Uncle Kudo...

Isn't it rude for her to come to the door like this?

"Meow?" The little cat tilted its head and shook its ears, struggled out of the bag with its hind legs a few times, and stepped on the open bag with its four paws apart. The furry orange cat lowered its head, bit its head and pulled out a corner of the leather bag. .

Her eyes fell on the leather bag and she paused, Li Jia remembered why she went out this time.

"By the way, the manuscript..." She took a few deep breaths, trying to muster up the courage to ring the doorbell.

ding dong -- ding dong --

The doorbell rang regularly and cyclically, and Li Jia was so nervous that her face stiffened, and she repeatedly performed simulation exercises in her heart.

As soon as the solid wooden door in front of her opened, she bowed deeply without even seeing the people inside the door, and breathed out nervously: "I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Kudo commissioned me to visit the editor Yamagishi... Toshika Fujimine !"

"Uh, hello?" The young female voice responded in astonishment.

Li Jia bent down at [-] degrees, her long black hair falling on her shoulders hung down to block the sight on both sides, she blinked blankly and slowly looked up: "Excuse me...is this the home of Editor Shan'an?"

She remembered that Uncle Kudo said that the editor Yamagishi was a man in his 27s who lived alone.

But now... the person who opened the door for her was a young brown-haired woman.

"Ah, yes, this is the home of Editor Yamagishi. You are Rika-chan who came to deliver the new work for Mr. Kudo." The woman who opened the door opened the door wide with a bright welcome smile: "Please come in, Editor Yamagishi has something to go out temporarily .”

"He'll be back soon, Li Jiajiang, please come in and sit and wait."

Li Jia straightened her body and opened her mouth, then took a step back involuntarily: "Yes... thank you, what should I call you?"

This woman is so tall.

Wearing five-centimeter leather shoes indoors, her net height looks more than twenty centimeters taller than her. Just standing in front of her gives people a deep sense of oppression, just like the fast-growing sports club boys in school.

"Lijia-chan just call me Mami-san, come in, come in, editor Yamagishi bought delicious cakes for guests." Ignoring Lijia's subconscious avoidance, she smiled and stretched out her hand to grab the girl's arm.

"Meow--" The kitten stepped on the bag arched its body, screaming loudly and waving its paws.

The sharp nails that popped out of the paw pads drove away Mami's hand mercilessly, and the growl and breath brewing in the throat made people dare not approach this small orange cat.

The smile on Mami's face froze, and she frowned slightly: "Did Li Jiajiang take the kitten out?"

Li Jia hugged the cat in a panic, and took a step back: "Ah, Mr. Zhongye is going out with me..."

She hugged the cat tightly and didn't dare to let go, for fear that the little orange hair ball would break free and rush to Miss Mami: "Sorry, I still won't go in, and you have lost a little hair in the hot weather recently."

In fact, it is not just the cause of hair loss.

Uncle Kudo said that a strange woman appeared in the house of Editor Yamagishi who lived alone. It happened that Editor Yamagishi was not at home temporarily.

Mami looked down at her, and said softly: "...It's okay, isn't Rika-chan just running errands for Mr. Kudo? Mr. Kudo's new work has not been delivered to the deadline, and the editor Yamagishi is also very worried."

Li Jia stopped hesitantly and wanted to leave, she lowered her head and looked at the kitten in her arms: "I..."

Indeed, Miss Asami is right.

What is she going out for?

She came here for the manuscript of Uncle Kudo's new work, if she returned without success, wouldn't she have to rush over from Toriya Town after finishing the commission?

"...Miss Mami can contact Editor Yamagishi and ask how soon he will be back?" Li Jia put her head around the cat in her arms and asked shyly and embarrassedly.

"Meow? Meow!" The cat whose head was protected by her and held in her arms shook its ears, and looked up at Li Jia.

The beautiful cobalt blue cat's eyes reflected Li Jia's face like a glass ball. The little cat, who was struggling to swing its claws, retracted its nails and lay still obediently, its tail hanging down and swinging like a pendulum.

"Be good, be good, Mr. Zhongye." Li Jia pinched the ears of "Mr. Zhongye" with the fingers that held the cat's head, and whispered to himself almost silently.

The little cat shook her ears, and the light and soft feeling slipped across her palm, and she cried softly, "Meow."

Mami responded generously, dialed the phone and pressed the speakerphone to let her hear Editor Yamagishi's reply: "...It will take about an hour."

"Lijiajiang, come in first, it's quite windy outside."

Li Jia thanked in a low voice, avoided Mami's hand and entered the room.

The entrance is clean and tidy, the wooden floor is polished and waxed thinly, and the sunlight shines in so that the floor is reflecting.

The door slowly closed behind him, the light that came in disappeared little by little, and the deadbolt bounced back and made a crisp sound.

Li Jia picked up the bag strap that had slipped off, turned around and asked, "Miss Mami, may I ask for the slippers..."

"Ah, editor Yamagishi doesn't need to change shoes here, just step on them with Rika-chan." Mami leaned her back against the door, smiling with her hands behind her back.

"Really?" Li Jia lowered her head and rubbed the cat's ears, and said softly, "Editor Shan'an's house is too clean, it doesn't feel good to step on it directly."

The heels of the small leather shoes knocked on the solid wood floor, and Li Jia heard Asami behind her say, "It's okay, Editor Yamagishi used to study abroad, and he used to not need to change shoes when he entered the house."

Li Jia responded in a low voice, and the kitten in her arms kicked its hind legs and jumped up, hanging on Li Jia's shoulder and staring at Mami.

"Be careful of falling down, Mr. Zhongya." Li Jia followed its back, and did not forcefully hug the kitten back into his arms.

"...Meow." The cat hanging on her shoulders flicked its tail, the pupils in its eyes narrowed, revealing a large expanse of beautiful cobalt blue.