Not too many out of four

"It's still raining..." Li Jia leaned on the window glass and looked outside. The continuous rain wet the outside of the glass. Because of the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, the glass in the bungalow was covered with a thick layer of mist, which made people feel uncomfortable. Can't see what's outside.

This autumn rain started from the day when Kidd and Maoyan won the crown of Princess Diana, and it has been falling intermittently since midnight until now, making the road and grass wet and muddy.

As soon as Li Jia wiped the misty area of ​​the glass with her hand, a new layer of mist resurfaced soon, and the inside of the bungalow became damp because of the non-stop rain for two days outside.

Fortunately, there is still food at home, so there is no need to rush out to buy vegetables in rainy weather for the time being, but the bad thing is that it is difficult to keep freshly bought vegetables for a long time in such weather, and it is easy to accelerate spoilage if they are not eaten as soon as possible.

"When will this rain last?" Li Jia was bored and drew the appearance of Sunny Doll on the glass, her fingers raised the arc of a smile, and the solid water droplets from the corner of her mouth turned Sunny Doll into a messy, smiling appearance It also looked like he was crying.

She sighed a little, because the rain that could not stop in this short period of time was also because the sky was covered by thick clouds outside the window, and the daytime became as heavy as dark clouds at night.

"Meow?" The orange cat dumpling approached Li Jia quietly, its tail slid through an elegant arc behind it, and naturally coiled around its side as it squatted down.

Li Jia turned her head and lowered her eyes, and said softly, "Mr. Chuya, are you bored?"

Usually when the cats at home go out for a walk and bask in the sun, they are trapped at home because of the pattering rain. The fluffy, fluffy and clean cat fur that exudes the smell of the sun has collapsed a little, and the cats that look good are da da, Wet feeling.

The orange cat dumpling opened its mouth and yawned, its tail flicked twice on the ground.

Rainy weather always makes people and cats sleepy easily, especially cats are animals that need to sleep more than ten hours a day.

"Want to play a handshake game?" She slightly raised the corners of her mouth, stretched out her hand and spread it flat in front of the cat, but the orange cat dumpling made a different movement than usual, it stretched over the cat's head and placed it in Lijia's palm, Xiao Xiao I yawned.

Li Jia was a little surprised and a little happy. The most stable cat in the family learned to act like a spoiled child. He skillfully massaged the comfortable places on the side of the cat's neck and face with his fingers: "Mr. Nakaya is acting like a spoiled child?"

"...Meow." The orange cat dumpling responded vaguely, leaning slightly on Li Jia's palm with the weight of her body, her beautiful cobalt blue cat's eyes narrowed slightly comfortably, and her tail swept slowly behind her.

It's a pity that other cats in the family will purr comfortably when being petted, but "Mr. Nakaya" will not succumb to ordinary petting, he is one of the most reserved and restrained cats in the family.

He will restrain himself from enjoying even the comfortable time, suppressing Li Jia's movements with his fluffy kitten paws, and solemnly meowing to indicate that today's relaxing and comfortable time is enough.

However, before "Mr. Nakaya" took the initiative to push Li Jia's hand away, there was a hasty doorbell ringing outside the door.

Li Jia stood up in doubt, and walked downstairs: "Who will it be at this time?"

Is the person who will come to visit in such a heavy rain outside, someone known by Uncle Kudo or brother?

The orange cat dumpling shook its head, and trotted to keep up with Li Jia: "Meow?"

Li Jia shook her head in confusion, and said in a low voice, "Wu Yue and Senior Sakura probably won't come to see me at this time."

If they really came to play, they should have sent her a text message to tell her in advance.

No matter who is knocking on the door, just open the door and take a look.

"Dr. Ali?" Li Jia asked in surprise, "Is there something urgent?"

Although this time was not too late, it was still raining heavily outside, and Dr. Ali's shoulders and front were covered with wet water marks. It was hard not to think that something urgent had happened.

"There is something," Dr. A Li scratched his head, and said embarrassedly: "Do you still have Li Jia's childhood clothes?"

It is said that Toshika Fujimine lived in Aichi Prefecture since she was a child, and moved to Mihua Town in the past few years. At that time, she should not have brought too much luggage for convenience, but now it is a special situation to go out and buy clothes temporarily. It is better to go directly to Kudo’s house next door. Ask Li Jia if she still has old clothes.

"What size clothes do you need?" Li Jia pondered for a moment. She grew slowly when she was a child, and the size of her clothes was too small, which may not be suitable for girls of the same age.

She pursed her lips and smiled slightly: "If it's the clothes from when I was a child, I still have a few more."

They were all skirts made by her mother herself, and she was reluctant to leave the skirts in Aichi so she brought them along.

Dr. A Li breathed a sigh of relief, and patted his chest: "The clothes worn by girls in the first grade, fifth and sixth grade of elementary school are fine."

Li Jia looked at the height measured by Dr. A Li. Although it is not particularly suitable, there are still clothes that can be barely worn: "Doctor, go back and change your clothes first, I will take the clothes with me later."

Wearing wet clothes in humid weather is not like being able to dry with the body's own body temperature, it will only become damp and cold, and the temperature of the body will also be lost.

Dr. A Li wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Then I'll leave it to you."

……

Lijia's usual things are neatly arranged according to her own habits. Although they are old clothes from many years ago, they are well preserved because of their special significance and have not been affected by insects or other influences.

It's just that in this weather, even if the clothes are well kept in the cabinet, they can't help but feel damp and cool when they are taken out. She hesitates whether to dry the clothes before sending them to Dr. A Li's house.

"Let's take it and dry it together." Li Jia shook her head. The doctor came in such a hurry that he probably couldn't wait to go out and buy clothes.

The Orange Cat Tuanzi quietly followed her without disturbing her.

With keys and an umbrella, Li Jia changed her shoes and was about to go out. Looking at the orange cat dumpling squatting in the porch with her head tilted and looking at her, she picked it up with a helpless smile: "Let's go, let's go to Dr. Ali's house together."

"Mr. Zhongye" should be suffocated at home too. Going out casually on a rainy day will wet the fur and paw pads. Although Zhongye cats are not afraid of water, they don't like to get wet casually.

Usually when it rains, they stay at home obediently, but this autumn rain lasted a little longer.

At this time, Li Jia was still grateful, but fortunately, she had preserved the photos cut out from the news papers early.

Otherwise, the newspapers would become crumpled in this kind of weather, not to mention the news photos that she wanted to keep well.

Going out on a rainy day even if she was wearing rain boots would splash mud spots on the road, Li Jia sighed secretly, she still couldn't remember how she fell asleep that night and how she got home by herself.

Obviously, she was heading for Princess Diana's crown, but she didn't even have the memory of entering the exhibition hall. She only vaguely remembered her beautiful sister who helped her up when she almost fell down.

But she guessed how the cats at home came back. They stepped all the way from the first floor to her bedroom with wet paws and dirty mud spots, and finally jumped onto her bed and left behind. Dirty mud and steam.

It took her a lot of effort to clean up the traces left by them, and the current weather is not suitable for drying clothes, and the soiled bed and quilt covers cannot be cleaned, which really gives Li Jia a headache.

But thinking that the kittens at home became vigilantes and hero cats in the middle of the night, protecting the precious treasure from Kidd and Maoyan, she could only sigh helplessly and clean up the mess left by the cats.

"Doctor, I'm coming in?" Li Jia pushed open the half-closed door, and was surprised to see two girls wrapped in thick blankets curled up on the sofa, holding hot cocoa in both hands, bowing their heads and moaning.

She shook the water droplets on the umbrella, put the umbrella aside, and said softly, "Are you friends of the doctor?"

Although Dr. A Li has never married, he accidentally had children. First, the Boys Detective Team and then these two girls. They are not very old, just as the doctor described, they look like elementary school girls.

Seeing her appearance, the brown-haired girl was stunned for a while and didn't speak.

The older black-haired girl took the clothes from Li Jia's hands, and thanked them gently and politely: "Thank you, is this your clothes?"

She didn't answer Li Jia's question directly, but changed the topic tactfully.

"Well, I'm sorry that they are all old clothes." Li Jia smiled sheepishly: "Most of the clothes I had when I was young were left in my hometown."

The clothes sent over are skirts made by my mother. They are not fashionable and beautiful, but the fabric is soft and comfortable and will not prick the skin.

The black-haired girl shared the smaller skirt with the tea-haired girl, and took her hand: "Don't be shy, Shiho, come say hello to this kid."

Miyano Shiho took the clothes silently, stood one step behind her sister, bowed his head and thanked in a low voice: "...Thank you."

Li Jia tilted her head, always feeling that the two children in front of her were very precocious.

When the Miyano sisters went to the bathroom to change into clean clothes, Li Jia hugged the orange cat dumpling and carefully asked Dr. Ali: "Doctor, who are those two children...?"

It doesn't look like someone living nearby, nor is it a friend that Conan-kun brought over, is that a friend that the doctor met by chance?

Two girls who look somewhat similar and are both cute.

However, compared to the older black-haired girl, the brown-haired girl seemed to be much more silent, and when she saw her, she was stunned for a while.

"It's my friend's granddaughter," Dr. Ali said, wiping off cold sweat, laughing, "He's been sick recently, and he wants to ask me to take care of his granddaughters for a while."

Li Jia seemed to understand but nodded, and asked with concern: "Is it okay for the doctor to be alone? You can come to me if you need it."

After all, Dr. Ali also helped them a lot, and he and his brother are still good friends.

"I will, I will..." How can he tell Li Jia that these two children are the same as Xinyi, who took some kind of medicine and were transformed into the current child.

"Meow?" The orange cat dumpling held Ding Lijia's hand with its head held high, and the hot hair conveyed its warm body temperature.

I don't know if it's her illusion, she always felt that the body temperature of the cats at home was a little higher than that of the cats outside, but when she took it to the hospital for a physical examination, it showed that the body temperature of the cats was still within the normal and healthy range.

Li Jia's eyes fell on the clock on the wall, and she realized that it was the usual meal time for cats and cats, but she hadn't prepared anything yet: "Sorry doctor, I'm going back to prepare dinner."

She hesitated for a while, and asked softly, "doctor and those two children, do you want to come over for dinner tonight?"

Dr. A Li didn't start to prepare dinner, just as she had to pay close attention to consuming the food at home. If a few more people could eat together, it should be able to solve a lot at once.

Since Kudo Shinichi went out to deal with the case, Li Jia has been eating alone all this time.

Although the cats and cats would also accompany her, the feeling was somewhat different.

Edogawa Conan, who often comes to visit, wants to go back to the Mori Detective Agency for dinner, and Uncle Kudo and Aunt Yukiko rarely come back. During this time, Li Jia is silently preparing her own meals.

The dining table feels empty, I cook and eat my own food, the cats in Zhongye will go out for a walk when they are full, and they will stay beside her and watch her docilely.

"I've learned a new dish, and my brother hasn't eaten it yet." Li Jia pursed her lips, and said falteringly, "I think the doctor and those two children can give me some advice...whether it's good to eat or something..."

It was still a little embarrassing for Li Jia to take the initiative to invite people to eat at home.

She tightened her arms around the orange cat dumpling slightly, and the cat gently comforted and licked her face, and cried softly, "Meow."

"Okay, we will go there at dinner time." To Li Jia's surprise, the person who agreed was the girl with tea hair who she began to feel silent. Let the girl continue to invite with embarrassment.

"Shiho?" Miyano Akemi was a little surprised, but quickly reacted and bowed gently and politely: "Of course we are happy if it doesn't bother you."

Dr. A Li heaved a sigh of relief. He was hesitant just now that they might not be happy, and planned to politely reject Li Jia's invitation: "Then trouble Li Jia to prepare dinner for the three of us."

The feeling of turning around is more pleasant than directly agreeing. Li Jia held up the orange cat dumpling to cover her face, lowered her eyes and laughed softly: "No, I am..."

Thank them for agreeing to her so sudden invitation.

Li Jia bowed slightly, said goodbye to them and ran back to Kudo's house holding an umbrella.

Tonight, I have to prepare a meal for four people. Finally, I don’t have to worry about preparing dinner because there are too few people eating.

There is a long-lost feeling of being excited to entertain friends at home for dinner.

"Meow?" The little cat quietly poked its head at the door of the kitchen. Surprisingly, Li Jia didn't take it out today, and told it in a soft and gentle voice that cats are not allowed to enter the kitchen.

She didn't even notice it sneaking up.

"Meow?" The little cat turned to look at the orange cat dumpling strangely, with its tail raised high and dangling behind it.

Is this something happy?Ke Lijia just went to Dr. Ali's house.

Tangerine Cat Tuanzi moved its whiskers, cobalt blue cat eyes looked at it quietly, and the little cat almost bristled at it, then turned away and stepped on the blanket on the ground, calling in a low voice: "Meow , oh."

The back of the girl is reflected in the cat's eyes, which are more beautiful than jewels, and she is humming a little tune while taking the ingredients out of the refrigerator, ready to show off her skills.

The little cat opened its eyes in surprise, "Meow meow?"

This is the number of servings to be prepared. Obviously there are not so many people in the family to eat, and cat meals for cats do not need so many ingredients.

Could it be that Kudou and Kudou couple are coming back?The big detective who ran out of the house is finally willing to go home?

"Mr. Zhongye, stay outside obediently." Luckily, Li Jia's attention was not completely diverted from the cats, she could still notice the kitten running to her feet, looking up at the fluffy ball rubbing against her legs Feel.

"Meow?" The kitten raised its paws and pawed at her legs, its tail was raised up flexibly, the round kitten's face was full of energy, and its voice was full of air: "Meow! Meow?"

Li Jia couldn't help laughing and said: "It's time to finish eating, because there will be guests at home today."

Don't worry about the unfinished food being wasted. The extra food can be brought back by Dr. A Li, just as he has to take care of two children.

Dr. Ali is not very good at cooking, and she is going to let the doctor take some more after dinner, which will also save him from troubles for the next few days.

"Meow?" The little kitten tilted its head and turned its ears, looking cute and innocent: "Meow, meow? Meow!"

Li Jia bent down and tapped its nose: "Understood, Mr. Zhongye will not be missing."