Not too many out of four

It's time for the cats to go to bed, but the little cat is still missing.

Li Jia went around the house but couldn't find the kitten Zhongya-kun, and complained with her face in distress: "It's time for bed now, isn't Zhongye-kun coming back yet?"

The other Chinese cats all jumped to bed early, dozed off from sleepiness, their eyelids drooped and fell asleep on the bed. If it wasn't for waiting for Li Jia, they would have gone to sleep regardless.

"Mr. Zhongye, my sister won't take you to take a shower, come out quickly." Li Jia shouted as she walked, and even deliberately lowered her voice so as not to disturb the temporary guests today.

A gap was quietly opened in the guest room on the first floor reserved for Nakahara Chuya. He poked his head out and his tail swayed from side to side behind him, asking uncomfortably, "Are you looking for a cat?"

Li Jia was stunned, hesitated and said: "Yes, I have four cats at home, and the youngest cat hasn't been seen since dinner."

Maybe she was scared to hide when she said she wanted to take a bath. After all, her cats are always very human.

"Has Mr. Zhongye seen that child?" She raised her hand to draw the cat's size: "It's about this big, smaller than other cats in the house."

In front of Zhongye Zhongye, she was somewhat embarrassed to mention that the cat at home was also named Zhongye Jun, so she had to vaguely mention the title.

Zhongyuan Zhong also got the dried and washed clothes and couldn't wait to change into them. He is now wearing Li Jia's clothes when he first met him. It looks handsome and suits his clothes, but it is not very suitable for sleeping.

"I still haven't identified your cats..."

He turned his gaze away and stammered, "But it's not surprising that cats like to hide in corners. Maybe he will come out by himself when you get up tomorrow."

Li Jia pursed her lips worriedly: "But that child hasn't tried to hide during bedtime yet."

Although the cats at home love to play, they are very sensible, and they will appear in the dining room and bedroom on time when eating and sleeping. It is really rare for such things to hide secretly.

"In short, in short, tomorrow morning at the latest, he will definitely appear in front of you." Zhong Yuanzhong was too guilty to look at her, and hid his hands in his pockets, revealing a small section of ribbon.

Li Jia looked at him suspiciously: "Mr. Zhongye, the things in your pocket..."

It seems to be a ribbon tied around the neck of the kitten, because the collar was sent for overhaul and charging, and the ribbon was just tied around the kitten's neck randomly.

She couldn't help but wonder if the kitten was hiding in Chuya Nakahara's room now. After all, it had always liked Chuya Nakahara's leather jacket before, rubbing against it every day and even hiding in it secretly.

Zhong Yuanzhong also followed her words and looked down, gasping for breath, he hurriedly stuffed the ribbon into his pocket: "No, this is my thing..."

The words came to an abrupt end in Lijia's puzzled and worried expression, and he quickly spit out a sentence: "Anyway, the cat will go back tomorrow, I'm a little sleepy, go to bed first, good night."

The door that only opened a gap was closed tightly immediately, and Li Jia's inner doubts gradually turned into affirmations. The little cat should have sneaked to find Zhongya Zhongyuan, otherwise he wouldn't have said it with such certainty, as if the cat was by his side.

She was a little hesitant in her mind, whether it was a good thing to let the kitten stay with the person she met for the first time. The other cats in the family were afraid of strangers, but the kitten liked Zhongya Zhongya.

"Meow?" The little orange cat, who hadn't seen Li Jia back in the room for a long time, ran down to look for her, raised her head and yawned loudly, as if her biological clock was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes.

"...Let's go back to sleep." Li Jia finally glanced at the guest room, but the sound insulation of Kudo's house was too good, and she couldn't hear whether the kitten was really inside.

Going back to the bedroom, turning off the light and lying under the blanket, Li Jia couldn't worry about the little cat. She lay flat in the middle of the big bed and looked up at the ceiling in a daze, surrounded by the regular snores of the cats sleeping soundly.

The clock ticked and moved the hands, there was still continuous rustling and rain outside the window, thunder and lightning rumbled, but Li Jia didn't feel sleepy at all.

Having kept cats for nearly a year, she has become used to the cats rolling on the bed and snoring in sleep when she is sleeping. These small movements can lull her to sleep better than a rainy night.

But today, I didn’t sleep much today, little kitten Zhongya-kun, and Li Jia was inexplicably sad. The cat at home likes others more than her, and it is the cat demon who is more attractive to cats.

In the future, the kitten will often go out to play with Nakahara Nakaya, and she will become a poor owner abandoned by the heart-changing kitten.

Just thinking about it like this, Li Jia couldn't help biting the corner of the quilt to be secretly jealous and sad, obviously, obviously the kitten was raised by her own hands...

Even if Zhong Yuanzhong is also a cat demon, he can't take away her kitten like this.

Suddenly there was the sound of the doorknob being pushed down at the door, and Li Jia timidly shrank under the quilt, only daring to peek over with her eyes, not even daring to make a sound.

In order to let the kitten who changed her mind halfway back to sleep in the room, she didn't lock the door.

But now she regretted it a little, the door suddenly opened in the middle of the night and the feeling of not being able to see anyone was really scary.

Li Jia clenched her lower lip tightly, trying not to make a sound.

From the perspective of the bed, the door seemed to be blown open by the wind, but she was sure that she had closed the door before going to bed, and she didn't lock it just because she was worried that the kitten wouldn't be able to get in.

The fear of darkness and the unknown hangs over her heart, and what makes her more and more afraid is her rich imagination.

There were dark clouds and heavy rain outside, and even a ray of light could not penetrate into the room. The more Li Jia thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more frightened she became, the more she dared not close her eyes, so she had to tightly hold the quilt on her body.

The door was slowly pushed and closed, as if something she couldn't see had sneaked in in the middle of the night.

Something slammed into the bed with a "pop", and Li Jia's heart stopped beating in fright. She quietly raised her head to look over, and said in astonishment, "Mr. Zhongye...?"

The kitten who sneaked back in the middle of the night with a ribbon in its mouth was so frightened by her that it nearly blew its hair, and it still wanted to sneak back without anyone noticing: "... Meow."

In an instant, Li Jia understood why she didn't see anything just now, because the little guy who opened the door was not as tall as the bedside table, so how could she see the kitten come back.

"You really scared me to death, little rascal." Li Jia picked up the kitten, held the kitten's head angrily, and said, "Have you had fun playing with other brothers? Don't forget that you will come back to sleep at night."

"Meow?" The little cat shook its ears in doubt, its voice was blurred with the ribbon in its mouth.

"Didn't you sneak to Zhongye-jun's place?" Li Jia couldn't help puffing up her face, and said sourly: "You liked Zhongye-jun's leather jacket very much before, and now you sneaked to find him to play with."

The little cat opened its mouth wide in shock, and flicked its tail from side to side nervously: "Meow? Meow meow!"

"Little villain still wants to quibble," Li Jia poked at the worry-free little cat, and sullenly helped it re-tie the ribbon: "You will change your name to little villain from today on."

It's not that she doesn't want it to secretly go to Nakahara Chuya, so why do they want to hide from her and play together.

A nasty, worrying bad cat.

"Meow meow?!" The little cat complained when she grabbed it, and wanted to pull back but was afraid of making her even more angry.

One person and one cat chattered non-stop in the middle of the night, causing the sleeping Zhongya Maomao to stop snoring and to raise his head in a daze.

Almost waking up the good cats and cats who were sleeping obediently, Li Jia held the kitten's face and hid it in the bed, so as not to let it meow in the middle of the night to disturb the cat's clear sleep.

"Little villain, today I will punish you to sleep with my sister, and you are not allowed to go anywhere." She pretended to be fierce and whispered.

The little cat couldn't get out even though it wanted to struggle, so it had no choice but to admit defeat obediently: "Meow."

All four cats returned to her side, Li Jia could no longer bear the drowsiness and the biological clock urging her to sleep, yawned softly and fell into a deep dream.

……

As Li Jia expected, Zhong Yuanzhong also left a note in the guest room and left secretly in the middle of the night.

Although they only met a few times, and each time was not long, Nakahara Nakaya gave her the same feeling as Kudo Shinichi, who would always leave in a hurry when he was too busy.

Even if he saved her, he didn't think about leaving a thank you or return gift waiting for her. It seemed that he appeared in front of her just to save someone, and he didn't care whether the rescued person would thank him or not.

"Mr. Zhongye is a good person..." But she was somewhat angry that he secretly hid her cat last night.

If Zhongyuan Zhong also told her in a nice voice that he likes her kitten and wants to play with it for a while, as long as the kitten is willing and happy, it's not like she won't agree.

But he was worried that she would get angry, so he quietly hid the kitten, and when he saw her looking around anxiously, he didn't tell her the truth.

Li Jia pursed her lips tightly, and the soft flesh on her cheeks couldn't help puffing up slightly: "...Couldn't Mr. Zhongye sneak away in the middle of the night because he was afraid of getting an injection?"

Thinking about it this way, it seems that it is not impossible. It is normal for a cat demon who has been practicing for many years to be afraid of modern medical care.

How can I say that Nakahara Zhongya was also the one who saved her, and he didn't hurt the kitty last night...

The little sullenness in her heart quickly dissipated under self-persuasion, and Li Jia secretly sighed.

Probably the cat demon is such a free creature.

Trying to figure out the cat demon with human thinking, maybe she cares too much.

The rain outside the house has not stopped, but compared to the previous few days, it has become much smaller. Now it is just light rain, and going out will not be affected much.

The cats at home haven't gone out for a few days, and Li Jia wants to take the cats out to get some air while going out this time.

"Are brother Zhongye and Mr. Zhongye going out with sister?" Li Jia squatted down and asked with a smile.

Before the little orange cat and orange cat dumpling could make a sound, the two neglected Zhongye cats couldn't help shouting: "Meow?" "Meow?"

Even if Lijia needs to hold an umbrella when she goes out, and she can only hold one cat, she should ask them all, why only ask the two big cats at home.

"Zhongye got into trouble yesterday, and I have to reflect on myself at home today." Li Jia poked the orange kitty's head and pushed it away, then turned around and tapped the kitten's nose, and said, "Mr. Zhongye worried my sister yesterday, and today I will Just stay at home obediently."

The orange cat got up and stepped on Li Jia's knee and rubbed it up, Mimi appealed.

"The appeal is invalid and rejected." Li Jia touched the orange kitten's back and put it down.

The little kitty stepped on its paw with a guilty conscience, and weakly cried: "Meow..."

"The little villain who made my sister worry, I will punish you to stay at home obediently today, you know?" Li Jia also said softly, stroking the kitten's back hair, and said to herself strangely: "...Mr. Zhongye secretly helped Did you take a shower?"

Why does it feel that the fur on the kitten's body has become much fluffier and softer, and the underfur that has never been able to grow has emerged overnight.

A few days ago, she wondered if the kitten's underfur couldn't grow out, so she wanted to put it on a sweater for the winter.

"Meow!" The little cat yelled suddenly, and ran to a height beyond Li Jia's reach on the top of the cabinet.

It didn't dare to let Li Jia continue to delve into this dangerous question, and just wanted to divert her attention quickly.

The little orange cat clicked its tongue and jumped into Li Jia's arms: "Meow!"

"Brother Zhongye, do you want to go out for a walk together?" Li Jia's attention was turned away by the warm cat in her arms, and she smiled softly: "Then take Brother Zhongye out this time, and take Mr. Zhongye out next time. "

Where she wants to go, she should go there more than twice to get the result.

"Meow?" The little orange cat tilted its head in doubt.

"We're going to Mr. Conan's house." Li Jia said mysteriously with a cute smile on her face.

She didn't lie to the cats at home. The place she was going to was indeed the Maori Detective Agency in the [-]-chome of Yonehuacho, but this time the person she was looking for was not Edogawa Conan, but the famous detective Maori Kogoro .

She wanted to entrust Uncle Maori to help her find someone, no, maybe two people.

"Chuya Nakahara" who rescued her at the Kuwano Hotel once, and "Chuya Nakahara" who met three times came and went like the wind, and didn't stay long. Usually, "Chuya Nakahara" seemed to be able to hide the cat's ears and tail.

Li Jia didn't have any pictures of them, but she drew them all.

"Please, Uncle Maori," Li Jia took out two portraits from her bag and pushed them over, sitting on the sofa of Maori Detective Agency with the little orange cat in her arms: "I want to find these two people."

Mori Kogoro picked up the portrait and compared it to the left and right, and said, "No matter how you look at it, they are the same person, right? Why do you think they are two different people?"

Except for the slightly different costumes and expressions, everything else is almost exactly the same in terms of hairstyle and appearance. He really can't tell that there are two people here.

"It's different. Nakaya-kun's height is about 1.5 meters, and Nakaya's is two centimeters taller." Li Jia pointed at the painting earnestly and corrected Kogoro Mori.

The well-known detective dressed in a suit and leather shoes showed a look of "I'm afraid you are not here to play me".

There is only a height difference of one or two centimeters, and it can be changed by changing a pair of shoes. This really does not mean that they are not the same person.

Li Jia pursed her lips, feeling Mouri Kogoro's distrust, so she had to whisper: "...It doesn't matter if you only find one person."

It would be nice to find some clues about Zhongye in the Central Plains.

Mori Kogoro flicked the portrait, raised his eyebrows and looked at it for a while, then said: "What is the relationship between these two boys and you? If you want to find someone, that detective boy can help you find it."

"Mr. Zhongye once rescued me in Dorobiga Paradise, and Zhongya rescued me from the fire at the Cupido Hotel. They are all my benefactors..." Li Jia swallowed nervously, and continued. : "I don't really want my brother to know about it."

If you ask Kudo Shinichi for help, you will inevitably ask her about the dangerous things she has encountered in the past, and she doesn't want her brother to worry about the past.

Mori Kogoro showed a clear expression, he put down the portrait and waved his hands: "Go back, go back, I'm too lazy to accept the kid's commission."

That is to say, in fact, the more reason is that Maori thinks it is better to hand over the housework to Kudo Shinichi himself.

Detective Boy's younger sister doesn't take care of herself, she is waiting for someone to take care of her.

"Wait, wait, Uncle Maori!" Li Jia hurriedly called him, bowed her head and handed over an envelope: "This is the entrustment money I prepared... If, if both of you can find it, I will prepare the entrustment money for both of you." portion."

Mori Kogoro paused with a casual expression. He took the envelope and glanced at the entrustment money inside, and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this all your pocket money?"

It's too embarrassing to earn pocket money from a kid who is younger than his daughter.

Li Jia scratched the side of her face, and said embarrassedly: "Part of it is, and part of it is the money earned from part-time jobs. Uncle Mao Li doesn't have to worry about the entrustment fee."

The commission from the detective boy’s younger sister, the money lost in horse racing and rowing, the successive failures in pachinko and mahjong, and the lack of commission for a while...

Various thoughts circled in Kogoro Mouri's brain for a quick brainstorm.

"I've accepted this commission! I'll find these two boys!" Li Jia waited anxiously for half a minute before hearing Kogoro Maori accept the commission.

"What happened?" Edogawa Conan, who just came back from school, looked at them suspiciously.