After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

Hikaru Ueno also made a simple bandage for Xiaozhong, and took the child to their new home early the next morning.

The new home is obviously much better than the previous one, with sky blue clean wallpaper, brand new wooden furniture and fluffy snow-white bedding.

Xiaozhong also threw himself into the quilt and pillow, rubbed hard twice, raised his head and took a deep breath.

Even the air has a comforting sweet woody aroma.

He tugged on Ye Guang's sleeve.

He said before that whether you like it or not, you have to say it.

Xiaozhong also had bright blue eyes, overflowing with joy, his pupils reflected the figure of the person in front of him, and said softly, "I like it."

Hikari Ueno patted his head.

"Ah."

After moving to the new home, Zhong also didn't try to escape again, as if he had changed from superficially cute to real cute.

The environment here is not like the explosion zone before, the people around are more friendly, and there is no trouble of children coming to find Zhongye.

It is also very convenient to buy some daily necessities.

On the afternoon of his arrival, Hikari Ueno took Chuya to the nearest shopping mall.

Of course the children have to wear beautiful new clothes.The sole purpose of their visit to the mall this time was to buy some suitable clothes for Zhong Ye.

When Ranpo bought clothes before, he picked out clothes by himself, so Hikari Ueno, like before, left the choice to Chuya.

He has always only been responsible for paying the money.

But there is obviously an essential difference between Zhongye children and Luanbu children in this respect.

Ranpo children have their own taste in dressing. Every time they enter a children's clothing store, they walk around like adults, picking and choosing their favorite clothes and stuffing them into Ueno Hikaru's arms.

By the way, I also dislike the taste of the shopping guide who has been selling Amway to him.

It's different in China.

He stood in front of the first hanger as soon as he entered the door, staring at the clothes hanging on it cautiously, looking around, he seemed to be dazzled.

Seeing this, the shopping guide lady came over, bent down and said kindly: "Little friend, here are all girls' clothes."

While speaking softly, she stretched out her hand towards the middle, and then said, "Sister, will you take you to the other side? There are all clothes you can wear."

The little boy Zhongye hid aside for a while, with his hands behind his back, resolute not to touch the other party, looked up at the door, and looked for Ueno Hikaru.

Hikaru Ueno was staring at a cake shop across the street in a daze. Sensing his sight, he turned around with some doubts and asked, "What's wrong?"

Child Nakaya looked at his elder sister, then at Hikari Ueno, and pointed at the other end.

"She wants to take me there." A tone that seemed to be complaining.

The eldest sister had no choice but to explain to Ueno Hikaru again, and then praised out of politeness: "Kids are very vigilant."

Hikaru Ueno nodded: "He has run three times."

It can be said that the vigilance is too strong.

The shopping guide's sister froze, looked at him suspiciously, and said, "May I ask, what is the relationship between the two of you?"

She had heard for a long time that there was a phenomenon of child abduction and trafficking in this area recently, and the criminals would pretend to be the family members of the children outside.

The store manager also reminded her to pay attention to customers who brought children.

The grown-up had been covering him tightly all the time, and after he came, he kept staring outside furtively, completely ignoring the child he had brought.

And listen to what he said, "I ran three times", under normal circumstances, would an adult say this about his own child?

Only child abductees would say that the child he abducted escaped three times!

And this little boy, so nervous, stood there without saying a word, and even stood in front of the girl's clothes shelf...

He must have wanted to send a distress signal to her in this way.

What's more, there is no sense of intimacy between these two people at all!

This is not the case at all when other parents bring their children!

The shopping guide lady felt that she had completely figured out this matter.

She clenched her fists hard, took a deep breath to order herself to calm down, and then looked down at the kid with pity in her eyes.

Take a closer look.

The child's clothes were clearly not fitting, and it seemed that he had forcibly torn off a part to fit him.

There were wounds on the corners of his forehead and mouth, and the bandages were rough and casual.As he turned his head, a clear bite mark appeared on the side of the child's neck.

This is how cruel torture he endured after escaping and being caught.

The shopping guide girl became more and more distressed the more she looked at it, and couldn't help but gently stroked the boy's hair.

In the next second, the boy pushed her away like a vigilant little beast.

He himself bumped into the hanger behind him.

Probably touched a wound somewhere, and let out a muffled grunt.

The little sister of the shopping guide feels even more distressed.

What kind of torture did she go through to be so frightened by other people's touch.

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and there was a bit of hatred and hatred in the eyes of Shang Yeguang.

Hikaru Ueno, who had been stared several times for no reason, looked back innocently: "?"

It's still pretending!

The shopping guide angrily tore up the list she was holding.

She tried her best to maintain a gentle appearance, and asked the nasty kidnapper, "Can I take him over there to pick out some clothes?"

The kidnapper reluctantly nodded under the pitiful gaze of the child.

Plan the first step, success.

The shopping guide lady took a deep breath, and led the children to the hanger in the corner, the farthest from the door.

He also pressed the alarm button when passing by the counter.

She took a few clothes down and pointed to the dressing room.

She originally wanted to explain how the child escaped, but when she turned around, she found that the kidnapper had followed him!

Gritting her teeth, she said, "Quick, go over there and try on these clothes."

Then, she lowered her voice as much as possible, and said to the child at a very fast speed: "The last compartment has a back door, which is not locked. After entering, you run away quickly."

Immediately afterwards, he pushed the child on the shoulder and pushed him towards the locker room.

The child staggered forward, holding a pile of colorful clothes in his arms, and turned to look at the kidnapper.

The begging eyes seemed to be asking if it was okay.

The kidnapper gave her a cold look and nodded sympathetically.

The shopping guide lady was suddenly nervous, suspecting that she had been seen through.

But since the opponent is holding back for the time being, they still have a chance!

Come on, kid.

Make sure to escape successfully and stay out of the clutches of the bad guys.

Hikaru Ueno, the "abductor" who heard her words clearly: "..."

Chuya Nakahara, a kid who didn't hear a word clearly: "..."

as long as you are happy.

Little friend Zhongye didn't listen to her at all, and carried the pile of clothes into the first compartment.

Then froze in place.

In the compartment sat a child who looked to be about his age.

Black leather shoes, white socks and a small suit, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and a gentle smile in his eyes.

He is a well-behaved child who makes people feel very fond of him at first glance.

Zhong also hugged his clothes and froze in place.

He had never seen such a child.

It's completely different from those who beat him before.

Just very kind.

Also very nice.

The kid shook his legs, tilted his head and smiled, and waved to him: "Hello."

Zhong Ye stood on the spot cautiously, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "You, hello."

The pretty and kind little boy looked at him curiously, laughed, and said, "You are so cute."

The kid in Zhongye blushed, lowered his head and muttered, "Thank you, thank you."

"My name is Ranpo, Edogawa Ranpo."

The boy jumped off the chair, came to him, introduced himself word by word,

"what's your name?"

"...Zhongye, Central Plains Zhongye."

"Oh—then I'll call you 'Zhong Ye'."

Luanbu helped him move those clothes to the chair, and grabbed his hand familiarly.

Zhong also flinched, but did not refuse.

Luanbu happily shook his arm, then suddenly came up to him, and lowered his voice:

"I heard that you are not familiar with that person outside, are you?"

Zhong also looked at him puzzled, and blinked.

"You two have only known each other for a short time, right?" Ranbu thought for a while, then stretched out three fingers, "Three days?"

Zhong Ye looked at him in surprise, and couldn't help admiring: "It's amazing."

"How did you know that?"

"I can see it." Luanbu shook his fingers proudly, "He's not nice at all, is he?"

Zhong Ye was taken aback again.

Before he could speak, Luanbu had already counted one by one:

"It must be cold and indifferent, without any expression, not even a smile.

They don't talk to you very much, don't think about your thoughts, and don't know how to take care of you at all.

And at the beginning, he said that he wanted to kill you and eat your soul, right! "

Zhong also looked at him blankly, hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and whispered: "No, no, he is very good to me."

"Good for you?"

"……Um."

Zhong also thought about it,

"He laughs, and makes me laugh... he cooks for me, takes me to live in a big house, and takes me to buy clothes..."

Random steps: ...￥&%#

He suddenly became unhappy, shook Chuya's hand, and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, those are all lies to you."

"Huh?" Zhong also froze.

The child's tone was sour: "He treats you so well just to fatten you up and eat your soul."

But Zhong also couldn't hear his sour tone, he hesitated and said: "No, it won't."

"Think about it, did he keep saying strange things to you at the beginning!"

"……Um."

"Have you never seen what he looks like!"

"……Um."

"Does he still have a very big and scary knife?"

"……Um."

"Look! I'm right! He's the bad guy!"

"……Can--"

"he is the one!"

The kid in Zhongye was wronged: "Woo...Okay, okay."

Ranpo nodded in satisfaction and patted his head.

"I'll take you to escape."

Chuya: "Huh? But I don't—"

"You want to run away." Ranbu Xiaozhi reasoned emotionally, "Do you really want to be eaten by him in the future?!"

"No, I don't want to..."

"Come on! Run away with me!"

Kid Zhongye was moved, nodded and said, "Okay."

Ranpo took Chuya with him, and escaped through the back door as the shopping guide lady planned.

On the other side, Hikari Ueno, who was waiting for Zhongya outside the locker room, was greeted by serious-looking policemen in handcuffs.

The shopping guide lady said so and so, but Hikari Ueno didn't explain.

So there was a "click".

Hikaru Ueno bowed his head after locating Nakahara Chuya's soul.

found himself handcuffed.

……

As soon as he left the shopping mall, Luanbu took Zhongya into a small silver car.

There are all kinds of delicious things in the car, and Luan Bu is still eagerly chatting with him along the way.

Zhong also was taken to another city without realizing it.

Then, Ranbu sent him out of the car and said, "I can only take you here."

He leaned on the car window, waved his hand at Chaozhong, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I lied to you."

Zhong Ye was holding a little plush dog in his arms, who was giving him a random walk, and was stunned: "?"

"That brother is actually a very good brother." Ranbu made a face at him.

The car raised dust amidst the roar, and gradually moved away.

The kid from Zhongye stood alone at the corner of an unfamiliar street, watching the sunset climb into the sky little by little.

Slowly realize what really happened.

Xiao Zhongye: QAQ

Even if he didn't understand anything, he knew it now.

This kid named Edogawa Ranpo is the worst kid in the world!

Dead!

Hate!

He angrily threw the puppy to the ground.

……

Ueno Hikaru was led all the way into a small room.

He wanted to use his ability to teleport away directly to find Zhongye.

But there was someone in the room staring at him.

He is inconvenient to use his abilities.

The last time was a special case. Generally speaking, the god of death is not allowed to use these unconventional abilities in front of ordinary people.

be warned and even punished.

He sat quietly, waiting for the man to leave.

As a result, after waiting and waiting, the door opened and another person walked in.

The new man said to this man, "Someone came to claim him and said he was his brother."

"The kid said it was a misunderstanding, his brother is just like that, not a kidnapper."

Hikaru Ueno heard the conversation between the two men and raised his head to look at them.

"The kid said he was called Luanbu."