After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

"Then, that hat has been gone for a long time, how can I find it back!"

Wiping her tears and sobbing, her child said intermittently, "I was blown away by the wind."

"Well."

Hikaru Ueno looked at Nakaya, and gently pushed the child on the back.

Zhong also tugged at his sleeve and took a step away.

Hikaru Ueno regretted: "They said they couldn't find it."

The kid in Zhongye stared blankly at the mother and daughter who were so fierce to him not long ago, blinked and shook his head: "No, it's okay..."

Hikaru Ueno rubbed his hair and looked at the mother and daughter.

"You don't need to look for him, you two can go back."

Ueno Hikaru paused, seeing that she didn't respond, and said, "Remember to take care of your child."

The woman froze for a moment, said "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"s, grabbed her crying child and left.

Hikaru Ueno closed the door, lowered his head and looked at each other.

Not long after, shouting and crying suddenly sounded from the opposite door.

Hikaru Ueno lowered his eyes and covered Chuya's ears to block out those messy voices.

Chuya blinked, smiled with his eyes bent, and jumped forward.

Fell into Ueno Hikari's arms.

The child looked up at him amidst the chaotic voices, and whispered, "Brother."

"Ok?"

"I like it~"

Hikaru Ueno's heart softened, and he helped him clean up the plaster, and squatted down to adjust the child's white clothes again.

"Hat, I'll buy another one tomorrow."

As soon as he said this, Xiaozhong suddenly became unhappy again, lowered his head in frustration, and stared at the tip of his shoe.

"What's wrong?" Ueno Hikaru held his face, and found that the child who hadn't cried all this time suddenly burst into tears.

The child pinched his clothes and said intermittently: "No, don't buy new ones."

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

Zhong also lowered his eyes, like a wilted puppy.

"It's different...that's...the first one."

Hikaru Ueno stared blankly at Chuya, then stood up suddenly.

The kid was startled, and grabbed the clothes around his waist even harder.

Hikaru Ueno held his hand and said, "I'll go find it for you."

Xiaozhong immediately shook his head vigorously: "No, no need, I lost it myself..."

"Look, I can't find it."

Hikaru Ueno looked at him, his black eyes were flat and emotionless, but it made people feel at ease.

"There is nothing my brother can't find."

Xiaozhong also looked into those eyes, feeling as if he was about to sink into them.

"……it is good."

"Believe me?"

"……Um!"

"Then let go, wait for me at home for a while."

Xiaozhong also nodded, hesitated for a long time before reluctantly letting go.

Ueno Hikaru asked where the hat was lost, and went out the door and teleported directly to the destination.

Mr. Reaper is not very good at finding things.

It's just that the eyesight is a little better, and the speed of movement is faster.

I don't know why, the bracelet didn't send back the signal this time when the soul fluctuated.

The hat was eventually found in the river.

It has become dirty and has several holes, it is simply horrible.

Hikaru Ueno stood by the river and looked at the hat, hesitated for a while, and decided to take the dirty hat back and restore it in front of the child.

otherwise……

Possibly bought as new?

He blinked, picked up his hat, and teleported back home.

Chuya was still standing at the door, waiting anxiously.

When Hikaru Ueno came back, the child felt it instantly. He raised his head and looked over, his eyes fell on the hat in his hand, and his eyes lit up.

Hikaru Ueno handed the hat to him.

"found it."

The kid took the hat, and didn't think it was dirty, so he grabbed the hat and looked through it carefully.

Then he broke into a smile with bright eyes, "It's this one!"

Hikaru Ueno raised his eyebrows.

"How did you know?"

Zhong also pressed the hat in his arms, hesitated for a moment, handed it over carefully, and opened the brim.

There is a crooked "ひかり (light)" stitched with light blue thread on the top.

Hikaru Ueno stared at the three crooked pseudonyms for a few seconds, then squeezed the child's face.

……

In the end, the kid didn't let him restore the little blue hat directly, but cleaned it carefully and filled every crack.

He is not very proficient in his movements, and he will be stabbed from time to time.

Hikaru Ueno watched from the side, his brows gradually furrowed.

It's not that he feels sorry for the child too much, in his consciousness, this kind of pain is not enough to feel distressed.

He sensed something was wrong.

The recovery rate of children is too fast, and it seems to be getting faster and faster.

At the beginning, the punctured hole would stay for a while, but in the end, almost no trace was visible within a minute after it was broken.

Undetectable soul fluctuations and unusual self-healing abilities.

Hikaru Ueno turned his head to look at the sleeping child with his head resting on his waist, and gently stroked his hair. He already had a judgment in his heart about the reason why the child's soul could not be harvested.

……

After that day, the peaceful life lasted for half a month.

Ranpo once again sneaked in when Nakaya slipped out to run around during the day, and dragged Hikaru Ueno out to play with him for a long time.

After that day, Chuya never went out during the day again.

Tired of being with Ueno Hikaru all day long.

Hikari Ueno once thought about sending Chuya to school to meet his peers and experience a different life just like Ranpo.

But Zhong also said nothing.

And very resolute.

"Will you go to school with me?"

"will not."

"Then I won't go."

This conversation was repeated many times.

In the end, Hikaru Ueno chose to give up.

Anyway, after he leaves, the children will still have many opportunities to go to school.

I can't be with him for a few days.

So Hikaru Ueno finally decided to be happy with himself.

However, some things still need to be exercised for children.

For example, learn to spend your own money to buy things.

What Ranpo gave to Ueno Hikaru before, now he has to give it to Chuya.

On the way home after the two of them went to the supermarket to buy daily necessities, they passed a small stand that bought cotton candy.

The car was parked on the side of the road, surrounded by many adults and children. The marshmallows stuck on it were colorful, and some of them had different shapes and shapes, which were really attractive.

Especially attractive to children.

For example, a certain kid named Zhongye.

Hikaru Ueno led him, stopped, and looked at the stall opposite with him.

"Want to eat?"

Xiao Zhong also thought about it and nodded.

Hikaru Ueno took out a handful of money and stuffed it into his hand, and gently pushed his shoulder.

"Go buy it yourself, can you?"

Zhong also grabbed the money and subconsciously shook his head.

"Try it, okay?"

Zhong Ye: "..."

Hikaru Ueno watched him patiently.

Chuya: "...OK."

Zhong did not feel relieved: "Then, don't run around, wait for me here!"

Seeing that the day was getting closer and closer to the one-month deadline, Zhong Ye stared at him more and more closely.

As if he was afraid that when he turned around, Hikari Ueno would disappear immediately.

When he got to the opposite side of the road, Xiaozhong also turned his head to look at him very worriedly.

Hikaru Ueno stood on the side of the road looking at the small figure, and raised his hand.

Xiaozhong also laughed, waved at him vigorously, and hurried to buy cotton candy.

The figure of the child stands out even in the crowd, especially the bright orange hair.

Hikaru Ueno watched him stand on tiptoe and pull out a cotton candy, his vision suddenly went dark.

A car stopped in front of him silently, completely blocking Hikaru Ueno's sight.

The car window was lowered slowly, and the man inside coughed lightly.

Hikaru Ueno looked down and met a pair of familiar yet unfamiliar eyes.

"Mr. Tsushima?"

"I've been looking for you for a long time." Mr. Tsushima chuckled, "There are some things I want to talk to you about."

He doesn't look quite the same as before.

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

"About...Xiu Zhi."