After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

Summer rains are always quick and short.

The torrential rain did not last long before it stopped abruptly.

Hikaru Ueno led Edogawa Ranpo to wait under the nearby eaves until the rain stopped and left there.

Walk half a street along the main road from the intersection at the scene of the car accident, and you will see the three-storey hotel standing on the corner of the street. A huge dragon hovering and soaring is carved on the outer wall of the hotel.

That restaurant occupied almost the entire corner of the street, and it was the tallest building in the area. It was decorated with resplendent gold, every brick and tile, and even the red carpet in front of the doorway was shining with the brilliance of money.

Hikaru Ueno was dragged by Edogawa Ranpo to stand on the edge of the red carpet.

The hotel's lacquered red gold-rimmed door opened a gap, and the luxurious layout inside could be vaguely seen.

Edogawa raised his head in disorder, pointed to the door, and said, "This is it."

Over the years, the world of Huangquan has also learned from the world and set up such a grand restaurant.

Although Hikaru Ueno had never eaten there, he had gone in to take a look out of curiosity.

The price of the food is indeed in line with the appearance of the restaurant, and it is too expensive to prohibit most ordinary gods of death.

But that was completely within Ueno Hikaru's acceptance range.

After all, he was classified as the highest-level god of death and received the highest salary in the whole world of Huangquan.

If he can't even afford to eat, then there is no need for this restaurant to exist.

So at this moment, Hikaru Ueno stepped on the delicate red carpet without any psychological burden.

The golden red door opened slowly, and the waiters in black suits stood in two rows between the door and the screen, bowing to them in unison.

Hikaru Ueno was caught off guard and looked at these people in a circle, his footsteps paused slightly, and the pace of stepping up the steps suddenly turned around.

He dragged Edogawa Ranbu "passing" by the door of his shop very naturally and very smoothly, and then dragged the child to the other end of the road without changing his expression and heartbeat.

Edogawa followed him for a few steps in a daze, and suddenly realized that he ran two steps forward to stop him.

Ueno looked at him blankly.

Edogawa Luanbu stared at him with his small face sullenly for a moment, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "You are the god of death! The god of death is afraid of human beings?"

Hikaru Ueno silently looked away.

"..."

This is not a question of being afraid of people, of course Death is not afraid of people.

But, shouldn't death shrines be allowed to fear?

The kid Luanbu looked at his expression and suddenly understood something.

He grabbed Hikaru Ueno's arm and bent over with a smile, and finally straightened up after a while, with an indelible smile in his eyes.

Ranbu stood on tiptoe and gestured, puffed his cheeks, patted Ueno Hikaru's arm twice, and said with a smile: "It's okay, follow me from now on."

Just like your elder brother in society.

Hikaru Ueno: "...No."

"It's okay, I won't laugh at you." The kid Luanbu patted his arm again.

Hikaru Ueno: "..."

Mr. Death was silent for a long time, and suddenly thought of a very appropriate excuse.

He dodged backwards, and under the curious gaze of the children, he took out a wad of money from the pocket of his windbreaker.

Pass it to the boy on the opposite side.

Luanbu: "?"

"I just suddenly remembered," the coin waved in front of Luan Bu, "You humans don't accept... Ming coins."

Ranbu: "..."

Hikaru Ueno was still a little bit wronged: "The world is more troublesome. Banks don't even exchange money."

Unlike the Underworld, new souls can exchange money from the human world for ghost coins at the bank.

Luanbu was silent for a while, opened his eyes wide, and was a little surprised: "Have you tried it?"

Hikaru Ueno nodded, feeling a little aggrieved, and said, "They kicked me out."

That was his first attempt to live in the world, and it ended without a problem.

Luanbu sighed, a little hated that iron can't be made into steel: "You really don't know this place at all, you obviously come here often."

He shook his head and said, "I have no choice but to let me teach you slowly."

Hikaru Ueno nodded, and said: "But you will go back with me." So there is no way to take it slow.

"Back to where?"

"Yellow Spring Realm."

Luanbu pursed his lips, unhappy: "Why bring this up again - you haven't fulfilled my wish yet!"

"Look at you, you don't even have money, how can you eat?"

Hikaru Ueno tilted his head and thought about it seriously, then said, "I can make money."

"Oh—" Luanbu responded in a long voice, with a narrow smile in his eyes, "Earn money?"

Hikaru Ueno: "... Yen."

The random chicken nodded like pecking at rice, but it was obvious that he didn't trust him at all, and asked perfunctorily like a child: "You want to make money? Do you want to do an assassination job?"

He touched his chin: "By the way, I can also earn myself some ghost coins for harvesting souls."

Hikaru Ueno shook his head and explained seriously: "I only accept children's souls."

He paused, then added: "And the rules prohibit it."

There are tens of thousands of rules for the god of death, and it is impossible for Chao Yigui to memorize them all.

But he still remembered the important ones clearly.

For example, Article 118——

Reaper forbids harming anyone other than the target of the mission.

Ueno Hikaru blinked under Ranpo's gaze.

He doesn't intend to lose any one of the Seven Souls.

He pointed to the side and said, "I can go here and fulfill your wish by the way."

Luanbu looked along his hand.

They just now stopped in front of a small restaurant.

A recruitment notice was pasted on the glass window by the door.

——Recruiting waiters, requiring over 18 years old.Three meals are included.

This restaurant is very different from that one in appearance, but there are many people.

Edogawa wandered around and looked inside, only to find three empty chairs.

He pointed inside, circled a circle, and asked, "Are you sure you can work here?"

"Being a waiter, you have to deal with humans every minute and every second."

He raised his chin and signaled Hikaru Ueno to look at the waiter who happened to pass by.

The boy was putting down the plate in his hand at this moment, talking to the guest with a smile on his face.

Ranbu: "You can?"

Hikaru Ueno "..." for a moment, then immediately grabbed Ranpo's wrist, turned around and left.

"Wait, wait, I won't go!" Ranpo squatted down under the pull of Hikaru Ueno, looking up at him pitifully.

"I want to eat here!"

The emerald eyes are wet, like the water drops on the leaves after the rain.

"I'm going to die, I can't eat in that restaurant just now..." He sniffed, "I clearly agreed to fulfill my wish, but in the end I couldn't even have a meal..."

Random steps: QAQ

The passers-by next to them cast strange glances, and some even looked at them closely.

Then someone tapped Ueno Hikari on the shoulder.

"Hey, I said this little brother, you can't treat your brother like this."

Hikaru Ueno: "..."

Social fear and embarrassment spiraled to the extreme.

Hikaru Ueno bent down quickly, and picked up Luanbu who was squatting on the ground.

Luanbu grabbed Ueno Hikaru's shoulder and sat firmly in his arms, waved his hand to the onlookers very naturally, and then poked his shoulder socket.

Even though he has been poked many times, Hikari Ueno, who has never been in contact with other people, still feels awkward about this kind of touch.

He looked up uncomfortably.

Ranbu's eyes were already bent, showing a little bit of joy in his success, and he didn't see the aggrieved and pitiful look just now.

Ueno slandered expressionlessly: Little liar.

The little liar poked his cheek with a smile: "Brother~ I want a sweet little cake!"

"……Um."

"A lot of points!"

"Oh."

“Want to eat here every day!”

"……don't want."

Luanbu's eyes widened: "Why!"

Hikaru Ueno supported him with one arm, opened the door and said, "I just don't want it."

"I don't want it!" Luanbu pushed his shoulder and jumped into the door from his arms.

Not like brothers and sisters, like two little childish ghosts bickering.

Luanbu puffed up his cheeks.

"You haven't fulfilled my wish yet."

Hikaru Ueno said confidently, "You haven't told me yet."

The child raised his head: "I, I have to think about it!"

Ueno Hikaru did not speak.

"Okay, okay, I think so now."

Ranbu pouted: "What about the first wish - I want to live a normal life."

Hikaru Ueno tilted his head in doubt.

"Look, it's useless for me to tell you." Luanbu said with his arms akimbo, "That's why I said I want to take you to experience life first."

He sighed like an adult, and counted with his fingers: "What about normal life——

Eat as much chocolate as you want, with a big soft bed to bounce on..."

"Ah yes, there is more!" Luanbu pouted and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly raised three fingers.

"You need a stable emotional relationship!"

"Like mom, dad, brother, brother or something."

After listening to Ueno Hikaru, he pulled up the collar: "It's so troublesome."

Luanbu snorted: "Anyway, you have already promised me."

"I'll talk about that later, let's eat first." He patted Ueno Hikaru's arm with confidence, "You can't be a waiter, you have other jobs."

Ranpo pulled Ueno Hikaru to sit down on two of the vacant seats, and ordered a bunch of desserts as he said.

The waitress entered his order and looked at Ye Guang on the station.

"Hello, what would you like to order?"

Hikaru Ueno: "Money."

Young lady: "?"

Ranbu translation: "He wants to ask if there is any job other than waiter that needs people."

Ueno nodded.

The young lady was stunned: "Now? Yes, but..."

"Do you have any requirements for working hours?"

Ueno Hikaru asked Ranpo: "How long do you want to eat?"

The Luanbu kid thought for a while: "One and a half hours."

Hikaru Ueno nodded and looked at the waiter.

Young lady: "...?"

The little translator worked hard: "He was asking, can he only work for an hour and a half."

Miss: "..."

She maintained a decent smile, said "ask the manager for advice", turned her head and left in a hurry.

Halfway through, he turned his head and looked at them very worriedly.

Luanbu patted Ueno Guang: "Don't worry, he will definitely agree."

After a while, the young lady came back.

She said firmly: "Sorry, our store manager does not agree."

Ranbu: "..." The child was hit and drew circles on the table.

Hikaru Ueno looked down carefully and found that he seemed to be still stabbing the villain.

He was a little helpless, and rubbed the top of the child's head.

The child's hair is fluffy and soft, and feels very good.

Suddenly, a young lady next to me said "boss..." in embarrassment.

The two turned their heads to look at the past at the same time, and the curtain printed with Mount Fuji was lifted again, and a middle-aged man with five big and three thick came out from inside, and looked down at the two "quasi·Bawang meal diners".

The boss received Luanbu's resentful eyes, laughed twice, and said, "If you really want to do it, you can help me wash the dishes in the back."

Hikaru Ueno nodded and got up to follow the boss to the back kitchen, but was suddenly grabbed by the sleeves by the children.

He turned his head and looked over in puzzlement.

The child said awkwardly: "This is very troublesome and dirty."

He probably noticed that Hikaru Ueno was a bit of a clean freak.

"It's okay." Ueno Hikaru patted him, "Go ahead and eat."

"There are other things to do after eating."

Luan Bu suddenly stopped moving, and stared at him blankly, his eyes suddenly moistened.

"You, you, do you want me to leave that much?" He said, lowering his head, like an abandoned kitten.

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

The restaurant owner looked at them a few times, as if he suddenly understood something, and sighed heavily: "You don't want your brother anymore? Let me tell you."

He shook his head, sighing a little: "Yes, this world."

The boss with a strong appearance is kind and soft in heart.

"It's okay, kid. I've invited you for this meal. You can eat whatever you want. As for the place to live, there is still a vacant house at my friend's place. Let me tell him, you two go live there first." Bar."

He patted Ueno Hikaru on the shoulder: "Young man, let me tell you, no matter how hard it is, you can't live without your brother, you know?"

Hikaru Ueno: "...I didn't—"

"Okay, okay, I've seen you guys a lot." The boss waved his hand, "Listen to me, tomorrow, hurry up and find a job first, and then, find a job for your younger brother to go to school. It’s okay for children not to receive education.”

"My brother and I came here in the same way back then, and he is now a top student."

The boss smiled, and made the last sentence of conclusion: "Remember, young man, it doesn't matter if you suffer a little more, but you can't let the children suffer with you."

At this time, Ranbu came up, hugged Hikaru Ueno's arm, raised his face, and called out pitifully: "Brother."

Hikaru Ueno: "..."

The soft and sticky "brother" made the boss feel more compassionate, and even took the two of them to his friend's house after Luanbu finished eating.

Before the boss friend left, he put the key directly under the carpet.

The house is quite small, but the layout is simple and clean, with everything you need.

The boxy space is divided into four parts equally, two sleeping places, one kitchen and one bathroom.

Before leaving, the boss asked Ueno Hikaru to take good care of his younger brother.

Hikaru Ueno nodded silently, looking at his "brother" who was already lying on his back on the tatami.

The boss patted him heavily on the shoulder twice, and then went back to work in the shop.

The kid turned around at some point, lying on the tatami mat, cocking his slender legs in white stockings, and looked at him with a smile: "Brother~"

Hikaru Ueno: "...Huh?"

Ranpo: "I want to eat cake!"

Hikaru Ueno stepped forward, knelt down, patted his head, and said mercilessly, "No money."

Ranpo: QAQ agreed that you can't suffer from your younger brother.

Hikaru Ueno: "That's right."

Luanbu was at a loss: "What?"

"Your wish." After everything settled down for the time being, Hikaru Ueno forcibly brought back the original topic.

Ranbu: "..."

"I have to think about it slowly."

Hikaru Ueno stared at him for a while, without saying a word, silently offering his sickle, silently urging.

Random steps: QAQ

Ueno Hikaru said calmly under the eyes of the crying children: "If you really can't think of it, I can take you away directly."

"No, no, no!" Luanbu shook his head repeatedly, moved back with hands and feet, and shrunk directly to the corner of the wall.

He looked at Ueno Hikari cautiously, hummed for a long time, and suddenly raised his volume: "I, I, I thought of it!"

Hikaru Ueno nodded and asked, "What?"

"I want an older brother." The kid said, clenched his fists and nodded himself.

"Yeah, I've wanted an older brother for a long, long time."

He puffed his cheeks.

"But Mom and Dad said they couldn't give me an older brother."

The kid became firm and stretched out his index finger to him: "So, my wish is——you will be my brother!"

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

He was silent for a moment and asked, "How?"

"I'll teach you." Luanbu smiled with his eyes bent.

"how long?"

"Six months will be fine."

Hikaru Ueno didn't speak, silently clenched the sickle in his hand.

Luanbu noticed his small movements, and immediately changed his words in a panic: "Four months, four months is fine—"

Hikaru Ueno: Stare at——

Luanbu kid feels wronged: "Then, those three months. I can't lose QAQ"

Hikaru Ueno: "..."