How to file a resignation with Gin

Five minutes later, Kurosawa finally finished the phone call. He held the phone in his palm and thought for a few seconds before putting it back in his pocket.

He opened the sliding door, met Shang Xia Shu's eyes, and found that the child looked dazed again, and asked lightly: "What's wrong?"

Hojo Natsuki came back to his senses, shrinking his neck: "...it's nothing."

Fortunately, Kurosawa didn't delve into it. He said "um" and said, "The rain has stopped, so take your umbrella."

He picked up the car keys and took Hojo Natsuki downstairs.

Realizing that the Maine Coon cat was finally able to leave the Blackpool territory, it was at peace, and it stopped making endless fuss, curled up in its bag and dozed off without seeing anything.

Today is a rest day, the driveway at four or five o'clock in the evening is not considered congested, and Kurosawa Jin quickly sent him downstairs to the apartment.

Hojo Natsuki closed the door, only to suddenly remember that he was still holding the umbrella that Kurosawa had given him in his hand.He turned around, only to see Heisawa's car driving away quickly, as fast as a hit-and-run, afraid that he would catch up and cause trouble.

Hojo Natsuki: "...?"

He had no choice but to call Kurosawa, but it rang twice, but he didn't answer.

So Hojo Natsuki pressed it again, and called again, only to hear the female voice on the other end of the phone say in a mechanical voice with no ups and downs, "The number you dialed is busy..."

That's too unfortunate, Mr. Kurosawa is really busy.

When he got home, he wiped off the dusty umbrella cover. During this time, the Maine Coon cat bit his trouser leg and walked towards the room with its body bent.

It has to be said that the strength of this cat is incredible.Natsuki Hojo was worried that his pants would be torn, so he followed it to the door of the bathroom in the master bedroom.

The Maine Coon cat slapped its tail and turned its head.

【To take a bath. 】

Natsuki Hojo: "?"

What do you mean?

He thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "Do you want to take a bath?"

Cats are very sensitive to smells. It hates Mr. Kurosawa, so it wants to take a bath.

Hojo Natsuki thought he understood the cat's intentions, turned around and went to the utility room, took out the newly bought pet bathtub, and put it away happily.

He stroked his sleeves, and greeted the disgusted and speechless cat at the door, "Come on."

cat:"……"

One person and one cat were in a stalemate, and after a few minutes, Hojo Natsuki carried the reluctant cat into the bathtub.

I don't know why, but this cat was obedient and obedient when it was washed for the first time, but this time it flopped and flicked its hair, making him half-soaked.

Natsuki Hojo also took a bath, and after coming out, the Maine Coon was finally satisfied.

He rubbed his hair and sent Kurosawa a message.

【Xia Shu: [umbrella photo.jpg]】

【Xia Shu: Mr. Kurosawa, I have your umbrella here】

"Shall I send it to you?", "I'll transfer the cost of the umbrella to you, just treat it as if I bought it."...

He should choose the least labor-saving way to deal with it, but he hesitated at the moment.

After the maintenance fee was paid, the umbrella was returned to Mr. Kurosawa, and the accounts were cleared.

Does that mean there will be no chance to meet in the future?

Hojo Natsuki couldn't tell what it was like, he hesitated for a long time, and waited for Kurosawa Jin's reply.

[Kurosawa: Return me next time we meet. 】

With just a few words, Hojo Natsuki breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed.He heard rustling noises from the living room, probably the cat was grinding its claws with a scratching post, except for this, it didn't look like a cat at all.

It has no interest in cat teasers, and is indifferent to catnip. It doesn't like sleeping in cat litters but prefers beds, and it even uses smart toilets.

Hojo Natsuki walked into the living room with his slippers on, and when he saw the tattered umbrella on the ground, the smile immediately disappeared from his face.

"What are you doing?" He looked at the Maine Coon cat in surprise, "This is Mr. Kurosawa's stuff!"

The cat is licking its paws leisurely nearby, not feeling that there is anything wrong with it.

Natsuki checked the unrecognizable umbrella and tried to open it, but failed.

The ribs of the umbrella were also broken.

As a matter of course, he blamed the cat for the damage to the umbrella frame. He didn't think about why a kitten could easily break the umbrella frame made of aluminum alloy and fiberglass—so the real culprit, Jin Kurosawa, was perfectly hidden. All the blame was borne by the ignorant kitty.

"I was going to return it to him." Xia Shu was a little annoyed, trying to reason with the cat, "What if he gets angry?"

The cat licked its paw lightly, and Furui Wubo's face seemed to say: [Is there such a good thing? 】

Xia Shu: "...you are too much."

He took a posthumous photo of Umbrella that was as elegant as possible, sent it to Kuisawa, and said embarrassingly: [Sorry, I accidentally missed the cat at home. 】

Kurosawa: [? 】

Kurosawa: [Cat? 】

Xia Shu: [Yes...]

Xia Shu: [I'm very sorry, I will buy you a new one]

Kurosawa: [Lost it, get another cat]

Xia Shu: [? ? 】

Kurosawa seemed to be busy, so he didn't continue after replying this sentence.

Hojo Natsuki didn't mind either, he turned off the screen, squatted down and looked at the Maine Coon cat level, and said solemnly: "You can't cause damage in the future." This seemed to be too deterrent, and he added a threatening sentence, "You My kitten will be abandoned by me."

The cat froze for a second, and then let out a low warning sound from its throat.

"You caused me to pay Mr. Kurosawa a lot of money." Xia Shu started talking nonsense based on the idea that cats have no money, "I'm about to lose my food, and I'm going to Kudo's house for dinner tomorrow, and it's all because of you."

The Maine Coon cat gradually put away its aggression, died down, and even turned its ears back.

"Did you hear that? You can't do this next time."

"……mum."

……

Not being able to eat is a trick to lie to the kitten, but it is true to go to Kudo's house for dinner the next day.

It is rare for the Kudo couple who have lived abroad for a long time to return to China. Yukiko Kudo warmly invited him to their home as a guest.

After school the next day, Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan came to his class door.

As soon as Kudo stepped into the main entrance, he saw a boy with a bag on his back shouting, "Then please Hojo, thank you, I'll go first", and then left in a hurry through the back door.

The classroom was empty, leaving only Natsuki Hojo alone.

"Why are you the only one?" Kudo Shinichi looked at the four names on the duty column on the blackboard, "Are they all busy?"

Xia Shu said vaguely: "Maybe, I don't know."

He dug out a sweeping robot from his bag, pressed the switch, and played the game console leisurely.

"It's too much, it's impossible for three people to be busy at the same time. They just want to push things to you." Mao Lilan frowned, put the satchel on the podium, picked up the blackboard eraser, "Xinyi and I are here to help you."

"Thank you, but no need." Hojo Natsuki stopped her movement, and nodded at the chubby sweeping robot, "It can fly and wipe the blackboard."

Mao Lilan: "?"

"It can also clean the glass."

Mao Lilan: "...that's it."

Kudo Shinichi walked around the classroom and said thoughtfully, "I said you, have you been bullied again, but you didn't realize it?"

Hojo Natsuki: "What? Why 'again'?"

Kudo Shin was shocked: "You don't remember things at all? That is, when you just transferred to another school, a few people deliberately tore up your textbooks..."

"I don't even read textbooks."

"Pour drinks over the tracksuits and sneakers in your locker..."

"It's too tiring to go to physical education class. I have an asthma certificate, so I don't need to go."

"I also asked you to fight in the grove behind the school..."

Hojo Natsuki thought for a while: "That was actually my appointment."

Kudo Shinichi: "?"

Not long after he transferred to another school, he quickly became a well-known figure in the school and was extremely popular among girls.Most male high school students of this age hate dogs and are narcissistic, and they often mess things up when they get along with the opposite sex, so through their own negative examples, Hojo Natsuki's politeness is properly set off to shine.

This will inevitably cause some people to dislike it, including a few thorns in the school who like to pick quarrels and stir up trouble.

A man's girlfriend proposed to break up because he couldn't bear his temper, and when they broke up, he yelled, "As long as you have half the temper of Hojo classmate, I can bear it!"... Then Hojo Natsuki became the love of these people A thorn in the side is really a disaster for no reason.

The revenge methods of delinquent boys are ridiculously inferior, and their childishness is no different from that of junior high school students.

In the past, Natsuki Hojo kept silent about how he handled this matter. Everyone only knew that these people had transferred to other schools, so rumors began to circulate on campus that "Student Hojo threatened them with a gun and told them to transfer or die", "Student Hojo His father is actually the director of Teidan High School", but Kudo Shinichi knew that he had no parents, so he didn't believe a word of these rumors.

Seeing that he seemed to intend to reveal it, Kudo said enthusiastically, "You taught them all a lesson?"

Hojo Natsuki pondered: "No, I'll reason with them."

Kudo Shinichi was particularly confused: "Really? With bad boys? Does this make sense?"

Hojo Natsuki nodded and said affirmatively, "Yes."

—Although it is reasonable to use guns and drones carrying weapons.

The delinquents who grew up in peaceful times and fought with iron rods at most were paled by the gunshots, and the big tree next to them that was swept down by the airborne shotgun foreshadowed a certain tragic fate.

When Hojo Natsuki read out everyone's family situation slowly and showed them the family photos taken by the private detective, the few people who were serious and inattentive could not restrain their trembling and rushed to apologize.

"Actually, their attitudes are pretty good." Xia Shu recalled their expressions, and said calmly, "I also realized my mistakes, and they all took the initiative to ask to transfer schools and want to start life again."

Kudo Shinichi always felt that he concealed the most important part, but obeying the law still limited his imagination, so he said dubiously, "Is that so?"

Xia Shu: "Yes."

Mao Lilan sighed: "It's great that you helped them. I hope they can really turn around and stop doing this kind of thing again."

Xia Shu: "I think so too."

Kudo: "?"

I always feel that something is wrong, are these two serious? ...Xiaolan, why do you look so touched!

With the three of them making jokes, the robot vacuum had completed most of its missions, and flew staggeringly out of the window to clean the outer windows.

Seeing that the classroom was almost cleaned, Hojo Natsuki pressed the screen twice to give the robot the command to return to its place and shut down.

He put on his bag: "Let's go."

……

Time seems to be particularly fond of Yukiko Kudo, she still has a smooth forehead, eyes without crow's feet when she smiles, and a lively personality like a girl.She warmly embraced the three of them, and said in a rambling manner: "Xinyi has grown taller again, Xiaolan has become more and more beautiful, and Xia Shu has also..."

Hojo Natsuki noticed that there were two pairs of shiny high-heeled shoes at the entrance, and they were of different sizes.

Of course, Kudo Shinichi also noticed it, and asked, "Mom, are there any guests at home?"

"...Oh, yes, I almost forgot." Kudo Yukiko suddenly realized, "It's my friend Miss Mizuhara, who is also a popular female star in the film industry recently."

Mao Lilan said happily: "Is it the one who played "A Rose Colored Life"?"

Kudo Yukiko: "That's right!"

Mao Lilan: "She is so beautiful, I like her very much."

"The acting is also excellent."

"Yeah, the parting scene of the sisters she played in episode 23, she cried once watching it..."

The two chatted and laughed. Kudo Shinichi drooped his eyes, not understanding why the two of them were so excited. He touched Natsuki's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Have you heard of this person?"

Hojo Natsuki resolutely said: "Not at all."

Kudo was satisfied, and thought that it was lucky to have you, Natsuki-kun.If his understanding of the entertainment industry is 4, then Xia Shu is -5. Put a few photos of celebrities in front of Xia Shu, and the only thing he can tell is gender.

Then they walked into the restaurant, and the young beauty in a black Hong O'er suit nodded to them with a gentle smile: "Kudo-kun, Natsuki-kun, good evening."

Hojo Natsuki was stunned for a few seconds: "...It's you."

Kudo Shinichi: "??"

During the next meal, Kudo always felt like an outsider who had sneaked into the family, and the table was full of entertainment topics that he didn't know much about.

According to his observation, despite Natsuki's gentle and alienated attitude, Mizuhara Mai showed a considerable degree of concern for him, as if the two were friends who had known each other for a long time, and finally left a sentence with unclear meaning: "Take care of yourself, Natsuki-kun, the future Goodbye. If you have trouble, you can ask me for help, you have my phone number."

After finally seeing off the strange female celebrity, Kudo closed the door and asked Hojo Natsuki solemnly: "Didn't you say you don't know her?"

Hojo Natsuki was at a loss: "I met by chance in California before, I didn't know she was a female star?"

However, he also felt that Mizuhara Mai's familiar attitude was a bit strange... just like the iris-eyed magic stick he had encountered before.

"So that's how it is." Kudo Shinichi complained, "It's amazing how everything happened to you in California. Did you go to California Vocational Technical School there?"

"No, I went to Caltech."

Kudo Shinichi perfunctory: "Why don't you go to Yale, don't you like it?"

Xia Shu didn't know why he asked such a similar question as Mr. Kurosawa, and answered seriously: "I don't like Kangzhou."

Kudo didn't take Xia Shu's words seriously, because Dr. Ali had fooled him.

Dr. Ali said that Natsuki had always been out of tune with his peers because of his excessive genius and withdrawn personality. He hoped that Kudo could take care of him at school, implying that Natsuki Hojo had never been to school before.

Although after seeing him, Kudo Shinichi felt that the doctor was lying to him—this person knew how to socialize efficiently and maintain a good relationship with his classmates, but he also noticed a certain sense of disobedience from Natsuki.He seems to be very gregarious, likes everyone, is indifferent to everyone, and actually doesn't care about anything.

Because he has never been to school, it is only reasonable to have this subtle temperament of indifference and arrogance. Besides, Hojo Natsuki never mentioned what happened to him in school before.

Kudo Shinichi convinced himself logically.

Mao Lilan helped Yukiko wash the dishes in the kitchen, and the men took over the work of cleaning the dining room and living room.Hojo Natsuki felt very regretful, he should have brought the sweeping robot back together, so as not to be so troublesome now.

After packing up, it was dark outside, and he went home alone.

The Maine Coon sniffed him and paced back and forth, looking unhappy.

"I didn't look for other cats outside." Xia Shu couldn't laugh or cry, "I went to Kudo's house for dinner."

The Maine Coon froze, perhaps because he remembered what he said 'I can't afford to eat without an umbrella', and for a while, even the subtle dislike faded from his face.

"Drip-drip-"

Hojo Natsuki answered the phone: "Hello?"

"It's me." Kurosawa said casually, "Have you eaten yet?"

Xia Shu was a little nervous immediately, and replied honestly: "I ate it, I ate it at a friend's house."

Kurosawa laughed lowly, and said noncommittally, "Yes."

He didn't speak anymore, his breathing was a little heavy, and his ears were numb.

Hojo Natsuki could imagine his appearance, biting a cigarette, his gaze was in the air, his whole body was cold, as if he wanted to blend into the night.

He felt his cheeks itch, and he squeezed his fingers together: "...Mr. Kurosawa, what's the matter?"

Kurosawa's tone was light, and he asked back, "Can I call you if I have nothing to do?"

"what?"

He sneered again: "Unfamiliar? Why not?"

With this kind of tone of accountability, it is very logical, and it is simply inexplicable.

Hojo Natsuki suddenly became guilty: "No... I just asked..." He asked with some concern, "Mr. Kurosawa, have you been drinking?"

"……Um."

There was a slight, crisp sound of glass colliding on the other end of the phone.

So Hojo Natsuki relaxed and couldn't help laughing, not knowing that getting drunk is undoubtedly a fantasy for a person like Kurosawa Jin who is extremely restrained.

Xia Shu walked slowly to the balcony, there were no clouds tonight, and the moon was as clear as a silver plate.

He said, "Then you called me, did you want to chat?"

Kurosawa: "No."

Xia Shu: "...Huh?"

The other party stopped talking.

Xia Shu waited patiently, the drunk was always talkative and inexplicable.

He propped his chin to count the stars, when a gust of night wind came over, rustling the woods, like the sound of pines, and the cicadas singing in the distance.

Summer is back.

On the other end of the phone, there was still only the steady breathing of Mr. Kurosawa.

Like falling asleep, gently.

Xia Shu just wanted to ask, but suddenly fell silent, and a ridiculous idea came up.

Maybe, Kurosawa just wanted to hear his voice, breathing, talking, laughing, everything, he wanted to confirm that 'Hojo Natsuki is alive'.Just like his cat, who will lie on his chest in the middle of the night and listen to his heartbeat.

"...Mr. Kurosawa?" he asked, "Are you asleep?"

"No."

"Then let's chat."

"Oh."

"Is your job interesting?"

"Do not."

"I think so, how can work be interesting, unless I am a capitalist." Xia Shu said, "I want to be a freelance inventor in the future."

"Ah."

"I always feel like my cat might be stronger than me."

"Lost it."

"That won't work. I have to be responsible for it. If it is abandoned, it can only wander. In case it encounters some cat-abusing psychopath..."

"Be kind and soft."

Natsuki retorted: "No, I'm very ruthless."

He thought the other party would laugh at this childish remark, but Kurosawa didn't.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. I'm soft-hearted towards cats."

Xia Shu: "Huh?"

Why such a sarcastic tone?

"I'm sleepy." Kurosawa said coldly, "I'll hang up first."

Xia Shu: "Oh, okay, late..."

"Beep-beep-"

A busy tone came from the loudspeaker.

Hojo Natsuki didn't even finish a complete good night. He couldn't understand why Kurosawa suddenly got angry, and he became angry when he said he was angry. This temper became faster than a cat... It's really strange, Mr. Kurosawa!

Then he turned his head, and through the glass, he saw the big silver-haired cat also looking at the sneaky cat.

It was very sullen, and its tail slapped the ground slowly, as if saying [Why do you have me and go find him!how dare you? 】

Xia Shu: "...?"