did you see my dad

According to surveillance, the boy whose face cannot be seen clearly does not appear around during the day, but only appears at night.

Kunikida, who had planned to go to the alley to check the situation at night, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he thought that this was very close to success, Huali sitting in Dazai Osamu's arms was pinched by delicate white fingers on the dumb hair.

The bandaged youth lowered his head, his eyes fixed on Huali's face: "Speaking of..."

Huali made a sound of doubt, and turned to look at him, her blue pupils reflected his face, crystal clear.

Kunikida also looked at them.

Osamu Dazai found the problem that they had ignored, and looked at her carefully with kite-colored eyes: "I have checked all the surveillance cameras, how did you appear in that alley?"

Kunikida was clicked. After repeated observations in those surveillance cameras, he only saw the image of Huali walking out, and that alley was a dead end.

Even the boy they suspected had a record of walking into the alley.

This is strange.

Huali blinked, and told him honestly how she got there: "You opened the door and you appeared there... My basement can lead to here."

This sentence is like a child lying to them and has to make up such a fairy-tale reason, not to mention that Osamu Dazai doesn't believe it, as long as an adult with a little thinking ability will not believe her words.

Seeing the joke in Osamu Dazai's eyes, Huali became serious. She didn't know how to prove this to them. Her poor vocabulary could only make her repeat anxiously: "Huali didn't lie!"

As she said that, she made the gesture of opening the door and walking out, explaining to them loudly: "That's how you open it, and you're here!"

Kunikida didn't believe her either.

After all, there is no portal of Doraemon here, and it is not a fairy tale world.

Osamu Dazai watched her calmly, but Huali could tell that he didn't trust her. She nestled in the young man's arms as if discouraged, and muttered softly: "Huali is a good boy, don't lie..."

The president in the office also heard the movement outside the house, he came out and heard her thoughts, and Osamu Dazai retreated: "In this case, if you want us to believe it, you can open the door now." Show us the door if it's real."

Such a provocative method has tried a lot for children. Huali really wanted to tell them the truth in this way, but now she can only tell them: "Mike said that the door will take a month to open..."

Osamu Dazai put on an expression that we can't believe you, and leaned on the back chair like a boneless one.

Huali's face was flushed, she looked eagerly at Kunikida, this was the first person she saw in the detective agency, even though he wanted to believe her, the reality engraved in his bones as an adult did not allow him to accept such an explanation , There was still a look of suspicion in his eyes, although he tried his best to hide it, Huali was keenly aware of it.

She grabbed the edge of the table with her little hand, and she wanted to get off Dazai Osamu without saying a word. After realizing this, the young man stretched out his hand to help her, but just as he raised his hand, a pair of hands stretched out beside him She hugged it down.

The goal is the green kimono, the man's figure makes this kimono play the best effect, without a single wrinkle, and he lifts her up to face her, Huali, who is not convinced, raises her disappointed eyes, she Her cheeks were bulging, and the tails of her eyes drooped like a kitten being bullied.

"Hua Li... didn't lie..." Her voice was too soft to hear, but she was still defending herself.

The president still had a serious face, but after hearing Huali's words, he did not despise what she said, but paid attention to what she said: "I know."

This made Huali's eyes widen, and the dumb hair on the top of her head twitched.

Looking at the silver-haired man in front of her, Huali felt a little closer, she nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

There was a smile on her face again, it was just a word of affirmation but it made her happy like this, Osamu Dazai lowered his eyelids, the usual habit of teasing others seemed a little too much for a child.

But he didn't say anything, instead, Kunikida couldn't hide his guilt, and he went to Osamu Dazai bitterly and said to him: "Occasionally, I have to let the child go, she is only three years old, how old are you?"

Osamu Dazai with a cat face: "Four-year-old."

"Childish." Kunikida held his forehead and didn't want to talk to him. He grabbed a handful of candies from the drawer and strode towards Huali. As compensation, Kunikida leaned over and spread his palm full of candies, "I didn't believe you just now, it's our fault..."

He pouted and passed some more candies: "In order to express our apology, this is your compensation, can you forgive us?"

Kunikida naturally has a different attitude when facing a good boy and a black-bellied partner.

Huali looked in the direction of Osamu Dazai, the young man was still paralyzed there, noticing her gaze sticking out his tongue and making a grimace.

Huali laughed.

She withdrew her gaze, picked two of them and held them in her hands, and generously expressed her forgiveness: "It's okay, I'll show it to you in a month."

The president saw that she only took two candies, and because of his lack of strength, he only peeled one out, and finally handed it to his mouth: "Mr. President, eat candies~"

He could see that it was Huali as a thank-you gift for him to believe in him, and he cooperatively opened his mouth to swallow the sweet candy, Huali peeled another one for himself, and before he could ask, he consciously said: "Hua Li needs to grow teeth, so don't eat too much sugar."

In comparison, it's just as good as hell.

Just in time to deal with business, it was almost noon, and the president invited guests to a nearby Japanese grocery store for dinner.

The few people who were eating after the meal were walking back on the way back. The clothes on Huali's body were obviously changed to a smaller size, and there were obvious stitches on them. Suddenly stopped and called Yosano Akiko, the woman turned her head: "President?"

He hugged Huali: "She didn't change her clothes, did she?"

There is no need to hide this kind of thing with Xie Ye, but I didn't expect the president to do this. It is autumn now, and there are many kinds of clothes in the store. When asked what kind of clothes Huali wants, Huali goes to the company Looking at Chang's body for a moment, he grabbed his kimono: "Hua Li also wants this."

The president didn't expect her to like kimonos.

"Green ones too," she raised her head to ask the president for advice, "is that okay?"

The man had no objection, but he thought that if such a child appeared together in a kimono similar to his own, the scene would seem... a bit warm.

Like father and daughter.

And their hair color is similar, if they go out together like that, almost no one will think about the relationship other than father and daughter.

Kimonos are not immediately available. After selecting the fabric, they have to be tailored. After a while, they will be called over to try on whether it is suitable. The operation is more cumbersome than ordinary dresses.

So I picked up three more autumn dresses and went back. As for the kimono, I promised to hurry up and make it in three or four days.

Seeing Huali's expectant look, Fukuzawa Yukichi added a little more deposit.

They tacitly told him that they would speed up the time and there would be absolutely no problems. Fukuzawa Yukichi's face softened a little. Although he still looked serious, it could be seen from his face that he was in a good mood.

In the past, the other members were asked to go back first during the body-fitting process, but now only Huali and the president are left walking side by side. In order to take care of her little feet, this is the slowest time Fukuzawa Yukichi has ever walked.

Passing by the place he often went to, the black cat didn't turn away like before, but jumped down without hesitation, looking in their direction with its tail flicking.

The cat walked over gracefully, wagging its tail.

The president, who has always been disliked by cats, even slowed down his breathing, for fear that his breathing would disturb the kitten that approached actively, but this was all his worry.

because he saw—

Even without the small dried fish that he always had in his cuffs, the beautiful black cat actively hugged Huali's calf and meowed coquettishly.

And when Huali stopped, the cat let go of its legs, showing its belly with confidence, and its cat's eyes were like silk, conveying a silent invitation to her to caress.

President: ...This world is somewhat unfair.

Huali smiled and squatted down to rub the kitten's soft belly casually. Perhaps the cat's meow was too charming. At this time, three or four cats came trotting over. They didn't need any bribes. They were attracted by her and lay down at Huali's feet. , meowing and waiting for Huali's favor.

The president suddenly felt as if countless arrows had been pierced into his body.

And Huali, who was playing with cats, remembered the president who was still standing next to her. She stroked one in each hand, and happily sent a team invitation to the president: "Does the president like cats?"

Fukuzawa Yukichi answered her in a low voice, then squatted down, and took out... four small dried fish from his cuff.

The four kittens were indifferent, and they simply ignored him to the extreme.

And Huali also noticed this, she picked one up from the ground and brought it to the president's side: "Mr. President, do you want to try it, they are so cute~"

The man's face turned cloudy for a moment, but his facial features didn't change at all. The black cat looked at him vigilantly, but it didn't run away immediately because of Huali's existence, but resisted being stroked by the man's palm After biting his belly, he immediately licked and licked the place he just touched in disgust.

The hand that the man was about to touch for the second time stiffened for a moment, and he withdrew his hand in silence.

The cat meowed cuddly towards Huali, rubbing against her palm, waiting for her touch.

This gap...is really a bit big.

But Huali didn't take it seriously, she put the cats down, stood up and grabbed the president's finger, then turned around and waved to the cats: "See you next time."

The neat meowing of the cats seemed to understand her words and responded, then turned around and disappeared across the wall.

"Mr. President, let's go back!"

Fukuzawa Yukichi lamented that fortunately his emotions are not shown on his face, otherwise Huali would definitely notice his loss and ask non-stop, but now, he is being held by soft little hands, which seems to give him the inner Appropriate comfort.

At least the kid wasn't afraid to be close to him.

Night is coming, Kunikida and Osamu Dazai are getting ready to go out, Huali, who put on a new dress, naturally cannot miss such a moment.

Huali was a little more cautious in the face of the two because of the lessons learned in the afternoon. She mentioned the reason why she followed: "I can show you the way, and maybe I can recognize that person quickly."

Now that she said so, Kunikida agreed without much thought out of guilt.

Dazai Osamu reminded: "Then you must protect her well, Kunikida-kun."

"That's natural."

According to the time period when the boy appeared in the surveillance, they made preparations in advance and began to squat in the alley.

Maybe it was because of good luck, before squatting for a quarter of an hour, a small figure appeared in their line of sight, but Huali still couldn't see the appearance of that person clearly, just followed Kunikida's reminder, covering her mouth Make a little noise.

The boy's footsteps were as light as snow falling on a branch.

He looked left and right, as if he was looking for the lone prey around him, and when he found none, he found a hidden corner like Dazai and others, waiting for drunk people to inadvertently break in here before he could strike.

Kunikida winked at Osamu Dazai, then covered Huali's eyes, and told her in a breathless voice, "Don't move here."

Huali nodded vigorously.

Kunikida stood up slowly, Dazai Osamu put one hand in his pocket, and copied from the back.

To deal with an inexperienced child, they easily held him in their hands without even using their abilities. Although he struggled with all his might, Kunikida, who was strong enough to overthrow Osamu Dazai with one hand, , It is very easy to control him.

Osamu Dazai turned on the phone, illuminating his face.

He was a half-grown boy, with stains on his face that hadn't been scrubbed for many days, but his eyes frantically avoided the light, and he bared his teeth showing a gesture of animal resistance: "Let me go!"

When he was caught, Osamu Dazai went to the corner and pulled Huali out. It was uncomfortable to be pulled on his wrist like this, Huali broke free and Osamu Dazai let her go.

The bandaged youth looked back at her: "Huh?"

In the next second, Huali held his little finger, and said in a sweet voice, "I want to hold you like this."

Osamu Dazai also went with her.

When she got close to the boy, Huali took a look at his appearance, but she was not completely sure.So I stared at his face and thought about it.

Osamu Dazai blasted him directly: "The things you snatched from her yesterday have almost been used up."

The young man subconsciously avoided his eyes almost when he saw her face. Such a guilty conscience was clearly a first-time offender.

"I don't know what you're talking about... let me go!"

He became agitated again, but the look was obviously the impotent rage of a guilty conscience.

Kunikida grabbed him by the neckline and lifted him up. The man's expression was gloomy: "Are you going to grab everything from the kid? Now that you hand it over, we can stop worrying about it..."

Osamu Dazai noticed that his pockets were bulging, and when he reached out to touch it, the young man was angry. He was like a little beast struggling desperately under the claws of a wild beast, grinning: "Don't touch my things!"

It's just that during the pulling, the rice ball wrapped in his pocket fell down, and the rice ball inside the bag that was not fastened rolled out.

His eyes followed the rice ball, and finally a pair of small hands rewrapped the rice ball and stuffed it into his pocket.

It's that kid.

Huali took a step back, and she stared at the dirty boy in front of her seriously: "I won't touch your things, so can you return the photo to me?"

The young man didn't struggle any more, but kept silent and remained stubborn, unwilling to give in.

Huali softened her voice, almost begging to speak: "That's a photo of my dad, it's very important...can you help me?"

"Lost it."

The boy's voice was as crisp as it had never been, but it was a little more mundane and turbid, which was different from his peers.

Huali's heart fell to the bottom: "Really..."

"It's just a photo," the boy turned his face away and said harshly, "It can't be exchanged for money, why should I keep it."

It's just that after he finished speaking, he noticed that Huali was silent and couldn't help but glanced in her direction. With the light of Dazai Osamu's cell phone, he found that the child had tears in his eyes, and the poor child was about to cried out.

Kunikida tightened his grip on the boy's collar, almost making him breathless.

A joking voice came from overhead, "Oh let me see, what happened here?"

A familiar voice came from the wall, and Osamu Dazai narrowed his eyes and looked over.