She just wanted Fukuzawa Yukichi to arrange one or two positions for her randomly, just like he had arranged for Ranpo to work in the theater.She is not afraid of physical work, she can do errands and chores, but it is tiring to communicate with people.

Just do some physical work.

While begging Fukuzawa Yukichi, she meditated in her heart.

Unexpectedly, Fukuzawa Yukichi invited her to join the newly established detective agency.

This was originally a great opportunity, but she hesitated.

The reason for the hesitation was not very complicated, she just remembered the words of her pen pal.

"Approaching him at such a close distance, I can't control my liking at all."

Yes, I can't control it at all.

And she came to work, not to have a crush on her boss.

So... She needs to think about it for a few days.

"Is this really okay... Ms. Oda..."

After changing out of his hospital gown, Atsushi Nakajima, who was wearing a white loose knit V-neck shirt and black jeans, was a little uncomfortable. He turned his body in front of the full-length mirror and looked at the dangling piece of denim behind the jeans. belt.

"Is this the aesthetics of urbanites?"

"Well, young people in the city wear it like this."

Staring contentedly at the belt dangling behind him, Oda Kazue said with a calm expression.

After coming out of Kishitani Shilla's apartment, Oda Kazue took him to buy a suit of clothes.Atsushi Nakajima refused many times on the road, but Kazue Oda, who had already made up his mind, had no choice but to follow.

"So that's how it is..." Atsushi Nakajima, who was staring straight at the belt and murmured, then reacted again, "No, no, no, no, Miss Oda, you don't need to buy clothes for me, you are willing to take the trouble Take me to Dr. Kishitani's house, it is enough to wait for Tiger to follow me, there is no need to do this for me!"

"I didn't do anything." She looked back from the hanger.

"You've done enough, Oda-san!"

The handsome young man yelled at the woman dressed as an office worker, which immediately attracted the attention of many people. Many people looked at the two of them and couldn't help whispering.

Ah, bad.

Atsushi Nakajima knew that he was causing trouble again, his voice suddenly dropped several degrees, and he muttered to the woman who seemed to be wandering: "I'm sorry, Miss Oda..."

sorry?

Oda didn't quite understand the point of his apology, but she understood why Atsushi Nakajima refused.

The woman who seemed to be distracted blinked her brown eyes, and said in a nonchalant tone, "So that's it."

"What?" Her tone didn't sound like she was angry, Nakajima Atsushi didn't continue to apologize, but looked up at her.

"After solving the tiger problem, are you willing to be adopted by me?"

When she said this for no reason, Atsushi Nakajima's mind went blank for another two seconds.

During the period, things ran in my mind such as [deceitful] [Miss Oda wants to adopt me] and [I will be adopted by someone].

The emotions of these three sentences went through shock, disbelief, and ecstasy, and finally turned into an unexpected calm after passing through his brain one by one.

His answer to Oda was just a sigh-like thought.

"Miss Oda, I am really useless, I am not needed, and I am a top-notch waste in the orphanage. No one likes me. If you want to adopt, Miss Oda can go to the orphanage to see other people , There are many children who are younger and smarter than me, and there are basically none of my age."

He narrated the heavy facts in frustration, compared to showing the joy of being adopted, his self-denial at this time was far greater than joy.

"So, Oda-san..."

"Wouldn't that be better?"

Before he could continue talking, Oda Kazue interrupted Atsushi Nakajima's self-deprecation.

"...What?" Atsushi Nakajima murmured dully after being interrupted, he couldn't understand what she was talking about.

The woman stepped forward to straighten his messy forehead hair, she took a step back and looked at the unconfident young man with shrunken shoulders, her pale lips opened and closed: "I mean, since no one is willing to adopt you, why don't I adopt you?" Is it okay?"

"Can……"

He moved his lips and wanted to refute, but the woman blocked all his retreats from the very beginning, making him unable to find an exit.

"I have six more children." She met his eyes, stared at Atsushi Nakajima and said, "I adopted them all, and one of them just fell into my household registration the day before yesterday. He is about the same age as you... ...No, it should be a little older than you, how old are you, Dun-jun?"

older than him?

He tugged at the knitted sweater wrapped around his body, and replied in a low voice, "13 years old, Miss Oda."

"That Ryunosuke is older than you, he is 15 years old."

Hearing what the woman said, Atsushi Nakajima's expression was shaken, and he asked, "Are you also a child from an orphanage?"

"No, they are children from the slums." She recounted Akutagawa's past plainly, watching the boy's immature face, "The other children are all orphans who lost their parents in the war."

"Now... is there still a war?" He murmured with a sad look on his face.

War is one of the biggest sources of child displacement. Many children in orphanages lost their families due to enemy attacks that broke out in various places, and some were abandoned by their parents at birth and sent to orphanages without knowing anything.

"It's everywhere, but it won't erupt on a large scale now." She paused, watching Atsushi Nakajima's half-drooped silver eyelashes move slightly, and he seemed relieved.This further confirmed what Oda Kazue thought in his heart. Atsushi Nakajima, a child, definitely hates destruction more than he likes it.

"I understand everything you said, but adopting a meaningless person like me...does you no good at all."

When she said so much, Atsushi Nakajima was still negating herself in a low voice.

Although he started when Oda Kazue said that he wanted to adopt him, there was a voice in his heart that shouted 'agree with her', but the deep-rooted influence of the orphanage on him made him unable to trust himself.

Oda Kazue had endless patience with the child, she raised her hand to rub his soft silver hair, when he looked up at her with misty eyes, a smile slowly appeared on her face, "Dun-kun, I think no one is meaningless, everyone needs to find it by themselves, since Dunjun can't find his own meaning in the orphanage, you can come to me."

As he said that, Oda Kazue added as if thinking of something: "It's not that I can give you meaning, you can follow me to find it, after all, I am also a half-hearted person."

He opened his mouth, unable to speak.

So far, Atsushi Nakajima has no words to refuse her.

"How?" Oda asked calmly.

He looked up at the woman whose expression had not changed, nodded, and looked confused again, "I... yes, I want to be Miss Oda's family, but I don't know... I don't know what I can do. "

"You don't need to do anything," the woman replied.

"I...then what should I do?" He circled around and still asked this question again, stubbornly and flusteredly trying to get an answer from her.

His past experience determined that he would be so obsessed with finding answers, and repeated many times he would still look at her like a drowning person, asking what to do next.

The woman figured out his low self-esteem, and no longer used the method of dealing with Akutagawa to guide him. After thinking about it, she said to him: "You should try to get along with them first."

"get along?"

"Well, my children are coming today." The woman pinched his sensual cheeks, seeing him blink blankly, "Try it, be a good brother and get along with them."

Oda Kazue saw the boy opened his mouth again, and seemed to want to continue to ask 'how to be a good brother', such a helpless child is more important to experience personally than to guide with words.

Her fingers pressed against the boy's thin lips, and the woman bent down.

Atsushi Nakajima didn't expect to be gagged, and stared at her with rounded eyes in a daze.

After a close approach, Oda Kazue discovered that the edges of his round eyes are purple, like a bright full moon surrounded by the night, which is extraordinarily beautiful.

Oda Kazue had a smile in his eyes: "Dun-kun, I have shown you the way, then you have to go and have a look yourself."

The author has something to say: Adopted son No. [-] is already in place.I've been hit by Oda-san and fell to the ground.

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