She squirmed her lips, and it took a little effort to make a normal sound.

"Those who are completely obedient and do not think for themselves are puppets. ”

She said calmly in the same voice.

"Does the head of the room want me to make a puppet? ”

Reiji Munakata seemed a little surprised. However, in her position with her back to him, she could not see his expression. He paused for a moment before saying, "I thought you would fully agree with all my choices, didn't you say that you think I've done a good job, and no one will do better than me." ”

Remembering the circumstances in which he said such a thing, Liu Quan grinned silently and smiled bitterly.

"Of course I will support you in all your choices, as long as you think it is the best option. She replied unexpectedly.

As if he didn't expect her to answer like this, Reiji Munegara raised his gaze in slight surprise, and his gaze fell on her back.

"Hah"

Liu Quan did not give him time to comment on this sentence, and continued, "However, this does not mean that I will not have a reasonable opinion on everything. ”

Reiji Munegara was silent for a long time before he said in an unusually serious and slightly thought-provoking tone, "Is that so?" ”

His overly bright brain was clearly thinking seriously about her words. However, "knowing" is one thing, "accepting" or just "getting used to" is another.

Liu Quan didn't think that this question was enough to shake the key point of the relationship between them, she just felt that this kind of problem that would arise during the run-in period came a little untimely, and there was a Stoica outsider floating on the street outside, but this kind of thing was not easy to grasp the evidence before the other party really committed any crimes. She could only temporarily suppress the anxiety that rose in her heart because of this matter, and said "Then I will retire" according to her current subordinate, and continued to walk forward, Leaving the room manager's office, leaving room for the head of the room to think carefully.

And so the stalemate continued for several days.

At noon that day, taking advantage of the opportunity for the head of the room to go out again, Liu Quan made a phone call on the rooftop again.

"Zhou Fang's predecessor is me, Yanagizumi Nobuya. There's one thing I'd like to ask you. ”

She paused, as if unceremoniously squirted by the person on the other end of the phone, with a wry smile on her face.

"Okay, Mr. Zun. She changed her name, and her tone was much more casual.

"Thank you for reminding me that day. That person's superpowers are interesting, and if you hadn't warned me beforehand, it wouldn't have been easy to notice that you're following such a person."

"I just want to ask, since this person appeared in Jinmecho that day, do you and the people of Akagumi have any impression of Ichimura Zero, whether he was haunting Jinmecho for a while, or if he happened to appear near Hora that day"

The person on the other side of the phone seemed to answer a few more simple words, and Liu Quan's face became solemn.

"yes, the Akagumi don't have a clue over there, that's interesting. ”

The corners of her lips curled slightly, revealing a somewhat grim smile.

After hanging up the phone, she didn't linger too much on the rooftop, but walked to the fire door that led to the staircase, pushed it open and entered the building.

However, she stopped abruptly as she climbed the huge staircase inside the Sceter 4 building, which was so ornate that it didn't look like a small branch room.

Awashima Seri happened to appear around the corner, seemingly coming out of another hallway, also about to go downstairs. Seeing Liu Quan, she seemed to be slightly stunned, and after nodding to her, she groaned for a while, and still stopped Liu Quan, who was about to continue downstairs.

"Willow Spring" Awashima called her by her last name, and pressed her left hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist with a worried expression.

"Maybe I shouldn't be too quick to get into it, but I think that if things are left unchecked, sooner or later it will affect my official business. ”

As soon as she heard this opening statement, Liu Quan realized what Awashima's sister wanted to talk to her. She stood still on the stairs and looked back at Sister Awashima, feeling like sighing.

Speaking of which, the current situation is indeed slightly subtle.

She and the head of the room didn't seem to have any trouble with each other, and it seemed that no one had a wrong idea, but they were screwed up at a certain point, as if they were competing with each other, and they didn't think they had any reason to make concessions, because if they gave in here, then the other side would have the upper hand and take their concessions for granted, and they would also form a mental inertia when dealing with problems in the future, which was much worse than just making concessions.

In other words, just as one of her married cousins inadvertently said in the world of Bunsheng when she showed affection, "When I got married, I thought that I could wash his clothes for him, but the bottom line is that he must come to his own panties and socks, and if he can't give in, he will treat me as a maid and old mother who can do everything for him from now on, and there will be no psychological barrier to treating me as a yellow-faced woman in the future."

Liu Quan still remembers that after making such earth-shattering remarks, her cousin continued to elaborate on the question of who washed the dirty panties and dirty socks, and a long-term offensive and defensive protracted battle broke out between her and her cousin-in-law. When the war was raging, my cousin wore plastic gloves and threw my brother-in-law's dirty socks in the garbage bag, while my cousin-in-law bought new socks at home, but in the end, the war ended in my cousin's victory. A few years later, my cousin-in-law was still the same kind of painting style that was very lazy as soon as he came home, but he also began to slowly do his own laundry in addition to his underwear and socks

Hawkers,This kind of short thing in the family doesn't sound like it fits the style of the head of the room.。 However, the truth of the matter is the same. If one side is always giving in and the other side is always attacking, things will not last long. It is necessary to find a balance point that everyone feels acceptable in the continuous trial of both sides, and can also get along with this model in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan also slowly sorted out his thoughts.

The key is not the amount of love, nor the quarrel or cold war, but how to get along for a long time, how to maintain oneself in this long-term relationship, maintain one's beautiful characteristics that will make the other person fall in love before, and keep it fresh.

If the head of the room still insisted on his idea after various trade-offs at the end of this time, she would certainly respect his opinion.

But she doesn't just say, "Your opinion is always right anyway, so I don't need to use my own brain to think in the future, you can do everything for you."

How many times will she still say, "This is my opinion".

Chief, in a phrase that is popular in my Bunsen world, you can disagree with me, but you will defend my right to speak to the death

For I am ready to gamble everything at any time to defend your ideals, your righteousness, and your peace from being violated

Awashima in front of her seemed to be also deliberating on her words, so she didn't notice Yanagiquan's long silence. She thought for a moment before saying, "From the standpoint of a friend who has known you and the head of the room for a long time, I think you should know about this." ”

Willow Springs

Awashima says, "After the Pillar Pagoda incident, I visited the office manager's apartment, because the head of the room had already moved out of the SCETER 4 camp on his own initiative because he was dismissed by the prime minister. ”

Willow Springs

Awashima hesitated.

"I went to hear what the head of the room had to do about the current situation after the slate was taken away by the Green King, however, I saw uh, the unexpected fact. ”

She seemed to pause for a moment as she thought of something, and raised her gaze to look at Liu Quan, her expression becoming extraordinarily earnest.

"At that time, the sword of Damocles of the head of the chamber was severely damaged in the Pillar Tower incident the night before, and the situation of cracking and falling debris was already obvious and irretrievable"

Willow Springs

Awashima sensed her shock, and a smile of relief appeared on her lips.

"Then we heard the song coming from next door. ”

She looked into Willow Spring's eyes.

"You must know that song. ”

Liu Quan was silent for a moment, and slowly curled the corners of his lips.

"The song at that Christmas party in the Superwell Middle School Park. ”

Awashima nodded silently.

Liu Quan was silent for a moment, then suddenly snorted and laughed.

"It's totally OOC, head," she said softly, as if to herself.

The head of the room also remembered this song after the separation, of course she knew about it for a long time, and after they reunited that day, she had already discovered that the stereo in the room director's apartment was set to play automatically when the machine was turned on, and it was this song. However, when this fact was spoken by a third person other than the two of them who had an objective position, it was unexpected, and the shock caused her was doubly doubled.

Liu Quan looked away slightly and lowered his head.

"Think about it, Yanagiquan-kun. Instead of making a long accusation or lecturing her, Awashima spoke to Yanagizumi succinctly and earnestly.

"Think about the meaning behind this, think about what the head of room means to you. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her identity as the instructor of the Youth Department of Chaowei Middle School, and said to Liu Quan word by word in a serious, sincere and powerful tone.

"No matter when, even if you have disappeared and can't find your whereabouts, such a person will always remember you and cherish those memories well, otherwise, he will not listen to that song quietly and listen to it for so long at that moment"

"That's what I thought. ”

After Awashima finished speaking, Liu Quan was silent for a long time.

Then he raised his gaze and looked directly at Awashima without shying away.

"I see. She replied simply.

She just reached into her pocket in front of Awashima and took out the terminal.

"The head of the room went out again today to have a meeting with those so-called government monarchs, it's really nerve-wracking. She said to herself.

"Is it really good to say such things to him at such a moment, forget it. ”

Awashima ""

However, before Liu Quan could pull out the room chief's number and dial it, the terminal suddenly vibrated in her hand

Liu Quan looked at the caller ID on the screen, and it was actually a call from the hospital.

She picked up the phone with a puzzled face, and it turned out to be an incredible lost and found call

"Is it Miss Liu Quan, Hello, I am here in the XX District General Hospital. The purpose of my call today is to report to you that the young lady you sent here five days ago has been discharged from the hospital," the other party said on the phone, a very calm female voice, probably a person like the attending physician.

Liu Quan thought it was a little strange. "Oh, speaking of which, she didn't get hurt, right, that, and it's normal if you are discharged from the hospital."

However, the female doctor interrupted her.

"No, Miss Yanagiquan, I don't know if you understand what I mean, that young lady was not discharged from the hospital after going through the normal discharge procedures. She left on her own. ”

Liu Quan was stunned for a moment.

"Ha, what do you mean by calling me, is it because the other party owes the hospital for treatment?"

The female doctor paused on the phone in a rare way.

"It is true that the young lady did not settle the treatment fee, but that is not the point of my call today. ”

"Because Ms. Yanagizumi was the one who sent her, I would like to ask you if you knew her before, if you knew her before, and if you knew that she had a tendency to self-harm or was subjected to serious domestic violence."

Liu Quan was really shocked this time.

"Self-harm and self-harming domestic violence"

It was true that she thought that if the girl went to a nightclub at night, she might have drunk and anything would happen, and she had not seen a drunk girl bang her head against a wall or smash a wine bottle and slash her arm, but if the doctor could deliberately bring up the word "self-harm", the matter must be more serious than the ordinary pleasure of pursuing pain and happiness.

Moreover, how can there be domestic violence, is she inadvertently discovering what problems must be dealt with by social workers, and the girl is still a victim of domestic violence

"No," her voice became serious, "I didn't know her before. When I took her to the hospital, I also explained that I sent her to the hospital because she was frightened by the violence of unscrupulous elements threatening passers-by. ”

The female doctor sighed slightly.

"So should I call the police? She said as if she were thinking about the possibility.

Willow Springs

"What the hell happened and why did you come to such a conclusion"

After the female doctor's brief explanation on the phone, Yanagizumi hung up the phone and turned to Awashima, whose face was equally solemn because he heard the words "self-harm" and "domestic violence".

"Awashima-kun, I have to go out now. A few days ago, I met a witness to an incident of occasional violence on the road, and now the doctor suspects that he is suffering from a serious domestic violence problem and self-harm tendencies, and he left the hospital on his own accord with unknown whereabouts. She explained the cause and effect in a few words, and shoved the terminal into her pocket.

Awashima nodded with a calm face, and instructed "Handle this matter well, and if you need support, you can contact the tunsho", and watched as Liu Quan ran down the stairs in three steps and two steps, pushed open the door of the SCETER 4 building, and rushed into the bright midday sun.