The next day at noon.

Standing in front of Vongola's castle, the hedgehog realized that he had guessed wrong.

"Baby! Daddy is here! ”

My wife's father was waiting for the arrival of his baby daughter early in the morning, he rushed up to a bear hug and rubbed the hedgehog that had just gotten off into his arms, kissed it fiercely, but it was not enjoyable, and he lifted it up and turned around several times. If it weren't for my wife's mother getting out of the car and snatching her baby daughter back, the hedgehog would have been vomited.

"So dizzy......" The hedgehog with his eyes full of stars was dizzy and stuffed into the arms of Ji'an, who got off the car last.

My wife's mother boldly gave her husband a bear hug, pressed the person into her chest and rubbed it well, then waved her hand to Ji'an behind her and said, "You guys slow down, I'll go first with my dear." ”

In this way, my wife's father saw his daughter for only three seconds, and was ruthlessly dragged into the castle by my wife's mother.

Ji An waved a small handkerchief and watched and shouted, "Ya Butterfly!" My wife's father was dragged by the back collar and disappeared behind the castle gate. And he lagged behind, and his steps were very brisk, and he carried the hedgehog into the castle before he could react to what was happening.

The hedgehog lay in Ji'an's arms, carefully looking inside and outside the castle.

The castle of Vongola is a little smaller than the castle of Ji'an, and the interior decoration is not as grand as the five-step art of the Ji'an family. In general, it's an ordinary castle at the civilian level. Coupled with the lack of lighting, there is an eerie feeling when standing in the cloister. However, the furniture in Vongola's house looks very old, and it is basically dark colors.

The hedgehog shivered in fear, and after being put down by Ji'an, he held his hand tightly and refused to let go, and looked up and asked, "Gi'an Oni-chan...... Who are we going to meet? ”

Purposefully coming from the door to the door of a room, the hedgehog looked at Gian and said to her, "To visit Mr. Timoteo, of course." With that, he pushed open the door to the room.

"Wow!" The hedgehog opened his mouth rudely and looked up at the surrounding decorations.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the scene inside the door is to enter the botanical garden, the flower room with glass windows, all kinds of flowers and trees, and the whole greenhouse is warm with some moisture, blowing away the previous weirdness, making the hedgehog feel very comfortable. There is a feeling that I feel like I was back when I was a child, working in the rainforest with my wife and mother, and mingling with the animals there.

And in the greenhouse, you can still hear the "chirping" of birds, those little ones with colorful feathers hide behind the leaves, secretly look at a few people who entered the house, and when they see the hedgehog, they chirp one after another, and they all fly down and fall on her, forming a human-shaped bird frame. These little birds are not afraid of life at all, and they rub the hedgehog's cheek very affectionately, or make a nest directly on her head, and some even peck her stupid hair.

"Haha, it's so itchy." The hedgehogs that brushed their necks tickled a little, and she tried her best to avoid them, but she was scratched by the bird's feathers again.

The hedgehog was used to being liked by animals, but the people around her who didn't know her characteristics were a little surprised.

"I'm sorry Ernie sauce, I would have prepared it if I knew there were birds in the greenhouse,...... Normally they don't rush up so suddenly. The hedgehog turned his head with difficulty, smiled apologetically at Ji An, who quickly regained his smiling expression, and continued to explain: "In the past, I encountered dogs and cats from afar, and if I prepared a little, they would not suddenly rush up and surround me. ”

The hedgehog would run away before being surrounded every time, but this time she made a mistake, but she didn't expect that there were birds in the greenhouse, and now it has become a humanoid bird frame, and she can't walk if she wants to.

"Well, can you let me go first? I'm a little bothered. "The hedgehog tried to communicate with the birds.

The birds seemed to understand what the hedgehog meant, and one of the small birds with a little green in its feathers flew down and pecked the tip of the hedgehog's nose lightly, and then the flock of birds that had landed on her flew back to the tree, staring at her with fierce eyes and continuing to walk.

Gian helped the hedgehog sort out the feathers that had fallen on her before taking her to Mr. Timoteo.

Mr. Timoteo was a very pleasant old man, and when the hedgehog saw him, he was watering the flowers with a watering can, and he still had mud-stained gloves on his hands, and when he noticed that someone was coming, he stopped his work and smiled and beckoned them to come and see the flowering plants.

That swaggering look is very much like the kind old man next door. If only he hadn't had so many bodyguards in black suits standing next to him.

The hedgehog looked up again at Ji'an, who was also carrying two bodyguards and looked like a prince. These two people really don't look like ordinary people at all. Dad, what kind of people do you know?

The hedgehog, who had basically guessed it, silently retracted his gaze and acted as a mural.

"I'm not young, and I take care of the greenhouse by myself." Ji An skillfully took the watering can and watered the remaining plants one by one.

Ji An said: "Why can't those subordinates you raise come to help you." ”

Mr. Timoteo waved his hand, sat down in his chair and said, "Hahaha, they are very busy, and I can do it myself, I still want to do it myself." He finished with a smile and just happened to see the hedgehog peeking out from behind Ji'an.

"Hello, can I tell Grandpa by name?" Mr. Timoteo's smile was so gentle that it made people feel warm when they looked at it.

The hedgehog smiled shyly in response and replied, "Hello grandpa, I'm ......"

"My little hedgehog." Ji'an rushed ahead of the hedgehog and introduced. He stretched out his hand and patted the hedgehog's little brain melon with a smile and said, "How is it, isn't it cute?" ”

"Hahaha, it's a cute little guy." Mr. Timoteo laughed, suddenly smiled, and unceremoniously pierced Ji An and said: "Obviously she is the daughter of someone else's Jiejun, and you are embarrassed to say that it is your family, be careful that Jiejun heard it and killed you with a kitchen knife." ”

"Tsk. was discovered. Ji'an shrugged indifferently, squatted down and said to the hedgehog: "Little hedgehog, Ernie sauce has something to talk to grandpa, can you go out and play by yourself?" ”

"Hmm." The hedgehog nodded obediently, waved to the people in the greenhouse, and went out to play obediently.

With nothing to do and no idea where his parents were, the hedgehog could only wander around Mr. Timoteo's house. Probably because of a child's relationship, even if the hedgehog accidentally went to the wrong place, the people in the house would ask her name and say, "It's so cute." sighed, and then told her that she couldn't enter here, and thoughtfully pointed out the direction of another corridor where she could play.

In this way, the hedgehog, who was invincible at Mr. Timoteo's house, walked and came to a strange corridor.

The windows in this hallway let in a lot of light, but it has a very cold feeling. As if deliberately, a door was built in one-third of the long corridor to separate it, and the inside and outside of the door were welded with iron bars, as if to close something.

Curiously, the hedgehog stepped into the door, quietly closed the isolation door, and slowly walked to the only door in the hallway, where she took the doorknob and turned it downwards to open it.

"Squeak." The door made the sound of being in disrepair and about to be oiled.

The interior was dim, and the heavy curtains kept the warm sunlight out, but you could still see the décor of the Tsar's court and the golden tones. The four-poster bed was hung with a cloth curtain, and the warm-looking quilt on the bed was raised. Noticing that someone was in the room, the hedgehog covered his mouth for the first time and slowly retreated.

She wanted to sneak away before the other party woke up.

"Who allowed you to go?" Hoarseness and a muffled voice came from the bed.

The sudden sound made the hedgehog stiffen and did not dare to move again. Because she was caught on the spot and casually entered the room, her face was red with embarrassment.

The man on the bed said in a commanding tone, "Come here." ”

After not waiting for the hedgehog for half a day, he spoke impatiently again: "Don't let me say it a third time, come here, trash!" ”

"Yes, yes...... Be! ”

The hedgehog struggled with tears in his eyes, and rationally gave up his escape plan. She knew that she had provoked a person with a very bad temper, so she obediently walked to the side of the bed and stood up, lowered her head, folded her hands in front of her and pinched them, and looked like she had a good attitude to admit her mistake.

"Turn on the lights." The owner of the room commanded again.

The hedgehog shuddered, quickly pounced on the bedboard, fumbled for a moment to find the switch and pulled it down.

The dimly lit room brightened in an instant, and the person on the bed complained about the sudden light, "It's too bright!" ”

"Yes, I'm sorry!" The hedgehog instinctively apologized, covered the harsh light with his body, and waited until he felt used to it, then slowly withdrew his body and turned his head to look at the person lying on the bed.

On the bed, covered by a curtain, lay a young man with short black hair and a somewhat fierce look, with a pair of frightening scarlet pupils, and hideous scars on his cheeks that were clearly frostbitten.

The hedgehog froze, she knew that it was rude to keep staring at someone's face, but she couldn't control herself. An instinctive command is being carried out in the brain, and that is to never look away. It's like never turning your back to a beast on a savannah, and never looking away from it for fear.

The hedgehog stared straight at the person on the bed who seemed to be immobile, peeked at the empty water cup on the bedtable, and asked, "You...... Thirsty? ”

After waiting for a long time, the person on the bed did not give the hedgehog an answer, but frowned fiercely.

Undiscouraged, the hedgehog lowered his voice a little, tried to make himself look friendly, and asked with concern, "Ernie sauce...... Is it sick? ”

Again, there was no answer, and the man on the bed stared at the hedgehog vigorously.

The successive failures slightly hit the hedgehog's little heart, but seeing that the other party had no intention of letting herself go, she could only face the difficulties again, "My name is hedgehog, the hedgehog of the hedgehog." ”

[The first rule of my wife's hedgehog animal taming rule, try to show your friendly side, so that the beast thinks that you are not attackable, and then relaxes. 】

The hedgehog has always felt that he is like this, and he doesn't need to show his friendly face anymore.

"Mr. Gian Carlo brought me here, huh...... Visit? ”

[The second rule of my wife's hedgehog taming the beast, let the beasts know that you are one kind.] 】

The hedgehog obviously felt that when he talked about Ji'an, the young man on the bed was not as vigilant as before, although he still looked fierce, but it was much better than the feeling of staring at you before, trying to kill you with his eyebrows, and poking a hole in you.

After a long silence, the man on the bed finally spoke: "Are you here with that guy Carlo?" ”

"Well, it was Gianoni who brought me here."

"You call him Gian?" The young man on the bed furrowed his brows again, and began to stare at the little girl in front of him without blinking. After the hedgehog was sweating profusely, he withdrew his gaze, and the whole person relaxed and ordered: "Come up, turn me over." ”

“…… Well? Oh. The hedgehog was stunned for a moment, and immediately took off his shoes and climbed into bed.

Turning over the person who was as steady as Mount Tai on the bed, the hedgehog lifted the quilt at the signal of the other party, looked at the movement of the person on the bed who was obviously put on the table and wondered for a moment, and then under the command of the other party, he helped the person in front of him turn over.

"Scratch your back."

"Huh?!" The hedgehog looked at the back covered by the shirt in front of her in embarrassment, she had helped her father scratch her back, and she also helped her mother scratch her back, but outsiders ...... This is the first time in my life.

"What are you rubbing?"

Hearing the other party's obviously impatient voice, the hedgehog was horizontal, his little paws reached into the opponent's shirt, and secretly pinched the soft and hard muscles under his hands, and his fingers were immediately hooked, and he grabbed it with a swish, and asked while grabbing: "Is this strength good?" Isn't it the location? ”

"Use some force."

"Yes!"

The hedgehog leaned on one paw and clattered at the other's back like a marmot turning over the earth. It took her a full five minutes before she heard the other party's words, "Okay." Voice.

Helping the other party turn over again, the hedgehog wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat cross-legged on the bed, and helped the person who couldn't move at all to change a comfortable movement before saying, "Ernie sauce, it's not early, I'm going back." ”

Before leaving, the hedgehog leaned on the side of the door and asked, "Tomorrow, can I still come to see Ernie sauce?" ”

"Hmph,."

The hedgehog didn't care about being badly spoken, closed the door properly, and quickly ran back to the corridor where he was playing before. After Ji'an found him, he went to dinner with him.

My wife's father and mother won't be gone for a while, and Gian seems to be staying with Mr. Timoteo for a while because of his work, and the hedgehog fulfills the agreement he made unilaterally with others, and once again sneaks into the room that has been isolated.

Before entering the door, the hedgehog leaned on the side of the door and whispered, "Ernie sauce?" Are you asleep? ”

"Hmph."

Hearing the soft hum, the hedgehog went into the room with the book she brought, took off her shoes and climbed into bed, she looked at the person who was still lying on the bed after the change in action, and said, "Ernie sauce is boring alone, I asked Mr. Jia An to help me borrow a book." ”

"Look, it's a picture book." The hedgehog held up the books he brought for display.

The man on the bed, though impatient, had no intention of driving the hedgehog away. The hedgehog happily spread the book on his lap and opened the first page, climbed to the other party's side and sat down against him, holding the book and whispering: "A long, long time ago, there was a town that was infested by rats, and the mayor was helpless. One day, a man of unknown origin and wearing a colorful ...... came to the town.

“…… But the next year, he reappeared and played the magic flute...... The children were never to be seen again. The hedgehog finished telling this fairy tale to those who were too lazy to listen to it.

"Hmph, boring." The person on the bed was obviously impatient, but he still accompanied the hedgehog to finish reading the picture book.

The hedgehog estimated the time when he sneaked out, and felt that it was already late, so he had to say goodbye to the person in the room who couldn't move: "I'm sorry Ernie sauce, I sneaked out today, it's time to go back now, bye." ”

For days, the hedgehog went to the isolated room every day to report.

Miraculously, no one seems to be noticed in Vongola, and the hedgehog will disappear for an hour or two in the afternoon without finding anyone. Or maybe they all knew where the little girl had gone, but they just didn't want to bother her perseverance.

Today, the hedgehog went to that room as a routine to report.

It's just that today's room is a little different, the lights in the room have been deliberately adjusted to brightness, and after entering the room, you can clearly smell some cool fresh air in the room.

The hedgehog frowned suspiciously, took off his shoes and climbed into bed, and then saw the person who was flipping through the book.

The hedgehog remained on his stomach for a moment, and said in surprise: "Ou, Ernie sauce?!" You, can you move your arms? That's great! When she couldn't help but pounce on her joy, she was stopped by the other party.

"It's noisy." The other party just looked up and quieted the restless hedgehog.

"Yes, I'm sorry." The hedgehog pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, honestly crawled over and sat on the duck, looked at the difficult Italian book that the other party was reading with a curious face, and asked, "What are you reading Ernie sauce?" ”

"Hmph."

"Yes, Mai, Macbeth?" Barely able to read the words, the hedgehog hung his head a little wiltingly, and said cautiously, "Great, Ernie sauce." Before, the hedgehog was still very worried that Ernie sauce would be lonely lying in bed all the time. ”

"It's just that I can't move for the time being."

Being able to get such a long reply from the other party is already a reward for the hedgehog.

The hedgehog was still worried before, what if the Ernie sauce on the bed was completely paralyzed? She couldn't stay in Vongola for the rest of her life to accompany him to relieve her boredom, and she was still worried about how to solve this problem these days. Now hearing the person concerned say this, the hedgehog is completely relieved.

"Ernie sauce, heal sooner. Now outside, the sun is warm, and yesterday I took a nap with Mr. Ji'an. ”

The hedgehog was answered only by the sound of speeding up the pages of the book.

As soon as the hedgehog, who felt puzzled, raised his head, he saw the person in front of him frowning impatiently, and put on the expression of wanting to kill someone with his eyebrows. When he spotted the hedgehog's gaze, he glared back fiercely.

The hedgehog, who has been used to being stared at in the past few days, is not afraid of him at all, and asks tentatively with a tilted head: "Why is Ernie sauce angry?" Is it because of Mr. Ji'an? ”

The expressions of the people on the beds did not change, and they didn't even bother to give alms to the hedgehogs with a look.

Gradually, I could touch the other party's somewhat arrogant hedgehog, and asked tentatively again: "Is it because I took a nap with Mr. Ji'an?" ”

The man on the bed glared at him with an unusually fierce look, and if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't move, the hedgehog would have been so frightened that he would have fallen out of bed and run out of the room like a desperate escape. The reason why she is so bold now is that the other party can't move and can't do anything to her.

The hedgehog was silent for a while, and suddenly clenched his fists and clapped his palms: "Oh, I know, Ernie sauce, you were angry yesterday because I took a nap with Mr. Ji'an and didn't come to you on time, right?" ”

The person on the bed seemed to have been stepped on by his tail, and the whole person shouted angrily: "Shut up! It's noisy! ”

Seeing the other party's annoyed and angry look, the hedgehog who "asked for the name" today and challenged the failure held his mouth, saw that the time was almost up, and said goodbye: "I'll come back tomorrow, Ernie sauce." With that, he left the room.

The young man on the bed closed the book that he hadn't read much at all, he stared silently at the closed door, he didn't know when there was an extra feather between his fingers, he looked down at the brightly colored feather, then put it under the pillow in the book, closed his eyes and began to rest.