In fact, Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi have always thought that Kitagawa Temple has the ability to read minds, or similar to mind-reading.

So when they heard Beichuan Temple say no, they all showed a look of astonishment.

Because some things don't need to be explained by 'mind reading', they can't be explained at all.

"But I don't know how to read minds. So it's only natural to come over to see Yoshiko Ada. Beichuan Temple said directly.

"No... Now compared to that... I have other questions to ask. ”

Inari Kazuhime next to him raised his hand, and his expression was a little incomprehensible.

"Ask." Kitagawa Temple answered plainly.

"Why are we coming to the family restaurant?" Inari Kazuhime asked with a look full of incomprehension.

Yes, they were sitting in the family dining room at this time, and even ordered a dinner at Kitagawa Temple.

I'm still talking about business... Why did you come out to eat all of a sudden?

"According to you, Yoshiko Anda usually leaves work at half past five and goes home on time at six, right?"

Kitagawa Temple calmly confirmed while eating the seafood risotto in front of him.

"That's right..."Inari Kazuhime watched Kitagawa Temple eat, and his eyes subconsciously shifted.

"It's only 5:40 now, and I'm not in a hurry to visit the door. And—"

And...?

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Kei looked over.

"I'm hungry."

Kitagawa replied bluntly, and then he glanced at Inari Kazuhime, who was secretly swallowing his saliva and wanted to eat but couldn't pull it down.

Without thinking, he called the waiter and ordered dinner for both Keiichi Inari and Kazuhime Inari:

"You also have to take care of your own body before solving the incident, and it is the most unwise choice to force yourself into it because you are unwell."

Saying that, Beichuan Temple finished the seafood risotto with three times and five divided by two.

Not...

Keiichi Inari and Kazuhime Inari both have a red complexion.

The two of them ran to the special department as soon as they got out of class, and naturally they didn't eat much.

It's already six o'clock for dinner, and of course I'm a little hungry.

Considering that there was something to be resolved, I put up with it and didn't say anything.

Now that there is a 'teacher'-like figure like Kitagawa Temple taking the lead, the Inari brothers and sisters have also begun to solve the meal in front of them.

Seeing that they began to start eating, Beichuan Temple's face slowed down.

I don't know why, looking at this pair of siblings, he always thinks of Eri Kitagawa.

At the beginning, when he took the initiative to take care of three meals a day at home, Eri Kitagawa was also like this, and the whole person seemed hesitant.

And now...?

Eri Kitagawa has fully embraced it.

I don't know if Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi will also become what Eri Kitagawa will look like in the future.

Just as Beichuan Temple was thinking like this, a surprised voice suddenly sounded next to him.

"Mr. Keiichi? Miss Ichihime? ”

It was an office woman in a slip dress who spoke.

She looked very young and had short shoulder-length hair.

But such a woman who was in the prime of her energy, but her eyes were haggard, her face was pale, and she looked as if she had aged five or six years out of thin air.

The other party was carrying a small bag on his shoulder, and he was still carrying a small paper bag in his hand that he didn't know what it was wrapping.

It can be seen that she should have just gotten off work.

"Miss Yoshiko?!"

Keiichi Inari and Kazuhime Inari hurriedly wiped their mouths and stood up.

"Hmm... Mr. Keiichi and Miss Ichihime, we meet again. ”

Yoshiko Anda smiled politely at the Inari siblings.

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi both have regular police officer certificates, and they are also the ones who solve problems for themselves, so of course she is very polite to the two.

But—

"Who is this...?"

Yoshiko Anda sat in confusion at the Kitagawa Temple opposite the two of them, and said in confusion.

"This is our big brother Beichuan... Well... Our seniors, this time also came for Miss Anda's nightmare. ”

Inari Kazuhime coughed dryly twice and hurriedly changed his words.

"Ahh What a faux pas. ”

As she spoke, Yoshiko Anda stretched out her hand.

"I'm Yoshiko Ada, please advise."

"Hmm. I'm Kitagawa Temple. ”

Beichuan Temple's eyes flashed, and he stretched out his hand and shook the other party briefly.

He had been using his dead breath to look at Yoshiko Adachi from just now.

But as Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi said, Kitagawa Temple did not see the resentment on Yoshiko Ada.

She looks like an ordinary ordinary person, with no resentment or good thoughts.

Beichuan Temple retracted his gaze, and then asked:

"I wonder if Miss Anda is convenient now? It's not a good place to talk about things. ”

Indeed, there are many people in a family restaurant, and it is not suitable to talk about things quietly.

"I didn't think about it."

Anda Yoshiko naturally understood what Kitagawa Temple meant, she glanced at the surrounding environment, and then showed a smile: "If you don't dislike it, you can go to my house now, and I will definitely receive you solemnly." ”

Since Yoshiko Anda said so, of course Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi on the side have no opinion.

The four of them packed up their things, and after checking out, they followed Yoshiko Anda into an apartment building.

The apartment looks pretty high-end, and you need to swipe your card to enter the apartment at the bottom, and if you are visiting from an outsider, you only need to enter the room number, let the owner of the room confirm your identity, and then unlock the room to enter.

While several people were waiting for the elevator to go up, Yoshiko Anda also told Kitagawa Temple why she was in the family restaurant.

The small paper bag in Yoshiko Adachi's hand contained the medicine she had been taking.

Ever since she had nightmares every day, she has been taking neuroleptic drugs regularly.

It's just that these drugs have little effect, and they will still have nightmares.

And this time she went to the hospital to get medicine, and when she came back, she planned to solve it in the family restaurant for dinner... As a result, I coincidentally met Kitagawa Temple and Inari Keiichi and others.

"I didn't expect to meet Mr. Keiichi and Miss Ichihime... What a coincidence. Looks like something good will happen tomorrow. Yoshiko Adachi opened the door and smiled.

"Uh... Compared to that... How is Miss Anda doing? Still having nightmares? ”

Inari Kazuhime asked embarrassedly.

She and her brother didn't do anything in the first place, and they were praised so much by the other party... It's a bit embarrassing.

"Hmm... It's still the same, and there's no relief. ”

Yoshiko Adachi laughed optimistically twice and waved her hand to signal that the two of them didn't care.

"You two don't really have to care, I'm almost used to it..."

"And even if I can't solve the weird dream for the time being, it's nothing, because the two of you come to me every day, and it also gives me some psychological comfort as a single woman who lives alone... That's enough for me to thank both. Come, drink tea. ”

She casually found a place to sit down, and then served tea to the three people of Beichuan Temple one by one.

Seeing that Yoshiko Anda was so polite, Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi glanced at each other, becoming more and more at a loss and embarrassed.

After all, both of them are still high school students, and they naturally don't know how to respond in the face of such social rhetoric.

They turned their eyes for help to Kitagawa Temple, only to find that Kitagawa Temple was staring directly at Yoshiko Anda, as if thinking about something.

Could it be that Big Brother Beichuan already has a clue?

Inari Kazuhime and Inari Keiichi blinked, both looking forward to it.

Of course, Kitagawa Temple also felt the burning gaze of the two of them, but he was not in a hurry, and only began to scan the environment in the room after looking at Anda Yoshiko, and only officially spoke after almost a minute.

"Miss Anda, your neck is here..."

As he spoke, Kitagawa Temple also pointed to the other party's neck.

"Ahh Was it discovered by Mr. Kitagawa? But that's what Mr. Keiichi and Miss Kazuhime know..."

Yoshiko Adachi smiled and pulled her neckline down, revealing her neck.

On her smooth, fair neck, there was a clearly visible bruise of cyan bruises.

This cyan bruise is like a human palm, and the traces of the five fingers are very clear.

Looking at it from a closer distance like this, it only makes people feel a little scary.

"Don't look like this, but it's not painful at all, it's just that it doesn't look good."

Yoshiko Anda said with particular optimism.

Beichuan Temple didn't open his mouth to discourage her overly optimistic attitude, he just took a deep look at the cyan bruise, and asked again:

"Did Miss Anda ever have any accidents or accidents? For example, accidents such as car accidents. ”

Listening to the narration of Kitagawa Temple, Anda Yoshiko covered her mouth slightly, and replied after a long time:

"Ahh This terrible thing... I don't remember seeing it. Because I'm so timid, even if something like this does happen in front of me, I'll basically walk away. ”

"So did Miss Anda ever get into an argument with someone else? Let's say what kind of contradiction is particularly intense. ”

Kitagawa Temple asked again.

"Hmm... This one... I probably don't have to, my colleagues and I get along pretty well, but if you want to talk about a dispute, it must have been seven or eight years ago, right? My mother and I discussed whether or not we wanted to go to college. ”

Yoshiko Anda said thoughtfully.

"Really?"

Yoshiko Anda's answer silenced Kitagawa Temple.

It was not a car accident or an incident such as jumping off a building to commit suicide, and there was no dispute with outsiders.

Then the only thing that Yoshiko Anda can get into contact with the 'dead and spirits' is -

Kitagawa Temple looks up.

In the corner of this rather spacious living room is a small ebony cabinet.

"Miss Anda, that little cabinet behind you should be a shrine, right?"

Kitagawa Temple asked without hesitation.

Hearing Kitagawa Temple's question, Anda Yoshiko also blinked in surprise.

She followed the gaze of Beichuan Temple and looked back, and then said with some admiration:

"It's a shame that Mr. Kitagawa can notice that I usually put things away, and it looks like it's just a small cabinet... Even Mr. Keiichi and Miss Ichihime didn't notice. ”

Anda Yoshiko turned around and looked gentle: "Yes, that's the shrine." Inside are my parents. ”

"Dedicated to your parents?"

Next to him, Inari Kazuhime and Inari Kei looked at each other.

"Hmm." Yoshiko Adachi stood up, then walked over to the ebony shrine, opened it, and took out small cushions and incense burners from the small cabinet underneath.

"My father died when I was very young," she said in a soft voice, "and it has always been just me and my mother. ”

Yoshiko Anda looked at the two picture frames at the shrine.

Above the frame, are two photographs.

One man and one woman.

correspond to her fathers, Anda Bear and Adatsusa, respectively.

Anda Yoshiko lit the long incense, and while offering it, she spoke softly:

"Mother is a very gentle person, no matter how she treats anyone. After my father died, she raised me alone and gave me a better education... I've always wanted to repay my mother..."

"But the truth is that I'm grown up now, but my mother is gone."

Her voice was soft, not so much telling Kitagawa Temple or the Inari siblings as she was talking to herself.

"Sorry for the sudden mention of this." Kitagawa Temple said expressionlessly beside him.

His voice didn't show the slightest emotional fluctuation, and there was not the slightest trace of regret in it.

This made Inari Kazuhime roll her eyes beside her.

"Gee, that's not really a big deal."

Yoshiko Adachi laughed twice, and her laughter was a little dry: "Actually, I think my mother's death has a lot to do with me. ”

"Oh?" Kitagawa Temple's eyes flashed.

He didn't expect to hear such rare information here.

"Hmm." Yoshiko Anda nodded and continued: "Mother is actually this year's May Day Golden Week, and I accompany her on a trip... When I got to the spot with a famous sea cliff, let me take a picture of her... Then the handrail behind her suddenly loosened and detached, and she fell to the shore and died. ”

“... This is a very regrettable thing. ”

Beichuan Temple said expressionlessly.

"Hmm. That's why I've always blamed myself for it. Maybe that's why I have nightmares every night. The doctor said it was my own fault... I think it might be that way, too. ”

Yoshiko Anda exhaled helplessly.

No matter how open-minded she is, she is not so open-minded.

After all, her mother died right under her nose.

"I wanted my mother to live a happier life... It turned out to be like this. ”

Yoshiko Anda gently stroked her mother's photo frame, and her voice sounded full of bitterness: "But no matter how much you blame yourself, it's useless. ”

There is no resurrection from the dead.

Yoshiko Adachi can only accept all this, and live silently in the metropolis of Tokyo alone.

"I see..."

Kitagawa Temple nodded, indicating that he understood the other party's feelings.

"Mother's business is almost here... The only thing she left me to think of... I guess it was the amulet that was given to me eight years ago. Nothing else. ”

Yoshiko Anda, who had already finished worshipping, rubbed her eyes, then got up and sat down in front of Kitagawa Temple again.

"Amulet...?"

Kitagawa Temple touched his chin.

His eyes flickered slightly, as if he had thought of something.

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