Chapter 115: Visit
"Do you have to go? It's only been three days since I came back......
After a short reunion, it was another customary separation, and I was very reluctant to look at my mother at the airport who was about to board the plane with her luggage.
"Ahla, are you reluctant to let me go?" my mother looked at me in surprise, and then hugged me into her arms, and said in a sweet and greasy voice: "Mom is reluctant to Xiaohui!
"Okay, okay, let's go on a 'honeymoon' together!!
"Why is this so!" my mother is so sad...... "Tears in her eyes......
"Are you a child, hey!" headache......
"Hey, you two, it's okay at home, come out and give me a little restraint. Conan said to his mother, who was making a fool of himself, with a grimace. My mother's appearance has not changed over the years, and now she is doing "Xizi holding her heart", and her charm is even greater, attracting frequent sideways glances from pedestrians in the airport.
"It's just Mom's problem, okay!" I retorted to Conan, and then turned to Mom, "In short, when you get to the United States, you have to get along with your father, don't always quarrel, don't always call me and complain, and don't run away from home without saying a word!"
"Yes, yes. Mom giggled, and looked pretty good.
Seeing my mother's heartless appearance, I also knew that my words probably didn't have any effect, so I sighed helplessly again.
"Okay, okay, it's not too early, mom has to hurry up and board the plane, you have to learn to take care of yourself here in Japan, don't let us worry, Yusaku and I will come back when we have time." After a while, my mother squatted down and said to Conan and me while sorting out the folds of my clothes.
"Yes, we know, it's almost too late to board, so you can hurry. Conan replied impatiently.
"Stinky boy, it's so uncute when you're smaller. Mom muttered, stood up, shook her hair in style, and walked cleanly towards the security checkpoint.
"I often come back with my dad when I have time. Looking at the back of my mother gradually leaving, I couldn't help but shout.
"Yes, got it. "Mom pulled the box with one hand, raised it with the other, and waved her hand with her back to us.
......
"The planes have already flown away, don't look at them. ”
"I know. ”
"Well, there's still a lot of time, let's go eat something good, it just so happens that my mother has a lot of pocket money, I'll treat you." "Maybe it was because I was a little depressed in my expression, Conan deliberately put on a relaxed expression, and it was rare to be generous.
"No need, I want to go to the doctor's house to see Xiao Ai, you can go back first. I waved my hand at Conan and walked out.
"Hey, you ...... guy"
I haven't been with my parents for ten years, and I really want to go to the United States with my mother, stay by my parents' side every day, be an ordinary son, and be happy. But I can't.
I'm leaving, what should Conan do? What about Xiao Ai? Kuaidou, Xiaolan, Mayu...... What would they do? If GIN came to the door and I wasn't around, would Conan really be able to withstand it? The thought of this made me extremely uneasy.
At the beginning, the mentality of the game world in this world changed unconsciously, I can no longer see the people around me as NPC-like characters, and Conan is no longer the "protagonist" who will not die in my eyes, and when I think that the people around me may encounter danger, get sick, and die, I can't help but be afraid, afraid of losing these beautiful and fragile things called "feelings" like glass, if there are no treasures, "Edogawa Akiki" It's just an illusion, everything will cease to exist.
"So, greed is the original sin of mankind, and it would be nice if we didn't have it in the first place. I walked down the road muttering to myself. If you don't have anything in the first place, you won't know what it's like to have it, you won't be afraid of losing, and you won't be extravagant about it.
"Ming...... Minghui-san?"
An unusually familiar delicate and cute voice.
"Huh?" I looked up, and a pretty face as clear and sharp as ice and snow caught my eye.
"What, it's Mayu, I thought it was. I couldn't help but laugh at Mayu's shy smile that had never changed.
“...... Well. Mayu looked at the people around him and responded with some hesitation.
"Who is this ......?" Following Mayu's gaze, I saw the person standing next to Mayu - an old man who looked to be about fifty years old, wearing a somewhat old shirt, a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a somewhat thin face, high cheekbones, and what seemed to be a stern person.
"Ah, he's me...... Uncle. As if he suddenly remembered that he hadn't introduced me yet, Mayu glanced at the person around him with some uneasiness, and saw that he didn't say anything, so he whispered.
"Oh, is it your uncle who lives with you?" I suddenly realized, I had always known that Mayu lived with her relative's uncle, but I had never seen this person, I glanced at him, and quickly bowed: "Hello, first time meeting, I am Mayu's classmate Edogawa Akiki, please advise." ”
"Oh, are you the little Hui that Mayu often mentions? Hello, I'm Mayu's uncle Mayuki Shinji. The man nodded slightly, as if trying to make a smile, but unfortunately failed, his shriveled and grim face was as daunting as a dried rock.
With Mayu's weak personality, is it really possible to live with such a person who seems to be difficult to get along with? I couldn't help but be a little worried.
"You're welcome, I've been taken care of a lot at school, and I've always wanted to visit you to express my gratitude, but unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity. I said tentatively. Mayu was a little strange before, but I never had a chance to find out, so this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to learn about Mayu. Having said that, I still maintain a polite attitude between words, although my first impression of this person is not very good, but anyway, the other party is Mayu's elder, and in fact he is Mayu's guardian, no matter what, I can't be rude.
"Oh, is that so? Mayu never said it. Naritaki Shinji raised his eyebrows in surprise, glanced at Mayu with some reproach, and under Mayu's more uneasy expression, he turned his head to me and smiled, "Then this time, do you want to come to my house and sit for a while, little friend?"
"Is that okay?" I said, looking inquiringly.
"Of course, I'm very welcome to Mayu's friends!" Narataki Shinji laughed happily and said to me apologetically, "I'm really sorry, Mayu didn't say anything at home, she has become very introverted since the accident at home, it wasn't like this before, and I'm really grateful that you can make friends with her." ”
"Where, where, you're too polite. ”
As he spoke, Shinji Narutaki reached out and stopped a taxi, took me on board, and after saying an unfamiliar name to the driver, the car sped along the road.
"Kid, you can call your other friends to come with me, I heard that there is a little girl who is the same as Mayuichi is also with you, Uncle is very curious, can there really be two unrelated people in the world who look the same?"
"Ah, they said they were going out on an outing today, so they probably won't be able to come. I'm so sorry. I looked Narutaki Shinji in the eye and didn't answer his words, saying in an apologetic tone.
"yes, that's a shame. Narataki Shinji didn't dig deeper, just smiled. But I noticed that there was no smile in his eyes.
I held Mayu's little hand in the palm of my hand, Mayu sat next to me, kept her head down and didn't speak, her hand was cold.
The road was not very long, and after about forty minutes, we arrived at our destination, a large old-looking house that looked like an old-style dormitory.
"I'm really embarrassed, little friend, Uncle's house is very broken. Even let Mayu suffer with me, an old man. "Shinji Narutaki stood in front of the door and said a word to me first, and then stroked Mayu's little head with emotion.
"No, you're welcome. ”
Inside, I pretended not to care and looked at the furnishings, the house was so small that I could see all the structures at a glance, only about the size of a dozen tatami mats, divided into a kitchen, a bathroom and two small cubicles, the appliances were only an old TV and a few electric lights that looked very old, and the furniture was even more scarce, except for two sofas for hospitality and a few wooden cabinets that seemed to be used for clothes.
Mayo's hand was shaking.
Is it because we are afraid that we will be looked down upon if we find out? No wonder Maki has always been reluctant to let us visit her home. Sensing the fear in Mayu's heart, I tightened my hand slightly and smiled at her: "It's okay, Mayu, I'll be by your side." ”
"Hmm. Mayu raised her head to meet my eyes, and the uneasiness on her face subsided considerably, revealing a smile of reassurance.
Seeing this situation in this home, I feel a lot of emotion in my heart, it's hard to imagine that the true reason for having a quiet and warm smile in school will be living in such an environment, obviously living in such an embarrassment, and always bringing me a lunch, this girl actually has a strength that is not inferior to Xiao Wai.
"This kid is really strong and sensible, it's really ...... for me to be an elder," Shinji Narutaki said, pouring me a cup of tea and handing Mayu a glass of juice.
"Well, Mayu did very well in school, and was always praised by the teacher. I smiled.
"Is that so? That's great, and then I'll be worthy of her parents' spirits in heaven. The old man smiled slightly, although it was small, but it seemed more real than the greetings they had when they first met. Obviously, the cups for me and Mayu are all transparent glasses, but Shinji Naritaki himself uses an old-fashioned porcelain cup, is it a habit unique to the elderly?
I was quietly chatting with Shinji Narutaki while drinking tea, and to my surprise, this stern-looking old man was actually unexpectedly talkative, and told me a lot of things, including Mayu's childhood, Mayu's family, and what her parents and relatives were like before...... Like all old people, Shinji Narutaki also likes to reminisce about the past, as if he was suffocated in the past, holding my hand and talking non-stop.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was already approaching dusk, and seeing that the time was not early, I also got up and said goodbye, and when I looked down, I suddenly realized that unlike my tea and Mayu's juice, there was only some water in the old man's cup.
The heart that I had been hanging on suddenly relaxed, and after an afternoon of contact, I could finally conclude that although the old man seemed to be stern and not good at expressing himself, he was actually a good person, and I could feel at ease with such a person taking care of her by Mayu's side.
Mayu had fallen asleep as early as when I was talking to her uncle, just like when Xiao Ai was asleep, very quiet, which was probably the only thing they had in common except for their appearance. The old man sent me out of the door, insisted on finding a taxi for me, and paid the money, and was willing to let me go, obviously the conditions of the family were so embarrassing, but he said that he would not let me pay, so that I couldn't cry and laugh at this old man's stubbornness, and Mayu's strength must have been more or less influenced by him.
Everything seems to be normal, proving that my previous worries seem to be superfluous, although there seems to be a vague sense of disharmony, but this is also inevitable, after all, life is so embarrassing, really introverted, the two of them don't have much contact time, and it is normal to need some time to hone in the relationship between each other.
Solved a thing that has been entangled in my heart, my heart can't help but relax a lot, I went to the doctor's house by the way, and found that Xiao Ai was working selflessly in the basement, I took a few words, but Xiao Ai ignored me, which made me quite boring. As I said before, once he gets into the working state, Xiao Wai will turn into a science maniac, and no one will pay attention.
Back at the office, Ran hadn't finished school yet, Uncle Maori was still drunk there with his beer, and Conan was spinning back and forth on the ground with an anxious face.
"Hey, what's the matter? Want to go to the toilet without paper?" I smiled as I looked at Conan strangely.
"Ayumi, they seem to have hit a murder case!" Conan said to me with a serious face, not in the mood to joke with me.
"What?!" I frowned, and the good mood of the day was swept away.
"I just got a message from their detective badge, as if they were playing a game of house wine and accidentally stumbled into a murder that was happening. Conan frowned and said in a deep voice.
"Did they tell where they were?"
"No, Ayumi only told me through the badge that I saw the murder case, and there was no news after that, as if she was following the criminal!" Conan fidgeted even more at the thought of this possibility.
"Ayumi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko are all together?"
"Hmm. ”
"Don't you have tracking glasses, can't you see where they are?" I asked Conan, frowning.
Conan shook his head and said, "It's too far away." ”
"These little imps are really too bold! Anyway, call the police first. I sighed.
"That's all there is to it. Conan chimed in.
Just as we picked up the phone and wanted to call the police, the office phone rang suddenly. Conan hurriedly answered the phone.
"Hey, is it Ayumi?!Where are you now?!Are you all right?!" As soon as the call was connected, Conan couldn't wait to shout into the microphone.
"It's me, Conan. Everybody is fine. Ayumi's slightly crying voice came over the phone, and both Conan and I were greatly relieved.
I grabbed the phone and said, "Ayumi? I'm Minghui, you calm down and tell me, where are you now?" Are you still following the prisoner?"
"Minghui-san?!" Ayumi's voice was suddenly full of surprise: "We just escaped, and now we are ...... XX Street"
Knowing that the children were safe and sound, Conan and I had been tense finally loosened, and for a while, Conan and I sat down on the sofa at the same time, and wiped a cold sweat at the same time.
Conan and I were stunned for a moment, and we couldn't help but laugh out loud at the same time.
"You guy, what do you always learn from me?"
"You don't either. ”
"Anyway, it's really nice that everyone is okay. ”
"yes, those little ghosts really need to be educated, it's really daring. ”
"Hey, do you have a position to say such things? Who is the first to rush out and subdue the prisoner?"
"I don't want to be told that by people who spend all day at the scene of a crime. ”
"You ...... guy"
As soon as school ends the next day, Ayumi can't wait to take us to find the murderer, and even pulls out Uncle Maori, who will sleep lazily in the office.
"So, why don't you go with them?" Xiao Ai asked lightly, sitting on the sofa at the doctor's house, holding a cup of coffee, yawning, looking at me.
"That kind of thing, they can do it without me going, and Uncle Maori is with them anyway. It's you," I pulled a chair to my side, sat opposite Xiao Ai, looked at Xiao Ai's somewhat gloomy face, and said a little reproachfully: "You stayed up late last night, right?"
"Well, I'm the kind of person who gets more and more energetic the more night it gets. Xiao Ai took a sip of coffee absently.
"Alas, what are you good about, aren't girls generally beauty-loving, afraid of staying up late and affecting their skin? I held my forehead with one hand and said with some distress: "I always stay up late like this, what if my body burns out? ”
"Well, I always say that, but Xiao Ai just doesn't listen. Dr. Asa held a plate of fruit on the coffee table, and looked at Xiao Ai with the same worried eyes.
"You're not just worried about me, you're trying to steal food while I'm sleeping, right?" Hearing the doctor's words, Xiao Wai couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Well...... Hey. Dr. Asasa scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly.
"Anyway, don't think about that medicine today, go to sleep quickly, and don't drink coffee, it's not good for your health to drink too much of that thing. I forcefully "snatched" the coffee from Xiao Ai's hand, stared at Xiao Ai's tired face, and said, "I'm not going anywhere today, I'm just staring at you here until you fall asleep!"
"Yes, yes," glanced at me with a smile, Xiao Ai stood up and walked towards the bedroom: "Then I'll go to sleep, you guys, and the doctor, your blood pressure is a little higher than last week, if you want to live a few more decades, don't steal ......"
"Hey, hey. Dr. Asasa stood there not knowing what to say, just giggling.
"Don't you always giggle, okay, Doctor?" I glanced at Dr. Asasa and said, "You're an adult anyway, aren't you?" Cheer up a little, take responsibility and take care of Xiao Ai's life!
"That...... Well...... Hehehe......"
Speechless.
"I'm back. Back at the office, I shouted into the house as I pushed open the door and entered the room.
"Welcome back. Hearing my voice, Xiaolan wore an apron and walked half of her body from the kitchen and smiled at me: "Go to the bathroom and wash your hands, you will have to eat in a while, there are delicious potatoes and roast beef today!"
"Really? Great. "I took a deep breath, and I was intoxicated by the rich aroma wafting from the kitchen, and Uncle Maori was already sitting at the table drooling.
"Uncle, didn't you go with Conan and them to investigate the murder case today?, what about Conan?" Seeing that Conan was not visible in the room, I couldn't help but ask Uncle Maori a little strangely.
"Don't mention it, a group of little ghosts, I didn't see anything, and I knew that the prisoner was Kurada and the victim was Suzuki or something, and the detective Mori Kogoro who had to work was really inexplicable. As soon as he mentioned this, Uncle Maori snorted a little.
"Don't say that, maybe Ayumi and they are telling the truth. Xiaolan, who came out of the kitchen, complained to Uncle Maori while putting the dishes on the table: "Can't you take it seriously, Ayumi They are all good boys, and they can't lie." ”
"Yes, yes. As soon as he saw the steaming dishes on the table, Uncle Maori's eyes lit up at once, and he couldn't wait to grab it with his hands, and it seemed that even if he told him that the earth was square, he would say "yes".
"Smack" Xiaolan slapped Uncle Maori's outstretched paw with one hand, and said angrily: "Don't steal food!" Then he turned his head to me and smiled: "Conan's words, I came back half an hour ago and went out with Ayumi and the others with some shovels and other things, saying that I went out on an adventure with the doctor, and said that I would probably come back later tonight." ”
"Do you know where they went, Sister Lan?" I hurriedly asked.
"It seems to be...... XX Forest, I heard that Yuan Tai seem to have said so. Xiaolan thought carefully for a while, a little uncertain.
"Oh, I see. I nodded, went back to the bedroom, grabbed Conan's spare glasses and was about to head out.
"Xiaohui, it's about to eat, what are you going out for?" Xiaolan looked at me puzzled.
"Suddenly I felt bored, so I went out for a walk and came back. I smiled at Xiaolan and said.
"Then you have to come back quickly, don't go far, it will be dark in a while. Xiaolan instructed me with some anxiety.
"yes, I see. I nodded and smiled in agreement.
......
"So, I just suddenly got bored and wanted to take a walk, and I happened to come across this forest, and suddenly I was interested in taking a walk, and I was by no means worried about Conan or anything. ”
I read in pieces as I wore Conan's glasses and searched for a signal to the detective badge. These little ghosts are really, don't you know that it's dangerous to drill into the forest so late? Conan too, don't you know if you come during the day? So big, please, you're a kid now, don't be so arrogant, okay......
Ah, found it.
I walked along the flickering signal point, and after walking for about ten minutes, several shadowy figures came into my eyes in the moonlight.
"It's not his fault! It's not my fault! I... Damn!!" Before he could get closer, he could hear the hysterical voice of a man, and along with the voice, there was a shovel, which seemed to be driven to a dead end by Conan.
Just then, a siren sounded behind us, causing the man with the shovel to be stunned for a moment.
"Ah, by the way, I forgot to mention it, I would have informed the police a long time ago. Looking at the man's somewhat flustered and overwhelmed face, Conan's face showed a confident smile.
“...... Damn !!" After being stunned for a moment, the man finally screamed unbearably, and waved the shovel in his hand vigorously, and was about to smash it down at Conan in front of him!
"Really, I said why didn't you come back so late, it turned out to be here. It's not a good habit to play!"
The sudden sound behind him made the man's movements suddenly stop, because he felt it, and a finger behind his back was poking on his waist.
"That...... Uncle," I reached out and poked the man in the back from behind, and asked with a childlike smile in a child's innocent voice, "What game are you playing?"
"Minghui-san!!" the children suddenly screamed in surprise when they saw me.
"Stinky little ghost!!Damn it!!!" the annoyed man turned his head sharply, and without thinking about it, he slammed the shovel in his hand down on me.
"Ah!!" the children were so frightened that they closed their eyes and screamed! However, after half a day, no sound came out, and the children could not help but open their eyes in some confusion, only to see that one hand was holding the wooden pole of the shovel tightly, and the man's face was flushed, but he could not shake the shovel in the slightest.
"Cool!!" Motota and Mitsuhiko couldn't help but slam their fists excitedly.
"It's not a good thing to be violent against a child, uncle. I smiled cutely, and little by little I pulled the shovel out of his hand under the man's terrified gaze, and the man's hand was bruised, but he could not hold the handle of the shovel anyway, and at last the shovel was snatched back by me, and the man was pulled by me and fell to the ground.
"This kind of thing is too dangerous, it's better to throw it away. As I spoke, I threw the shovel far away. Seeing the shovel being thrown out, the man seemed to have finally given up the last bit of courage to struggle, and sat down on the ground in a daze, as if he was stupid, silent.
"Sa, the matter is settled, let's go back. Seeing that the matter was perfectly resolved, I said to a few children.
"Yay!"
"Great! I'm hungry!"
"Minghui-san is amazing!" the children cheered with relief.
"Why are you here? still wearing my glasses?" Conan looked at me puzzled.
"Well, the moonlight is exceptionally good today, just in time to come out and breathe some fresh air......" I looked left and right a little awkwardly.
"You guy......" A smile appeared on Conan's face, "Forget it, go back." ”
"Don't get me wrong, I'm really just out for a walk!"
"Yes, I know. ”
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ps: I stopped updating for a month, and I'm really sorry for everyone. Because I haven't written for a long time, my hand seems to be a little raw, and I don't know how to write, and I've been looking for a state lately. What the update didn't say, it's back to normal, well, it's normal, it's just a weekly update......
Thank you for your continued support and hope you all have a happy life.