"Hello."

Ogawa Kazuan noticed that it was a young man who opened the door, so he put his hands on his knees and greeted him with a smile.

Sakakihara looked puzzled: "May I ask who you are...?"

The woman in front of her looks relatively young, but she is at least in her 30s.

She carried a rope in her hand, and beside her sat a golden retriever biting a green toy ball.

It should be the wife next door, Sakakihara thought to himself.

"My name is Ogawa Kazuyasu, and I'm a neighbor who lives next door to you, so you should have moved here recently, right?"

"That's right." Sakakihara nodded.

"What do you call it?"

"Sakakihara Raku."

"Sakakibara-sama, huh? I'm sorry, but I didn't come to greet you when you moved at first, and during that time, I was entangled in some trivial matters at home. Mrs. Ogawa's tone was very sincere.

"I don't dare to be a gentleman, I'm only 17 years old, and I'm still in high school... Is there anything you can do? ”

"That's right," Mrs. Ogawa was a little embarrassed, but her expression was sincere, "My husband's mother has been sick recently, and my husband is busy with work and is in the rising stage of his career, so I have to go back to my hometown Hokkaido to take care of my mother-in-law." ”

"Your husband and mother's side, there is no one to take care of?" Sakakihara asked.

"Yes, but they all have their own things and can't be taken care of all the time. My mother-in-law is old, and her consciousness is not very clear, and she can't even recognize my husband's name, so she is afraid that she will suddenly climb on the roof and fall down, and everyone will not be able to believe the nurse and go to the nursing home, so she can only ask me. ”

Climb to the roof?

Sakakiwara is a Japanese-style flat-roofed house that usually has a staircase because of the need to dry clothes.

It is really possible for an elderly person who is old and demented to climb on the roof.

Mrs. Ogawa held the leash and glanced sideways at the big golden retriever sitting obediently at her feet, "There is nothing else at home, but I am worried about this child, if I am gone, my husband will only come back at night."

"The child didn't go for a walk during the day, so it must have been uncomfortable to stay at home. So, can I ask you to take care of it these days when I'm away? It won't be too long, half a month at most, and when my mother-in-law's condition improves, I will take her to Tokyo to take care of her. ”

That is, to help with the dogs.

"That's ......"

Sakakihara didn't feel anything himself, but the point was that he had to go to school and didn't have time to slip during the day.

Seven bright moons, nine glasses, and A Ling, the same goes for them.

Uncle Tianhai is also busy with work, and he often can't be seen until 10 o'clock at night.

I also often live in the office.

The only one left is my mother.

Mother's restaurant was busier in the evenings, and the break time was staggered with them.

During the day she is free most of the time.

The hint given by [Good Karma] is to agree to the neighbor's request.

Although Sakakihara would like to take it as an individual, he doesn't have time to take care of the dog, so it's not suitable.

Now all that remains is to see if I can get my mother to agree.

"Mr. Sakakibara."

"This... I'd like to agree, but I'm going to school too, and the time should be about the same as your husband's. ”

"Well... Well, I'm sorry to bother you. Mrs. Ogawa bowed her head, glanced at the golden retriever wagging its tail, and apologized to Sakakibara Raku.

"Don't worry," Sakakihara said immediately, "I can ask my mother about this, she has time to help take care of her during the day, and when she comes back at night, we can also watch." I'll call and ask. ”

"It's fine." Mrs. Ogawa agreed.

Sakakihara returned to the living room of the back room and found his phone in his bag on the sofa.

"What's wrong?" On the coffee table, Tianhai Jiu Liuli, who was writing his homework, stopped the pen in his hand and asked.

Sakakihara Raku: "A neighbor had a temporary business and wanted to entrust us with a golden retriever to take care of it for a few days. ”

Tianhai Qimingyue: "Oh, golden retriever." ”

"Do you like it?" Sakakihara said as he looked at her beautiful face.

"No, it's just for my brother."

“......”

The two sisters didn't seem to be resistant.

He was also worried that they didn't like dogs very much.

Dialing his mother's phone, Sakakihara walked back to the entrance.

After a blind tone, the phone answered.

"Mom."

"What's wrong? I called suddenly, and I was busy. ”

"Manager, manager, the guest at table 56 is looking for you." On the other end of the phone, in addition to her mother, there was a strange woman's voice.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone." Sakakiwara Miwa whispered to the woman, then stepped aside, stood in front of a large transparent floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the whole of Tokyo from the tall building, while focusing on her son's phone, "What's wrong?" ”

Sakakihara Le: "We have a neighbor in our family, Mom, do you know? ”

"Neighbors? .... Ah, Mrs. Ogawa, I know, I said hello to their family when I bought the house, and it was good. ”

"Mrs. Ogawa has something to go out for a few days and a half for a while, and she wants to entrust their golden retriever dog to us to take care of for a few days."

"Take care of that golden retriever? Yes, that dog is very well-behaved, but it's a little active, and it can't be done if you don't go out for a walk during the day," Sakakihara Miwa agreed with a smile, "I'm just bored during the day, you can take it out, and if I'm not there at night, you can take care of it." ”

"Agreed?"

"Well, it's nothing, that's right, it's mainly Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli, you ask them if they agree or not."

In her mother's inquiry, Sakakihara heard her concern for the two new daughters.

Alas, why do you suddenly have a feeling of jealousy.

"They don't seem to be resisting."

"You'd better ask them, be clear."

"Okay."

Sakakihara walked back into the living room and asked the two sisters about it.

Tianhai Jiuliuli replied with a smile It doesn't matter, Tianhai Qimingyue replied the same as her sister.

The two of them said the same thing, and it was really hard to tell who was who.

Holding his phone in his right hand, Sakakihara walked to the corridor and said to his mother on the phone, "It's okay, they all accept it." ”

"That's fine. Ah Le, how are you getting along with the two of them lately? ”

"Also... Okay. ”

"You are better at cooking, usually what they want to eat, you make it for them, don't embarrass them, you are now also the brother of your three younger sisters, you have to learn to behave in the world, they are all your relatives now, don't be prejudiced or anything, be patient with them, you know?"

"Yes."

Mother's most classic nagging link, Sakakihara Le complained in his heart.

"I have been relieved of your child since he was a child, he has been taking care of Ah Ling at home, and he never spends money indiscriminately, he wants to buy toys or something, not at all like your father's negative man, who runs away after taking a lot of money! Alas...... He is that person, how can I marry him? The only thing that can be commended is that you and Ah Ling were born, two worry-free children. ”

"......" Sakakihara Le didn't know how to pick up his mother's words, and then said bad things about his running father?

Sakakiwara Miwa's words were not finished yet: "Also, Ah Ling, you have to take care of it, recently, don't look at her on the surface, it doesn't matter, but suddenly there are two more sisters, and my heart is more or less awkward, girl, I can understand her." ”

This, Sakakihara didn't see it.

She also wanted to tease herself.

"You don't believe it? Does she like to lock herself in the house as soon as she gets home? ”

"Most of the time yes." Sakakihara replied.

"Ah Ling, this child, used to look for me when she was sad, or to cry with you, but now she likes to hold things in her heart and in her small room...... She now has her own career, but the path of voice actor is by no means so easy to do, and you should know a little bit about the Japanese workplace, right?

"There are some things that are hard to imagine being taken on by a 15-year-old child.

"Don't be wronged by her, Ah Le."

"Manager!" The woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Then let's talk about the phone first, I'll be busy first, and I'll bring you something to eat in the evening."

"Hmm." Sakakihara nodded, and after hanging up with a beep, he put down his phone.