I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Asuki Sanae stood up and walked a little further, closer to the edge of the courtyard wall, just in the range of the sun, the golden morning sun sank into her crystal clear eyes.

She put her hands on the awning, squinted her eyes slightly, and looked at the blue sky.

"It's not too hot in the morning in Tokyo in spring. The cats who just took a bath and are still a little wet, why don't they come out to bask in the sun?"

"Now that you mention it." Higashino Yu carefully observed the kittens, sniffed subconsciously with his nose, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

How come there is no cat smell at all? Even if it is a cat, it shouldn't be completely smellless, right?

Higashino Yu reached out to catch a kitten in his hand to study it.

"Little Momoko and the others are a little shy, Higashino-kun should not be able to catch them, come in and sit first."

Sakurada Wakako stood on the edge at some point, looking at the two with a kind smile, and Imagawa Kashiwagi knelt at the large square table in the living room, stretching his neck towards this side, with a puzzled face.

He was distracted just now. He thought Mrs. Sakurada was boiling water in the kitchen. How did she appear in the corner in a blink of an eye?

In this situation, Higashino Yu couldn't force the cat to catch it. He looked at Asumimi Sanae and was about to say something.

At this time, the sound of the door opening came from behind him. Looking back, it was Natsuko Sugida who followed.

Sakurada Wakako looked at Natsuko Sugida in a small suit: "Who is this?"

"That's our president's bodyguard, Natsuko Sugida." Higashino Yu explained.

A child from a wealthy family. After hearing this, Sakurada Wakako didn't care, just smiled and nodded, "Ms. Sugida, welcome."

As she said that, she was like a geisha from an ancient island country, and she stretched out her hand to make a welcoming gesture: "Please come in first, the water is almost boiling."

In broad daylight, Higashino Yu was not afraid of encountering any monsters, so the three of them took off their shoes and entered the living room.

This living room is close to the yard, spacious and bright, with tea utensils placed on the old wooden cabinet.

On the right was a big-head TV produced in the last century, covered with a large white square towel with hollow patterns, which seemed to be unused for the time being.

After what happened just now, Dong Ye Yu quietly began to smell the smell as soon as he entered the house, and indeed found something.

The living room was filled with a musty smell that had not been lived in for a long time, and in addition, there was a very faint smell of blood.

It seemed that something bad had happened here a long time ago, but it should have been cleaned.

If Dong Ye Yu was not a fox monster who had already established his foundation, he probably wouldn't be able to smell it.

"Don't drink the tea and snacks later." Dong Ye Yu whispered to the other three people.

Although Imagawa Kashiwagi and Asumimi Sanae were puzzled, they nodded.

Shigada Natsuko frowned and looked at him. She had checked it herself and didn't find anything abnormal. Could he be more professional than herself as a professional bodyguard and found some clues?

Or was he just pretending to be a ghost and wanted to show himself in front of the lady?

However, it is common sense not to eat and drink casually in a stranger's house, so no one said much.

After a while, the old lady brought tea and cheap snacks.

"There are no exquisite snacks in the house, only these cheap snacks. I am sorry for not entertaining you well."

"It is impolite for us to come here without permission."

Higashino Yu and others bowed their heads and saluted, and then went straight to the point: "The 'child' that Mrs. Sakurada mentioned before, is it the cat-shaped?"

Seeing Higashino Yu start to ask about the cat-shaped, Asumi Sanae took out a pen and notebook from her small bag slowly, Sugida Natsuko observed the furnishings in the house, and Imagawa Kashiwagi was sitting and listening.

Sakurada Wakako smiled bitterly, did not answer directly, and knelt in the first seat with tea in her hand. The rising steam blurred the face of the beauty engraved by the years.

The old voice told a story.

"Its name is Sakura."

"I met Sakura in an alley of a vegetable market in Katsushika. At that time, it was covered with wounds, the wounds were severely festering, and there were maggots gnawing on it. It was already in a coma."

"I couldn't bear to watch it die like this, so I took it to the pet hospital. The doctor said that it was seriously injured and there was little hope of recovery, but I still asked the doctor to treat its wounds and use antibiotics."

"In the next few days, Sakura began to eat slowly and her health gradually improved, so I took it back to the cat town."

Sakurada Wakako said this, covering her mouth with a smile that was a little proud and a little shy.

"Cat Town is the name given to this place by those young people. Because I take in and take care of many stray cats, and these cats are also close to people, this place has gradually become famous."

"Many people come here to see the cats, and some people want to donate to Cat Town, but I refuse."

"It must cost a lot of money to take care of so many cats, right?"

Hitano Yu was a little surprised that the old man refused to donate. If it were me, I would have to make a live video and make tens of millions of yen from him?

After all, it is not a conscience-stricken thing to make such money. Taking in stray cats and sterilizing them can also be regarded as contributing to the city - stray cats may carry germs, fleas, etc., and in addition to killing birds and other small animals, they may also hurt people.

This has actually become a hidden danger to urban safety.

"It costs a lot of money, but I can afford it for the time being."

Sakurada Wakako looked at Higashino Yu, and her kind eyes swept across the cuffs of the boy's clothes full of fur.

"I am actually from Kyoto. Higashino-kun is also from Kyoto, right? It must be difficult to come to Tokyo to study alone?"

"Are you from Kyoto too?" Higashino Yu didn't expect to meet a fellow Kyoto native here, and said with emotion: "Life is not easy--"

He said this, his eyes fell on Asumi Sanae, and he fell silent.

The girl saw him looking at her without saying anything, frowned slightly, and cast a puzzled look.

Higashino Yu smiled at the girl, saying that it was nothing, and then said in a deep voice: "I can't choose my birth, but I can choose my destination."

The destination is to marry into the Asumi family? Sugida Natsuko watched coldly from the side, and the shrewd bodyguard had already seen through the yellow-haired conspiracy.

"As expected of a student of Tachibana High School, you have great ambitions."

Sakurada Wakako praised, and then said with some shame.

"When I was young, I didn't have such a valuable awareness as Higashino-kun. At that time, I made a living in Kyoto and made a lot of money by selling my body."

"Later, I moved to Tokyo and gave birth to a son, but I didn't teach him well. When I got old, I had no one to rely on. I saw stray kittens by chance, and I had the idea of ​​adopting them."

"So I took them in just because I was soft-hearted, to satisfy my own selfish desires and fill my empty heart. They became my responsibility, and this responsibility should not be passed on to others."

The old man did not hide anything about his embarrassing past, and told the four people very frankly and freely.

After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and laughed: "Haha, the topic has gone off the track, let's get back to the child."