beginning (5)



The bell strikes, once, twice...

Xia Jiang was walking on the white city streets, holding a chubby cat in his arms that was too dark to see what it was.Wearing earphones, she talked on the phone with Zhongya, who was far away in Italy, and talked about trivial and ordinary things.

Xia Jiang said: "Mr. Zhongyuan, Japan is already a new year."

Zhong also imitated her accent and address: "Happy New Year, Miss Xia Jiang."

"I hope that Mr. Zhong Yuan will not become greasy in the new year." Xia Jiang said: "While maintaining the freshness of the soul, we must also protect our appearance."

Zhong Ye: "..."

Chuya: "You just dislike me for not shaving before, don't you!?"

Xia Jiang said kindly: "No way, Mr. Yuan in our family is very handsome."

Zhong was also choked, he was never good at dealing with such dishonest compliments.

"Hey, senior." Xia Jiang switched back the address again, she seemed to change the address at will, without any rules. "The cat's name is Briquette, right?"

cat:"……"

It is a cat whose pedigree can be traced back more than five generations. It has a noble pedigree and a detailed genealogy. It is also registered in the association with a tall name-Obsidian, which means obsidian.

I can't even listen to the Chinese on the phone.

"Balls?" He said in astonishment, "This is too damaging to the cat's dignity."

In fact, there is another reason why he didn't say it - what kind of name is Zhongyuan briquettes, it's too ugly.

"What dignity does a cat want." Xia Jiang acted like a dictator. "It's called briquettes, and it's more distinctive."

On the road afterwards, the two chatted on the phone noisily, and started a lengthy struggle and discussion on what the cat should be called.

The call lasted about half an hour.Mr. Nakahara Nakaya, a model worker of the port mafia, was very busy, and went back to work after half an hour.However, after this New Year's Eve phone call, he seemed to be in a very happy mood.



Xia Jiang ran into Oda Saku by the river.

The man with copper-colored hair was standing on the bridge, with a roll of thin cigarettes in his fingertips, and a puff of misty smoke from his lips, which melted the falling snow.He doesn't seem to be particularly particular about life, he smokes whatever cigarettes he can find, all kinds.

Xia Jiang walked over with the cat in his arms, the black fur ball tilted his head, and a pair of beautiful cat eyes like glass marbles looked at Odasaku.At night, the pupils of the cat's eyes are particularly large, unlike the sharp vertical pupils in the place where the light is shining, and it looks very cute at this time.

Xia Jiang was the first to say hello, but there was no real emotion in his words: "Happy New Year, Mr. Oda."

"Happy New Year, Miss Xia Jiang." Oda's eyes drifted to the big black ball in her arms. "This is……"

"Black cat, I just picked it up in an alley." Xia Jiang said, "I named it Briquette."

Oda was not slow at all, and easily accepted the cat-like name. He stretched out his hand and squeezed the protruding paw of the coal ball, and greeted: "Hello, coal ball."

Briquettes: "Meow~"

Xia Jiang asked: "Why is Mr. Oda still outside so late?"

"I just went to see the children, and now I'm on my way back to my residence." Oda scratched his hair and said, "But tonight, it seems that staying up late will be more atmospheric, right?"

Another man chasing atmosphere.

"You can go to Lupin to see, Mr. Dazai should still be there." Xia Jiang kindly informed Oda, his friend's whereabouts.She rubbed the cat, then realized something was wrong, and asked, "Children?"

Oda told frankly: "I have adopted five children, and it is not a secret in the port mafioso."

Xia Jiang found it hard to accept for a while: "..."

An employee of the Port Mafia | Hand Party, kindly adopted five orphans. Is he really the Mafia | Hand Party?What's more, Oda is still a low-level employee, suffering and tired, and his salary is still low. Can he really afford to raise five children? Isn't it said that raising children is the most expensive?

"A friend provided accommodation for the children." Oda saw her question.

No, he actually couldn't see it.

It's just that many people have the same doubts and silence after he said this. He is guessing based on experience.

Xia Jiang is shrouded in a veil of mystery, she is more false and elusive than Dazai.Dazai is sometimes true and sometimes false, half true and false; Xia Jiang is completely false, neither can be seen nor touched.

Oda added: "I can't provide them with such good resources."

"You are amazing, Mr. Oda." Xia Jiang shook his head and said, "It's the first time I've met someone as nice as you. If necessary, I can provide some help."

She took out a business card from her pocket and handed it to Oda who was in a daze.

Oda subconsciously refused: "Miss Xia Jiang, I don't..."

"Take it, maybe it will be used one day." Xia Jiang took off the paw that the black cat had slapped on his face, and pinched the cat's face to block the cat's kiss. "I don't mean help in the general sense, and I know you won't need that kind of help."

Xia Jiang and Zhitian looked at each other on the bridge, and after a while, Zhitian was not defeated.

He is a very stubborn person, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed at the grassroots level for so many years without being promoted.

Xia Jiang said: "Mr. Oda, I thought we were friends."

Oda: "Friends should exchange email addresses, not business cards."

"Well, you are incredible." Xia Jiang took out his phone from his pocket.

Oda: "..."

Now, he really couldn't find a reason to refuse.

He asked, "Miss Xia Jiang, why do you insist on doing this?"

Xia Jiang lowered his eyebrows, pressed the number reported by Oda on the keyboard, and said, "I am also an adopted orphan. I don't think this is a secret in the organization."

She opened her mouth when she lied, and no one knew whether what she said was true or not.



Oda talked about this strange encounter with Dazai in Lupine.

Oda is not a person with a big tongue, he originally decided to swallow this story silently.But Dazai is too smart, and I don't know how he saw that Oda and Xia Jiang met.

After listening to all the conversations on the bridge, Dazai couldn't help being speechless: "I didn't expect Xiao Xiajiang to be an enthusiastic person?"

When he said this, there was a sense of sarcasm, and there was a coldness in his eyes that Oda couldn't see through, and he seemed to be a little bit grateful.The emotions in those iris eyes were so complicated that Oda even wondered if there was any secret between the two that he didn't know.

"Keep her contact information carefully, Odasaku." Dazai propped his face on one hand, poking|fiddled with the ice hockey in the cup boredly. "As she said, it will come in handy someday."

Oda took the wine glass and snack plate from the boss: "Thank you."

Dazai raised his head and asked, "Hey, why is it that Xiao Xia Jiang and Oda Saku have gifts, but they just don't give them to me?"

The boss was also happy to argue with him: "Mr. Dazai, you broke a cup before."

"...Okay." Dazai lowered his head again, jumping up the topic without warning. "Odasaku, do you know that Xiao Xiajiang has a younger sister. She may have some sincerity about the orphan."

Oda turned his head to the side, and simply responded with a doubtful "hmm".

He is not interested in other people's private affairs, but since Dazai is gossiping, as a friend, he is willing to listen.

"That younger sister is somewhat related to Xiao Xiajiang." Dazai said, "The child was born in a very prestigious family. But when she was very young, the family was out for fun and encountered a series of car accidents, and she was the only survivor. .”

"The child was adopted intentionally by those who intentionally caused the car accident. The purpose of adopting her was to save her life when the incident happened in the future, and even extort a sum of money. But those people were not very smart and treated the child badly. Hit or scold."

Oda was stunned for a moment, he put down his wine glass, and his listening attitude changed from serious to very serious.

"It was too late when Xiao Xiajiang found that child, and the child was lost." Dazai said: "Odasaku, if you want to be friends with Xiao Xiajiang, please don't mention Ango in front of her. That matter is related to Ango. There are relationships."

Oda's expression suddenly became a little complicated, but he was soon relieved.

He is very tolerant of his friends, Ango is a mafia, and normal mafia will always do things to erase conscience.What's more, compared to the one drinking beside him, Ango is simply an angel sent by God to the world.

Moreover, Oda himself is also a mafia, so he is not qualified to express any opinions on this.

Afterwards, the atmosphere in the bar was not relaxed.

Oda promised the children that he would visit them tomorrow morning and take them to Meiji Shrine.He needs to go back to rest earlier, otherwise he won't be able to take care of the five chattering little troublemakers tomorrow.

Dazai said goodbye to Oda at the fork in the road.

He looked at the back of the man in the sand-colored windbreaker and said, "I'm sorry, Odasaku, that poison rose is your death, but it is also your only life."



Xia Jiang woke up after a nap and found that the cat was nowhere to be found.

She lifted the covers, opened the wardrobe, and rummaged through the boxes and drawers in the apartment.In the end, she found the cat in the most conspicuous place in the house—the black cat that was so black that it had no luster at all, and it blended with a black sweater thrown on the sofa, regardless of you and me.

Xia Jiang stretched out his hand in time, blocking the cat's face that came to kiss him.

Briquettes are really sticky.

Ordinary cats have changed owners, and they have to hide for a few days to adapt to the environment after arriving in their new home.But briquettes are different. When it is picked up for the first time, it sticks to people with all its might. When it sees people, it will rub its head with its head. Its personality is so good that it makes people cry.

What kind of fairy cat is this, ah bah, fairy briquettes.

Last night, after Xia Jiang tactfully complained to Zhongye that there was no cat food, Zhongye called his subordinates and delivered a box of canned peak food to his door overnight, as well as nutrition cream and hair cream, as well as a litter box and cat food. Cat litter is so complete that people don't know what to say.

Xia Jiang opened a bottle of pure water and poured it into the cat bowl, and opened a box of canned food for the briquettes.

She turned and went back to her room to change clothes. Today Mori Ogai was going to bring high-level personnel to pay homage to Meiji Shrine.

Before leaving, Xia Jiang sent a message to Zhong Ye who was far away in Italy.

"My child's father, the child said that the cat food you prepared is delicious."

There are two pictures included in the news, one is that the coal ball is eating canned food, and the other is that the coal ball found her secretly photographed, raised her head and looked at the camera with a pair of big eyes cutely.

It's zero o'clock in Italy now, so it's New Year's Eve.

Zhong also didn't sleep at this time, he was busy with work and didn't miss this message, so he took the time to reply.

Zhong also replied in the message: "Why does the child look like an owl?"

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