Xiao Zhongya's plan to grow taller

As soon as he met Dazai Osamu, Nakahara Chuya stuffed the child into his arms.

The brim of the hat was lowered, and Nakahara Chuya's expression could not be seen clearly, but he said, "Send him away before something happens."

Xiao Zhongya, who was wrapped in his coat, was sleeping soundly on Dazai Osamu's shoulder. Dazai Osamu glanced sideways and looked up at Nakahara Chuya: "What happened?"

"It's not your business, Dazai." Nakahara Chuya said: "Anyway, the kid will leave sooner or later, so let's send him back before there is no chaos in Yokohama. He doesn't belong here in the first place."

After speaking, Zhong Yuanzhong also left.

Looking at Nakaya in his arms, Osamu Dazai pursed his lips slightly, suppressed all the emotions in his eyes, and carried him back to the detective agency.

……

detective agency.

Osamu Dazai put Nakaya on the sofa and walked towards Edogawa Ranpo.The place where he used to sit was full of snacks at the moment, and Edogawa was leaning on the back of the chair in disorder, reading a mystery novel.

His eyes suddenly darkened, and he raised his head.

Osamu Dazai: "Mr. Ranpo, do you have any idea about Chuya's return home?"

Edogawa looked at Dazai Osamu in a random way, then glanced in the direction of the sofa, bit off the chocolate bar and said, "You want to send him back? Well...it is really dangerous for Chuya to stay in Yokohama at this time... Well, then you and him will come with me tomorrow."

The next day, Iimachi Park.

The three of them squatted in a sandpit in a circle, and Ranpo Edogawa drew two circles with a branch, and then drew two rectangles inside the two circles.

"The circle represents Yokohama, and the square represents the gate." Ranpo Edogawa nodded with a branch, "These are two different worlds, just like water and oil cannot mix, the two Yokohamas should not intersect, but—— "

He tapped the square with a tree branch: "The door appeared, and a passage appeared between the two Yokohamas, but this passage did not always exist. Only when this passage appeared again, Chuya could go home."

Before that, he had been groping for the law. A thing would never appear for no reason, and there must be a set of laws for its existence. So he did research based on the weather, wind direction, and temperature on the day Zhongya came to the detective agency.

With two pairs of eyes staring at Edogawa Ranpo, Osamu Dazai asked, "Is there any result?"

Edogawa Ranpo threw away the branches, took out his mobile phone, and clicked on today's Yokohama weather forecast.

"Hmm..." Edogawa Ranpo looked at it, "The day after tomorrow, the weather the day after tomorrow is the same as the day Chuya came to the detective agency. In theory, the time when the door appeared is also the same."

the day after tomorrow……

Xiaozhong also listened to Edogawa Ranpo's words, looked down at the circles and squares on the bunker, put his hands on his knees, and pursed his lips.

He can go home the day after tomorrow, but why doesn't he feel very happy...

On the way back, Xiao Zhong didn't say a word, he was limp as if he had sunstroke.

Konakaya's gloomy members of the detective agency noticed it, and when no one was paying attention, Kunikida approached Osamu Dazai and asked in a low voice, "You guys went out with Mr. Ranpo, why did he become like this when he came back? gone?"

Osamu Dazai was lying on the sofa. Hearing this, he waved his hands as if to repel flies and mosquitoes: "I'm leaving the day after tomorrow."

Got to go?

Kunikida paused for a moment before he could react, and then suddenly realized: "Mr. Ranpo has found a way to send him back? Isn't that great? Chuya has been here for almost half a month. His parents must be worried after being missing for so long. .”

After speaking, Kunikida didn't get an answer, so he went to look at the sofa.

Osamu Dazai was lying on his side with his left arm resting on his head, his eyes closed.

Kunikida felt that Dazai was different from usual.

After Kunikida left, Osamu Dazai opened his eyes, stared at a certain place for a long time in a daze, and then took out the phone from his pocket...

That night, Xiao Zhong also held on to Osamu Dazai like a dog's skin plaster and refused to let go.

Osamu Dazai held his butt and smiled helplessly: "Chuya is still a baby, Brother Dazai is just going to take a bath, not going out..."

Xiaozhong also put his arms around Osamu Dazai's neck, and leaned on his shoulder with his face outward.

The child's emotions come and go quickly, capricious, but it is also easy to identify. The current appearance is obviously reluctant to part with him, but he can't say "I'm not leaving", and can only express his displeasure through actions. The meaning of giving up.

The room fell silent, Osamu Dazai hugged him, and suddenly remembered the night when Xiao Zhongya first came, he coaxed the child to take turns telling stories, but when he came out, the child had already fallen asleep.

Raising his hand to gently pat his back, Osamu Dazai suggested, "Chuya, let me tell you a bedtime story tonight."

The same person, the same storybook, Xiaozhong also lay under Dazai Osamu's arms, Dazai Osamu opened the storybook, looked at the pictures on it and decided to make it up.

"A long time ago, there lived an old woman and a grandfather in a village. One morning, the old man picked up a big peach while doing laundry by the river..."

"Grandma has never seen such a big peach. Just looking at it, she thought it was delicious, so she took a knife to cut the peach. Who would have thought that the peach is still hollow, and a bare-bottomed doll popped out of it..."

Osamu Dazai looked down at Xiao Zhongya, and was waiting for him to continue speaking with his eyes wide open.

"..." Didn't it mean that children usually fall asleep quickly when they listen to adults telling bedtime stories?

……

The next morning, Osamu Dazai fished Naka out of the bed.

Xiaozhong also rubbed his face on Osamu Dazai's shoulder, and shouted in confusion, "Brother..."

"Yeah." Dazai Osamu handed him the toothbrush, "Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth, don't make your brother Chuya wait."

Hearing this, Xiaozhong was also taken aback, and looked up at Osamu Dazai: "Brother Zhongya?"

"Yeah." Osamu Dazai felt ashamed when he thought of the scene where he let Nakahara Chuya come out to play tomorrow, "Dazai brother and Chuya brother took you to the amusement park today."

……

Nakahara Nakaya waited directly on the bench in the amusement park, and when he got impatient, Osamu Dazai showed up with Nakaya on his arm.

Xiaozhong was also wearing a yellow hat and carrying his Kamen Rider schoolbag. When he saw Chuya Nakahara sitting on the bench, his joy was beyond words, and he waved his hands and shouted: "Brother Chuya——!!"

Zhongyuan Zhong also followed the sound, took two cups of cold drinks beside him and walked over, scolding: "Are you two tortoises, why don't you just come back after sunset!?"

Osamu Dazai let go of his hand, and Xiao Zhong also ran over immediately, hugged Nakahara Chuya's legs, raised his head and smirked: "Brother Chuya..."

Nakahara Chuya handed him the cold drink, and Dazai Osamu handed it out very familiarly, ready to take another cup of cold drink, but Nakahara Chuya didn't even look at it, and drank it by himself.

"..." Osamu Dazai kept smiling.

Xiaozhong also took a couple of sips with the straw in his mouth, and the strawberry smoothie slid down the esophagus. It was icy cold and instantly dispelled the heat from his body.

"Here, this is for you." A mobile phone suddenly appeared in front of him.

Xiaozhong also looked at his phone, and looked up at Zhongya Zhongyuan.

"Didn't you keep saying yes?"

Xiaozhong also looked at the phone and took it with a smile: "Yes! Thank you brother Zhongye!"

Xiao Zhong also fiddled with his phone, taking a picture of the Ferris wheel not far away, and another picture of the doll passing balloons to the children.

Looking at the photo, Xiaozhong also smiled happily, glanced at Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuya quietly, he raised his mobile phone, and clicked——

"Brother Zhongye, what are we playing?"

Zhong Yuan's eyelids twitched, what do we mean by "what are we playing"?Who wants to play with you!

"...the merry-go-round."

So Xiaozhong also put the mobile phone into Dazai Osamu's hand, and after saying "Brother help us take pictures", he pulled Nakahara Zhongya to pick a horse to sit on.

The music played, and the wooden horse spun up and down for a while, surrounded by the laughter of children.

Amidst the laughter, Zhong Yuan put his hands in his pockets, with a gloomy face, he knew that he was the parent of a child, but those who didn't know thought he was a child from Dark Shark.

Xiao Zhong also looked back, seeing Nakahara Nakaya's stinky face, he couldn't stop laughing happily, and waved his hand to greet Osamu Dazai outside the court.

"Brother Dazai, I'm here!"

Osamu Dazai waved his hand and took a picture of the scene in front of him.

After that, I went to play the pirate ship, the rapids, the dinosaur park, the aquarium... Every photo shows Xiao Zhongye's bright smile, some with Nakahara Nakaya in the photo, and some of the three of them together...

Playing until the sunset, when the entire amusement park was illuminated by the sunset, Xiao Zhongye left with Nakahara Nakaya and right Dazai Osamu.

Dinner is at a children's restaurant.

The other tables are all family dinners, only their table is two older brothers and younger brothers.

Xiao Zhong also took off his little yellow hat, revealing his hair that had been soaked in sweat but had been naturally air-dried. He leaned on the back of the chair, his feet dangling, flipping through today's photos, laughing from time to time.

He didn't put down his phone until dinner was delivered, picked up a spoon and stuffed the food into his mouth.

The child was very hungry, his mouth was stuffed, and a blush hung on his cheeks all day.

Except for them, the restaurant was full of laughter and joy.

The night sky in midsummer is bright with stars, the night breeze still has a lingering warmth from the day, colorful lights are lit up, and the whole of Yokohama is in a dazzle.

At the fork in the road, Xiaozhongya and Zhongyuan Zhongya met each other's eyes, and neither of them made a sound.

After a few seconds, Zhong Yuanzhong also waved his hand, turned and left: "I'll go first."

The back figure gradually drifted away, Xiaozhong also stared straight at it, raised his hand and waved: "Goodbye, brother..."

Only when he could no longer see him did Xiaozhong hold Dazai Osamu's hand tightly, raised his head and said, "Brother Dazai, let's go home."

Osamu Dazai's eyes flickered, he lowered his head and laughed, and said softly against the evening wind: "Okay, let's go home..."

The moon is bright and the road is long.

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On the day of departure, Osamu Dazai put the clothes he bought into his schoolbag one by one, and then took Xiaozhong to the detective agency.

The members of the detective agency all prepared gifts for Xiao Zhongye, including food and other things, how they got here in the first place, and how they got back now.

Seeing the little yellow hat mixed into the crowd, drifting away until he could no longer catch it, Edogawa walked away from the window in random steps, picking up the unfinished mystery novel.

Kunikida sat back at his desk and continued typing on the computer; Yosano Akiko returned to his operating room; Kenji fiddled with the flower pots on the table; Tanizaki Naomi put his arm around Tanizaki Junichiro; Nakajima Atsushi picked up the broom Sweeping the floor; Jinghua stood silently by the wall...

Iimachi Park.

Osamu Dazai led Xiao Zhongya through the park and walked under the shade of the trees.

Cicada yelled tirelessly, the high temperature distorted the air in the distance, and Xiaozhong also lowered his head, tightly clutching Dazai Osamu's hand.

Dazai glanced down.

When passing by the convenience store, the old lady sat at the door and gently shook the cattail fan. Amid the sound of cicadas, Osamu Dazai seemed to have heard the sound of a train arriving at the station...

He pursed his lips tightly, and led Xiaozhong to turn the corner. Looking at the construction site that was still under construction, Osamu Dazai squatted down, pulled the backpack strap for Xiaozhong, pulled the brim of his hat, and gently scraped the child's soft skin with his fingers. With a chubby face, he smiled and said, "Chuya, don't make such an expression, you're going home soon."

Xiaozhong also pursed his mouth, tears accumulated in his eyes and did not fall.

"Be obedient, and go home happily." Osamu Dazai stood up, pushing Xiao Zhong forward with his palm, and he stood in the dazzling sunlight and said, "Go forward, brother will watch you go home."