I'm on the scramble

The ending note of the black-haired young man melted into the evening wind, stirring up the ripples in a certain lake without authorization.

Ah Li looked up into his eyes, felt his heart beating faster in his chest, and foolishly wanted to break free from the shackles of his body, and escape to outer space without even wearing a space suit.

Sentimental love is courageous and scheming, but her courage seems to be lacking by a large margin.

But what he said was true, no matter what happened, Ah Li would go to save him without hesitation.One day when she was in the Armed Detective Agency, she would exist to protect him.

"Ali! Was my reasoning performance just now handsome?"

The famous detective who grabbed his sleeve to wipe his face was finally willing to let go of her hand, revealing his original fair face.The wet hair that was soaked in water stuck to his cheeks, but his smile was still shining like dewdrops, shining in the setting sun.

"...Why do you ask me this question every time?"

Ah Li was speechless for a while, why this guy has such a strong desire to show off.

"Hurry up and go home, or you're going to catch a cold."

Because he was worried that Ranbu's body would be unbearable, A Liqiang held him who was soaked in clothes, and planned to report to the Shibazaki police department and then make a statement with him tomorrow, and take Ranbu home first.

But Luanbu struggled restlessly behind his own green plum, and yelled loudly: "Don't be perfunctory! Hurry up and confess and be lenient—"

While dragging people away, while being held by his sleeves and dangling back and forth, Ah Li finally couldn't bear Ranpo's coquettish behavior, so he choked out a sentence unconvinced: "Okay, Edogawa Ranpo is the most handsome in the world !"

A certain Mr. detective was coaxed to his heart's content, and slightly raised his lips, as if today's work was worthwhile.

That exaggerated flattery seemed to reverberate in the street shrouded in the setting sun for a long time, and Ah Li began to feel ashamed belatedly, and hurriedly dragged the young man away in front of him.

What she said was not against her will.

Focusing on the random steps of reasoning will really shine like a little sun in her heart.

Naturally, he couldn't buy groceries on this trip, Ah Li had to pack Luanbu home first, and push him to the bathroom to take a hot bath, so that he could change into dry clothes to avoid catching a cold.After carefully exhorting some self-care waste wood, I unloaded the sword bag and went out again to the small supermarket near my home to make new purchases.

On the way home, Ah Li stopped by and bought a bag of warm Taiyaki on the street, planning to share it with Ranpo.

The house where they live together with the president is a combination of Dongsi style and Japanese style.

It looks like a single-family western-style house with a garden on the outside, but the inside is quite different.The courtyard is arranged into a Japanese-style courtyard, which corresponds to the edge corridor for people to rest, and inside the edge corridor is a Japanese room covered with tatami mats, where the president usually drinks tea and plays chess.

Ah Li returned to the front of the house, habitually looked at the mailbox, and found that the corner of a new letter was exposed after going out.

She held the plastic bag and took it out with one hand to have a look.

It was a meticulously folded pink envelope. The recipient's signature was written in Gothic English with a random Roman accent, and the fold on the back was stamped with a wax seal.You don't need to get close to smell the high-end perfume that wafts from the letter.

It is a well-prepared and luxurious letter.

"...Could it be a love letter to Ranpo?!" Thinking of this, Ah Li's expression changed several times in an instant.

【Edogawa Ranpo】The name is well-known in Kanto and Kansai, and it is not limited to the city of Yokohama.It's not uncommon for a famous detective like him to have a fanatic or two.

To be honest, she really wanted to open the letter on the spot to check the contents. If it was really a love letter, she would rub it and eat it by herself.

But Ah Li held back aggrievedly, it was not polite to do so.

So she stepped with extremely heavy steps, like a primitive dinosaur invading the floor of her home, strode across the porch, and yelled into the living room: "Ranbu, someone sent a love letter from you in the mailbox outside." '! Do you want to see it!"

"Love letter? Don't read it."

Someone's voice came from the Japanese room without hesitation.

Ari put the plastic bag containing the vegetables in the kitchen, then took the taiyaki and the envelope and walked lightly to the Japanese room, opened the paper door, and found that Ranpo had changed back into a clean white shirt, sitting cross-legged on the verandah Next tease the cat.

"...Why don't you look at it?" Ah Li leaned against the door frame of the paper door with her chest folded, and asked him sullenly, trying not to reveal the joy in her heart.

The black-haired young man after taking a bath didn't put on his hat, and his black hair was very refreshing after bathing in the sunset, but it was a little long and hung down to his forehead in pieces.

His long and narrow red phoenix eye tails were bent in a good mood, and he kept teasing the three cats under the veranda with a dog's tail grass in a concentrated manner.

"There's no reason why, even if you read an unnecessary letter, it's meaningless, right?"

Just like what Ranpo used to do when he was a postman when he was young, because he would not be happy even if people read the letters he thought were useless, and he decided to throw away the letters on his own, even now his character is quite selfish.

So much so that he had no interest in the so-called "love letter" at all, and he didn't even glance at it. Instead, he was more willing to watch how the three little cats rocked the dog's tail grass in his hand.

"Meow Xiaoli, work harder, you are just a little bit away from reaching it~"

The young man in a white shirt played with the cat innocently.

Now that he said that, Ah Li couldn't help but took out the rejected letter in his hand and looked at it.

The dimples on the corners of his lips seemed to unknowingly rippling away, but she quickly suppressed them forcibly.

The girl with tea chestnut hair tried to pretend to be calm, put the pink letter into her skirt pocket, and said calmly in a nonchalant tone: "Then I'll help you get rid of the letter? Don't regret it then."

"It's up to you." Luanbu said casually, still focusing on the movements of his hands, seeing that Miao Xiaoli's two front paws were about to reach the dog's tail grass, he suddenly raised his arms in a wicked way, "Hmph~ Do you think I will let you succeed so easily? You are so naive, Meow Xiaoli!"

(Even cats are bullied...)

Ah Li laughed out loud, and sat down next to him with her skirt pressed, and the two cats next to her suddenly crawled towards her lap.

"Meow Xiaobu, Meow Xiaoji~" She greeted cheerfully, and stroked the fur of the cats with her palm, and the two little milk cats immediately purred comfortably.

Together with Meow Xiaoli on the other side of Ranbu, these three cats are stray cats who often pass by their yard.

Some wild cats often sneaked into the courtyard of their house, either hiding in the grass or under the boards, and some even lay in the backyard majestically and posed in the sun.

So Ali and Ranbu secretly called the courtyard where cats are often refreshed in their house "Cat Backyard", and they hide here from time to time to play with stray cats.

The three cats right now are cats who know how to sit down on time to prepare meals. One day, Ah Li found that they had sneaked into the yard to hide from the rain, and they were very close to people, so He Ranbu decided to keep them from time to time, and secretly gave them All three cats have cute names.

The boss with pure white hair and good manners is called "Meow Xiaoji"; the second child with black fur and green eyes, who is particularly coquettish and greedy is called "Meow Xiaobu"; the very lively one with orange tiger stripes The youngest is called 'Meow Xiaoli'.

But it is said to be a stray cat, but it is actually similar to their domestic cats.It's just that they are best at slapping their buttocks and running after eating dried fish, and they never miss this place.

Let me add one more thing here, usually if the president comes over, Mao Mao will run away.

Although the president himself is an extreme cat lover, he is very desperate because of his cat-hating physique.Wherever he passed, there were no traces of "cats". Every time he could only secretly observe her and feed the cats in disorder by hiding behind the door, he even put extra pocket money on the table without saying a word. So that they can buy more toys and cat food.

So humble.

While Ah Li was stroking the cat happily, Ranpo seemed to smell the smell of taiyaki, and his nose was drawn towards him.

"Wow! Ah Li, you bought Taiyaki and didn't tell me!"

"...Didn't I share it with you, but don't eat too much, I have dinner later."

She took out the deliciously grilled Taiyaki from the bag, and nodded happily in disorder, not knowing if it was a prudent compromise temporarily because of this stuttering.

The two sat in the corridor teasing the cat, while watching the gradually sinking sunset and eating taiyaki.

Ranpo's Taiyaki is made with honey bean paste, and Ah Li's Taiyaki is made with taro filling. Both taste soft, glutinous and sweet.

Ah Li took a bite of Taiyaki lightly, and the soft flour crust kneaded with sugar and milk was torn apart around her lips.While she was eating, she turned her head to look at Luanbu's side face, his outline against Qian's color was very soft, which made Ah Li gradually see the spirit.

The heart and eyes reflecting the glow of Xihai belonged to him, and it was hard to tell if the eyes were a little envious of the food he could eat, or the cat he was teasing.

(... Ranpo said that just now, is it because he actually likes me a little bit?)

The girl with tea chestnut hair thought quietly, resting her chin quietly, looking at the red sunset sea, the burning clouds in the courtyard, and him, even forgetting to eat the taiyaki in her hand.

I don't know how much time has passed between them.

Until the black-haired young man suddenly turned around and took the piece of dogtail grass in his hand, put it in front of her nose and scratched it teasingly.

"Come on, Ash~"

Ah Li immediately woke up, blushing and waved away.

"What are you doing—"

Luanbu moved his head closer, with an expression of 'I really can't help you'.

"Don't you feel lonely because I have been playing with the cat all the time?"

He said at a close distance of only half a glass bottle away from Ah Li, and the sweet breath was blown over lightly.

In the sweet and sour air, something seemed to make a 'pop'.

It was like knocking over a bottle of her favorite orange-flavored pop soda, and the bubbling soda diffused in the surrounding air, making subtle sounds like 'beep' and 'boo'.

The girl's breath suddenly became stagnant, and her blood surged from the truth he punctured.Her cheeks swelled with the color of the setting sun, she stood up from the floor of the edge corridor with a 'shua', and said loudly to Luanbu angrily: "Don't treat me as a pet! Idiot Luanbu!"

After she finished speaking, she disappeared into the paper door. Luanbu didn't understand why her Qingmei was suddenly angry, showing a dazed expression, and subconsciously wanted to get up and chase her.

"Ali?!"

Unexpectedly, if he didn't pay attention, the half-bitten taiyaki in his hand would be taken away by Miao Xiaoli in retaliation at this moment, and the little milk cat nimbly twisted its waist and got into the grass.

"Wow! My taiyaki—"

The black-haired young man who lost Ome and Taiyaki wailed in the backyard.