cat blues

After the toast, everyone began to eat and drink happily.Yosano Akiko stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of Burgundy red wine stewed beef. This beef stew is very delicious. The aroma of red wine has completely penetrated into it. With a light bite, rich gravy will burst out of it .

Super delicious, so delicious that when I ate the beef, I even felt that I could swallow my tongue. The only thing that made Akiko Yosano burst into tears was that because the stewing time was a little too long, all the alcohol evaporated. up.

"It's so delicious." A small flower floated behind them.

Big Cat Yuji nodded in satisfaction, and took a bite of a fresh fish that was specially grilled for him, and the beard around his mouth was raised up in joy.

After a meal, everyone's stomachs were full. It seemed that because they all predicted what kind of dark dishes they might encounter at night, everyone would rather eat until noon.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Akutagawa Yin, and Nakajima Atsushi ran to help clean up the tableware together, and the others sat in the living room, either nestled in the kotatsu or on the sofa, and waited until Yukichi and the cats came back after washing. Ze Yukichi signaled that everyone can start exchanging gifts.

"Let's use my newly written song this year." Nakahara Chuya said before the others, "It was originally a gift from me to Mr. Yukichi, and it is a new song that will be released tomorrow, so Mr. This CD is the only one in the world."

The big cat Yuji immediately shook his ears happily, and got up to get his own music CD.

"Tsk, you little dwarf who is an eyesore." Dazai Osamu couldn't help but said.

"Oh, if you envy me, just say it, I won't laugh at you!" Zhong Yuanzhong also didn't care at all, and the atmosphere between the two became a little tense in an instant.

However, because such things can be seen almost every day, no one paid any attention to them at all. Oda Sakunosuke and Akutagawa Ryunosuke who was sitting next to him were discussing the novel, and everyone else was talking about their own things.

Not long after, Yuji Maomao ran back with his own small bluetooth speaker. When everyone saw this, they immediately took the nearby gift box. Yuji Maomao pressed the Bluetooth speaker, and the first song in the CD So it came out with a melodious music that was completely different from Zhongyuan Zhongye's impression.

The first song was unexpectedly a lyrical song. In the melodious song, everyone followed the tune and passed the gift box in their hands to the next person. The gift boxes were light or heavy, and they were well packaged. , even Edogawa Ranpo dare not say that he can deduce what is in everyone's gift box. You must know that sometimes, everyone is very funny, at least no one could I guessed that the gift box Yuji Maomao sent out was actually a prank prop such as a fist scare box.

After the song was sung, everyone stopped what they were doing. Everyone took the gift box in their hands and began to open it out of curiosity.

"Hey Dazai, you bastard!" Zhongya Nakahara was the first to burst out Yokohama's swearing, and the box he opened contained a very weird plush doll—a long-haired slug plush toy. I know that it is only possible that Osamu Dazai bought it.

Osamu Dazai, who did not expect that it was really the dwarf who was recruited, was immediately delighted, "Oh, the dwarf is really irritable, isn't the gift I gave you very vivid?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the box in his hand, and his cheerful face froze immediately.The box in Osamu Dazai’s hand is actually a very typical zombie mask. The zombie mask is made of silicone, and the scars, pus, and blood on it are all lifelike. I would be very happy to take Dai out to play pranks, but it's Christmas Eve, and I received this? !this one? !

"Pfft ha ha ha ha, Dazai, you really have a bad character, you even receive such things as gifts!" Zhong Yuanzhong also said with a big laugh.

Accompanied by Chuya Nakahara's voice, the others all looked at Osamu Dazai curiously, saw the zombie mask in his hand, and Akiko Yosano stood up in disbelief, "Hey, hey?"

After seeing the box in Osamu Dazai's hand clearly, she hurriedly put her hands together and apologized to Osamu Dazai, "Sorry, I took the wrong box! I'm very sorry!"

Yosano Akiko said in embarrassment: "I confused the peace prayer mask I ordered from a carpenter with this one, I'll go back to the dormitory and get that one!"

"And Xie Ye, you're so inferior." Edogawa Ranpo couldn't help complaining about her.

"No, it's okay, and I think this is pretty good as a gift." Osamu Dazai quickly adjusted his mentality, and instead looked at the female doctor who was so embarrassed that he almost picked out a Kinkakuji Temple with a smile, "It's okay Yes, Ms. Yosano, if you really give me such a mask, I won't be used to it, this one is fine."

As he said, he raised his hand to Yosano Akiko, and put the mask on, "Well, you can use it to scare people, especially a certain little dwarf!"

"Shut up!" Zhong Yuan was also impatient, why did he involve himself again! "Also, it's Christmas Eve anyway, take off the mask for me!"

Here they are arguing, Edogawa Ranpo has already opened his gift, the box is very light, and after opening it is a VIP card for a dessert shop, which can give discounts and points for consumption in the store, his eyes suddenly It lit up, and the whole person's painting style changed.

Fukuzawa Yukichi on the side coughed and turned his face away. It was clear at a glance who put this card in.

Fukuzawa Yukichi opened the box in his hand, and inside was a set of very exquisite Monsuke haori hakama, and more importantly, in the corner of Tsumono haori, it was embroidered with thread that was almost the same color as the haori A very light, very light picture of a cat.

Fukuzawa Yukichi looked over in surprise, and found that the big cat Yukichi had a happy face, and his two big cat eyes were shining, as if saying "Hurry up and praise me".

"Thank you..." Fukuzawa Yukichi didn't expect that he and Ranpo had such good luck this time, that they won each other's most wanted gift in one go.

Except for a few of them who were particularly lucky or unlucky, the others also received very good gifts. Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the gifts given by others are relatively normal?

Oda Sakunosuke opened a light-colored scarf and gloves set, which was put in by Akutagawa Gin.Akutagawa Ryunosuke opened a black top hat, which was put in by Chuya Nakahara.Akutagawa Yin opened a very cute little doll, which was put in by Edogawa Ranpo.Atsushi Nakajima opened a hardcover notebook and a pen, which Kunikida put in alone.Yosano Akiko drove to a music box with a glass ball in the falling snow scene, which was put in by Oda Sakunosuke.What Kunikida Doppo got was a Chinese-Japanese bilingual hardcover book, which was put in by Atsushi Nakajima.Yukichi Tomomi got a hand-knitted woolen haori, which was put in by Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

By the way, after getting the woolen haori, Yukichi Tomo immediately put it on happily, which immediately made Ryunosuke Akutagawa so happy that he almost went to heaven in place.

After the happy gift exchange session, everyone played around in the living room for a while. Some watched TV, some swiped their mobile phones, and a few people even got together to play UNO because they were bored. .

This happy and peaceful atmosphere ended when Zhong Yuan, who had been swiping his phone for a long time, looked up and found that there was no one in the living room.

"Where's Dazai?" Chuya's question stunned everyone, and then they all looked towards the open kitchen, and sure enough, they saw Osamu Dazai wearing an apron and holding a big The spoon stood by the stove, and there was a large casserole on the gas stove.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

"Ah, everyone is hungry, I've already made dinner." When Osamu Dazai turned his head to look at them, the back was covered with white flowers.

"It's...already done..." Kunikida Doppo's teeth were chattering.

"Well, Mr. Yukichi puts away the rice and water to cook the rice. Dazai, you are only responsible for flipping the switch, right?" Yosano Akiko couldn't help asking.

"Yes..." Osamu Dazai turned out a portable stove on the table from the kitchen cupboard with a smile, took it out and put it on the table, "Well, my cooking skills can't match Mr. Yukichi's." In comparison, so I was a little lazy and made an assorted pot."

As soon as they heard Osamu Dazai, they just pressed the switch of the rice cooker. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Although Oda Sakunosuke said that Dazai Osamu's cooking skills have improved a lot, he couldn't imagine what kind of "delicious" rice Dazai made. Feeling!In any case, at least it is safe to have white rice at night. They remember that every year when the new year is approaching, Yuji Maomao will prepare a lot of pickles, and at least there will be white rice and pickles to eat.

A group of people comforted themselves in this way, and then saw Osamu Dazai bring up the steaming oversized casserole, put it on the portable stove, and after turning on the stove, he lifted the lid of the pot with a smile.

What appeared in front of everyone was a very normal assorted hot pot with all kinds of vegetables and meat. The aroma coming out of the pot was also very normal, somewhat like the smell of sukiyaki.

"Huh... so normal." Except for Oda Sakunosuke and Yukichi Tomomi who couldn't speak, everyone else couldn't help but said with a sigh of relief.

Osamu Dazai was not angry, and went to take out another dish of his own along with a large number of plates, "Cho, this is my special hard tofu! It has no shortcomings except that it is very hard!"

"No, it's a problem if the tofu is hard." Kunikida Doppo subconsciously complained.

"Ah..." Oda Sakunosuke suddenly whispered.

"What's wrong?" Kunikida couldn't help but look at him.

"No, I just remembered that Ango said the same thing before." Oda Sakunosuke nodded and said.

Kunikida Doppo sighed helplessly, "Okay, hard tofu or something, it's understandable anyway, so what about those dishes?"

Osamu Dazai distributed the plates to everyone one by one, "After all, it is an assorted pot that everyone eats together, so in order to let Mr. Yukichi also eat the contents of the pot, I didn't put any seasoning in the pot, just put Add a little salt and mirin, and add a little soy sauce to adjust the color. So this pot is super light, please put it in the bowl and season with the dipping sauce!"

"Are you too lazy?" Kunikida Doppo couldn't help but continued to complain, "Why Mr. Yukichi, obviously you are not good at seasoning at all, right?"

But that's what I said, but after hearing such words, everyone couldn't help but put some snacks down again. Anyway, the pot is very light, which prevents the possibility of Dazai Osamu's seasoning. If you season yourself, no matter what It's better than eating Osamu Dazai's dark dishes.

"Then, I'm going!" After everyone sat down, they put their hands together in front of them and said.

"Come on, Mr. Yukichi, come and taste it first!" Dazai Osamu said before the meal, and looked decisively at the big cat Yukichi next to him, "I made this especially for you!"

Yukichi the big cat thought of the scars on Osamu Dazai's fingers that must have been hidden by bandages, so he nodded, and he was the first to stick out his chopsticks into the casserole with dignity, and then... it picked up a banana.

A yellow, soggy, peeled banana.

In an instant, the scene became cold.

"Why is it a banana?" After a while, Nakahara Chuya regained his voice and said.

"Because Mr. Yukichi actually likes to eat bananas?" Dazai Osamu's words are not false, the big cat Yukichi really likes to eat bananas.

"But it's fruit! And you didn't even peel it!" Zhong Yuanzhong also slapped the table and stood up.

"Calm down, Nakaya, as long as you don't eat bananas." Oda Sakunosuke also reached in with his chopsticks, and came out with a strawberry.

"Grass, strawberry?" Yosano Akiko couldn't believe it.

"So why did you put the fruit in the assorted pot!" Zhong Yuan couldn't help shouting again.

"Because fruits are rich in vitamins and nutrients!" Osamu Dazai was also not to be outdone.

"But fruit isn't for making assorted pots!"

"The so-called assorted pot is a pot that has everything!"

The two started a fierce confrontation.

At this moment, Akutagawa Ryunosuke said, "Mr. Yukichi ate it!"

Everyone immediately cast their gazes over, and saw that although the big cat Yukichi was a little confused, he still honestly peeled and ate the banana caught in the bowl, and then gave a thumbs up to Osamu Dazai.

"Mr. Yukichi seems to think it's pretty good!" Akutagawa Yin said in disbelief.

"Then you're welcome." Akutagawa Ryunosuke decisively reached out and took a piece of peach out of the pot, put it in his mouth, and chewed vigorously, "Well, it's really good, although it's a bit strange, but the flavor of the fruit isn't that great affected."

Sakunosuke Oda, who was also eating fruit, nodded in agreement.

"Hmph, let me just say it's okay!" Osamu Dazai proudly picked up a chopstick of beef and put it into Yukichi's big cat's bowl, "Come on, Mr. Yukichi, you are a cat, you should eat more meat, don't eat meat. Leave it to the little guy with all his muscles but not his stature."

"Who is the dwarf!" Zhongyuan Zhongya snapped the chopsticks in his hand!

Atsushi Nakajima next to him hurriedly handed him a new pair of disposable chopsticks. He took a deep breath, but still picked up a large chopsticks cabbage and put it into his own bowl, and poured some Chinese dipping sauce into it. I just ate it.

Seeing that there were no other accidents when someone moved their chopsticks, everyone was relieved, and the atmosphere at the dinner table gradually became lively.

After Edogawa ranpo took two bites of the fruit, he was very curious about the sliced ​​hard tofu that was placed there. After poking it with chopsticks, he found that the tofu was indeed very hard, but Oda Sakunosuke and Dazai Osamu praised the taste of the tofu , He couldn't help being very curious about the taste of this thing.

Seeing this, Fukuzawa Yukichi simply picked up a piece and dipped it in a soy sauce dipping plate, then picked it up and put it in his mouth and took a bite. The taste was indeed very strange, but the taste was indeed as delicious as they said. .Although it should be soft tofu, it has a very firm texture and very little bean flavor. It is really a pretty good dish.

Seeing Fukuzawa Yukichi taking the initiative to test the poison, Edogawa Ranpo was immediately moved, and seeing the other party's expression after eating, he immediately took a piece of hard tofu with confidence, and dipped it in soy sauce like Fukuzawa Yukichi Then put it in your mouth.

"Hmm, it's really a strange taste, but it's not bad." Edogawa Ranpo nodded, and it was already a very commendable thing for him to say such a comment.

Osamu Dazai on the side suddenly smiled, and his tone of voice was even more turbulent, "Is it like this-is it like this——"

Seeing that everyone was eating happily, Fukuzawa Yukichi carefully put down the chopsticks in his hand. He had eaten enough for lunch, and he had some snacks with everyone in the afternoon. Naturally, he should be restrained at night, but He just sat on the edge of the table without moving, easily putting pressure on the children, so he stood up considerately, "I'll go blow some wind."

The heating was turned on in the room, and it was a bit dry to stay in the air-conditioned room all the time, even if Yukichi Tomo turned on the humidifier at the side, Fukuzawa Yukichi opened the paper sliding door and walked out, then closed the door carefully. Large windows are installed, and it is with such windows that the heat is not dissipated.

Fukuzawa Yukichi opened the glass sliding door and walked into the courtyard, feeling the cold wind with a slightly damp breath blowing on his face, he was greatly relieved.

At this time, a three-colored cat strolled by under the moonlight on the fence of the yard, which surprised and delighted Fukuzawa Yukichi. He took out a small dried fish from his pocket and wanted to walk over to feed the cat.

However, the three-flowered cat, which hadn't run away as soon as it saw him, suddenly let out an almost shrill cry when he approached, and ran away quickly.

Fukuzawa Yukichi lowered his hands in frustration, and after putting the dried fish back into his sleeves, he realized that the cat didn't seem to be meowing at him, but behind him.

Fukuzawa Yukichi was taken aback for a moment, then turned around abruptly, and saw that the living room, which was supposed to be brightly lit and bustling, had now turned dark.

Fukuzawa Yukichi ran back quickly, and after closing the glass door, he opened the paper door forcefully, "What's going on?!"

The bright moonlight was suddenly half covered by a passing dark cloud, but with the swordsman's good eyesight, he could clearly see that everyone in the room fell to the ground staggeringly. The strongest Nakahara Chuya and Dazai Osamu whose ability is invalidated are no exception.

And his most important big cat and the famous detective hugged and fell together. Edogawa Ranpo even wrote "The murderer is Tai" on the table with soy sauce.

"What's going on?" Fukuzawa Yukichi was really shocked. He rushed over and wanted to call up the most reliable doctor in his agency and Akiko Yosano. There was a whirlwind.

Fukuzawa Yukichi contacted the words Edogawa Ranpo wrote on the table, and immediately reacted, how could such a thing happen?It's almost like a chronic poison attack. I'm afraid it's because I ate the least that I will fall down at the end?This hot pot can actually delay the onset of unpalatable sequelae!

But in any case, how can such a thing be done with only fruits, vegetables and beef?

Before falling down, the lone swordsman Silver Wolf saw the supplementary nutrition that was taken out and put on the sink... So Dazai, did you actually put those things in there too! ?

"Master Ranpo almost thought he was going to die." Edogawa Ranpo sat on the sofa, and it was very rare that he was still eating lollipops after nine o'clock in the evening. If he didn't use this sweet taste to wash away what was left in his mouth He felt that he would not be able to stand the smell of it, and he would rather wait and brush his teeth a few more times.

"It's the same next time." Akutagawa Ryunosuke has a blank face up to now, as if the soul that just flew out of his mind has not flown back yet.

Akutagawa Yin on the side was very worried about his brother, and even went to get a hot towel to cover his forehead.

Nakajima Atsushi, who was the first to wake up, was cleaning up the mess on the table with Yukichi Tomomi, and Nakajima also hurried forward to help after resting.

Oda Sakunosuke was comforting Osamu Dazai who was squatting in the corner growing mushrooms, "It's okay Dazai, just don't put those nutritional supplements next time."

"Hey, Odasaku, you still remember to comfort me." Osamu Dazai cried with tears in his eyes.

"Dazai..." Yosano Akiko who came in from the outside after washing her face had long since lost the embarrassment and guilt of giving the wrong gift, and her face was full of calm, "Dazai, you are not allowed to enter the kitchen from now on. "

"Miss Yosano is right." Kunikida Doppo also walked in, and at this time he was actually glad that his friend Tianshan Hanabou did not come with him.

Osamu Dazai suddenly became more depressed as if he had received a major blow.

After the big cat Yukichi washed all the pots and pans, he saw that Osamu Dazai was still depressed, so he walked over and pulled the man up from the ground.

Osamu Dazai didn't struggle, stood up obediently to its strength, and then saw Yukichi the cat took out a piece of paper from his apron pocket and handed it over.He took the paper with some curiosity, and saw that there was a recipe for a real assorted pot written on it in cute round fonts and equally cute stick figures.

"Wow, Mr. Yukichi!" Osamu Dazai decisively hugged the big cat's body.