pet writer

24 / Ge Qing

After the hot summer has passed, Yokohama's autumn is still hot, but at any rate, there is a bit of cool air in the morning and evening, and it is finally out of the high temperature, and the outdoor temperature can also allow people to move around.

Before you know it, the seventh month of the old calendar has arrived, and the Obon Festival has also quietly arrived.

A large number of people who come to Yokohama to work return home to visit relatives and participate in festival activities, and most of the rest of Yokohama are foreigners who do not celebrate festivals.Standing on the road and looking all the way, they are all foreigners with various hair colors. For a while, people can't tell whether this is Japan or foreign countries.

The locals also began to organize activities for the Obon Festival.

Originally, Yokohama did not pay much attention to this. Since the Obon Festival celebration in Kyoto, Japan attracted a large number of tourists, the Obon Festival in various places has also begun to engage in its own activities to drive the economy.As a port city in Yokohama, the Obon Festival here is very innovative and incorporates elements from foreign countries, which is quite different from the traditional celebrations in Kyoto.

Qiao Yu could also see the people preparing for the celebration coming and going in the store.

"Celebration." Qiao Yu held the little orange cat in her arms, and a brother stood on her shoulder.

Brother Ying yelled.

Qiao Yu: "I won't go... It's a bit strange to go to the celebration alone."

Brother Ying yelled again.

Qiao Yu: "Aha, forget it, I have to take care of it with it."

No matter what brother Ying said, the old house at home was unmoved, the big parrot slapped Qiao Yu's hair with its wings, and flew back to the inside.

Qiao Yu chuckled and didn't care.

On the contrary, the little orange cat in his arms watched them interact with a little curiosity, and his little paw rested on Qiao Yu's hand.The warmer flesh pads were printed on the back of Qiao Yu's hands, which felt a bit like a warm little fire.

Qiao Yu lowered his head and rubbed its hair, comfortingly said, "It's fine."

Festival celebrations and temple fairs are still being bustlingly prepared, and Obon Festival leaflets are distributed door to door, round after round, and Qiao Yu has already received four or five of them. "Is the celebration so lively this year?"

The person who handed out the leaflets had an honest and honest face. He smiled at Qiao Yu and rubbed the back of his head: "Yes, there are many foreigners staying in Yokohama this year. Many of them are very interested in the celebration. We sponsored."

It's rare to have money, don't you work hard?

"We must come this year. Students from Yuanyue College are also here. They have two booths. It must be fun!"

Qiao Yu, who is not Japanese and doesn't know the importance of Yuanyue in their hearts, looked down at the flyer. The light cast a shadow through the thick eyelashes. Those eyes revealed inexplicable emotions, like black swirls with a deadly The attractiveness made the employees who handed out the leaflets stunned.

I didn't know much about it before, so the veterinarian here is so good-looking?

There was a flush on the staff member's face, and soon he lowered his head to cover it up by stroking the back of his head. When he lowered his head, he saw the orange cat in Qiao Yu's arms staring at him.The cat's eyes made him uncomfortable, but he didn't care.

It's just a cat anyway.

"Anyway, please be sure to participate this year, I'll go to the next one first."

The doctor sent him out with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work."

Obon festival ah...

Qiao Yu hugged the cat and turned around to go back to the store. When she didn't have an appointment, she rarely stayed there for a while.

The Obon Festival is also known as the Ghost Festival and the Ghost Festival. It is a festival to remember and pay homage to ancestors.This is not popular in foreign countries, and they don’t pay attention to the old and new calendars. The one that can be related is Halloween. The festive atmosphere of Halloween in foreign countries is completely different from that of Obon Festival, and it is more inclined to joy and games.

Qiao Yu started his career as an overseas student because his guardian went to the United States. It took him a long time to adapt to the new environment. When he thinks back, the Obon Festival has passed for a long, long time.

Qiao Yu once went back to China to visit his parents, but later he found it meaningless.

There are no remains there either, and the cemetery is full of clothes tombs sorted out by others.

In his memory, the last time he saw his parents was a month before he heard the news of their death.He woke up suddenly in the middle of the night one night, and then couldn't sleep the whole night. The next day, he waited for a heavy and slow "sorry", which made Qiao Yu unable to recover for several years, as if he had fallen into a huge dream. , The dream is full of bizarre images, like a person sitting in a speeding car, with color blocks speeding past on both sides.

Losing a parent is a terrible feeling.

In the past, Qiao Yu didn't see them often, which gave people the illusion that it didn't make any difference whether his parents were there or not.It was only later that I found out that it was different... completely different, really different.

At the ceremony on the day of the burial, relatives from both sides came, wearing black clothes and white faces, each of them was as absurd and wonderful as a paper man.

As their only son, Qiao Yu sat on the side to accept their condolences, his eyes were dry, his heart was heavy, and he lowered his head, vaguely hearing their pity.

"Are you going to the orphanage later?"

"very pitiful."

"Yeah, that's pathetic."

Apart from the words "poor" and "sorry", they seemed to have nothing else to say.

If no one wants to adopt Qiao Yu, according to the law he can only enter the orphanage.It is very difficult for a child of his age to be adopted. Most likely he will stay in an orphanage until he reaches adulthood.

At that time, only Earl D offered to take Qiao Yu away.

"Would you like to come with me?" The man, dressed in a black but never understated Tang suit, was so beautiful that paper people talked about him, and offered an invitation to him.

Even more absurd, the lawyer came later with news of his parents' estate and pension.

This amount of money was enough to turn the faces of everyone present. Those who were shameless expressed their willingness to take care of Qiao Yu on the spot, and those who were shameless would secretly contact him.

After those pale paper figurines put on the masks of smiling faces, it looks more like a horror movie.

At least Qiao Yu thought so.

On the contrary, the handsome Earl was out of place among them.

It seemed that he really just came to attend a funeral, and he might take away a child by the way, it didn't matter to him whether Qiao Yu agreed or not.

It is unclear whether he was bewitched by the earl, or he wanted to escape, but Qiao Yu rejected all the relatives' persuasion, and resolutely followed the unfamiliar earl D to live in the completely unfamiliar America.

Ten years have passed in a flash.

It’s this year’s Obon Festival again.

The little orange cat moved uneasily in Qiao Yu's arms.

It doesn't know what's wrong. It always feels that the doctor is suddenly far away from it at this moment. Is it because of the Obon Festival?Or is it because of... that person just now?

Maomao climbed onto the doctor's shoulder, and pressed a cat's paw on his face.

Qiao Yu regained consciousness, met the worried eyes of the little orange cat, opened her mouth, squeezed its fur claws, and held it in the palm of her hand.

Chuya struggled, but couldn't break free.

The kitten's blue eyes widened, and it seemed to say, "Why do you eat my paws!"

It was so cute that Qiao Yu laughed out loud, and those messy thoughts just disappeared without a trace.He let go of its cat's paw and kissed the cat's forehead.

The kitten blushed, but fortunately it was covered by fur so that the doctor could not see it.It broke free from the doctor's hand, burned its buttocks and ran back to the room, ready to accompany sister cat.

Qiao Yu also thought of the autistic cat sister, and followed Zhongye Maomao leisurely with a book.

After sister cat's autism relapsed, she felt more serious than before.

Compared with the leisurely life of the pet shop, units such as the Supernatural Secret Service Division, the military police, and the Metropolitan Police Department have been very tense during this period. The former has strengthened the investigation of supernatural power users, while the latter has continuously sent more people to patrol. Canceled vacation.

Even so, something went wrong.

"Male, 22 years old, no fixed residence and job, unknown identity." The forensic staff and the police department described the exchange of scene information, "The time of death is estimated to be from 1:4 to [-]:[-] in the morning, and the cause of death...the preliminary judgment is that the direct cause of death is freezing to death. , We have to wait for the results of the autopsy for details."

The recorder stopped writing: "It's unknown again."

The forensic doctor shook his head, "The deceased showed no signs of struggle, and there were pinholes in his arm. We have to go back to the laboratory for testing to find out the ingredients of the drug..."

The police department interrupted him: "Is there no need for an autopsy?"

"But not sure about the cause of death..."

"This kind of homeless person with no identity has died too much in the past two years." The police department, who has worked in Yokohama for some years, lost interest when he heard his identity, "There is no need to waste money on autopsies, forensic teacher. Every day There are many unidentified homeless people who died in Yokohama, and they were autopsied one by one, and our funds are not enough."

The forensic doctor's lips moved and he wanted to say something, but the police department had already stood up and cut him off: "Are you a new forensic doctor? It's good to be motivated, but it doesn't work if you try too hard. Yokohama, it's not ordinary The place is different from other places..."

During the conversation between the two, the person in charge of maintaining order at the scene uttered an exclamation, which caught their attention.

With just a movement of turning his head, a short man rushed over, and the police department quickly grabbed his collar, and he shouted to his subordinates: "Hey, what's the matter with you, you don't even have a child stop……"

"Ahhh, the serial murderer has come to Yokohama."

The black-haired child suddenly shouted, startling the old police department, he quickly threw the child out, "What nonsense, how could it be a serial killer!"

The one who was scolded by the old police department was a boy who looked like he was only a middle school student. His messy hair made him look extremely young.After he was thrown out by the police department, he was caught by the people behind.

The police department said in a rough voice: "Who are you! Ordinary people are not allowed to enter here, let me out!"

The person who caught the child raised his glasses and was dressed in a neat suit. He looked more like an elite who would sit in an office. "We're also relevant."

He showed his ID indifferently, and the old police department frowned and took a closer look. His frown turned into a crooked one, and his expression quickly changed from guarded to "good friends".

The children standing between them expressed shock at the speed of the old police department's change of face.

Is this the adult world?

His expression of wanting to study as if he was watching a play was so obvious that the old police department's eyelids twitched, as if he pretended not to see it. "It turned out to be a brother from the Secret Service Division, come here, the scene is here..."

"This is not the first scene at all." The child yelled out in a particularly embarrassing manner.

The face of the old police department twitched, and he looked at the man in the suit.

I don't know why he brought a child here.

The elite in the suit raised his glasses again, and said in a flat tone, "This is our ace detective."

The suspicious eyes of the old police department traveled between the two of them, and quickly determined that this was a sexual setting introduced to cover the man in the suit.

The black-haired child opened his squinted eyes, and said dissatisfied and childish: "What, are you doubting Lord Ranpo's ability?"

The old police department looked at the sign of the Ability Special Service Division, tried to adjust their mentality to the state of coaxing children, and asked, "How do you determine that it is a serial killer?"

"Isn't it obvious? You can see it at a glance."

The old police department: "..."

The police department looked at the man in the suit, as if he was looking at a bear parent who brought a bear child to the gym, and suddenly became less friendly.