Boss, do you have a card?

The appearance of the snowman has already clarified the identity of the gift giver.

Oda Sakunosuke looked at the little snowman with a delicate mood, not only did not leave after delivering the gift, but also looked at him eagerly, forgiving him for not being able to understand its meaning from those black peas.

The children were completely immersed in curiosity and excitement, and immediately surrounded the snowman.

"Wow, what is this! So cute!"

"Can you speak?"

"Are you here to give sister Meijia a gift?"

"Can I touch you!"

There are those who are very interested in the gifts in the gift box.

"Brother Oda, can you open it for us to see?"

"Yes, yes, open it!"

And resisting curiosity and trying to "deduce" the incident.

Xingsuke, who assumed the role of a famous detective, frowned: "The mysterious box suddenly appeared in the middle of the night, and it was delivered in such a strange way, but I didn't show up. Maybe it was the enemy's supernatural attack!"

The guardian works in the Armed Detective Agency. Of course, the children are no strangers to the term supernatural ability. Among them are orphans left over from the Longtou war, and they have seen many dangerous abilities with their own eyes.

Hearing what Xingsuke said, everyone was startled immediately, and the conditioned reflex stayed away from the little snowman.

A child shouted worriedly: "Brother Oda, put the box down quickly! What if it's a bomb!"

There was an instant vacancy around the little snowman who had just been surrounded by the stars, it was slightly taken aback, and looked at them blankly.

A few seconds later, the little guy looked at Oda Sakunosuke aggrievedly, as if he was about to cry.

Oda Sakunosuke still holding the gift box: "..."

He worked hard to save the snowman's reputation: "Don't worry, it's owned by someone I know, no harm."

As soon as the words fell, Oda Sakunosuke saw a blue-haired woman standing there with an elegant posture by the street lamp a little far away.

She was shrouded in a halo, wearing a white dress, but she was still indifferent.

Of course the children noticed it too, and they all quieted down, not even paying attention to the little snowman. They had strange expressions on their faces, winked at each other, and some of them kept looking towards the balcony of the house, and then Started coughing and coughing.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Uh, let's go back and open the presents."

"Yes, yes, it's too cold outside, so go back and go back."

The gift box in Oda Sakuyuki's assistant was taken away by someone, and someone pushed it out.

Then with a bang, he was shut out of the door.

Oda Sakunosuke: ...?

Inside, a group of eavesdropping children secretly discussed with breathy voices.

"You said, Brother Oda won't roll over like this?"

"What nonsense, Brother Oda is not such a person!"

"The two sisters are so beautiful, I like what to do."

"What's the use of your liking, the important thing is that Brother Oda likes it!"

"Shhh, you guys are almost there, Sister Ming is still there—hey, where is Sister Ming?"

With the help of the system, no dialogue can escape the ears of the two White House September:  ……

I'm sorry, kids, I'm afraid your expectations are about to fail.

Oda Sakunosuke didn't know that the children started the group gossip mode, but he could probably guess their thoughts. Year after year, the grandpa and grandma downstairs became more and more enthusiastic about helping him find a partner. The eyes and ears have a tainted eye, causing the children's minds to always turn in this direction.

After all, he is still a child.

Oda Sakunosuke thought with emotion.

He did not mind the behavior of the children, and soon turned his mind to Shelley.

The little snowman flew back to each other happily.

Oda Sakunosuke walked over, but he couldn't think of what to say for a while, so he had to greet first: "Good evening, Shelley."

"Good evening~"

Shelley also cooperated with him. She took two steps outward, her delicate eyebrows bent into a very comfortable arc, "I suddenly appeared, are you startled?"

"I wasn't scared, just a little surprised." Oda Sakunosuke said honestly, "Thank you for sending Mika a gift."

"Aren't you afraid there's a bomb inside?"

Shelley joked, apparently hearing what the children were saying.

Oda Sakunosuke was embarrassed: "I'm sorry, they admire my work in the detective agency, so they often like to play this kind of detective game, I apologize for them and you."

Shelley didn't hold on to this topic, just smiled casually and said, "Don't worry, although sometimes I'm quite narrow-minded, I still look at the target."

Immediately afterwards, the voice turned into dissatisfaction: "There are some people who say they want to be friends with me, but they don't even invite the child's birthday party, and ask me to take the initiative to send gifts to the door—even my sister called me."

Oda Sakunosuke, who knew he was very wrong, apologized even more deeply: "I'm sorry, I didn't think of this when I was talking with you last night. When I remembered, you had already left, and there is no other way to contact you..."

Shelley raised her eyebrows: "Isn't it because you are wary of me?"

Oda Sakunosuke said seriously: "No."

The two looked at each other for three seconds.

Shelley smiled again: "Okay, I can barely accept your explanation."

Oda Sakunosuke asked: "Do you want to go in and have a sit?"

But Shelley refused in a disinterested manner: "No need, no matter what, I'm uninvited today, and it's not interesting to join in halfway."

Oda Sakunosuke seemed to be lost in thought, and did not answer for a short while.

Shelley looked at him for a while, then changed the subject: "Speaking of which, you were able to call my sister to attend such a meaningless party in her eyes."

Oda Sakunosuke returned to Shinto and said, "Actually, I just mentioned it, and Dazai is the main one to help."

"No, my sister, if it's something she's not interested in at all, other people's talkativeness will only annoy her, and if it's serious, she might even lose her life."

As if thinking of something, the corners of Shelley's lips fell back a little, and soon rose again, "Besides, in my memory, there are very few people who can get a response after inviting her."

Oda Sakunosuke hesitated: "Aren't you going to meet her? She's inside."

Hearing this, Shelley laughed again, playing with the ends of her hair that fell to her shoulders, and said with a pun: "My sister will not stay where she is and wait for someone."

Oda Sakunosuke subconsciously wanted to turn his head to the balcony to confirm that Mei was still there, but in the end he resisted doing so.

"However, shouldn't you pay more attention to the 'surprise' you gave me?" Shelley resumed the topic indifferently, "How about it, do you have an idea?"

Oda Sakunosuke: "I just had some ideas."

Shelley was surprised: "Just now?"

Oda Sakunosuke nodded: "Yes, but I don't know if this is a surprise."

"Really, then I'm looking forward to it." Shelley showed a sincere smile, "Don't worry, I won't do anything even if the surprise is not enough, but the agreed 'that thing' is gone."

Then, under Shelley's gesture, the little snowman flew to Oda Sakunosuke.

Oda Sakunosuke looked at Shelley suspiciously.

"Didn't it mean that there is no way to contact me? I lent it to you." Shelley blinked. "When you want to find me, call it and it will appear."

The little snowman raised his hands and walked around Oda Sakunosuke affectionately, and the little snow particles fell on his clothes and pants.

Oda Sakunosuke observed the little snowman for a while, and asked curiously, "Does he have a name?"

Shelley introduced: "Snowboy, you can be regarded as my accompanying familiar."

"Yuki Boy is a collective name similar to racial names? I remember another one with a bow on his head," Oda Sakunosuke turned to Shelley, "Aren't they the same, don't they have individual names?"

Shelley understood what he meant, and got entangled in a rare way: "It's different, but the name or something, I never thought about it."

Oda Sakunosuke: "Wouldn't it be inconvenient to call?"

Shelley was a little interested in such a peculiar angle of question. She explained: "The companion familiar can understand my thoughts at any time, and we don't need to communicate."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, a blue arc of light flashed across her fingertips, and another little snowman was also summoned.

Suddenly changing the venue, the little snowman with a bow on his head stayed in place slowly, and after seeing the owner, he happily circled around in place and sprinkled small snowflakes on the ground excitedly.

Oda Sakunosuke: "Her personality seems a little more lively?"

Shelley asked curiously: "Why do you call them 'ta' with different genders."

Oda Sakunosuke: "Isn't it a girl?"

"No, the appearance is just their own hobby. To be precise, they have no gender." Shelley looked at Sakunosuke Oda with a teasing tone, "Let me tell you another secret, I belong to 'Snow Spirit' and 'Ghost Race' For mixed blood, there are more 'Snowling' parts in the bloodline, and the 'Snowling' race is gender-neutral at birth, and only after awakening, do they have a chance to choose their gender."

Oda Sakunosuke made a dazed expression.

Shelley stared at him expectantly.

Oda Sakunosuke realized that Shelley was waiting for him to express his feelings, so after a little thought, he said, "So that's how it is, it's really enviable."

Shelley tilted her head: "Envy?"

Oda Sakunosuke: "Isn't it amazing to be able to choose your own gender after birth? Humans can't do this."

A few seconds of silence.

Shelley laughed out loud this time, probably because she was really hit by the joke, and laughed for a long time before stopping.

She raised her hand to half cover the corners of her lips that couldn't be pressed down, her brows and eyes curved into crescent moons: "It's the first time I'm so glad that I chose 'female'."

Oda Sakunosuke was puzzled.

Shelley bent down and approached him, and asked softly, meaningfully: "Or...you can also say 'male'?"

Oda Sakunosuke: "?"

……

Oda Sakunosuke: "!"

Looking at those almost blunt eyes, the young man who finally understood Chu Fa showed a rare panic reaction, coughing several times as if he was choking on saliva.

As a result, the woman who achieved the prank became more and more joyful. In the night, Qingling's laughter lasted for a long time.

Ming really left.

And when Oda Sakunosuke stepped into the house, he was bombarded head-on by the children talking wildly.

Some asked about Shelley, some asked about Ming, he racked his brains to finally calm everyone down, and then explained that he had no special relationship with Ming and Shelley, nor did they have any special thoughts about each other. It's the same as the relationship with Dazai, but still got a look of disbelief.

Seeing that they couldn't find anything, the children sighed in disappointment one after another.

Xing Jie shook his head old-fashionedly: "Oh, I understand, you adults always want to hide this kind of thing from us, forget it, anyway, you will ask us for assistance sooner or later."

Where did you hear that?

Oda Sakunosuke laughed helplessly at first, then suddenly remembered: "By the way, there is one thing I need your help with."

The children immediately stood up again, their eyes lit up expectantly.

Oda Sakunosuke: "But we have to wait until tomorrow, it's very late today, and it's almost time for you to go to rest."

The children drooped their faces.

"Brother Oda, you did it on purpose."

"That's right, it's too much to arouse our interest without talking about it!"

It's past one o'clock in the morning, and staying up late is not a good habit. When the children are growing up, Oda Sakunosuke will not spoil them in this kind of place, so he ruthlessly drives all the curious ghosts to wash up.

During this period, he tidied up the house a little bit, put away the unfinished food, ribbons and balloons, and just packed up all the way to the balcony.

On a low table in the corner lay a barely touched cake.

——No, there is one missing strawberry on top.