me, the protagonist

It's hard not to attract attention with such a voice.

"Master Zhongyuan...?" Higuchi Kazuyo's voice was a little uncertain.

Receiving the strange gazes of the two, Zhong Yuanzhong also sensed the ambiguity in what he said, and quickly waved his hands, his eyes drifted left and right: "It's just... I've never heard you say it before, and I was a little surprised."

Sakura Yamabuki and Ichiyo Higuchi said "Oh" together.

Knowing that they had no other intentions, Chuya still felt a little uncomfortable, and changed the subject: "Are you going to the chief's office now?"

Higuchi Ichiyo had other matters to deal with, only Yamabuki Sakura nodded: "Are you going too? Then let's go up together."

The elevator just descended to the 1st floor, Yamabuki Sakura went in first and pressed the button, then asked: "Which floor do you want to go to?"

Now it would be too unnatural to take a long detour to take another elevator.Zhong Yuanzhong also hesitated, and reported the floor number of his office, walked into the elevator and stood in the corner: "Thank you."

"...Why do I use honorifics?"

The elevator began to ascend, and the quiet atmosphere also began to regret in his heart.Obviously, it was no longer used before, and now it suddenly changed back, wouldn't it seem even more unnatural!

This is completely a natural reaction after not seeing each other for a long time.

After the office sports meeting, Nakahara also intentionally avoided Sakura Yamabuki.The latter was too busy with work, so he didn't notice it at all.

On the way, there was a time when Yamabuki Sakura went to Choshouji Temple to run to announce, and everyone brought back a cherry cake as a souvenir.The Zhongyuan copy included a note saying "work moderately and take care of your body."Apparently they thought it was because they were too busy with work that they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

On the night of receiving the gift, Chuya recalled the relationship with Yamabuki Sakura several times, and found desperately that the other party did not make any clear statement that he wanted to associate with him.

He mistakenly thought that the tacit understanding of "reserved" and "can only be understood" was simply a one-man show.Fortunately, he didn't express it clearly in words and deeds, so it wouldn't be too embarrassing.

……

But it's still a shame!

Zhongye's spiritual internal friction reached its peak in March.

As a result, when there are only two people alone in the elevator, he can't restrain the urge to get off the elevator immediately.

Or a few people can come up in the middle, to ease the suffocating silence to some extent.

But at this time period, the shift has just ended, not to mention that it happens to be going upstairs, and there are not many people who need to take the elevator.

In the silence, Yamabuki Sakura suddenly said:

"Actually, it's the adoptive father."

"What?" The words that suddenly appeared in the silence were too short and too light, Chuya thought for a moment that he had an auditory hallucination.

Sakura Yamabuki then repeated: "I was adopted by Mr. Crawley."

As the center of the world, Sakura Yamabuki is scheduled to be born in a happy family.But there was a flaw in this process, which caused her to become an orphan by mistake.

According to logic, there will not be people who "will abandon Sakura Yamabuki" in that world.But it just happened.

Immediately after her birth, Yamabuki Sakura disappeared, and the whole world could not find her.Until a few days later, she was found at the gate of the orphanage.At this time, "Sakura Yamabuki is an orphan" has become an established fact and cannot be changed.

"In retrospect, maybe the logic has collapsed since then." Yamabuki Sakura smiled: "But I was adopted soon after.

Mr. Crawley from Europe became Sakura Yamabuki's father.

Mr. Crawley is rich and kind-hearted.Although she can't take good care of the children because of the work of constantly changing locations, she can only leave Yamabuki Sakura to live in the small town.But he not only provided a generous supply of living materials, but also regularly communicated with Yamabuki Sakura through letters and other methods.

"Is this Mr. Crowley very busy?" Nakahara Zhong also frowned, and turned his attention to this matter: "If this is the case, why do you need to adopt a child?"

"Father said it was "fate". "

Mr. Crawley, pieced together from countless letters and electronic communications, was a gentleman of wisdom.Although Sakura Yamabuki has hardly seen him in more than ten years, whether it is school choice, career choice, or the firm that he finally signed...he plays a pivotal role in the key nodes of Sakura Yamabuki's life.

He seems to know everything, and all the advice he gave Yamabuki Sakura turned out to be correct in hindsight.

Zhongyuan Zhong also heard this, and couldn't help but clicked his tongue silently.

He knew it was rude, but from the standpoint of an outsider, Mr. Crawley, who seemed to know everything, was too easily disturbing.

Zhong Ye asked, "Is Mr. Crowley in the boss's office?"

Yamabuki Sakura nodded: "It's been a while since I said."

The warm-toned lighting hit her bright and moving face, which was so perfect that it seemed unreal.Zhong Yuan Zhong also had a strange uneasiness in his heart, he opened his mouth to say something, but at this moment the elevator made a ding sound very unfortunately.

The floor where his office is located has arrived.

Before leaving, Nakahara Chuya subconsciously wanted to say something like "Be careful".But then I thought about it: Isn't it too strange to say such things before the father and daughter meet?

The elevator only listened for a short moment, and when he hesitated, the door was slowly closed.

After all, it is the father who has adopted Sakura Yamabuki for more than ten years, and the leader is also present, so nothing will happen.

He convinced himself like this, trying to suppress the little worry in his heart.

Sakura Yamabuki came to the top floor.

Unlike in the past, the door of the top floor office is open.After getting off the elevator, you can see the interior of the office after a short walk.

This should represent a defenseless scene, but because of the guards standing on both sides of the door, it presents a contradiction.Considering some factors, the guards did not carry guns, and even when they saw Sakura Yamabuki approaching, someone gave her a gentle look, trying to ease her nervousness.

This thoughtful arrangement did not have the desired effect.

Because Yamabuki Sakura has no extra energy to focus on other things, and her full attention is in the office.

There are two people standing in front of the huge French windows.At the same time, he turned his head to look at Sakura Yamabuki.

One of them was wearing a long black trench coat and a red scarf.Sakura Yamabuki looked familiar in this attire, so she quickly turned her gaze to the person who was talking to Mori Ogai.

It was also a male, with a three-piece light gray suit that was exquisitely tailored, and long silver hair tied behind his head, giving the impression of an elegant gentleman.

"SAKURA," the young gentleman gently called out her name, his tourmaline-like pupils looked towards this side, with a slight smile like ripples on the surface of water: "Although I have given you a gift, I still think it's better to come here in person." One trip is better."

Like a real elder, the young Mr. Crowley smiled and said to the girl at the door: "Happy birthday to you, Sakura."

"Thank you for taking care of Sakura." He kept a decent smile and turned to Mori Ogai: "If it wasn't for you, her career wouldn't be able to go so smoothly."

"Where is that, your love is very good, and it is our honor to choose this place." The mature adult Mori Ogai also smiled: "Although Mr. Crowley is a foreigner, he can speak Japanese very well. .”

"You flatter me."

Both of them are elegant and decent in dress, speech and deeds, and skillfully use diplomatic rhetoric to humble themselves and praise each other.Just pacing in an office, but it makes people think that they are at some kind of high-class party.

Probably because the only point of intersection between them is Yamabuki Sakura, and most of the topics revolve around her.

After listening to a lot of words of praise that gradually turned numb, Sakura Yamabuki couldn't help but say: "That..."

Ogai Mori and Mr. Crawley looked back at her.

"I'm sorry to interrupt the two of you, but the distance between us, isn't it—"

"……Far?"

The positions of the two parties have been changed compared to Yamabuki Sakura when she entered the door. Instead, she stood on the inside, while her adoptive father and Mr. Mori stood at the door.

From the moment Sakura Yamabuki entered the door, the two gentlemen have been circling gracefully in the huge office.Sakura Yamabuki walked forward, and they also walked forward.When you come to the end, you will turn gracefully around the side, as if it is a slow-speed walking race.

"..." Under the watchful eyes of the two, Yamabuki Sakura tentatively took a step forward.

Then she watched the mature and steady men across the street take a step back in unison.

"So why?" Yamabuki Sakura stopped: "You guys are like this, I feel like I'm being excluded."

"Oops, she looks really wronged."

Absolute beauty BUFF is not added casually.When she finished saying this, Mori Ogai couldn't restrain the urge to move towards her, even the hands behind his back subconsciously tightened.

——just happened to press the button he had prepared earlier.

Mori Ogai's sneeze resounded in the office.

Sakura Yamabuki: "Mr. Mori, are you feeling unwell?"

"...Ah, yes." Mori Ogai paused for a moment before he realized it, and pressed the button again, and the pre-recorded voice played; "I recently got the flu, and I'm worried about infecting you, so..."

Mr. Crawley glanced at Mori Ogai, then moved two steps away calmly.

The pressure now came to Mr. Crawley.

The gentleman was unhurried, with just the right smile on the corner of his mouth, as if nothing had happened: "Sakura, I brought you another gift."

"My first movie, how about you playing the leading role Lilith?" Mr. Crowley stared at Yamabuki Sakura with a kindness that didn't match his youthful appearance, and pressed his cane as if inadvertently: "Or Atari. Haven't you always liked that set of books?"

Mori Ogai who was standing next to him: Hehe, as expected, he didn't open his mouth either.

But lip-syncing aside, Crowley's "gift" was indeed generous.

Actors have the highest status in the show business.And even if the idols at the bottom are at the top, it is extremely difficult to transform into an actor.

Although the threshold for manga movies is a bit low, Morisha still has many obstacles if it wants to receive such hot resources for the current Sakura Yamabuki.

Now free delivery?

He suppressed all the thoughts in his heart, looked at the girl in the room who was too beautiful to be real, and waited for her answer.

……

"Why did you refuse?"

In the artist department office, Ichiyo Higuchi asked this question.

She and Sakura Yamabuki were sitting on a small round table. After working hours, the warm air in the building had stopped. The two of them were holding a cup of hot cocoa and chatting in the quiet tea room.

After get off work, Higuchi seemed more intimate.Compared with questioning at work, her questioning is more like a girl's small talk.

Higuchi Ichiyo was also thinking about it when he asked the question, wondering if Yamabuki is the type of person who is urged to do something but doesn't want to do it?

But it doesn't look like it?

Under her slightly curious eyes, Sakura Yamabuki spoke slowly:

"actually……"

"Yeah." Higuchi nodded nervously.

"Actually, it's because of other work appointments." Yamabuki Sakura smiled brightly: "Didn't there be a lot of interviews and social activities before? I want to do those first to consolidate my popularity. And I don't have much confidence in acting yet."

This reason is too convincing, especially the latter one.

"You're still thoughtful," Ichiyo Higuchi, who has seen her acting skills in the MV, nodded convincingly, "Then I'll arrange it right away. What types of activities do you prefer?"

Higuchi acted resolutely, and immediately took out his mobile phone to ask Yamabuki Sakura's wishes.

"It's about social welfare."

"No problem." Higuchi guessed that she might have thought about it a long time ago, so the answer was so straightforward.

The contract signed by Sakura Yamabuki is well paid, and she has a lot of autonomy in choosing a job.Besides, Sakura Yamabuki has been in the industry for a longer time than herself who has not taken over the artist department for a long time. This level of independent planning is actually a good thing.

When Higuchi went to work the next day, he dutifully found many activities of the same nature, which completely filled Sakura Yamabuki's schedule for April.

After a search, I found that there are still many activities of this type.Cities across the country have recently been actively carrying out various science popularization public welfare activities, but the themes are different.

In fact, this is also a side effect of the fusion of different types of worlds.

After all, under the same blue sky, no amount of regional isolation can control normal population flow and cross-regional cooperation.

Cities from different worlds have different levels of danger, resulting in risks whether it is cross-talk between high-risk film sets, or communication between high-risk and the everyday world.

Just like encountering a fire on the street, Yokohama citizens can cooperate with each other to escape skillfully with just one look.But if that person is a tourist from Tokyo and is not familiar with the asylum process, he is likely to be killed by stray bullets.

Or the superpowers in Academy City clashed with people in Mihua Town. Even if the murderer designed a meticulous murder plan in a closed room, he would be easily reversed; Case.

Governments around the world have felt this change to some extent. Although they don't know the reason, they still try their best to carry out various public welfare science popularization activities.

For example, Mihua Town has a slogan of "always have a bright heart, and speak out everything", while Yokohama focuses on crime prevention and street evacuation procedures, and Seasoning City actively advocates that everyone should not participate in cults and so on.

Therefore, even if the focus area shifted, Yamabuki Sakura's workload did not decrease much. Instead, the joint non-governmental public welfare activities with the Armed Detective Agency increased.

They often gather on the street with flyers, and then wear mascot doll costumes or ribbons under the sun to carry out the mechanical labor of distributing leaflets and preaching.

The mayor of Nagano did not expect the port mafia to be so concerned about urban development, so he was so happy to send an email to the former mayor overnight:

【Senior, it seems that work is not as difficult as you said.The detective agency and the mafia are very cooperative. I feel that I can rely on my achievements in Yokohama to get promoted again. 】

Can the words "Yokohama" and "achievement" appear at the same time?

This email directly sent the former mayor, who had experienced the leading war, into the hospital.

The author says:

Former Mayor: Why didn't I catch up with this good thing

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