"Police sister, you are really curious about this question..."
Walking back to school together, the little girl sighed as expected after hearing Okino Mina's question.
He is obviously just a kid who has just entered elementary school, but he always acts like a grown-up person.
"Yeah, sister, I'm very curious, so please tell me, Miss Jing." Okino Mina coaxed with a smile.
For children, most of the time coaxing them along their fur will be effective.
"Actually, I have already told you the answer to the police sister..."
Sighing again, the little girl suddenly stopped. The two hadn't gone too far yet. She turned back and looked at the Metropolitan Police building not far away.
"I really wanted to come and take a look just out of curiosity..."
"……Eh?"
"If I have to add other reasons, it's probably... I feel like mom cares about this place..."
Withdrawing her gaze, the little girl continued to walk forward, looking down at her toes.
“When I was under American imperialism, my mother would regularly collect foreign newspapers. The newspapers were not in English and I couldn’t understand them.
It was only after I quietly copied some of the words above and took them to school to ask the teacher that I found out that those newspapers were all from Japan.
I carefully asked the teacher about some frequently occurring words in it, and they were basically words like police, suspect, case, and criminal.
I didn’t know until then that my mother had always paid attention to the police newspapers in Japan, but I didn’t know why she did this, and I didn’t dare to ask her..."
Having said this, the little girl paused, shook her head again, and said:
"Actually, it's not that I don't know at all... My mother didn't want to throw away those old newspapers, but she always wanted to hide them from me and didn't want me to know.
I think you, the police officer, can guess the reason why my mother did this, right? "
Although the little girl was asking Okino Mina, she answered by herself as soon as she finished speaking.
"Well, that's right, I was just thinking about whether my father might be someone in that Metropolitan Police Building. I kept thinking about it, so I wanted to come and have a look...
Sorry, I said some unnecessary words again. I hope you, police sister, don’t take it to heart. "
[Metropolitan Police Department...]
After hearing the little girl's words, for some reason, Sharon's figure flashed through Okino Mina's mind again.
【Are you kidding...】
"Girl Jing, is your mother...also in Japan now?" Okino Mina asked tentatively, shaking off the strange thoughts in her mind.
"No."
The little girl shook her head and replied.
"Mom doesn't really want to come back. Now she lives alone in the United States... maybe it's because of us."
As he said this, the little girl's face suddenly showed a somewhat self-deprecating smile.
"I always feel that mom doesn't seem to like us very much... Ah, police sister, I also have a twin brother, but he has not been in good health since he was a child and is always in the hospital."
"Is this so..."
【Do you hate your child? 】
Okino Mina frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.
[No, no matter what I say, that kid Karasuma would never do such a thing to his own children...]
【Am I too worried? 】
[I have been thinking about getting her back quickly all day long, so I think about it day and night. Everything I see looks like her? 】
"Police sister, you..."
Noticing the look on Okino Mina's face who had been deep in thought since just now, the little girl looked up at her and suddenly asked:
"Is she curious about my mother?"
"Well, that's a little bit. After all, I am also a mother myself..." After gathering her thoughts, Okino Mina said with a smile.
"That's it..."
Hearing her words, the little girl didn't know what she was thinking of. She lowered her head again and her eyes flickered twice.
The two of them just walked forward, gradually approaching the elementary school where the little girl studied.
"Police sister, can I come and chat with you again in the future?" breaking the silence, the little girl asked.
"Yes! Of course!" Okino Mina nodded.
"Thank you, and besides... no, it's nothing, we'll talk about it later."
The little girl seemed to want to say something more, but she still seemed to have some concerns, so she shook her head and said no more.
"Police sister, just send it here. My school is right in front..."
"..."
From that day on, Okino Mina began to meet this somewhat mysterious little mixed-race girl frequently. Of course, they were limited to the parking lot of the Metropolitan Police Department at noon.
Although Okino Mina wanted to ask about this little girl's identity, the little girl always had concerns and never told her.
Of course, the little girl doesn't have any opinions about Okino Mina. To be more precise, she should have opinions about her own family.
She seemed to be worried that Okino Mina would be tempted to investigate after learning about her family, and then fall into unnecessary danger.
He is so young, but his thoughts are quite delicate.
It is precisely because of this desire to protect Okino Mina that the little girl has always been tight-lipped about her life experience. At the same time, she has never asked more about Okino Mina.
Even today, the little girl still calls her "Police Sister".
Of course, the relationship between the two is very good, just like Okino Mina. Recently, she has even started teaching the little girl to learn other foreign languages.
What happened was that once before, the little girl told Okino Mina that she wanted to travel around the world when she grew up, so she was already planning to ask her elders in the family to find a corresponding language teacher for her and learn other languages. The language of the country.
This hits exactly what Okino Mina does best.
As the most famous archaeologist and cultural relic mover (phantom thief) in Europe, Mina Okino is quite proficient in the languages of several major countries in the world.
There is no other way. If you want to study the cultural relics of various countries, you must be fully familiar with the history and culture of each country. The best way to do this is to directly read and study the ancient books and documents of each country.
Therefore, learning and mastering the languages of various countries is a necessary prerequisite.
Under Okino Mina's enthusiastic teaching, the little girl's foreign language proficiency has steadily increased, and the relationship between the two has gradually transformed from close friends to both teacher and friend.
"What good things have happened to you recently?"
It was another morning. Shirakawa Qing, who had just finished a high-level police meeting, returned to his office and saw Okino Mina sitting on her office chair with a cheerful expression on her face and even humming a song.
"Yeah~ It's nothing, I just feel like I have a lovely daughter, and I'm very happy~" Okino Mina replied with a smile.
"Strange thinking."
Shaking his head, Bai Heqing went to the water dispenser nearby and poured himself a glass of water.
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(End of chapter)
