After what happened with Miyabe Miyuki, I haven't had hot milk in the cafe downstairs for a long time.
Every time I think about this, my heart always feels itchy.
One day, I was sitting by the hospital bed looking at the scenery. It's not because I'm not in good health, it just happens that the scenery here is pretty good.
Dusky evening crows glided hurriedly in groups in the sky, and the thin and gorgeous dusk filled the entire sky. Waves of evening wind blew past, caressing my cheeks like a girl's hand.
I simply closed my eyes and felt the unique charm of the alternation of time in the empty ward.
The smell of disinfectant water envelopes loneliness, sweeping away waves of noise.
"Hey, Kunikida-kun, what are you thinking about?" Outside the door, Dazai was joking with Kunikida again.
"Dazai, don't add the word 'jun' every time you make a joke, it's disgusting!" Listening to Kunikida's forbearing voice, I seemed to have seen him frowning and looking through his notebook.
"Hey~ But Si Yejun has never cared about it~"
"My temper is not that good," Kunikida seemed to glare at Dazai, "By the way, is Siye really from Mafia?"
"Why do you say that?" Dazai's voice paused for a moment.
"You heard it too, right? What the mafia official said."
"Okay, Kunikida~ He was talking about things four years ago. The appearance of a teenager like Si Ye must have changed very quickly. How could it be the same person... Besides, Si Ye is a young man. He looks like he doesn't know anything about it. His expression can't hide anything, and you must also know this~"
"But Si Ye no longer has any previous memories, and coupled with the special nature of his powers... Dazai, I'm very suspicious." Kunikida knocked on the table impatiently.
"Since I have lost my memory, why would I go out of my way to change my age~" Dazai's voice rose slightly, with a hint of pride.
Kunikida remained silent, but my palms were already sweating a lot while I was squatting in the room.
Because of my last journey through time and space, my identity has begun to be questioned. If I don't think of a proper way to handle it, my identity will one day be exposed.
But what makes me even more frightened is that every time I get into an anxious situation, Dazai will stand up and help me get through the difficulties with nonsense or persuasion.
Presumably he already knows the truth of the matter, but he just doesn't tell it.
Really, I should have had such self-awareness a long time ago!
Squeak——
The door was pushed open, revealing an angry face.
"Watanabe Miye, why are you sleeping here if you don't work!!" Kunikida yelled, angrily calling me by my full name.
"Ah! Sorry, sorry..." I looked down and found that I had one leg on the bed, as if I had just gotten up.
"A little sleepy." Seeing Kunikida's still angry expression, I lowered my head and pursed my lips, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ah, Kunikida-kun, don't scare young people until your own mission is completed~" Dazai came over and jumped on Kunikida's back, and then Kunikida kicked him into the wall mercilessly.
"Hey," Kunikida pushed up his glasses, his eyes revealing an indescribable warmth, "I have a commission, please do it when you have time... I have already placed it on your desk."
"Thank you, I understand." I nodded and walked out of the ward to my table.
My table is also covered with warm sunlight, and you can smell the fragrance of wood even if you touch it gently. In the upper left corner of the table is a pot of pothos, which was inspired by Yue Ge at that time, so he came back to raise it.
In the center of the table was a commission wrapped in brown paper. I opened it and took a closer look, and found that the bold words on it were particularly conspicuous: Weeding.
"Huh?" I hummed unconsciously.
"Ah, what?" Kunikida sat back in his seat, "It would be nice if I could let you out for some fresh air. You are a high-risk person now."
"Why am I at high risk... Besides, I don't want to go out..." I muttered dissatisfied.
"what are you saying?"
"Ah, it's okay, Mr. Kunikida! I'll go right away!"
After I finished speaking, I rushed out in a few steps.
"See you later, Si Ye-kun~" Dazai shouted from behind.
After leaving the detective agency, I looked at the address carefully against the sunshine, and finally my eyes found a familiar word: Hoshino Satoru Bookstore!
I finally felt happy. After such a long time, I wonder if Ms. Bing Xin still remembers me.
…
In a blink of an eye, I arrived at the entrance of a familiar alley. I used the faint light from my mobile phone screen to clear the road in front of me, but I couldn't help thinking: The last time I came here, it was obviously not so dark.
When I arrived at the familiar wooden door, I lifted it up first, and then pushed it open smoothly.
Along with the squeaking sound, I saw the old but gentle face again.
"We meet again... Si Ye, right?" Bing Xin smiled and waved for me to get closer to him.
"Grandma Bing Xin! We meet again!" I smiled and threw myself in front of her counter.
"What did you come here to read?" Bing Xin put on her rusty thin-framed eyes and slowly opened a thick and old book.
"I'm not here to borrow books this time," I shook my head, "I'm here to help you weed according to your entrustment."
As I said that, I looked around.
The old sunlight shines through the dim old glass, and everywhere it passes is dust like ordinary elves.
There were a few scholars sitting at the wooden table, reading carefully in front of the light. On their desks, there are almost always thick books stacked one after another.
Although the wooden floor was covered with traces of time, it was spotless and there was no possibility of any animals or plants growing on it.
I turned around and looked at Bing Xin doubtfully. In such a clean house, I never thought there was any grass to mow.
In addition, Hoshino Satoru Academy has no garden at all!
"Help me mow the grass," Bing Xin took off her glasses, supported the table with her hands, and stood up slowly. Her tone was clear, but it also revealed a different meaning, "You are from the detective agency."
"Yes." I nodded and said.
"Come with me." Bing Xin walked to the door, lifted it up, and the dust rolled out.
"It's right there." She nodded to the dim sky.
I heard the sound and used my phone's flashlight to illuminate the place. When I saw it clearly, my heart beat hard again and again.
At first I thought it was a newly built ceiling, but looking at it now, it’s not like that! Isn't this a spider web formed by thick branches?
In fact, they were still twisting, and the crunching sound indicated that they were tightly entangled.
From time to time, a dry leaf was squeezed out. I caught it with one hand and found that it immediately melted like ice in the palm of my hand and turned into a ball of soil.
"grandmother……"
"Um?"
"You are not a fool..."
